EXHIBIT 99

PATTERSON COMPANIES REPORTS FISCAL 2019 FIRST-QUARTER RESULTS

St. Paul, Minn. — August 30, 2018 — Patterson Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PDCO) today reported consolidated net sales of approximately $1.3 billion (see attached Sales Summary for further details) in its fiscal first quarter ended July 28, 2018, an increase of 2.5 percent compared to the same period last year. Internal sales, which adjust for the effects of currency translation and changes in product selling relationships, increased 2.3 percent.

Reported net loss attributable to Patterson Companies, Inc. for the first quarter of fiscal year 2019 was $4.5 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, compared to net income attributable to Patterson Companies, Inc. of $30.8 million, or $0.33 per diluted share, in last year’s fiscal first quarter. During the quarter, Patterson booked a pre-tax reserve of $28.3 million for the anticipated settlement of purported class action antitrust litigation. Adjusted net income¹ attributable to Patterson Companies, Inc., which excludes deal amortization costs and a reserve for the anticipated legal settlement, totaled $24.0 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2019, or $0.26 per diluted share, compared to $41.4 million in the same quarter last year, or $0.44 per diluted share. The reported net loss and the adjusted net income attributable to Patterson Companies, Inc. were both impacted by the decrease in operating margins within the Dental segment.

Mark Walchirk, president and CEO of Patterson Companies, said, “Our results for the quarter did not meet our expectations. While our ongoing initiatives to improve the customer experience and enhance sales execution helped drive improved top line performance, these results were offset by competitive pricing pressures which negatively impacted our margins. The Animal Health business performed in line with our expectations, with solid revenue growth across both companion and production and particular strength in our private label category. Dental segment revenues benefited from year-over-year growth across all equipment categories and improving trends in consumables.

“Despite improving sales results, operating margins were below our expectations. We continue to take steps to stabilize our margins, including a thorough evaluation of our cost structure, but expect the pricing pressures to persist in the coming quarters. As a result, we are updating our fiscal 2019 earnings guidance to reflect our revised expectations for the remainder of the year.”

Patterson Animal Health

Reported net sales in our Animal Health segment for the first quarter of fiscal 2019, which comprised approximately 62 percent of the company’s total sales, were $825.2 million compared to $776.1 million in the same quarter last year. Internal sales for the segment increased 6.0 percent from the fiscal 2018 first quarter. Year-over-year internal sales by category were as follows:

Patterson Dental

Reported net sales in our Dental segment for the first quarter, which represented approximately 38 percent of total company sales, were $506.1 million compared to $518.8 million in the same quarter last year. Internal sales declined 2.7 percent compared to the fiscal 2018 first quarter. Year-over-year internal sales by category were as follows:

Balance Sheet and Capital Allocation

During the first quarter of fiscal 2019, Patterson Companies generated $205.5 million of cash from operating activities compared to a use of $46.0 million in the same period last year, yielding an improvement of $251.5 million year-over-year. Debt was reduced by $160.6 million in the quarter. In the first quarter of fiscal 2019, Patterson Companies paid $25.3 million in cash dividends to shareholders.

Legal Reserve

In August 2018, Patterson Companies commenced settlement discussions with the plaintiffs in the In re Dental Supplies Litigation matter. Based upon such discussions, although Patterson Companies has not yet entered into a definitive settlement agreement and any such agreement would be subject to court approval, Patterson Companies has established a pre-tax reserve for this matter of $28.3 million. The company anticipates the execution of a settlement agreement and the submission of such agreement to the court for approval.

FY2019 Guidance

Patterson Companies today updated fiscal 2019 earnings guidance, which is provided on both a GAAP and non-GAAP adjusted¹ basis:

Our guidance is for current operations as well as completed or previously announced acquisitions and does not include the impact of potential future acquisitions or similar transactions, if any, or impairments and material restructurings beyond those previously publicly disclosed. Our guidance assumes North American and international market conditions similar to those experienced in fiscal 2018.

¹Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP Measures table appearing behind the accompanying financial information is provided to adjust reported GAAP measures, namely operating income, income or loss before taxes, income tax expense or benefit, net income or loss, net income or loss attributable to Patterson Companies, Inc. and diluted earnings or loss per share attributable to Patterson Companies, Inc., for the impact of deal amortization, integration and business restructuring expenses and legal reserve costs along with the related tax effects of these items, the impact of the 2017 Tax Act and other discrete tax matters.

Management believes that these non-GAAP measures may provide a helpful representation of the company’s first-quarter performance and earnings guidance, and enable comparison of financial results between periods where certain items may vary independent of business performance. These non-GAAP financial measures are presented solely for informational and comparative purposes and should not be regarded as a replacement for corresponding, similarly captioned, GAAP measures.

In addition, the term “internal sales” used in this release represents net sales adjusted to exclude foreign currency impact and changes in product selling relationships. Foreign currency impact represents the difference in results that is attributable to fluctuations in currency exchange rates the company uses to convert results for all foreign entities where the functional currency is not the U.S. dollar. The company calculates the impact as the difference between the current period results translated using the current period currency exchange rates and using the comparable prior period’s currency exchange rates. The company believes the disclosure of net sales changes in constant currency provides useful supplementary information to investors in light of significant fluctuations in currency rates.

First-Quarter Conference Call and Replay

Patterson Companies’ fiscal 2019 first-quarter earnings conference call will start at 10 a.m. Eastern today. Investors can listen to a live webcast of the conference call at www.pattersoncompanies.com. The conference call will be archived on the Patterson Companies website. A replay of the fiscal 2019 first-quarter conference call can be heard for one week at 800-585-8367 and by providing the Conference ID 4196947 when prompted.

About Patterson Companies Inc.

Patterson Companies Inc. (Nasdaq: PDCO) is a value-added distributor serving the dental and animal health markets.

Dental Market

Patterson’s Dental segment provides a virtually complete range of consumable dental products, equipment and software, turnkey digital solutions and value-added services to dentists and dental laboratories throughout North America.

Animal Health Market

Patterson’s Animal Health segment is a leading distributor of products, services and technologies to both the production and companion animal health markets in North America and the U.K.

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are information of a non-historical nature and are subject to risks and uncertainties that are beyond Patterson’s ability to control. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “foresees,” “forecasts,” “estimates” or other words or phrases of similar import. It is uncertain whether any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do, what impact they will have on the results of operations and financial condition of Patterson or the price of Patterson stock. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, operations disruptions attributable to our enterprise resource planning system implementation; our ability to attract or retain qualified sales representatives and service technicians who relate directly with our customers; the reduction, modification, cancellation or delay of purchases of innovative, high-margin equipment; material changes in our purchasing relationships with suppliers; changes in general market and economic conditions; and the other risks and important factors contained and identified in Patterson’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, such as its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Reports on Form 10-K, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement in this press release speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Except to the extent required under the federal securities laws, Patterson does not intend to update or revise the forward-looking statements.

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