Document:

Exhibit
10.14

[Logo and Letterhead of VWR International, Inc.]

March 29, 2004

Mr. Edward H.
Orzetti

136 Glenwood Road

Ridgewood, New Jersey  07450

Dear Ed:

I am pleased to confirm
the terms of the offer of employment to you at VWR International, Inc.’s (“VWR”)
offices in West Chester, Pennsylvania. 
The offer is as follows:

	
  Position:

  	
   

  	
  President of VWR’s Global Laboratories Distribution
  business.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Salary:

  	
   

  	
  $550,000 per year, payable in installments on VWR’s
  regular payroll dates.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Start Date:

  	
   

  	
  May 17, 2004

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Annual Bonus:

  	
   

  	
  You will be eligible to participate in VWR’s
  management incentive program with a target bonus of 100% of base salary.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Stock Purchase:

  	
   

  	
  You will be provided the opportunity to purchase up
  to twenty thousand (20,000) shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, par value
  $0.01 per share, of the top tier company that will acquire VWR.  The per share purchase price will be the
  same per share price as that paid by the Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund VI
  Limited Partnership—$100 per share.  Our expectation is that you would buy a minimum of five thousand
  (5,000) shares.*

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  The purchase of the shares will be made pursuant to a management
  stock subscription agreement that is substantially similar to those for use
  by other officers of VWR.  The
  material terms of that agreement are summarized on Annex “A” attached
  hereto.

  

 

*            This is based on a straightforward holding company
structure, and will be adjusted as appropriate if a more complicated ownership
structure is utilized.

 

	
  Stock Options:

  	
   

  	
  For each share purchased, you will receive a grant
  of options to purchase three (3) shares of common stock, up to an aggregate
  of sixty thousand (60,000) shares, at an aggregate price of $100 per share
  (the “Options”).  The Option grant
  will be made pursuant to a management stock option agreement.  The material terms of that agreement are
  summarized on Annex “B” attached hereto.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Restricted Stock:

  	
   

  	
  You will be awarded 5,000 shares of restricted stock
  (or restricted stock units) that will vest seven years after your
  commencement date, and will earlier vest in full six months after an IPO or
  upon a sale of VWR to a third party. 
  If vesting would be accelerated as a result of a sale to a third
  party, vesting will be subject to the approval of VWR’s shareholders if and
  to the extent necessary to avoid any “golden parachute” tax implications.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Benefits:

  	
   

  	
  You will be entitled to participate in all health,
  welfare and other similar benefits available to senior executives of VWR.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Severance:

  	
   

  	
  If your employment is terminated by VWR without
  cause, you will be entitled to receive continued payments of your base salary
  and health benefits until the earlier of one year after termination or until
  you obtain new employment.  These
  continued payments would be subject to your execution of a general release
  and standard provisions regarding confidentiality, non-competition and
  non-solicitation of employees, agents and customers.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Additional Terms:

  	
   

  	
  This offer is contingent upon your not being subject
  to any contract that would be violated by your employment with VWR; and your
  successful completion of a physical and drug/alcohol screening prior to your
  start date.

  

 

Ed, on behalf of VWR, I
would like to welcome you to the VWR team. 
I know that CD&R is also very excited about you joining our company
and look forward to working with you. 
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me.

	
   

  	
  Sincerely,

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  \s\ Walter
  Zywottek

  
	
   

  	
  Walter Zywottek

  

 

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  Employment Offer endorsed by Clayton, Dubilier &
  Rice

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  \s\ Richard J.
  Schnall

  
	
   

  	
  Richard J.
  Schnall, Partner

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Accepted
  And Agreed

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  \s\ Edward H.
  Orzetti

  
	
   

  	
  Edward H.
  Orzetti

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Date:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
				

 

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Annex A

 

Terms of Management Stock
Subscription Agreement

	
  Transfer Restrictions:

  	
   

  	
  Prior to an IPO, no transfers of Shares, except as
  specified below.  In addition, if VWR
  files a registration statement for an underwritten public offering of its
  common stock, you may not transfer the Shares in a public sale (including a
  sale under Rule 144) during the 20 days before and the 180 days after the
  effective date of the registration statement.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Rights of First Refusal:

