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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;21, 2008</DIV>


<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>M &#038; F Worldwide Corp.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>02-0423416</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>35 East 62nd Street<BR>
New York, New York 10065</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, of Registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>M &#038; F Worldwide Corp. Outside Directors Deferred Compensation Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Barry F. Schwartz<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
M &#038; F Worldwide Corp.<BR>
35 East 62nd Street<BR>
New York, New York 10065<BR>
(212)&nbsp;572-8600</B><BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">COPIES TO:</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Steven L. Fasman, Esq.</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &#038;</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Senior Vice President, Chief Legal</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Garrison LLP</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Officer and Chief Compliance Officer</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1285 Avenue of the Americas</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>M &#038; F Worldwide Corp.</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>New&nbsp;York, New&nbsp;York 10019&#150;6064</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>35 East 62nd Street</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(212)&nbsp;373-3000</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>New York, New York 10065</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(212)&nbsp;572-8600</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common stock, par value $0.01 per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">500,000(2) shares</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$15.20(3)</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$7,600,000(3)</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$299</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Deferred Compensation Plan Obligations (4)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$10,000,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">100%</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$10,000,000(5)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$393</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Total</DIV></TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$17,600,000</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$692</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities to be offered
or issued from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Consists of 500,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance upon exercise of deferred
stock units granted, or in respect of awards to be granted, under the M &#038; F Worldwide Corp.
Outside Directors Deferred Compensation Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price
per share was determined based on the average of the high and low prices of M &#038; F Worldwide
Corp.&#146;s common stock reported by the New York Stock Exchange on
November&nbsp;18, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD>The Deferred Compensation Plan Obligations are unsecured obligations of M &#038; F Worldwide Corp.
to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the M &#038; F Worldwide
Corp. Outside Directors Deferred Compensation Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for the purposes of
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;M &#038; F Worldwide Corp. (&#147;we,&#148; &#147;us,&#148; or &#147;our&#148;) has prepared this Registration Statement in
accordance with the requirements of Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Securities Act, to register (1)&nbsp;500,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share,
which we refer to as the common stock, that are reserved for issuance upon exercise of deferred
stock units granted, or in respect of awards to be granted, under the M &#038; F Worldwide Corp. Outside
Directors Deferred Compensation Plan, which we refer to as the Plan, and (2)&nbsp;the issuance of
$10,000,000 of Obligations (as defined below) to be issued under the Plan.
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Company Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y00620exv5w1.htm">EX-5.1: OPINION OF PAUL, WEISS RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y00620exv99w1.htm">EX-99.1: OUSTIDE DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</I></B><B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The document(s) containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such
documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), but
constitute, along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, a
prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We will furnish without charge to each person to whom the prospectus is delivered, upon the
written or oral request of such person, a copy of any and all of the documents incorporated by
reference in Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Registration Statement, other than exhibits to such
documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference to the information that
is incorporated). Those documents are incorporated by reference in the Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus.
