Matthews International Corporation
Legal

Purpose:

The purpose of the present notice is to define the conditions in which WBD and Matthews are making www.matw.com (hereafter referred to as the "Site") subject to compliance with the present legal notice which WBD and Matthews reserve the right to modify or update at any time. Access to and use of the site www.matw.com imply your agreement with the present legal notice. If you do not agree with the clauses below, you are advised not to use this Site.

WBD and Matthews strive to keep the Site accessible, without however being subject to any obligation to achieve this. It is specified that access to the Site may be interrupted for the purposes of maintenance, updating or any other reason, particularly of a technical nature. Under no circumstances shall WBD and Matthews be liable for these interruptions and the consequences that could result from them for the user.

Copyright - Intellectual Property

The contents (notably data, soundtracks, information, illustrations, logos, brands, etc.) that appear or are available on the www.matw.com site are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights and are the exclusive property of their respective publishers. No part of the contents of the Matthews site in general, even if it belongs to a third party, may be copied, reproduced, represented, adapted, altered, modified or circulated fully or partially by any means whatever, with the exception of a single copy, stored on a single computer and reserved exclusively for the private use of the copier. The elements presented in this site are liable to modification without notice and are presented without any express or tacit guarantee and are not considered as giving any rights of compensation. The information and images contained in the Internet site are protected by copyright © 1997-2006 WBD and Matthews or covered by its partners' copyright. The logos are registered trademarks.

Use of the Documents

None of the documents from the www.matw.com site can be copied, reproduced, published, downloaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any manner, except for the case of a simple recording of documents on your personal computer for your own use and without any commercial aim. In this case, you should ensure that the indications of property are kept intact. Alteration and modification of these documents or use of them for another purpose constitutes an infringement of the property rights of WBD and Matthews or of a third party.

To correspond with Matthews by e-mail, internet users must fill in the electronic correspondence forms found on the site.

DISCLAIMERS

YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR RISK. THE MATERIALS AND SERVICES PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS WEB SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. NEITHER WBD AND MATTHEWS NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE MATERIALS OR SERVICES ON OR THROUGH THIS WEB SITE. THE MATERIALS AND SERVICES ON OR THROUGH THIS WEB SITE MAY BE OUT OF DATE, AND NEITHER WBD, MATTHEWS NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES MAKE ANY COMMITMENT OR ASSUMES ANY DUTY TO UPDATE SUCH MATERIALS OR SERVICES. WBD AND MATTHEWS CANNOT BE HLED RESPONSIBLE IN THE EVENT OF CONTAMINATION OF USERS’ COMPUTER EQUIPMENT AS A RESULT OF THE PROPAGATION OF A VIRUS OR OTHER COMPUTER ‘INFECTIONS’. THE SITE USER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING ALL APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO PROTECT THE USER’S OWN DATA AND/OR SOFTWARE FROM ANY POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION BY COMPUTER VIRUSES CIRCULATING VIA INTERNET. THE FOREGOING EXCLUSIONS OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES DO NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY LAW. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY SUCH PROHIBITIONS. ALL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PURCHASED ON OR THROUGH THIS WEB SITE ARE SUBJECT ONLY TO ANY APPLICABLE WARRANTIES OF THEIR RESPECTIVE MANUFACTURES, DISTRIBUTORS AND SUPPLIERS, IF ANY. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, WBD AND MATTHEWS HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES LISTED OR PURCHASED ON OR THROUGH THIS WEB SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, WBD AND MATTHEWS HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY FOR PRODUCT DEFECT OR FAILURE, CLAIMS THAT ARE DUE TO NORMAL WEAR, PRODUCT MISUSE, ABUSE, PRODUCT MODIFICATION, IMPROPER PRODUCT SELECTION, NON-COMPLIANCE WITH ANY CODES, OR MISAPPROPRIATION. WE MAKE NO WARRANTIES TO THOSE DEFINED AS "CONSUMERS" IN THE MAGNUSON-MOSS WARRANTY-FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION IMPROVEMENTS ACT. THE FOREGOING EXCLUSIONS OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES DO NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY LAW. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY SUCH PROHIBITIONS.

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

Neither WBD nor Matthews assume any responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer, telecommunication equipment, or other property caused by or arising from your access to, use of, or browsing this Web Site or your downloading of any materials, from this Web Site. IN NO EVENT WILL WBD, MATTHEWS, ITS RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, SHAREHOLDERS, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, NOR ANY PARTY INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION OR TRANSMISSION OF THIS WEB SITE BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RESULTING FROM LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) ARISING OUT OF THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, OR THE RESULTS OF USE OF THIS WEB SITE, ANY WEB SITES LINKED TO THIS WEB SITE, OR THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION OR SERVICES CONTAINED AT ANY OR ALL SUCH SITES, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY AND WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. WBD, Matthews, its employees, suppliers or the partners mentioned on the MATTHEWS site cannot be held responsible in any case, for claims involving contractual responsibility, criminal responsibility or any other claims, for all indirect or direct damage, incidents and accessories of whatever nature or for any prejudice, particularly of a financial or commercial nature, resulting from the use of its site or any item of information obtained from its site. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY DO NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY LAW. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY SUCH PROHIBITIONS. IN THE EVENT OF ANY PROBLEM WITH THIS WEB SITE OR ANY CONTENT, YOU AGREE THAT YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO CEASE USING THIS WEB SITE.

The information, particularly of a financial nature, provided on the Site cannot be considered an incitement to invest or to make transactions of any legal form whatsoever involving WBD and/or Matthews shares. Under no circumstances should it be interpreted as a solicitation or distribution of shares to the public and it does not constitute an offer involving the purchase, sale or exchange of shares or other WBD and/or Matthews securities, listed or otherwise.

The Site www.matw.com may contain simple or complex links to WBD, Matthews or third-party partner sites. WBD and Matthews may have no control over these sites and therefore cannot be held responsible for the availability of these sites, their content, advertising material, products, and/or services available at or through these sites. Thus, WBD and Matthews shall not be liable in any way for direct or indirect damage that may occur when the user access the partner site or uses this site, and it shall not be liable for any non-compliance of the contents and services with any regulations or for any information that infringes the rights of a third party. WBD disclaims any responsibility concerning the information, materials and software on the sites linked by hypertext links to the Site www.matw.com.

Information providers outside WBD and Matthews supply certain information presented on the Site. The aforementioned content providers have exclusive liability regarding the contents and services provided by them on the www.matw.com. Consequently, WBD and Matthews shall not be held liable for errors, interruptions or delays in the transmission of information, or for their consequences.

WBD and Matthews may revise these legal terms and conditions at any time and from time to time by updating this posting on this Web Site. You should visit this page from time to time to review the then current legal terms and conditions because they are binding on you. Certain provisions of these legal terms and conditions may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages at this Web Site.

The foregoing legal terms and conditions supersede any other agreement between you and WBD to the extent necessary to resolve any inconsistency or ambiguity between them. The legal terms and conditions will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. Any action seeking legal or equitable relief arising out of or relating to this Web Site shall be brought only in the courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the United States District Court of Pennsylvania. Once again, use of this Web Site indicates your express agreement with the application of these legal terms and conditions, including, but not limited to this jurisdiction clause. A printed version of these legal terms and conditions shall be admissible in judicial and administrative proceedings based upon or relating to these legal terms and conditions to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. In the event one of the elements and/or terms of the foregoing legal conditions is deemed illegal, null or inapplicable for whatever reason, it will no longer be considered part of the conditions of use but it will not affect the validity or application of any other provision of the foregoing legal terms and conditions.

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