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Matthews International acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Matthews International bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Eagle Granite CompanyWord for word“The sales increase reflected improved price realization, higher sales of mausoleums and cremation equipment in the U.S., and benefits from the acquisition of Eagle Granite Company (see Acquisitions and Divestitures below).” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | — | — |
R+S Automotive GmbHWord for word“The decrease also reflected lower sales of the recently acquired automotive solutions business (R+S Automotive GmbH), as the Company discontinues these product offerings, and the sales impact of a fiscal 2023 divestiture (see Acquisitions and Divestitures below).” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | — | — |
Olbrich GmbHWord for word“The Company's Surfaces and Engineering reporting unit experienced declines during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, primarily related to the Company's recently acquired (August 2022) Olbrich GmbH business.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | August 2022 | — |
a business in the Industrial Technologies segmentWord for word“Includes certain non-recurring costs associated with recent acquisition and divestiture activities, and also includes a gain of $1.8 million in fiscal year 2023 related to the divestiture of a business in the Industrial Technologies segment.” 10-K for 2024 | divestiture | fiscal year 2023 | — |
SGK BusinessWord for word“As of May 1, 2025 the SGK Business has been deconsolidated from the financial statements and is now accounted for as part of the Company's equity-method investment in Propelis.” 10-K for 2025 | divestiture | May 1, 2025 | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Cash received from selling businesses | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-30 | $6.9 million | — | $4 million |
| 2017-09-30 | $98.2 million | — | $33.2 million |
| 2018-09-30 | $121.1 million | — | $60.7 million |
| 2019-09-30 | $11.5 million | — | $5.1 million |
| 2020-09-30 | $1 million | — | — |
| 2021-09-30 | $15.6 million | $0 | $4.8 million |
| 2022-09-30 | $44.5 million | $344,000 | $17 million |
| 2023-09-30 | $15.3 million | $6.7 million | $11.2 million |
| 2024-09-30 | $5.8 million | $544,000 | $2.6 million |
| 2025-09-30 | $55.8 million | — | $14.6 million |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2026-09-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2026-02-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2026-01-15 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-12-31 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2025-11-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-05-01 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2025-03-11 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-01-08 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-09-30 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-09-24 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-02-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-10-23 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-12-30 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-09-25 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-03-30 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-12-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-11-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-05-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-04-28 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from Matthews International’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2025-11-21. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.