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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000921895-25-000174
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DFAN14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250128
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250128

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000063296
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NONFERROUS FOUNDRIES (CASTINGS) [3360]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		IRS NUMBER:				250644320
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DFAN14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-09115
		FILM NUMBER:		25565695

	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

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BARINGTON CAPITAL GROUP, L.P.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000887762
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DFAN14A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		888 SEVENTH AVENUE, 6TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-974-5710

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		888 SEVENTH AVENUE, 6TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BARINGTON CAPITAL GROUP L P
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970305
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Barington Companies Equity
Partners, L.P. (&ldquo;Barington&rdquo;), together with the other participants named herein, has filed a definitive proxy statement and
accompanying <B>GOLD</B> universal proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) to be used to solicit votes
for the election of Barington&rsquo;s slate of director nominees at the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders (the &ldquo;Annual Meeting&rdquo;)
of Matthews International Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">On January 28, 2025, Barington
issued the following press release:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Proxy Advisory Firm Egan-Jones Recommends Matthews
International Shareholders Vote Barington Capital&rsquo;s GOLD Proxy Card &ldquo;FOR&rdquo; ALL of Barington Capital&rsquo;s Nominees</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><I>&nbsp;</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><I>Egan-Jones Recommends Shareholders Vote <B>&ldquo;WITHHOLD&rdquo;
</B>on Matthews&rsquo; Nominees Terry L. Dunlap, Alvaro Garcia-Tunon and J. Michael Nauman and <B>&ldquo;AGAINST&rdquo; </B>All Matthews&rsquo;
Other Proposals</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><I>Barington Capital Urges Shareholders to Follow Egan-Jones&rsquo;
Recommendation and Vote the&nbsp;<B><U>GOLD</U></B>&nbsp;Proxy Card&nbsp;<B>&ldquo;FOR&rdquo; </B>the Election of <B><U>ALL</U></B> of
its Nominees</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>NEW YORK&mdash;January 28, 2025&mdash;</B>Barington Capital Group, L.P.
(&ldquo;Barington Capital&rdquo;), a fundamental, value-oriented activist investor that, together with the other participants in its solicitation
(collectively &quot;Barington&quot; or &quot;we&quot;), beneficially owns approximately 1.9% of the outstanding shares of Matthews International
Corporation (NASDAQ: MATW) (&quot;Matthews&quot; or the &quot;Company&quot;), today announced that independent proxy advisory firm, Egan-Jones
Proxy Services (&ldquo;Egan-Jones&rdquo;), has recommended that Matthews shareholders vote on the&nbsp;<B><U>GOLD</U></B>&nbsp;proxy card&nbsp;<B>&ldquo;FOR&rdquo;
ALL</B>&nbsp;of Barington&rsquo;s highly skilled director nominees &ndash; Ana Amicarella, Chan Galbato and James Mitarotonda &ndash;
at Matthews&rsquo; Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held February 20, 2025.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">James Mitarotonda, Chairman and CEO of Barington Capital, said, &ldquo;We
are pleased that Egan-Jones recommends Matthews&rsquo; shareholders vote <B>FOR all</B> of Barington&rsquo;s nominees, recognizing that
change at Matthews is not only long overdue and urgently needed, but also must begin at the top. We believe Egan-Jones&rsquo; recommendation
further underscores our view that Matthews is more interested in maintaining its untenable status quo &ndash; marked by empty promises
that continue to result in shareholder value destruction &ndash; than refreshing the Board with highly skilled individuals prepared to
drive value creation. We encourage all shareholders to follow Egan-Jones&rsquo; recommendation and vote <B>FOR all</B> of Barington&rsquo;s
nominees, who, if elected, will bring fresh perspectives; extensive leadership experience; financial, corporate strategy and turnaround
expertise; and a shared objective of putting Matthews on a path to sustained value creation.&quot;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>In commenting on the failures of Matthews Board and CEO, Egan-Jones
stated*:</B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD>&#8220;The primary goal of the CEO and board of directors is to maximize shareholder value, and since the beginning of Mr. Bartolacci&#8217;s
tenure, and especially the past five years, this has not been true.&#8221;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD>&#8220;Despite poor company performance over Mr. Bartolacci&#8217;s 18-year tenure, the board has failed to replace him. Since a key
responsibility of the board is to keep executives accountable, we view this as a significant failure of the directors. Additionally, we
believe the over-tenured directors and staggered board have contributed to this failure.&#8221;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD>&#8220;Matthew&#8217;s diversified business model has failed to generate consistent profitability across its segments. Both the Industrials
and SGK business segments are struggling to achieve financial viability despite significant capital allocations towards them. Additionally,
the Company has incurred excessive SG&amp;A costs.&#8221;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD>&#8220;The divestiture of the SGK segment was repeatedly proposed by the dissidents in the past and seemingly only considered when
Barington initiated a proxy contest. We believe that the lack of transparency and the abrupt change in the strategic direction of the
SGK Brand Solutions segment is a reactionary response from shareholder pressure.&#8221;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>In commenting on the strength of Barington&rsquo;s nominees, Egan-Jones
noted:</B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD>&#8220;Based on the review of publicly available information on strategic, corporate governance, and financial aspects of this proxy
contest, Egan-Jones views that the election of the Barington nominees is in the best interests of its shareholders.&#8221;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&#183;</FONT></TD><TD>&#8220;&#8230; we believe that a reshaped Board consisting of the Barington slate would provide value-added insights and fresh perspectives
in the board room. We are also convinced that the credible and strong track record of the Barington nominees in a multi-faceted industry
would help to re-align the strategic direction of Matthews.&#8221;</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Barington encourages all shareholders to visit&nbsp;https://barington.com/matthews
to review additional information regarding its campaign for change at Matthews.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">*<I>Barington has neither sought nor obtained consent from Egan-Jones to
use previously published information in this press release.</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>ABOUT BARINGTON CAPITAL GROUP, L.P.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Barington Capital Group, L.P. is a fundamental, value-oriented activist
investment firm established by James Mitarotonda in January 2000. Barington invests in undervalued publicly traded companies that Barington
believes can appreciate significantly in value when substantive improvements are made to their operations, corporate strategy, capital
allocation and corporate governance. Barington&rsquo;s investment team, advisors and network of industry experts draw upon their extensive
strategic, operating and boardroom experience to assist companies in designing and implementing initiatives to improve long-term shareholder
value.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Media Contact</B>:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Jonathan Gasthalter/Amanda Shpiner</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Gasthalter &amp; Co.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">212-257-4170</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Important Information and Participants in the Solicitation</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Barington has filed a definitive proxy statement and associated <B>GOLD</B>
proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) to be used to solicit votes for the election of its slate of
highly-qualified director nominees at the upcoming annual meeting of stockholders of the Company. Details regarding the Barington nominees
and the participants in its solicitation are included in its proxy statement and Barington strongly advises all shareholders of the company
to read the proxy statement and other proxy materials as they contain important information.</P>

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