Matthews International Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Earnings Per Share Attributable to Matthews' Shareholders

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

The information used to compute earnings per share attributable to Matthews' common shareholders was as follows:



	Three Months Ended June 30,				Nine Months Ended June 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Net income attributable to Matthews shareholders	$	24,414	$	29,485	$	77,776	$	54,727

Weighted-average shares outstanding (in thousands):
Basic shares	31,631		32,255		31,693		32,248
Effect of dilutive securities	150		317		132		348
Diluted shares	31,781		32,572		31,825		32,596

Anti-dilutive securities excluded from the dilution calculation were insignificant for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017.