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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 main 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
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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 performance 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
cyberattacks or other privacy or data security breaches (including the October 2023 incident); effects of a highly competitive (including,
without limitation, competition from third-party online commerce sites) and consolidating market; changes in the
health care industry;
risks from expansion of customer purchasing power and multi-tiered costing structures; increases in shipping costs for our products or
other service issues with our third-party shippers; general global and domestic macro-economic and political conditions, including
inflation, deflation, recession, ongoing wars, fluctuations in energy pricing and the value of the U.S. dollar as compared to foreign
currencies, and changes to other economic indicators, international trade agreements, potential trade barriers and
terrorism; geopolitical
wars; failure to comply with existing and future regulatory requirements; risks associated with the EU Medical Device Regulation; failure
to comply with laws and regulations relating to health care fraud or other laws and regulations; failure to comply with laws and
regulations relating to the collection, storage and processing of sensitive personal information or standards in electronic health records
or
transmissions; changes in tax legislation; risks related to product liability, intellectual property and other claims; risks associated with
customs policies or legislative import restrictions; risks associated with disease outbreaks, epidemics, pandemics (such as the COVID-19
pandemic), or similar wide-spread public health concerns and other natural or man-made disasters; risks associated with our global
operations; litigation risks; new or unanticipated litigation developments and the status of litigation matters; our dependence on our senior
management, employee hiring and retention, and our relationships with customers, suppliers and manufacturers; and disruptions in
financial markets.
The order in which these factors appear should not be construed to indicate their relative importance or priority.
We caution that these factors may not be exhaustive and that many of these factors are beyond our ability to control or predict.
Accordingly, any forward-looking statements contained herein should not be relied upon as a prediction of actual results.
We undertake
no duty and have no obligation to update forward-looking statements except as required by law.
Included within the press release are non-GAAP financial measures that supplement the Company’s Consolidated Statements of
Income prepared under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). These non-GAAP financial measures adjust the Company’s