Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
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Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of management, including
our principal executive officer and
principal financial officer, we evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and
procedures as of the end of the period covered by this annual report as
such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
Based on
this evaluation, our management, including our principal executive officer and principal
financial officer,
concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31,
2022, to ensure that all
material information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file
or submit under the Exchange Act is
accumulated and communicated to them as appropriate to allow timely
decisions regarding required disclosure and
that all such information is recorded, processed, summarized and reported
within the time periods specified in the
SEC’s rules and forms.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
The combination of acquisitions, continued acquisition integrations and systems
implementation activity
undertaken during the quarter ended December 31, 2022 and carried over from
prior quarters when considered in
the aggregate, does not represent a material change in our internal control over
financial reporting.
Management’s
Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate
internal control over financial reporting,
as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f).
Our internal control system is designed to provide
reasonable assurance to our management and Board of Directors regarding the preparation
and fair presentation of
published financial statements.
Under the supervision and with the participation of our
management, including our
principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our
internal control over financial reporting based on the framework
in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013),
updated and reissued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations, or the COSO
Framework.
Based on our
evaluation under the COSO Framework, our management concluded that our
internal control over financial
reporting was effective at a reasonable assurance level as of December 31, 2022.
The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December
31, 2022, has been independently
audited by BDO USA, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, and their attestation is included
herein.
Limitations of the Effectiveness of Internal Control
A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide
only reasonable, not absolute, assurance
that the objectives of the internal control system are met.
Because of the inherent limitations of any internal control
system, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control
issues, if any, within a company
have been detected.
Report Of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Shareholders and Board of Directors
Henry Schein, Inc.
Melville, NY
Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We
have audited Henry
Schein, Inc.’s
(the “Company’s”)
internal control over
financial reporting as
of December
31, 2022, based on criteria established in Internal Control
– Integrated Framework (2013) (the “COSO criteria”). In
our opinion, the
Company maintained, in all
material respects, effective
internal control over
financial reporting as
of December 31, 2022, based on the COSO criteria.
We
have
also
audited,
in
accordance
with
the
standards
of
the
Public
Company
Accounting
Oversight
Board
(United
States)
(“PCAOB”),
the
consolidated
balance
sheets
of
the
Company
as
of
December
31,
2022
and
December
25,
2021, the
related
consolidated statements
of
income, comprehensive
income, stockholders’
equity,
and cash
flows for
each of
the three
years in
the period
ended December
31, 2022,
and the
related notes
and our
report dated February 21, 2023
expressed as an unqualified opinion thereon.
Basis for Opinion
The Company’s
management is
responsible for
maintaining effective
internal control
over financial
reporting and
for
its
assessment
of
the
effectiveness
of
internal
control
over
financial
reporting,
included
in
the
accompanying
“Item 9A, Management’s
Report on Internal
Control over Financial Reporting”. Our
responsibility is to
express an
opinion on the
Company’s internal
control over financial
reporting based on
our audit. We
are a public
accounting
firm
registered
with
the
PCAOB and
are
required
to
be
independent
with
respect
to
the
Company in
accordance
with
U.S.
federal
securities
laws
and
the
applicable
rules
and
regulations
of
the
Securities
and
Exchange
Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit of internal control over financial reporting in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.
Those standards require
that we plan
and perform the
audit to
obtain reasonable assurance
about whether effective
internal
control
over
financial
reporting
was
maintained
in
all
material
respects.
Our
audit
included
obtaining
an
understanding
of
internal
control
over
financial
reporting,
assessing
the
risk
that
a
material
weakness
exists,
and
testing and
evaluating the
design and
operating effectiveness
of internal
control based
on assessed
risk. Our
audit
also included
performing such
other procedures
as we
considered necessary
in the
circumstances. We
believe that
our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting
A
company’s
internal
control
over
financial
reporting
is
a
process
designed
to
provide
reasonable
assurance
regarding the
reliability of
financial reporting
and the
preparation of
financial statements
for external
purposes in
accordance
with
generally
accepted
accounting
principles.
A
company’s
internal
control
over
financial
reporting
includes
those
policies
and
procedures
that
(1)
pertain
to
the
maintenance
of
records
that,
in
reasonable
detail,
accurately and
fairly reflect
the transactions
and dispositions
of the
assets of
the company;
(2) provide
reasonable
assurance
that
transactions
are
recorded
as
necessary
to
permit
preparation
of
financial
statements
in
accordance
with generally
accepted accounting
principles, and
that receipts
and expenditures
of the
company are
being made
only
in
accordance with
authorizations of
management and
directors of
the
company; and
(3) provide
reasonable
assurance
regarding
prevention
or
timely
detection
of
unauthorized
acquisition,
use,
or
disposition
of
the
company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because
of
its
inherent
limitations,
internal
control
over
financial
reporting
may
not
prevent
or
detect
misstatements.
Also,
projections
of
any
evaluation
of
effectiveness
to
future
periods
are
subject
to
the
risk
that
controls
may
become
inadequate
because
of
changes
in
conditions,
or
that
the
degree
of
compliance
with
the
policies or procedures may deteriorate.
/s/ BDO USA, LLP
New York
,
NY
February 21, 2023
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