NOTE 18 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company has performed an evaluation of subsequent events through the time of filing this quarterly report on Form 10-Q with the SEC. Other than as disclosed below, during this period the Company did not have any additional material recognizable subsequent events.

On July 6, 2020, the Company announced the acquisition of IC Zerich Capital Management JSC (“Zerich”) following receipt of approval from the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service. Zerich commenced business in 1995 and is one of the oldest securities brokerage firms in Russia, currently ranking as the 19th largest brokerage house in Russia in terms of clients.

On  August 3, 2020, the Company announced that through its wholly-owned subsidiary Freedom KZ, it had entered into an agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Bank Kassa Nova JSC (“Bank Kassa Nova”) from ForteBank JSC. In connection with the transactions, the parties also expect to enter into agreements to acquire all of the outstanding preferred shares and outstanding subordinated debt of Bank Kassa Nova from the holders thereof.  Closing of these transactions is contingent upon, among other things, receipt of necessary governmental approvals of the transactions in the Republic of Kazakhstan, which the parties expect to occur by the end of the year.