0000063296-11-000023.txt : 20110427 0000063296-11-000023.hdr.sgml : 20110427 20110427140403 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000063296-11-000023 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110426 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20110427 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110427 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: 11783011 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-saueressigacq.htm FORM 8K - SAUERESSIG ACQUISITION form8k-saueressigacq.htm
 

 
 


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):
April 26, 2011



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 April 26, 2011, Matthews International Corporation announced the completion of its purchase of the remaining 22% ownership interest in Saueressig GmbH & Co. KG (“Saueressig”).  Matthews purchased its initial 78% ownership interest in May 2008.  Saueressig, which is headquartered in Germany, is a leading European provider of pre-press services and gravure printing forms.  The purchase price for the remaining 22% interest was 19.3 million Euros.


Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 
99.1
Press Release, dated April 26, 2011, 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:  April 27, 2011



 
 
 

EX-99.1 2 exhibit99-1pressrlsacq.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 PRESS RELEASE SAUERESSIG ACQUISITION exhibit99-1pressrlsacq.htm
 

 
 
 
 


                      Exhibit 99.1
 Matthews International Corporation
 Corporate Office
 Two NorthShore Center
 Pittsburgh, PA  15212-5851
 Phone: (412) 442-8200
 Fax:  (412) 442-8290


 
Release date: April 26, 2011                      Contact:     Steven F. Nicola
                            Chief Financial Officer, Secretary &
                    Treasurer
                        412-442-8262


MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
ANNOUNCES THE COMPLETION OF THE PURCHASE OF THE
REMAINING INTEREST IN SAUERESSIG GMBH & CO. KG


PITTSBURGH, PA, April 26, 2011 -- Matthews International Corporation (NASDAQ GSM: MATW) today announced the completion of its purchase of the remaining 22% ownership interest in Saueressig GmbH & Co. KG (“Saueressig”).  Matthews purchased its initial 78% ownership interest in May 2008.  Saueressig, which is headquartered in Germany, is a leading European provider of pre-press services and gravure printing forms.

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 and granite memorials and other memorialization products, caskets and cremation equipment for the cemetery and funeral home industries.  Brand solutions include graphics imaging products and services, marking products, and merchandising solutions.  The Company’s products and services include cast bronze and granite memorials and other memorialization products; caskets; cast and etched architectural products; cremation equipment and cremation-related products; mausoleums; brand management; printing plates and cylinders, pre-press services and imaging services for the primary packaging and corrugated industries; marking and coding equipment and consumables, and industrial automation products for identifying, tracking and conveying various consumer and industrial products, components and packaging containers; and merchandising display systems and marketing and design services.