/KASE, June 16, 2021/ – Freedom Holding Corp. (Salt Lake City), whose shares
are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE
with the following press release dated June 15, 2021:
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Freedom Holding Corp. (hereinafter – the "Holding") reports financial results
for the 2021 fiscal year ended March 31, 2021.
Key indicators for the specified period:
1. For the years ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Holding's revenues were
$353 million and $122 million, respectively. The increase by $231 million, or
189%, was mainly due to an increase in fee and commission income for the
year by 193%, or by $179 million, from $93 million to $272 million, as well
as due to an increase in profit on trading securities by 209%. or by $31
million, from $15 million to $46 million.
2. Expenses of the Holding increased by $86 million, or 91%, for the following
reasons:
a) an increase in commission expenses by $51 million due to an increase in
the number of clients and the volume of transactions they make;
b) an increase in operating expenses by $17 million mainly due to an
increase in salary costs as a result of the expansion of the Holding's
activities through acquisitions and hiring employees;
c) the increase in interest expenses by $15 million was mainly due to an
increase in interest expenses on balances in customer accounts, an
increase in expenses related to short-term funding raised through
repurchase agreements on securities and issued debt securities.
3. For the years ended 31 March 2021 and 2020:
a) the net income of the Holding amounted to $143 million and $22 million,
respectively;
b) earnings per share of the Holding, calculated on the basis of a weighted
average number of shares of 58 million pieces, amounted to $2.45 and $0.38,
respectively;
c) other comprehensive income was $145 million and $7 million, respectively.
4. During the year ended March 31, 2021, the assets and liabilities of the
Holding increased by $1,565 million and $1,419 million, respectively.
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The full version of the press release is available on KASE website at –
https://kase.kz/files/emitters/US_FRHC/us_frhc_reliz_150621_1.pdf
[2021-06-16]