Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc. Names Two Members to Board of Directors; Appoints Bernard J. Pitz as Vice President-Finance, Chi
April 08 2005 - 6:27PM
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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. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001204/SDSLOGO) 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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http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Sybron Dental Specialties,
Inc. CONTACT: Gregory D. Waller, Chief Financial Officer of Sybron
Dental Specialties, Inc., +1-714-516-7400
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