We study matrices A 2 C n n such that A s+1 R = RA where R k = In, and s; k are nonnegative integers with k 2; such matrices are called fR; s + 1; k; g-potent matrices. The s = 0 case corresponds to matrices such that A = RA R 1 with R k = In, and is studied using spectral properties of the matrix R. For s 1, various characterizations of the class of fR; s + 1; k; g-potent matrices and relationships between these matrices and other classes of matrices are presented.