HENRY SCHEIN, INC.

135 Duryea Road

Melville, New York 11747

March 13, 2015

VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION

Tia L. Jenkins

Senior Assistant Chief Accountant

Office of Beverages, Apparel and Mining

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549-1004

 

Re:		Henry Schein, Inc.
		Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 27, 2014
		Filed February 11, 2015
		File No. 0-27078

Dear Ms. Jenkins:

Reference is made to the comments of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, with respect to the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 27, 2014 of Henry Schein, Inc. (the “Company”), in your letter dated March 10, 2015 (the “Comment Letter”).

By virtue of this letter, the Company hereby requests an extension to April 7, 2015 to respond to the Comment Letter.

Please contact me at (631) 843-5674 should you have any questions.