Hillenbrand, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2009
Commitments and Contingencies.
Rental expense charged to income	$ 9.0	$ 7.9	$ 7.3
Aggregate future minimum lease payments for operating leases, excluding renewable periods
2012	6.7
2013	3.9
2014	1.5
2015	0.4
2016	0.2
Thereafter	0.1
Future minimum operating lease payments, excluding renewable periods	12.8
General claims and lawsuits
Commitments and Contingencies
Deductibles and self-insured retentions per occurrence or per claim, low end of range	0.5
Deductibles and self-insured retentions per occurrence or per claim, high end of range	1.0
Funeral Consumers Alliance, Inc. ("FCA") antitrust litigation
Commitments and Contingencies
Number of co-defendants	three
Damages sought by plaintiffs, low end of range	947.0
Damages sought by plaintiffs, high end of range	1,460.0
Approximate number of product units on which damages are sought by the purported class members	1,000,000
Cumulative legal and related costs	$ 28.8
Matthews Litigation
Commitments and Contingencies
Number of additional defendants	2
Number of former employees of certain Matthews' entities hired by Batesville	2

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