<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>sv8</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<!-- PAGEBREAK -->
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always">&nbsp;</H5><P>
<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;25, 2008
</DIV>

<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV>

<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 2pt solid black; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid black; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 110; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>BATESVILLE HOLDINGS, INC.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"><B>Indiana</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"><B>26-1342272</B></TD>
</TR>

<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Body -->
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="47%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="47%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>One Batesville Boulevard</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"><B>Batesville, Indiana</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"><B>47006</B></TD>
</TR>

<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Zip Code)</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Body -->
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 110; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>HILLENBRAND, INC. STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
HILLENBRAND, INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS&#146; DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN<BR>
HILLENBRAND, INC. EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PROGRAM</B><BR>
(Full title of the plans)
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 110; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>John R. Zerkle<BR>
Batesville Holdings, Inc.<BR>
One Batesville Boulevard<BR>
Batesville, Indiana 47006</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(817)&nbsp;931-3832</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 110; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="47%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Non-accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Smaller reporting company <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Body -->
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="18%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD><!-- VRule -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="16%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD><!-- VRule -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="16%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD><!-- VRule -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="16%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD><!-- VRule -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="16%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR style="font-size: 1px" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="15" style="border-bottom: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of each class</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>of Securities</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Registration</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be Registered</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Registered (1)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Per Share (2)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Price (2)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Fee</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, no par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">4,635,436 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$19.38</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$89,834,749.68</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$3,530.51</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Deferred Compensation <BR>
Obligations, payable in <BR>
Common Stock, no par <BR>
value (3)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">150,000 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$19.38</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$2,907,000.00</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$114.24</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Total</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">4,785,436 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$92,741,749.68</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$3,644.75</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="15" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<!-- End Table Body -->
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR style="font-size: 0pt">
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also
covers an indeterminate number of additional shares as may become issuable under the plans
pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions therein.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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 when-issued market on the New York Stock Exchange on March&nbsp;24, 2008.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured general obligations of Batesville
Holdings, Inc. to pay deferred compensation in accordance with the Hillenbrand, Inc. Board of
Directors&#146; Deferred Compensation Plan and the Hillenbrand, Inc. Executive Deferred
Compensation Program. The Deferred Compensation Obligations are payable in up to 150,000
shares common stock of Batesville Holdings, Inc., no par value.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>
<!-- PAGEBREAK -->
<P><HR noshade><P>
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always">&nbsp;</H5><P>

<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY
NOTE</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On March&nbsp;14, 2008, the board of directors of Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. (&#147;Original
Hillenbrand&#148;) formally approved the distribution of all the shares of common stock, no par value
(the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), of Batesville Holdings, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), a wholly owned subsidiary of
Original Hillenbrand, to Original Hillenbrand&#146;s shareholders. The Company was recently formed to
become a holding company for Original Hillenbrand&#146;s funeral service business. On March&nbsp;31, 2008,
Original Hillenbrand will distribute one share of Common Stock for every share of Original
Hillenbrand common stock held by Original Hillenbrand shareholders of record as of the close of
business on March&nbsp;24, 2008, the record date for the distribution. This transaction is referred to
in this registration statement as the &#147;distribution.&#148;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In
connection with the distribution, the Company will change its name to &#147;Hillenbrand, Inc.&#148;
and Original Hillenbrand will change its name to &#147;Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.&#148;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In connection with the distribution, the Company has prepared this registration statement in
accordance with the requirements of Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), to register the Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the Hillenbrand, Inc.
Stock Incentive Plan, the Hillenbrand, Inc. Board of Directors&#146; Deferred Compensation Plan and the
Hillenbrand, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Program.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Note: </I>The document(s) containing the plan information required by Item&nbsp;1 of Form S-8 and the
statement of availability of registrant information and any other information required by Item&nbsp;2 of
Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act.
In accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 and the requirements of Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8, such documents are not
being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the
Securities Act. The registrant will maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the
provisions of Rule&nbsp;428. Upon request, the registrant will furnish to the Commission or its staff a
copy or copies of all of the documents included in such file.
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>
<!-- PAGEBREAK -->
<P><HR noshade><P>
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always">&nbsp;</H5><P>

