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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;13, 2009
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>HILL-ROM HOLDINGS, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Indiana</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>35-1160484</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1069 State Route 46 East</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Batesville, Indiana</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>47006</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>HILL-ROM HOLDINGS, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Patrick D. de Maynadier<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.<BR>
1069 State Route 46 East<BR>
Batesville, Indiana 47006</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(812)&nbsp;931-2304</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

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<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):
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</DIV>

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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, no par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,000,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$12.515</TD>
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    <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 plan
pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions therein.</TD>
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    <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 prices of the common
stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on February&nbsp;11, 2009.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<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.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the registrant with the Commission (SEC File No.&nbsp;1-6651)
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement:
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    <TD>the registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September
30, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
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    <TD>the registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
December&nbsp;31, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
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    <TD>the registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission October
2, 2008, October&nbsp;6, 2008, December&nbsp;5, 2008 and January&nbsp;16, 2009; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.</TD>
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    <TD>the description of the registrant&#146;s common stock contained in Form 8-A filed
with the Commission on May&nbsp;17, 1971.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the registrant 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.
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<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.
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<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
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant&#146;s articles of incorporation and by-laws generally obligate the Registrant 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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and certain of
its officers. Generally, these indemnification agreements will obligate the registrant 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 registrant. 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 registrant&#146;s board of directors or related to enforcement
of the indemnification agreement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant also maintains 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 registrant&#146;s behalf, may also pay amounts for
which the registrant has granted indemnification to the directors or officers.
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<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
registrant with the Commission, each of the following exhibits is filed herewith:
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Validity Opinion of Barnes &#038; Thornburg LLP</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Barnes &#038; Thornburg LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (set forth on the signature pages hereto)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated
by reference to Appendix&nbsp;I to the registrant&#146;s definitive Proxy
Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed on January&nbsp;7, 2009)</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) 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: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) 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: 8%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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&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: 8%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%"><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: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.
</DIV>


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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&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: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) That 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: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) 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;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;(c)&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.
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<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
13th day of February, 2009.
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>HILL-ROM HOLDINGS, INC.</B><BR>
(Registrant)<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/ Patrick D. de Maynadier
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD colspan="2" valign="top">Name:</TD>
    <TD align="left">Patrick D. de Maynadier&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD colspan="2" valign="top">Title:</TD>
    <TD align="left">Senior Vice President, General Counsel<BR>

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: 10pt"><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 Patrick D. de Maynadier, Gregory N. Miller and Richard G. Keller, 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 February
13, 2009.
</DIV>
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    <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>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Peter H. Soderberg
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Peter H. Soderberg
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><BR>President, Chief Executive Officer and Director<br>
<I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gregory N. Miller
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gregory N. Miller
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><BR>Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<br>
<I>(Principal Financial Officer)</I></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard G. Keller
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard G. Keller
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><BR>
Chief Accounting Officer<br>
<I>(Principal Accounting Officer)</I></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Rolf A. Classon
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Rolf A. Classon
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><BR>
Chairman of the Board of Directors&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Charles E. Golden
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Charles E. Golden
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><BR>
Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ W August Hillenbrand
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
W August Hillenbrand
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><BR>
Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ronald A. Malone
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ronald A. Malone
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><BR>
Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Eduardo R. Menasc&#233;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Eduardo R. Menasc&#233;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><BR>
Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Patrick T. Ryan
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Patrick T. Ryan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><BR>
Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joanne C. Smith
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joanne C. Smith
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><BR>
Director&nbsp;</TD>
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FORM S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HILL-ROM HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Indiana
35-1160484
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
1069 State Route 46 East
Batesville, Indiana
47006
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
HILL-ROM HOLDINGS, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Patrick D. de Maynadier
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.
1069 State Route 46 East
Batesville, Indiana 47006
(Name and address of agent for service)
(812) 931-2304
(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, no par value
1,000,000 shares
$12.515
$12,515,000
$491.84
(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 prices of the common
stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on February 11, 2009.
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PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-5.1
EX-23.2
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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.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the registrant with the Commission (SEC File No. 1-6651)
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement:
1.
the registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September
30, 2008;
2.
the registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
December 31, 2008;
3.
the registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission October
2, 2008, October 6, 2008, December 5, 2008 and January 16, 2009; and
4.
the description of the registrant's common stock contained in Form 8-A filed
with the Commission on May 17, 1971.
All documents filed by the registrant 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
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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 registrant's articles of incorporation and by-laws generally obligate the Registrant 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.
The registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and certain of
its officers. Generally, these indemnification agreements will obligate the registrant 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 registrant. 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 registrant's board of directors or related to enforcement
of the indemnification agreement.
The registrant also maintains 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 registrant's behalf, may also pay amounts for
which the registrant 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
registrant with the Commission, each of the following exhibits is filed herewith:
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Validity Opinion of Barnes & Thornburg LLP
23.1
Consent of Barnes & Thornburg LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Exhibit
Number
Description
24.1
Powers of Attorney (set forth on the signature pages hereto)
99.1
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated
by reference to Appendix I to the registrant's definitive Proxy
Statement on Schedule 14A filed on January 7, 2009)
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:
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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) That 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.
(c) 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.
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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
13th day of February, 2009.
HILL-ROM HOLDINGS, INC.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Patrick D. de Maynadier
Name:
Patrick D. de Maynadier
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 Patrick D. de Maynadier, Gregory N. Miller and Richard G. Keller, 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 February
13, 2009.
Signature
Title
/s/ Peter H. Soderberg
Peter H. Soderberg
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Gregory N. Miller
Gregory N. Miller
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Richard G. Keller
Richard G. Keller
Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Rolf A. Classon
Rolf A. Classon
Chairman of the Board of Directors
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Signature
Title
/s/ Charles E. Golden
Charles E. Golden
Director
/s/ W August Hillenbrand
W August Hillenbrand
Director
/s/ Ronald A. Malone
Ronald A. Malone
Director
/s/ Eduardo R. Menascé
Eduardo R. Menascé
Director
/s/ Patrick T. Ryan
Patrick T. Ryan
Director
/s/ Joanne C. Smith
Joanne C. Smith
Director
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Validity Opinion of Barnes & Thornburg LLP
23.1
Consent of Barnes & Thornburg LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24.1
Powers of Attorney (set forth on the signature pages hereto)
99.1
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated
by reference to Appendix I to the registrant's definitive Proxy
Statement on Schedule 14A filed on January 7, 2009)