  	
   

  	
  Prior to an IPO, each of VWR and Clayton, Dubilier
  & Rice Fund VI Limited Partnership (together with any other CD&R fund
  that owns VWR shares, the “CD&R Fund”) will have a right of first refusal
  over a sale of all or any part of the Shares.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Option upon Termination of
  Employment:

  	
   

  	
  Prior to an IPO, each of VWR and the CD&R Fund
  will have an option to repurchase all or any portion of the Shares if your
  employment with VWR terminates for any reason.  If the repurchase is due to a termination of your employment
  for cause, the price will be the lesser of fair market value and the original
  subscription price.  All other
  repurchases will be at fair market value, as determined by the VWR Board.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Drag Along and Tag Along Rights:

  	
   

  	
  Prior to an IPO, the CD&R Fund will have pro
  rata drag-along rights over your Shares in the event of a sale of 20% or more
  of its shares of common stock to a third party.  Also, prior to an IPO you will have the right to participate in
  sales by CD&R fund of 80% or more of its shares.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Put Option upon Termination of
  Employment

  	
   

  	
  Prior to an IPO, you will have a put option against
  VWR at fair market value if your employment with VWR is terminated by VWR
  without cause or terminates by reason of death or disability.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Registration Rights:

  	
   

  	
  You will be entitled to the customary registration
  rights provided to other management investors.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Repurchase Delays:

  	
   

  	
  Any repurchase of the Shares by VWR may be delayed
  if:

  

 

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  The repurchase
  would violate VWR’s financing documents;

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
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  The repurchase
  would violate VWR’s certificate of incorporation; or

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
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  VWR does not
  have funds legally available therefore under applicable law.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  In the event that a repurchase of Shares by VWR is
  delayed pursuant to the operation of this right, the purchase price per share
  when the repurchase of such Shares eventually takes place shall equal the sum
  of (i) the purchase price of such Shares at the time that the repurchase
  of such Shares would have occurred but for the operation of this night, plus
  (ii) an amount equal to interest on such purchase price for the period from
  the date on which the completion of the repurchase would have taken place but
  for the operation of this right to the date on which such repurchase actually
  takes place at a rate equal to the average annual cost to VWR of its and its
  subsidiaries bank indebtedness obligations outstanding during the delay
  period or, if there are no such obligations outstanding, one percentage point
  greater than the average annual prime rate charged during such period by JP
  Morgan Chase Bank or such other nationally recognized bank designated by VWR.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Definition of “Fair Market Value”:

  	
   

  	
  As determined in good faith by the VWR Board.  Initially Fair Market Value will be the per
  share price paid by the CD&R Fund.

  

 

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Annex B

 

Terms of Management Stock Option
Agreement

	
  Type of Option:

  	
   

  	
  Non-qualified stock options.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Vesting:

  	
   

  	
  Five equal installments on each of the first five anniversaries
  of the grant date.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Vested options may only be exercised following the
  first IPO, or, if prior to an IPO, pursuant to an exemption from registration
  requirements under applicable securities laws.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Term:

  	
   

  	
  10 years from grant date.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Termination:

  	
   

  	
  Upon termination of employment with VWR for any
  reason other than death or disability, all unvested options will terminate,
  and the vested option will terminate as follows:

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
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  If termination
  is for cause, all vested options will terminate; and

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
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  If termination
  is for any other reason, all vested options will remain exercisable until the
  earlier of (i) 60 days after the earlier of the expiration of CD&R Fund’s
  right to purchase the options and receipt of notice that CD&R Fund does
  not intend to exercise such right and (ii) expiration of the option term.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Transfer Restrictions:

  	
   

  	
  No transfer except to your estate upon death or to
  VWR or the CD&R Fund pursuant to their repurchase rights.  Upon death, only your estate may exercise
  the options.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Repurchase Rights:

  	
   

  	
  Prior to an IPO, VWR and the CD&R Fund have
  repurchase rights similar to those described in relation to the Shares, at a
  price equal to the fair market value of the common stock less the exercise
  price.  VWR’s right to complete a
  purchase may be delayed in the circumstances and as described above in
  relation to the Shares.

