Securities Registration: Employee Benefit Plan (s-8)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2022

Registration No. 333- ________

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM S‑8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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GOLDEN MATRIX GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada

46-1814729

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

3651 Lindell Road, Suite D131

Las Vegas, Nevada

89103

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

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GOLDEN MATRIX GROUP, INC. 2022 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

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Anthony Brian Goodman

Chief Executive Officer

Golden Matrix Group, Inc.

3651 Lindell Road, Suite D131

Las Vegas, Nevada 89103

(Name and address of agent for service)

(702) 318-7548

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:

David M. Loev, Esq.

John S. Gillies, Esq.

The Loev Law Firm, PC

6300 West Loop South, Suite 280

Bellaire, Texas 77401

Telephone: (713) 524‑4110

Facsimile: (713) 524‑4122

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non‑accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b‑2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Non‑accelerated filer	☒	Smaller reporting company	☒
		Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Golden Matrix Group, Inc. (“we”, “us”, “our”, the “Company” or “Registrant”) has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to register 5,000,000 shares of common stock, $ 0.00001 par value per share (“Common Stock”) reserved for future awards under the Golden Matrix Group, Inc. 2022 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2022 Plan”).

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

Items 1 and 2, from this page, and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Part II, Item 3 of this prospectus, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

Item 1. Plan Information.

The Company will provide each recipient (the “Recipients”) of an award under the 2022 Plan with documents that contain information related to the 2022 Plan, and other information including, but not limited to, the disclosure required by Item 1 of Form S-8, which information is not required to be and is not being filed as a part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. The foregoing information and the documents incorporated by reference in response to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. A Section 10(a) prospectus will be given to each Recipient who receives shares of Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement, in accordance with Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.

Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.

We will provide to each Recipient a written statement advising of the availability of documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement (which documents are incorporated by reference in this Section 10(a) prospectus) and of documents required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act without charge and upon written or oral request by contacting:

Mr. Anthony Brian Goodman,

Chief Executive Officer

Golden Matrix Group, Inc.

3651 Lindell Road, Suite D131

Las Vegas, Nevada

(702) 318-7548

Part II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

The following documents filed with the Commission by the Company are incorporated by reference into this registration statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) and are made a part hereof:

	(a)	The Company’s Transition Report on Form 10-KT for the transition period from February 1, 2021 to October 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on January 13, 2022 (File No. 000-54840)(the “Transition Report”);

	(b)	The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31, 2022 filed with the SEC on March 8, 2022 and the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2022 filed with the SEC on June 3, 2022 (File No. 001-41326);

	(c)	The Company’s Definitive Information Statement on Schedule 14C filed with the SEC on May 18, 2022 (File No. 001-41326) (except the section of the information statement titled “Audit Committee Report”);

	(d)	The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K and 8-K/A (other than information furnished rather than filed) filed with the SEC on November 30, 2021, December 3, 2021, December 8, 2021, December 21, 2021, January 14, 2022, March 14, 2022, April 8, 2022, May 11, 2022, and July 1, 2022 (File Nos. 000-54840 and 001-41326);

	(e)	The description of our capital stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8A filed under the Exchange Act with the SEC on March 14, 2022, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description; and

(f)

All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report referred to in (a) above.

All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of filing this Registration Statement and prior to such time as the Company files a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, except for the documents, or portions thereof, that are “furnished” rather than filed with the SEC.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purpose of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which is also, or is deemed to be, incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Item 4. Description of Securities

Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

None.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

As authorized by Section 78.751 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, we may indemnify our officers and directors against expenses incurred by such persons in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, involving such persons in their capacities as officers and directors, so long as such persons acted in good faith and in a manner which they reasonably believed to be in our best interests. If the legal proceeding, however, is by or in our right, the director or officer may not be indemnified in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which he is adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to us unless a court determines otherwise.

Under Nevada law, corporations may also purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer (or is serving at our request as a director or officer of another corporation) for any liability asserted against such person and any expenses incurred by him in his capacity as a director or officer. These financial arrangements may include trust funds, self-insurance programs, guarantees and insurance policies.

Additionally, our Bylaws (“Bylaws”), provide that we shall indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent not prohibited by the Nevada Revised Statutes; and, provided, further, that we are not be required to indemnify any director or officer in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless (i) such indemnification is expressly required to be made by law, (ii) the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors, (iii) such indemnification is provided by the Company, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under the Nevada Revised Statutes or (iv) such indemnification is required to be made pursuant to the terms of the Bylaws. We also have power to indemnify our employees and other agents as set forth in the Nevada Revised Statutes.

Our Bylaws also provide that we are required to advance to any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer, of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director or executive officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, prior to the final disposition of the proceeding, promptly following request therefor, all expenses incurred by any director or officer in connection with such proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay said amounts if it should be determined ultimately that such person is not entitled to be indemnified under the Bylaws or otherwise.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to certain exceptions, no advance shall be made by the Company to an officer of the Company (except by reason of the fact that such officer is or was a director of the Company) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the proceeding, or (ii) if such quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that the facts known to the decision-making party at the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company.

Neither our Bylaws nor our Articles of Incorporation, as amended, include any specific indemnification provisions for our officers or directors against liability under the Securities Act. Additionally, insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.

Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed

Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits

Reference is made to the attached Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9. Undertakings

(a) The Company hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post‑effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post‑effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the Form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.

However, paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post‑effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post‑effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post‑effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, our company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S‑8 and has duly caused this Form S‑8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Las Vegas, State of Nevada on the 5th day of August 2022.

	GOLDEN MATRIX GROUP, INC.

	/s/ Anthony Brian Goodman
	By:	Anthony Brian Goodman, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mr. Anthony Brian Goodman, with full power of substitution, re-substitution and authority to act, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date

/s/ Anthony Brian Goodman	President, Chief Executive Officer,	August 5, 2022
Anthony Brian Goodman	Secretary, Treasurer, and Chairman of the Board of Directors
	(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Omar Jimenez	Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer	August 5, 2022
Omar Jimenez	(Principal Financial/Accounting Officer)

/s/ Weiting ‘Cathy’ Feng	Chief Operating Officer and Director	August 5, 2022
Weiting ‘Cathy’ Feng

/s/ Thomas E. McChesney	Director	August 5, 2022
Thomas E. McChesney

/s/ Murray G. Smith	Director	August 5, 2022
Murray G. Smith

/s/ Aaron Richard Johnston	Director	August 5, 2022
Aaron Richard Johnston