Henry Schein To Acquire Scil Animal Care - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Henry Schein Inc. (HSIC) announced it will acquire scil animal care company GmbH, a distributor of animal health laboratory and imaging diagnostic products and services to veterinarians primarily in North America and Europe. Henry Schein expects the acquisition to be slightly dilutive to its 2015 earnings per share.

For the 12 months ended September 30, 2014, scil animal care had sales of approximately $70 million. Hartmut Jaissle, who has served as CEO of scil animal care, will continue to lead the business. Jaissle and the scil animal care employees will become part of Henry Schein's global Animal Health business.