Hillenbrand Announces Dividend of $0.185 Per Share

The board of directors for Hillenbrand, Inc. has declared a dividend of $0.185 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable March 31, 2009, to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 17, 2009.

ABOUT HILLENBRAND, INC.

Hillenbrand, Inc. (www.HillenbrandInc.com) is the holding company for Batesville Casket Company, a leader in the North American death care industry through the sale of funeral services products, including burial caskets, cremation caskets, containers and urns, selection room display fixturing and other personalization and memorialization products. HI-INC-F

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SOURCE: Hillenbrand, Inc.

CONTACT: Investor Relations, Mark R. Lanning, Vice President of Investor
Relations and Treasurer, of Hillenbrand, Inc., +1-812-934-7256,
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Web site: https://www.hillenbrandinc.com/