Henry Schein Divests Noncontrolling Interest in Dental Wholesale Distributor in Middle East

Henry Schein, Inc.

, the world's largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, medical and animal health practitioners, announced today that it has divested its investment in a dental wholesale distributor in the Middle East.  The investment was an unprofitable, noncontrolling interest in an entity that primarily served as an importer that distributed products largely to other distributors. The divestiture is expected to generate a one-time charge in the range of $11 million to $13 million, or 13 cents to 15 cents per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2013.  Henry Schein will show third quarter earnings results excluding the impact of this loss in order to provide more meaningful year-on-year comparisons of the Company`s core financial performance.