  

 

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  Change of Control:

  	
   

  	
  On a change of control all Options vest and are
  cashed out or (at the discretion of the Board) may instead be rolled over
  into equivalent options on shares of the acquiror (in which case the rollover
  options must have additional protections that vest on a termination without
  cause or a constructive termination of employment).

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  If vesting would be accelerated as result of a
  change of control, vesting will further be subject to the approval of VWR’s
  shareholders if and to the extent necessary to avoid any “golden parachute”
  tax implications.

  

 

7Exhibit
10.15

EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT,
dated as of the 1st day of Janaury, 2000, between VWR Scientific Products
Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”) and George Gunther (the
“Employee”).

WHEREAS, the Employee has
been employed by the Company or one of its subsidiaries prior to the date
hereof;

WHEREAS, the Employee
possesses unique knowledge of the business and affairs of the Company,
including its policies, methods, personnel and operations; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors
of the Company (the “Board of Directors”) believes it to be in the best
interests of the Company to ensure the Employee’s continued employment by the
Company in the capacity and under the terms and conditions set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the foregoing and the mutual promises and agreements hereinafter set forth,
the Company and Employee agree as follows:

1.             Effective Date. 
This Employment Agreement shall become effective on the date first
written above ( the “Effective Date”).

2.             Employment. 
The Company hereby employs the Employee and the Employee hereby accepts
employment all upon the terms and conditions herein set forth.

3.             Duties. 
The Employee shall perform such management duties for the Company and
its affiliates as may from time to time be assigned and which are consistent
with his title.  During the Term (as set
forth in paragraph 8 hereof), the Employee shall have the same title as he held
immediately prior to the date of this Employment Agreement.  The Employee hereby promises to perform and
discharge, well and faithfully, all duties of his position.  If Employee is elected as a director or
officer of any affiliate of the Company, the Employee shall serve in such
capacity or capacities without further compensation.

4.             Extent of Services.  The Employee shall devote his entire time, attention and energies
to the business of the Company and shall not during the term of this Employment
Agreement be engaged in any other business activity whether or not such
business activity is pursued for gain, profit or other pecuniary advantage; but
this shall not be construed as preventing the Employee from investing his
personal assets in businesses which do not compete with the Company in such
form or manner as will not require any services on the part of the Employee in
the operation of the affairs of the companies in which such investments are
made and in which his participation is solely that of an investor, nor shall
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purchasing securities in any corporation whose
securities are regularly traded provided that such purchases shall not result
in his collectively owning beneficially at any time one percent (1%) or more of
the equity securities of any corporation engaged in a business competitive to
that of the Company, without the express prior written consent of the Company.

5.             Compensation.

(a)           For services rendered under this
Employment Agreement, the Company shall pay the Employee a salary determined
annually by the Board of Directors (the “Base Salary”), payable (after
deduction of applicable payroll taxes) in equal bi-weekly installments.  Employee’s Base Salary as of the Effective
Date shall be one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($175,000).  The Employee shall also be eligible for and
participate in such fringe benefits as shall be generally provided to
executives of the Company, including medical insurance and retirement programs
which may be adopted from time to time during the term hereof by the Company.

(b)           The Board of Directors shall review
the Employee’s compensation at least once a year and effect such increases in
the Base Salary as the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, determines
are merited, based upon the Employee’s performance and consistent with the
Company’s compensation policies.  At the
conclusion of each Fiscal Year, the Employee shall be eligible for, and the
Board of Directors in its sole discretion may award, an executive bonus based
on the achievement of objectives established by the Board of Directors in line
with the rules of the Company’s bonus plan. 
The Employee’s target bonus shall be forty thousand five hundred dollars
($40,500).

(c)           The Company agrees that, effective as
of January 1, 2000 it will establish, or cause to be established, a new
long-term incentive compensation plan (the “New Plan”).  The Company further agrees that the Employee
shall be immediately entitled to participate in such New Plan and the Employee
shall receive an allocation of units under the New Plan effective as of January
1, 2000, which allocation shall be commensurate with his position and
consistent in incentive opportunity with allocations to similarly situated
employees of the Company.