Requests should be directed to M &#038; F Worldwide Corp., 35 East 62nd Street, New York, New York
10065, Attention: Chief Legal Officer; Telephone number (212)&nbsp;572-8600.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART&nbsp;II</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Commission by us are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Our Annual Report on Form 10-K (the &#147;Form 10-K&#148;) for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2007;</TD>
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<TR>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March&nbsp;31,
2008, June&nbsp;30, 2008 and September&nbsp;30, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
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    <TD>Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission since December&nbsp;31,
2007;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The portions of our Definitive Proxy Statement dated April&nbsp;28, 2008 that are
deemed incorporated by reference in the Form 10-K; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the common stock set forth in our Registration Statement on
Form 8-A filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act on May&nbsp;19, 1995, and any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating any such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all reports and documents filed by us pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the date hereof and prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof from the date of the filing of such
documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the Plan, non-employee directors will be eligible to receive a portion of their fees in
the form of deferred compensation and elect to defer all or a portion of their remaining director
fees. Our obligations with respect to such deferred compensation under the Plan (the
&#147;Obligations&#148;) will be unsecured general obligations to pay such compensation (or the relevant
share amounts) in the future in accordance with the terms of the Plan, and will rank equally in
right of payment with our other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness from time to time
outstanding. Because we are a holding company, our right, and hence the right of our creditors
(including participants in the Plan), to participate in any distribution of the assets of any
subsidiary upon its liquidation or reorganization or otherwise is necessarily subject to the prior
claims of creditors of the subsidiary (including trade creditors) and holders of preferred stock of
the subsidiary, except to the extent that our claims as a creditor of the subsidiary may be
recognized. Accordingly, our obligations under the Plan may be deemed to be effectively
subordinated to such claims. In addition, dividends, loans and advances from certain subsidiaries
to us are restricted by the outstanding debt agreements of a number of our subsidiaries.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The amount of compensation to be received by each non-employee director will be determined in
accordance with the Plan as follows:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Each non-employee director will receive, as part of his or her annual compensation,
a yearly director fee of $50,000 or such other amount as determined by the Board,
granted in the form of deferred stock units (the value of which is based on the closing
price of our common stock on the day before the date of grant). The deferred stock
units to be granted with respect to this $50,000 fee amount will entitle the
non-employee director to receive the settlement amount in respect of the deferred stock
units 60&nbsp;days after separation from service.</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>With respect to all other non-employee director fees, the non-employee director may
elect to either receive such fees in cash or receive 50% or 100% of such fees in the
form of deferred stock units (the value of which are based on the closing price of our
common stock on the date of grant). At the time the non-employee
director elects to receive fees in the form of deferred stock units, the director may elect
whether to receive the settlement amount either 60&nbsp;days after separation from service
or at a fixed date chosen by the director.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The settlement amount for each deferred stock unit will be either one share of common stock for
each deferred stock unit or an amount of cash equal to the then market value of one share of common
stock (based on the closing price on the day before the date of payment). A non-employee director
is required to make the election to receive cash or stock in respect of his or her deferred stock
units before the beginning of the year in respect of which the deferred stock units are granted.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A non-employee director&#146;s right or the right of any other person to the Obligations cannot be
assigned, alienated, sold, garnished, transferred, pledged, or encumbered except by a written
designation of a beneficiary under the Plan, by written will, or by the laws of descent and
distribution.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Obligations are not subject to redemption, in whole or in part, prior to the specified
payment dates, at our option or through operation of a mandatory or optional sinking fund or
analogous provision. Nevertheless, we reserve the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time,
except that no such amendment or termination shall adversely affect the right of the non-employee
director to the balance of his or her deferred account as of the date of such amendment or
termination.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Obligations are not convertible into another security of ours (except as payable in the
form of a lump sum of our common stock in accordance with the Plan). The Obligations will not have
the benefit of a negative pledge or any other affirmative or negative covenant on our part. No
trustee has been appointed having the authority to take action with respect to the Obligations and
each non-employee director will be responsible for acting independently with respect to, among
other things, the giving of notices, responding to any requests for consents, waivers or amendments
pertaining to the Obligations, enforcing covenants and taking action upon default.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (&#147;DGCL&#148;) provides, in general, that a
corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation, because the person is or was a director or officer of the corporation. Such indemnity
may be against expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding,
if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation and if, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, the person did not have reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(b) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation shall have the power to
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in
its favor because the person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, against any
expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection
with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a
manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter
as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to
the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to be indemnified for such
expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(g) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation shall have the power to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the
corporation against any liability asserted against the person and incurred by the person in any
such capacity, or arising out of the person&#146;s status as such, whether or not the corporation would
have the power to indemnify the person against such liability under the provisions of the law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated by-laws provide that we
shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL, as
amended from time to time, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, by reason of the fact that the person
is or was our director or officer, or is or was serving at our request as a director or officer of
another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise. The indemnification rights granted under our restated certificate of incorporation and
amended and restated by-laws shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which such person
may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise, both as to action in such person&#146;s official capacity and as
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who
has ceased to be our director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such person.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our restated certificate of incorporation limits our directors&#146; personal liability to us or
our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duties as a director except for
liability (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of the law, (iii)&nbsp;for breaches under section 174 of the DGCL, which relates to unlawful payments of
