Item 1C. Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

We rely on information systems in our business to obtain, rapidly process, analyze, manage and store customer,

product, supplier and employee data to, among other things: maintain

and manage multiple information systems

worldwide to facilitate the purchase and distribution of thousands of

inventory items from numerous distribution

centers; receive, process and ship orders on a timely basis; manage the

accurate billing and collections for

thousands of customers; process payments to suppliers and vendors; provide

products and services that maintain

certain of our customers’ electronic medical or dental records (including

protected health information of their

patients) and maintain and manage global human resources, compensation

and payroll systems.

For these purposes,

we define “information systems” in a manner consistent with the definition

contained in the new rules recently

adopted by the SEC to mean “electronic information resources, owned or used

by the registrant, including physical

or virtual infrastructure controlled by such information resources, or components

thereof, organized for the

collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition

of the registrant's information to

maintain or support the registrant's operations.”

Cybersecurity Risk Management and Strategy

We have developed and implemented a cybersecurity risk mitigation strategy intended to protect our information

systems.

Our cybersecurity risk mitigation strategy is designed

so that the Company’s cybersecurity program is

aligned with generally accepted cybersecurity standards and frameworks,

in particular the NIST Cybersecurity

Framework, or “NIST CSF,” and our Company is externally audited, or certified, with ISO27001 partial scope.

We maintain an Office of Cybersecurity (“OCS”), led by our Chief Information Security Officer (“CISO”), which

oversees the operations of our cyber risk mitigation strategy.

The OCS is a cross-functional, enterprise-wide

management team, which continuously evaluates our global cybersecurity

program’s effectiveness and is focused

on maintaining and protecting our information systems.

In overseeing the operations of our cyber risk mitigation

strategy, the OCS partners with our Global Technology Solutions team, which is led by our Chief Technology

Officer (“CTO”) and is comprised of over one hundred professionals that support our information

systems and

operations.

Our cyber risk mitigation strategy includes monitoring for

and addressing risks that materialize within

the Company’s information systems, as well as at our third-party vendors, suppliers and other third-party business

partners.

Our CISO reports to our CTO.

Our CTO,

who also serves as Senior Vice President,

has more than 30 years of

experience leading large-scale global IT organizations and received a Bachelor of Business Administration

in

Business Computer Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration

from Hofstra University.

See

also

Item 1. Business, Other Executive Management

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Our Vice President, Global CISO, who also serves as Vice

President and Head of the Office of Cyber Security, is a National Security Agency Certified Information Systems

Securities Engineer, has nearly 30 years of experience leading global cybersecurity programs, and received

a BS,

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Lafayette College,

and a Master of Science, Business,

Information Technology Management from Johns Hopkins University.

The cybersecurity risk mitigation strategy

is also overseen by senior managers who are members of our Executive

Steering Committee, comprised of the

Company’s most senior technology, legal and internal auditing officers.

Our CEO is regularly briefed on issues,

incidents, and developments, and our Board oversees our risk mitigation

strategy principally through its Audit

Committee and Regulatory, Compliance and Cybersecurity Committee, as described in more detail below.

Our cybersecurity risk management program includes, among other

elements:

●

risk assessments designed to help identify material cybersecurity risks

to our information systems;

●

a security team principally responsible for managing our (i) cybersecurity

risk assessment processes, and

(ii) defining cybersecurity control standards;

●

the use of expert external service providers to assess, test or otherwise assist

with aspects of our

cybersecurity controls, and to respond to specific cybersecurity threats;

●

the review and assessment of past cybersecurity incidents with a view to learning

from those events to

further strengthen our cyber risk mitigation strategy;

●

a written cybersecurity incident response plan that includes procedures

for responding to cybersecurity

incidents; and

●

a Global Information Security Policy, together with more detailed information security policies,

procedures, standards, and guidelines.

In addition, all employees with systems access are required to participate

in mandatory annual cybersecurity and

anti-phishing courses, along with compliance programs.

