Hillenbrand Announces Third-Quarter Dividend of $0.185 Per Share

BATESVILLE, Ind., May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors for Hillenbrand, Inc. (NYSE: HI) has declared a dividend of $0.185 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable June 30, 2009, to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 16, 2009.

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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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Released May 7, 2009