6.             Paid Time Off. 
During the term of this Employment Agreement, the Employee shall be
entitled to the same number of paid days off pursuant to the Company’s
customary paid time off policy as he has on the date of this Employment
Agreement.

7.             Expenses. 
During the term of this Employment Agreement, the Company shall
reimburse the Employee for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by
the Employee in connection with the business of the Company and in performance
of his duties under this Employment Agreement upon the Employee’s presentation
to the Company of an itemized accounting of such expenses with reasonable
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8.             Term.  The
Employee’s employment under this Employment Agreement shall commence on the
Effective Date and shall expire on the third year anniversary date
thereof.  The term of employment shall
automatically be extended for consecutive periods of one (1) year each unless
notice of termination of employment is given by either party hereto at least
ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of the initial or any renewal term, in
which case, this Agreement shall terminate at the end of such initial or
renewal term, as the case may be.  In
the case of a renewal and unless otherwise agreed to in writing by both
parties, the terms and conditions of this Employment Agreement shall apply to
any renewals or extensions thereto. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may, at its election,
terminate the Employee’s employment hereunder as follows:

(i)            Upon thirty (30) days’ notice if the
Employee becomes physically or mentally incapacitated or is injured so that he
is unable to perform the services required of him hereunder and such inability
to perform continues for a period in excess of twenty-six (26) weeks and is
continuing at the time of such notice; or

(ii)           For “Cause” upon notice of such
termination to the Employee.  For
purposes of this Employment Agreement, the Company shall have “Cause” to
terminate its obligations hereunder upon (A) the reasonable determination by
the Board of Directors that the Employee has failed substantially to perform
his duties hereunder (other than as a result of his incapacity due to physical
or mental illness or injury), which failure amounts to a repeated and
consistent neglect of his duties hereunder, (B) refusal to carry out any lawful
direction of the Board of Directors or lawful regulation or policy of the
Company, (C) the reasonable determination by the Board of Directors that the
Employee has engaged or is about to engage in conduct materially injurious to
the Company, (D) the Employee’s having been convicted of a felony or a
misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, (E) a material breach by the Employee of
any of the other covenants or representations herein or any other agreement
between Employee and the Company, or (F) fraud, theft, embezzlement or
misappropriation of Company property or funds; or

(iii)          Without Cause at any time upon notice
of such termination to the Employee; or

(iv)          Upon the death of the Employee.

In addition, the Employee
shall have the right to terminate this Employment Agreement upon notice to the
Company if, without his consent, his responsibilities and duties on the date
hereof are materially reduced (a “Material Demotion”) and such Material
Demotion continues for ten (10) business days after the date of notice to the
Company.  A Material Demotion shall be
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Employee shall be
entitled to receive salary continuation pay as provided by, and subject to the
terms and conditions of, subparagraph 9(c) below.

9.             Payment Upon Termination.

(a)           If this Employment Agreement is
terminated pursuant to paragraph 8(i) above, the Employee shall receive
disability pay from the date of such termination until the third anniversary of
the Effective Date at the rate of 50% of the Base Salary, reduced by applicable
payroll taxes and further reduced by the amount received by the Employee during
such period under any Company-maintained disability insurance policy or plan or
under Social Security or similar laws. 
Such disability payments shall be paid periodically to the Employee as
provided in paragraph 5(a) for the payment of salary.

(b)           If the Employment Agreement is
terminated pursuant to paragraph 8(ii) or 8(iv) above, the Employee shall
receive no salary continuation pay or severance pay.

(c)           If this Employment Agreement is
terminated pursuant to paragraph 8(iii) above or as a result of the Employee
having terminated this Employment Agreement following a Material Demotion, the
Employee shall receive salary continuation pay for the remainder of the
contractual term equal to the Employee’s most recent annual salary plus his or
her target bonus (as determined under the bonus plan last in effect for the Employee);
provided, however, that the salary continuation payments shall cease if the
Employee shall, directly or indirectly, be in breach of his obligations under
paragraph 13 hereof.  Such salary
continuation payments (less applicable payroll taxes) shall be paid
periodically to the Employee as provided in paragraph 5(a) for the payment of
the Base Salary.  If the Company shall
decide not to renew this Employment Agreement, the ninety (90) days’
notification of the Company’s intention shall serve as adequate termination
notice and the Employee hereby agrees to make a smooth transition of
responsibilities during that ninety (90) day period and the Employee further
agrees not to take any legal action against the Company related to said
non-renewal and termination of employment.

