BATESVILLE, Ind., Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hillenbrand (NYSE: HI) board of directors announced today that Chairman Ray J. Hillenbrand and Vice Chairman James A. Henderson have decided to retire from the board, effective as of the company's 2013 annual meeting of shareholders. The board has elected F. Joseph Loughrey, retired president and chief operating officer of Cummins Inc. and chairman of Hillenbrand's Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee, to assume the role of board chairman at that time.

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