dividends or unlawful stock repurchase or redemptions or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The foregoing statements are subject to the detailed provisions of the DGCL, our restated
certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated by-laws.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers or persons controlling the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
the registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We maintain directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance for our officers and directors.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of M &#038; F Worldwide Corp. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to M &#038; F Worldwide Corp.&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated April&nbsp;30, 1996).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designations, Powers, Preferences and Rights of Series&nbsp;B Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Participating Preferred Stock of M &#038; F Worldwide Corp. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to M &#038; F Worldwide Corp.&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K dated April&nbsp;20, 2001).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-laws of M &#038; F Worldwide Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.1 to M &#038; F Worldwide Corp.&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated December&nbsp;27, 2007).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &#038; Garrison LLP regarding the legality of the common
stock.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &#038; Garrison LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature pages hereto).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">M &#038; F Worldwide Corp. Outside Directors Deferred Compensation Plan.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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    <TD> To file during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement;</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><I>&nbsp;</I></TD>
    <TD width="1%"><I>&nbsp;</I></TD>
    <TD><I>Provided, however, that, </I>paragraphs (a)(1)(i)&nbsp;and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by us pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered hereby which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities,
the</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the
undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the
underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities
are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and
will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned
registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared
by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the
undersigned registrant;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to
the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant
or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iv)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>any other communication that is an offer in the offering made
by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall
be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering hereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, November&nbsp;21, 2008.
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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">M &#038; F WORLDWIDE CORP.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

<TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/
Barry F. Schwartz</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Barry F. Schwartz&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Barry F. Schwartz, Paul G. Savas and Alison M. Horowitz, acting
singly, his or her true and lawful agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to (i)&nbsp;act on, sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement together with
all schedules and exhibits thereto and any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, together with all schedules and exhibits
thereto, (ii)&nbsp;act on, sign and file such certificates, instruments, agreements and other documents
as may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, (iii)&nbsp;act on and file any supplement to
any prospectus included in this registration statement or any such amendment or any subsequent
registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and (iv)&nbsp;take any and all actions which may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith,
granting unto such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done, as
fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby approving, ratifying
and confirming all that such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact or any of their substitutes may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below on November&nbsp;21, 2008, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Barry F. Schwartz<br>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Barry F. Schwartz
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director (Principal Executive
Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Paul G. Savas<br>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Paul G. Savas
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Alison M. Horowitz<br>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Alison M. Horowitz
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Treasurer and
Controller (Principal Accounting
Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ronald O. Perelman<br>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ronald O. Perelman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Philip E. Beekman<br>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Philip E. Beekman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William C. Bevins<br>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
William C. Bevins
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Martha L. Byorum<br>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Martha L. Byorum
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Charles T. Dawson<br>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Charles T. Dawson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Viet D. Dinh<br>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Viet D. Dinh
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Theo W. Folz<br>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Theo W. Folz
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John M. Keane<br>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
John M. Keane
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Paul M. Meister<br>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Paul M. Meister
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Bruce Slovin<br>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Bruce Slovin
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><br><DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stephen G. Taub
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Carl B. Webb<br>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Carl B. Webb
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Restated Certificate of Incorporation of M &#038; F Worldwide Corp. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to M &#038; F Worldwide Corp.&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April&nbsp;30, 1996).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Certificate of Designations, Powers, Preferences and Rights of Series&nbsp;B Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Participating Preferred Stock of M &#038; F Worldwide Corp. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to M &#038; F Worldwide Corp.&#146;s Form 8-K dated April&nbsp;20, 2001).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.3</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Amended and Restated By-laws of M &#038; F Worldwide Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.1 to M &#038; F Worldwide Corp.&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December&nbsp;27, 2007).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">5.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &#038; Garrison LLP regarding the legality of the common
stock.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.3</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &#038; Garrison LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">24.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney (included on signature pages hereto).</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">99.1</TD>
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    <TD>M &#038; F Worldwide Corp. Outside Directors Deferred Compensation Plan.</TD>
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S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 21, 2008
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
M & F Worldwide Corp.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
02-0423416
(State or other jurisdiction of
(IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
35 East 62nd Street
New York, New York 10065
(Address, including zip code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
M & F Worldwide Corp. Outside Directors Deferred Compensation Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Barry F. Schwartz
President and Chief Executive Officer
M & F Worldwide Corp.
