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

Earnings Per Share Attributable to Matthews' Shareholders

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

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,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Net income attributable to Matthews shareholders	$	18,182	$	14,920	$	53,362	$	25,242

Weighted-average shares outstanding (in thousands):
Basic shares	31,727		32,283		31,722		32,247
Effect of dilutive securities	126		286		124		333
Diluted shares	31,853		32,569		31,846		32,580

Anti-dilutive securities excluded from the dilution calculation were insignificant for the three and six months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017.