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Item 8.01. Other Events.
Financial Information Related to Schenck Process Food and Performance Materials Business
Hillenbrand, Inc. (“Hillenbrand”) is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to provide certain financial information with respect to the Schenck Process Food and Performance Materials (“FPM”) business. As previously disclosed, on September 1, 2023, Hillenbrand filed a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission reporting the completion of Hillenbrand’s acquisition of FPM under the terms of the Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2023 (the “Agreement”), between Hillenbrand’s wholly owned subsidiary Milacron LLC and Schenck Process Holding GmbH.
Included in this Current Report on Form 8-K is the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations of Hillenbrand for the year ended September 30, 2023, giving effect to the acquisition of FPM, and the notes related thereto, which are included as Exhibit 99.1.
The pro forma condensed combined statement of operations included in this Current Report on Form 8-K has been presented for informational purposes only. It does not purport to represent the actual results of operations that Hillenbrand and FPM would have achieved had the companies been combined during the period presented in the pro forma condensed combined statement of operations and is not intended to project the future results of operations that the combined company may achieve.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(b) Pro forma financial information.
Unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations of Hillenbrand for the year ended September 30, 2023, giving effect to the acquisition of FPM, is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
(d) Exhibits.
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| 99.1 | Unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations of Hillenbrand for the year ended September 30, 2023, giving effect to the acquisition of FPM, and the notes related thereto | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded in the Inline XBRL document) |
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, thereunto duly authorized.
| Date: February 7, 2024 | HILLENBRAND, INC. | |
| By: | /s/ Nicholas R. Farrell | |
| Name: | Nicholas R. Farrell | |
| Title: |
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |