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<title>matv-20250523</title></head><body><div style="display:none"><ix:header><ix:hidden><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:EntityCentralIndexKey" id="f-23">0001000623</ix:nonNumeric><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:AmendmentFlag" format="ixt:fixed-false" id="f-24">false</ix:nonNumeric></ix:hidden><ix:references xml:lang="en-US"><link:schemaRef xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="matv-20250523.xsd"/></ix:references><ix:resources><xbrli:context id="c-1"><xbrli:entity><xbrli:identifier scheme="http://www.sec.gov/CIK">0001000623</xbrli:identifier></xbrli:entity><xbrli:period><xbrli:startDate>2025-05-23</xbrli:startDate><xbrli:endDate>2025-05-23</xbrli:endDate></xbrli:period></xbrli:context></ix:resources></ix:header></div><div id="i7efca2f6525842df9796177271fbe51c_1"></div><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New 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Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</span></div><div style="padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-54pt"><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Departure of Chief Human Resources and Communications Officer</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">On Friday, May 23, 2025, Mativ Holdings, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) announced that Michael W. Rickheim, the Company&#8217;s Chief Human Resources and Communications Officers, would depart from the Company, effective as of June 1, 2025 (the &#8220;Effective Date&#8221;). For purposes of the Mativ Holdings, Inc. Executive Severance Plan (the &#8220;Executive Severance Plan&#8221;), Mr. Rickheim&#8217;s departure will be treated as an involuntary termination without &#8220;cause&#8221;, and he will be entitled to receive the severance benefits described under the caption &#8220;</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Termination that Does Not Qualify as a Change of Control Termination</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#8221; in the Company&#8217;s Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 10, 2024. </span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">In addition, in connection with his departure, the Company and Mr. Rickheim have entered into a Separation Agreement and General Waiver and Release (the &#8220;Separation Agreement&#8221;) confirming the severance benefits and post-termination obligations pursuant to the Executive Severance Plan and the awards governing his outstanding equity awards, which includes a customary release of claims. The foregoing summary of the Separation Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Separation Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">One-Time Retention Awards</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:139%"> </span></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">On Friday, May 23, 2025 (the &#8220;Grant Date&#8221;), the executive officers of the Company listed below were granted shares of restricted stock as set forth in the table below. All of the shares will vest on the second anniversary of the Grant Date, subject to each executive&#8217;s continued employment with the Company. The restricted stock grants are one-time awards to maximize the retention of the executives.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:71.707%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:26.093%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Name and Title</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">One-Time Award </span></div><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">(shares of restricted stock)</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Ryan Elwart, </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Group President</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">94,828</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Mark W. Johnson, </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">89,655</span></div></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-72pt"><span><br/></span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-72pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits. </span></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-72pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:4.25pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.122%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:9.519%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:88.281%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:3.25pt;padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">10.1+</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:3.25pt;padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex101-may2025departure.htm">Separation Agreement and General Waiver and Release, </a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex101-may2025departure.htm">dated</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex101-may2025departure.htm"> </a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex101-may2025departure.htm">May</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex101-may2025departure.htm"> </a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex101-may2025departure.htm">23</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline" href="ex101-may2025departure.htm">, 2025, by and between the Company and Michael W. Rickheim.</a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:3.25pt;padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">104</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:3.25pt;padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)</span></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-72pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-72pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">+ Indicates management compensatory plan or arrangement.</span></div><div><span><br/></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><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SIGNATURES</span></div><div><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%">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.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:234pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Mativ Holdings, Inc.</span></div><div style="text-indent:234pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(Registrant)</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:234pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:54.385%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:11.803%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/><td style="width:1.0%"/><td style="width:85.997%"/><td style="width:0.1%"/></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;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 2px 1.02pt;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/ Mark W. Johnson</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;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%">Name:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;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%">Mark W. Johnson</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Title:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;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%">Date:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;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%">May 23, 2025</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div><span><br/></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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matv-20250523
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
May 23, 2025
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
1-13948
(Commission file number)
MATIV HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
62-1612879
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
100 Kimball Place,
Suite 600
Alpharetta,
Georgia
30009
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
1-
770
-
569-4229
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, 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:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act.  (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act. (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act. (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act.  (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.10 par value
MATV
New York Stock Exchange
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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).
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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.
Item 5.02.     Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Departure of Chief Human Resources and Communications Officer
On Friday, May 23, 2025, Mativ Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") announced that Michael W. Rickheim, the Company's Chief Human Resources and Communications Officers, would depart from the Company, effective as of June 1, 2025 (the "Effective Date"). For purposes of the Mativ Holdings, Inc. Executive Severance Plan (the "Executive Severance Plan"), Mr. Rickheim's departure will be treated as an involuntary termination without "cause", and he will be entitled to receive the severance benefits described under the caption "
Termination that Does Not Qualify as a Change of Control Termination
" in the Company's Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 10, 2024.
In addition, in connection with his departure, the Company and Mr. Rickheim have entered into a Separation Agreement and General Waiver and Release (the "Separation Agreement") confirming the severance benefits and post-termination obligations pursuant to the Executive Severance Plan and the awards governing his outstanding equity awards, which includes a customary release of claims. The foregoing summary of the Separation Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Separation Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
One-Time Retention Awards
On Friday, May 23, 2025 (the "Grant Date"), the executive officers of the Company listed below were granted shares of restricted stock as set forth in the table below. All of the shares will vest on the second anniversary of the Grant Date, subject to each executive's continued employment with the Company. The restricted stock grants are one-time awards to maximize the retention of the executives.
Name and Title
One-Time Award
(shares of restricted stock)
Ryan Elwart,
Group President
94,828
Mark W. Johnson,
Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary
89,655
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
10.1+
Separation Agreement and General Waiver and Release,
dated
May
23
, 2025, by and between the Company and Michael W. Rickheim.
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
+ Indicates management compensatory plan or arrangement.
SIGNATURES
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.
Mativ Holdings, Inc.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Mark W. Johnson
Name:
Mark W. Johnson
Title:
Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary
Date:
May 23, 2025