Segment and Geographic Data

12 Months Ended

Apr. 28, 2012

Segment and Geographic Data

12. Segment and Geographic Data

Patterson Companies, Inc. is comprised of three reportable segments: dental, veterinary, and rehabilitation supply. Our reportable business segments are strategic business units that offer similar products and services to different customer bases. The dental supply segment provides a virtually complete range of consumable dental products, clinical and laboratory equipment and value-added services to dentists, dental laboratories, institutions and other dental healthcare providers throughout North America. The veterinary supply segment provides consumable supplies, equipment, diagnostic products, biologicals (vaccines) and pharmaceuticals to companion-pet veterinary clinics in the majority of regions throughout the United States. The rehabilitation supply segment provides a comprehensive range of distributed and self-manufactured rehabilitation medical supplies and assistive products to acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities, rehabilitation clinics, dealers and schools.

We evaluate segment performance based on operating income. The corporate office general and administrative expenses are included in the dental supply segment and consist of home office support costs in areas such as informational technology, finance, human resources and facilities. If these corporate expenses were allocated to the segments, the results would not be materially different as the dental segment would absorb a significant portion of these expenses. The cost to operate the distribution centers are allocated to the operating units based on the through-put of the unit.

The following table presents information about Patterson’s reportable segments:

	Fiscal Year
	2012		2011		2010
Net sales
Dental supply	$	2,287,875	$	2,236,056	$	2,167,495
Rehabilitation supply		513,340		504,734		426,297
Veterinary supply		734,446		674,880		643,584
Consolidated net sales	$	3,535,661	$	3,415,670	$	3,237,376
Operating income
Dental supply	$	246,755	$	272,185	$	263,750
Rehabilitation supply		72,442		66,809		59,922
Veterinary supply		38,812		37,014		31,619
Consolidated operating income	$	358,009	$	376,008	$	355,291
Depreciation and amortization
Dental supply	$	31,375	$	27,410	$	26,277
Rehabilitation supply		7,472		7,833		5,909
Veterinary supply		3,362		6,096		7,288
Consolidated depreciation and amortization	$	42,209	$	41,339	$	39,474
Total assets
Dental supply	$	1,502,672	$	1,359,659	$	1,331,510
Rehabilitation supply		883,287		863,930		773,732
Veterinary supply		353,409		341,379		317,727
Consolidated total assets	$	2,739,368	$	2,564,968	$	2,422,969

The following table presents sales information by product for Patterson and its reportable segments:

	Fiscal Year
	2012		2011		2010
Consolidated
Consumable and printed products	$	2,312,309	$	2,232,876	$	2,124,558
Equipment and software		930,601		900,846		839,436
Other		292,751		281,948		273,382
Total	$	3,535,661	$	3,415,670	$	3,237,376
Dental supply
Consumable and printed products	$	1,263,515	$	1,253,224	$	1,214,796
Equipment and software		768,633		734,749		709,468
Other		255,727		248,083		243,231
Total	$	2,287,875	$	2,236,056	$	2,167,495
Rehabilitation supply
Consumable and printed products	$	363,003	$	348,641	$	303,044
Equipment and software		123,650		131,776		100,583
Other		26,687		24,317		22,670
Total	$	513,340	$	504,734	$	426,297
Veterinary supply
Consumable and printed products	$	685,790	$	631,011	$	606,718
Equipment and software		38,319		34,321		29,385
Other		10,337		9,548		7,481
Total	$	734,446	$	674,880	$	643,584

The following table presents information about Patterson by geographic area. No individual country, except for the United States, generated sales greater than 10% of consolidated net sales. There were no material sales between geographic areas.

	Fiscal Year
	2012		2011		2010
Net sales
United States	$	3,104,047	$	3,006,984	$	2,903,407
International		431,614		408,686		333,969
Total	$	3,535,661	$	3,415,670	$	3,237,376
Income before tax
United States	$	286,215	$	316,293	$	298,061
International		43,597		39,594		40,980
Total	$	329,812	$	355,887	$	339,041
Long-lived assets
United States	$	1,192,437	$	1,195,359	$	1,179,361
International		143,418		138,900		109,850
Total	$	1,335,855	$	1,334,259	$	1,289,211