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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;15, 2010
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 10pt"><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: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 10pt"><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: 10pt"><B>HILLENBRAND, INC.</B>
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Indiana</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>26-1342272</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>One Batesville Boulevard</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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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>HILLENBRAND, INC. STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN (AS OF FEBRUARY 24, 2010)</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>John R. Zerkle<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Hillenbrand, 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: 10pt"><B>(812)&nbsp;931-3832</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: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">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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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Non-accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Smaller reporting company <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Each Class</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>of Securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registration</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Registered (1)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Per Share (2)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, without <BR>par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" nowrap>4,000,000 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">22.075</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">88,300,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">6,295.79</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <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
plan pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions therein.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</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 price of the
common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
<font style="white-space: nowrap">June 9, 2010.</font></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering
4,000,000 additional shares of common stock, without par value, of Hillenbrand, Inc. (the
&#147;Company&#148;), the same class of stock for which Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-149893 was filed on
Form S-8 on March&nbsp;25, 2008 relating to the Company&#146;s Stock Incentive Plan. The contents of such
earlier Registration Statement are incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">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:
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Validity Opinion of Mark B. Barnes, Esquire</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Mark B. Barnes, Esquire (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.3</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Powers of Attorney (set forth on the signature pages hereto)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">99.1</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Hillenbrand, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (As of February&nbsp;24, 2010) (incorporated by reference
to Appendix&nbsp;A to the registrant&#146;s definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed on January
5, 2010).</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">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
15<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of June, 2010.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>HILLENBRAND, 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/ John R. Zerkle
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <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>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" nowrap>Senior Vice President, General Counsel and <BR>Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">KNOW ALL PRSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose signatures appear 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
or she 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: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">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 June&nbsp;15,
2010.
</DIV>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" 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>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kenneth A. Camp
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kenneth A. Camp
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
<DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-0px"><I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I></DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="left" 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 align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Cynthia L. Lucchese
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Cynthia L. Lucchese
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
<DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-0px"><I>(Principal Financial Officer)</I></DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="left" 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 align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Theodore S. Haddad, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Theodore S. Haddad, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer<BR>
<DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-0px"><I>(Principal Accounting Officer)</I></DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" 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 align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ray J. Hillenbrand
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ray J. Hillenbrand
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William J. Cernugel
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William J. Cernugel
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" 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 align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Edward B. Cloues, II
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Edward B. Cloues, II
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" 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 align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mark C. DeLuzio
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mark C. DeLuzio
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James A. Henderson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James A. Henderson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" 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 align="left" 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="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" 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 align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas H. Johnson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas H. Johnson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" 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 align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ F. Joseph Loughrey
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
F. Joseph Loughrey
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" 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 align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Neil S. Novich
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Neil S. Novich
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" 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 align="left" 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="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Stuart A. Taylor, II
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stuart A. Taylor, II
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="86%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
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<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>
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    <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 Mark B. Barnes, Esquire</DIV></TD>
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    <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 Mark B. Barnes, Esquire (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <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 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <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 Grant Thornton LLP</DIV></TD>
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    <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 pages hereto)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Hillenbrand, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (As of February&nbsp;24, 2010) (incorporated by reference to
Appendix&nbsp;A to the registrant&#146;s
definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed on January&nbsp;5, 2010).</DIV></TD>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15, 2010
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HILLENBRAND, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Indiana
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
26-1342272
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
One Batesville Boulevard
Batesville, Indiana
47006
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
HILLENBRAND, INC. STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN (AS OF FEBRUARY 24, 2010)
(Full title of the plan)
John R. Zerkle
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Hillenbrand, Inc.
One Batesville Boulevard
Batesville, Indiana 47006
(Name and address of agent for service)
(812) 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
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, without
par value
4,000,000 shares
$
22.075
$
88,300,000
$
6,295.79
(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 price of the
common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
June 9, 2010.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering
4,000,000 additional shares of common stock, without par value, of Hillenbrand, Inc. (the
"Company"), the same class of stock for which Registration Statement No. 333-149893 was filed on
Form S-8 on March 25, 2008 relating to the Company's Stock Incentive Plan. The contents of such
earlier Registration Statement are incorporated herein by reference.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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
5.1
Validity Opinion of Mark B. Barnes, Esquire
23.1
Consent of Mark B. Barnes, Esquire (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.3
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
24.1
Powers of Attorney (set forth on the signature pages hereto)
99.1
Hillenbrand, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (As of February 24, 2010) (incorporated by reference
to Appendix A to the registrant's definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on January
5, 2010).
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
15
th
day of June, 2010.
HILLENBRAND, INC.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ John R. Zerkle
Name:
John R. Zerkle
Title:
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PRSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the individuals whose signatures appear 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
or she 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 June 15,
2010.
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, Jr.
Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Ray J. Hillenbrand
Ray J. Hillenbrand
Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/ William J. Cernugel
William J. Cernugel
Director
/s/ Edward B. Cloues, II
Edward B. Cloues, II
Director
/s/ Mark C. DeLuzio
Mark C. DeLuzio
Director
/s/ James A. Henderson
James A. Henderson
Director
/s/ W August Hillenbrand
W August Hillenbrand
Director
/s/ Thomas H. Johnson
Thomas H. Johnson
Director
/s/ F. Joseph Loughrey
F. Joseph Loughrey
Director
/s/ Neil S. Novich
Neil S. Novich
Director
/s/ Eduardo R. Menascé
Eduardo R. Menascé
Director
/s/ Stuart A. Taylor, II
Stuart A. Taylor, II
Director
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Validity Opinion of Mark B. Barnes, Esquire
23.1
Consent of Mark B. Barnes, Esquire (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.3
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
24.1
Powers of Attorney (set forth on the signature pages hereto)
99.1
Hillenbrand, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (As of February 24, 2010) (incorporated by reference to
Appendix A to the registrant's
definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on January 5, 2010).