Item 1A. RISK FACTORS
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Item 1A. RISK FACTORS
Referring to risk factors disclosed in Part 1, Item 1A, of our Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2022, and in particular the first risk factor under General Risks
addressing security risks associated
with our information systems, the third paragraph is amended and restated
as follows:
While we have implemented measures to protect our IS systems, such
measures may not prevent these events.
Any
such security incidents could disrupt our operations, harm our reputation, or
otherwise have a material adverse
effect on our business.
In addition to immaterial prior incidents, 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 and our
equipment sales and service operations 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
customers and suppliers, informing them of both the incident and management’s efforts to mitigate its impact on
our daily operations. As previously disclosed, while our forensic investigation
is still ongoing, we have determined
that a data breach occurred.
We are notifying potentially affected parties as appropriate.
On November 22, 2023,
we experienced a disruption to our ecommerce platform and related
applications. The Company has restored its
ecommerce platform and certain other applications in the United States, Canada
and certain European
countries.
Our ecommerce platform in the remaining European countries
and other applications are expected to
follow shortly.
We
continue to review the impact of the incident on the Company’s business.
As previously
disclosed, we believe the incident will adversely impact our financial results
for the fourth quarter and full year
We maintain cyber insurance, subject to certain retentions and policy limitations.
There can be no assurance
that the insurance coverage we maintain is sufficient or will be available in adequate
amounts or at a reasonable
cost to cover costs and expenses related to security incidents.
ITEM 2.
UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Purchases of equity securities by the issuer
Our share repurchase program, announced on March 3, 2003, originally
allowed us to repurchase up to two million
shares pre-stock splits (eight million shares post-stock splits) of our common
stock, which represented
approximately 2.3% of the shares outstanding at the commencement
of the program.
Subsequent additional
increases totaling $4.9
billion, authorized by our Board of Directors, to the repurchase program
provide for a total
of $5.0 billion (including $400 million authorized on February 8, 2023) of shares
of our common stock to be
repurchased under this program.
As of September 30, 2023, we had repurchased approximately $4.7 billion
of common stock (89,702,364 shares)
under these initiatives, with $315 million available for future common
stock share repurchases.
The following table summarizes repurchases of our common stock
under our stock repurchase program during the
fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2023:
Total Number
Maximum Number
Total
of Shares
of Shares
Number
Average
Purchased as Part
that May Yet
of Shares
Price Paid
of Our Publicly
Be Purchased Under
Fiscal Month
Purchased (1)
Per Share
Announced Program
Our Program (2)
7/2/2023 through 8/5/2023
-
$
-
-
4,674,091
8/6/2023 through 9/2/2023
330,000
76.86
330,000
4,448,396
9/3/2023 through 9/30/2023
329,681
74.72
329,681
4,242,422
659,681
659,681
(1)
All repurchases were executed in the open market under our existing publicly announced authorized program.
(2)
The maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under this program is determined at the end of each month based on the
closing price of our common stock at that time.
This table excludes shares withheld from employees to satisfy minimum tax withholding
requirements for equity-based transactions.
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