content: <HTML><HEAD>
  <TITLE>S-8</TITLE>
  </HEAD>
   <BODY BGCOLOR="WHITE" STYLE="line-height:Normal">
  
  <Center><DIV STYLE="width:8.5in" align="left">
   <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 April&nbsp;30, 2025 </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-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
  </DIV><DIV STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES 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 20549 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
  <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><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; 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><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
  <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt" ALIGN="center">
  
  
  <TR>
  
  <TD WIDTH="50%"></TD>
  
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1%"></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="48%"></TD></TR>
  
  
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Pennsylvania</B></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">25-0644320</FONT></B></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt">
  <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>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <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>
  <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>SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 2017 EQUITY INCENTIVE 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="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 </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: (412) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">442-8200</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>
  <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
  <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, 41st 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: (412) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">620-6500</FONT></B></P>
  <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
  <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. 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. (Check One): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" ALIGN="center">
  
  
  <TR>
  
  <TD WIDTH="17%"></TD>
  
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1%"></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="58%"></TD>
  
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1%"></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="20%"></TD>
  
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1%"></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="2%"></TD></TR>
  
  
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Accelerated filer</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-accelerated</FONT> filer</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Smaller&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;company</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Emerging growth company</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act&#8194;&#9744; </P>
  <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
  </DIV><DIV STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  </DIV></Center>
  
  
  <p style="margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0em; page-break-before:always"> </p>
  <HR SIZE="3" style="COLOR:#999999" WIDTH="100%" ALIGN="CENTER">
  
  <Center><DIV STYLE="width:8.5in" align="left">
   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E </B></P>
  <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 1,500,000 additional shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) under the
  Company&#146;s Second Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Incentive 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> and the contents of the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed with the SEC on
  April&nbsp;29, 2022 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-264584).</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>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
  <TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
  <TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&#8201;3.</B></TD>
  <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; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Matthews 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 (a)&nbsp;
  through (d) below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Company&#146;s <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000063296/000006329624000094/matw-20240930.htm">Annual
   Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2024, filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;22, 2024</A>. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The Company&#146;s <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000063296/000006329625000006/matw-20241231.htm">Quarterly
   Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the fiscal quarter ended December&nbsp;31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;
  7, 2025</A> and the Company&#146;s <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000162828025021118/matw-20250331.htm">Quarterly Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the fiscal quarter
   ended March&nbsp;31, 2025, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;30, 2025</A>.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000063296/000006329624000112/matw-20241210.htm">December&nbsp;
  10, 2024</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000063296/000119312525003242/d899504d8k.htm">January&nbsp;
  8, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000063296/000119312525012891/d907492d8k.htm">January&nbsp;
  27, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000063296/000119312525021330/d926789d8k.htm">February&nbsp;
  6, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000063296/000119312525029134/d928104d8k.htm">February&nbsp;
  19, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000063296/000119312525032099/d907728d8k.htm">February&nbsp;
  21, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000063296/000119312525034298/d922415d8k.htm">February&nbsp;
  25, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000063296/000119312525051989/d934510d8k.htm">March&nbsp;
  11, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000063296/000119312525052057/d863313d8k.htm">March&nbsp;
  11, 2025</A>, and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000063296/000006329625000052/matw-20250415.htm">April&nbsp;15, 2025</A>. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) 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; 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. 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>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
  <TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
  <TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&#8201;4.</B></TD>
  <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; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
  </DIV></Center>
  
  
  <p style="margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0em; page-break-before:always"> </p>
  <HR SIZE="3" style="COLOR:#999999" WIDTH="100%" ALIGN="CENTER">
  
  <Center><DIV STYLE="width:8.5in" align="left">
  
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
  <TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
  <TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&#8201;5.</B></TD>
  <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>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
  <TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
  <TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&#8201;6.</B></TD>
  <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; 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; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article 8.1 of the Company&#146;s Restated Articles of Incorporation,
  as amended (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&nbsp;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 or officer 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&nbsp;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 or 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)&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. 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>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;8.2 of the Articles and Section&nbsp;6.02(b) of the <FONT 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. 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. The director or officer also is entitled to advancement of expenses in this type of proceeding. </P>
  </DIV></Center>
  
  
  <p style="margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0em; page-break-before:always"> </p>
  <HR SIZE="3" style="COLOR:#999999" WIDTH="100%" ALIGN="CENTER">
  
