Hillenbrand Announces Fourth-Quarter Earnings Release Date Conference Call

Hillenbrand, Inc. will announce its fourth-quarter and full fiscal year earnings results before the market opens Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. The full text of the release and financials will be available on the company's Web site at www.HillenbrandInc.com.

The company will hold a conference call and simultaneous webcast with investors and financial analysts the same day at 8 a.m. ET. During the event, management will discuss the results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year for 2009, which ended Sept. 30, 2009, as well as announcing guidance for fiscal year 2010. The webcast will be available at https://ir.hillenbrandinc.com/ and will be archived on the company's Web site through Nov. 24, 2010, for those unable to listen to the live webcast.

Participants may listen to the conference call by dialing 1-877-681-3378 (1-719-325-4806 for international callers). A replay of the call will be available through midnight Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, at 1-888-203-1112 (1-719-457-0820 for international callers). Please use the confirmation code 8439251.

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: Mark R. Lanning, Vice President, Investor Relations, and
Treasurer, of Hillenbrand, Inc., +1-812-934-7256, [email protected]

Web Site: https://www.hillenbrandinc.com/