Henry Schein, Inc. is the largest distributor of healthcare products and services to office-based practitioners in the combined North American and European markets. Customers include dental practices and laboratories, physician practices, and veterinary clinics, as well as government and other institutions.

Widely recognized for its excellent customer service, highly competitive prices, and innovative value-added solutions, the Company is dedicated to helping its customers succeed by offering the products and services need for operating an efficient practice and delivering high-quality healthcare. Henry Schein has a sales and marketing approach that is uniquely integrated, with more than 2,200 field sales consultants (including equipment sales specialists), and 1,300 telesales representatives, 155 independent software sales representatives and more than 700 equipment service technicians, all supported by more than 34 million highly targeted direct marketing program.

Henry Schein operates its four business groups - Dental, Medical, International, and Technology and Value Added Services Group - through a centralized and automated distribution network, which provides customers in more than 200 countries with a comprehensive selection of more than 70,000 national and Henry Schein private-brand products in stock, as well as over 100,000 additional products available to our customers as special order items. Henry Schein also offers a wide range of innovative, value-added practice solutions for healthcare professionals, such as Aruba, the Company's electronic catalog and ordering system. Its leading practice-management software solutions, including DENTRIX® and Easy Dental® for dental practices and AVImark® for veterinary clinics, have been installed in more than 50,000 practices. Headquartered in Melville, New York, Henry Schein employs nearly 11,000 people and has operations in 19 countries. The Company's sales from a record $4.6 billion in 2005.