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

Earnings Per Share Attributable to Matthews' Shareholders

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

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



	Three Months Ended December 31,
	2017		2016
Net income attributable to Matthews shareholders	$	35,180	$	10,322

Weighted-average shares outstanding (in thousands):
Basic shares	31,738		32,250
Effect of dilutive securities	132		198
Diluted shares	31,870		32,448

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