UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 6, 2018
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FREEDOM HOLDING CORP.
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Nevada
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001-33034
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30-0233726
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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Commission
File
Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification
No.)
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Office
1704, 4B Building, “Nurly Tau” BC, 17 Al Farabi Ave,
Almaty, Kazakhstan
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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050059
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(Zip
code)
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(801)
355-2227
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(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
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N/A
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(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant
under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2
below):
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company
as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405
of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging
growth company ☐
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Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of
Certain Officers
On
June 6, 2018, the board of directors (the “Board”) of
Freedom Holding Corp. (the “Company”) appointed Askar
Tashtitov as president of the Company.
Mr.
Tashtitov has served as a director of the Company since May 2008
and was employed with BMB Munai, Inc., the predecessor of the
Company, from 2004 to 2015, serving as president from May 2006 to
November 2015. Mr. Tashtitov earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from
Yale University majoring in economics and history in 2002. Mr.
Tashtitov passed the AICPA Uniform CPA Examination in 2006. Mr.
Tashtitov is not, and has not been in the past five years, a
director or nominee of any other SEC registrant or registered
investment company. In making this
appointment, the Board considered Mr. Tashtitov’s
extensive experience in the public company arena, particularly his
expertise in interfacing with equity and debt financing
professionals, his investment banking experience, and his
significant business management experience in concluding that his
services as Company president working in close association with the
Company’s CEO, Timur Turlov, would be a valuable addition to
the Company’s management team. His appointment did
not result from any arrangement or
understanding between himself and any other person.
Mr. Tashtitov is 39 years old. There
is no family relationship between Mr. Tashtitov and any other
director or executive officer of the Company.
The
Company and Mr. Tashtitov are currently negotiating the terms of an
employment agreement.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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FREEDOM HOLDING CORP.
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Date:
June 12, 2018
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By:
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/s/ Evgeniy Ler
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Evgeniy
Ler
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Chief
Financial Officer
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