---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000063296-25-000052"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MATW"
cik: "0000063296"
company_name: "MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP"
filed_at: "2025-04-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T15:10:18.694960+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Matthews International clears all foreign antitrust requirements for SGK sale; closing expected by end of June 2025

## Summary
- HSR waiting period expired Feb 2025; all foreign anti-trust/competition clearances now obtained.
- Closing expected before end of fiscal Q3 (June 30, 2025) subject to customary conditions.
- Proceeds primarily for debt reduction; portion also allocated for stock repurchases given recent stock price.
- Sale of SGK Brand Solutions to newly formed entity by affiliates of SGS & Co, combining SGK and SGS.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000063296-25-000052
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MATW
- cik: 0000063296
- company_name: MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP
- filed_at: 2025-04-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329625000052/0000063296-25-000052-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329625000052/matw-20250415.htm

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