  <Center><DIV STYLE="width:8.5in" align="left">
   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; 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.</FONT> 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&#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; 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. 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>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
  <TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
  <TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&#8201;7.</B></TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
  <TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
  <TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&#8201;8.</B></TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Exhibits. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" ALIGN="center">
  
  
  <TR>
  
  <TD></TD>
  
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="2%"></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="47%"></TD>
  
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1%"></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="46%"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt">
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Exhibit</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>No.</B></P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>Description</B></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>Prior Filing or Sequential Page Numbers Herein</B></TD></TR>
  
  
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&#8199;4.1</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329625000006/ex31restatedarticlesofinco.htm">Restated Articles of Incorporation.</A></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Exhibit Number 3.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the fiscal quarter ended December&nbsp;31, 2024</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&#8199;4.2</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329623000103/ex32amendedandrestatedbyla.htm">Amended and Restated <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-laws</FONT> of Matthews International Corporation, as amended September&nbsp;25,
   2023.</A></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <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>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&#8199;5.1*</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d892912dex51.htm">Opinion of Cozen O&#146;Connor as to the legality of the securities being registered. </A></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1*</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d892912dex231.htm">Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP. </A></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.2*</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d892912dex51.htm">Consent of Cozen O&#146;Connor (included in Exhibit 5.1). </A></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>24.1*</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d892912ds8.htm#sig">Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8).&nbsp;</FONT></A></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.1</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000162828025021118/ex102a-secondamendedandres.htm">Matthews International Corporation Second Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Incentive Plan.</A></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Exhibit Number 10.2a to the Quarterly Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> filed on April&nbsp;30, 2025</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.2</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <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 2017 Equity Incentive Plan. </A></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <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>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top">107*</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><A HREF="d892912dexfilingfees.htm">Filing Fee Table</A></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
  <TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
  <TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">*</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Filed herewith. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  </DIV></Center>
  
  
  <p style="margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0em; page-break-before:always"> </p>
  <HR SIZE="3" style="COLOR:#999999" WIDTH="100%" ALIGN="CENTER">
  
  <Center><DIV STYLE="width:8.5in" align="left">
  
  <TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
  <TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
  <TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&#8201;9.</B></TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Undertakings. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company hereby undertakes: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;(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; 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:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; 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:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; 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; 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:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; 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</I> offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; 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; 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; 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> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
  </DIV></Center>
  
  
  <p style="margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0em; page-break-before:always"> </p>
  <HR SIZE="3" style="COLOR:#999999" WIDTH="100%" ALIGN="CENTER">
  
  <Center><DIV STYLE="width:8.5in" align="left">
   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="sig"></A>SIGNATURES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; 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 29<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of April, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="40%" BORDER="0" STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  
  
  <TR>
  
  <TD WIDTH="7%"></TD>
  
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1%"></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="92%"></TD></TR>
  
  
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Joseph C. Bartolacci</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Joseph C. Bartolacci</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President and
  Chief Executive Officer</P></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; 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; 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>
  </DIV></Center>
  
  
  <p style="margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0em; page-break-before:always"> </p>
  <HR SIZE="3" style="COLOR:#999999" WIDTH="100%" ALIGN="CENTER">
  
  <Center><DIV STYLE="width:8.5in" align="left">
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  
  
  <TR>
  
  <TD WIDTH="38%"></TD>
  
  <TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="11%"></TD>
  
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1%"></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="49%"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt">
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>Signature</B></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>Date</B></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>Capacity</B></TD></TR>
  
  
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <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>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">April&nbsp;29,&nbsp;2025</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <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>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <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/ Steven F. Nicola</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Steven F. Nicola</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">April&nbsp;29, 2025</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Financial Officer </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal
  Financial and Accounting Officer)</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <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/ Alvaro Garcia-Tunon</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Alvaro Garcia-Tunon</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">April&nbsp;29, 2025</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>Chairman of the Board</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <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/ Katherine E. Dietze</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Katherine E. Dietze</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">April&nbsp;29, 2025</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <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/ Terry L. Dunlap</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Terry L. Dunlap</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">April&nbsp;29, 2025</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <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/ Lillian D. Etzkorn</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Lillian D. Etzkorn</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">April&nbsp;29, 2025</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <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/ Thomas Gebhardt</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thomas Gebhardt</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">April&nbsp;29, 2025</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <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/ J. Michael Nauman</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J. Michael Nauman</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">April&nbsp;29, 2025</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <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/ Morgan K. O&#146;Brien</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Morgan K. O&#146;Brien</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">April&nbsp;29, 2025</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <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/ Aleta W. Richards</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Aleta W. Richards</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">April&nbsp;29, 2025</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <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/ David A. Schawk</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">David A. Schawk</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">April&nbsp;29, 2025</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
  <TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
  <TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <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/ Francis S. Wlodarczyk</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Francis S. Wlodarczyk</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top">April&nbsp;29, 2025</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>Director</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  </DIV></Center>
  
