Document:

Exhibit 10.6

 

VWR INTERNATIONAL, INC.

1310 Goshen Parkway

PO Box 2656

West Chester, Pennsylvania, 19380

 

June
29, 2007

 

George Van Kula

537 County Line Road

Radnor, PA 19087

 

Dear George:

 

I am
pleased to confirm the terms of your continuing employment with VWR
International, Inc. (“VWR”). The terms are as follows:

 

	
  Position:

  	
  Senior Vice President, General
  Counsel & Secretary.

  
	
  Base Salary:

  	
  $375,000 per year, payable
  in installments on VWR’s regular payroll dates.

  
	
  Duties:

  	
  Those duties performed by you as of immediately
  prior to the date of this Agreement.

  
	
  Reporting:

  	
  You will report solely and directly to John Ballbach.

  
	
  Office Location:

  	
  Your office will be located in West Chester, PA.

  
	
  Annual Bonus:

  	
  You will be eligible to participate in VWR’s management
  incentive program with a target bonus of 75%
  of base salary.

  
	
  Benefits:

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

  
	
  Severance/Restrictive 

  Covenants:

  	
  If your employment with VWR and its affiliates is
  terminated (i) by VWR or its affiliates without Cause (as defined on Annex
  1) or (ii) by you for Good Reason (as defined on Annex 1), you
  will be entitled to receive (A) an aggregate amount equal to one and a half
  times the sum of your base salary then in effect and your target bonus for
  the year in which such termination occurs, payable in equal installments on
  VWR’s regular payroll dates during a period of twelve months after such
  termination and (B) continued health benefits for a period of twelve months
  after such termination. These payments (i) would be subject to your execution
  of a general release in the form attached hereto as Annex 2, (ii)
  shall be in lieu of any other severance payments you are entitled to under
  any agreements or plans and (iii) shall be reduced to the extent you are
  entitled to any

  

 

 

	
   

  	
  similar severance payments or health benefits from
  VWR under applicable law so as not to be duplicative with such legally
  required payments or benefits. You agree to be subject to those restrictions
  set forth on Annex 1 attached hereto, which are a part of this letter
  agreement (the “Employee Covenants”).

   

  If your employment with VWR and its affiliates is
  terminated by VWR or its affiliates by reason of your Disability (as defined
  on Annex 1), you will be entitled to receive a lump sum payment as
  soon as practicable following such termination in an amount equal to the
  target amount of your bonus for the year in which such termination occurs,
  prorated for the portion of such year during which you were employed with VWR.
  In addition, you shall be entitled to receive payments of your base salary
  until payments to you under VWR’s long-term disability plan commence but in
  any event for a period not to exceed 18 months from the date of your
  termination.

   

  If your employment with VWR and its affiliates is
  terminated by reason of your death, your beneficiary or estate, as
  applicable, will be entitled to receive a lump sum payment as soon as
  practicable following your death in an amount equal to the target amount of
  your bonus for the year in which such termination occurs, prorated for the
  portion of such year during which you were employed with VWR.

   

  You shall be under no obligation to seek other
  employment for any reason or to mitigate any severance payments following a
  termination of your employment with VWR and its affiliates for any reason. In
  addition, there shall be no offset against amounts due to you upon termination
  of your employment with VWR and its affiliates on account of any compensation
  attributable to any employment subsequent to your employment with VWR and its
  affiliates. Either you or VWR may termination your employment with VWR and
  its affiliates at any time.

   

  Except as provided above in this
  Severance/Restrictive Covenants section, you shall not be entitled to any
  other salary, compensation or benefits from VWR or its affiliates after
  termination of your employment with VWR or its affiliates, except as otherwise
  specifically provided for in VWR’s or its affiliates’ employee benefit plans
  or as otherwise expressly required by applicable law.

   

  Notwithstanding anything
  herein to the contrary, if any payments due hereunder would subject you to
  any tax imposed under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
  amended (the “Code”), as a result of your characterization as a “specified
  employee” of VWR (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section
  1.409A-1(i)), then such payments that would otherwise cause such taxation
  shall be payable in a single lump sum on the first business day that is six
  months following your “separation from service” (within the meaning 

  

 

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  of Code Section 409A and
  the regulations thereunder), and any remaining payments will be made in
  accordance with the foregoing provisions of this section.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Legal Fees:

  	
  In the event of a contest between you and VWR or its
  subsidiaries or affiliates regarding a breach or alleged breach of this
  Agreement in which you substantially prevail, then VWR agrees to pay (within
  ten business days of receipt of an invoice from you), all reasonable legal
  fees and expenses that you have incurred as a result of such contest.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Personal Services 

  Agreement:

  	
  On the date hereof, you agree to enter into a
  Personal Services, Confidentiality and Inventions Agreement with VWR, in the
  form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Entire Agreement:

  	
  This letter agreement, (including any Annexes
  attached hereto) and the Personal Services, Confidentiality and Inventions
  Agreement referenced above set forth the entire understanding between you and
  VWR and/or its affiliates with respect to the subject matter hereof and
  thereof, and supersede and preempt all prior oral or written understandings
  and agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof between
  you and VWR and/or any of its affiliates, which shall terminate and be of no
  further effect upon the execution of this letter agreement.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Tax and Financial
  Planning Services:

  	
  You will be provided a personal executive financial
  advisor by VWR to assist you with financial and estate planning, asset
  management, tax planning and preparation.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Car Allowance:

  	
  You will be entitled to receive an executive car allowance
  in an amount consistent with your current car allowance, if any.

