# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000063296
**File Stem:** 0000063296-23-000006
**Filing Date:** 2023-1
**Character Count:** 9156
**Document Hash:** 01828d1e035ab4c1affa00b79070f962
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000063296-23-000006.hdr.sgml**: 20230126

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000063296-23-000006

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230125

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Regulation FD Disclosure

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230126

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230126

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000063296
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** NONFERROUS FOUNDRIES (CASTINGS) [3360]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 250644320
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** PA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0930

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-09115
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23555535

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** TWO NORTHSHORE CENTER
- **CITY:** PITTSBURGH
- **STATE:** PA
- **ZIP:** 15212-5851
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 4124428200

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** TWO NORTHSHORE CENTER
- **CITY:** PITTSBURGH
- **STATE:** PA
- **ZIP:** 15212-5851

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** MATTHEWS JAMES H & CO
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19780823

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**UNITED STATES**

 **SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D. C. 20549**

**____________________________________________________________**

**FORM 8-K** 

**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 25, 2023

**<u>____________________________________________________________</u>**

**MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

**<u>____________________________________________________________</u>**

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| **Pennsylvania** | **0-09115** | **25-0644320** |
| (State or other jurisdiction of | (Commission | (I.R.S. Employer |
| Incorporation or organization) | File Number) | Identification No.) |

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**Two Northshore Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5851**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

**(412) 442-8200**

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

**Not Applicable**

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (*see* General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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|:---|:---|:---|
| **Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:** | **Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:** | |
| **Title of each class** | **Trading Symbol** |<br>**Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Class A Common Stock, $1.00 par value | MATW | Nasdaq Global Select Market |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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**Item 7.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Regulation FD Disclosure**

On January 25, 2023, Matthews International Corporation (the "Company") issued a press release announcing the declaration of a quarterly dividend of $0.23 per share on the Company's common stock. The dividend is payable February 20, 2023 to stockholders of record February 6, 2023. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

**Item 9.01**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Exhibits.

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| **Exhibit<br>Number** | **Description** |
| <u>[99.1](ex991_1q2023dividendpr.htm)</u> | Press Release, dated January 25, 2023 issued by Matthews International Corporation. |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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|:---|:---|
| MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION |
| (Registrant) | (Registrant) |
| By: | /s/ Steven F. Nicola |
|  | Steven F. Nicola |
|  | Chief Financial Officer and Secretary |

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Date: January 26, 2023

## Exhibit 99.1

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| ![matwimagea11.jpg](matwimagea11.jpg) | **NEWS RELEASE** |

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Matthews International Corporation

Corporate Office

Two NorthShore Center

Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5851

Phone: (412) 442-8200

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| January 25, 2023 | Contact: | Steven F. Nicola | William D. Wilson |
| | | Chief Financial Officer <br>and Secretary | Senior Director <br>Corporate Development |
| | | Chief Financial Officer <br>and Secretary | Senior Director <br>Corporate Development |

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**<u>MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND</u>**

PITTSBURGH, PA, JANUARY 25, 2023 - <u>Matthews International Corporation</u> (NASDAQ GSM: MATW) announced that its Board of Directors declared, at its regularly scheduled meeting today, a dividend of $0.23 per share on the Company's common stock.

The dividend is payable February 20, 2023 to stockholders of record February 6, 2023.

**About Matthews International Corporation**

Matthews International Corporation is a global provider of memorialization products, industrial technologies, and brand solutions. The Memorialization segment is a leading provider of memorialization products, including memorials, caskets, cremation-related products, and cremation and incineration equipment, primarily to cemetery and funeral home customers that help families move from grief to remembrance. The Industrial Technologies segment designs, manufactures, services and distributes high-tech custom energy storage solutions, product identification, and warehouse automation technologies and solutions. The SGK Brand Solutions segment is a leading provider of packaging solutions and brand experiences, helping companies simplify their marketing, amplify their brands and provide value. The Company has approximately 12,000 employees in more than 30 countries on six continents that are committed to delivering the highest quality products and services.

**Forward-looking Information**

Any forward-looking statements contained in this release are included pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual results in future periods to be materially different from management's expectations. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove correct. Factors that could cause the Company's results to differ materially from the results discussed in such forward-looking statements principally include changes in domestic or international economic conditions, changes in foreign currency exchange rates, changes in interest rates, changes in the cost of materials used in the manufacture of the Company's products, changes in mortality and cremation rates, changes in product demand or pricing as a result of consolidation in the industries in which the Company operates, or other factors such as supply chain disruptions, labor shortages or labor cost increases, changes in product demand or pricing as a result of domestic or international competitive pressures, ability to achieve cost-reduction objectives, unknown risks in connection with the Company's acquisitions, cybersecurity concerns, effectiveness of the Company's internal controls, compliance with domestic and foreign laws and regulations, technological factors beyond the Company's control, impact of pandemics or similar outbreaks, or other disruptions to our industries, customers, or supply chains, the impact of global conflicts, such as the current war between Russia and Ukraine, and other factors described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and other periodic filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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