Proxy Results (Form 8-K)

As of the close of business on November 28, 2025, the record date for the Special Meeting (the "Record Date"), there were 70,508,655 shares of Hillenbrand common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. Each share of Hillenbrand common stock outstanding as of the close of business on the Record Date was entitled to one vote on each matter voted on at the Special Meeting. At the Special Meeting, the holders of record of 58,935,056 shares, or 83.58%, of Hillenbrand common stock entitled to vote at the Special Meeting (thus holding a majority of the votes entitled to be cast at the Special Meeting) were present in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum for the purpose of conducting business at the Special Meeting.

At the Special Meeting, the following proposals were considered: a proposal to approve the Merger Agreement (the "Merger Agreement Proposal"); a proposal to approve, on an advisory (nonbinding) basis, the compensation that may be paid or become payable to Hillenbrand's named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (the "Compensation Proposal"); and a proposal to approve any adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the Special Meeting to approve the Merger Agreement Proposal (the "Adjournment Proposal"). For more information on each of these proposals, see Hillenbrand's definitive proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 1, 2025. The final voting results for each proposal at the Special Meeting are as follows: