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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;3, 2023 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, DC&nbsp;20549 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:22pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Pennsylvania</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">25-0644320</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Two NorthShore Center </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip code) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AMENDED AND RESTATED 2019 DIRECTOR FEE PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Steven F.
Nicola </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief Financial Officer and Secretary </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Matthews International Corporation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Two NorthShore Center </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212-5851 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone:&nbsp;(412) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">442-8217</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies of communications to: </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Jeremiah G. Garvey, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Seth H. Popick, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Cozen O&#146;Connor </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>One
Oxford Centre </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>301 Grant Street, 41<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">st</SUP> Floor </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219-1410 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone:&nbsp;(412) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">620-6500</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.&nbsp;See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act.&nbsp;(Check One): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9745;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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for complying with any new or revised accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> Matthews International Corporation (&#147;Matthews&#148; or the
&#147;Company&#148;) is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) to register 150,000 additional shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) under the
Company&#146;s Amended and Restated 2019 Director Fee Plan. This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed with the SEC
on May&nbsp;3, 2019, (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-231192).</FONT> In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> as promulgated by the SEC, the information specified in
the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> has been omitted from this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Matthews International Corporation (&#147;Matthews&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration
Statement the documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) by the Company and listed in (1)&nbsp;through (4) below. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1)&nbsp;
The Company&#146;s <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329622000099/matw-20220930.htm">Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended September<U>
</U>&nbsp;30, 2022, filed with the Commission on November<U></U>&nbsp;18, 2022.</A> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2)&nbsp;
The Company&#146;s <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000063296/000006329623000011/matw-20221231.htm">Quarterly Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the fiscal quarter ended December
<U></U>&nbsp;31, 2022, filed with the Commission on January<U></U>&nbsp;27, 2023.</A> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3)&nbsp;
The Company&#146;s <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329622000131/matw-20221230.htm">Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on December
<U></U>&nbsp;30, 2022</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000063296/000006329623000015/matw-20230216.htm">February<U></U>&nbsp;17, 2023</A>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(4)&nbsp;The description of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) contained
in the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> filed under Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) with the Commission on July&nbsp;8, 1994,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To the extent that any information contained in any Current Report
on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> or any exhibit thereto, was furnished to, rather than filed with, the Commission, such information or exhibit is specifically not incorporated by reference. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All reports and other documents that the Company subsequently files with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment indicating that the Company has sold all of the securities offered under this Registration Statement or that deregisters the distribution of all such securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement from the date that the Company files such report or document.&nbsp;Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or any report or document incorporated into
this Registration Statement by reference, however, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently dated report or document that is also considered
part of this Registration Statement, or in any amendment to this Registration Statement, is inconsistent with such prior statement. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Description of Securities. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law (&#147;Business Corporation Law&#148;) provides, in general, that a corporation may indemnify any
person, including its directors, officers and employees, who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than
actions by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a representative of, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a representative of another domestic or foreign corporation for profit or <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">not-for-profit,</FONT></FONT> partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against express (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the action or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and with respect to
any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The Business Corporation Law permits similar indemnification in the case of actions by or in the right of the corporation. In any case, to the extent that a
representative of the corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any claim, issue or matter, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or
her in connection therewith. The Business Corporation Law also provides that the indemnification permitted or required by the law is not exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification may be entitled, provided that
indemnification may not be made in any case where the act is determined by a court to have constituted willful misconduct or recklessness. The Business Corporation Law also provides that a corporation may pay expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees), incurred by a party in an action subject to indemnification in advance of the final disposition of the action upon receipt of an undertaking by the party on whose behalf such expenses are paid to repay all amounts to the corporation in the
event it is ultimately determined that the party is not entitled to be indemnified. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article 8.1 of the Company&#146;s Restated Articles
of Incorporation (the &#147;Articles&#148;) provides that, except as prohibited by law, every director and officer of the Company is entitled to be indemnified by the Company against expenses and any liabilities paid or incurred in connection with
any actual or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in which such person may be involved by virtue of serving, or having had served, in the capacity of director or officer. Section 6.01 of the Company&#146;s Restated <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-laws</FONT> (the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;By-laws&#148;),</FONT> provides that to the fullest extent the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania permit elimination or limitation of liability of directors,
