Company: FRHC
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000924805-25-000025
Chunk: 35

Company: Freedom Holding Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 35
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 receive an annual cash fee, which is paid quarterly. For the period from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025 , each non-employee director received annual cash fee payment of $200,000 . In addition to their annual fee, Board members receive separate fees for committee service, including serving as a committee chair. Effective from April 1, 2024, the compensation committee and the Board approved annual non-employee director fees for committee service and serving as a committee chair comprising $75,000 per year for the audit committee chair, $50,000 per year for the compensation committee chair, $50,000 for the risk committee chair, $50,000 for the transactions committee chair, $50,000 for the nominating and corporate governance committee chair and $75,000 per year for the Lead Independent Director. On October 16, 2024, the Board adopted decisions on several corporate governance matters, including on formation of the Board’s telecom committee and certain committee membership re-assignments as discussed above. On January 27, 2025, the Board approved an annual non-employee director fee for serving as a telecom committee chair, comprising $50,000 per year effective October 16, 2024. Board members do not receive attendance fees for Board meetings, committee meetings or stockholder meetings. Board members are reimbursed for reasonable travel expenses incurred in connection with required in-person attendance at such meetings. We reserve the right to change the manner and amount of compensation to our directors at any time. Directors who are employees do not receive annual cash retainers or fees for services on the Board.

The following table provides information concerning the compensation of each of our independent directors who served in fiscal 2025 . Compensation of Messrs. Turlov, Tashtitov and Kelimbetov, who are directors and executive officers of the Company, is described under the heading “Executive Compensation” elsewhere in this Proxy Statement. Messrs. Turlov, Tashtitov and Kelimbetov did not receive any compensation for their service on the Board or any Board committee.

| Name               |     | Fees Earned or Paid in Cash 
 ($)                         |         |     | Stock Awards 
 ($)          |   |     | All Other    
 Compensation 
 ($)          |   |     | Total 
 ($)   |         |
| Boris Cherdabayev  |     |                             | 250,000 |     |              | — |     |              | — |     |       |