0000063296-15-000083.txt : 20151113 0000063296-15-000083.hdr.sgml : 20151113 20151113150706 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000063296-15-000083 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20151112 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20151113 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20151113 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: 151228759 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-2015q4dividend.htm FORM 8K - QTR 4 2015 DIVIDEND PRESS RELEASE
 
 
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):
November 12, 2015



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 November 12, 2015, Matthews International Corporation issued a press release announcing the declaration of a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share on the Company's common stock.  The quarterly dividend has been increased two cent per share (15.4%) from $0.13 to $0.15.  The dividend is payable December 7, 2015 to stockholders of record November 23, 2015.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)  
Exhibits

 
99.1
Press Release, dated November 12, 2015, 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
and Secretary




Date: November 13, 2015



 EX-99.1 2 exhibit99-1dividendpressrls.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 QTR 4 2015 DIVIDEND PRESS RELEASE
 
 





 

Matthews International Corporation
Corporate Office
Two NorthShore Center
Pittsburgh, PA  15212-5851
Phone: (412) 442-8200
Fax:  (412) 442-8290
  
  
                                                                                                                                               Exhibit 99.1
Release date: November 12, 2015                                                                                                             Contact: Steven F. Nicola
Chief Financial Officer
412-442-8262


MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL INCREASES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND

PITTSBURGH, PA, NOVEMBER 12, 2015 - Matthews International Corporation (NASDAQ GSM: MATW) announced that its Board of Directors declared, at its regularly scheduled meeting today, a dividend of $0.15 per share on the Company's common stock for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, representing an increase of 15.4% in the Company's dividend rate.

Mr. Bartolacci, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated:  "The increase in the quarterly dividend rate is a reflection of the Company's continued strong operating cash flow and our confidence in the integration progress for our recent acquisitions."

The dividend is payable December 7, 2015 to stockholders of record November 23, 2015.

Matthews International Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a provider principally of brand solutions, memorialization products and industrial automation solutions. Brand solutions include graphics imaging products and services, and merchandising 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. Industrial automation solutions include marking products and fulfillment systems. The Company's products and services include brand development, deployment and delivery (consisting of brand management, printing plates and cylinders, pre-media services and imaging services for consumer packaged goods and retail customers, merchandising display systems, and marketing and design services); cast bronze and granite memorials and other memorialization products; caskets; cast and etched architectural products, cremation equipment and cremation-related products; mausoleums; marking and coding equipment and consumables, and industrial automation products and order fulfillment systems for identifying, tracking, picking, and conveying various consumer and industrial products.


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 changes in economic conditions, competitive environment, death rate, foreign currency exchange rates, and technological factors beyond the Company's control.