UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

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

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

Commission File No. 1-6651

HILL-ROM HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Indiana		35-1160484
(State or other jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)		Identification No.)
1069 State Route 46 East
Batesville, Indiana		47006-8835
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(812) 934-7777
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former
fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes þ      No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes o       No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer þ		Accelerated filer o		Non-accelerated filer o		Smaller reporting company o
				(Do not check if smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes o       No þ

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Common Stock, without par value – 63,117,567 shares as of April 30, 2010.

 

 

HILL-ROM HOLDINGS, INC.

INDEX TO FORM 10-Q

		Page
PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1 — Financial Statements
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) (Unaudited) for the Quarterly and Year-to-Date Periods Ended 3/31/10 and 3/31/09			3
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) at 3/31/10 and 9/30/09			4
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) for the Year-to-Date Periods Ended 3/31/10 and 3/31/09			5
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)			6-20
Item 2 — Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			21-31
Item 3 — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks			31
Item 4 — Controls and Procedures			32
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1 — Legal Proceedings			33
Item 1A — Risk Factors			33
Item 2 — Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds			33
Item 5 — Other Information			34
Item 6 — Exhibits			35
SIGNATURES			37
Exhibit 10.5
Exhibit 10.6
Exhibit 10.7
Exhibit 10.8
Exhibit 10.9
Exhibit 10.10
Exhibit 31.1
Exhibit 31.2
Exhibit 32.1
Exhibit 32.2
Exhibit 99

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.		FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) (Unaudited)

(Dollars in millions except per share data)

		Quarterly Period Ended								Year-To-Date Period Ended
		March 31,				March 31,				March 31,				March 31,
		2010				2009				2010				2009
Net Revenues
Capital sales		$	236.2			$	219.6			$	467.8			$	455.6
Rental revenues			120.9				117.7				244.6				233.3
Total revenues			357.1				337.3				712.4				688.9
Cost of Revenues
Cost of goods sold			134.4				133.2				264.9				279.7
Rental expenses			50.9				50.7				104.9				103.3
Total cost of revenues			185.3				183.9				369.8				383.0
Gross Profit			171.8				153.4				342.6				305.9
Research and development expenses			14.4				14.5				29.3				27.8
Selling and administrative expenses			120.8				113.6				242.4				229.8
Impairment of goodwill and other intangibles (Note 4)			—				470.0				—				470.0
Special charges (Note 9)			5.0				17.8				5.0				17.8
Operating Profit (Loss)			31.6				(462.5	)			65.9				(439.5	)
Interest expense			(2.2	)			(2.3	)			(4.3	)			(5.1	)
Investment income and other, net			0.3				0.8				0.8				1.6
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes			29.7				(464.0	)			62.4				(443.0	)
Income tax expense (Note 10)			5.2				1.8				18.0				8.6
Net Income (Loss)			24.5				(465.8	)			44.4				(451.6	)
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest			0.3				—				0.4				—
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Shareholders		$	24.2			$	(465.8	)		$	44.0			$	(451.6	)
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Shareholders per Common Share — Basic		$	0.38			$	(7.44	)		$	0.70			$	(7.22	)
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Shareholders per Common Share — Diluted		$	0.38			$	(7.44	)		$	0.69			$	(7.22	)
Dividends per Common Share		$	0.1025			$	0.1025			$	0.2050			$	0.2050
Average Common Shares Outstanding — Basic (thousands) (Note 11)			62,887				62,578				62,768				62,559
Average Common Shares Outstanding — Diluted (thousands) (Note 11)			63,500				62,578				63,324				62,559

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)

(Dollars in millions)

		March 31,				September 30,
		2010				2009
Assets
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents		$	135.2			$	170.6
Short-term investments (Notes 1 and 7)			26.1				26.4
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowances (Note 2)			345.2				346.6
Inventories (Note 2)			105.8				92.0
Deferred income taxes (Notes 1 and 10)			47.7				46.0
Other current assets			36.0				13.5
Total current assets			696.0				695.1
Equipment leased to others, net (Note 2)			144.6				154.8
Property, net (Note 2)			112.0				117.6
Investments and investment securities (Notes 1 and 7)			12.6				17.2
Goodwill (Notes 3 and 4)			80.8				73.1
Software and other intangibles, net (Note 2)			142.6				141.9
Notes receivable, net of discounts			6.1				5.5
Other assets			25.3				27.4
Total Assets		$	1,220.0			$	1,232.6
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Trade accounts payable		$	78.3			$	81.3
Short-term borrowings (Note 5)			57.1				102.2
Accrued compensation			79.3				72.7
Accrued product warranties (Note 13)			15.2				17.1
Accrued litigation (Note 15)			21.2				21.2
Other current liabilities			49.2				49.8
Total current liabilities			300.3				344.3
Long-term debt (Note 5)			99.0				99.7
Accrued pension and postretirement benefits (Note 6)			99.1				100.7
Deferred income taxes (Notes 1 and 10)			8.2				16.8
Other long-term liabilities			56.4				61.8
Total Liabilities			563.0				623.3
Noncontrolling Interest (Note 3)			8.4				—
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 15)
Shareholders’ Equity
Common stock (Note 2)			4.4				4.4
Additional paid-in-capital			122.3				119.0
Retained earnings			1,135.5				1,105.2
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (Note 8)			(63.9	)			(59.9	)
Treasury stock, at cost (Note 2)			(549.7	)			(559.4	)
Total Shareholders’ Equity			648.6				609.3
Total Liabilities, Noncontrolling Interest and Shareholders’ Equity		$	1,220.0			$	1,232.6

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

(Dollars in millions)

		Year-to-Date Period Ended
		March 31,				March 31,
		2010				2009
Operating Activities
Net income (loss)		$	44.4			$	(451.6	)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flows from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization			49.5				50.9
Impairment of goodwill and other intangibles			—				470.0
Investment income			0.1				0.1
Provision for deferred income taxes			(8.4	)			(2.5	)
Loss on disposal of property, equipment leased to others and intangible assets			1.8				2.0
Stock compensation			7.2				5.3
Tax settlement			(6.5	)			—
Change in working capital excluding cash, current investments, current debt and acquisitions:
Trade accounts receivable			3.9				79.2
Inventories			(13.4	)			(4.5	)
Other current assets			(22.4	)			(8.6	)
Trade accounts payable			(4.7	)			(32.5	)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities			1.8				(29.8	)
Other, net			(4.2	)			12.0
Net cash provided by operating activities			49.1				90.0
Investing Activities
Capital expenditures and purchase of intangibles			(27.5	)			(29.6	)
Proceeds on sales of property and equipment leased to others			1.0				1.4
Investment in/acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired			(7.1	)			(187.2	)
Proceeds on investment sales/maturities			5.0				1.3
Net cash used in investing activities			(28.6	)			(214.1	)
Financing Activities
Change in short-term debt			(0.2	)			2.4
Payment on revolver			(45.0	)			—
Payment of cash dividends			(12.9	)			(12.8	)
Proceeds on exercise of options			2.9				—
Proceeds from stock issuance			1.3				—
Treasury stock acquired			(1.0	)			(0.6	)
Net cash used in financing activities			(54.9	)			(11.0	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash			(1.0	)			(2.0	)
Total Cash Flows			(35.4	)			(137.1	)
Cash and Cash Equivalents:
At beginning of period			170.6				221.7
At end of period		$	135.2			$	84.6

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

(Dollars in millions except per share data)

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The unaudited, Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements appearing in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Form 10-Q”) should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009 (“2009 Form 10-K”) as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms “Hill-Rom,” “the Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. and its majority-owned subsidiaries. The September 30, 2009 Consolidated Balance Sheet data was derived from audited consolidated financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S.”). In the opinion of management, the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements herein include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to state fairly the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows for the interim periods presented. Quarterly results are not necessarily indicative of annual results.

