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

Earnings Per Share Attributable to Matthews' Shareholders

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

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



	Three Months Ended March 31,				Six Months Ended March 31,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Net income attributable to Matthews shareholders	$	14,920	$	14,357	$	24,008	$	18,971

Weighted-average shares outstanding (in thousands):
Basic shares	32,283		33,005		32,247		32,970
Effect of dilutive securities	286		197		333		250
Diluted shares	32,569		33,202		32,580		33,220

Anti-dilutive securities excluded from the dilution calculation were insignificant for the three and six months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016.