35 East 62nd Street
New York, New York 10065
(212) 572-8600
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
COPIES TO:
Lawrence G. Wee, Esq.
Steven L. Fasman, Esq.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal
Garrison LLP
Officer and Chief Compliance Officer
1285 Avenue of the Americas
M & F Worldwide Corp.
New York, New York 10019–6064
35 East 62nd Street
(212) 373-3000
New York, New York 10065
(212) 572-8600
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Registration
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be Registered (1)
Unit
Price
Fee
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
500,000(2) shares
$15.20(3)
$7,600,000(3)
$299
Deferred Compensation Plan Obligations (4)
$10,000,000
100%
$10,000,000(5)
$393
Total
$17,600,000
$692
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities to be offered
or issued from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Consists of 500,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance upon exercise of deferred
stock units granted, or in respect of awards to be granted, under the M & F Worldwide Corp.
Outside Directors Deferred Compensation Plan.
(3)
Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price
per share was determined based on the average of the high and low prices of M & F Worldwide
Corp.'s common stock reported by the New York Stock Exchange on
November 18, 2008.
(4)
The Deferred Compensation Plan Obligations are unsecured obligations of M & F Worldwide Corp.
to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the M & F Worldwide
Corp. Outside Directors Deferred Compensation Plan.
(5)
Computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act solely for the purposes of
determining the registration fee.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
M & F Worldwide Corp. ("we," "us," or "our") has prepared this Registration Statement in
accordance with the requirements of Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Securities Act, to register (1) 500,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share,
which we refer to as the common stock, that are reserved for issuance upon exercise of deferred
stock units granted, or in respect of awards to be granted, under the M & F Worldwide Corp. Outside
Directors Deferred Compensation Plan, which we refer to as the Plan, and (2) the issuance of
$10,000,000 of Obligations (as defined below) to be issued under the Plan.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Company Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-5.1: OPINION OF PAUL, WEISS RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP
EX-23.1: CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
EX-23.2: CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
EX-99.1: OUSTIDE DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information
.
The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such
documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), but
constitute, along with the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, a
prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
Item 2. Company Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
.
We will furnish without charge to each person to whom the prospectus is delivered, upon the
written or oral request of such person, a copy of any and all of the documents incorporated by
reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, other than exhibits to such
documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference to the information that
is incorporated). Those documents are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus.
Requests should be directed to M & F Worldwide Corp., 35 East 62nd Street, New York, New York
10065, Attention: Chief Legal Officer; Telephone number (212) 572-8600.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed with the Commission by us are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:
1.
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K (the "Form 10-K") for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2007;
2.
Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31,
2008, June 30, 2008 and September 30, 2008;
3.
Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission since December 31,
2007;
4.
The portions of our Definitive Proxy Statement dated April 28, 2008 that are
deemed incorporated by reference in the Form 10-K; and
5.
The description of the common stock set forth in our Registration Statement on
Form 8-A filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act on May 19, 1995, and any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating any such description.