Principles of Consolidation

The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries. All subsidiaries are wholly-owned with the exception of the 60 percent owned joint venture acquired during the first quarter of fiscal 2010 and discussed in Note 3. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of certain assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expense during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Examples of such estimates include our accounts receivable reserves (Note 2), investments (Note 7), income taxes (Note 10), accrued warranties (Note 13) and accrued litigation and self insurance reserves (Note 15), among others.

Investment Securities

At March 31, 2010, investment securities consisted primarily of AAA rated student loan auction rate securities (“ARS”). These securities are generally insured through the U.S. government’s Federal Family Education Loan Program, to the extent the borrowers meet certain prescribed criteria in their underlying lending practices. During the first quarter of 2009, we entered into an enforceable, non-transferable right (the “Put”) with UBS Financial Services (“UBS”), which allows the Company to put all or part of the ARS held with UBS at par value anytime during the period of June 30, 2010 through July 2, 2012. Additionally, UBS may redeem these securities at par value plus interest at any time prior to June 30, 2010 at their discretion.

We recorded the Put as an asset and made the election to report it at estimated fair value and record the income from initial valuation and the related changes in fair value as a component of “Investment income and other” within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss). Also, because we intend to sell these securities to UBS at par value, the related ARS are classified as “trading”. As trading securities, the changes in fair value corresponding to the UBS related ARS are also recorded as a component of “Investment income and other” within our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss). We made these elections so that the

effects of changes in the fair value of the UBS related ARS and the Put would substantially offset within our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss), thereby reducing the volatility we might otherwise experience. At March 31, 2010, the $12.2 million of our ARS not subject to the Put continue to be classified as available-for-sale and changes in their fair value are recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (“AOCL”).

We regularly evaluate all investments classified as available-for-sale for possible impairment based on current economic conditions, credit loss experience and other criteria. The evaluation of investments for impairment requires significant judgments to be made including (i) the identification of potentially impaired securities; (ii) the determination of their estimated fair value; and (iii) the assessment of whether any decline in estimated fair value is other-than-temporary. If there is a decline in a security’s net realizable value that is other-than-temporary, the decline is separated into the amount of impairment related to credit loss and the amount of impairment related to all other factors. The decline related to the credit loss is recognized in earnings, while the decline related to all other factors is recognized in other comprehensive income.

Taxes Collected from Customers and Remitted to Governmental Units

Taxes assessed by a governmental authority that are directly imposed on a revenue producing transaction between the Company and its customers, including but not limited to sales taxes, use taxes, and value added taxes, are accounted for on a net (excluded from revenues and costs) basis.

Income Taxes

The Company and its eligible domestic subsidiaries file a consolidated U.S. income tax return. Foreign operations file income tax returns in a number of jurisdictions. Deferred income taxes are computed using an asset and liability approach to reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the financial reporting carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and the corresponding income tax amounts. We have a variety of deferred tax assets in numerous tax jurisdictions. These deferred tax assets are subject to periodic assessment as to recoverability and if it is determined that it is more likely than not that the benefits will not be realized, valuation allowances are recognized. In evaluating whether it is more likely than not that we would recover these deferred tax assets, future taxable income, the reversal of existing temporary differences and tax planning strategies are considered.

We account for uncertain income tax positions using a threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The difference between the tax benefit recognized in the financial statement for an uncertain income tax position and the tax benefit claimed in the tax return is referred to as an unrecognized tax benefit.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

There have been no significant changes to recently issued accounting standards included in Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our 2009 Form 10-K and our assessment of those standards’ impact, except as noted below:

On October 1, 2009, we adopted the Financial Accounting Standard Board’s (“FASB”) authoritative guidance related to business combinations, noncontrolling interests in consolidated financial statements and assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination that arise from contingencies. Our adoption of this guidance is prospective and applies to business combinations that occur on or after October 1, 2009. See Note 3 for further details.

On October 1, 2009, we adopted the FASB’s authoritative guidance related to the determination of the useful life of intangible assets. Our adoption of this guidance is prospective and did not

have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements or the joint venture discussed in Note 3.

On October 1, 2009, we early adopted the FASB’s authoritative guidance for arrangements with multiple deliverables and arrangements that include software elements. Our adoption of this guidance is prospective and did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

2. Supplementary Balance Sheet Information

The following information pertains to assets and consolidated shareholders’ equity.

		March 31,				September 30,
		2010				2009
Allowance for possible losses and discounts on trade receivables		$	29.5			$	27.5
Inventories:
Finished products		$	64.4			$	57.4
Raw materials and work in process			41.4				34.6
Total inventory		$	105.8			$	92.0
Accumulated depreciation of equipment leased to others and property		$	558.1			$	548.8
Accumulated amortization of intangible assets		$	124.2			$	111.5
Preferred stock, without par value:
Shares authorized			1,000,000				1,000,000
Shares issued		None				None
Common stock, without par value:
Shares authorized			199,000,000				199,000,000
Shares issued			80,323,912				80,323,912
Shares outstanding			62,962,801				62,667,562
Treasury shares			17,361,111				17,656,350

3. Acquisitions

Encompass

On November 9, 2009, the Company entered into a joint venture with Encompass Group, LLC (“Encompass Group”), a leader in health care textiles and therapeutic and prevention surfaces, to form Encompass TSS, LLC (“Encompass”). This joint venture includes contributed former assets of Encompass Therapeutic Support Systems (“ETSS”), a division of Encompass Group and is 60 percent owned by Hill-Rom and 40 percent owned by Encompass Group. Encompass Group, through its ETSS business unit, has traditionally focused on providing surface replacement systems. For our 60 percent ownership interest in Encompass, we paid $7.2 million to Encompass Group, contributed cash to ETSS and entered into license and distribution agreements with ETSS.

The following summarizes the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of formation.

Goodwill		$	7.7
Trade Name			1.5
Customer relationships			7.7
Technology			2.4
Net liabilities assumed			(0.7	)
Noncontrolling interest			(7.5	)
Additional paid-in-capital			(3.9	)
Total purchase price		$	7.2

The calculation of fair value of the assets and liabilities is preliminary and subject to adjustment based on finalization of intangible valuations and working capital adjustments.

