I am glad some people have some common sense. I mean sure, the company item option is there, but people shouldn't suffer for other people's lack of ability to bring a single item. It really would not be hard to increase the post-battle lobby time to 10 mins, nor would it hurt or delay anyone that never comes across this situation.
Sure the WHM's shouldn't have died in the last 2 seconds of the fight, but it happened. Even though the fight was a "success", those that were dead were unable to receive the reward. The "auto-reraise" is one quick fix that would work. However the suggested 5 min increase in lobby time seems like the most simple fix for this situation.
Anyway going to ignore the rest of the posts that go along the lines of "your WHM's shouldn't have died bro" or anything in that regard. Stuff happens - and in this situation, succeeding in a fight should warrant rewards - no matter who is standing or KO during post-battle lobby time.