Hillenbrand Inc filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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FORM 8-K
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 21, 2024
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Item 5.02. Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On October 21, 2024, the Board of Directors of Hillenbrand, Inc. (the “Company”), on the recommendation of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee (the “NCG Committee”), elected Joseph T. Lower to the Company’s Board of Directors as an independent director, effective December 1, 2024. Mr. Lower will serve an initial term that will expire at the Company’s next annual meeting of shareholders in February 2025, when he will be up for election for another term. Prior to his election, the Board of Directors expanded its size from 10 to 11 directors. The resulting vacancy has been filled with Mr. Lower’s election.
Mr. Lower was also appointed as Vice Chairperson to the Board’s Audit Committee, and he will serve as a member of the NCG Committee and Mergers & Acquisitions Committee.
The Company’s press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Lower is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.
Mr. Lower will be entitled to receive compensation for his service on the Board consistent with the Company’s compensation program for non-employee directors, as described under the heading “Compensation of Directors” in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2024 annual meeting of shareholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 9, 2024.
There are no transactions and no proposed transactions between Mr. Lower (or any member of his immediate family) and the Company (or any of its subsidiaries), and there is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Lower and any other person or entity pursuant to which Mr. Lower was appointed as a director of the Company.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibits are being furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:
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| Press Release, dated October 21, 2024 | |||||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded in the Inline XBRL document). | ||||||||||
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: October 21, 2024 HILLENBRAND, INC.
BY: /s/ Nicholas R. Farrell
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Nicholas R. Farrell
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary
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