-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Nj9OLVJGI25tZjFuAKrNbykID/twN6FLzAYI8ddTxGokrDTybOkTnf4tGqi77wfa CaWgb0Gulb8Xe2ezKq8+kA== 0000063296-04-000021.txt : 20040707 0000063296-04-000021.hdr.sgml : 20040707 20040707080136 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000063296-04-000021 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040706 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure FILED AS OF DATE: 20040707 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000063296 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NONFERROUS FOUNDRIES (CASTINGS) [3360] IRS NUMBER: 250644320 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-09115 FILM NUMBER: 04903528 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NORTHSHORE CENTER CITY: PITTSBURGH STATE: PA ZIP: 15212-5851 BUSINESS PHONE: 4124428200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NORTHSHORE CENTER CITY: PITTSBURGH STATE: PA ZIP: 15212-5851 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MATTHEWS JAMES H & CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19780823 8-K 1 form8k-holjeron.txt 1 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 6, 2004 MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Pennsylvania 0-9115 25-0644320 ---------------------------- ------------------ ------------ (State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) Two NorthShore Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15212-5851 ---------------------------------------- ---------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (412) 442-8200 -------------- 2 Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure On July 6, 2004, Matthews International Corporation issued a press release announcing the purchase of Holjeron Corporation, a U.S. industrial controls manufacturer located in Wilsonville, Oregon. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. 3 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (Registrant) By Steven F. Nicola ---------------------------------- Steven F. Nicola Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer Date: July 7, 2004 4 MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES EXHIBITS INDEX ---------- The following Exhibit to this report is filed herewith. Exhibit No. Description ------- ----------- 99.1 Press release, dated July 6, 2004, issued by Matthews International Corporation. EX-99 2 exhibit99-holjeron.txt Exhibit 99.1 July 6, 2004 Steven F. Nicola CFO, Secretary & Treasurer MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION ACQUIRES HOLJERON CORPORATION PITTSBURGH, PA, JULY 6, 2004 -- Matthews International Corporation (NASDAQ NMS: MATW) today announced the purchase by Matthews of Holjeron Corporation, a U.S. industrial controls manufacturer located in Wilsonville, Oregon. The combination of Matthews and Holjeron is an important part of the Matthews strategy to increase its presence in the marking products industry. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed. Holjeron Corporation, a privately-owned business with annual sales of approximately $3 million (U.S. dollars), was established in 1994 to focus on the emerging market for industrial networks. Holjeron is currently a supplier to Matthews of microprocessor controls. The company designs, manufactures and sells microprocessor-based control products for material handling, oil field services and other industrial markets. Many of Holjeron's customers are Fortune 500 companies, where the company's products are used to help improve productivity. Matthews International Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a designer, manufacturer and marketer principally of memorialization products and caskets for the cemetery and funeral home industries, and custom made products which are used to identify people, place, products and events. The Company's products include cast bronze memorials and other memorialization products; caskets; bronze and aluminum architectural products; cremators and cremation-related products; mausoleums, printing plates, pre-press services, and imaging systems for the corrugated and flexible packaging industries; and marking equipment and consumables for identifying various consumer and industrial products and containers. Any forward-looking statements contained in this release are included pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual results in future periods to be materially different from management's expectations. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove correct. Factors that could cause the Company's results to differ materially from the results discussed in such forward- looking statements principally include economic, competitive, and technological factors beyond the Company's control. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----