Matthews International Corp. filings document operating results, material events and governance matters for a Pennsylvania corporation whose Class A common stock trades under MATW on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Recent Form 8-K disclosures furnish quarterly earnings releases and teleconference materials, dividend declarations and Regulation FD updates related to its Memorialization and Industrial Technologies businesses.
The filing record also covers credit facility amendments, compensation and transition agreements, director fee plan approvals, annual meeting voting results, amendments to the Articles of Incorporation and arbitration-related disclosures concerning proprietary dry battery electrode solutions. These filings describe the company’s capital structure, board and compensation governance, financing arrangements and recurring business events.
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC, together with certain affiliates, reports beneficial ownership of 1,260,772 shares of Matthews International Corp common stock. This represents 4.04% of the outstanding class.
The group has sole voting power over 12,576 shares and sole dispositive power over 1,260,772 shares, with no shared voting or dispositive power. The position includes securities held by various Vanguard funds and managed accounts where these entities exercise voting and/or dispositive authority. No other single person has an interest in more than 5% of the class through these holdings.
Vanguard Capital Management filed a Schedule 13G reporting passive ownership of 1,561,455 shares of Matthews International Corp common stock, representing 5% of the class as of June 30, 2026. Vanguard has sole voting power over 232,444 shares and sole dispositive power over 1,561,455 shares, with no shared voting or dispositive power. The reporting covers securities beneficially owned or deemed beneficially owned by Vanguard Capital Management LLC and certain affiliated entities and funds.
Matthews International Corporation reported that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.255 per share on its Class A common stock. The dividend is payable on August 24, 2026 to stockholders of record as of August 10, 2026.
The company operates through two core global businesses: Industrial Technologies, focused on precision technologies and intelligent processes, and Memorialization, which provides memorials, caskets, and cremation and incineration equipment. Matthews International also holds a significant investment in Propelis, a brand solutions business, and has over 4,300 employees across 15 countries.
Matthews International director David A. Schawk reported an indirect change in holdings related to trust arrangements rather than open‑market trading. The Form 4 shows a bona fide gift of 198,014 shares of Class A Common Stock held indirectly by a trust. A separate entry reflects 220,206 indirectly held shares as trustee. The footnotes explain the filing is made solely to reflect his appointment as trustee, and he disclaims beneficial ownership of the trust shares except for any pecuniary interest. Shares held by a separate charitable trust where he has no pecuniary interest are excluded.
MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP director Francis Wlodarczyk reported the vesting of time-based restricted share units that converted into common stock. On May 14, 2026, 3,989 restricted share units converted into an equal number of Class A common shares at no cash exercise price, leaving him with 3,989 shares held directly and no remaining units from this grant. This is a compensation-related equity delivery, not an open-market purchase or sale.
Matthews International Corp executive Babe G. Brandon, President, Engineering, reported his initial ownership of company equity. He directly holds 9,367 shares of Class A common stock. He also holds several restricted share unit (RSU) awards that may convert into common stock if vesting conditions are met.
One performance-based RSU grant can convert into up to 26,000 shares of common stock based on a division achieving adjusted EBITDA targets through November 17, 2026, with continued employment required. Additional awards cover 10,000 and 12,500 underlying shares, tied to time-based vesting, ROIC metrics, and stock price appreciation, with most units vesting by November 18, 2027 and another time-based grant vesting on November 17, 2028.
Matthews International Corporation reported fiscal 2026 second-quarter sales of $258.6 million, down 39.5% from a year earlier, mainly due to divestitures of SGK, warehouse automation and European packaging businesses. The company recorded a GAAP diluted loss per share of $(0.69) versus $(0.29) last year, driven by a $16.3 million loss on debt extinguishment and other unusual items.
Non-GAAP results were steadier: adjusted earnings per share rose to $0.37 from $0.34, and adjusted EBITDA was $44.7 million versus $51.4 million. Memorialization grew sales to $215.3 million with higher adjusted EBITDA, helped by the accretive acquisition of The Dodge Company and pricing actions. Industrial Technologies saw lower sales and negative adjusted EBITDA, reflecting divestitures and weakness in engineering and energy storage.
The company benefited from lower interest expense after redeeming $300 million of 8.625% notes and cut total debt to $579.2 million at March 31, 2026. Matthews’ 40% Propelis joint venture contributed an estimated $9.5 million of adjusted EBITDA in the quarter. Management maintained its full-year fiscal 2026 adjusted EBITDA outlook of $180 million, including the Propelis share.
Matthews International Corporation announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.255 per share on its common stock. The dividend will be paid on May 25, 2026 to stockholders of record as of May 11, 2026.
The company operates through two main global businesses: Industrial Technologies, which focuses on precision technologies and intelligent processes, and Memorialization, which provides memorials, caskets, and cremation and incineration equipment to cemetery and funeral home customers.
Vanguard Portfolio Management reported beneficial ownership of 1,803,484 shares of Matthews International Corp Common Stock, representing 5.79% of the class as shown for the reporting period ended 03/31/2026. The filing states Vanguard Portfolio Management exercises sole dispositive power over these shares, while sole voting power is listed as 11,463 shares.