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		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

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		STREET 1:		TWO NORTHSHORE CENTER
		CITY:			PITTSBURGH
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15212-5851
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4124428200

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		STREET 1:		TWO NORTHSHORE CENTER
		CITY:			PITTSBURGH
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			15212-5851

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		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MATTHEWS JAMES H & CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19780823

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		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BARINGTON CAPITAL GROUP, L.P.
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		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 February 7, 2025, Barington
issued the following press release:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: dimgray"><IMG SRC="image_001.jpg" ALT="Barington" STYLE="height: 57px; width: 217px"></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Leading Proxy Advisory Firm ISS 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"><B>Ana Amicarella, Chan Galbato and James Mitarotonda</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><I>ISS Finds Incumbent Board has &ldquo;Failed to Exercise
Effective Oversight of Management&rdquo; and &ldquo;Continues to Suffer from Major Deficiencies with Independence that Necessitate Further
Change&rdquo;</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><I>ISS Recommends Shareholders Vote <B>&quot;WITHHOLD&quot;</B>
on Matthews' Nominees Terry L. Dunlap, Alvaro Garcia-Tunon and J. Michael Nauman </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 ISS&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; text-align: justify"><B>NEW YORK&mdash;February 7, 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 Institutional
Shareholder Services Inc. (&ldquo;ISS&rdquo;), a leading independent proxy advisory firm, has recommended that Matthews shareholders vote
on the&nbsp;<B><U>GOLD</U></B>&nbsp;proxy card&nbsp;<B>&ldquo;FOR&rdquo; </B>the election of <B>ALL</B>&nbsp;of Barington&rsquo;s highly
skilled director nominees &ndash; Ana Amicarella, Chan Galbato and James Mitarotonda &ndash; to the Board of Directors (the &ldquo;Board&rdquo;)
in connection with Matthews&rsquo; Annual Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held February 20, 2025.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">James Mitarotonda, Chairman and CEO of Barington Capital,
said, &ldquo;We are thrilled that ISS agrees that change is warranted at Matthews and that new directors are required to create value
for all shareholders and reverse the untenable status quo. ISS shares our strong belief that the Matthews Board has failed to exercise
independent oversight of management and hold Matthews&rsquo; CEO accountable for the Company&rsquo;s prolonged underperformance. We also
applaud ISS for recognizing that the Board seemingly only began making improvements following our investment in and engagement with the
Company, and critiques of its businesses.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&ldquo;Notably, ISS understands the significant value
that Barington&rsquo;s nominees can bring to the Board and the importance of having a direct shareholder representative on the Board.
Our three highly qualified nominees are accomplished business leaders, who, if elected, will help bring sector expertise and a culture
of accountability to a Board desperately in need of fresh perspectives and oversight. We urge shareholders to follow ISS&rsquo; recommendation
and vote <B>&ldquo;FOR&rdquo; ALL</B> of Barington&rsquo;s nominees &ndash; Ana Amicarella, Chan Galbato and James Mitarotonda &ndash;
on the <B><U>GOLD</U></B> proxy card today.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>In commenting on the failures of Matthews, the
Board and CEO Joseph Bartolacci, ISS 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 STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&ldquo;&hellip; MATW has effectively been treading
water, which in turn has translated into disappointing performance during every meaningful measurement period.&rdquo;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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enabled by the board, which is dominated by a cohort of long-tenured directors. The board failed to exercise effective oversight of management
as MATW faltered, and has only made substantive improvements since the dissident entered the stock.&rdquo;</FONT></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 STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&ldquo;The board's track record provides every
reason for skepticism, but there may be a temptation to interpret recent developments as a break from the past. If one does so, it is
important to understand that any perceived break would be far from clean.&rdquo;</FONT></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 STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&ldquo;Importantly, the board has also been comfortable
maintaining a corporate governance framework replete with deficiencies, several of which are directly at odds with the most basic expectations
of shareholders. This track record undermines the trust that investors might have in the board's messaging about the future during this
proxy contest.&rdquo;</FONT></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 STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&ldquo;Ultimately, the facts indicate that the
board only began making substantive improvements after the entrance of the dissident, and these efforts only accelerated after the dissident
signaled an intent to run a proxy contest at this meeting.&rdquo;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>In commenting on the strength of Barington&rsquo;s
nominees and the case for change, ISS noted:</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>&nbsp;</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 STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&ldquo;&hellip; the board continues to suffer
from major deficiencies with independence that necessitate further change. In light of these and other factors, support for dissident
nominees Ana Amicarella, Chan Galbato, and James Mitarotonda are warranted on the dissident (GOLD) card.&rdquo;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/107% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-align: justify">&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 STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&ldquo;&hellip; the most important attribute
Amicarella, Mitarotonda, and Galbato have in the context of this situation is their independence, which should enable them to exercise
the effective oversight that this board has not provided. This is the most salient point for shareholders.&rdquo;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/107% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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only began making substantive improvements after the entrance of the dissident, several of which corresponded to the dissident's critiques.
This suggests that Mitarotonda's perspective as a direct shareholder representative may also be more valuable than the board publicly
recognizes.&rdquo;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>VOTE THE <U>GOLD</U> PROXY CARD &ldquo;FOR&rdquo;
ALL OF BARINGTON&rsquo;S NOMINEES TODAY!</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><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>

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

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

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<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; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">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>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The participants in Barington&rsquo;s proxy solicitation
are Barington, Barington Companies Investors, LLC, Barington Capital Group, L.P., LNA Capital Corp., James Mitarotonda, 1 NBL EH, LLC,
Joseph Gromek, Ana B. Amicarella and Chan W. Galbato.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">If you have any questions, require assistance in voting
your <B>GOLD</B> universal proxy card,</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">or need additional copies of Barington&rsquo;s proxy
materials,</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Shareholders and All Others Call Toll-Free: (877) 285-5990</P>

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