---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000063296-24-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MATW"
cik: "0000063296"
company_name: "MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-02-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T00:29:44.044106+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders approve all four proposals at Matthews International annual meeting

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000063296-24-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MATW
- cik: 0000063296
- company_name: MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-02-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329624000014/0000063296-24-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329624000014/matw-20240215.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-02-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-15
  source text: 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.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329624000014/0000063296-24-000014-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 2024-02-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-15
  source text: 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
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329624000014/0000063296-24-000014-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  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
  source text: 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
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329624000014/0000063296-24-000014-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Auditors at the 2024-02-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-15
  source text: 3. Ratification of Auditors: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non Votes 27,414,037 679,852 27,772 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329624000014/0000063296-24-000014-index.htm

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