Matthews International Corp.

James P. Doyle joined the Company as Group President, Memorialization in December 2006. Prior to joining Matthews, he served as President, Kohler Engine Business (a manufacturer of air and liquid-cooled four cycle engines), a division of Kohler Company, from 2004 to 2006. From 2000 to 2004, Mr. Doyle served as President of Fasco Industries, Inc., a division of Invensys PLC, which manufactured custom blowers, motors and gear-motors for global markets.

Director William J. Stallkamp was elected as the Company’s first independent, Non-Executive Chairman of the Board following the 2008 Shareholders’ Meeting. Mr. Stallkamp and the other independent directors meet at such times as are necessary and generally on the dates of regularly scheduled Board meetings. The independent directors met a total of f ive times in fiscal 2008.

The principal functions of the Compensation Committee, the members of which are John D. Turner (Chairman), Katherine E. Dietze, Glenn R. Mahone and Robert G. Neubert, are to review periodically the suitability of the remuneration arrangements (including benefits), other than stock remuneration, for the principal executives of the Company, and to prepare an annual report on executive compensation for inclusion in the Company's Proxy Statement. The Committee also reviews, at least annually, succession plans for the position of Chief Executive Officer and other senior executive positions of the Company. A subcommittee of the Compensation Committee, the Stock Compensation Committee, the members of which are Mr. Turner (Chairman), Ms. Dietze and Mr. Neubert, consider and grant stock remuneration and administer the Company's 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, 1992 Stock Incentive Plan and, if approved by shareholders, the 2008 Management Incentive Plan. The Compensation Committee operates pursuant to a Charter, which is available for viewing on the Company's website at www.matw.com under the section entitled "Corporate Governance". During fiscal 2008, the Compensation Committee met six times.

Martin Schlatter serves as Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company. The CMO role was first created at Wrigley when he was elected to this position in 2006. Schlatter joined Wrigley in 2002, and has held a number of senior sales, marketing, and new business positions with the Company. Most recently, he served as General Manager for Wrigley's commercial business in the United States (2004-06). Before joining Wrigley, Schlatter gained more than 15 years of experience in consumer goods. He was marketing and sales director for chocolate confectioner Lindt & Sprungli in Switzerland and marketing director for the cosmetics and skin businesses of Procter & Gamble in Europe. Schlatter earned an undergraduate degree and the equivalent of a master's degree in marketing from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland - his native country.

Mr. Murray was elected to the Board of Directors in May 2005 and is a member of the Compensation and Human Resource Development Committee. During the past fifteen years, Mr. Murray has served as Chairman of Murray Corporation, a private venture capital enterprise based in Tampa, Florida. In 1970, Mr. Murray was one of the founders of a company that is today HealthPlan Services, Inc. and PlanVista, Inc., which was acquired by The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (NYSE:DNB) in 1978. From 1978 through 1993, Mr. Murray served in various capacities for Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, including President of Dun & Bradstreet Credit Services, and from 1990 through 1993, served in various capacities including President, principal executive officer and Chairman for the Reuben H. Donnelley Corp., a publisher of telephone yellow pages. In 1994, Mr. Murray and several other financial partners, acquired HealthPlan Services from Dun & Bradstreet. In May, 1995, HealthPlan Services became a public company and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Murray retired from HealthPlan Services in 2000. Mr. Murray currently serves as a Trustee of Berkeley Preparatory School, and Chairman and Trustee of the St. John’s Episcopal Church Foundation, all in Tampa, Florida. Mr. Murray also serves as a member of the Board of The General Theological Seminary in New York City.