The joint venture agreements contain both a put option for Encompass Group and a call option for the Company, requiring or allowing Hill-Rom to purchase the remaining 40 percent interest which are based on predetermined earnings multiples. Changes to the value of the put are accreted to noncontrolling interest in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet with the offset being recorded as a component of retained earnings.

The goodwill of $7.7 million arising from the joint venture consists largely of the synergies created from combining ETSS’s focus on customer replacement surfaces with our platform brands. The goodwill is deductible for tax purposes and will be allocated entirely to our North America Acute Care segment.

The useful lives assigned to intangibles identified as part of the joint venture are as follows:

		Useful Life
Trade name			7
Customer relationships			7
Technology			5

If the Encompass joint venture had been consummated at the beginning of our 2009 fiscal year, the impact to revenues and net income on an unaudited pro forma basis would not have been significant to our financial results in any of the periods presented.

Liko

On October 1, 2008, the Company acquired two affiliated companies: Liko Vårdlyft AB (“Liko Sweden”) and Liko North America Corporation (“Liko North America” and, together with Liko Sweden, “Liko”). The purchase price for Liko was $190.4 million, including direct acquisition costs of $3.6 million and the payment of outstanding Liko debt of $9.8 million ($187.2 million net of cash acquired). The purchase price remains subject to adjustment based on finalization of working capital and net debt adjustment provisions contained in the purchase agreements. Any such adjustment is expected to be favorable and not material and would be recorded in our Consolidated Statement of Income (Loss) as a reduction of the goodwill impairment charge that we recorded during our fiscal 2009.

4. Impairment of Goodwill and Other Intangibles

The Company tests goodwill and other intangible assets for impairment on an annual basis during its third fiscal quarter, or more often if events or circumstances indicate there may be impairment. During the second quarter of fiscal 2009, as a result of the decline in our market

capitalization related to the overall macro-economic climate and its resulting unfavorable impact on hospital capital spending and our operating results, the Company determined it was required to perform an interim impairment test with respect to goodwill and certain other intangibles outside of its normal third fiscal quarter test period.

The impairment test resulted in an impairment of goodwill and other intangibles in the second quarter of fiscal 2009 in each of the Company’s three reportable segments in the following amounts: North America Acute Care $292.0 million, North America Post-Acute Care $62.0 million and International and Surgical $116.0 million, which represented a full impairment of goodwill in the applicable North America Acute Care and International and Surgical reporting segments.

5. Financing Agreements

Total debt consists of the following:

		March 31,				September 30,
		2010				2009
Outstanding finance credit lines		$	12.1			$	12.2
Revolving credit facility			45.0				90.0
Unsecured 8.50% debentures due on December 1, 2011			48.8				49.3
Unsecured 7.00% debentures due on February 15, 2024			19.8				19.8
Unsecured 6.75% debentures due on December 15, 2027			29.8				29.8
Other			0.6				0.8
Total debt			156.1				201.9
Less current portion of debt			57.1				102.2
Total long-term debt		$	99.0			$	99.7

We have trade finance credit lines and uncommitted letter of credit facilities. These lines are associated with the normal course of business and are not currently, nor have they historically, been of material size to the overall business.

Unsecured debentures outstanding at March 31, 2010 have fixed rates of interest. We have deferred gains included in the amounts above from the termination of previous interest rate swap agreements, and those deferred gains amounted to $2.6 million at March 31, 2010 and $3.1 million at September 30, 2009. The deferred gains on the termination of the swaps are being amortized and recognized as a reduction of interest expense over the remaining term of the related debt through 2011 and 2024, and as a result, the effective interest rates on that debt have been and will continue to be lower than the stated interest rates.

The Company has a $500.0 million five-year senior revolving credit facility. The term of the five-year facility expires on March 28, 2013 (subject to extension upon satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the credit facility). Borrowings under the credit facility bear interest at variable rates specified therein, and the availability of borrowings is subject to our ability at the time of borrowing to meet certain specified conditions, including compliance with covenants contained in the credit agreement governing the facility. The credit agreement contains covenants that, among other matters, require the Company to maintain a ratio of consolidated indebtedness to consolidated EBITDA (each as defined in the credit agreement) of not more than 3.5:1.0 and a ratio of consolidated EBITDA to interest expense of not less than 3.5:1.0. The proceeds of the five-year facility shall be used, as needed: (i) for working capital, capital expenditures, and other lawful corporate purposes; and (ii) to finance acquisitions.

As of March 31, 2010, we had outstanding borrowings of $45.0 million and undrawn letters of credit of $6.2 million under the five-year facility, leaving $448.8 million of borrowing capacity. During the first quarter of fiscal 2010, we made a payment of $45.0 million on our credit facility to reduce a portion of the short-term debt originally borrowed in conjunction with the Liko acquisition.

The fair value of our debt is estimated based on the quoted market prices for the same or similar issues or on the current rates offered to us for debt of the same remaining maturities. The book values of our short-term debt instruments approximate fair value. The estimated fair values of our long-term debt instruments were $104.4 million and $95.7 million at March 31, 2010 and September 30, 2009.

6. Retirement and Postretirement Plans

The Company sponsors five defined benefit pension plans. Those plans include a master defined benefit retirement plan, a nonqualified supplemental executive defined benefit retirement plan, two defined benefit retirement plans covering employees in Germany and France and a defined benefit retirement plan related to our fiscal 2004 acquisition of Mediq, Inc. Benefits for such plans are based primarily on years of service and the employee’s level of compensation during specific periods of employment. We generally contribute funds to trusts as necessary to provide for current service and for any unfunded projected future benefit obligation over a reasonable period of time. All of our plans have a September 30 measurement date. The Company also sponsors a domestic postretirement health care plan that provides health care benefits to qualified retirees and dependents until eligible for Medicare. Annual costs related to the domestic postretirement health care plan are not significant.

As discussed in Note 9, the Company announced a restructuring plan during its second quarter of fiscal 2009. The restructuring resulted in a curtailment and remeasurement of both the master defined benefit plan and post retirement health care plan. The plan curtailment and special termination benefits related to the post retirement health care plan were $1.4 million. The impact of the remeasurement in the master defined benefit plan is included within the following table.

The components of net pension expense for our defined benefit pension plans were as follows:

		Quarterly Period Ended								Year-To-Date Period Ended
		March 31,				March 31,				March 31,				March 31,
		2010				2009				2010				2009
Service cost		$	1.3			$	1.0			$	2.5			$	2.0
Interest cost			3.3				3.3				6.6				6.6
Expected return on plan assets			(3.3	)			(3.4	)			(6.6	)			(6.7	)
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost, net			0.1				0.2				0.3				0.3
Amortization of net (gain) loss			0.7				—				1.3				—
Net periodic benefit cost			2.1				1.1				4.1				2.2
Curtailment loss			—				1.5				—				1.5
Special termination benefits			—				1.3				—				1.3
Net pension expense		$	2.1			$	3.9			$	4.1			$	5.0

7. Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities

Fair value measurements are classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:

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Level 1: Financial instruments with unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets and liabilities.

