SmartPak acquired by Henry Schein, Inc.

Coastal Ventures’ portfolio company, SmartPak, saw a successful exit through acquisition by Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSIC), the world’s largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, animal health and medical practitioners. Its U.S. Animal Health business, Henry Schein Animal Health, has entered into an agreement to acquire an approximate 60 percent ownership position in SmartPak, the leading provider of equine supplements and horse supplies across the United States.  SmartPak had sales in 2013 of approximately $105 million and expands Henry Schein’s product and service offering to the equine community.  Henry Schein Animal Health is a leading companion animal health distribution company in the United States.

Over the past decade, SmartPak has been recognized at both the national and local levels, including ranking on the Inc. 500 /5000 lists of America’s Fastest Growing Private Businesses for nine consecutive years; being ranked as #249 on the Internet Retailer 500 and #35 on the Internet Retailer Social Media 500; selected as one of only 66 companies nationally to earn Bizrate’s Circle of Excellence Award (Bizrate powers Google’s reviews); earning StellaService’s highest possible service rating: Elite;  ranking among the Boston Globe’s annual Top Places to Work in Massachusetts; and receiving the Innovation Award from the Smaller Business Association of New England (SBANE).  Mr. Gisholt received the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for Consumer Products in the New England Region and has also been named one of the “Best Bosses” by Fortune Small Business and Winning Workplaces.

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