October 8, 2019

Nicholas R. Farrell
General Counsel
Hillenbrand, Inc.
One Batesville Boulevard
Batesville, Indiana 47006

       Re: Hillenbrand, Inc.
           Registration Statement on Form S-4
           Filed September 10, 2019
           File No. 333-233699

Dear Mr. Farrell:

       We have limited our review of your registration statement to those
issues we have
addressed in our comment.

       Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement
and providing the
requested information. If you do not believe our comment applies to your facts
and
circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why
in your
response.

       After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the
information you
provide in response to this comment, we may have additional comments.

Form S-4 filed September 10, 2019

Comparison of Stockholder Rights
Forum Selection Provision, page 169

1.     We note that your forum selection provision identifies a state court
located within the
       State of Indiana (or, if no state court located within the State of
Indiana has jurisdiction,
       the United States District Courts of Indiana) as the exclusive forum for
certain litigation,
       including any "derivative action." Please disclose whether this
provision applies to
       actions arising under the Securities Act or Exchange Act. If so, please
also state that there
       is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such provision. If
the provision applies
       to Securities Act claims, please also state that investors cannot waive
compliance with the
       federal securities laws and rules and regulations thereunder. In that
regard, we note that
       Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for
federal and state courts
       over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the
Securities Act or the
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       rules and regulations thereunder. In addition, please provide risk
factor disclosure clearly
       describing any risks or other impacts that your forum selection
provision will have on
       investors, including but not limited to, increased costs to bring a
claim and that these
       provisions can discourage claims or limit investors' ability to bring a
claim in a judicial
       forum that they find favorable.
        We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence of
action by the staff.

       Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please
allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of
the registration
statement.

        You may contact Kevin Stertzel, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3723 or
John Cash,
Accounting Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3768 if you have questions regarding
comments on the
financial statements and related matters. Please contact Sergio Chinos, Staff
Attorney, at (202)
551-7844 or Asia Timmons-Pierce, Special Counsel, at (202) 551-3754 with any
other questions.



                                                             Sincerely,
FirstName LastNameNicholas R. Farrell
                                                             Division of
Corporation Finance
Comapany NameHillenbrand, Inc.
                                                             Office of
Manufacturing
October 8, 2019 Page 2
cc:       Richard Witzel
FirstName LastName