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Level 2: Financial instruments with observable inputs other than those included in Level 1 such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

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Level 3: Financial instruments with unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. Unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s own assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability (including assumptions about risk). Unobservable inputs shall be developed based on the best information available in the circumstances, which might include the Company’s own data.

The following table summarizes the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis included in its Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, as of March 31, 2010:

						Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
						Quoted Prices in				Significant Other				Significant
						Active Markets for				Observable				Unobservable
						Identical Assets				Inputs				Inputs
		Total				(Level 1)				(Level 2)				(Level 3)
Assets:
Cash equivalents		$	73.9			$	73.9			$	—			$	—
Trading securities			24.5				—				—				24.5
Foreign exchange contracts			(0.4	)			—				(0.4	)			—
Available-for-sale marketable securities			12.2				—				—				12.2
Put rights			1.6				—				—				1.6
Total assets at fair value		$	111.8			$	73.9			$	(0.4	)		$	38.3

The investment securities identified in the above table consist primarily of AAA rated student loan ARS. While we continue to earn interest on the ARS at the contractual rate, these investments are not currently being bought and sold in an active market and therefore do not have readily determinable market values. At March 31, 2010, the Company’s investment advisors provided a valuation based on unobservable inputs for the ARS. The investment advisors utilized a discounted cash flow approach (an “Income approach”) to arrive at this valuation, which was corroborated by separate and comparable discounted cash flow analysis prepared by us. The assumptions used in preparing the discounted cash flow model include estimates of interest rates, timing and amount of cash flows, credit spread related yield and illiquidity premiums, and expected holding periods of the ARS. These assumptions are volatile and subject to change as the underlying sources of these assumptions and market conditions change. We valued the associated Put right (see Note 1) as the difference between the par value and the fair value of ARS on a present value basis, as adjusted for any bearer risk associated with UBS’s financial ability to repurchase its portion of ARS beginning June 30, 2010.

The following table presents the activity related to our ARS and the Put during the six month period ended March 31, 2010.

		ARS
		Available-																(Gain)/
		For-Sale				Trading				Put				AOCL				Loss
Balance at October 1, 2009		$	16.7			$	24.9			$	1.5			$	1.2			$	—
Change in fair value			0.1				—				0.1				(0.1	)			(0.1	)
Sales or redemptions			(4.6	)			(0.4	)			—				(0.2	)			0.1
Balance at March 31, 2010		$	12.2			$	24.5			$	1.6			$	0.9			$	—

8. Comprehensive Income

The net-of-tax effect of unrealized gains or losses on our available-for-sale securities, foreign currency translation adjustments and pension or other defined benefit postretirement plans’ actuarial gains or losses, prior service costs or credits and transition obligations are required to be included in comprehensive income.

The composition of comprehensive income (loss) is as follows:

		Quarterly Period Ended								Year-To-Date Period Ended
		March 31,				March 31,				March 31,				March 31,
		2010				2009				2010				2009
Net income (loss)		$	24.5			$	(465.8	)		$	44.4			$	(451.6	)
Unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities:
Unrealized holding (losses) gains arising during period, net-of-tax			0.2				0.6				0.3				(2.1	)
Less: Reclassification adjustment for losses (gains) realized in net income, net-of-tax			—				—				—				2.7
Net unrealized gain (loss)			0.2				0.6				0.3				0.6
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net-of-tax			(1.2	)			3.4				(4.2	)			(26.8	)
Items not yet recognized as a component of net periodic pension or postretirement benefit cost, net-of-tax			—				(16.9	)			(0.1	)			(16.9	)
Total comprehensive income (loss)			23.5			$	(478.7	)			40.4			$	(494.7	)
Comprehensive income attributable to the noncontrolling interest			(0.3	)			—				(0.4	)			—
Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to common shareholders		$	23.2			$	(478.7	)		$	40.0			$	(494.7	)

9. Special Charges

During the second quarter of fiscal 2010, we announced organizational changes consistent with our on-going efforts to improve our cost structure and business processes. These changes included the elimination of approximately 160 employee positions. The result was a special charge of $5.0 million primarily related to severance and other benefits provided to affected associates. The majority of the cash expenditures associated with the severance will be completed by the end of our 2010 fiscal year.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2009, we announced a plan to manage our cost structure through consolidation of certain manufacturing and selected back office operations, redeployment of U.S. sales and service resources to increase our customer presence and support; a further reduction in non-sales, non-research and development discretionary spending; a voluntary early retirement program and involuntary job eliminations to reflect lower capital equipment demand and productivity improvements.

The plan impacted approximately 450 salaried, hourly and temporary employees, or 7 percent of our U.S. based workforce. During the second quarter of fiscal 2009, the plan resulted in a charge of $9.9 million related to severance and early retirement packages. Additionally, postretirement health care costs and the waiver of an early retirement pension penalty offered in conjunction with the voluntary early retirement incentive and the associated curtailment charges resulted in additional charges of $4.2 million. Asset impairment, discontinued use of a building under an operating lease and other charges of approximately $3.7 million were also recorded in conjunction with these actions. The charge related to severance and early retirement packages resulted in cash expenditures that will primarily be paid by the end of fiscal 2010. Cash expenditures for the lease will be paid over the remaining lease period.

Activity related to these actions during fiscal 2010 was as follows:

		Beginning																Ending
		Balance																Balance
		October 1, 2009				Expenses				Cash Payments				Reversals				March 31, 2010
Fiscal Year 2010
Q2 Action — Restructuring		$	—			$	5.0			$	(0.1	)		$	—			$	4.9
Fiscal Year 2009
Q2 Action — Restructuring		$	4.5			$	—			$	(3.1	)		$	—			$	1.4

The above table excludes the impact of asset impairments related to assets held for sale and the impact of these actions on our pension and postretirement health care plans.

10. Income Taxes

The tax rates for the three- and six-month periods ended March 31, 2010 are 17.5 percent and 28.8 percent compared to negative 0.4 percent and negative 1.9 percent for the comparable periods in the prior year. The effective tax rates for the three- and six-month periods ended March 31, 2009 are unusual in light of the significance of the non-cash intangible impairment charge and the lack of deductibility of this charge for income tax purposes. The tax rates for all periods were also impacted by certain discrete tax items.

The rate for the three- and six-month periods ended March 31, 2010 were favorably impacted by the recognition of net discrete period tax benefits of $5.7 million and $5.2 million, relating primarily to the recognition of previously unrecognized tax benefits associated with the resolution of an income tax matter with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) during the quarter of $6.5 million. This compares to $0.8 million of net discrete period expense items recognized in the second quarter of fiscal 2009 and $0.5 million of net discrete tax benefits recorded during the first six months of fiscal 2009 primarily due to the “catch-up” for the retroactive reinstatement of the research and development tax credit.

