Hillenbrand Industries Invites You To Join Its Fiscal 2004 Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call

BATESVILLE, Ind., April 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In conjunction with Hillenbrand Industries Inc.'s fiscal 2004 second quarter earnings release to be issued May 6, 2004, you are invited to listen to its conference call Thursday, May 6, 2004 at 9:00 a.m. EDT.

What: Hillenbrand Industries’ Second Quarter 2004 Earnings Release Conference Call

The topic of discussion will be the fiscal 2004 second quarter results for the quarter ended March 31, 2004, which will be released to the public at 8:00 a.m. EDT on Thursday, May 6, 2004, via First Call and PR Newswire. The financial release will also be available after 8:00 a.m. EDT on the Hillenbrand Industries corporate Web site on the Internet World Wide Web at URL: http://www.hillenbrand.com/

When: Thursday, May 6, 2004, 9:00 a.m. EDT Where: Internet - http://www.hillenbrand.com/ or http://www.prnewswire.com/ Dial-in - (800) 230-1059. International callers - (612) 288-0318.

How: Internet - Simply log on to the World Wide Web at one of the above URLs and click on the appropriate icon.

Dial-in - callers will need to provide their name, company affiliation and telephone number to the conference operator.

Contact: Investor Relations: Wendy Wilson, Vice President, Investor Relations, (812) 934-7670.

Hillenbrand Industries Inc. is a publicly traded holding company for three operating companies serving the health care and funeral services markets.

If you are unable to listen to the live Web cast, the call will be archived at http://www.hillenbrand.com/ and http://www.prnewswire.com/ through May 20, 2004. The call will also be available for replay through May 20, 2004 domestically at (800) 475-6701 and internationally at (320) 365-3844. For the replay, callers will need to use access code 726933.

(Minimum Requirements to listen to broadcast: The Windows Media Player software, downloadable free from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/EN/default.asp, and at least a 28.8 kbps connection to the Internet. If you experience problems listening to the broadcast, send an email to webcastsupport@tfprn.com)

Hillenbrand Industries Inc.

CONTACT: Wendy Wilson, Vice President, Investor Relations of HillenbrandIndustries Inc., +1-812-934-7670

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