<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-top: 12pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; background: transparent; color: #000000">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;3.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission (SEC File No.&nbsp;001-33794)
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10 filed with the Commission on
November&nbsp;5, 2007, as amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10
filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;16, 2008, Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;10 filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;19, 2008, Amendment No.&nbsp;3 to
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10 filed with the Commission on
March&nbsp;10, 2008,
Amendment No.&nbsp;4 to Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10 filed with the Commission on March
12, 2008, Amendment No.&nbsp;5 to Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10 filed with the
Commission on March&nbsp;13, 2008 and Amendment No.&nbsp;6 to Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10
filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;14, 2008 (as so amended, the &#147;Form&nbsp;10&#148;);</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the description of the Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s Information
Statement, dated March&nbsp;17, 2008, filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;18, 2008; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;18,
2008.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment hereto which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all such securities then remaining unsold (other than information that is furnished rather than
filed in accordance with Commission rules), will be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained herein or in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-top: 12pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; background: transparent; color: #000000">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;4.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Description of Securities.</B></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-top: 12pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; background: transparent; color: #000000">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;5.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>
<!-- PAGEBREAK -->
<P><HR noshade><P>
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always">&nbsp;</H5><P>

<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="left" style="margin-top: 12pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; background: transparent; color: #000000">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;6.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chapter&nbsp;37 of the Indiana Business Corporation Law (the &#147;IBCL&#148;) authorizes every Indiana
corporation to indemnify its officers and directors under certain circumstances against liability
incurred in connection with proceedings to which the officers or directors are made a party by
reason of their relationship to the corporation. Officers and directors may be indemnified where
they have acted in good faith; in the case of official action, the conduct was in the corporation&#146;s
best interests and in all other cases, the action taken was not against the interests of the
corporation; and in the case of criminal proceedings the action was lawful or there was no reason
or cause to believe the action was unlawful. Chapter&nbsp;37 also requires every Indiana corporation to
indemnify any of its officers or directors (unless limited by the articles of incorporation of the
corporation) who were wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any such
proceeding against reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding. A corporation
may also, under certain circumstances, pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by an
officer or director who is a party to a proceeding in advance of final disposition of the
proceeding. Chapter&nbsp;37 states that the indemnification provided for therein is not exclusive of any
other rights to which a person may be entitled under the articles of incorporation, by-laws or
resolutions of the board of directors or shareholders.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s articles of incorporation and by-laws generally obligate the Company to
indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent permitted by the IBCL and to advance
expenses incurred by its directors and officers in the defense of certain claims.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In connection with the distribution, the Company expects to enter into indemnification
agreements with its directors and certain of its officers. Generally, these indemnification
agreements will obligate the Company to indemnify each director and each such officer to the full
extent permitted by the laws of the State of Indiana. Indemnification will be required against
judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees,
actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of a claim, made
against the director or officer by reason of his or her service in such role for the Company.
Indemnification is not available in certain circumstances, including where a court determines that
the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit, where a court determines that
indemnification is not lawful under any applicable statute or public policy or in connection with
any proceeding initiated by the officer or director unless required by law, authorized by the
Company&#146;s board of directors or related to enforcement of the indemnification agreement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In connection with the distribution, the Company intends to obtain policies that insure its
directors and officers and those of its subsidiaries against certain liabilities they may incur in
their capacity as directors and officers. Under these policies, the insurer, on the Company&#146;s
behalf, may also pay amounts for which the Company has granted indemnification to the directors or
officers.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-top: 12pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; background: transparent; color: #000000">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;7.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>
<!-- PAGEBREAK -->
<P><HR noshade><P>
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always">&nbsp;</H5><P>

