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Name change will keep Hillenbrand name as part of new parent company for

Batesville Casket Company Stand alone medical technology company will emerge as Hill-Rom Holdings

doing business under well-known Hill-Rom brand

BATESVILLE, Ind., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. (NYSE: HB) announced today that it has begun mailing a notice regarding a special shareholder meeting and proxy statement related to a name change contingent upon the company's completion of separation of its two operating companies, Hill-Rom, the company's medical technology business, and Batesville Casket, the company's death care business.

The special meeting has the sole purpose to vote on a proposal to amend the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to change the name of the company from "Hillenbrand Industries, Inc.," to "Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc." in conjunction with the previously announced proposed separation. In the plan, the current Batesville Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of the current Hillenbrand Industries, Inc., would then change its name to become "Hillenbrand, Inc." and would continue to be the parent company of Batesville Casket Company following successful completion of the separation.

"The Hillenbrand name is very recognizable in the funeral services industry; therefore we have chosen to keep that name linked to the Batesville Casket Company," said Peter Soderberg, president and CEO of Hillenbrand Industries and of Hill-Rom. "At the same time, Hill-Rom has an extremely valuable brand identity within the health care industry. This proposal keeps each brand with the company where it adds the most value."

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