(d)           During the salary continuation
period, the Employee shall be under no obligation to mitigate the costs to the
Company of the salary continuation payments, and, provided that the Employee is
not in breach of his obligations under paragraph 13 hereof, no compensation
that the Employee may receive from another employer during the salary
continuation period shall be offset against amounts owed to Employee hereunder.

10.           Representations.  The Employee hereby represents to the
Company that (a) he is legally entitled to enter into this Employment Agreement
and to perform the services contemplated herein and is not bound under any
employment or consulting agreement to render services to any third party, (b)
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authority, subject to no rights of third parties, to
grant to the Company the rights contemplated by paragraph 11 hereof, and (c) he
does not now have, nor within the last three years has had, any ownership interest
in any business enterprise (other than interest in publicly traded corporations
where his ownership does not exceed one percent (1%) or more of the equity
capital) which is a customer of the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or from
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries purchases any goods or services or
to whom such corporations owe any financial obligations or are required or
directed to make any payments.

11.           Inventions.  The Employee hereby sells, transfers and
assigns to the Company or to any person or entity designated by the Company all
of the entire right, title and interest of the Employee in and to all
inventions, ideas, disclosures and improvements, whether patented or
unpatented, and copyrightable material, made or conceived by the Employee,
solely or jointly, during the term hereof which relate to methods, apparatus,
designs, products, processes or devices, sold, leased, used or under
consideration or development by the Company or any of its affiliates or which
otherwise relate to or pertain to the business, functions or operations of the
Company or any of its affiliates or which arise from the efforts of the
Employee during the course of his employment for the Company or any of its
affiliates.  The Employee shall
communicate promptly and disclose to the Company, in such form as the Company
requests, all information, details and data pertaining to the aforementioned
inventions, ideas, disclosures and improvements; and the Employee shall execute
and deliver to the Company such formal transfers and assignments and such other
papers and documents as may be necessary or required of the Employee to permit
the Company or any person or entity designated by the Company to file and
prosecute the patent applications and, as to copyrightable material, to obtain
copyright thereof.  Any invention
relating to the business of the Company and its affiliates and disclosed by the
Employee within one year following the termination of this Employment Agreement
shall be deemed to fall within the provisions of this paragraph unless proved
to have been first conceived and made following such termination.

12.           Disclosure of Information.  The Employee recognizes and acknowledges
that the trade secrets, know-how and proprietary processes of the Company and
its affiliates as they may exist from time to time are valuable, special and
unique assets of the business of the Company and its affiliates, access to and
knowledge of which are essential to the performance of the Employee’s duties
hereunder.  The Employee will not,
during or after the term of his employment by the Company or any of its
affiliates, in whole or in part, disclose such secrets, know-how or processes
to any person, firm, corporation, association or other entity for any reason or
purpose whatsoever, nor shall the Employee make use of any such property for
his own purposes or for the benefit of any person, firm, corporation or other
entity (except the Company and its affiliates) under any circumstances during
or after the term of his employment, provided that after the term of his
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processes which are then in the public domain
(provided that the Employee was not responsible, directly or indirectly, for
such secrets, know-how or processes entering the public domain without the
Company’s consent).

