UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 31, 2017

 

 

Henry Schein, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		0-27078		11-3136595
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

135 Duryea Road, Melville, New York		11747
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (631) 843-5500

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On May 31, 2017, Henry Schein, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Henry Schein, Inc. Section 162(m) Cash Bonus Plan to extend the term of the plan to December 31, 2021 and to re-approve the performance goals thereunder.

The foregoing summary of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders considered: (1) the election of fifteen directors of the Company for terms expiring in 2018; (2) a proposal to amend the Henry Schein, Inc. 162(m) Cash Bonus Plan to extend the term of the plan to December 31, 2021 and to re-approve the performance goals thereunder; (3) a proposal to consider approval, by non-binding vote, of the 2016 compensation paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers (as defined in the Company’s Proxy Statement dated April 10, 2017), commonly known as the “say-on-pay” proposal; (4) a proposal to consider approval, by non-binding vote, of the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation, commonly known as the “frequency of say-on-pay” proposal; and (5) the ratification of the selection of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 30, 2017. The voting results at the Annual Meeting, with respect to each of the matters described above, were as follows:

 

1.	The fifteen directors were elected based upon the following votes:

 

		For					Against					Abstain					Broker Non-Votes
Barry J. Alperin				62,152,867					3,692,993					43,407					5,928,305
Lawrence S. Bacow, Ph.D.				65,590,541					247,961					50,765					5,928,305
Gerald A. Benjamin				64,704,737					1,151,143					33,387					5,928,305
Stanley M. Bergman				62,935,135					2,849,088					105,044					5,928,305
James P. Breslawski				64,706,598					1,158,727					23,942					5,928,305
Paul Brons				65,357,733					478,319					53,215					5,928,305
Joseph L. Herring				65,704,403					127,723					57,141					5,928,305
Donald J. Kabat				62,197,046					3,638,102					54,119					5,928,305
Kurt P. Kuehn				65,700,174					130,128					58,965					5,928,305
Philip A. Laskawy				63,537,878					2,308,440					42,949					5,928,305
Mark E. Mlotek				64,707,798					1,152,352					29,117					5,928,305
Steven Paladino				60,699,519					5,152,639					37,109					5,928,305
Carol Raphael				65,703,731					149,718					35,818					5,928,305
E. Dianne Rekow, DDS, Ph.D.				65,727,577					129,168					32,522					5,928,305
Bradley T. Sheares, Ph.D.				65,478,912					373,784					36,571					5,928,305

 

2.	The proposal to amend the Henry Schein, Inc. Section 162(m) Cash Bonus Plan to extend the term of the plan to December 31, 2021 and to re-approve the performance goals thereunder was approved based upon the following votes:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
65,008,445		790,147		90,675		5,928,305

 

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3.	The 2016 compensation paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers, commonly known as the “say-on-pay” proposal, was approved, by non-binding vote, based upon the following votes:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
60,150,973		3,127,786		2,610,508		5,928,305

 

4.	The proposal to recommend, by non-binding vote, the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation, commonly known as the “frequency of say-on-pay” proposal, was approved, by non-binding vote, based upon the following votes:

 

1 Year		2 Years		3 Years		Abstain
60,378,911		58,650		5,394,442		57,264

 

5.	The selection of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 30, 2017 was ratified based upon the following votes:

 

For		Against		Abstain
71,008,074		515,431		294,067

In light of the results of the advisory vote on the frequency of future say-on-pay votes, our Board of Directors has determined that the Company will hold an advisory say-on-pay vote annually. Our Board of Directors may reevaluate this determination after the next stockholder advisory vote on the frequency of say-on-pay votes.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

10.1		Amendment Number Five to the Henry Schein, Inc. Section 162(m) Cash Bonus Plan, dated May 31, 2017.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

				HENRY SCHEIN, INC. (Registrant)
Date: June 1, 2017				By:		/s/ Walter Siegel
						Name:  Walter Siegel Title:    Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit Index

 

10.1		Amendment Number Five to the Henry Schein, Inc. Section 162(m) Cash Bonus Plan, dated May 31, 2017.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

Amendment Number Five

to the Henry Schein, Inc.

SECTION 162(m) CASH BONUS PLAN

WHEREAS, Henry Schein, Inc. (the “Company”) maintains the Henry Schein, Inc. Section 162(m) Cash Bonus Plan, as amended (the “Plan”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7.2 of the Plan, the Company has reserved the right to amend the Plan;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Company’s Compensation Committee Charter, the Board delegated authority to the Compensation Committee to amend the Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Compensation Committee desires to amend the Plan to extend the term thereof and to eliminate references to “extraordinary items” to reflect Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-01, Income Statement-Extraordinary and Unusual Items (Subtopic 225-20) Simplifying Income Statement Presentation by Eliminating the Concept of Extraordinary Items.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended, effective on the date of the Company’s 2017 annual stockholders’ meeting, subject to stockholder approval at the 2017 annual stockholders’ meeting, as follows:

 

(a)

Section 4.3(ii) of the Plan is amended by deleting the following parenthetical:

 

“(any or all of which shall be measured without regard to extraordinary items unless otherwise determined by the Committee consistent with the requirements of Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code and the regulations thereunder).”

 

(b)

Section 4.3(iv) the Plan is amended by deleting the words “and extraordinary items.”

 

(c)

The first paragraph of Section 4.3 is amended by deleting the last sentence thereof.

 

(d)

Section 7.1 of the Plan is amended by adding the following new paragraph to the end thereof

 

“(e)

The Plan is amended to extend the term to December 31, 2021, effective on the date of the Company’s 2017 annual stockholders’ meeting, subject to stockholders’ approval at the 2017 annual stockholders’ meeting. Notwithstanding Section 7.1(a), 7.1(b), 7.1(c) and 7.1(d), subject to stockholder approval of the Plan, as amended, at the 2017 annual stockholders’ meeting, a bonus may be payable under this Plan in respect to fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2017, provided that no bonus shall be payable under this Plan in respect to any fiscal year beginning after December 31, 2021.”

 

(e)

Except as amended hereby and expressly provided herein, the Plan shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed May 31, 2017.