Golden Matrix Group, Inc.
For the period ended Sep 22, 2025. Filed Sep 23, 2025.
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Sep 22, 2025 · Filed Sep 23, 2025
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Filed by the Registrant ☒
Filed by party other than the registrant ☐
Check the appropriate box:
| ☐ | Preliminary Proxy Statement | ☐ | Confidential, for use of the Commission only |
|---|---|---|---|
| (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)). | |||
| ☒ | Definitive Proxy Statement | ||
| ☐ | Definitive additional materials. | ||
| ☐ | Soliciting material under Rule 14a-12. | ||
GOLDEN MATRIX GROUP, INC.
(Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Payment of Filing Fee (Check all boxes that apply):
| ☒ | No fee required |
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| ☐ | Fee paid previously with preliminary materials |
| ☐ | Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11 |
September 22, 2025
To Our Stockholders:
The Board of Directors (“Board”) and officers of Golden Matrix Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), join us in extending to you a cordial invitation to attend the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders, which we refer to as the Annual Meeting or the Meeting, to be held virtually (subject to postponement(s) or adjournment(s) thereof):
Date: Thursday November 6, 2025
Time: 4:00 P.M. Eastern Standard
Virtual Meeting Site: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/go/gmgi2025agm
You will not be able to attend the Annual Meeting physically. The Annual Meeting will be held via an audio teleconference. Stockholders may attend, vote and submit questions during the Annual Meeting via the Internet by logging in athttps://edge.media-server.com/mmc/go/gmgi2025agm, with your Control ID and Request ID, and thereafter following the instructions to join the virtual meeting. In addition to voting by submitting your proxy prior to the Annual Meeting and/or voting online as discussed herein, you also will be able to vote your shares electronically during the Annual Meeting with your Request ID.
The Notice of Annual Meeting (the “Notice”) and Proxy Statement (the “Proxy Statement”), are also available*athttps://www.iproxydirect.com/gmgi (for common stockholders and holders of Series B Voting Preferred Stock) andhttps://www.iproxydirect.com/gmgip *(for holders of Series C Preferred Stock). These websites also include copies of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, which we refer to as the “2024 Annual Report”. Stockholders may also request a copy of the Proxy Statement and 2024 Annual Report by contacting our main office at (702) 318-7548.
In connection with the Annual Meeting, you will be asked to consider and vote on certain proposals, which are more fully described in the accompanying Proxy Statement. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we urge you to read the Proxy Statement (and any documents incorporated into the Proxy Statement by reference) and consider such information carefully before voting. The Proxy Statement describes the business to be considered and acted upon by the stockholders at the Annual Meeting. Please review these materials and vote your shares.
Your vote is very important. Even if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting virtually, if you are a holder of record of voting stock please submit your proxy by mail, fax, Internet or telephone as soon as possible to make sure that your shares are represented at the Annual Meeting. If you hold your shares of Company stock in “street name” through a bank, broker, or other nominee, you must vote in accordance with the voting instructions provided to you by such bank, broker, or other nominee, which include instructions for voting by mail, Internet or telephone.
Our Board encourages your participation in the Company’s electoral process and, to that end, solicits your proxy with respect to the matters described in the Proxy Statement. Your vote and participation in our governance is very important to us.
Sincerely,
/s/ William Scott
William Scott
Chairman
Our proxy statement and annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, are available at the following cookies-free website that can be accessed anonymously: www.iproxydirect.com/gmgi. Stockholders may also vote prior to the meeting athttps://www.iproxydirect.com/gmgi (for common stockholders and holders of Series B Voting Preferred Stock) andhttps://www.iproxydirect.com/gmgip(for holders of Series C Preferred Stock).
GOLDEN MATRIX GROUP, INC.
