Company: FRHC
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000924805-25-000025
Chunk: 9

Company: Freedom Holding Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 9
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 proposal is a “discretionary” item) or (b) leave your shares unvoted. Our auditor is appointed by our Board audit committee (the “audit committee”) in accordance with Section 10A-3 of the Exchange Act of 1934. Our By-Laws do not require that stockholders ratify the appointment of our independent auditors. However, we are submitting the appointment of Deloitte LLP to you for ratification as a matter of good corporate governance. If our stockholders fail to ratify the selection, we will consider that failure as a direction to the Board and the audit committee to consider the selection of a different firm. Even if the selection is ratified, the audit committee in its discretion may select a different independent registered public accounting firm, at any time during the year if it determines that such a change would be in the best interests of the Company and our stockholders.

The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the total number of votes of our common stock present (virtually) in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the proposal is needed to approve this proposal. Abstentions count as votes against the proposal.

<div align='center'>THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE FOR RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF DELOITTE LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE 2026 FISCAL YEAR.

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Where can I find the voting results?

We will report the voting results in a Current Report on Form 8-K within four business days after completion of our 2025 Annual Meeting.

Could other matters be decided at the 2025 Annual Meeting?

As of the date of this Proxy Statement, we did not know of any matters to be raised at the 2025 Annual Meeting other than those described in this Proxy Statement. If other matters are properly presented at the 2025 Annual Meeting for consideration, however, the proxies appointed by the Board will have the discretion to vote on those matters for you.

Who will pay for the cost of this proxy solicitation?

We will pay for the cost of this proxy solicitation. We do not intend to solicit proxies other than by use of the mail or website posting. We have retained Broadridge, a proxy solicitation firm, at an anticipated cost of $34,623 plus reimbursement of expenses, to assist in soliciting proxies from brokers, banks, nominees, and institutional holders. Broadridge and certain of our directors, officers and other employees (