13.           Non-Competition.  During the term of Employee’s employment
hereunder and (a) for a period beginning on the date of termination of Employee’s
employment hereunder for any reason (other than a termination by the Company
pursuant to paragraph 8(iii) hereof) and ending on the later of two (2) years
after the date of this Agreement or two (2) years after any such termination of
employment, or (b) for a period beginning on the date of any termination of
Employee’s employment hereunder pursuant to paragraph 8(iii) hereof and ending
two (2) years after the date of the last payments to be made to Employee
pursuant to paragraph 8(iii), Employee shall not, with the organizations
identified or otherwise described in the last sentence of this paragraph 13,
directly or indirectly: (i) engage anywhere in the distribution or supply of
laboratory equipment, chemicals or supplies to the scientific marketplace in
competition with any product which at any time during the term of such
employment has been sold or distributed by the Company; (ii) be or become a
stockholder, partner, owner, officer, director or employee or agent of, or a
consultant to or provide financial or other assistance to, any such
organization; (iii) seek in competition with the business of the Company to
procure orders from or do business with any customer of the Company; (iv)
solicit, or contact with a view to the engagement or employment by, any person
or entity of any person who is an employee of the Company; (v) seek to contract
with or engage (in such a way as to adversely affect or interfere with the
business of the Company) any person or entity who has been contracted with or
engaged to supply or deliver products, goods, materials or services to the
Company; or (vi) engage in or participate in any effort or act to induce any of
the customers, associates, consultants, partners, or employees of the Company
or any of its affiliates to take any action which might be disadvantageous to
the Company or any of its affiliates; provided, however, that nothing herein
shall prohibit the Employee from owning, as a passive investor, in the
aggregate not more than 2% of the outstanding publicly trades stock of any
corporation so engaged.  The duration of
the Employee’s covenants set forth in this paragraph 13 shall be extended by a
period of time equal to the number of days, if any, during which the Employee
is in violation of the provisions hereof. 
For purposes hereof, Employee shall be deemed to be acting in
competition with the Company if he engages in the activities identified in the
first sentence of this section with Fisher Scientific International Inc.,
Burdick & Jackson, Cole Palmer, SciQuest, Chemdex, Sigma-Aldrich
Corporation, Mallinckrodt-Baker Chemical Co. or any other distributor or
supplier of laboratory equipment, chemicals or supplies to the scientific
marketplace having annual sales in excess of $50,000,000.  The Board of Directors may periodically
revise the list of competitive organizations by written notice to Employee,
which notice, the Employee hereby agrees, shall automatically amend this
Employment Agreement.  It is the desire
and intent of the parties that the provisions of this paragraph 13 shall be
enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies
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particular portion of this paragraph 13 shall be
adjudicated to be invalid or unenforceable, this paragraph 13 shall be deemed
amended to delete therefrom the portion thus adjudicated to be invalid or
unenforceable, such deletion to apply only with respect to the operation of
this paragraph in the particular jurisdiction in which such adjudication is
made.

14.           Injunctive Relief.  If there is a breach or threatened breach of
the provisions of paragraph 11, 12 or 13 of this Employment Agreement, the
Company shall be entitled to an injunction restraining the Employee from such
breach.  Nothing herein shall be
construed as prohibiting the Company from pursuing any other remedies for such
breach or threatened breach.

15.           Insurance.  The Company may, at its election and for its
benefit, insure the Employee against accidental loss or death, and the Employee
shall submit to such physical examination and supply such information as may be
required in connection therewith.

16.           Notices.  Any notice required or permitted to be given
under this Employment Agreement shall be sufficient if in writing and if sent
by registered mail to the Employee at his home address as reflected on the
records of the Company, in the case of the Employee, or VWR Scientific Products
Corporation, 1310 West Goshen Parkway, West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380, in the
case of the Company.

17.           Waiver of Breach.  A waiver by the Company or the Employee of a
breach of any provision of this Employment Agreement by the other party shall
not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach by the other
party.

18.           Governing Law.  This Employment Agreement shall be governed
by and construed and enforce in accordance with the laws of the State of
Pennsylvania without giving effect to the choice of law or conflict of laws
provisions thereof.

19.           Assignment.  This Employment Agreement may be assigned,
without the consent of the Employee, by the Company to any of its affiliates,
or to any other person, partnership, corporation, or other entity which has
purchased substantially all the assets of the Company, provided such assignee
assumes all the liabilities of the Company hereunder.

20.           Prior Agreement.  Effective as of the Effective Date, the
Agreement between the Company and the Employee dated February 17, 1993 is hereby
terminated and superseded in its entirety by this Employment Agreement and
Employee hereby waives any right which he may have under such agreement to
resign following the effective date of a “Change in Control” of the Company (as
defined in such agreement) and any and all other rights or claims to severance
benefits or other compensation or benefits under such agreement following his
termination of employment.

