Hill-Rom Reports Second Quarter Revenue Growth of 12.0 Percent to $375.2 Million and Adjusted Earnings Per Fully Diluted Share from Continuing Operations of $0.26, Unchanged from the ...(.4 4.1% Post Acute Care ...),Health

Post Acute Care 48.0 - 48.0 42.9 11.9%

International and Surgical 97.0 (7.6) 89.4 73.2 22.1%

Total Eliminations (0.7) - (0.7) (0.5) 40.0%

Total $375.2 $(10.1) $365.1 $335.0 9.0%

($ In Millions) YTD Y/Y YTD YTD Adj/

2008 Foreign 2008 2007 Actual

Actual Exchange Adjusted Actual % Change

Acute Care $442.2 $(3.7) $438.5 $424.3 3.3%

Post Acute Care 96.1 - 96.1 88.4 8.7%

International and Surgical 180.5 (14.0) 166.5 144.7 15.1%

Total Eliminations (2.2) - (2.2) (1.4) 57.1%

Total $716.6 $(17.7) $698.9 $656.0 6.5%

Non-GAAP Financial Disclosures and Reconciliations - Second Quarter

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 Income from

Continuing Operations Continuing Operations

Second Quarter - 2008 - 2007

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