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Earnings Per Share Attributable to Matthews Shareholders | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Earnings Per Share Attributable to Matthews' Shareholders [Abstract] |
Earnings Per Share Attributable to Matthews' Shareholders | Note 7. Earnings Per Share Attributable to Matthews Shareholders The information used to compute earnings per share attributable to Matthews’ common shareholders was as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended |
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Net income attributable to Matthews shareholders |  | $ | 7,914 |  |  | $ | 8,255 |
Less: dividends and undistributed earnings allocated to participating securities |  |  | 41 |  |  |  | 97 |
Net income available to Matthews shareholders |  | $ | 7,873 |  |  | $ | 8,158 |
Weighted-average shares outstanding (in thousands): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic shares |  |  | 27,125 |  |  |  | 27,275 |
Effect of dilutive securities |  |  | 227 |  |  |  | 114 |
Diluted shares |  |  | 27,352 |  |  |  | 27,389 |
There were no anti-dilutive securities for the three months ended December 31, 2013. Options to purchase 768,691 shares of common stock were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share for the three months ended December 31, 2012 because the inclusion of these options would be anti-dilutive.

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