supplier of burial caskets, cremation products and related services to licensed funeral homes. Batesville Casket Company employs more than 3,400 people at numerous manufacturing, sales and distribution facilities throughout North America. In 2005, Batesville Casket’s revenues exceeded $659 million.
DISCLOSURE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements in this press release contain forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, regarding the Company’s future plans, objectives, beliefs, expectations, representations and projections. The Company has tried, wherever possible, to identify these forward-looking statements using words such as “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “plan,” “encourage,” “expect,” “may,” “goal,” “become,” “pursue,” “estimate,” “strategy,” “will,” “projection,” “forecast,” “continue,” “accelerate,” “promise,” “increase,” “higher,” “lower,” “reduce,” “improve,” “expand,” “progress,” “potential” or the negative of those terms or other variations of them or by comparable terminology. The absence of such terms, however, does not mean that the statement is not forward-looking. It is important to note that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and the Company’s actual results could differ materially from those set forth in any forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from forward-looking statements include but are not limited to: the Company’s dependence on its relationships with several large national providers and group purchasing organizations, changes in death rates, whether the Company’s new products are successful in the marketplace, changes in customers’ Medicare reimbursements, the success of the implementation of the Company’s enterprise resource planning system, compliance with FDA regulations, tax-related matters, potential exposure to antitrust, product liability or other claims, failure of the Company to execute its acquisition strategy through the consummation and successful integration of acquisitions, competition from nontraditional sources in the funeral services business, volatility of our investment portfolio, increased raw material costs, labor disruptions, or unforeseen consequences of changes in corporate structure or architecture, and the ability to retain executive officers and other key personnel. For a more in depth discussion of these and other factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements, see the discussions under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended September 30, 2005 and under the same heading in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006. The Company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.
SOURCE:
Hillenbrand Industries, Inc.
CONTACT:
Blair A. (Andy) Rieth, Vice President, Investor Relations, Corporate Communications & Global Brand Development of Hillenbrand Industries, Inc.,
+1-812-931-2199
Web site: http://www.hillenbrand.com