no director of the Company will be personally liable for monetary damages as such for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a director.&nbsp;Section 6.02(a) of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-laws</FONT> provide that,
except as prohibited by law, every director and officer of the Company is entitled as of right to be indemnified by the Company against expenses and any liabilities paid or incurred by such person in connection with any actual or threatened claim,
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other, whether brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise, in which the director of officer may be involved in any manner, as a party, witness or
otherwise, is threatened to be made so involved, by reason of the director or officer being or having been a director or officer of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, or by reason of the fact that the director or officer is or was serving
at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or other representative of another company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity.&nbsp;The rights of indemnification do not, however, apply
where (i)&nbsp;any act of giving rise to a claim for indemnification for expenses or liability is determined by a court to have constituted willful misconduct or recklessness or (ii)&nbsp;such indemnification would be otherwise prohibited by law,
and in an action brought by a Director or officer against the Company, the director or officer is only entitled to indemnification for expenses in certain circumstances.&nbsp;The right to indemnification conferred by this provision includes all
expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the director or officer, including fees and expenses of counsel selected by such person, and all judgments, excise taxes, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement. </P>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-laws</FONT> provide that each director and officer of the Company also will be entitled as of right to have his or her expenses in defending any action paid in advance by the Company prior to final disposition of such
action, provided that the Company receives a written undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay the amount advanced if it should ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified.&nbsp;In addition,
rights to partial indemnification for expenses and liability are provided in certain circumstances under Section&nbsp;6.02(f) of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-laws,</FONT> and Section&nbsp;6.02(c) permits a director or officer to bring an
action against the Company if a written claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses is not paid by the Company in full within 30 days after the claim has been presented.&nbsp;The director or officer also is entitled to advancement of
expenses in this type of proceeding. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.4 of the Articles and Section&nbsp;6.02(d) of the
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-laws</FONT> permit the Company to purchase and maintain insurance to protect itself and any director, officer, or other person eligible to be indemnified by the Company under the
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-laws</FONT> against any liability or expense asserted or incurred by such person in connection with any Action, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability or
expense by law or under the provisions of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-Laws.&nbsp;The</FONT> Company may also create a trust fund, grant a security interest, cause a letter of credit to be issued or use other means to ensure the payment
of such sums as may become necessary to effect a director&#146;s or officer&#146;s right of indemnification under the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-laws.</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As noted in Section&nbsp;8.5 of the Articles and Section&nbsp;6.02(e) of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-laws,</FONT> the rights to
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided are not deemed to be exclusive of any other rights, whether existing or created in the future, to which a director or officer may be entitled under any agreement or by law, or any provision in the
Articles or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-Laws</FONT> of the Company, vote of shareholders or directors or otherwise; the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses will continue as to each director or officer who has ceased to have
the status pursuant to which such person was initially entitled to indemnification and inure to the benefit of the heirs and legal representatives of such person.&nbsp;Any amendment or repeal of Article VI of the
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-laws</FONT> (relating to indemnification) or adoption of any other <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-law</FONT> or other provision of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company then in effect, which has the
effect of limiting in any way the rights to indemnification or advancement under the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-laws,</FONT> will operate prospectively only and will not affect any action taken, or failure to act, by a director or officer
prior to such amendment, repeal, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-law</FONT> or other provision becoming effective. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Restated Articles of Incorporation.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Exhibit Number 3.1 to the Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the year ended September&nbsp;30, 1994</TD></TR>
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8, 2021</A>.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Exhibit Number 3.1 to the Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on January&nbsp;14, 2021</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329623000015/ex101amendedandrestated201.htm">Matthews International Corporation Amended and Restated 2019 Director Fee Plan.</A></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Exhibit Number 10.1 to the Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on February&nbsp;17, 2023.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000119312519136546/d652929dex994.htm">Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under Matthews International Corporation 2019 Director Fee Plan.</A></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Exhibit Number 99.4 to the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed on May&nbsp;3, 2019.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company
hereby undertakes: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:18%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">provided, however, that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed by the registrant with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide offering thereof. </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on this 3rd day of March, 2023. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Joseph C. Bartolacci</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Joseph C. Bartolacci</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Joseph C. Bartolacci, Steven F. Nicola
and Brian D. Walters, and each of them, such person&#146;s true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, with full power of substitution and revocation, for such person
and in such person&#146;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement) and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons
in the capacities and on the date indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Capacity</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Joseph C. Bartolacci</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Joseph C. Bartolacci</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">March&nbsp;3, 2023</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President and Chief Executive Officer and Director</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2023
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania
25-0644320
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Two NorthShore Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip code)
MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2019 DIRECTOR FEE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Steven F.
