Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 28, 2014

 

 

Henry Schein, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   0-27078   11-3136595

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

135 Duryea Road, Melville, New York   11747
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (631) 843-5500

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 28, 2014, Henry Schein, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, stockholders considered: (1) the election of the fourteen directors of the Company for terms expiring in 2015; (2) a proposal to consider approval, by non-binding vote, of the 2013 compensation paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers (as defined in the Company’s Proxy Statement dated April 14, 2014), known as the “say-on-pay” proposal; and (3) the ratification of the selection of BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 27, 2014. The voting results at the Annual Meeting, with respect to each of the matters described above, were as follows:

 

1. The fourteen directors were elected based upon the following votes:

 

     For      Withheld      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Stanley M. Bergman

     70,289,430         4,476,628         4,433,018   

Gerald A. Benjamin

     73,620,271         1,145,787         4,433,018   

James P. Breslawski

     73,620,798         1,145,260         4,433,018   

Mark E. Mlotek

     73,620,076         1,145,982         4,433,018   

Steven Paladino

     68,041,855         6,724,203         4,433,018   

Barry J. Alperin

     72,811,906         1,954,152         4,433,018   

Paul Brons

     74,281,124         484,934         4,433,018   

Donald J. Kabat

     73,329,851         1,436,207         4,433,018   

Philip A. Laskawy

     72,987,157         1,778,901         4,433,018   

Norman S. Matthews

     73,746,028         1,020,030         4,433,018   

Carol Raphael

     74,297,149         468,909         4,433,018   

E. Dianne Rekow, DDS, Ph.D

     74,658,389         107,669         4,433,018   

Bradley T. Sheares, Ph.D.

     74,267,631         498,427         4,433,018   

Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.

     73,359,222         1,406,836         4,433,018   

 

2. The 2013 compensation paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers, known as the “say-on-pay” proposal, was approved, by non-binding vote, based upon the following votes:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

71,394,435

  2,917,411   454,212   4,433,018

 

3. The independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 27, 2014 was ratified based upon the following votes:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

78,850,058

  224,422   124,596


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

       

HENRY SCHEIN, INC.

(Registrant)

Date: May 29, 2014     By:  

/s/ Walter Siegel

      Walter Siegel
      Senior Vice President and General Counsel