NOTICE OF 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
To be held on November 6, 2025
To our stockholders:
Notice is hereby given of the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders of Golden Matrix Group, Inc. (the “Company”) to be held on Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 4:00 P.M. Eastern Standard time (subject to postponement(s) or adjournment(s) thereof) (the “Annual Meeting” or the “Meeting”). The Annual Meeting will be held virtually via live audio webcast at https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/go/gmgi2025agm. See also “Instructions For The Virtual Annual Meeting”, beginning on page 1. The Annual Meeting is being held for the following purposes:
| 1A. | For holders of all of our voting shares - To consider and vote upon the appointment of three members to our Board of Directors (“Board”), to serve until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and thereafter until their successors are elected and qualified. |
| 1B. | For holders of our Class A Preferred Stock only - To consider and vote upon the appointment of two members to our Board, to serve until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and thereafter until their successors are elected and qualified. |
| 2. | For holders of all of our voting shares - To consider and vote upon the approval, on an advisory basis the compensation of our named executive officers. |
| 3. | For holders of all of our voting shares - To consider and vote upon the appointment of M&K CPAS, PLLC as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. |
| 4. | For holders of all of our voting shares - To conduct any other business properly brought before the meeting or any adjournments, continuations, or postponements thereof. |
Any action may be taken on any one of the foregoing proposals at the Meeting on the date specified above or on any date or dates to which the Meeting may be adjourned. Common stockholders, Class B Voting Preferred stockholders and Class C Preferred Stock holders, of record on the close of business on September 15, 2025, are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting and any adjournments thereof.
The Company is pleased to continue utilizing the Securities and Exchange Commission rules that allow issuers to furnish proxy materials to their stockholders on the Internet. Accordingly, we are sending a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, or E-proxy notice, on or about September 22, 2025 to our stockholders of record as of the close of business on September 15, 2025. The E-proxy notice contains instructions for your use of this process, including how to access our proxy statement and annual report and how to authorize your proxy to vote online. In addition, the E-proxy notice contains instructions on how you may receive a paper copy of the proxy statement and annual report or elect to receive your proxy statement and annual report over the Internet. The Company believes these rules allow it to provide you with the information you need while lowering the costs of delivery and reducing the environmental impact of the Annual Meeting.
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The enclosed proxy statement is also available atwww.iproxydirect.com/gmgi(for common stockholders and holders of Series B Voting Preferred Stock) andhttps://www.iproxydirect.com/gmgip (for holders of Series C Preferred Stock). These websites also includes copies of the form of proxy and the Company’s Annual Report to stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2024 (the “2024 Annual Report”). Stockholders may also request a copy of the proxy statement and the Company’s 2024 Annual Report by visitingwww.iproxydirect.com/gmgi(for common stockholders and holders of Series B Voting Preferred Stock) andhttps://www.iproxydirect.com/gmgip (for holders of Series C Preferred Stock), by calling 866-752-8683 and by emailing proxy-ID@equiniti.com.
As a stockholder of record, you are cordially invited to attend the meeting virtually athttps://edge.media-server.com/mmc/go/gmgi2025agm. Stockholders who do not expect to attend the Annual Meeting are encouraged to vote via the Internet, by phone or by returning a signed proxy card.
Even if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting virtually, we request that you submit a proxy by following the instructions on your proxy card as soon as possible and thus ensure that your shares will be represented at the Annual Meeting if you are unable to attend.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
/s/ William Scott
William Scott
Chairman
Las Vegas, Nevada
September 22, 2025
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to Be Held on Thursday, November 6, 2025.
Our proxy statement and annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, are available at the following cookies-free website that can be accessed anonymously: www.iproxydirect.com/gmgi (for common stockholders and holders of Series B Voting Preferred Stock) and* https://www.iproxydirect.com/gmgip *(for holders of Series C Preferred Stock).