  

 

George, I am excited to have you continue on the VWR
team. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me at 

(610) 692-1060.

 

	
   

  	
  Sincerely,

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  John Ballbach

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
  Accepted and Agreed

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  George Van Kula

  
	
   

  
	
  Date: 

  	
   

  	
   

  
				

 

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Exhibit A - Personal Services,
Confidentiality and Inventions Agreement

 

See Attached.

 

 

VWR International, Inc.

 

PERSONAL SERVICES,
CONFIDENTIALITY AND INVENTIONS AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is between
VWR International, Inc., presently headquartered at 1310 Goshen Parkway, West
Chester, Pennsylvania, 19380 (“VWR”) and George Van Kula (“Executive” or “I”)
who is employed by VWR.

 

VWR’s sound business policy requires that its trade
secrets, technical and non-technical know-how, business knowledge, plans,
systems, business methods, business records and customer relations to be
protected and not utilized by any person or firm who competes or wants to
compete with VWR. The parties wish to evidence the terms of the employment
relationship between them and particularly to set forth certain restrictions
which shall apply to Executive in the event of termination of his/her
employment with VWR.

 

In consideration of and as part of the terms of
employment by VWR, it is agreed as follows:

 

1.                                       Compensation and Benefits. Executive shall
be entitled to a salary, annual bonus and other monetary compensation, which
shall be established by VWR at the inception of employment, and may be
periodically thereafter adjusted for increase only. Executive shall also be
entitled to participate in various VWR employee benefit plans (for example,
health insurance, retirement, and the like), in accordance with the participation
requirements of said plans, and nothing contained herein shall confer benefit
eligibility which is in any manner inconsistent with the terms of the benefit
plans.

 

2.                                       Executive’s General Obligations; Conflicts of Interest.
During my employment with VWR, I agree to devote substantially all
my working time during normal business hours to VWR. During my employment with
VWR, I agree to use my best efforts to perform the duties associated with my
position and title with VWR as VWR may direct, not to engage in any other
business or activity the nature of which shall be determined by VWR to be
competitive with VWR, its suppliers or its customers and to comply with any
Conflict of Interest Policy of VWR; provided that, with the approval of
VWR, which such approval shall not be unreasonably delayed or withheld, I may
serve on the board of directors of one public company. I further agree to
conform to all VWR policies, practices, and procedures, to the extent such
policies, practices and procedures have been provided to me in writing, as well
as lawful directions of VWR and/or its affiliates as to performance of services
for VWR, to the extent that the same are consistent with my position and title
with VWR.

 

3.                                       No Existing Restrictive Agreements. I
represent that I am not a party to any contract limiting my present or future
right to work for VWR or to perform such activities as shall be required from
time to time by VWR.

 

4.                                       Prior Employer Information. I agree that I
will not use improperly or disclose any confidential or proprietary information
or trade secrets of my former or current employers, principals, partners,
co-venturers, customers, or suppliers, or the vendors or customers of such
persons or entities, and I will not violate any nondisclosure or proprietary
rights agreement I might have signed in connection with any such employer,
person or entity.

 

 

5.                                       Non-Disclosure of Information. I recognize
that, in the performance of my duties with VWR, Confidential Information
belonging to VWR will come into my possession, including, without limitation,
information regarding business methods, plan, systems, customer lists and
customer relations, vendor lists and vendor relations, cost and pricing
information, distribution and logistical information, and other information
relating to the business of VWR that is not known to the general public. I
recognize that the business of VWR is materially dependent upon the
relationship between VWR and its customers who are serviced by its associates
and that VWR has and will entrust me with Confidential Information, that must
remain the property of VWR. As used in this Agreement, “Confidential
Information” shall mean the trade secrets, technical and non-technical
know-how, technical and business knowledge and information, plans and systems,
business methods, customer lists and customer relations of VWR, including but
not limited to research, development, manufacturing, purchasing, accounting,
data processing, engineering, marketing, merchandising, selling and invoicing,
which information is acquired from or through VWR during the course of my
employment by VWR. “Confidential Information” shall not include any
information that is or becomes publicly known or that enters the public domain
other than as a result of my breach of my obligations under this Agreement or
any other agreement between me and VWR or its affiliates. I agree that I will
not at any time hereafter disclose Confidential Information to third parties or
use Confidential Information for any purpose other than to further VWR’s
business, except as is required by law, any court of competent jurisdiction or
any governmental agency or authority or recognized subpoena power.

