DEFA14A

UNITED STATES

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      HENRY SCHEIN, INC.           Meeting Type: Annual Meeting      
            For holders as of: March 15, 2013      
         

 

  Date: May 14, 2013              Time: 12:30 PM EDT

     
         

 

  Location:  The Carlyle Hotel

                    35 East 76th Street

                    New York, New York

 

     
               
 

    Henry Schein, Inc.

    135 Duryea Road, Mail Stop E-365

    Melville, New York 11747

   

 

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Voting items

 
 

 

 The Board of Directors recommends you vote

 

 FOR the following:

 

   1.   Election of Directors
    Nominees                  
   01   Stanley M. Bergman   02   Gerald A. Benjamin   03   James P. Breslawski   04   Mark E. Mlotek   05   Steven Paladino
   06   Barry J. Alperin   07   Paul Brons   08   Donald J. Kabat   09   Philip A. Laskawy   10   Karyn Mashima
   11   Norman S. Matthews   12   Carol Raphael   13   Bradley T. Sheares, PhD   14   Louis W. Sullivan, MD
 

 

 The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal(s):

   
 

 

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Proposal to amend the Company’s Section 162(m) Cash Bonus Plan to extend the term of the plan to December 31, 2017 and to re-approve the performance goals thereunder.

   
 

 

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Proposal to amend and restate the Company’s Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Incentive Plan to, among other things, increase the aggregate share reserve and extend the term of the plan to May 14, 2023.

   
 

 

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Proposal to approve, by non-binding vote, the 2012 compensation paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers.

   
 

 

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Proposal to ratify the selection of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 28, 2013.

   
 

 

 NOTE:  Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.