The agreement reached with the IRS during the quarter related to the Company’s previously disclosed protest of the character of certain payments received to terminate interest rate swap contracts. The resolution of this issued concluded the IRS audit for the fiscal years ended 2002 through 2006.

Primarily as a result of the agreement with the IRS, the total amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits has decreased from September 30, 2009. As of March 31, 2010 the total amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits was $28.1 million, which includes $10.7 million that, if recognized, would impact the effective tax rate in future periods. The remaining amounts relates to items which, if recognized would not impact our effective tax rate.

It is reasonably possible that the Company will resolve other on-going audit issues with the IRS, state, local or foreign jurisdictions in the next twelve months. The resolution of these matters, in combination with the expiration of certain statutes of limitation in other jurisdictions, make it reasonably possible that our unrecognized tax benefits may decrease as a result of either payment or recognition by approximately $8 to $12 million in the next twelve months, excluding interest.

11. Earnings per Common Share

Basic earnings per share are calculated based upon the weighted average number of outstanding common shares for the period, plus the effect of deferred vested shares. Diluted earnings per share are calculated consistent with the basic earnings per share calculation plus the effect of dilutive unissued common shares related to stock-based employee compensation programs. For all periods presented, anti-dilutive stock options were excluded from the calculation of diluted

earnings per share. Excluded shares were 5.4 million and 5.2 million for the three-and six-month periods ended March 31, 2010, and 6.7 million and 5.2 million for the comparable periods of fiscal year 2009. Cumulative treasury stock acquired, less cumulative shares reissued, have been excluded in determining the average number of shares outstanding. For the three-and six-month periods ended March 31, 2009, as a result of our net loss and to avoid dilution of the net loss, our basic and diluted earnings per share were identical.

Earnings per share is calculated as follows (share information in thousands):

		Quarterly Period Ended								Year-to-Date Period Ended
		March 31,				March 31,				March 31,				March 31,
		2010				2009				2010				2009
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders		$	24.2			$	(465.8	)		$	44.0			$	(451.6	)
Average shares outstanding — Basic			62,887				62,578				62,768				62,559
Add potential effect of exercise of stock options and other unvested equity awards			613				—				556				—
Average shares outstanding — Diluted			63,500				62,578				63,324				62,559
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders per common share — Basic		$	0.38			$	(7.44	)		$	0.70			$	(7.22	)
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders per common share — Diluted		$	0.38			$	(7.44	)		$	0.69			$	(7.22	)

12. Stock Based Compensation

The stock based compensation cost that was charged against income, net of tax, for all plans was $2.3 million and $4.6 million for the three-and six-month periods ended March 31, 2010 and $1.8 million and $3.5 million for the comparable periods of fiscal year 2009.

13. Guarantees

We routinely grant limited warranties on our products with respect to defects in material and workmanship. The terms of these warranties are generally one year, however, certain components and products have substantially longer warranty periods. We recognize a reserve with respect to these obligations at the time of product sale, with subsequent warranty claims recorded directly against the reserve. The amount of the warranty reserve is determined based on historical trend experience for the covered products. For more significant warranty-related matters which might require a broad-based correction, separate reserves are established when such events are identified and the cost of correction can be reasonably estimated.

A reconciliation of changes in the warranty reserve for the periods covered in this report is as follows:

		Quarterly Period Ended								Year-To-Date Period Ended
		March 31,				March 31,				March 31,				March 31,
		2010				2009				2010				2009
Balance at beginning of period		$	15.4			$	20.8			$	17.1			$	16.9
Provision for warranties during the period			4.2				2.3				7.2				5.2
Effect of acquisition			—				1.1				—				6.5
Warranty claims during the period			(4.4	)			(5.1	)			(9.1	)			(9.5	)
Balance at end of period		$	15.2			$	19.1			$	15.2			$	19.1

In the normal course of business we enter into various other guarantees and indemnities in our relationships with suppliers, service providers, customers, business partners and others. Examples of these arrangements would include guarantees of product performance, indemnifications to service providers and indemnifications of our actions to business partners. These guarantees and indemnifications would not materially impact our financial condition or results of operations, although indemnifications associated with our actions generally have no dollar limitations.

In conjunction with our acquisition and divestiture activities, we have entered into select guarantees and indemnifications of performance with respect to the fulfillment of commitments under applicable purchase and sale agreements. The arrangements generally indemnify the buyer or seller for damages associated with breach of contract, inaccuracies in representations and warranties surviving the closing date and satisfaction of liabilities and commitments retained under the applicable contract. For those representations and warranties that survive closing generally, they survive for periods up to five years or the expiration of the applicable statutes of limitations. Potential losses under the indemnifications are generally limited to a portion of the original transaction price, or to other lesser specific dollar amounts for select provisions. With respect to sale transactions, we also routinely enter into non-competition agreements for varying periods of time. Guarantees and indemnifications with respect to acquisition and divestiture activities, if triggered, could have a materially adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

14. Segment Reporting

We disclose segment information that is consistent with the way in which management operates and views the Company. Our operating structure contains the following reporting segments:

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North America Acute Care

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North America Post-Acute Care

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International and Surgical

The Company’s performance under each reportable segment is measured on a divisional income basis before special items. Sales between the segments, while not significant, are generally accounted for at current market value or cost plus markup. Divisional income generally represents the division’s standard gross profit less its direct operating costs, excluding functional costs, along with an allocation of fixed manufacturing overhead, research and development, and distribution costs.

Functional costs include costs such as administration, finance, information technology, legal and human resource costs. Eliminations represent the elimination of inter-segment sales. Functional costs and eliminations, while not considered segments, are presented separately to aid in the reconciliation of segment information to consolidated financial information.

		Quarterly Period Ended								Year-To-Date Period Ended
		March 31,				March 31,				March 31,				March 31,
		2010				2009				2010				2009
Revenues:
North America Acute Care		$	206.7			$	188.6			$	404.6			$	392.1
North America Post-Acute Care			51.1				48.9				103.7				99.3
International and Surgical			100.2				100.8				207.6				199.7
Total eliminations			(0.9	)			(1.0	)			(3.5	)			(2.2	)
Total revenues		$	357.1			$	337.3			$	712.4			$	688.9
Divisional income:
North America Acute Care		$	53.6			$	44.6			$	107.6			$	91.4
North America Post-Acute Care			14.8				13.5				31.6				28.3
International and Surgical			14.8				17.0				27.2				27.8
Functional costs			(46.6	)			(49.8	)			(95.5	)			(99.2	)
Total divisional income			36.6				25.3				70.9				48.3
Impairment of goodwill and other intangibles			—				(470.0	)			—				(470.0	)
Special charges			(5.0	)			(17.8	)			(5.0	)			(17.8	)
Operating profit (loss)			31.6				(462.5	)			65.9				(439.5	)
Interest expense			(2.2	)			(2.3	)			(4.3	)			(5.1	)
Investment income and other, net			0.3				0.8				0.8				1.6
Income (loss) before income taxes		$	29.7			$	(464.0	)		$	62.4			$	(443.0	)

