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

Earnings Per Share Attributable to Matthews' Shareholders

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

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



	Three Months Ended December 31,
	2016		2015
Net income attributable to Matthews shareholders	$	9,088	$	4,614

Weighted-average shares outstanding (in thousands):
Basic shares	32,250		32,946
Effect of dilutive securities	198		249
Diluted shares	32,448		33,195

Anti-dilutive securities excluded from the dilutive calculation were insignificant for the three months ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.