Matthews International Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Information about the Company's segments follows:

	Memorialization						Brand Solutions
									Marking and
	Cemetery		Funeral Home				Graphics		Fulfillment		Merchandising
	Products		Products		Cremation		Imaging		Systems		Solutions		Other		Consolidated

Sales to external customers:
2012	$	215,943	$	230,943	$	45,981	$	259,865	$	74,621	$	72,964	$	-	$	900,317
2011		224,773		243,291		39,278		268,975		61,938		60,566		-		898,821
2010		224,247		216,849		32,786		239,957		51,069		56,921		-		821,829

Intersegment sales:
2012		262		4		60		2		22		702		-		1,052
2011		251		-		52		177		21		90		-		591
2010		272		-		68		1		16		281		-		638

Depreciation and amortization:
2012		3,255		6,416		396		14,175		1,048		2,330		1,201		28,821
2011		2,955		6,371		244		13,580		530		1,949		2,032		27,661
2010		2,442		6,672		197		13,234		526		1,850		2,401		27,322

Operating profit:
2012		33,195		26,525		3,869		14,843		10,061		5,084		-		93,577
2011		52,474		29,039		3,479		22,427		7,819		3,278		-		118,516
2010		56,167		27,506		3,646		21,077		5,817		2,368		-		116,581

Total assets:
2012		211,205		299,248		41,099		356,458		75,217		66,170		78,645		1,128,042
2011		197,127		311,841		35,018		351,595		67,193		60,491		74,190		1,097,455
2010		194,110		291,216		28,223		319,480		36,740		54,876		69,180		993,825

Capital expenditures:
2012		3,811		2,540		396		18,693		2,513		1,496		3,787		33,236
2011		1,618		3,850		501		10,820		295		3,165		2,191		22,440
2010		6,107		1,129		241		8,058		450		1,028		4,424		21,437

Information about the Company's operations by geographic area follows:

	United States		Mexico		Canada		Europe		Australia		Asia		Consolidated

Sales to external customers:
2012	$	569,435	$	-	$	11,967	$	290,283	$	13,778	$	14,854	$	900,317
2011		559,362		-		13,086		298,773		13,437		14,163		898,821
2010		520,083		-		14,000		264,833		11,160		11,753		821,829

Long-lived assets:
2012		395,565		4,743		507		260,809		7,041		10,580		679,245
2011		380,059		5,726		476		259,860		6,752		9,459		662,332
2010		334,471		6,367		484		235,902		6,957		8,691		592,872

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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