Hillenbrand Declares Fourth-Quarter Dividend of $0.19 Per Share

BATESVILLE, Ind., Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The board of directors of
Hillenbrand, Inc. (NYSE: HI), has declared a dividend of $0.19 per share on the
company’s common stock. The dividend is payable Sept. 30, 2011, to shareholders
of record at the close of business Sept. 16, 2011.

About Hillenbrand, Inc.

Hillenbrand (www.HillenbrandInc.com) is a diversified enterprise with multiple
subsidiaries focused around two business platforms. Batesville Casket
(www.batesville.com) is a leader in the North American death care industry
through the sale of funeral services products, including burial caskets,
cremation caskets, containers and urns, burial vaults, selection room display
fixturing, and other personalization and memorialization products. The Process
Equipment Group is a recognized leader in the design, production, marketing and
servicing of equipment and systems used in processing applications for a diverse
range of industrial markets. Its two business lines are K-Tron, which focuses
primarily on feeding and pneumatic conveying equipment, and the Size Reduction
Group, which concentrates on size reduction equipment, conveying systems and
screening equipment, operating under three brands: Pennsylvania Crusher,
Gundlach and Jeffrey Rader. HI-INC-F

SOURCE Hillenbrand, Inc.