---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-288149"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MATW"
cik: "0000063296"
company_name: "MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP"
filed_at: "2025-11-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T18:37:26.979128+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Matthews International elects J. Michael Nauman as next Board Chairman, effective after 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- Board unanimously elected J. Michael Nauman as Chairman, effective after the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
- Current Chairman Alvaro Garcia-Tunon will retire from the Board when his term expires at the 2026 Annual Meeting.
- Nauman has over 35 years of experience, including as President/CEO of Brady Corporation and EVP at Molex.
- Nauman joined the Board at the 2025 Annual Meeting with the highest vote support among all nominees.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-288149
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MATW
- cik: 0000063296
- company_name: MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP
- filed_at: 2025-11-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000119312525288149/0001193125-25-288149-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63296/000119312525288149/d16583d8k.htm

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