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Henry Schein Inc – ‘10-K’ for 12/28/19 – ‘EX-101.SCH’

On:  Thursday, 2/20/20, at 3:45pm ET   ·   For:  12/28/19   ·   Accession #:  1000228-20-18   ·   File #:  0-27078

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 2/20/20  Henry Schein Inc                  10-K       12/28/19  125:23M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 5: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     42K 
 6: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel -- exhibit231         HTML     35K 
 7: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
 8: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     37K 
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82: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     95K 
30: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    161K 
47: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     51K 
117: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    160K  
81: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     76K 
28: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML    136K 
                Stockholders' Equity                                             
45: R7          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML     56K 
                Stockholders' Equity (Parenthetical)                             
119: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    180K  
79: R9          Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     95K 
86: R10         Discontinued Operations                             HTML    161K 
123: R11         Property and Equipment, Net                         HTML     76K  
54: R12         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     39K 
38: R13         Goodwill and Other Intangibles, Net                 HTML    115K 
87: R14         Investments and Other                               HTML     62K 
124: R15         Debt                                                HTML    142K  
55: R16         Leases                                              HTML    136K 
39: R17         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests                 HTML     75K 
85: R18         Comprehensive Income                                HTML    182K 
125: R19         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    143K  
59: R20         Business Acquisitions and Divestitures              HTML     47K 
18: R21         Plans of Restructuring                              HTML    131K 
88: R22         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     50K 
98: R23         Income Taxes                                        HTML    264K 
60: R24         Concentrations of Risk                              HTML     38K 
19: R25         Derivatives and Hedging Activities                  HTML     39K 
89: R26         Revenue from Contracts with Customers               HTML    119K 
99: R27         Segment and Geographic Data                         HTML    271K 
62: R28         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML    175K 
17: R29         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     86K 
41: R30         Quarterly Information (Unaudited)                   HTML    169K 
58: R31         Supplemental Cash Flow Information                  HTML     49K 
122: R32         Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML    128K  
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121: R36         Goodwill and Other Intangibles, Net (Tables)        HTML    114K  
83: R37         Investments and Other (Tables)                      HTML     61K 
42: R38         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML    138K 
56: R39         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML    173K 
21: R40         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests (Tables)        HTML     73K 
65: R41         Comprehensive Income (Tables)                       HTML    184K 
108: R42         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    136K  
97: R43         Plans of Restructuring (Tables)                     HTML    130K 
20: R44         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     49K 
64: R45         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    261K 
106: R46         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Tables)      HTML    117K  
96: R47         Segment and Geographic Data (Tables)                HTML    273K 
22: R48         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML    160K 
63: R49         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     47K 
43: R50         Quarterly Information (Unaudited) (Tables)          HTML    169K 
31: R51         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)         HTML     45K 
78: R52         Significant Accounting Policies (Details)           HTML    117K 
118: R53         Discontinued Operations - Summarized financial      HTML    190K  
                information for our discontinued operations                      
                (Details)                                                        
44: R54         Discontinued Operations - Narrative (Details)       HTML     48K 
32: R55         Property and Equipment, Net (Details)               HTML     71K 
80: R56         Goodwill and Other Intangibles, Net - Goodwill      HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
120: R57         Goodwill and Other Intangibles, Net - Other         HTML     66K  
                Intangibles (Details)                                            
46: R58         Goodwill and Other Intangibles, Net - Amortization  HTML     49K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
29: R59         Investments and Other (Details)                     HTML     57K 
92: R60         Investments and Other - Long-term notes receivable  HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
100: R61         Debt - Bank Credit Lines (Details)                  HTML     42K  
66: R62         Debt - Revolving Credit Agreement and Other         HTML     57K 
                Short-Term Credit Lines - Narrative (Details)                    
24: R63         Debt - Committed Loan Associated with Animal        HTML     48K 
                Health Spin-off - Narrative (Details)                            
95: R64         Debt - Long-term Debt (Details)                     HTML     54K 
103: R65         Debt - Private Placement Facilities - Narrative     HTML     45K  
                (Details)                                                        
69: R66         Debt - Private Placement Facility Borrowings        HTML     93K 
                (Details)                                                        
27: R67         Debt - U.S. Trade Accounts Receivable               HTML     58K 
                Securitization - Narrative (Details)                             
90: R68         Debt - Maturities (Details)                         HTML     53K 
104: R69         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     49K  
116: R70         Leases - Components of lease expense (Details)      HTML     44K  
75: R71         Leases - Supplemental cash flow information         HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
37: R72         Leases - Supplemental balance sheet information     HTML     66K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R73         Leases - Maturities of lease liabilities (Details)  HTML     63K 
111: R74         Leases - Present value of lease liabilities         HTML     47K  
                (Details)                                                        
70: R75         Leases - Future minimum lease payments under        HTML     76K 
                non-cancelable operating leases and capital leases               
                (Details)                                                        
33: R76         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests (Details)       HTML     48K 
48: R77         Comprehensive Income - Accumulated Other            HTML    117K 
                Comprehensive Income and Comprehensive Income                    
                Components (Details)                                             
110: R78         Comprehensive Income - Foreign Currency             HTML     36K  
                Translation Gain (Loss) Components (Details)                     
77: R79         Comprehensive Income - Total Comprehensive Income   HTML     44K 
                (Details)                                                        
115: R80         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     74K  
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                (Details)                                                        
36: R82         Plans of Restructuring (Narrative) (Details)        HTML     48K 
51: R83         Plans of Restructuring - Restructuring Reserve      HTML     69K 
                Roll Forward by Expense and Segment (Details)                    
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72: R85         Income Taxes - Income before Taxes and Equity in    HTML     40K 
                Earnings of Affiliates and Provisions for Income                 
                Taxes (Details)                                                  
34: R86         Income Taxes - Provisions for income taxes          HTML     63K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R87         Income Taxes - Deferred Income Tax Asset            HTML     74K 
                (Liabilty) (Details)                                             
109: R88         Income Taxes - Operating Loss Carryforwards         HTML     42K  
                (Details)                                                        
76: R89         Income Taxes - Effective Income Tax Rate            HTML     80K 
                Reconciliation (Details)                                         
93: R90         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax   HTML     48K 
                Benefits (Details)                                               
101: R91         Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     68K  
67: R92         Concentrations of Risk (Details)                    HTML     47K 
25: R93         Derivatives and Hedging Activities (Details)        HTML     42K 
94: R94         Revenue from Contracts with Customers -             HTML    101K 
                Disaggregation of Net sales (Details)                            
102: R95         Segment and Geographic Data (Details)               HTML    112K  
68: R96         Segment and Geographic Data - Net Sales and         HTML     57K 
                Long-Lived Assets by Geographic Area (Details)                   
26: R97         Employee Benefit Plans - Stock-Based Compensation   HTML     66K 
                (Details)                                                        
91: R98         Employee Benefit Plans - Stock Option Activity      HTML    144K 
                (Details)                                                        
105: R99         Employee Benefit Plans - Other Employee Benefits    HTML     55K  
                (Details)                                                        
71: R100        Commitments and Contingencies - Unrecorded          HTML     49K 
                Unconditional Purchase Obligation (Details)                      
112: R101        Commitments and Contingencies - Other Commitments   HTML     49K  
                (Details)                                                        
50: R102        Commitments and Contingencies - Litigation          HTML    140K 
                (Details)                                                        
35: R103        Quarterly Information (Unaudited) (Details)         HTML     77K 
73: R104        Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details)        HTML     69K 
114: R105        Related Party Transactions (Narrative) (Details)    HTML     70K  
52: R106        Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts     HTML     43K 
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