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

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

ACQUISITIONS (Details)

ACQUISITIONS (Details)	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended						0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended								1 Months Ended
ACQUISITIONS (Details)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Customer Relationships [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Product Technology [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Non-compete Agreements [Member]	Jul. 29, 2014 Schawk Inc [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Schawk Inc [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 Schawk Inc [Member] USD ($) Location Country	Jul. 29, 2014 Schawk Inc [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 29, 2014 Schawk Inc [Member] Customer Relationships [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 29, 2014 Schawk Inc [Member] Product Technology [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 29, 2014 Schawk Inc [Member] Trade Names and Other [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2013 Kroma Pre-Press Preparation Systems Industry & Trade, Inc. [Member]	Jul. 31, 2011 Kroma Pre-Press Preparation Systems Industry & Trade, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Pyramid Control Systems [Member] USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2012 Wetzel Holding AG [Member] USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2012 Wetzel Holding AG [Member] EUR (€)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition price									5,398,829						0.20582
Business acquisition cash price per share (in dollars per share)																		$ 11.8
Closing price per share (in dollars per share)																		$ 20.74
Total service revenue	349,832,000	279,983,000	246,837,000	229,945,000	252,706,000	250,652,000	256,390,000	225,609,000	1,106,597,000	985,357,000	900,317,000						442,640,000
Service deliverable locations																	155
Number of service deliverable countries																	20
Acquisition spending, net of cash acquired									382,104,000	73,959,000	12,541,000
Interest acquired (in hundredths)																						38.50%	61.50%
Purchase price of acquisition																309,524,000								26,178,000	54,748,000	42,600,000
Additional purchase price of acquisition																								3,703,000
Weighted average amortization period for intangible assets									19 years 8 months 12 days			20 years	5 years	3 years
Business acquisition transaction-related costs																3,401,000		5,627,000
Business acquisition write-off of inventory																9,537,000
Purchase Price [Abstract]
Cash paid																309,524,000								26,178,000	54,748,000	42,600,000
Treasury stock (5,398,829 shares issued, $43.45 per share)															234,579,000
Cash for debt repayment																		83,882,000
Cash acquired																		(11,299,000)
Total Purchase Price																616,686,000
Net Assets Acquired [Abstract]
Trade receivables																		91,407,000
Inventory																		27,459,000
Other current assets																		16,537,000
Property, plant and equipment																		43,236,000
Definite-lived intangible assets [Abstract]
Definite-lived intangible assets																			203,270,000	2,890,000	1,610,000
Indefinite-lived intangible assets [Abstract]
Indefinite-lived intangible assets																		119,650,000
Goodwill	819,467,000				524,551,000				819,467,000	524,551,000	476,181,000							312,558,000
Other assets																		7,864,000
Trade accounts payable																		(21,088,000)
Other current liabilities																		(50,265,000)
Multi-employer plan withdrawal liability																		(30,622,000)
Non-current liabilities																		(107,820,000)
Total net assets acquired																		616,686,000
Treasury stock shares issued (in shares)									5,398,829						0.20582
Treasury stock price per share (in dollars per share)	$ 43.45								$ 43.45
Sales									1,458,277,000	1,430,843,000						75,060,000
Income before income taxes									91,499,000	42,528,000						(8,453,000)
Net income									$ 64,635,000	$ 30,237,000						$ (5,888,000)
Earnings per share (in dollars per share)									$ 1.96	$ 0.92						$ (0.21)