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Henry Schein Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/27/21 – ‘XML’

On:  Tuesday, 5/4/21, at 4:29pm ET   ·   For:  3/27/21   ·   Accession #:  1000228-21-36   ·   File #:  0-27078

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 5/04/21  Henry Schein Inc.                 10-Q        3/27/21   89:8.6M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        The 1Q21 Quarterly 10-Q Report                      HTML   1.75M 
 2: EX-10.2     Material Contract -- exhibit102                     HTML    145K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02 -- exhibit311        HTML     37K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02 -- exhibit312        HTML     37K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02 -- exhibit321        HTML     32K 
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14: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     40K 
15: R4          Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)       HTML    145K 
16: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     68K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
17: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML    101K 
                Stockholders' Equity (Unaudited)                                 
18: R7          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML     40K 
                Stockholders' Equity (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                 
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20: R9          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     47K 
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                Pronouncements Adopted and Recently Issued                       
                Accounting Standards                                             
22: R11         Revenue from Contracts with Customers               HTML     50K 
23: R12         Segment Data                                        HTML     47K 
24: R13         Debt                                                HTML     82K 
25: R14         Leases                                              HTML     63K 
26: R15         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests                 HTML     35K 
27: R16         Comprehensive Income                                HTML     55K 
28: R17         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     65K 
29: R18         Business Acquisitions                               HTML     42K 
30: R19         Plans of Restructuring                              HTML     52K 
31: R20         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     32K 
32: R21         Income Taxes                                        HTML     45K 
33: R22         Derivatives and Hedging Activities                  HTML     45K 
34: R23         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     79K 
35: R24         Supplemental Cash Flow Information                  HTML     30K 
36: R25         Legal Proceedings                                   HTML     76K 
37: R26         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     45K 
38: R27         Critical Accounting Policies, Accounting            HTML     67K 
                Pronouncements Adopted and Recently Issued                       
                Accounting Standards (Policies)                                  
39: R28         Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Tables)      HTML     41K 
40: R29         Segment Data (Tables)                               HTML     37K 
41: R30         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     54K 
42: R31         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     70K 
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44: R33         Comprehensive Income (Tables)                       HTML     53K 
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47: R36         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     28K 
48: R37         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     52K 
49: R38         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)         HTML     28K 
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51: R40         Critical Accounting Policies, Accounting            HTML     38K 
                Pronouncements Adopted and Recently Issued                       
                Accounting Standards - Narrative (Details)                       
52: R41         Revenue from Contracts with Customers -             HTML     60K 
                Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)                              
53: R42         Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Contract    HTML     31K 
                Balances (Details)                                               
54: R43         Segment Data (Details)                              HTML     52K 
55: R44         Debt - Bank credit lines (Details)                  HTML     30K 
56: R45         Debt - Revolving Credit Agreement, 364-Day Credit   HTML     53K 
                Agreement and Other Short-Term Credit Lines                      
                Narrative (Details)                                              
57: R46         Debt - Long-term Debt (Details)                     HTML     47K 
58: R47         Debt - Private Placement Facilities - Narrative     HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R48         Debt - Private Placement Facilities - Narrative 2   HTML     24K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R49         Debt - U.S. Trade Accounts Receivable               HTML     48K 
                Securitization - Narrative (Details)                             
61: R50         Debt - Private Placement Borrowings (Details)       HTML     73K 
62: R51         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     42K 
63: R52         Leases - Components of lease expense (Details)      HTML     34K 
64: R53         Leases - Supplemental balance sheet information     HTML     56K 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R54         Leases - Supplemental cash flow information         HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R55         Leases - Maturities of lease liabilities (Details)  HTML     64K 
67: R56         Leases - Present value of lease liabilities         HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
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                Comprehensive Income and Comprehensive Income                    
                Components (Details)                                             
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                (Details)                                                        
71: R60         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     78K 
72: R61         Business Acquisitions - Narrative (Details)         HTML     33K 
73: R62         Business Acquisitions - Acquisition consideration   HTML     57K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: R63         Plans of Restructuring - Narrative (Details)        HTML     26K 
75: R64         Plans of Restructuring - Restructuring Reserve      HTML     48K 
                Roll Forward by Expense and Segment (Details)                    
76: R65         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     33K 
77: R66         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     41K 
78: R67         Derivatives and Hedging Activities - Narrative      HTML     68K 
                (Details)                                                        
79: R68         Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details)      HTML     58K 
80: R69         Stock-Based Compensation - Black-Scholes valuation  HTML     33K 
                model (Details)                                                  
81: R70         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of stock option  HTML     44K 
                activity (Details)                                               
82: R71         Stock-Based Compensation - Unvested Resticted       HTML     57K 
                Stock/Units Activity (Details)                                   
83: R72         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details)        HTML     31K 
84: R73         Legal Proceedings - Narrative (Details)             HTML     85K 
85: R74         Related Party Transactions - Narrative (Details)    HTML     61K 
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                hsic-20210327                                                    
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2 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 2/21/23  Henry Schein Inc.                 10-K       12/31/22  133:16M
 2/15/22  Henry Schein Inc.                 10-K       12/25/21  127:22M

2 Previous Filings that this Filing References

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/08/21  Henry Schein Inc.                 8-K:1,2,5,7 3/03/21   15:469K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 4/23/18  Henry Schein Inc.                 8-K:1,9     4/20/18    5:1.1M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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