Nicola
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Matthews International Corporation
Two NorthShore Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212-5851
Telephone: (412)
442-8217
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of communications to:
Jeremiah G. Garvey, Esq.
Seth H. Popick, Esq.
Cozen O'Connor
One
Oxford Centre
301 Grant Street, 41
st
Floor
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219-1410
Telephone: (412)
620-6500
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act. (Check One):
Large accelerated filer
☑
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated
filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
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 accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act  ☐
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form
S-8,
Matthews International Corporation ("Matthews" or the
"Company") is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") to register 150,000 additional shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share ("Common Stock") under the
Company's Amended and Restated 2019 Director Fee Plan. This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Company's registration statement on Form
S-8
filed with the SEC
on May 3, 2019, (File
No. 333-231192).
In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form
S-8
as promulgated by the SEC, the information specified in
the Form
S-8
has been omitted from this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Matthews International Corporation ("Matthews" or the "Company") hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration
Statement the documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by the Company and listed in (1) through (4) below.
(1) 
The Company's
Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended September
30, 2022, filed with the Commission on November
18, 2022.
(2) 
The Company's
Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q
for the fiscal quarter ended December
31, 2022, filed with the Commission on January
27, 2023.
(3) 
The Company's
Current Reports on Form
8-K
filed with the Commission on December
30, 2022
and
February
17, 2023
.
(4) The description of the Company's Class A common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock") contained
in the Company's Registration Statement on Form
8-A
filed under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") with the Commission on July 8, 1994,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
To the extent that any information contained in any Current Report
on Form
8-K,
or any exhibit thereto, was furnished to, rather than filed with, the Commission, such information or exhibit is specifically not incorporated by reference.
All reports and other documents that the Company subsequently files with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment indicating that the Company has sold all of the securities offered under this Registration Statement or that deregisters the distribution of all such securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement from the date that the Company files such report or document. Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or any report or document incorporated into
this Registration Statement by reference, however, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently dated report or document that is also considered
part of this Registration Statement, or in any amendment to this Registration Statement, is inconsistent with such prior statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law ("Business Corporation Law") provides, in general, that a corporation may indemnify any
person, including its directors, officers and employees, who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than
actions by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a representative of, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a representative of another domestic or foreign corporation for profit or
not-for-profit,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against express (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the action or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and with respect to
any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The Business Corporation Law permits similar indemnification in the case of actions by or in the right of the corporation. In any case, to the extent that a
representative of the corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any claim, issue or matter, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or
her in connection therewith. The Business Corporation Law also provides that the indemnification permitted or required by the law is not exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification may be entitled, provided that
indemnification may not be made in any case where the act is determined by a court to have constituted willful misconduct or recklessness. The Business Corporation Law also provides that a corporation may pay expenses (including attorneys'
fees), incurred by a party in an action subject to indemnification in advance of the final disposition of the action upon receipt of an undertaking by the party on whose behalf such expenses are paid to repay all amounts to the corporation in the
event it is ultimately determined that the party is not entitled to be indemnified.
Article 8.1 of the Company's Restated Articles
of Incorporation (the "Articles") provides that, except as prohibited by law, every director and officer of the Company is entitled to be indemnified by the Company against expenses and any liabilities paid or incurred in connection with
any actual or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in which such person may be involved by virtue of serving, or having had served, in the capacity of director or officer. Section 6.01 of the Company's Restated
By-laws
(the
"By-laws"),
provides that to the fullest extent the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania permit elimination or limitation of liability of directors,
no director of the Company will be personally liable for monetary damages as such for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a director. Section 6.02(a) of the
By-laws
provide that,
except as prohibited by law, every director and officer of the Company is entitled as of right to be indemnified by the Company against expenses and any liabilities paid or incurred by such person in connection with any actual or threatened claim,
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other, whether brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise, in which the director of officer may be involved in any manner, as a party, witness or
otherwise, is threatened to be made so involved, by reason of the director or officer being or having been a director or officer of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, or by reason of the fact that the director or officer is or was serving
at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or other representative of another company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity. The rights of indemnification do not, however, apply
where (i) any act of giving rise to a claim for indemnification for expenses or liability is determined by a court to have constituted willful misconduct or recklessness or (ii) such indemnification would be otherwise prohibited by law,
and in an action brought by a Director or officer against the Company, the director or officer is only entitled to indemnification for expenses in certain circumstances. The right to indemnification conferred by this provision includes all
expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the director or officer, including fees and expenses of counsel selected by such person, and all judgments, excise taxes, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement.
