Modern Slavery Act Statement
This Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement is made pursuant to Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes Henry Schein UK Holdings Limited’s (“Henry Schein UK”) slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ending December 2025.
This Statement sets out the steps Henry Schein UK takes to understand and address any risk of slavery and human trafficking related to its business.
Organisational Structure
Henry Schein UK, with its headquarters in Gillingham/Kent, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Henry Schein Inc., a FORTUNE 500® company and publicly traded on the S&P 500® and NASDAQ. The Henry Schein group is one of the world's largest providers of health care products and services to office-based dental and medical practitioners and has a well-developed system of internal monitoring, controls, and policies. Henry Schein UK operates its business under its own name as well as through its subsidiaries.
Henry Schein UK employs approximately 750 Team Schein Members (TSMs), located in 9 facilities and offers a wide range of medical and dental supplies, equipment, and technical solutions services.
Risks in Our Operations
The global Henry Schein group, including Henry Schein UK, is dedicated to maintaining high ethical standards. Henry Schein, Inc. is a 15-time honoree by Ethisphere™ as one of their World’s Most Ethical Companies after their independent assessment of our company’s global policies and procedures. The most fundamental principle of our Worldwide Business Standards (WWBS) – which is our “Business Code of Conduct”— is to adhere to the legal and regulatory requirements governing all aspects of our business, including the procurement, sale and distribution of our products. This principle applies to our own organization as well as to third parties with whom we work. Our WWBS integrate our responsibilities to society at large, including the commitment to respecting the human rights, dignity, and privacy of the individual as recognized by the principles as defined in the United Nations’ Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. We follow applicable labour laws and prohibit child labour, forced labour, or human trafficking by Henry Schein or its suppliers.
These expectations are also outlined in our new Third Party Code of Conduct (“Third Party Code”), which was formerly known as our Global Supplier Code of Conduct. In 2025, as a part of our internal steering committee objectives, we changed the title and overhauled the Global Supplier Code of Conduct to improve readability and extend applicability beyond suppliers of physical goods to key third parties doing business with or on behalf of Henry Schein. This new Third Party Code of Conduct was finalized and implemented in April 2026. We are also currently implementing a Global Ethical Sourcing Policy to communicate our expectations across Henry Schein’s global subsidiaries, regardless of size or location.
It is our requirement that our third parties conduct themselves in an ethical and lawful manner, and respect human rights in all their business dealings. We also have continued to use our Distribution and Supply Agreement terms to require our suppliers to confirm that they will comply with all applicable laws in relation to the supply of products under the agreement. When a new supplier is established in our system, a due diligence process is required to be undertaken. This process includes completion by the supplier of a questionnaire, review and approval by the Quality Assurance and Risk Management departments, and an assessment by the Office of Cyber Security. Along with the questionnaire, the supplier also receives a copy of our Third Party Code and an agreement detailing the supplier’s obligations to comply with all applicable laws in relation to the supply of products to us, both of which need to be signed by an authorized officer of the supplier.
We have an internal steering committee for monitoring global requirements for supply chain transparency, which meets regularly to monitor Henry Schein’s compliance with global laws prohibiting the use of forced and child labour. This group is cross-functional and cross regional and includes participation from multiple internal teams responsible for compliance, supplier approval, and product sourcing, and is overseen by our company’s Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer. Information from these committee meetings was gathered to compose this statement. We have engaged outside counsel specializing in international trade and forced labor compliance to attend these committee meetings as well. In consultation with outside counsel and industry experts, we have designated high-risk countries for the use of forced and child labour and monitor suppliers from those countries more closely to ensure their compliance with worker protection requirements. From those countries, 30 locations were audited by internal TSMs covering products such as dental instruments, electronics, disinfecting products, and other medical supplies. An additional 10 audits were performed by LRQA, a global market leader in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), sustainability and supply chain services, on our behalf. We utilize LRQA’s EiQ, a supply chain intelligence platform, for biweekly media screening of potential risks to human rights for identified vendors in our supply chains and have implemented the screening tool as a part of our new vendor onboarding process.
As a large distributor of gloves to health care facilities, Henry Schein, Inc. participates in the Responsible Glove Alliance, an industry collective that aims to protect workers in Malaysia and reduce the risk of forced labour through the implementation of due diligence and responsible recruitment practices within the supply chain, as well as participating in remediation. Out of the 40 audits of suppliers in high-risk countries we performed in 2025, 11 were for existing glove suppliers against the SA8000:2014 standard and 3 were for potential suppliers.
Training
AAll TSMs globally have access to Henry Schein’s learning management system, which includes learning courses on our WWBS, reinforcing our commitment to respecting human rights and emphasizing the values and responsibilities that we are expected to uphold.
Learning courses related to Modern Slavery provide guidance on how to identify modern slavery and uphold human rights. All TSMs must complete training on our WWBS. Global executives and directors in supply chain related roles (such as procurement) must complete training on human rights in the supply chain. Upon completion of these learning courses, a TSM must pass an assessment to demonstrate their understanding and agreement to comply with the requirements.
Monitoring and Evaluation of Suppliers
We monitor key suppliers’ ethical and labour performance through various approaches such as desk audits, site visits, business reviews, supplier scorecards, or other means. We continue to expand our due diligence protocols with advanced standards, tools, and initiatives.
We track all supplier social responsibility audit findings by process area and severity, as well as response and closure rates, to ensure that any potential labour issues are addressed. None of our supplier audits in any region globally found forced or child labour used in the production of goods distributed by Henry Schein UK, nor was Henry Schein, Inc. involved in any regulatory or legal proceedings related to the use of forced or child labour.
For our Asia-based Henry Schein brand suppliers, we use a social accountability checklist related to child labour, forced labour, health, safety, facilities, working hours, wages, recruitment, etc. as the basis for the social aspects of the audit program. Since 2015, Henry Schein has conducted audits throughout its supply chain with identified actions successfully addressed and closed.
During the reporting period, no instances of modern slavery were reported to us via our Speak-Up Helpline or reporting process or through our risk management processes, including internal audits.
Further Measures
Every TSM has a duty to comply with, and to ensure that Henry Schein complies with, all applicable laws. If a TSM suspects violations of the Henry Schein Third Party Code of Conduct or our WWBS, including slavery and human trafficking, they have a responsibility to promptly inform a supervisor, the Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, or Henry Schein’s confidential Compliance Helpline.
Through a third-party, Henry Schein maintains a worldwide confidential Compliance Helpline which enables Team Schein Members and other stakeholders to raise concerns about potential violations of our Worldwide Business Standards, the Supplier Code, policies, laws, or regulations. Our toll-free confidential Compliance Helpline is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in multiple languages and is accessible via the Corporate Governance Highlights section of our company website. It is regularly communicated to TSMs through learning modules, managerial toolkits, communications, our intranet sites, and posters in each of our facilities. Reports may be made anonymously but we request that anonymous reports provide sufficient detail and documents so that the matter can be investigated. Additionally, Henry Schein has a policy against retaliation for speaking up in good faith.
We continually review the language in our HR policies to reinforce our zero-tolerance message on forced and child labor and are committed to continuously assessing our supply chains.
Approval
This statement on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking is approved by the Board of Directors of Henry Schein UK.
Signed for and on behalf of the Henry Schein UK:
Vikki Goodall, Managing Director