In addition, all reports and documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the date hereof and prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof from the date of the filing of such
documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Under the Plan, non-employee directors will be eligible to receive a portion of their fees in
the form of deferred compensation and elect to defer all or a portion of their remaining director
fees. Our obligations with respect to such deferred compensation under the Plan (the
"Obligations") will be unsecured general obligations to pay such compensation (or the relevant
share amounts) in the future in accordance with the terms of the Plan, and will rank equally in
right of payment with our other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness from time to time
outstanding. Because we are a holding company, our right, and hence the right of our creditors
(including participants in the Plan), to participate in any distribution of the assets of any
subsidiary upon its liquidation or reorganization or otherwise is necessarily subject to the prior
claims of creditors of the subsidiary (including trade creditors) and holders of preferred stock of
the subsidiary, except to the extent that our claims as a creditor of the subsidiary may be
recognized. Accordingly, our obligations under the Plan may be deemed to be effectively
subordinated to such claims. In addition, dividends, loans and advances from certain subsidiaries
to us are restricted by the outstanding debt agreements of a number of our subsidiaries.
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The amount of compensation to be received by each non-employee director will be determined in
accordance with the Plan as follows:
•
Each non-employee director will receive, as part of his or her annual compensation,
a yearly director fee of $50,000 or such other amount as determined by the Board,
granted in the form of deferred stock units (the value of which is based on the closing
price of our common stock on the day before the date of grant). The deferred stock
units to be granted with respect to this $50,000 fee amount will entitle the
non-employee director to receive the settlement amount in respect of the deferred stock
units 60 days after separation from service.
•
With respect to all other non-employee director fees, the non-employee director may
elect to either receive such fees in cash or receive 50% or 100% of such fees in the
form of deferred stock units (the value of which are based on the closing price of our
common stock on the date of grant). At the time the non-employee
director elects to receive fees in the form of deferred stock units, the director may elect
whether to receive the settlement amount either 60 days after separation from service
or at a fixed date chosen by the director.
The settlement amount for each deferred stock unit will be either one share of common stock for
each deferred stock unit or an amount of cash equal to the then market value of one share of common
stock (based on the closing price on the day before the date of payment). A non-employee director
is required to make the election to receive cash or stock in respect of his or her deferred stock
units before the beginning of the year in respect of which the deferred stock units are granted.
A non-employee director's right or the right of any other person to the Obligations cannot be
assigned, alienated, sold, garnished, transferred, pledged, or encumbered except by a written
designation of a beneficiary under the Plan, by written will, or by the laws of descent and
distribution.
The Obligations are not subject to redemption, in whole or in part, prior to the specified
payment dates, at our option or through operation of a mandatory or optional sinking fund or
analogous provision. Nevertheless, we reserve the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time,
except that no such amendment or termination shall adversely affect the right of the non-employee
director to the balance of his or her deferred account as of the date of such amendment or
termination.
The Obligations are not convertible into another security of ours (except as payable in the
form of a lump sum of our common stock in accordance with the Plan). The Obligations will not have
the benefit of a negative pledge or any other affirmative or negative covenant on our part. No
trustee has been appointed having the authority to take action with respect to the Obligations and
each non-employee director will be responsible for acting independently with respect to, among
other things, the giving of notices, responding to any requests for consents, waivers or amendments
pertaining to the Obligations, enforcing covenants and taking action upon default.
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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") provides, in general, that a
corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation, because the person is or was a director or officer of the corporation. Such indemnity
may be against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding,
if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation and if, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, the person did not have reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation shall have the power to
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in
its favor because the person is or was a director or officer of the corporation, against any
expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection
with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a
manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter
as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to
the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to be indemnified for such
expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section 145(g) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation shall have the power to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the
corporation against any liability asserted against the person and incurred by the person in any
such capacity, or arising out of the person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would
have the power to indemnify the person against such liability under the provisions of the law.
Our restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated by-laws provide that we
shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted Section 145 of the DGCL, as
amended from time to time, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, by reason of the fact that the person
is or was our director or officer, or is or was serving at our request as a director or officer of
another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise. The indemnification rights granted under our restated certificate of incorporation and
amended and restated by-laws shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which such person
may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise, both as to action in such person's official capacity and as
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to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who
has ceased to be our director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such person.