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
| GENERAL INFORMATION | 1 |
|---|---|
| Information Contained in This Proxy Statement | 1 |
| Instructions For The Virtual Annual Meeting | 1 |
| Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials | 2 |
| Technical Difficulties or Trouble Accessing the Virtual Meeting Website | 2 |
| Record Date and Shares Entitled to Vote | 2 |
| Voting Process | 3 |
| Providing and Revoking Proxies | 3 |
| Meeting Time and Location: Virtual Special Meeting | 4 |
| Conduct at the Meeting | 4 |
| Voting Requirements for Each of the Proposals | 4 |
| Quorum | 5 |
| Broker Non-Votes and Abstentions | 5 |
| Board of Directors Voting Recommendations | 6 |
| Mailing Costs and Solicitation of Proxies | 6 |
| Inspector of Voting | 6 |
| Voting Instructions | 6 |
| Confidential Voting | 6 |
| Stockholder of Record and Shares Held in Brokerage Accounts | 6 |
| Multiple Stockholders Sharing the Same Address | 7 |
| Voting Results | 7 |
| Company Mailing Address | 7 |
| DEFINITIONS | 7 |
| FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND WEBSITE LINKS | 7 |
| INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE | 8 |
| MERIDIANBET GROUP ACQUISITION AND CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR | 8 |
| REFERENCES TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION | 9 |
| VOTING RIGHTS AND PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS | 9 |
| Security Ownership of Management and Certain Beneficial Owners and Management | 10 |
| Series C Preferred Stock | 13 |
| Nominating and Voting Agreement | 14 |
| Change of Control | 15 |
| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 15 |
| Board Leadership Structure | 15 |
| Risk Oversight | 15 |
| Family Relationships | 16 |
| Arrangements between Officers and Directors | 16 |
| Other Directorships | 16 |
| Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings | 16 |
| Board of Directors Meetings | 17 |
| Board Committee Membership | 17 |
| Committees of the Board | 18 |
| Audit Committee | 18 |
| Compensation Committee | 19 |
| Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation | 19 |
| Nominating and Governance Committee | 19 |
| Controlled Company Status | 20 |
| Director Independence | 21 |
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| Website Availability of Documents | 21 |
|---|---|
| Stockholder Communications with the Board of Directors | 21 |
| Executive Sessions of the Board of Directors | 21 |
| Potential Conflicts of Interest | 21 |
| Code of Business Conduct and Ethics | 22 |
| Policy on Equity Ownership | 22 |
| Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (“Dodd-Frank”) | 22 |
| Compensation Recovery and Clawback Policies | 22 |
| Insider Trading/Anti-Hedging Policies | 23 |
| Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans | 23 |
| Policy on Timing of Award Grants | 23 |
| INFORMATION ABOUT OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS | 24 |
| BOARD OF DIRECTORS | 25 |
| General | 25 |
| Director Nominees | 26 |
| Qualifications of All Directors of the Board | 30 |
| AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT | 31 |
| EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION | 32 |
| Summary Executive Compensation Table | 32 |
| Pay Versus Performance | 33 |
| Relationship Between “Compensation Actually Paid” and Performance | 37 |
| Compensation Actually Paid and Net Income (Loss) | 37 |
| Compensation Actually Paid and Cumulative TSR | 38 |
| Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End | 38 |
| Potential Payments Upon Termination | 39 |
| Employment and Consulting Agreements | 40 |
| Employment Agreement with Mr. Anthony Brian Goodman | 40 |
| Employment Agreement with Ms. Weiting ‘Cathy’ Feng | 43 |
| Employment Agreement with Zoran Milošević | 43 |
| Employment Agreement with Snežana Božović | 45 |
| Employment Agreement with Rich Christensen | 46 |
| Consulting Agreement with Mr. Omar Jimenez (Terminated); Separation and Release Agreement | 47 |
| DIRECTORS COMPENSATION | 48 |
| Summary Director Compensation Table | 48 |
| Board of Director Fees | 48 |
| EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION | 49 |
| Description of Equity Plans | 49 |
| 2018 Equity Incentive Plan | 49 |
| 2022 Equity Incentive Plan | 49 |
| 2023 Equity Incentive Plan | 50 |
