Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. Announces Early Tender Results of its Pending 'Any and All' Cash Tender Offer for its 4.50 Percent Senior Note...(heading Risk Factors in Hillenbrand's ...),Health

Factors that could cause Batesville's actual results to differ from forward-looking statements include but are not limited to: Batesville's dependence on its relationships with several large national providers, changes in death rates, whether Batesville's new products are successful in the marketplace, antitrust litigation, potential exposure to product liability or other claims, failure of Batesville's announced strategic initiatives and restructuring and realignment activities to achieve expected growth, efficiencies or cost reductions, disruptions in Batesville's business or other adverse consequences resulting from the planned separation of Hillenbrand's two operating companies, failure to realize anticipated benefits of the separation, failure of Batesville to execute its acquisition strategy through the consummation and successful integration of acquisitions, competition from nontraditional sources in the funeral services business, volatility of Batesville's investment portfolio, increased costs or unavailability of raw materials, labor disruptions, the ability to retain executive officers and other key personnel, and certain tax-related matters. For a more in depth discussion of these and other factors that could cause Batesville's actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements, see the discussions under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Registration Statement on Form 10 filed by Batesville Holdings, Inc with the SEC.

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