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                                                                 Exhibit 3.1.2

                      RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                          CORE-MARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.

           Core-Mark International, Inc. (hereinafter called the 
"corporation"), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of 
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify:

           FIRST: The present name of the corporation is Core-Mark
International, Inc., which is the name under which the corporation was
originally incorporated; and the date of filing the original certificate of
incorporation of the corporation with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware is March 1, 1995.

           SECOND: The certificate of incorporation of the corporation is hereby
amended by striking out Article EIGHTH thereof in its entirety and restating and
integrating into a single instrument all of the provisions of such certificate
of incorporation as so amended.

           THIRD: The provisions of the certificate of incorporation of the
corporation as heretofore amended and/or supplemented, and as herein amended,
are hereby restated and integrated into the single instrument which is
hereinafter set forth, and which is entitled Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of Core-Mark International, Inc. without any further amendment
other than the amendment herein certified and without any discrepancy between
the provisions of the certificate of incorporation as heretofore amended and
supplemented and the provisions of the said single instrument hereinafter set
forth.

           FOURTH: The amendment and the restatement of the certificate of
incorporation herein certified have been duly adopted by the stockholders in
accordance with the provisions of Sections 228, 242, and 245 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

           FIFTH: The certificate of incorporation of the corporation, as
amended and restated herein, shall at the effective time of this Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, read as follows:


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                     "RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                          CORE-MARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.

           THE UNDERSIGNED, being a natural person for the purpose of organizing
a corporation under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
("DGCL"), hereby certifies that:

           FIRST: The name of the Corporation is: Core-Mark International, Inc.
(the "Corporation").

           SECOND: The address of the registered office of the Corporation in
the State of Delaware is: 32 Loockerman Square, Suite L-100, Dover, Kent County,
Delaware 19904. The name of the registered agent of the Corporation in the State
of Delaware at such address is: The Prentice-Hall Corporation System, Inc.

           THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in and conduct any
lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL.

           FOURTH: The total number of shares of capital stock that the
Corporation shall have authority to issue is ten million (10,000,000), all of
which shall be shares of Common Stock having a par value of one cent ($0.01) per
share.

           FIFTH: In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred
by law, subject to any limitations contained elsewhere in this Certificate of
Incorporation, By-Laws of the Corporation may be adopted, amended or repealed by
a majority of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, but any By-Laws of the
Corporation adopted by the Board of Directors may be amended or repealed by the
stockholders entitled to vote thereon. Election of directors need not be by
written ballot.

           SIXTH: (a) A director of the Corporation shall not be personally 
liable either to the Corporation or to any stockholder for monetary damages 
for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except (i) for any breach of the 
director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, or (ii) 
for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional 
misconduct or a knowing violation of law, or (iii) under Section 174 of the 
DGCL or any successor provision thereto or (iv) for any transaction from 
which the director shall have derived an improper personal benefit. Neither 
amendment nor repeal of this paragraph (a) nor the adoption of any provision 
of the Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this paragraph (a) 
shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this paragraph (a) in respect of any 
matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this 
paragraph (a) of this Article SIXTH, would accrue or arise, prior to such 
amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.


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           (b) The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to, or testifies in, any threatened, pending
or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative in nature, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a
director, officer, employee, agent, stockholder or a holder of any ownership
interest in any stockholder of the Corporation (each, an "Indemnitee"), or is or
was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or
other enterprise (an "Other Entity"), against expenses (including attorneys'
fees and disbursements), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action,
suit or proceeding to the full extent permitted by law. Persons who are not
Indemnitees of the Corporation may be similarly indemnified in respect of
service to the Corporation or to an Other Entity at the request of the
Corporation to the extent the Board of Directors at any time specifies that such
persons are entitled to the benefits of this Article SIXTH, and the Corporation
may adopt By-Laws or enter into agreements with any such person for the purpose
of providing for such indemnification.

           (c) The Corporation shall, from time to time, reimburse or advance to
any Indemnitee or other person entitled to indemnification under this Article
SIXTH the funds necessary for payment of expenses (including attorney's fees and
disbursements) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in defending or
testifying in a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or
proceeding; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Corporation may pay such expenses in
advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt
of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnitee to repay such amount if it
shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision that such Indemnitee
is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation against such expenses as
authorized by this Article SIXTH, and the Corporation may adopt By-Laws or enter
into agreements with such persons for the purpose of providing for such
advances.

           (d) The Corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was an Indemnitee of the
Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of an Other Entity against any liability
asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity,
or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the Corporation
would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the
provisions of this Article SIXTH or otherwise.

           (e) The rights to indemnification and reimbursement or advancement of
expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article SIXTH shall 


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not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking 
indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of expenses may have or 
hereafter be entitled under any statute, this Certificate of Incorporation, 
the By-Laws, any agreement, any vote of stockholders or disinterested 
directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and 
as to action in another capacity while holding such office.

           (f) The rights to indemnification and reimbursement or advancement of
expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article SIXTH shall continue
as to a person who has ceased to be an Indemnitee (or other person indemnified
hereunder) and shall inure to the benefit of the executors, administrators,
legatees and distributees of such person.

           (g) The provisions of this Article SIXTH shall be a contract between
the Corporation, on the one hand, and each Indemnitee who serves in such
capacity at any time while this Article SIXTH is in effect and any other person
indemnified hereunder, on the other hand, pursuant to which the Corporation and
each such Indemnitee or other person intend to be legally bound. No repeal or
modification of this Article SIXTH shall affect any rights or obligations with
respect to any state of facts then or theretofore existing or thereafter arising
or any proceeding theretofore or thereafter brought or threatened based in whole
or in part upon any such state of facts.

           (h) The rights to indemnification and reimbursement or advancement of
expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article SIXTH shall be
enforceable by any person entitled to such indemnification or reimbursement or
advancement of expenses in any court of competent jurisdiction. The burden of
proving that such indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of expenses is
not appropriate shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the
Corporation (including its Board of Directors, its independent legal counsel and
its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such
action that such indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of expenses is
proper in the circumstances nor an actual determination by the Corporation
(including its Board of Directors, its independent legal counsel and its
stockholders) that such person is not entitled to such indemnification or
reimbursement or advancement of expenses shall constitute a defense to the
action or create a presumption that such person is not so entitled. Such a
person shall also be indemnified for any expenses incurred in connection with
successfully establishing his or her right to such indemnification or
reimbursement or advancement of expenses, in whole or in part, in any such
proceeding.

           (i) Any Indemnitee of the Corporation serving in any capacity for 
(a) another corporation of which a majority of the shares entitled to vote in 
the election of its directors is held, directly or indirectly, by the 
Corporation or (b) any 


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employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any corporation referred to
in clause (a) shall be deemed to be doing so at the request of the Corporation.

           (j) Any person entitled to be indemnified or to reimbursement or
advancement of expenses as a matter of right pursuant to this Article SIXTH may
elect to have the right to indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of
expenses interpreted on the basis of the applicable law in effect at the time of
the occurrence of the event or events giving rise to the applicable action, suit
or proceeding, to the extent permitted by law, or on the basis of the applicable
law in effect at the time such indemnification or reimbursement or advancement
of expenses is sought. Such election shall be made, by a notice in writing to
the Corporation, at the time indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of
expenses is sought; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if no such notice is given, the
right to indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of expenses shall be
determined by the law in effect at the time indemnification or reimbursement or
advancement of expenses is sought."


Executed on this 18th day of August, 1998.

                                              CORE-MARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                              By: /s/ Leo F. Korman
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                                              Name:  Leo F. Korman
                                              Title: SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND 
                                                     CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER


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