---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001477932-22-009160"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MRDN"
cik: "0001437925"
company_name: "Meridian Holdings Inc./NV"
filed_at: "2022-12-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T08:04:30.399461+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Golden Matrix appoints Philip Daniel Moyes to board and audit committee

## Summary
- Appointment effective December 3, 2022, filling vacancy from Aaron Richard Johnston's Nov 1 resignation.
- Moyes is independent under NASDAQ and SEC rules; will serve as Class I director standing for election at 2023 annual meeting.
- Compensation consistent with other non-executive directors per the company's Independent Director Compensation Policy.
- Moyes, 50, has gaming industry background including Group CIO at William Hill and CEO of Ultimate Platform Technology Ltd.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001477932-22-009160
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MRDN
- cik: 0001437925
- company_name: Meridian Holdings Inc./NV
- filed_at: 2022-12-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437925/000147793222009160/0001477932-22-009160-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437925/000147793222009160/gmgi_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001477932-22-009160
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001477932-22-009160.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001477932-22-009160.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Philip Daniel Moyes was appointed as Director at Meridian Holdings Inc./NV.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective on December 3, 2022, the Board of Directors of Golden Matrix Group, Inc. (the “ Company ”), with the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors, appointed Philip Daniel Moyes as a member of the Board of Directors and as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, with such appointment to take effect immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437925/000147793222009160/0001477932-22-009160-index.htm
- Executive change
  Aaron Richard Johnston resigned as Director at Meridian Holdings Inc./NV.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: resignation of Mr. Aaron Richard Johnston as a member of the Board of Directors and as a member of the Audit Committee, which resignation was effective November 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437925/000147793222009160/0001477932-22-009160-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.