--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0000063296-23-000015" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "MATW" cik: "0000063296" company_name: "MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP" filed_at: "2023-02-17T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-19T08:24:44.952097+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.45 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Matthews International shareholders approve amended director fee plan, re-elect directors ## Summary - Shareholders approved Amended and Restated 2019 Director Fee Plan, increasing authorized shares to 300,000 from 150,000 for director compensation. - Elected directors Gregory S. Babe, Aleta W. Richards, and David A. Schawk to three-year terms expiring 2026. - Ratified Ernst & Young as independent auditor for fiscal 2023; 25.9M votes for, 2.0M against. - Advisory say-on-pay approved with 23.2M for, 2.5M against; shareholders recommended annual frequency for future votes. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0000063296-23-000015 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: MATW - cik: 0000063296 - company_name: MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP - filed_at: 2023-02-17T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.45 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329623000015/0000063296-23-000015-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329623000015/matw-20230216.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063296-23-000015 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063296-23-000015.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063296-23-000015.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP shareholders approved Approval of the adoption of the Amended and Restated 2019 Director Fee Plan at the 2023-02-16 meeting. - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-02-16 source text: The Company’s shareholders elected each of the Board’s three nominees for Director for terms that expire in 2026, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified; approved the adoption of the Restated Plan; ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2023; approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 17, 2023; and recommended, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, that the frequency of future advisory votes on the executive compensation of the Company’s named executive officers be held every year. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329623000015/0000063296-23-000015-index.htm - Shareholder Votes MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-02-16 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-02-16 source text: The Company’s shareholders elected each of the Board’s three nominees for Director for terms that expire in 2026, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified; approved the adoption of the Restated Plan; ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2023; approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 17, 2023; and recommended, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, that the frequency of future advisory votes on the executive compensation of the Company’s named executive officers be held every year. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329623000015/0000063296-23-000015-index.htm - Shareholder Votes MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Auditors at the 2023-02-16 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-02-16 source text: The Company’s shareholders elected each of the Board’s three nominees for Director for terms that expire in 2026, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified; approved the adoption of the Restated Plan; ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2023; approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 17, 2023; and recommended, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, that the frequency of future advisory votes on the executive compensation of the Company’s named executive officers be held every year. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329623000015/0000063296-23-000015-index.htm - Shareholder Votes MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP shareholders approved Advisory (non-binding) vote on the executive compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-02-16 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-02-16 source text: The Company’s shareholders elected each of the Board’s three nominees for Director for terms that expire in 2026, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified; approved the adoption of the Restated Plan; ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2023; approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 17, 2023; and recommended, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, that the frequency of future advisory votes on the executive compensation of the Company’s named executive officers be held every year. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329623000015/0000063296-23-000015-index.htm - Shareholder Votes MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP shareholders approved Advisory (non-binding) vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-02-16 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-02-16 source text: The Company’s shareholders elected each of the Board’s three nominees for Director for terms that expire in 2026, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified; approved the adoption of the Restated Plan; ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2023; approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 17, 2023; and recommended, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, that the frequency of future advisory votes on the executive compensation of the Company’s named executive officers be held every year. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329623000015/0000063296-23-000015-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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