The Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of Matthews International Corporation was held on February 21, 2013. A total of 27,674,765 shares of Class A Common Stock were eligible to vote at such meeting.

The matters voted upon at such meeting were as follows:

1. Election of Directors:

The following individuals were nominated for election to the Board of Directors for a term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in the year indicated.

                                                                                  Broker
Nominee              Term Expiration      Votes For       Votes Withheld       Non Votes
Alvaro Garcia-Tunon       2016           21,874,392            1,014,748       2,087,602
John P. O'Leary, Jr.      2016           21,935,613              953,527       2,087,602
Jerry R. Whitaker         2016           22,224,634              664,506       2,087,602

The nominations were made by the Board of Directors and no other nominations were made by any shareholder. The nominees had currently been members of the Board of Directors at the date of the Annual Meeting.

The terms of the following additional directors continued after the meeting: J.C. Bartolacci, G.S. Babe, K.E. Dietze, M.K. O'Brien and J.D. Turner.

2. Adoption of Matthews International Corporation 2012 Equity Incentive Plan:

The shareholders voted to ratify the adoption of the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan adopted by the Company's Board of Directors on November 15, 2012.

                                                                Broker
   Votes For       Votes Against       Votes Abstained       Non Votes
  17,672,080           4,747,476               469,584       2,087,602

3. Selection of Auditors:

The shareholders voted to ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accountants to audit the records of the Company for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013.

                                                                Broker
   Votes For       Votes Against       Votes Abstained       Non Votes
  24,411,175             544,119                21,448               0

4. Advisory (non-binding) vote on the executive compensation of the Company's named executive officers:

The shareholders voted in favor of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and the related disclosure contained in the 2013 proxy statement.

                                                                Broker
   Votes For       Votes Against       Votes Abstained       Non Votes
  19,422,888           2,513,636               952,616       2,087,602