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Fourth-Quarter 2023 Conference Call Webcast
The Company will hold a conference call to discuss fourth-quarter and full-year
2023
financial results today,
beginning at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time. Individual investors are
invited to listen to the conference call through Henry Schein’s
website by visiting www.henryschein.com/IRwebcasts. In addition, a replay will be available beginning shortly after
the call
has ended for a period of one week.
The Company will be posting slides that provide a summary of its fourth-quarter
2023 financial results on its website
at https://www.henryschein.com/us-en/Corporate/investor-presentations.aspx.
About Henry Schein, Inc.
Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC) is a solutions company for health care
professionals powered by a network of
people and technology. With more than 25,000 Team
Schein Members worldwide, the Company's network of trusted
advisors provides more than 1 million customers globally with more
than 300 valued solutions that help improve operational
success and clinical outcomes. Our Business, Clinical, Technology and Supply Chain solutions help office-based dental and
medical practitioners work more efficiently so they can provide quality care more
effectively. These solutions also support
dental laboratories, government and institutional health care clinics, as well
as other alternate care sites.
Henry Schein operates through a centralized and automated distribution
network, with a selection of more than
300,000 branded products and Henry Schein corporate brand products
in our distribution centers.
A FORTUNE 500 Company and a member of the S&P 500® index, Henry Schein is headquartered in Melville,
N.Y.,
and has operations or affiliates in 33 countries and territories. The Company's sales reached
$12.3 billion in 2023, and
have grown at a compound annual rate of approximately 11.5 percent since Henry Schein became a public
company in 1995.
For more information, visit Henry Schein at www.henryschein.com, Facebook.com/HenrySchein,
Instagram.com/HenrySchein,
and Twitter.com/HenrySchein
.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Use
of Non-GAAP Financial Information
In accordance with the “Safe Harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, we provide the
following cautionary remarks regarding important factors that, among others,
could cause future results to differ materially from the
forward-looking statements, expectations and assumptions expressed or implied herein.
All forward-looking statements made by us are
subject to risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance.
These forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results,
performance and achievements or industry results to be
materially different from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
These statements include EPS and Adjusted EBITDA guidance and
are generally identified by the use of such terms as “may,”
“could,”
“expect,” “intend,” “believe,” “plan,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project,”
“anticipate,” “to be,” “to make” or other comparable terms.
A
fuller discussion of our operations, financial condition and status of litigation
matters, including factors that may affect our business and
future prospects, is contained in documents we have filed with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, including
our Annual Report on Form 10-K, and will be contained in all subsequent periodic
filings we make with the SEC. These documents
identify in detail important risk factors that could cause our actual perform
ance to differ materially from current expectations.
Risk factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from current and historical results include, but
are not limited to: our dependence on third parties for the manufacture and
supply of our products; our ability to develop or acquire and
maintain and protect new products (particularly technology products)
and technologies that achieve market acceptance with acceptable
margins; transitional challenges associated with acquisitions,
dispositions and joint ventures, including the failure to achieve anticipated
synergies/benefits, as well as significant demands on our operations,
information systems, legal, regulatory,
compliance, financial and
human resources functions in connection with acquisitions, dispositions
and joint ventures; certain provisions in our governing documents
that may discourage third-party acquisitions of us; adverse changes in
supplier rebates or other purchasing incentives; risks related to the
sale of corporate brand products; security risks associated with our
information systems and technology products and services, such as