UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  May 9, 2018

 

HILLENBRAND, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (812) 934-7500

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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Item 5.02            Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On May 9, 2018, the Board of Directors of Hillenbrand, Inc. (the “Company”), on the recommendation of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee, elected Daniel C. Hillenbrand to the Company’s Board of Directors as an independent director. Mr. Hillenbrand will serve an initial term that will expire at the Company’s next annual meeting of shareholders in February 2019, where he will be up for election for another term. As previously announced, a current Board member will be retiring at that time per the Company’s mandatory retirement policy.

 

Mr. Hillenbrand was also appointed to the Board’s Nominating/Corporate Governance and Audit Committees.

 

The Company’s press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Hillenbrand is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.

 

Mr. Hillenbrand will be entitled to receive compensation for his service on the Board consistent with the Company’s compensation program for non-employee directors, as described under the heading “Compensation of Directors” in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2018 annual meeting of shareholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 2, 2018.

 

There are no transactions and no proposed transactions between Mr. Hillenbrand (or any member of his immediate family) and the Company (or any of its subsidiaries), and there is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Hillenbrand and any other person or entity pursuant to which Mr. Hillenbrand was appointed as a director of the Company.

 

Item 9.01                       Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release dated May 14, 2018 issued by the Company.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	HILLENBRAND, INC.
	BY:	/s/ Nicholas R. Farrell
		Nicholas R. Farrell
		Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer
DATE: May 14, 2018

 

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