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

Earnings Per Share Attributable to Matthews' Shareholders

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

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,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
Net income attributable to Matthews shareholders	$	15,417	$	18,182	$	18,514	$	53,362

Weighted-average shares outstanding (in thousands):
Basic shares	31,528		31,727		31,563		31,722
Effect of dilutive securities	141		126		135		124
Diluted shares	31,669		31,853		31,698		31,846

Anti-dilutive securities excluded from the dilution calculation were insignificant for the three and six months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.