Batesville Casket Company Receives Favorable Ruling Denying Plaintiff's Request for...

Batesville Casket Company Receives Favorable Ruling Denying Plaintiff's
Request for Appeal in Antitrust Lawsuit

BATESVILLE, Ind., June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The United States Court of
Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has denied a petition by the Funeral Consumers
Alliance (FCA) to appeal a federal district court order in its antitrust
lawsuit against Batesville Casket Company, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Hillenbrand, Inc. (NYSE: HI), and three of its funeral home customers.

The FCA, a self-styled consumer advocacy group, had sought class certification
in a lawsuit alleging that Batesville Casket Company and its three named
customers had violated antitrust laws. A U.S. District judge in the Southern
District of Texas denied certification on March 26, 2009, and the appellate
court denied the subsequent petition for appeal on June 19, 2009. The FCA
plaintiffs now have the option of dismissing their case or proceeding with
individual claims.

"It is very gratifying to receive the favorable ruling of the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which has denied the appeal request of the
plaintiffs in this case," said Kenneth A. Camp, Hillenbrand's president and
chief executive officer. "From the beginning, we believed the plaintiffs'
allegations were baseless and we aggressively defended the fair and ethical
practice of selling our products only through licensed funeral homes, which
has been a cornerstone of our business model for more than 100 years."

For further information and background on these cases, please refer to
Hillenbrand's most recent SEC Form 10-Q and to the rulings posted on our Web
site, http://www.hillenbrandinc.com.

ABOUT HILLENBRAND, INC. Hillenbrand, Inc. (www.HillenbrandInc.com) is the
holding company for Batesville Casket Company, 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. HI-INC-C

SOURCE Hillenbrand, Inc.

Mark R. Lanning, Vice President of Investor Relations and Treasurer of
Hillenbrand, Inc., +1-812-934-7256, mrlanning@hillenbrand.com