0000063296-18-000087.txt : 20181114 0000063296-18-000087.hdr.sgml : 20181114 20181114141640 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000063296-18-000087 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20181112 FILED AS OF DATE: 20181114 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20181114 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BARTOLACCI JOSEPH C CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001211955 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-09115 FILM NUMBER: 181182638 ISSUER: 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 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 4 1 wf-form4_154222298355031.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2018-11-12 0 0000063296 MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP MATW 0001211955 BARTOLACCI JOSEPH C TWO NORTHSHORE CENTER PITTSBURGH PA 15212 1 1 0 0 President and CEO Class A Common Stock 2018-11-12 4 F 0 15435 43.57 D 369776 D Sale of Shares to the registrant to cover tax withholding on the vesting of restricted shares. The Power of Attorney dated February 27, 2018 is filed herewith. /s/ Brian D. Walters (Attorney-in-Fact) 2018-11-14 EX-24 2 bartolaccijoe-limitedpoa02.htm LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

    The undersigned,                Joseph C. Bartolacci,              does hereby nominate, constitute and appoint as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with authority limited to and as specifically set forth herein, Brian Walters, Michael Warnes, Michael Killian and Erin Black, all employees of Matthews International Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Company"), working at the Company's corporate headquarters at Two NorthShore Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212-5851 (each hereinafter referred to as an "Attorney-in-Fact").
    Each Attorney-in-Fact hereunder shall have the authority to: act, sign, execute and deliver for and behalf of and in the place and stead of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a director and/or officer of the Company, the Forms 3, 4 and 5 documents pursuant to and in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the "Exchange Act"); to do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and file such form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and any stock exchange or similar authority; and to take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such Attorney-in-Fact may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents, executed by such Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such Attorney-in-Fact may approve in such Attorney-in-Fact's discretion.
    The undersigned hereby grants to each such Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such Attorney-in-Fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing Attorneys-in-Fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
    This Limited Power of Attorney shall commence on the date of execution and shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Form 3, 4, or 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Attorneys-in-Fact.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have caused this Limited Power of Attorney to be executed on February 27, 2018.


By: /s/ Joseph C. Bartolacci
Name: Joseph C. Bartolacci