Hill-Rom Reports Fourth Quarter Revenue Growth of 14.1 Percent to $424 Million and Adjusted Earnings Per Fully Diluted Share From Continuing Operations of $0.58, an Increase of 52.6 Percent From the ...($934.7 $(4.8) $929.9 $883.2 ...)

Post Acute Care 197.0 - 197.0 172.9 13.9%

International and

Surgical 381.4 (24.8) 356.6 304.9 17.0%

Eliminations (5.4) - (5.4) (4.5) 20.0%

Total $1,507.7 $(29.6) $1,478.1 $1,356.5 9.0%

Non-GAAP Financial Disclosures and Reconciliations

While Hill-Rom reports financial results in accordance with U.S. GAAP, this press release includes non-GAAP measures. These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with, nor are they a substitute for, GAAP measures. Hill-Rom uses the non-GAAP measures to evaluate and manage its operations and provides the information to assist investors in performing financial analysis that is consistent with financial models developed by research analysts. Investors should consider non-GAAP measures in addition to, not as a substitute for, or as superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Income from Continuing Income from Continuing

Operations - 2008 Operations - 2007

Pre- Income Diluted Pre- Income Diluted

tax Taxes EPS tax Taxes EPS

Fourth Quarter

Income from continuing

operations - GAAP $32.8 $9.0 $0.38 $33.1 $8.7 $0.39

Adjustments:

Special/Litigation

charges (credits) 20.5 8.0 0.20 (1.6) (0.6) (0.02)

Separation costs - - - 0.3 - 0.01

Income from continuing

operations - Adjusted $53.3 $17.0 $0.58 $31.8 $8.1 $0.38

Income from Continuing Income from Continuing

Operations - 2008 Operati
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