| Equity Compensation Plan Information | 52 |
| CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS | 52 |
| Related Party Transactions | 52 |
| Aleksandar Milovanović, Zoran Milošević and Snežana Božović | 52 |
| Accounts Receivable - Related Party | 52 |
| Dividends Paid to the Meridian Sellers | 53 |
| Zoran Milošević, Meridian Tech d.o.o.’s Chief Executive Officer | 53 |
| Snežana Božović, Chief Operating Officer of Meridian Serbia, Secretary of MeridianBet Group and Company Director (Series C Preferred Director) | 54 |
| Anthony Brian Goodman, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Director | 54 |
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| Weiting ‘Cathy’ Feng the Company’s Chief Operating Officer | 54 |
|---|---|
| Philip D. Moyes, a former member of the Board of Directors of the Company | 54 |
| William Scott, a member of the Board of Directors of the Company | 55 |
| Brett Goodman, Vice President of Business Development and son of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer | 55 |
| Articulate Pty Ltd (“Articulate”), 50% owned by Marla Goodman (wife of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer) and 50% owned by Mr. Goodman, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer | 56 |
| Richard B. Christensen, Chief Financial Officer/Chief Compliance Officer | 56 |
| Omar Jimenez, former Chief Financial Officer/Chief Compliance Officer | 57 |
| Top Level doo Serbia, MG Canary, and Ino Network | 57 |
| Elray Resources Inc., Mr. Goodman, the Company’s CEO, serves as CEO & Director of Elray, and Ms. Feng, the Company’s COO, serves as Treasurer and Director of Elray. | 57 |
| Sale and Purchase Agreement of Share Capital and Related Transactions | 58 |
| Series C Preferred Stock | 59 |
| Nominating and Voting Agreement | 59 |
| Day-to-Day Management Agreement | 59 |
| Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Sale and Purchase Agreement of Share Capital and Related Transactions | 60 |
| June 2024 Debt Conversion Agreement | 60 |
| Deferred Cash Convertible Promissory Note | 60 |
| Promissory Notes | 61 |
| Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Sale and Purchase Agreement of Share Capital | 61 |
| October 2024 Debt Conversion Agreement | 62 |
| February 2025 Debt Conversion Agreement | 62 |
| Sixth Amendment to Amended and Restated Sale and Purchase Agreement of Share Capital | 62 |
| April 2025 Post-Closing Cash Consideration Conversion Agreements | 63 |
| Seventh Amendment to Amended and Restated Sale and Purchase Agreement of Share Capital | 63 |
| August 2025 Post-Closing Cash Consideration Conversion Agreement | 64 |
| Eighth Amendment to Amended and Restated Sale and Purchase Agreement of Share Capital | 64 |
| Second August 2025 Conversion Agreement | 64 |
| Indemnification Agreements | 68 |
| Review, Approval and Ratification of Related Party Transactions | 68 |
| DELINQUENT SECTION 16(A) REPORTS | 69 |
| PROPOSAL 1 ELECTION OF DIRECTORS | 69 |
| General | 69 |
| General Director Qualifications | 70 |
| Vote Required To Elect the Director Nominees; Recommendation of the Board of Directors | 70 |
| PROPOSAL 2 NON-BINDING ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION | 71 |
| General | 71 |
| Vote Required; Board of Directors Recommendation | 71 |
| PROPOSAL 3 RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS | 72 |
| General | 72 |
| Audit Fees | 72 |
| Pre-Approval Policies | 72 |
| Required Vote; Recommendation of the Board of Directors | 73 |
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| STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR 2026 ANNUAL MEETING | 73 |
|---|---|
| Proxy Statement Proposals | 73 |
| Other Proposals and Nominations | 73 |
| DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS TO STOCKHOLDERS SHARING AN ADDRESS | 74 |
| ADDITIONAL FILINGS | 74 |
| STOCKHOLDER ADVISORY VOTES | 75 |
| DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE | 75 |
| OTHER MATTERS | 75 |
| INTEREST OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN OR OPPOSITION TO MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON | 75 |
| COMPANY CONTACT INFORMATION | 75 |
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GOLDEN MATRIX GROUP, INC.
PROXY STATEMENT
FOR 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
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