David M. Kelly, Chairman, Chairman and CEO of Matthews International Corporation,
Rings The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

Wednesday, July 19, 2006
at NASDAQ's MarketSite
in New York City.

Matthews International Corporation
[MATW]

David M. Kelly, Chairman, Chairman and CEO of Matthews International Corporation (MATW) presides over the opening bell to celebrate its 12 year listing on the NASDAQ.

Founded in 1850 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Matthews International Corporation is a designer, manufacturer and marketer principally of memorialization products and brand solutions. Memorialization products consist primarily of bronze memorials and memorialization products, caskets and cremation equipment for the cemetery and funeral home industries. Brand solutions include graphics imaging products and services, marking products and merchandising solutions. The Company's products and services include cast bronze memorials and other memorialization products; caskets; cast and etched architectural products; cremation equipment and cremation-related products; mausoleums; printing plates, pre-press services, and imaging systems for the corrugated and primary packaging industries; marking and coding equipment and consumables and industrial automation products for identifying, tracking and conveying various consumer and industrial products, components and containers; and merchandising display systems and marketing and design services.

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