secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP (MATW)
CIK:        0000063296
Form:       8-K/A
Filed at:   2026-01-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000063296-26-000002
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Matthews closes $232M sale of Automation Solutions; pro forma swings to $82.7M net income
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- Cash consideration of $225.4M used entirely to repay debt, reducing long-term debt to $478.2M.
- Pre-tax gain on sale estimated at $159.0M ($111.5M after-tax).
- Pro forma net income attributable to Matthews of $82.7M vs. historical net loss of $24.5M.
- Pro forma diluted EPS of $2.62 vs. historical diluted loss per share of $0.79.
- Assets and liabilities of the Transferred Entity eliminated; goodwill reduced by $57.5M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329626000002/0000063296-26-000002-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000006329626000002/matw-20251231.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063296-26-000002

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