 

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21.           Entire Agreement.  This Employment Agreement contains the
entire agreement of the parties and supersedes any and all agreements, letter
of intent or understandings between the Employee and (a) the Company, (b) any
of the Company’s principle shareholders, affiliates or subsidiaries regarding employment.  This Employment Agreement may be changed
only by an agreement in writing signed by a party against whom enforcement of
any waiver, change, modification, extension or discharge is sought.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties have executed this Employment Agreement as of the day first herein
above written.

	
  VWR SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTS CORPORATION

  	
   

  	
  EMPLOYEE

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Paul J. Nowak

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ George Gunther

  
	
   

  	
  Paul J. Nowak

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  George Gunther

  
	
   

  	
  President & Chief Executive Officer

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Chief Information Officer

  

 

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AMENDMENT to EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of
the 21st day of March, 2001, between VWR International, Inc., a Pennsylvania
corporation (the “Company”) and George Gunther (the “Employee”).

WHEREAS, the Employee and the Company have entered
into an Employment Agreement dated January 1, 2000 (the “Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Company and Employee desire to amend
certain provisions of the Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and
the mutual promises and agreements hereinafter set forth, the Company and
Employee agree as follows:

1.             Amendment
to Section 9.  Section 9 of the
Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:

9.             Payment
Upon Termination.

(a)           If
this Employment Agreement is terminated pursuant to paragraph 8(i) above, the
Employee shall receive disability pay from the date of such termination until
the third anniversary of the Effective Date at the rate of 50% of the Base
Salary, reduced by applicable payroll taxes and further reduced by the amount
received by the Employee during such period under any Company-maintained
disability insurance policy or plan or under Social Security or similar
laws.  Such disability payments shall be
paid periodically to the Employee as provided in paragraph 5(a) for the payment
of salary.

(b)           If
the Employment Agreement is terminated pursuant to paragraph 8(ii) or 8(iv)
above, the Employee shall receive no salary continuation pay or severance pay.

(c)           If
this Employment Agreement is terminated pursuant to paragraph 8(iii) above or
as a result of the Employee having terminated this Employment Agreement
following a Material Demotion, the Employee shall receive salary continuation
pay for the remainder of the contractual term, but not in any event for less
than twenty-four months from the date of such termination, equal to the
Employee’s most recent annual salary plus his or her target bonus (as
determined under the bonus plan last in effect for the Employee); provided,
however, that the salary continuation payments shall cease if the Employee
shall, directly or indirectly, be in breach of his obligations under paragraph
13 hereof.  Such salary continuation payments
(less applicable payroll taxes) shall be paid periodically to the Employee as
provided in paragraph 5(a) for the payment of the Base Salary.

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(d)           If
the Company shall decide not to renew this Employment Agreement, the Employee
shall receive severance pay, for a period of twenty-four months following the
date of expiration of the then current term, equal to the Employee’s most
recent annual salary plus his or her target bonus (as determined under the
bonus plan last in effect for the Employee); provided, however, that the
severance payments shall cease if the Employee shall, directly or indirectly,
be in breach of his obligations under paragraph 13 hereof.  Such severance payments (less applicable payroll
taxes) shall be paid periodically to the Employee as provided in paragraph 5(a)
for the payment of the Base Salary.  The
Employee hereby agrees to make a smooth transition of responsibilities during
that ninety (90} day period and the Employee further agrees not to take any
legal action against the Company related to said non-renewal and termination of
employment.

(e)           During
the salary continuation or severance period, the Employee shall be under no
obligation to mitigate the costs to the Company of the salary continuation or
severance payments, and, provided that the Employee is not in breach of his
obligations under paragraph 13 hereof, no compensation that the Employee may
receive from another employer during the salary continuation or severance period
shall be offset against amounts owed to Employee hereunder.

2.             No
Other Amendments.  Except as herein
amended, all other terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this
Employment Agreement as of the day first herein above written.

	
  VWR INTERNATIONAL, INC

  	
   

  	
  EMPLOYEE

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Walter W. Zywottek

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ George Gunther

  
	
   

  	
  Walter W. Zywottek

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  George Gunther

  
	
   

  	
  President & Chief Executive Officer

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  Chief Information Officer

  

 

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