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Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc. Names Two Members to Board of
Directors; Appoints Bernard J. Pitz as Vice President-Finance, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer of the Company Effective as of May 11, 2005
ORANGE, Calif., April 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sybron Dental Specialties,
Inc. (NYSE:SYD), a leading manufacturer of a broad range of value-added
products for the professional dental market and the specialty markets of
orthodontics, endodontics, implants and infection prevention, today announced
that on April 4, 2005, the Board of Directors of the Company, upon the
recommendation of the Corporate Governance/Nominating Committee, increased the
size of the Board of Directors from six to eight members and elected William A.
Donan and R. Jeffrey Harris as new directors to fill the newly created
directorships. Mr. Donan will serve as a Class II director for a term expiring
in 2008 and Mr. Harris will serve as a Class I director for a term expiring in
2007. In addition, Mr. Donan and Mr. Harris were each appointed to the
Corporate Governance/Nominating and Compensation committees of the Board of
Directors, and Mr. Harris has been designated the Chairman of the Compensation
Committee. Director Kenneth F. Yontz will cease to be a member of these
committees.
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Mr. Harris served as Vice President - General Counsel and Secretary of Apogent
Technologies Inc. (formerly known as Sybron International Corporation) from
1988 to 2000. Apogent Technologies Inc., a diversified manufacturer of
value-added laboratory and life science products for worldwide clinical,
research and industrial markets, is the former parent company of Sybron Dental
Specialties. Mr. Harris served Of Counsel to Apogent from December 2000
through 2003, and was also a member of its board of directors until Apogent was
acquired by Fischer Scientific International in 2004. Since 2001, Mr. Harris
has been a director of Playtex Products, Inc., a leading manufacturer and
distributor of a diversified portfolio of personal care and consumer products.
Mr. Donan is the founder and principal of Executive Management Consulting, LLC,
a firm providing management consulting services to the senior management of
various corporations. Prior to founding Executive Management Consulting in
2002, Mr. Donan was employed by Allegiance Healthcare Corporation from 1973 to
2001. During the term of his employment with Allegiance he served in a variety
of capacities, the most recent of which was as the President of the Southeast
Region. Allegiance is a leading provider of products, services and
technologies to the health care industry.
"We are very pleased to strengthen our board of directors with the addition of
Jeffrey Harris and William Donan," said Floyd W. Pickrell, Jr., Chief Executive
Officer of Sybron Dental Specialties. "They both bring strong healthcare
industry backgrounds to our board, and a solid understanding of how to enhance
value for shareholders. Their knowledge and skill sets are an excellent
complement to our existing board members, and we expect their contributions
will be extremely valuable to Sybron."
In addition to naming Mr. Harris and Mr. Donan as directors, the Board of
Directors of the Company appointed Bernard J. Pitz as Vice President-Finance,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company effective as of May 11,
2005. As the Company previously announced, Mr. Pitz joined the Company on
March 1, 2005 with the intention of succeeding Mr. Waller, Sybron's current
Vice President-Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, upon Mr.
Waller's retirement. Mr. Waller has agreed to remain with the Company until
May 10, 2005 to ensure a successful transition of his responsibilities as the
Chief Financial Officer.
BUSINESS DESCRIPTION
Sybron Dental Specialties and its subsidiaries are leading manufacturers of a
comprehensive line of consumable general dental and specialty products for the
orthodontic, endodontic, implant and infection prevention markets worldwide.
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DATASOURCE: Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc.
CONTACT: Gregory D. Waller, Chief Financial Officer of Sybron Dental
Specialties, Inc., +1-714-516-7400