Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Kitzmiller Andrew S.

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/21/2019

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Hillenbrand, Inc. [HI]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

1 BATESVILLE BLVD

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
VP, CAO and Controller

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

BATESVILLE, IN 47006

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, without par value	2,988 ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Kitzmiller Andrew S. 1 BATESVILLE BLVD BATESVILLE, IN 47006			VP, CAO and Controller

Signatures

By: Patricia C. Lecher as Attorney-in-Fact for Andrew S. Kitzmiller		12/02/2019
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Received in exchange for 2,389 shares of Milacron Holdings Corp. ("Milacron") common stock pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of July 12, 2019, among Milacron, Hillenbrand, Inc., an Indiana corporation ("Hillenbrand"), and Bengal Delaware Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Hillenbrand. At the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), each share of Milacron common stock, automatically and without any required action by the Reporting Person, was converted into the right to receive (a) $11.80 in cash, without interest, and (b) 0.1612 shares of Hillenbrand common stock (and, if applicable, cash in lieu of fractional shares), less any applicable withholding taxes.
(2)	Received in exchange for 4,781 shares of Milacron common stock subject to a restricted share award (each a "Restricted Share"). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, each Restricted Share was canceled and converted into the right to receive (a) $11.80 in cash, without interest, and (b) 0.1612 shares of Hillenbrand common stock (and, if applicable, cash in lieu of fractional shares), less any applicable withholding taxes.
(3)	Received in exchange for 11,369 stock unit awards that were subject to vesting solely based on the satisfaction of time-based vesting criteria (each an "RSU"). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, each RSU was cancelled and converted into the right to receive (a) $11.80 in cash, without interest, and (b) 0.1612 shares of Hillenbrand common stock (and, if applicable, cash in lieu of fractional shares), less any applicable withholding taxes, for each share of Milacron common stock subject to such RSU.

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