-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, GiU9WSmgW39nTMJ7XIsDQSOczmfwLAE7fww+Jq5hWfZUZUZqpLd+hcibDxzGfiv2 WOQH3UocRPjzi6HNlHiYcA== 0001181431-08-039437.txt : 20080618 0001181431-08-039437.hdr.sgml : 20080618 20080618085203 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-08-039437 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080617 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080618 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080618 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000891024 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-MEDICAL, DENTAL & HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [5047] IRS NUMBER: 410886515 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 0429 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1031 MENDOTA HEIGHTS RD CITY: ST PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55120-1401 BUSINESS PHONE: 6516861600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1031 MENDOTA HEIGHTS RD CITY: ST PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55120-1401 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PATTERSON DENTAL CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950111 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PECKSKAMP DANIEL H. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001435779 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-20572 FILM NUMBER: 08904665 BUSINESS ADDRESS: BUSINESS PHONE: 651-686-1600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1031 MENDOTA HEIGHTS ROAD CITY: ST. PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55120 3 1 rrd210962.xml FM3DHP_06/17/2008 X0202 3 2008-06-17 0 0000891024 PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC. PDCO 0001435779 PECKSKAMP DANIEL H. 1031 MENDOTA HEIGHTS ROAD SAINT PAUL MN 55120 0 1 0 0 Vice President Common Stock 2475 D Matthew L. Levitt, by Power of Attorney 2008-06-18 EX-24. 2 rrd188718_212830.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY rrd188718_212830.html

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Matthew L. Levitt, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director and/or 10% beneficial owner of Patterson Companies, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

2. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

3. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney be executed this 21st day of May, 2008.

/s/ Daniel H. Peckskamp




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