<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="left" style="margin-top: 12pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; background: transparent; color: #000000">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;8.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Exhibits.</B></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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:
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Restated
and Amended Articles of Incorporation of Hillenbrand, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to
the Form&nbsp;10)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Code of By-laws of Hillenbrand, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Form&nbsp;10)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Validity Opinion of Barnes &#038; Thornburg, LLP</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion
of Bracewell &#038; Giuliani LLP</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*10.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Hillenbrand, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.12 to the Form&nbsp;10)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*10.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Hillenbrand, Inc. Board of Directors&#146; Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.13 to the
Form&nbsp;10)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*10.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Hillenbrand, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Program (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.16 to the Form&nbsp;10)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Barnes &#038; Thornburg, LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent
of Bracewell &#038; Giuliani LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent
of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Powers of Attorney (set forth on the signature page hereto)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Body -->
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left">
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>incorporated herein by reference</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>
<!-- PAGEBREAK -->
<P><HR noshade><P>
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always">&nbsp;</H5><P>

<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="left" style="margin-top: 12pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; background: transparent; color: #000000">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;9.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Undertakings.</B></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in
the effective registration statement; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><I>Provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not
apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for purposes of determining liability of the registrant under the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities
of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of
the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the
securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and
will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424;
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>
<!-- PAGEBREAK -->
<P><HR noshade><P>
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always">&nbsp;</H5><P>

<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on
behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
registrant;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the
offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its
securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>
<!-- PAGEBREAK -->
<P><HR noshade><P>
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always">&nbsp;</H5><P>

<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">SIGNATURES
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 25<sup>th</sup>
day of March, 2008.
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>BATESVILLE HOLDINGS, INC.</B><BR>
(Registrant)<BR>
&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ John R. Zerkle
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">John R. Zerkle&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose signatures appears 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
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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 March&nbsp;25, 2008.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="47%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
</TR>

<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kenneth A. Camp
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kenneth A. Camp</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
<I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Cynthia L. Lucchese
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Cynthia L. Lucchese</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
<I>(Principal Financial Officer)</I></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Theodore S. Haddad, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Theodore S. Haddad</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Accounting Officer
<I>(Principal Accounting Officer)</I></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Ray J. Hillenbrand
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ray J. Hillenbrand</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ W August Hillenbrand
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
W August Hillenbrand</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Eduardo R. Menasc&#233;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Eduardo R. Menasc&#233;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Body -->
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>
<!-- PAGEBREAK -->
<P><HR noshade><P>
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always">&nbsp;</H5><P>

