VWR CORPORATION (Delaware corporation) 8,000,000 Shares of Common Stock UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • August 11th, 2016 • VWR Corp • Wholesale-professional & commercial equipment & supplies • New York
Varietal Distribution Holdings, LLC (the “Selling Shareholder”) as shareholder of VWR Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) confirms its agreement with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (the “Underwriter”) with respect to (i) the sale by the Selling Shareholder and the purchase by the Underwriter of an aggregate of 8,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) and (ii) the grant by the Selling Shareholder to the Underwriter of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of the 1,200,000 additional shares of Common Stock. The aforesaid 8,000,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Initial Securities”) to be purchased by the Underwriter and all or any of the 1,200,000 shares of Common Stock subject to the option described in Section 2(b) hereof (the “Option Securities”) are herein called, collectively, (the “Securities”).
