<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001654954-18-002300.txt : 20180308
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001654954-18-002300
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180302
ITEM INFORMATION:		Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180308
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180308

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Freedom Holding Corp.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000924805
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				300233726
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33034
		FILM NUMBER:		18676967

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O POULTON & YORDAN
		STREET 2:		324 SOUTH 400 WEST SUITE 250
		CITY:			SALT LAKE CITY
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84101
		BUSINESS PHONE:		801-355-2227

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O POULTON & YORDAN
		STREET 2:		324 SOUTH 400 WEST SUITE 250
		CITY:			SALT LAKE CITY
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84101

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BMB MUNAI INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20031218

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INTERUNION FINANCIAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960719
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Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities</font></div>
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its restricted common stock for an aggregate offering price of
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the exemption from registration provided in Regulation&#xA0;S
promulgated under the Securities Act for offers and sales made
outside the United States. Each purchaser represented in writing
that the purchaser is a non-U.S. person, as defined in Regulation S
and acknowledged, in writing, that the securities must be acquired
and held for investment, and may only be resold in accordance with
U.S. securities laws. All certificates evidencing the shares issued
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March 8, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing
completion of the private placement described in Item 3.02 above. A
copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K
and incorporated herein by reference.</font></div>
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits</font></div>
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Freedom Holding Corp. Announces Completion of Private Placement of
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<font style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13px">ALMATY,
Kazakhstan, March 8, 2018 -- Freedom Holding Corp. (Pink Open
Market: FRHC) (the &#x201C;Company&#x201D;) today announced it has
concluded the sale of 5,426,612 common shares at an offering price
of $5.50 per share raising a total of $29,846,366 in a private
placement to investors outside the United States pursuant to
Regulation S. The Company also made a private placement of shares
under Regulation S that was completed in December 2017 in which it
raised a total of $11,045,000.</font></div>
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received from our investors is gratifying. We are a rapidly growing
financial services firm and the funding we have secured over that
past several months of more than $40 million will allow us to
continue to provide outstanding service to our growing clientele
while enhancing our ability to take advantage of the expanding
opportunities to participate in the international and regional
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retail financial brokerage, investment counseling, securities
trading, investment banking and underwriting services through its
subsidiaries under the name of Freedom Finance in the Commonwealth
of Independent States (CIS). The Company is a member of the Moscow
Exchange (MOEX), Saint-Petersburg Exchange and Kazakhstan Stock
Exchange (KASE). The Company is headquartered in Almaty,
Kazakhstan, with executive offices also in Moscow, Russia and the
United States. The Company employs more than 400 experienced
professionals across 24 branch offices in Russia, 15 branches in
Kazakhstan, and offices in Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine and
Cyprus.</font></div>
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Market Group, Inc. operates the world&#x2019;s largest electronic
marketplace for broker-dealers to trade unlisted stocks, including
the Pink Open Market. Investors will be able to view Real Time
Level II stock quotes for the Company at <font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000FF">http://www.otcmarkets.com</font></font></div>
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Company&#x2019;s use of sale proceeds and enhancing our ability to
take advantage of expanding opportunities. All forward-looking
statements are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances.
Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results or
performance and involve risks, assumptions and uncertainties that
could cause actual events or results to differ materially from the
events or results described in, or anticipated by, the
forward-looking statements. Factors that could materially affect
such forward-looking statements include certain economic, business
and regulatory risks and factors identified in the Company&#x2019;s
periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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