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nicolastevenfpoa.txt
EX-24 LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

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 Warnes, Kevin Lenart and Mia M. Lennon,
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 September _4__, 2025.



Steven F. Nicola

/s/ Steven F. Nicola   ______________________________________
Signature