As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 10, 1998 Registration No. 333-59793 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 --------------- Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT Under THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 --------------- Henry Schein, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 135 Duryea Road 11-3136595 (State or other Melville, New York 11747 (I.R.S. Employer jurisdiction of (516) 843-5500 Identification Number) incorporation or organization) Stanley M. Bergman Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President Henry Schein, Inc. 135 Duryea Road Melville, New York 11747 (516) 843-5500 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) Copies to: Robert A. Cantone, Esq. Mark E. Mlotek, Esq. Proskauer Rose LLP Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary 1585 Broadway Henry Schein, Inc. New York, New York 10036 135 Duryea Road (212) 969-3000 Melville, New York 11747 (516) 843-5500 Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement. If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box: |_| If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box: |X| If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering: |_| If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering: |_| If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box: |_|This post-effective amendment is being filed for the purpose of removing from registration the 409,500 shares of Common Stock remaining unsold as of the date hereof. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this post-effective amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Melville, State of New York on December 10, 1998. Henry Schein, Inc. /s/ STANLEY M. BERGMAN By:___________________________________ Stanley M. Bergman Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Capacity Date /s/ STANLEY M. BERGMAN Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, December 10, 1998 ________________________ President and Director (principal Stanley M. Bergman executive officer) * ________________________ James P. Breslawski Executive Vice Chairman and Director December 10, 1998 * Senior Vice President, Chief Fin. December 10, 1998 ________________________ Officer and Director (principal financial and accounting officer) Steven Paladino * Senior Vice President-Administration December 10, 1998 ________________________ and Customer Satisfaction and Director Gerald A. Benjamin * Vice President-Human Resources, December 10, 1998 ________________________ Special Counsel and Director Leonard A. David * Vice President, General Counsel, December 10, 1998 _______________________ Secretary and Director Mark E. Mlotek * Director December 10, 1998 _______________________ Marvin H. Schein *By: /s/ STANLEY M. BERGMAN Stanley M. Bergman Attorney-in-Fact [Letterhead of Proskauer Rose LLP] December 10, 1998 Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 Re: Henry Schein, Inc. Registration No. 333-59793 Ladies and Gentlemen: On behalf of our client, Henry Schein, Inc. (the "Company"), we herewith transmit for filing pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the above-referenced Registration Statement for the purposes of deregistering the securities remaining unsold thereunder. If the Staff has any questions or requires additional information, please do not hesitate to call the undersigned at 212.969.3248. Respectfully, /S/ EDWARD W. SCHEUERMANN Edward W. Scheuermann cc: H. Christopher Owings, Esq. Assistant Director Michael Ettinger, Esq. Associate General Counsel