As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15, 2010
Registration No. 333-
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
HILLENBRAND, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Indiana
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
  26-1342272
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
One Batesville Boulevard    
Batesville, Indiana   47006
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
 
HILLENBRAND, INC. STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN (AS OF FEBRUARY 24, 2010)
(Full title of the plan)
 
John R. Zerkle
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Hillenbrand, Inc.
One Batesville Boulevard
Batesville, Indiana 47006

(Name and address of agent for service)
(812) 931-3832
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
             
Large accelerated filer þ   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o   Smaller reporting company o
        (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                                         
 
  Title of Each Class           Proposed Maximum     Proposed Maximum     Amount of  
  of Securities     Amount to be     Offering Price     Aggregate Offering     Registration  
  to be Registered     Registered (1)     Per Share (2)     Price     Fee  
 
Common Stock, without
par value
    4,000,000 shares     $ 22.075       $ 88,300,000       $ 6,295.79    
 
     
(1)   Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares as may become issuable under the plan pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions therein.
 
(2)   Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low sales price of the common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 9, 2010.
 
 

 

 


 

EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering 4,000,000 additional shares of common stock, without par value, of Hillenbrand, Inc. (the “Company”), the same class of stock for which Registration Statement No. 333-149893 was filed on Form S-8 on March 25, 2008 relating to the Company’s Stock Incentive Plan. The contents of such earlier Registration Statement are incorporated herein by reference.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits
Unless otherwise indicated below as being incorporated by reference to another filing of the Company with the Commission, each of the following exhibits is filed herewith:
         
Exhibit    
Number   Description
       
 
  5.1    
Validity Opinion of Mark B. Barnes, Esquire
       
 
  23.1    
Consent of Mark B. Barnes, Esquire (included in Exhibit 5.1)
       
 
  23.2    
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
       
 
  23.3    
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
       
 
  24.1    
Powers of Attorney (set forth on the signature pages hereto)
       
 
  99.1    
Hillenbrand, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (As of February 24, 2010) (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on January 5, 2010).

 

 


 

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Batesville, State of Indiana, on the 15th day of June, 2010.
         
  HILLENBRAND, INC.
(Registrant)
 
 
  By:   /s/ John R. Zerkle    
    Name:   John R. Zerkle   
    Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary 
 
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PRSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose signatures appear below hereby constitute and appoint John R. Zerkle, Cynthia L. Lucchese and Theodore S. Haddad, Jr., and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 15, 2010.
     
Signature   Title
 
   
/s/ Kenneth A. Camp
 
Kenneth A. Camp
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
   
/s/ Cynthia L. Lucchese
 
Cynthia L. Lucchese
  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
   
/s/ Theodore S. Haddad, Jr.
 
Theodore S. Haddad, Jr.
  Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
 
   
/s/ Ray J. Hillenbrand
 
Ray J. Hillenbrand
  Chairman of the Board of Directors 
 
   
/s/ William J. Cernugel
 
William J. Cernugel
  Director 
 
   
/s/ Edward B. Cloues, II
 
Edward B. Cloues, II
  Director 
 
   
/s/ Mark C. DeLuzio
 
Mark C. DeLuzio
  Director 
 
   
/s/ James A. Henderson
 
James A. Henderson
  Director 
 
   
/s/ W August Hillenbrand
 
W August Hillenbrand
  Director 
 
   
/s/ Thomas H. Johnson
 
Thomas H. Johnson
  Director 
 
   
/s/ F. Joseph Loughrey
 
F. Joseph Loughrey
  Director 
 
   
/s/ Neil S. Novich
 
Neil S. Novich
  Director 
 
   
/s/ Eduardo R. Menascé
 
Eduardo R. Menascé
  Director 
 
   
/s/ Stuart A. Taylor, II
 
Stuart A. Taylor, II
  Director 

 

 


 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS
         
Exhibit    
Number   Description
       
 
  5.1    
Validity Opinion of Mark B. Barnes, Esquire
       
 
  23.1    
Consent of Mark B. Barnes, Esquire (included in Exhibit 5.1)
       
 
  23.2    
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
       
 
  23.3    
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
       
 
  24.1    
Powers of Attorney (set forth on the signature pages hereto)
       
 
  99.1    
Hillenbrand, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (As of February 24, 2010) (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on January 5, 2010).