  </BODY></HTML>
metadata_documents: [{"type": "S-8", "sequence": "1", "filename": "d892912ds8.htm", "description": "S-8", "secsgml_size_bytes": 56024}]
metadata_filer: {"company-data": {"conformed-name": "MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP", "cik": "0000063296", "assigned-sic": "3360", "organization-name": "04 Manufacturing", "ein": "250644320", "state-of-incorporation": "PA", "fiscal-year-end": "0930"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "S-8", "act": "33", "file-number": "333-286871", "film-number": "25897512"}, "business-address": {"street1": "TWO NORTHSHORE CENTER", "city": "PITTSBURGH", "state": "PA", "zip": "15212-5851", "phone": "4124428200"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "TWO NORTHSHORE CENTER", "city": "PITTSBURGH", "state": "PA", "zip": "15212-5851"}, "former-company": {"former-conformed-name": "MATTHEWS JAMES H & CO", "date-changed": "19780823"}}
text: S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2025
  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
  SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 2017 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
  (Full title of the plan)
  Steven F. Nicola
  Chief
  Financial Officer
  Matthews International Corporation
  Two NorthShore Center
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212-5851
  Telephone: (412)
  442-8200
  (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, 41st 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 E
  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 1,500,000 additional shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share ("Common Stock") under the
  Company's Second Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Incentive 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)
  and the contents of the Company's registration statement on Form
  S-8
  filed with the SEC on
  April 29, 2022 (File
  No. 333-264584).
  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 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 (a) 
  through (d) below.
  (a) The Company's
  Annual
   Report on Form
  10-K
  for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024, filed with the Commission on November 22, 2024
  .
  (b) The Company's
  Quarterly
   Report on Form
  10-Q
  for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on February 
  7, 2025
  and the Company's
  Quarterly Report on Form
  10-Q
  for the fiscal quarter
   ended March 31, 2025, filed with the Commission on April 30, 2025
  .
  (c) The Company's Current Reports on Form
  8-K
  filed with the Commission on
  December 
  10, 2024
  ,
  January 
  8, 2025
  ,
  January 
  27, 2025
  ,
  February 
  6, 2025
  ,
  February 
  19, 2025
  ,
  February 
  21, 2025
  ,
  February 
  25, 2025
  ,
  March 
  11, 2025
  ,
  March 
  11, 2025
  , and
  April 15, 2025
  .
  (d) 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,
  as amended (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 or officer 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 or 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 Quarterly Report on Form
  10-Q
  for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2024
  4.2
  Amended and Restated
  By-laws
  of Matthews International Corporation, as amended September 25,
   2023.
  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 Second Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Incentive Plan.
  Exhibit Number 10.2a to the Quarterly Report on Form
  10-Q
  filed on April 30, 2025
  99.2
  Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under Matthews International Corporation 2017 Equity Incentive 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 29
  th
  day of April, 2025.
  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
  April 29, 2025
  President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  /s/ Steven F. Nicola
  Steven F. Nicola
  April 29, 2025
  Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal
  Financial and Accounting Officer)
  /s/ Alvaro Garcia-Tunon
  Alvaro Garcia-Tunon
  April 29, 2025
  Chairman of the Board
  /s/ Katherine E. Dietze
  Katherine E. Dietze
  April 29, 2025
  Director
  /s/ Terry L. Dunlap
  Terry L. Dunlap
  April 29, 2025
  Director
  /s/ Lillian D. Etzkorn
  Lillian D. Etzkorn
  April 29, 2025
  Director
  /s/ Thomas Gebhardt
  Thomas Gebhardt
  April 29, 2025
  Director
  /s/ J. Michael Nauman
  J. Michael Nauman
  April 29, 2025
  Director
  /s/ Morgan K. O'Brien
  Morgan K. O'Brien
  April 29, 2025
  Director
  /s/ Aleta W. Richards
  Aleta W. Richards
  April 29, 2025
  Director
  /s/ David A. Schawk
  David A. Schawk
  April 29, 2025
  Director
  /s/ Francis S. Wlodarczyk
  Francis S. Wlodarczyk
  April 29, 2025
  Director