<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Restated
and Amended Articles of Incorporation of Hillenbrand, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to
the Form&nbsp;10)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Code of By-laws of Hillenbrand, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Form&nbsp;10)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Validity Opinion of Barnes &#038; Thornburg, LLP</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion
of Bracewell &#038; Giuliani LLP</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*10.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Hillenbrand, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.12 to the Form&nbsp;10)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*10.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Hillenbrand, Inc. Board of Directors&#146; Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.13 to the
Form&nbsp;10)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*10.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Hillenbrand, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Program (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.16 to the Form&nbsp;10)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Barnes &#038; Thornburg, LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent
of Bracewell &#038; Giuliani LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent
of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Powers of Attorney (set forth on the signature page hereto)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Body -->
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left">
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>incorporated herein by reference</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>
</BODY>
</HTML>
[{"type": "S-8", "sequence": "1", "filename": "c25014sv8.htm", "description": "REGISTRATION STATEMENT", "secsgml_size_bytes": 55109}]
{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "Batesville Holdings, Inc.", "cik": "0001417398", "assigned-sic": "3990", "irs-number": "261342272", "state-of-incorporation": "IN", "fiscal-year-end": "0930"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "S-8", "act": "33", "file-number": "333-149893", "film-number": "08709983"}, "business-address": {"street1": "ONE BATESVILLE BOULEVARD", "city": "BATESVILLE", "state": "IN", "zip": "47006", "phone": "(812)931-2304"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "ONE BATESVILLE BOULEVARD", "city": "BATESVILLE", "state": "IN", "zip": "47006"}}
sv8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2008
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BATESVILLE HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Indiana
26-1342272
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
One Batesville Boulevard
Batesville, Indiana
47006
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
HILLENBRAND, INC. STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
HILLENBRAND, INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS' DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
HILLENBRAND, INC. EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PROGRAM
(Full title of the plans)
John R. Zerkle
Batesville Holdings, Inc.
One Batesville Boulevard
Batesville, Indiana 47006
(Name and address of agent for service)
(817) 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
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
x
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 (2)
Fee
Common Stock, no par value
4,635,436 shares
$19.38
$89,834,749.68
$3,530.51
Deferred Compensation
Obligations, payable in
Common Stock, no par
value (3)
150,000 shares
$19.38
$2,907,000.00
$114.24
Total
4,785,436 shares
$92,741,749.68
$3,644.75
(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 plans
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 when-issued market on the New York Stock Exchange on March 24, 2008.
(3)
The Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured general obligations of Batesville
Holdings, Inc. to pay deferred compensation in accordance with the Hillenbrand, Inc. Board of
Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan and the Hillenbrand, Inc. Executive Deferred
Compensation Program. The Deferred Compensation Obligations are payable in up to 150,000
shares common stock of Batesville Holdings, Inc., no par value.
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
On March 14, 2008, the board of directors of Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. ("Original
Hillenbrand") formally approved the distribution of all the shares of common stock, no par value
(the "Common Stock"), of Batesville Holdings, Inc. (the "Company"), a wholly owned subsidiary of
Original Hillenbrand, to Original Hillenbrand's shareholders. The Company was recently formed to
become a holding company for Original Hillenbrand's funeral service business. On March 31, 2008,
Original Hillenbrand will distribute one share of Common Stock for every share of Original
Hillenbrand common stock held by Original Hillenbrand shareholders of record as of the close of
business on March 24, 2008, the record date for the distribution. This transaction is referred to
in this registration statement as the "distribution."
In
connection with the distribution, the Company will change its name to "Hillenbrand, Inc."
and Original Hillenbrand will change its name to "Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc."
In connection with the distribution, the Company has prepared this registration statement in
accordance with the requirements of Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), to register the Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the Hillenbrand, Inc.
Stock Incentive Plan, the Hillenbrand, Inc. Board of Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan and the
Hillenbrand, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Program.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Note:
The document(s) containing the plan information required by Item 1 of Form S-8 and the
statement of availability of registrant information and any other information required by Item 2 of
Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428 under the Securities Act.
In accordance with Rule 428 and the requirements of Part I of Form S-8, such documents are not
being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the
Securities Act. The registrant will maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the
provisions of Rule 428. Upon request, the registrant will furnish to the Commission or its staff a
copy or copies of all of the documents included in such file.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission (SEC File No. 001-33794)
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), are incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement:
1.
the Company's Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with the Commission on
November 5, 2007, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form 10
filed with the Commission on January 16, 2008, Amendment No. 2 to Registration
Statement on Form 10 filed with the Commission on February 19, 2008, Amendment No. 3 to
Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with the Commission on
March 10, 2008,
Amendment No. 4 to Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with the Commission on March
12, 2008, Amendment No. 5 to Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with the
Commission on March 13, 2008 and Amendment No. 6 to Registration Statement on Form 10
filed with the Commission on March 14, 2008 (as so amended, the "Form 10");
2.
the description of the Common Stock contained in the Company's Information
Statement, dated March 17, 2008, filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 18, 2008; and
3.
