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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 28, 2014.

 

 

 

HENRY SCHEIN, INC.

   

 

Meeting Information

     

 

Meeting Type:          Annual Meeting

     

 

For holders as of:    March 31, 2014

     

 

Date:   May 28, 2014         Time:   10:00 AM EDT

     

 

Location:

  Melville Marriott Long Island
        1350 Old Walt Whitman Road
        Melville, NY 11747
           
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HENRY SCHEIN, INC.

135 DURYEA ROAD, MAIL STOP E-365

MELVILLE, NY 11747

 

 

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  Voting Items        
 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the
following:

  1.    Election of Directors
    

Nominees

     01)    Stanley M. Bergman    09)    Philip A. Laskawy
     02)    Gerald A. Benjamin    10)    Karyn Mashima
     03)    James P. Breslawski    11)    Norman S. Matthews
     04)    Mark E. Mlotek    12)    Carol Raphael
     05)    Steven Paladino    13)    E. Dianne Rekow, DDS, PhD
     06)    Barry J. Alperin    14)    Bradley T. Sheares, PhD
     07)    Paul Brons    15)    Louis W. Sullivan, MD
     08)    Donald J. Kabat      
  The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3.
  2.    Proposal to approve, by non-binding vote, the 2013 compensation paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers.
  3.    Proposal to ratify the selection of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 27, 2014.
  NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

 

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