Handy & Harman SC 13D ModusLink Global Solutions / HANDY & HARMAN ownership change

Exhibit 99.1

Joint Filing Agreement

In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1)(iii) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of a Statement on Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto) with respect to the Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of ModusLink Global Solutions, Inc.  This Joint Filing Agreement shall be filed as an Exhibit to such Statement.

Dated:           October 14, 2011	HANDY & HARMAN LTD.
	By:	/s/ James F. McCabe, Jr.
		James F. McCabe, Jr. Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

BNS HOLDING, INC.
By:	/s/ Terry Gibson
	Terry Gibson President and Chief Executive Officer

STEEL PARTNERS, LTD.
By:	/s/ Jack L. Howard
	Jack L. Howard President

SPH GROUP HOLDINGS LLC
By:		Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc. Manager
By:	/s/ Sanford Antignas
	Sanford Antignas Chief Operating Officer

SPH GROUP LLC
By:		Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc. Managing Member
By:	/s/ Sanford Antignas
	Sanford Antignas Chief Operating Officer

STEEL PARTNERS HOLDINGS L.P.
By:		Steel Partners Holdings GP Inc. General Partner
By:	/s/ Sanford Antignas
	Sanford Antignas Chief Operating Officer

STEEL PARTNERS LLC
By:	/s/ Sanford Antignas
	Sanford Antignas Chief Operating Officer

/s/ Sanford Antignas

SANFORD ANTIGNAS

as Attorney-In-Fact for Warren G. Lichtenstein