Our restated certificate of incorporation limits our directors' personal liability to us or
our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duties as a director except for
liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders, (ii) for
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of the law, (iii) for breaches under section 174 of the DGCL, which relates to unlawful payments of
dividends or unlawful stock repurchase or redemptions or (iv) for any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit.
The foregoing statements are subject to the detailed provisions of the DGCL, our restated
certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated by-laws.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers or persons controlling the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
the registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
We maintain directors' and officers' liability insurance for our officers and directors.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibits
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of M & F Worldwide Corp. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to M & F Worldwide Corp.'s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 30, 1996).
4.2
Certificate of Designations, Powers, Preferences and Rights of Series B Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Participating Preferred Stock of M & F Worldwide Corp. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.2 to M & F Worldwide Corp.'s Form 8-K dated April 20, 2001).
4.3
Amended and Restated By-laws of M & F Worldwide Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.1 to M & F Worldwide Corp.'s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 27, 2007).
5.1
Opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP regarding the legality of the common
stock.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.3
Consent of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature pages hereto).
99.1
M & F Worldwide Corp. Outside Directors Deferred Compensation Plan.
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Item 9. Undertakings
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(a)(1)
To file during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii)
to include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;
Provided, however, that,
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by us pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement;
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered hereby which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(4)
That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities,
the
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undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the
undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the
underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities
are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and
will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i)
any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned
registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii)
any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared
by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the
undersigned registrant;
(iii)
the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to
the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant
or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(iv)
any other communication that is an offer in the offering made
by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(b)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall
be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering hereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, November 21, 2008.
M & F WORLDWIDE CORP.
By:
/s/
Barry F. Schwartz
Name:
Barry F. Schwartz
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Barry F. Schwartz, Paul G. Savas and Alison M. Horowitz, acting
singly, his or her true and lawful agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to (i) act on, sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement together with
all schedules and exhibits thereto and any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, together with all schedules and exhibits
thereto, (ii) act on, sign and file such certificates, instruments, agreements and other documents
as may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, (iii) act on and file any supplement to
any prospectus included in this registration statement or any such amendment or any subsequent
registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and (iv) take any and all actions which may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith,
granting unto such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done, as
fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby approving, ratifying
and confirming all that such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact or any of their substitutes may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below on November 21, 2008, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
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Signature
Title
/s/ Barry F. Schwartz
Barry F. Schwartz
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director (Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ Paul G. Savas
Paul G. Savas
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
/s/ Alison M. Horowitz
Alison M. Horowitz
Vice President, Treasurer and
Controller (Principal Accounting
Officer)
/s/ Ronald O. Perelman
Ronald O. Perelman
Director
/s/ Philip E. Beekman
Philip E. Beekman
Director
/s/ William C. Bevins
William C. Bevins
Director
/s/ Martha L. Byorum
Martha L. Byorum
Director
/s/ Charles T. Dawson
Charles T. Dawson
Director
/s/ Viet D. Dinh
Viet D. Dinh
Director
/s/ Theo W. Folz
Theo W. Folz
Director
/s/ John M. Keane
John M. Keane
Director
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Signature
Title
/s/ Paul M. Meister
Paul M. Meister
Director
/s/ Bruce Slovin
Bruce Slovin
Director
Stephen G. Taub
Director
/s/ Carl B. Webb
Carl B. Webb
Director
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of M & F Worldwide Corp. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to M & F Worldwide Corp.'s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 30, 1996).
4.2
Certificate of Designations, Powers, Preferences and Rights of Series B Non-Cumulative
Perpetual Participating Preferred Stock of M & F Worldwide Corp. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.2 to M & F Worldwide Corp.'s Form 8-K dated April 20, 2001).
4.3
Amended and Restated By-laws of M & F Worldwide Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.1 to M & F Worldwide Corp.'s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 27, 2007).
5.1
Opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP regarding the legality of the common
stock.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.3
Consent of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature pages hereto).
99.1
M & F Worldwide Corp. Outside Directors Deferred Compensation Plan.
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