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Hill-Rom Reports Second Quarter Financial Results

Date:5/4/2009

e recognized a special charge of nearly $18 million. Some additional costs associated with these actions are also expected to be incurred in the third quarter, but such are not expected to exceed $2.0 million. The expected annual savings from these actions are estimated to be $12 to $14 million.

-- During the quarter, the company successfully resolved an outstanding Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Warning Letter.

On March 31, 2008, Hill-Rom completed the spin-off of its funeral services business operating under the Batesville Casket name. Accordingly, the results of operations of the funeral services business, including certain separation related costs and other income and expenses assigned to the funeral services business, have been presented as discontinued operations for all periods presented in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

Please see the attached schedules for additional information, including reconciliations of earnings in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") to as adjusted income and earnings per share, condensed financial information, summary balance sheet information and segment sales summaries.

For a more complete review of Hill-Rom's results, please refer to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, which will be filed later this week.

Financial Guidance Summary For 2009

Management is updating full year 2009 adjusted financial guidance. Soderberg stated, "In spite of unprecedented economic turmoil affecting customer demand, we are in a position to update our guidance because of year to date performance and expense management actions that have improved cash flow and profitability versus our earlier outlook."

Hill-Rom's consolidated revenue guidance range for fiscal 2009 is expected to be $1.365 to $1.423 billion, which represent
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