m391108k.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  March 8, 2011

HILL-ROM HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

         
         
Indiana
  
1-6651
  
35-1160484
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

     
1069 State Route 46 East
Batesville, Indiana
  
 
47006-8835
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (812) 934-7777
 
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 5.07.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. (the "Corporation") held its annual meeting of shareholders on March 8, 2011. The final results of the votes taken at the annual meeting were as follows:

Proposal 1: Election of three members to the Board of Directors to serve one year terms expiring at the 2012 annual meeting of the stockholders:

   
VOTES
FOR
    
VOTES WITHHELD
    
BROKER
NON-VOTES
  
Charles E. Golden
     47,118,667       3,976,039       6,114,652  
W. August Hillenbrand
     50,795,542       299,164        6,114,652  
Joanne C. Smith, M.D.
     44,621,976       6,472,730       6,114,652  
 
 
Proposals 2 - 5
 
   
VOTES
FOR
    
VOTES
AGAINST
    
VOTES
ABSTAINED
    
BROKER
NON-VOTES
  
2. To approve, by non-binding advisory vote, the executive compensation disclosed in the Corporation's proxy statement.
     43,739,907       6,923,400       431,399       6,114,652  
                                 
3. To recommend, by non-binding advisory vote, that executive compensation votes be held every:
                                    
1 year       44,956,982                   410,356        6,114,652  
2 years     584,937                          
3 years
     5,142,431                          
                                 
4. To approve the Corporation's Short Term Incentive Plan.
     47,293,615       3,362,445       438,646       6,114,652  
                                 
5. To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Corporation's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2011.
     56,298,908       888,869       21,580          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURE
 

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.

  HILL-ROM HOLDINGS, INC.  
       
       
       
DATE:  March 10, 2011 
BY:
/s/ Susan Lichtenstein  
    Susan Lichtenstein  
   
Senior Vice President of
Corporate Affairs,
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary