SUMMARY OF DIRECTOR AND NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION

Exhibit 10(a)

SUMMARY OF DIRECTOR AND NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION

This summary sets forth the compensation of the Directors of Kimball International, Inc. (the "Company"). The summary also includes compensation of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and three most highly compensated executive officers (the "Named Executive Officers") of the Company as identified in the Company's most recent Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

For a detailed description of the compensation arrangements that the Directors and Named Executive Officers participate in, refer to the Company's most recent Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Director Compensation
All Outside (non-employee) Directors receive annual compensation of $40,000 for the year for service as Directors. The Chairperson of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors receives $5,000 per committee meeting, and other Audit Committee members receive $3,500 per committee meeting. The Chairperson of the Compensation and Governance Committee receives $3,500 per committee meeting, and other members of the Compensation and Governance Committee receive $2,000 per committee meeting.  Members of the Strategic Planning Committee receive $3,500 per committee meeting.

The Directors can elect to receive all of their annual retainer and/or meeting fees in shares of Class B Common Stock under the Company's 2003 Stock Option and Incentive Plan.   Directors are also reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in connection with Board and Committee meeting attendance.

An Outside Director is a director who is not an employee of the Company or one of its subsidiaries.  James C. Thyen, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Douglas A. Habig, Chairman of the Board, are Directors of the Company but do not receive compensation for their services as Directors.

Named Executive Officers

Base Pay
Periodically, the Compensation and Governance Committee ("the Committee") of the Board of Directors reviews and approves the salaries that are paid to the Company's executive officers. The following are the current annualized base salaries for the Company's Named Executive Officers:

Cash Incentive Compensation
Each of the Named Executive Officers was eligible to participate in the Company's 2005 Profit Sharing Incentive Bonus Plan (the "Plan") for fiscal year 2009 except for Douglas A. Habig. Effective July 1, 2008, Douglas A. Habig no longer participates in the Plan. A long-standing component of the Company's profit sharing incentive bonus plan is that it is linked to the performance of the Company which automatically lowers total compensation expense when profits are down. Under the Plan, cash incentives are accrued annually and paid in five installments over the succeeding fiscal year. Except for provisions relating to retirement, death, permanent disability, and certain other circumstances described in a participant's employment agreement, participants must be actively employed on each payment date to be eligible to receive any unpaid cash incentive installment. The total amount of cash incentives accrued and authorized to be paid to the Named Executive Officers based on the Company's fiscal year 2009 results is listed below. The Named Executive Officers received an installment of 50% of the payment in August 2009, and the remaining portions will be paid in equal installments in September 2009, January 2010, April 2010, and June 2010.

Stock Compensation
The Named Executive Officers may also receive a variety of stock incentive benefits under the 2003 Stock Option and Incentive Plan consisting of: restricted stock, restricted share units, unrestricted share grants, incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance shares, and performance units.  The only form of award granted to Named Executive Officers for fiscal year 2009 was performance shares.  Performance shares include both an annual performance share ("APS") award and a long-term performance share ("LTPS") award with one-fifth