Our employees who perform financial gatekeeper roles

also receive additional mandatory annual data security training specific

to spoofing, phishing and similar data

security threats.

Per written Company policies, employees are also required

to safeguard confidential information.

Our cybersecurity risk strategy is integrated into our overall enterprise

risk management program, and our

cybersecurity team is supported by and connected with the enterprise risk

management team.

Prior Cybersecurity Incidents

In addition to immaterial and unrelated prior incidents at certain of

our subsidiaries, in October 2023 Henry Schein

experienced a cybersecurity incident that primarily affected the operations of our

North American and European

dental and medical distribution businesses.

Henry Schein One, our practice management software, revenue

cycle

management and patient relationship management solutions business, was

not affected, and our manufacturing

businesses were mostly unaffected. Once we became aware of the issue, we took steps

to assess, contain and

remediate this incident.

We restored affected systems and applications, our distribution operations resumed and we

reactivated our ecommerce platform.

We also notified law enforcement and our employees, customers, suppliers

and investors, informing them of both the incident and management’s efforts to mitigate its impact on our daily

operations and data maintained on the Company’s systems.

Subsequently, on or about November 8, 2023, we

determined that the threat actor obtained personal and sensitive information

maintained on our systems belonging to

certain third parties and since that date we have notified affected and potentially affected parties

as appropriate.

The scope of personal and sensitive data impacted is still under investigation.

On November 22, 2023, we

experienced a related disruption to our ecommerce platform and related

applications, which has since been

remediated.

As described in “Management’s Discussion & Analysis – 2023 Compared to 2022, the incident

adversely impacted our financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2023.

We also expect some short-term

residual impact on our financial results in 2024.

It is part of the mission of our cybersecurity risk mitigation strategy to constantly

evolve our cybersecurity defenses

to adapt to evolving risks, and to learn from prior incidents, and we

have evaluated and continue to evaluate the

incident with the assistance of third-party expert consultants.

Members of the Audit Committee and Regulatory,

Compliance and Cybersecurity Committee of our Board of Directors are

conducting a review of the October 2023

cybersecurity incident, including the measures undertaken in response to the incident.

Cybersecurity Governance

Our Board has a Regulatory, Compliance and Cybersecurity Committee that focuses on cybersecurity oversight,

together with other board committees, principally the Audit Committee.

The purpose of the Regulatory,

Compliance and Cybersecurity Committee is to assist the Board by providing

guidance to, and oversight of, the

Company’s senior management responsible for assessing and managing Company-wide regulatory, corporate

compliance and cybersecurity risk management programs.

The primary responsibilities of the Regulatory,

Compliance and Cybersecurity Committee are to (i) discuss cybersecurity

strategic decisions, issues, challenges and

opportunities relating thereto, (ii) provide expertise to guide assessment

and monitoring of Company-wide

regulatory, corporate compliance and cybersecurity risk management budgeting, spending and capital investment,

(iii) monitor progress and status of the Company’s regulatory, corporate compliance and cybersecurity risk

management programs, (iv) review and evaluate major regulatory, corporate compliance and cybersecurity risk

management initiatives to identify emerging and future opportunities for synergy or to

leverage regulatory,

corporate compliance and cybersecurity risk management investments

more effectively and cost efficiently,

(v) report to the Audit Committee on regulatory, corporate compliance and cybersecurity risk management matters

reviewed by the Regulatory, Compliance and Cybersecurity Committee that may impact the Company’s financial

reporting and (vi) be generally available to, and communicate with,

the Company’s senior management, and to

inform the Board in the areas described above.

Our CISO and CTO, along with other key executives who are part of our Executive

Steering Committee, review

strategy, policy,

program effectiveness, standards, enforcement and cybersecurity issue management

with the

Board’s Regulatory,

Compliance and Cybersecurity Committee on at least a quarterly basis and

with the Audit

Committee on at least a bi-annual basis.

Our CTO meets with Board members outside of the formal meetings on a

regular basis as well as in connection with specific cybersecurity issues or

threats.