15. Commitments and Contingencies

Batesville Casket Antitrust Litigation

In 2005 the Funeral Consumers Alliance, Inc. (“FCA”) and a number of individual consumer casket purchasers filed a purported class action antitrust lawsuit on behalf of certain consumer purchasers of Batesville^® caskets against the Company and its former Batesville Casket Company, Inc. subsidiary (“Batesville”) (now wholly owned by Hillenbrand, Inc., an unaffiliated company), and three national funeral home businesses (the “FCA Action”). The FCA plaintiffs sought certification of a class including all United States consumers who purchased Batesville caskets from any of the funeral home co-defendants at any time during the longest period permitted by the applicable statute of limitations. A similar purported antitrust class action lawsuit was later filed by Pioneer Valley Casket Co. and several so-called “independent casket distributors” on behalf of casket sellers who were unaffiliated with any licensed funeral home (the “Pioneer Valley Action”). On March 26, 2009, the District Judge denied class certification in both cases. On April 9, 2009, the plaintiffs in the FCA case filed a petition with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit for leave to file an appeal of the Court’s order denying class certification. On June 19, 2009 a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit denied the FCA plaintiffs’ petition. On July 9, 2009, the FCA plaintiffs filed a request for reconsideration of the denial of their petition. On July 29, 2009, a three judge panel of the Fifth Circuit denied the FCA plaintiffs’ motion for reconsideration and their alternative motion for leave to file a petition for rehearing by all of the judges sitting on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Pioneer Valley plaintiffs did not appeal the District Court’s order denying class certification, and on April 29, 2009, pursuant to a stipulation among the parties, the District Court dismissed the Pioneer Valley Action with prejudice (that is, Pioneer Valley cannot appeal or otherwise reinstate the case). Neither the Company nor Batesville provided any payment of consideration for the plaintiffs to dismiss this case, other than agreeing to bear their own costs, rather than pursuing plaintiffs for costs.

Plaintiffs in the FCA Action have generally sought monetary damages on behalf of a class, trebling of any such damages that may be awarded, recovery of attorneys’ fees and costs, and injunctive relief. Plaintiffs in the FCA Action filed a report indicating that they were seeking damages ranging from approximately $947.0 million to approximately $1.46 billion before trebling on behalf of the purported class of consumers they seek to represent, based on claims of approximately one million casket purchases by the purported class members.

Because Batesville continues to adhere to its long-standing policy of selling Batesville^® caskets only to licensed funeral homes, a policy that it continues to believe is appropriate and lawful, if a class were ultimately certified and the case was to go to trial, Plaintiffs are likely to claim additional alleged damages for the period between their report and the time of trial. At this point, it is not possible to estimate the amount of any additional alleged damage claims that they might make. We and Batesville will vigorously contest both liability and plaintiffs’ damages theories.

Despite the July 29, 2009 ruling denying class certification, the FCA plaintiffs have indicated that they intend to pursue their individual injunctive and damages claims. Their individual damages claims are limited to the alleged overcharges on the plaintiffs’ individual casket purchases (the complaint currently alleges a total of ten casket purchases by the individual plaintiffs), which would be trebled, plus reasonable attorneys fees and costs. The District Court issued an order stating that no summary judgment motions would be entertained. The trial of the FCA plaintiffs’ remaining individual claims may begin as early as late summer 2010.

After the district court renders a final judgment as to the individual claims, the FCA plaintiffs may file an appeal, which could include an appeal of the District Court’s order denying class certification. If they succeeded in reversing the district court order denying class certification and a class is certified in the FCA Action filed against Hill-Rom and Batesville and if the plaintiffs prevail at a trial of the class action, the damages awarded to the plaintiffs, which would be trebled as a matter of law, could have a significant material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition and/or liquidity. In antitrust actions such as the FCA Action the plaintiffs may elect to enforce any judgment against any or all of the co-defendants, who have no statutory contribution rights against each other. We and Hillenbrand, Inc. have entered into a judgment sharing agreement that apportions the costs and any potential liabilities associated with this litigation between us and Hillenbrand, Inc. See Note 3 in our 2009 Form 10-K for more information regarding the judgment sharing agreement.

We believe that we have committed no wrongdoing as alleged by the plaintiffs and that we have meritorious defenses to class certification and to plaintiffs’ underlying allegations and damage theories. In accordance with applicable authoritative guidance, we have not established a loss reserve in connection with this litigation.

Related Civil Investigative Demands

After the FCA Action was filed, in the summer and fall of 2005, we and Batesville were served with Civil Investigative Demands by the Attorney General of Maryland and certain other state attorneys general who had begun an investigation of possible anticompetitive practices in the death care industry relating to a range of funeral services and products, including caskets. We fully cooperated with the attorneys general. We have been informed by the Maryland and Florida Attorneys General offices, which were leading this investigation, that the investigation has been concluded. No claims were filed against us or Batesville as a result of this investigation. The Maryland Attorney General reserved the right to re-open the investigation and to take any further action in the future as the public interest may require.

Office of Inspector General Investigation

On February 8, 2008, we were served with an Administrative Investigative Demand subpoena by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee pursuant to a Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General investigation. The investigation was described as focusing on “claims for payment for certain durable medical equipment, including specialized

support beds.” On September 18, 2008, we were informed by the United States Attorney’s Office that the investigation was precipitated by the filing in 2005 of a qui tam “whistleblower” complaint. A qui tam action is a civil lawsuit brought by an individual on behalf of the government under the False Claims Act. Once the complaint is filed with the court under seal, the Department of Justice investigates the allegations and has the right to intervene and in effect take over the prosecution of the lawsuit if it believes the allegations warrant. This particular complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Although the complaint has been only partially unsealed at this point, we know that the plaintiffs seek recovery of unspecified damages and civil penalties relating to the alleged submission of false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and/or Medicaid for the provision of durable medical equipment. At this point, the government has not yet reached an intervention decision and is continuing its investigation. We have not yet been formally served in this case, nor has the entire complaint been unsealed. In the event that this matter were to proceed to litigation, if it were found that we had failed to comply with applicable laws and regulations, we could be subject to substantial fines or penalties and possible exclusion from participation in federal health care programs. We are continuing to cooperate with the government’s investigation.

