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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000063296-15-000063
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150819
ITEM INFORMATION:		Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150821
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150821

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:		151068463

	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
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Matthews International Announces Completion of Transaction to Acquire Aurora Casket Company</div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">PITTSBURGH, Aug. 20, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Matthews International Corporation (<font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">MATW</font>) ("Matthews" or the "Company") completed its transaction to acquire Aurora Casket Company ("Aurora") from Kohlberg &amp; Company on Wednesday, August 19, 2015.&#160; Under the terms of the transaction, Matthews purchased Aurora's stock for $214 million, subject to a working capital adjustment.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">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 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. For more information, visit www.matw.com.</div>

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