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organization with proven
success in growing market
share; our customers, who
appreciate that we are a
valued source for innovative,
integrated solutions that
include products, services,
equipment, technology,
expert advice, and support; Team Schein, our Company’s
greatest asset; our investors, who trust Henry Schein to
continue to deliver reliable financial results year after year;
and society, which we serve through our many Henry Schein
Cares activities around the world.
It is important that we continually find new ways to strengthen
the relationships that are important to our business. To our
customers, Henry Schein strives to be a trusted advisor.
We want to be a long-term partner in building our customers’
practices — understanding and aligning with their needs,
and helping practitioners to grow beyond their expectations.
We firmly believe that our engagement with and dedication
to serving the full spectrum of our key constituents furthers
our long-term success. As part of this commitment,
Henry Schein is a “Higher Ambition” company that
focuses on earning the respect and trust of our team,
customers, supplier partners, society and investors as the
foundation for our success in the marketplace. Ultimately,
we believe that Higher Ambition companies simultaneously
create long-term economic value, generate wider benefits
for society, and build robust social capital within their
organization all at once.
In this time of rapid change in the markets we serve, we have
positioned Henry Schein to successfully navigate health care
reform, demographic shifts, continued customer consolidation,
and other market transitions. From Henry Schein’s long
history of effective reinvention, we know first-hand the
companies that anticipate and adapt to market change are
the ones that thrive. We will continue our reinvention by
investing in new product categories, new geographies,
new markets, new customer sets, and new technology
solutions, as well as in the professional development of Team
Schein Members. In these ways, we will seek to position
Henry Schein for new heights of success.
Now we have embarked upon our next three-year strategic
plan, holding steadfast to our vision of helping practitioners
improve the efficiency of their practices so they can focus
on providing quality patient
care. We continue to build
trusted relationships with our
global supplier partners by
enhancing their brand value
and helping to drive their
share of the market. Our
customers rely upon our
world-class delivery capabilities, product expertise,
technological offerings, and value-added solutions that
improve their patients’ experience. We have healthy cash
flows to invest in our future and expand our position in the
market. And most importantly, we have the support of
Team Schein Members across the globe, all of whom are
dedicated first and foremost to providing the best service to
our customers.
With this vision, and with a team dedicated to delivering
on our commitments, I believe Henry Schein’s best years
are yet to come. On behalf of our Board of Directors
and my Team Schein colleagues, thank you for your
continued support of our Company and thank you for
continuing to “Rely on Us.”
Sincerely,
Stanley M. Bergman
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
April 2015
Forward looking statements made in this report are subject to the reservations
specified in the Safe Harbor statement noted in the Company’s 10-K filing.
HENRY SCHEIN 2014