Freedom Medical Antitrust Litigation

On October 19, 2009, Freedom Medical, Inc. filed a complaint alleging federal antitrust claims and claims under Texas antitrust and common law against the Company, another supplier and two group purchasing organizations (“GPOs”) under the caption Freedom Medical, Inc. v. Hill-Rom Company, Inc. et al (Civil Action No. 5:09cv152, United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas). Freedom Medical alleges that the GPOs’ contracts with the Company and the other supplier excluded Freedom Medical from the biomedical equipment rental market and maintained the Company’s market share in violation of state and federal antitrust laws. Freedom Medical, in fact, has a contract with one of the GPOs. Since the filing of the complaint, Freedom Medical has dismissed that GPO as a defendant, pursuant to a settlement agreement. The plaintiff also has asserted claims for business disparagement, common law conspiracy and tortuous interference with business relationships. The plaintiff seeks injunctive relief and money damages in an unspecified amount. We intend to defend this matter vigorously. Because the litigation is in a preliminary stage, we cannot assess the likelihood of an adverse outcome or determine an estimate, or a range of estimates, of potential damages. We cannot give any assurances that this matter will not have a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Antitrust Settlement

In fiscal 2005, we entered into a definitive, court approved agreement with Spartanburg Regional Healthcare Systems and its attorneys to settle a purported antitrust class action lawsuit. The settlement resolved all of the claims of class members that did not opt out of the settlement, including the claims of all United States and Canadian purchasers or renters of Hill-Rom^® products from 1990 through February 2, 2006 related to or arising out of the subject matter of the lawsuit, and the claims that may have resulted from the current or future effects of conduct or events occurring through February 2, 2006. The original settlement amount of $337.5 million was reduced by almost $21.2 million, to $316.3 million, reflecting the portion attributable to customers who opted out of the settlement. Opt-outs from the settlement account for roughly six percent of the total United States and Canadian revenue during the class period, and over 99 percent of that figure is attributable to the United States government’s decision to opt out of the settlement. We believe we have meritorious defenses against any claims the United States government may choose to make, due to, among other reasons, pricing practices of government purchases that are different than the pricing practices primarily at issue in the lawsuit.

In connection with our assessment that it was probable that a settlement would be reached and finally approved by the Court during fiscal 2006, we recorded a litigation charge and established a litigation accrual in the amount of $358.6 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005, which included certain legal and other costs associated with the proposed settlement. The Court entered the Order and Final Judgment in the third quarter of fiscal 2006, and we paid a total

$316.3 million of the settlement amounts into escrow during that year. As of March 31, 2010 we have retained a $21.2 million litigation accrual associated with the opt-outs.

General

We are subject to various other claims and contingencies arising out of the normal course of business, including those relating to governmental investigations and proceedings, commercial transactions, product liability, employee related matters, antitrust, safety, health, taxes, environmental and other matters. Litigation is subject to many uncertainties and the outcome of individual litigated matters is not predictable with assurance. It is possible that some litigation matters for which reserves have not been established could be decided unfavorably to us, and that any such unfavorable decisions could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

We are also involved in other possible claims and are generally self-insured up to certain limits for product/general liability, workers’ compensation, auto liability and professional liability insurance programs. These policies have deductibles and self-insured retentions ranging from $150 thousand to $1.5 million per occurrence, depending upon the type of coverage and policy period. We are also generally self-insured up to certain stop-loss limits for certain employee health benefits, including medical, drug and dental. Our policy is to estimate reserves based upon a number of factors including known claims, estimated incurred but not reported claims and outside actuarial analysis, which are based on historical information along with certain assumptions about future events.

16. Subsequent Events

We have performed an evaluation of subsequent events and concluded there were no subsequent events that required recognition or disclosure in these condensed consolidated financial statements.

Item 2.		MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Forward-Looking Statements and Factors That May Affect Future Results

Certain statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Form 10-Q”) contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding our future plans, objectives, beliefs, expectations, representations and projections. We have tried, whenever possible, to identify these forward-looking statements by 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. We caution readers that any such forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that we believe are reasonable, but are subject to a wide range of risks.

It is important to note that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and our actual results could differ materially from those set forth in any forward-looking statements. There are a number of factors — many of which are beyond our control — that could cause actual conditions, events or results to differ significantly from those described in the forward-looking statements. For a more in depth discussion of the factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements, see the discussions under the heading “Risk Factors” in this Form 10-Q and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009 (“2009 Form 10-K”) as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), as well as the discussions in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis”. We assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. Readers should also refer to the various disclosures made by us in our periodic reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC.

Overview

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the accompanying interim financial statements and our 2009 Form 10-K.

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a leading worldwide manufacturer and provider of medical technologies and related services for the health care industry, including patient support systems, safe mobility and handling solutions, non-invasive therapeutic products for a variety of acute and chronic medical conditions, medical equipment rentals and information technology solutions. Our comprehensive product and service offerings are used by health care providers across the health care continuum in hospitals, extended care facilities and home care settings worldwide, to enhance the safety and quality of patient care.

In March 2010, the U.S. Congress adopted and President Obama signed into law comprehensive health care reform legislation. The new law is expected to increase health coverage, which could translate into increased utilization and associated use of our products and services. However, these bills impose a 2.3 percent excise tax on medical devices beginning January 2013. The impact of the tax, coupled with reform-associated payment reductions to Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and a variety of provider quality initiatives could have a materially adverse affect on our business, results of operations and cash flows. For additional information regarding health care reform see Part II Item 1A. Risk Factors.

For a detailed discussion of industry trends, strategy and other factors impacting our businesses, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations – Industry Trends, Strategy and Other Factors Impacting Hill-Rom’s Business” in our 2009 Form 10-K.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

These condensed consolidated financial statements, including the related notes, are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (GAAP). We provide adjusted income before income taxes, income tax expense and diluted earnings per share results because we use these measures internally for planning, forecasting and evaluating the performance of the business.

In addition, we provide net revenues on a constant currency basis. The Company analyzes net revenues on a constant currency basis to better measure the comparability of results between periods. We believe that evaluating growth in net revenues on a constant currency basis provides an additional and meaningful assessment to both management and investors.

We believe the non-GAAP measures used contribute to an understanding of our financial performance and provide an additional analytical tool to understand our results from core operations and to reveal underlying trends. These measures should not, however, be considered in isolation, as a substitute for, or as superior to measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Results of Operations

In this section, we provide a high-level overview of our consolidated results of operations. Immediately following this section is a discussion of our results of operations by reportable segment.

Consolidated Revenues

		Quarterly Period Ended								Percentage Change
		March 31,				March 31,								Constant
(Dollars in millions)		2010				2009				Reported				Currency
Revenues:
Capital sales		$	236.2			$	219.6				7.6				4.5
Rental revenues			120.9				117.7				2.7				1.6
Total Revenues		$	357.1			$	337.3				5.9				3.5

		Year-To-Date Period Ended								Percentage Change
		March 31,				March 31,								Constant
(Dollars in millions)		2010				2009				Reported				Currency
Revenues:
Capital sales		$	467.8			$	455.6				2.7				(0.5	)
Rental revenues			244.6				233.3				4.8				3.5
Total Revenues		$	712.4			$	688.9				3.4				0.8

Consolidated revenues increased 5.9 and 3.4 percent for the three- and six-month periods ended March 31, 2010. For the same periods, revenues increased 3.5 and 0.8 percent on a constant currency basis.