the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 18,
2008.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment hereto which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all such securities then remaining unsold (other than information that is furnished rather than
filed in accordance with Commission rules), will be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Chapter 37 of the Indiana Business Corporation Law (the "IBCL") authorizes every Indiana
corporation to indemnify its officers and directors under certain circumstances against liability
incurred in connection with proceedings to which the officers or directors are made a party by
reason of their relationship to the corporation. Officers and directors may be indemnified where
they have acted in good faith; in the case of official action, the conduct was in the corporation's
best interests and in all other cases, the action taken was not against the interests of the
corporation; and in the case of criminal proceedings the action was lawful or there was no reason
or cause to believe the action was unlawful. Chapter 37 also requires every Indiana corporation to
indemnify any of its officers or directors (unless limited by the articles of incorporation of the
corporation) who were wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any such
proceeding against reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding. A corporation
may also, under certain circumstances, pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by an
officer or director who is a party to a proceeding in advance of final disposition of the
proceeding. Chapter 37 states that the indemnification provided for therein is not exclusive of any
other rights to which a person may be entitled under the articles of incorporation, by-laws or
resolutions of the board of directors or shareholders.
The Company's articles of incorporation and by-laws generally obligate the Company to
indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent permitted by the IBCL and to advance
expenses incurred by its directors and officers in the defense of certain claims.
In connection with the distribution, the Company expects to enter into indemnification
agreements with its directors and certain of its officers. Generally, these indemnification
agreements will obligate the Company to indemnify each director and each such officer to the full
extent permitted by the laws of the State of Indiana. Indemnification will be required against
judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees,
actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of a claim, made
against the director or officer by reason of his or her service in such role for the Company.
Indemnification is not available in certain circumstances, including where a court determines that
the director or officer derived an improper personal benefit, where a court determines that
indemnification is not lawful under any applicable statute or public policy or in connection with
any proceeding initiated by the officer or director unless required by law, authorized by the
Company's board of directors or related to enforcement of the indemnification agreement.
In connection with the distribution, the Company intends to obtain policies that insure its
directors and officers and those of its subsidiaries against certain liabilities they may incur in
their capacity as directors and officers. Under these policies, the insurer, on the Company's
behalf, may also pay amounts for which the Company has granted indemnification to the directors or
officers.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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
*4.1
Restated
and Amended Articles of Incorporation of Hillenbrand, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
the Form 10)
*4.2
Amended and Restated Code of By-laws of Hillenbrand, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Form 10)
5.1
Validity Opinion of Barnes & Thornburg, LLP
5.2
Opinion
of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
*10.1
Hillenbrand, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Form 10)
*10.2
Hillenbrand, Inc. Board of Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the
Form 10)
*10.3
Hillenbrand, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Program (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Form 10)
23.1
Consent of Barnes & Thornburg, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent
of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2)
23.3
Consent
of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24.1
Powers of Attorney (set forth on the signature page hereto)
*
incorporated herein by reference
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a)     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)     To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)     To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in
the effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;
Provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not
apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.
(2)     That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(3)     To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(4)     That, for purposes of determining liability of the registrant under the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:
The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities
of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of
the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the
securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and
will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i)     Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii)   Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on
behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the
offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its
securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(iv)   Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(b)     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(h)     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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 25
th
day of March, 2008.
BATESVILLE HOLDINGS, INC.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ John R. Zerkle
Name:
John R. Zerkle
Title:
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose signatures appears 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
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 March 25, 2008.
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
Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Ray J. Hillenbrand
Ray J. Hillenbrand
Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/ W August Hillenbrand
W August Hillenbrand
Director
/s/ Eduardo R. Menascé
Eduardo R. Menascé
Director
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
*4.1
Restated
and Amended Articles of Incorporation of Hillenbrand, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
the Form 10)
*4.2
Amended and Restated Code of By-laws of Hillenbrand, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Form 10)
5.1
Validity Opinion of Barnes & Thornburg, LLP
5.2
Opinion
of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
*10.1
Hillenbrand, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Form 10)
*10.2
Hillenbrand, Inc. Board of Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the
Form 10)
*10.3
Hillenbrand, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Program (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Form 10)
23.1
Consent of Barnes & Thornburg, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent
of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2)
23.3
Consent
of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24.1
Powers of Attorney (set forth on the signature page hereto)
*
incorporated herein by reference