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C. 20549</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:138%">____________________________________________________________</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:138%">FORM <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="id665b9d704bf47dfac0021d6e1269cd1_D20211129-20211129" name="dei:DocumentType" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOjlmYWRhZmQxN2Y3MzRlZTZhMjIwMTYzMDJiYzM1OTliL3NlYzo5ZmFkYWZkMTdmNzM0ZWU2YTIyMDE2MzAyYmMzNTk5Yl8xL2ZyYWc6YjgwOTJlYzZlYWViNDNkZjgzMzBhNWExMzdiNmY2NjcvdGV4dHJlZ2lvbjpiODA5MmVjNmVhZWI0M2RmODMzMGE1YTEzN2I2ZjY2N18yNjg0_4efa8ce1-bcdb-4e27-bfe5-cb69f7e6cd0b">8-K</ix:nonNumeric> </span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New 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1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(Registrant)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">/s/ Steven F. Nicola</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Steven F. Nicola</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Chief Financial Officer and Secretary</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Date: November 29, 2021</span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div></body></html>
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matw-20211129
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):
November 29, 2021
____________________________________________________________
MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP
ORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
____________________________________________________________
Pennsylvania
0-09115
25-0644320
(State or other jurisdiction of
(Commission
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or organization)
File Number)
Identification No.)
Two Northshore Center
,
Pittsburgh
,
PA
15212-5851
(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):
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol
Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, $1.00 par value
MATW
Nasdaq Global Select Market
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
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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 8.01    Other Events.
The Company manages its businesses under three segments: SGK Brand Solutions, Memorialization and Industrial Technologies.  Effective in the first quarter of fiscal 2022, the Company transferred its surfaces and engineered products businesses from the SGK Brand Solutions segment to the Industrial Technologies segment.  This business segment change is consistent with internal management structure and reporting changes effective for fiscal 2022.  The SGK Brand Solutions segment consists of brand management, pre-media services, printing plates and cylinders, imaging services, digital asset management, merchandising display systems, and marketing and design services primarily for the consumer goods and retail industries. The Memorialization segment consists primarily of bronze and granite memorials and other memorialization products, caskets, and cremation and incineration equipment primarily for the cemetery and funeral home industries.  The Industrial Technologies segment includes marking and coding equipment and consumables, engineered products including energy solutions, industrial automation products and order fulfillment systems for identifying, tracking, picking and conveying consumer and industrial products.
Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K provides a summary of the Company's recast segment sales and operating results for the years ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, and the corresponding quarterly periods, as if the segments had been reported under the new reportable segment structure. Consolidated results remain unchanged. Beginning with the quarter ending December 31, 2021, the condensed consolidated financial statements will reflect the new reportable segment structure with the prior periods adjusted to conform to the new presentation. The recast segment information is included as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, does not restate the Company's previously reported consolidated financial statements for any period, nor does it reflect any subsequent information or events, other than as required to reflect the change in segments as described above. Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, should be read in conjunction with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the years ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 and the Company's interim filings for such years with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)  Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1
Recast Segment Sales and Operating Results
104
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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.
MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Steven F. Nicola
Steven F. Nicola
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Date: November 29, 2021