Section 8.2 of the Articles and Section 6.02(b) of the
By-laws
provide that each director and officer of the Company also will be entitled as of right to have his or her expenses in defending any action paid in advance by the Company prior to final disposition of such
action, provided that the Company receives a written undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay the amount advanced if it should ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified. In addition,
rights to partial indemnification for expenses and liability are provided in certain circumstances under Section 6.02(f) of the
By-laws,
and Section 6.02(c) permits a director or officer to bring an
action against the Company if a written claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses is not paid by the Company in full within 30 days after the claim has been presented. The director or officer also is entitled to advancement of
expenses in this type of proceeding.
Section 8.4 of the Articles and Section 6.02(d) of the
By-laws
permit the Company to purchase and maintain insurance to protect itself and any director, officer, or other person eligible to be indemnified by the Company under the
By-laws
against any liability or expense asserted or incurred by such person in connection with any Action, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability or
expense by law or under the provisions of the
By-Laws. The
Company may also create a trust fund, grant a security interest, cause a letter of credit to be issued or use other means to ensure the payment
of such sums as may become necessary to effect a director's or officer's right of indemnification under the
By-laws.
As noted in Section 8.5 of the Articles and Section 6.02(e) of the
By-laws,
the rights to
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided are not deemed to be exclusive of any other rights, whether existing or created in the future, to which a director or officer may be entitled under any agreement or by law, or any provision in the
Articles or
By-Laws
of the Company, vote of shareholders or directors or otherwise; the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses will continue as to each director or officer who has ceased to have
the status pursuant to which such person was initially entitled to indemnification and inure to the benefit of the heirs and legal representatives of such person. Any amendment or repeal of Article VI of the
By-laws
(relating to indemnification) or adoption of any other
By-law
or other provision of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company then in effect, which has the
effect of limiting in any way the rights to indemnification or advancement under the
By-laws,
will operate prospectively only and will not affect any action taken, or failure to act, by a director or officer
prior to such amendment, repeal,
By-law
or other provision becoming effective.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
Description
Prior Filing or Sequential Page Numbers
Herein
4.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation.
Exhibit Number 3.1 to the Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the year ended September 30, 1994
4.2
Restated
By-laws
of Matthews International Corporation, as amended January
8, 2021
.
Exhibit Number 3.1 to the Current Report on Form
8-K
filed on January 14, 2021
5.1*
Opinion of Cozen O'Connor as to the legality of the securities being registered.
23.1*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2*
Consent of Cozen O'Connor (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement on Form
S-8).
99.1
Matthews International Corporation Amended and Restated 2019 Director Fee Plan.
Exhibit Number 10.1 to the Current Report on Form
8-K
filed on February 17, 2023.
99.2
Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under Matthews International Corporation 2019 Director Fee Plan.
Exhibit Number 99.4 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-8
filed on May 3, 2019.
107*
Filing Fee Table
*
Filed herewith.
Item 9. Undertakings.
The Company
hereby undertakes:
(a) (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement:
(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; and
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed by the registrant with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on this 3rd day of March, 2023.
MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Joseph C. Bartolacci
Joseph C. Bartolacci
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Joseph C. Bartolacci, Steven F. Nicola
and Brian D. Walters, and each of them, such person's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and revocation, for such person
and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement) and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact
and agent, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons
in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Date
Capacity
/s/ Joseph C. Bartolacci
Joseph C. Bartolacci
March 3, 2023
President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Steven F. Nicola
Steven F. Nicola
March 3, 2023
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Alvaro Garcia-Tunon
Alvaro Garcia-Tunon
March 3, 2023
Chairman of the Board
/s/ Gregory S. Babe
Gregory S. Babe
March 3, 2023
Director
/s/ Katherine E. Dietze
Katherine E. Dietze
March 3, 2023
Director
/s/ Terry L. Dunlap
Terry L. Dunlap
March 3, 2023
Director
/s/ Lillian D. Etzkorn
Lillian D. Etzkorn
March 3, 2023
Director
/s/ Morgan K. O'Brien
Morgan K. O'Brien
March 3, 2023
Director
/s/ Aleta W. Richards
Aleta W. Richards
March 3, 2023
Director
/s/ David A. Schawk
David A. Schawk
March 3, 2023
Director
/s/ Jerry R. Whitaker
Jerry R. Whitaker
March 3, 2023
Director