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<DESCRIPTION>EX-24 - LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
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Power of Attorney

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

The undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of
Brian D. Walters, Michael Killian, Kevin Lenart and Kelly
Bigenho, or any of them acting singly, and with full power
of substitution, re-substitution and delegation, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney in fact (each of such
persons and their substitutes and delegees being referred to
herein as the "Attorney-in-Fact"), with full power to act for
the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead,
in the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director or
stockholder of Matthews International Corporation
(the "Corporation"), to:

1. Take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to
enable the undersigned to submit and file forms, schedules
and other documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") utilizing the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering
and Retrieval ("EDGAR") system, which actions may include (a)
enrolling the undersigned in EDGAR Next and (b) to the extent
necessary, preparing, executing and submitting to the SEC a Form
ID, amendments thereto, and such other documents and information
as may be necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords
enabling the undersigned to make filings and submissions
utilizing the EDGAR system;
	2.	Prepare and execute any and all forms, schedules
and other documents (including any amendments thereto) the
undersigned is required to file with the SEC, or which the
Attorney-in-Fact considers it advisable for the undersigned to
file with the SEC, under Section 13 or Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")
or any rule or regulation thereunder, or under Rule 144 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 144"), including Forms
3, 4 and 5, Schedules 13D and 13G, and Forms 144 (all such forms,
schedules and other documents being referred to herein as
"SEC Filings");
3.	Submit and file SEC Filings with the SEC utilizing the
EDGAR system or cause them to be submitted and filed by a person
appointed under Section 5 below;
4.	File, submit or otherwise deliver SEC Filings to any
securities exchange on which the Corporation's securities may be
listed or traded;
5.	Act as an account administrator for the undersigned's
EDGAR account, including: (i) appoint, remove and replace account
administrators, account users, technical administrators and
delegated entities; (ii) maintain the security of the
undersigned's EDGAR account, including modification of access
codes; (iii) maintain, modify and certify the accuracy of
information on the undersigned's EDGAR account dashboard; (iv) act
as the EDGAR point of contact with respect to the undersigned's
EDGAR account; and (v) any other actions contemplated by Rule 10
of Regulation S-T with respect to account administrators;

6.	Cause the Corporation to accept a delegation of authority
from any of the undersigned's EDGAR account administrators and,
pursuant to that delegation, authorize the Corporation's EDGAR
account administrators to appoint, remove or replace users for
the undersigned's EDGAR account; and
7.	Obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information regarding transactions in the
Corporation's equity securities from any third party, including
the Corporation and any brokers, dealers, employee benefit plan
administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby
authorizes any such third party to release any such information
to the Attorney-in-Fact.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

a.	This Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require,
the Attorney-in-Fact to act in his or her discretion on
information provided to such Attorney-in-Fact without independent
verification of such information;
b.	Any documents prepared or executed by the
Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such
information as the Attorney-in-Fact, in his or her discretion,
deems necessary or desirable;
c.	Neither the Corporation nor the Attorney-in-Fact assumes
any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply
with the requirements of Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange
Act or Rule 144, any liability of the undersigned for any failure
to comply with such requirements, or any liability of the
undersigned for disgorgement of profits under Section 16(b) of
the Exchange Act; and
d.	This Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned
from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's
obligations under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act,
including, without limitation, the reporting requirements under
Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite, necessary or advisable to be done in connection with
the foregoing, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as the
undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that the Attorney-in-Fact, or his or her
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by authority of this Power of Attorney.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4
or 5 or Schedules 13D or 13G or Forms 144 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities of the
Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the Attorney-in-Fact. This Power of Attorney
revokes all previous powers of attorney with respect to the subject
matter of this Power of Attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney as of April _16__, 2026.



                                          /s/G. Brandon Babe
                                          Signature


                                          G. Brandon Babe
Print Name



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