Hillenbrand Declares Second-Quarter Dividend of $0.19 Per Share

BATESVILLE, Ind., Feb. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Hillenbrand, Inc. (NYSE: HI), has declared a dividend of $0.19 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable March 31, 2011, to shareholders of record at the close of business March 17, 2011.

About Hillenbrand, Inc.

Hillenbrand (www.HillenbrandInc.com) is a diversified enterprise with multiple subsidiaries focused around two separate operating businesses. Batesville Casket (www.batesville.com) is a leader in the North American death care industry through the sale of funeral services products, including burial caskets, cremation caskets, containers and urns, selection room display fixturing, and other personalization and memorialization products. K-Tron International (www.ktroninternational.com) is a recognized leader in the design, production, marketing and servicing of material handling equipment and systems. The company serves many different industrial markets through two product lines. The Process Group focuses primarily on feeding and pneumatic conveying equipment, doing business under two main brands: K-Tron Feeders and K-Tron Premier. The Size Reduction Group concentrates on size reduction equipment, conveying systems and screening equipment, operating under three brands: Pennsylvania Crusher, Gundlach and Jeffrey Rader. HI-INC-F

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