---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001477932-23-000207"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MRDN"
cik: "0001437925"
company_name: "Meridian Holdings Inc./NV"
filed_at: "2023-01-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T15:57:25.439644+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Golden Matrix to acquire Meridian sports betting/gaming for $298.5M

## Summary
- Purchase of 100% of Meridian Companies for $298.5M total: $50M cash, 56.999M shares ($3.50/sh), $10M note, plus additional shares.
- Meridian operates licensed online betting/gaming in 15+ jurisdictions across Europe, Africa, and South America.
- Deal structured in two phases: Phase 1 closing by June 30, 2023; Phase 2 by Oct 31, 2023.
- Sellers to receive Series C Voting Preferred Stock with 7,500 votes/share and right to appoint two board members.
- Closing subject to shareholder approval, financing, HSR compliance, and continued Nasdaq listing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001477932-23-000207
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MRDN
- cik: 0001437925
- company_name: Meridian Holdings Inc./NV
- filed_at: 2023-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437925/000147793223000207/0001477932-23-000207-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437925/000147793223000207/gmgi_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Meridian Holdings Inc./NV entered into Purchase Agreement with Aleksandar Milovanovic, Zoran Milosevic and Snezana Bozovic valued at aggregate value of the transaction is $298,500,000 (effective 2023-01-11).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: asset purchase
  - Counterparty: Aleksandar Milovanovic, Zoran Milosevic and Snezana Bozovic
  - Value: aggregate value of the transaction is $298,500,000
  - Effective: 2023-01-11
  source text: On January 11, 2023, Golden Matrix Group, Inc. (the “ Company ”, “ Golden Matrix ”, “ we ” and “ us ”), entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement of Share Capital (the “ Purchase Agreement ”) with Aleksandar Milovanovic, Zoran Milosevic (“ Milosevic ”) and Snezana Bozovic (collectively, the “ Sellers ”), the owners of Meridian Tech Društvo Sa Ograničenom Odgovornošću Beograd
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437925/000147793223000207/0001477932-23-000207-index.htm

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