SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2021-05-21

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<DESCRIPTION>FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT
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Exhibit 10.01</font></div>
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Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement</font></div>
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This Restricted Stock Award Agreement (this
&#x201C;</font><font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000">Agreement</font><font style="color: #000000">&#x201D;) is made and entered into as of __________
(the &#x201C;</font><font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000">Grant Date</font><font style="color: #000000">&#x201D;) by and between Freedom Holding Corp., a
Nevada corporation (the &#x201C;</font><font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000">Company</font><font style="color: #000000">&#x201D;) and _____________________ (the
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WHEREAS</font><font style="color: #000000">, the Company has
adopted the Freedom Holding Corp. 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the
&#x201C;</font><font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000">Plan</font><font style="color: #000000">&#x201D;) pursuant to which awards of Restricted
Stock may be granted; and</font></font></div>
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WHEREAS</font><font style="color: #000000">, the Committee has
determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its
shareholders to grant the award of Restricted Stock provided for
herein.</font></font></div>
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NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound,
agree as follows:</font></div>
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1.&#xA0;&#xA0;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #000000">Grant of Restricted
Stock</font><font style="color: #000000">. Pursuant to Section 7.2
of the Plan, the Company hereby issues to the Grantee on the Grant
Date a Restricted Stock Award consisting of, in the aggregate,
_____________ shares of Common Stock of the Company (the
&#x201C;</font><font style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000">Restricted
Stock</font><font style="color: #000000">&#x201D;), on the terms and
conditions and subject to the restrictions set forth in this
Agreement and the Plan. Capitalized terms that are used but not
defined herein have the meaning ascribed to them in the
Plan.&#xA0;</font></font></div>
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2.&#xA0;&#xA0;</font><font style="text-decoration: underline; color: #000000">Consideration</font><font style="color: #000000">.
The grant of the Restricted Stock is made in consideration of the
services to be rendered by the Grantee to the
Company.&#xA0;</font></font></div>
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