Shareholders approve all four proposals at Matthews International annual meeting

MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP

Elected four directors (Bartolacci, Dietze, Etzkorn, O'Brien) with >22.3M votes for each.
Approved bylaw amendment limiting officer personal liability (20.9M for, 4.2M against).
Ratified Ernst & Young as fiscal 2024 auditor (27.4M for, 0.7M against).
Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 22.7M for, 2.3M against.

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.95

MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-02-15 meeting.

Proposal: director election
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2024-02-15

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The Company’s shareholders elected each of the Board’s four nominees for Director for terms that expire in 2027, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified; approved the amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated By-laws to limit the personal liability of the Company's officers for monetary damages ; ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024; and 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 16, 2024.

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.98

MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP shareholders approved Advisory (non-binding) vote on the executive compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2024-02-15 meeting.

Proposal: say on pay
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2024-02-15

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4. Advisory (non-binding) vote on the executive compensation of the Company's named executive officers: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non Votes 22,741,934 2,331,289 62,153 2,986,285

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.95

MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP shareholders approved Approval of the amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated By-laws at the 2024-02-15 meeting.

Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2024-02-15

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2. Approval of the amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated By-laws : Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non Votes 20,897,048 4,187,392 50,936 2,986,285

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.98

MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Auditors at the 2024-02-15 meeting.

Proposal: auditor ratification
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2024-02-15

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3. Ratification of Auditors: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non Votes 27,414,037 679,852 27,772 —

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