Peter H. Soderberg was elected as President and Chief Executive Officer of both the Company and Hill-Rom effective March 20, 2006. Mr. Soderberg, a Company board member since 2002, was most recently President and Chief Executive Officer of Welch Allyn, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, N.Y. He held that position since January, 2000. Mr. Soderberg was previously Group Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Welch Allyn, Inc. His prior experience includes 23 years at Johnson & Johnson where he served in a variety of operations, marketing and management positions in four of its over-the-counter and professional product companies. Most recently, he was President of Johnson & Johnson Health Management, a Johnson & Johnson portfolio company. His career also includes roles as President and Chief Executive Officer of an industrial technology company and the founder and President of a venture capital business. He is on the Boards of Directors of Greatbatch, Inc. (NYSE:GB), Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE:STZ), the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), and, before his recent move to Indiana, was on the boards of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra (as its Vice Chairman), the Metropolitan Development Authority of Central New York (as its Vice Chairman) and CNYMedtech (as its Chairman).

Mr. Miller was elected Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hillenbrand and Hill-Rom effective July 14, 2005. He previously held the positions of Vice President - Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for Hillenbrand Industries from May 16, 2002 to July 14, 2005 and Vice President — Controller from November 9, 2001 to May 16, 2002. Prior to joining the Company he held a number of positions with Newell Rubbermaid, Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of name-brand consumer products and its divisions including Group Vice President and Controller, Photo Fashions and Juvenile Products Groups, Newell Rubbermaid from 2000 to 2001; Vice President and Controller, Little Tikes Company, a Newell Rubbermaid division from 1999 to 2000; Vice President and Controller and various positions of increasing responsibility in finance for Newell Window Furnishings/Kirsch from 1993 to 1999. Prior to his Newell positions, he held positions with the accounting firms of Deloitte & Touche LLP and Grant Thornton.

Mr. de Maynadier was elected Senior Vice President of Hillenbrand, effective October 1, 2007. He has served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Hillenbrand since January 28, 2002. From May 2000 to October 2001, he was Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for CombiMatrix Corporation, a biotechnology company that develops software addressable biochips for drug researchers. From May 1999 to May 2004, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of SDI Investments, LLC, a spin-off of Sterling Diagnostic Imaging, Inc. He served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Sterling Diagnostic Imaging, Inc. from June 1996 to May 1999. Prior to that he was Associate General Counsel of Falcon Seaboard Resources, Inc., a cogeneration and oil and gas company and a corporate and securities partner at the law firm Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP.

Mr. Dickey was elected Senior Vice President of Hillenbrand, effective October 1, 2007. He has served as Vice President of Human Resources of Hillenbrand and Hill-Rom since January 1, 2006 and had served as the Vice President of Human Resources and Administration for Batesville Casket Company prior to that since October 22, 2001. Mr. Dickey previously held the position of Vice President of Human Resources for Forethought Financial Services from 1997 to 2001. Prior to that, he was Director of Human Resources — Field Operations and Sales for Hill-Rom Company from 1990 to 1997. His career started with the company in 1976 where he held positions of increasing responsibility in logistics, operations and human resources.

Ms. Dennis was elected Senior Vice President, North America Post-Acute Care and Information Technology of Hill-Rom on October 1, 2006. Previous to that, she served in several Company vice president roles at Hillenbrand leading shared services and information technology since August 5, 2003. She was Vice President, Business Information Systems for Batesville Casket Company from August 2001 to August 2003 and Director, Enterprise Systems for Batesville Casket Company from January 2000 to August 2001. Her career with the Company started in 1989 with Batesville Casket Company. During her tenure, she held positions of increasing responsibility in finance, planning, operations, logistics, and information technology in assignments at Batesville Casket Company, Hillenbrand and Hill-Rom.

Mrs. Edison was elected Senior Vice President and Chief Administration Officer of Hill-Rom, effective October 1, 2007, with continuing responsibility for legal operations as Hill-Rom's General Counsel, information technology, government affairs, regulatory affairs, quality assurance, enterprise transportation and guest services. She has served as Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary for Hillenbrand Industries since October 1, 2005 and as Vice President and General Counsel for Hill-Rom since November 3, 2003. Prior to that, Ms. Edison served as Vice President and General Counsel of Batesville Casket Company beginning in early 2003, and before joining Hillenbrand, Ms. Edison was Assistant General Counsel at LTV Steel and spent several years in private practice at Jones Day as a mergers and acquisitions attorney.

Mr. Grippo was elected Vice President of Business Development and Strategy on June 12, 2006. Prior to Hillenbrand, Mr. Grippo led the health care investment banking practice of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, a division of SunTrust Banks, Inc. Prior to that, he served as director of Business Development for Welch Allyn, Inc., a privately held medical products company based in Skaneateles Falls, N.Y. Mr. Grippo received a joint degree in Economics and Political Science from Princeton University and a master's in Business Administration (Finance) from New York University.

Mr. Keller was elected Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Hillenbrand effective August 4, 2005. He had served as Executive Director — Controller of Hill-Rom since March 2004 and as Director, Financial Planning and Analysis of Hillenbrand from May 2002 to March 2004. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Keller served as a Director in the Audit and Business Advisory Services group of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.