EXHIBIT 21 HILLENBRAND INDUSTRIES, INC. SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT All subsidiaries of the Company are wholly-owned Indiana corporations, unless otherwise noted. Batesville Casket Company, Inc. Hill-Rom, Inc. Forecorp, Inc. (doing business as Forethought) Hillenbrand Industries FSC (Barbados), Inc., a Barbados corporation Hillenbrand Investment Advisory Corporation, a Delaware corporation Hillenbrand Properties, Inc. Medeco Security Locks, Incorporated, a Virginia corporation Sherman House Corporation Tudor Travel, Inc. Cutler Property, Inc. Old Brick Property, Inc. Memory Showcase, Inc. Sleep Options, Inc. The Acorn Development Group, Inc. Subsidiaries of Batesville Casket Company, Inc. Batesville International Corporation Batesville Casket de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation Affiliated Funeral Supply of Abilene, Inc., a Texas corporation Subsidiary of Batesville Casket de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Industrias Arga, S.A. de C.V. Subsidiary of Hill-Rom, Inc. Hill-Rom Company, Inc. Subsidiaries of Hill-Rom Company, Inc. PaTMark Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation Support Systems International, Inc. Tron Business Systems, Inc., a Nevada corporation APEX Information Services, Inc. Jointly owned subsidiary of Hill-Rom, Inc. and Hill-Rom Company, Inc. Hill-Rom International, Inc., a Delaware corporation Subsidiaries of Hill-Rom International, Inc. Support Systems International B.V., a Netherlands corporation Hill-Rom SARL, a French corporation (1) Subsidiaries of Support Systems International B.V. SSI Medical Services B.V., a Netherlands corporation Support Systems International Finance, Ltd., a United Kingdom corporation SSI Medical Services, Spa, an Italian corporation Systems Investments B.V., a Netherlands corporation SSI Leasing and Investments B.V., a Netherlands corporation John Bukowansky A.G., an Austrian corporation Hillrom S.A., a Switzerland corporation Subsidiary of Support Systems International Finance, Ltd. Support Systems International Services, Ltd., a United Kingdom corporation SSI Medical Services, Ltd., a United Kingdom corporation Subsidiaries of Hill-Rom GmbH SSI Support Systems International GmbH, a German corporation L. & C. Arnold GmbH, a German corporation Jointly owned subsidiary of Hill-Rom, Inc. and L. & C. Arnold GmbH L. & C. Arnold (Canada), Inc., an Ontario (Canada) corporation Jointly owned subsidiary of Support Systems International B.V. and Hill-Rom International, Inc. Hill-Rom GmbH, a German corporation Subsidiaries of Hill-Rom SARL SSI Industries SARL, a French corporation Le Couviour, S.A., a French corporation Hill-Rom B.V., a Netherlands corporation SCI Port Mirabeau, a French corporation SCI Le Couviour Immoblier, a French corporation Subsidiary of SSI Industries SARL SSI Medical SARL, a French corporation Subsidiaries of Forecorp, Inc. Forethought Life Insurance Company The Forethought Group, Inc. Forethought Florida, Inc. ForeLife Agency, Inc. Forethought National TrustBank, federally chartered Forethought Investment Management, Inc. Subsidiary of Forethought Life Insurance Company Forethought Properties, Inc. Jointly owned subsidiary of Batesville International Corporation, Hill-Rom Company, Inc., Hill-Rom, Inc. and Medeco Security Locks, Incorporated Hillenbrand Industries Canada, Ltd., an Ontario (Canada) corporation (2)