0001214659-12-001095.txt : 20120309 0001214659-12-001095.hdr.sgml : 20120309 20120309180118 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001214659-12-001095 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120307 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120309 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120309 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Napier Katherine S CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001367313 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-06651 FILM NUMBER: 12681934 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 431 E 9TH STREET CITY: HINSDALE STATE: IL ZIP: 60521 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000047518 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841] IRS NUMBER: 351160484 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1069 STATE ROUTE 46 EAST CITY: BATESVILLE STATE: IN ZIP: 47006-8835 BUSINESS PHONE: 8129347000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1069 STATE ROUTE 46 EAST CITY: BATESVILLE STATE: IN ZIP: 47006-8835 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HILLENBRAND INDUSTRIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 4 1 c39120f4.xml X0304 4 2012-03-07 0 0000047518 Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. HRC 0001367313 Napier Katherine S 1069 STATE ROUTE 46E BATESVILLE IN 47006 1 0 0 0 Restricted Stock Units (Deferred Stock Award) 3/7/2012 2012-03-07 4 A 0 3568 0 A 2013-03-08 Common Stock 3568 3568 D Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security is 1-for-1. Restricted Stock units are entitled to dividend equivalent rights, which accrue on dividend record dates. These restricted stock units vest on the date of the grant but delivery of the underlying shares of common stock will not occur until the later of one year and a day from the date of the grant, or the six-month anniversary of the date that the Director ceases to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Company. /s/ Kevin Warns as Attorney-in-Fact for Katherine S. Napier 2012-03-09 EX-24 2 ex24.htm Unassociated Document
EXHIBIT 24


POWER OF ATTORNEY


Know all by these present that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Robert Macklin, Kevin Warns, Susan Lichtenstein, Timothy Guion and Marcia Riehle, or any of their written designees among employees of Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”), 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 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 such 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 as of this 6th day of March, 2012.


Name: Katherine S. Napier

 
Signature: /s/ Katherine S. Napier