Weiss & Lurie, a national class action and shareholder rights law firm with offices in New York City and Los Angeles, is monitoring possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the Board of Directors of M&F Worldwide Corp. (“MFW”) (NYSE:MFW), arising from an acquisition offer by Ronald O. Perelman’s MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. (“M&F”).

M&F, which owns 43% of the outstanding common stock of MFW, is seeking to purchase the remaining MFW stock for $24 per share. Mr. Perelman has served as Chairman of MFW nearly continuously since 1995.

Weiss & Lurie is monitoring whether MFW’s Board is acting in the best interests of shareholders in considering the offer and whether the Board is properly seeking to maximize shareholder value, such as by adequately shopping the Company.

Notably, MFW stock traded above $24 as recently as in early May 2011 and its book value per share, as of December 31, 2010, is $26.88. Moreover, based on the last 20 trading days of M&F stock, the premium offered is 16.44%. But, according to data from Bloomberg, in the 118 deals involving U.S. targets within the food industry announced or completed over the last 12 months, the average premium was 36.44%

If you own MFW shares and would like more information about your rights as a shareholder or additional information concerning our investigation, please contact Julia J. Sun either by email at info@weisslurie.com or by telephone at (888) 593-4771.

Weiss & Lurie has litigated hundreds of stockholder class and derivative actions for violations of corporate and fiduciary duties. We have recovered over a billion dollars for defrauded institutions and individuals and obtained important corporate governance in these cases. If you have information or would like legal advice concerning possible corporate wrongdoing (such as insider trading, waste of corporate assets, accounting fraud, or issuing materially misleading press releases or SEC filings), consumer fraud (such as false advertising, defective products, or other deceptive business practices), or anti-trust violations, please email us at info@weisslurie.com or fill out the form on our website, http://www.weisslurie.com/contact/report_fraud/.

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