---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000063296-24-000092"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MATW"
cik: "0000063296"
company_name: "MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-11-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T20:11:15.509074+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Matthews International reports Q4 net loss of $68.2M; retains J.P. Morgan for strategic alternatives

## Summary
- Q4 sales $446.7M (-7% YoY); full-year sales $1.80B; net loss $68.2M vs profit $17.7M last year.
- Adjusted EBITDA Q4 $58.1M (-6.1% YoY); full-year adjusted EBITDA $205.2M.
- Debt reduced by $53.8M in Q4; refinanced senior notes due 2025 with shorter-term bond.
- Cost reduction program underway includes non-cash goodwill impairment and severance charges.
- Retained J.P. Morgan to evaluate potential strategic alternatives for portfolio of businesses.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000063296-24-000092
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MATW
- cik: 0000063296
- company_name: MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-11-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329624000092/0000063296-24-000092-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329624000092/matw-20241121.htm

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