M&A Deal Summary

Henry Schein Acquires Shalfoon Bros.

On May 16, 2005, Henry Schein acquired healthcare services company Shalfoon Bros. from Australian Pharmaceutical

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Henry Schein’s 2nd transaction in the Healthcare Services sector.
  • This is Henry Schein’s 1st transaction in New Zealand.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-05-16
Target Shalfoon Bros.
Sector Healthcare Services
Buyer(s) Henry Schein
Sellers(s) Australian Pharmaceutical
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Shalfoon Bros.

New Zealand
Shalfoon Bros. Ltd.is a full-service providers of dental merchandise and equipment in New Zealand.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Henry Schein

Melville, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1932
Sector Distribution
Employees25,000
Revenue 12.7B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Henry Schein office in Eagan, Minnesota.
Henry Schein office in Eagan, Minnesota.

Henry Schein is a distributor of health care products and services to office-based dental, animal health, and medical practitioners. The Company also serves dental laboratories, government and institutional healthcare clinics, and other alternate care sites. Henry Schein was founded in 1932 and is based in Melville, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 76
Sector: Healthcare Services M&A 2 of 4
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 3 of 15
Country: New Zealand M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2005 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-05-16 Halas Dental

Australia

Halas Dental Ltd. is a full-service providers of dental merchandise and equipment.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-04-10 NLS Animal Health

Owing Mills, Maryland, United States

NLS Animal Health is a full-service, value-added distributor of veterinary products to more than 8,000 companion animal and equine clinics and licensed veterinarians in 26 eastern states and the District of Columbia.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Australian Pharmaceutical

Camberwell, Australia

Category Company
Founded 1910
Sector Healthcare Services
Employees5,105
Revenue 4.0B AUD (2020)
DESCRIPTION

Australian Pharmaceutical has developed into one of Australia’s beauty and health retail companies,one of Australia’s major pharmaceutical distributors. Changes within the pharmacy industry propelled API to focus on the needs of consumers and patients thereby developing a retail footprint and retail services that provide growth opportunities for the company today. Australian Pharmaceutical was founded in 1910 and is based in Camberwell, Australia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Healthcare Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
Country: New Zealand M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2005 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-05-16 Halas Dental

Australia

Halas Dental Ltd. is a full-service providers of dental merchandise and equipment.

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