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Capital sales increased 7.6 and 2.7 percent for the three- and six-month periods ended March 31, 2010. On a constant currency basis, capital sales increased 4.5 percent for the second quarter and decreased 0.5 percent for the first six months. Capital sales

increased for both periods as a result of second quarter North America Acute Care sales volume increases in patient support systems due to a modest recovery and stabilization from prior year. These increases were offset in both periods by second quarter volume declines in Europe and our divestiture of certain non-strategic health information technology product lines in the prior year. Our pricing was also modestly favorable for both the three- and six-month periods.

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Rental revenues increased 2.7 and 4.8 percent for the three- and six-month periods ended March 31, 2010. On a constant currency basis, rental revenues increased 1.6 and 3.5 percent for the same periods. The increase in rental revenues for both periods was mainly due to North America Acute Care growth in therapy rental revenue due to continued growth of our Envision® wound surface and our recently introduced VersaCare® P500 wound surface. For the first six months we also had improvements in our moveable medical equipment fleet rentals associated with a stronger flu season in fiscal 2010, along with increased rental revenues in our bariatric products and respiratory care business.

Consolidated Gross Profit

		Quarterly Period Ended								Year-To-Date Period Ended
		March 31,				March 31,				March 31,				March 31,
(Dollars in millions)		2010				2009				2010				2009
Gross Profit
Capital sales		$	101.8			$	86.4			$	202.9			$	175.9
% of Related Revenues			43.1	%			39.3	%			43.4	%			38.6	%
Rental revenues		$	70.0			$	67.0			$	139.7			$	130.0
% of Related Revenues			57.9	%			56.9	%			57.1	%			55.7	%
Total Gross Profit		$	171.8			$	153.4			$	342.6			$	305.9
% of Related Revenues			48.1	%			45.5	%			48.1	%			44.4	%

Consolidated gross profit increased 12.0 percent for both the three- and six-month periods ending March 31, 2010, and increased as percentages of revenues 260 and 370 basis points for the same periods.

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Capital sales gross profit increased 17.8 and 15.3 percent for the three- and six-month periods ended March 31, 2010. Gross margin (as a percentage of revenues) for capital sales increased 380 and 480 basis points for the same periods. These increases for both periods were primarily due to favorable material costs, several productivity initiatives in fiscal 2009 and an improved mix towards higher margin products and geographic regions. In addition, the prior year included non-recurring charges of $1.0 and $2.9 million related to the acquisition accounting step-up of acquired Liko inventories sold during the three- and six-month periods ended March 31, 2010.

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Rental revenue gross profit increased 4.5 and 7.5 percent for the three- and six-month periods ended March 31, 2010. Strong therapy rental revenues within our North America Acute Care segment were the primary reason for the increases in both periods. Gross margin (as a percentage of revenues) for rental revenues increased 100 and 140 basis points for the same periods related to the higher margins on recent product introductions and continued strong leverage and profitability improvements of our field service network.

Other

		Quarterly Period Ended								Year-To-Date Period Ended
		March 31,				March 31,				March 31,				March 31,
(Dollars in millions)		2010				2009				2010				2009
Research and development expenses		$	14.4			$	14.5			$	29.3			$	27.8
Percent of Total Revenues			4.0	%			4.3	%			4.1	%			4.0	%
Selling and administrative expenses		$	120.8			$	113.6			$	242.4			$	229.8
Percent of Total Revenues			33.8	%			33.7	%			34.0	%			33.4	%
Impairment of goodwill and other intangibles		$	—			$	470.0			$	—			$	470.0
Special charges		$	5.0			$	17.8			$	5.0			$	17.8
Interest expense		$	(2.2	)		$	(2.3	)		$	(4.3	)		$	(5.1	)
Investment income		$	0.5			$	0.7			$	1.1			$	1.6
Other		$	(0.2	)		$	0.1			$	(0.3	)		$	—

Research and development expense remained relatively unchanged for the second quarter and increased 5.4 percent for the first six months of fiscal 2010. The increase for the six-month period ended March 31, 2010 was due to our continued investment in the development of innovative new products, with the flat expenditures in the second quarter primarily related to the timing of such projects. Selling and administrative expenses increased 6.3 and 5.5 percent for the three- and six-month periods ended March 31, 2010, primarily due to the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange rates of $2.3 and $5.3 million, accompanied by increases for both periods in performance-based compensation expense, investments in our sales channels and stock based compensation. These increases were partially offset by savings from prior periods eliminated positions and our continuous improvement activities.

During our second quarter of 2009, we recorded a $470 million impairment of goodwill and other intangibles as a result of the decline in our market capitalization during the quarter related to the overall macro-economic climate and the resulting unfavorable impact on hospital capital spending and our operating results during that period. The significance of the charge was reflective of the significant value in our unrecorded intangible assets such as the Hill-Rom trade name, technology and know-how and customer lists which were used to reduce the implied value of our goodwill when calculating the impairment charge. For further information regarding the charge, refer to Note 4 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

During the second quarter of fiscal 2010, we announced organizational changes that included the elimination of approximately 160 employee positions across the Company resulting in a special charge of $5.0 million primarily related to severance and other benefits provided to affected associates. The foregoing job eliminations are anticipated to yield annualized savings of approximately 16 million.

During the second quarter of 2009, special charges of $17.8 million were recognized in connection with a plan to aggressively manage our cost structure, which included the elimination of approximately 450 salaried, hourly and temporary employees. The plan resulted in a charge of approximately $9.9 million during the quarter related to severance and early retirement packages. Additionally, post retirement health care costs, the waiver of an early retirement pension penalty offered in conjunction with a voluntary early retirement incentive and plan curtailments resulted in a charge of $4.2 million. Operating asset write-offs associated with

the actions were also taken in the amount of $3.7 million. For further information regarding special charges, refer to Note 9 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

The decline in interest expense for both the three- and six-month periods ended March 31, 2010, resulted from lower interest rates and lower outstanding debt during both periods. Investment income decreased for both periods, despite a larger cash balance period over period, due to the drop in interest rates.

GAAP Earnings and Adjusted Earnings

		Quarterly Period Ended
		March 31, 2010												March 31, 2009
		Income												Loss
		Before				Income								Before				Income
		Income				Tax				Diluted				Income				Tax				Diluted
(Dollars in millions except per share data)		Taxes				Expense				EPS				Taxes				Expense				EPS
GAAP Earnings (Loss)		$	29.7			$	5.2			$	0.38			$	(464.0	)		$	1.8			$	(7.44	)
Adjustments:
Impairment of goodwill and other intangibles			—				—				—				470.0				—				7.51
Effect of Liko inventory valuation			—				—				—				1.0				0.3				0.01
Liko acquisition integration charges			—				—				—				0.8				0.3				0.01
Special charges			5.0				1.7				0.05				17.8				6.6				0.18
Tax settlement			—				6.5				(0.10	)			—				—				—
Adjusted Earnings		$	34.7			$	13.4			$	0.33			$	25.6			$	9.0			$	0.27