FORM 3
        	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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                      	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	                      	

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

HOOVEN JAMES A.	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)
6/5/2017 
	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Hillenbrand, Inc. [HI]	
(Last)        (First)        (Middle)

ONE BATESVILLE BOULEVARD	4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director                            _____ 10% Owner
___ X ___ Officer (give title below)          _____ Other (specify below)
VP, Hillenbrand Oper Model /	
(Street)

BATESVILLE, IN 47006       

(City)              (State)              (Zip)	5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person	

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned	
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	
Common Stock  	0  	D  	 	

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)	
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)	3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares				

Explanation of Responses:	

Reporting Owners	
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships	
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other	
HOOVEN JAMES A.
ONE BATESVILLE BOULEVARD
BATESVILLE, IN 47006			VP, Hillenbrand Oper Model		

Signatures		
By Carol A. Roell As Attorney-In-Fact for James A. Hooven		6/13/2017	
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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      POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Know by all these presents, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints Nicholas R. Farrell,
Christopher R. England, Carol A. Roell, and Patricia C.
Lecher, signing singly, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
Hillenbrand, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder:

(2)     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf
 of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute
any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)     take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest
of, or legally required by, the undersigned,it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all
 that such attorney-in-fact,or such attorney-in-fact's substitute
or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3,
4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of
and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed this 12th day of June, 2017.

                        /S/James A. Hooven
                        Signature

                        James A. Hooven
                        Printed Name