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EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

EARNINGS PER SHARE [Abstract]

Information Used to Compute Earnings Per Share Attributable to Matthews' Common Shareholders

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

		2015				2014				2013
Net income attributable to Matthews shareholders		$	63,449			$	42,625			$	54,121
Less: dividends and undistributed earnings allocated to participating securities			10				121				583
Net income available to Matthews shareholders		$	63,439			$	42,504			$	53,538
Weighted-average shares outstanding (in thousands):
Basic shares			32,939				28,209				27,255
Effect of dilutive securities			257				274				168
Diluted shares			33,196				28,483				27,423

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef



-Publisher FASB



-Name Accounting Standards Codification



-Topic 260



-SubTopic 10



-Section 50



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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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