-----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, IjkQRCE8AIPucAeCwRu/UdR/rIJoQdXCm5Z4jbVlvF51tKt2wtnS4L+gedjk+c+S cemOMXZ/vqXvxVp6O5QxRA== 0000063296-05-000050.txt : 20050921 0000063296-05-000050.hdr.sgml : 20050921 20050921140154 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000063296-05-000050 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20050921 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure FILED AS OF DATE: 20050921 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050921 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: 051095436 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-yorktowne.htm FORM 8K FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF BATESVILLE ACQUISITION OF YORKTOWNE Form 8k for the announcement of Batesville acquisition of Yorktowne


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):
September 21, 2005



MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Pennsylvania
0-9115
25-0644320
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer 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



Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On September 21, 2005, Matthews International Corporation (“Matthews”) reported that Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. had announced that Batesville Casket Company had signed a definitive agreement with the shareholders of Yorktowne Caskets, Inc. (“Yorktowne”) to acquire all the outstanding stock of Yorktowne.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Yorktowne is currently under agreement as a distributor of caskets for The York Group, Inc. (“York”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Matthews. Yorktowne is presently York’s largest independent distributor of its caskets. Under the distribution agreement, which is in effect until at least April 2007, Yorktowne is required to purchase all of its requirements for wood and metal caskets from York, with minimum annual purchase requirements. The distribution agreement also contains non-assignment and right of first refusal provisions.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)  
Exhibits

 
99.1
Press Release, dated September 21, 2005, issued by Matthews International Corporation.









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: September 21, 2005


 EX-99 2 exhibit99-1pressrls.htm EXHIBIT 99-1 PRESS RELEASE RELATED TO FORM 8K FOR YORKTOWNE Exhibit 99-1 Press Release related to Form 8k for Yorktowne

Exhibit 99.1


September 21, 2005                         Steven F. Nicola
CFO, Secretary & Treasurer
412:442-8262


MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
REPORTS THE POSSIBLE CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP OF ITS LARGEST INDEPENDENT CASKET DISTRIBUTOR



PITTSBURGH, PA, September 21, 2005 -- Matthews International Corporation (NASDAQ
NMS: MATW) reported that Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. today announced that Batesville Casket Company has signed a definitive agreement with the shareholders of Yorktowne Caskets, Inc. (“Yorktowne”) to acquire all the outstanding stock of Yorktowne. Yorktowne is currently under agreement as a distributor of caskets for The York Group, Inc. (“York”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Matthews International Corporation (“Matthews”). Yorktowne is presently York’s largest independent distributor of its caskets.

Under the distribution agreement, which is in effect until at least April 2007, Yorktowne is required to purchase all of its requirements for wood and metal caskets from York, with minimum annual purchase requirements. The distribution agreement also contains non-assignment and right of first refusal provisions.

Matthews International Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a designer, manufacturer and marketer principally of memorialization products and brand solutions. Memorialization products consist primarily of bronze memorials and memorialization products, caskets and cremation equipment for the cemetery and funeral home industries. Brand solutions include graphics imaging products and services, merchandising solutions, and marking products. The Company’s products and services include cast bronze memorials and other memorialization products; caskets; cast and etched architectural products; cremation equipment and cremation-related products; mausoleums; printing plates, pre-press services, and imaging systems for the corrugated and primary packaging industries; marking equipment and consumables for identifying various consumer and industrial products, components and containers; and merchandising display systems and marketing and design services.

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.
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