 

6.                                       Assignment of Inventions. I will make
prompt and full disclosure to VWR, will hold in trust for the sole benefit of
VWR, and will assign, exclusively to VWR all my right, title, and interest in
and to any and all inventions, discoveries, designs, developments,
improvements, copyrightable material, and trade secrets (collectively herein “Inventions”)
that I, solely or jointly, may conceive, develop, or reduce to practice during
the period of time I am in the employ of VWR. I hereby waive and quitclaim to
VWR any and all claims of any nature whatsoever that I now or hereafter may
have for infringement of any patent resulting from any patent applications for
any Inventions so assigned to VWR.

 

My obligation to assign shall not apply to any
Invention about which I can prove that:

 

(a)                                  it
was developed entirely on my own time; and

 

(b)                                 no
equipment, supplies, facility, services, or trade secret information of VWR
were used in its development; and

 

(c)                                  it
does not relate (i) directly to the business of VWR or (ii) to the
actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of VWR; and

 

(d)                                 it
does not result from any work performed by me for VWR.

 

7.                                       Excluded and Licensed Inventions. I have
attached hereto a list describing all Inventions belonging to me and made by me
prior to my employment with VWR that I wish to have excluded from this Agreement.
If no such list is attached, I represent that there are no such Inventions. If
in the course of my employment at VWR, I incorporate into a VWR product,
process, or machine, an Invention owned by me or 

 

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in which I have an interest, VWR is hereby granted and
shall have an exclusive royalty-free, irrevocable, worldwide license to make,
have made, use, and sell that Invention without restriction as to the extent of
my ownership or interest.

 

8.                                       Application for Copyrights and Patents. I
will execute any proper oath or verify any proper document in connection with
carrying out the terms of this Agreement. If, because of my mental or physical
condition or for any other reason whatsoever, VWR is unable to secure my
signature to apply for or to pursue any application for any United States or
foreign patent or copyright covering Inventions assigned to VWR as stated
above, I hereby irrevocably designate and appoint VWR and its duly authorized
officers and agents as my agent and attorney in fact, to act for me and in my
behalf and stead to execute and file any such applications and to do all other
lawfully permitted acts to further the prosecution and issuance of U.S. and
foreign patents and copyrights thereon with the same legal force and effect as
if executed by me. I will testify at VWR’s request and expense in any
interference, litigation, or other legal proceeding that may arise during or
after my employment.

 

9.                                       Third Party Information. I recognize that
VWR has received and will receive confidential or proprietary information from
third parties subject to a duty on VWR’s part to maintain the confidentiality
of such information and to use it only for certain limited purposes. This
information shall be deemed not to include shall not include any information
that is or becomes publicly known or that enters the public domain other than
as a result of my breach of my obligations under this Agreement or any other
agreement between me and VWR or its affiliates. During the term of my
employment and thereafter I will not disclose nor use such information for the
benefit of anyone other than VWR or such third party, or in any manner
inconsistent with any agreement between VWR and such third party of which I am
made aware, except as is required by law, any court of competent jurisdiction
or any governmental agency or authority or recognized subpoena power.

 

10.                                 Termination. I acknowledge that this
Agreement shall not constitute a contract for employment for any specific period
of time, and that either VWR or I am free to terminate this Agreement, and
employment relationship, “at will,” at any time, with or without cause. I agree
that upon termination of this Agreement and my employment, for any or no
reason, I will promptly return to VWR all records of Confidential Information,
including copies in my possession, and all other physical properties issued to
me as an employee, in a reasonable state of function or repair. I will also so
return any keys, pass cards, identification cards or other property belonging
to VWR.

 

11.                                 Non-Waiver. The failure by VWR to enforce
any of the provisions hereof upon any default by me at a particular time or
under certain circumstances shall not be treated as a permanent waiver of such
provisions and shall not prevent subsequent enforcement of such provisions upon
default by either party.

 

12.                                 Irreparable Harm. I agree that any proven
breach of this Agreement by me would cause irreparable harm to VWR for which
monetary damages could not adequately compensate. If VWR proves a breach,
irreparable harm shall be presumed and I expressly waive any bonding
requirement as a prerequisite to VWR obtaining injunctive relief. VWR can also
seek damages.

 

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13.                                 Assignability of This Agreement. The
services contracted for between VWR and me in this Agreement are personal, and
therefore I may not assign this Agreement to any other person or entity. This
Agreement may, however, be assigned by VWR to a successor to the business of
VWR.

 

14.                                 Severability. It is the intention of the
parties that this Agreement shall be enforceable to the fullest extent
permitted by local, state, and/or federal law in the jurisdiction in which
performance of this Agreement occurs, or in which performance of this Agreement
is sought to be enforced. In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction
determines that one or more provisions of this Agreement are not enforceable
under the provisions of the jurisdiction in which performance occurs or
enforcement is sought, such a determination shall not affect the enforceability
of the remainder of this Agreement.

 

15.                                 Other Agreements. This Agreement, together
with the letter agreement, dated June 29, 2007, between me and VWR (the “Letter
Agreement”), sets forth the sole and entire agreement between the parties
hereto, and supersedes and replaces any and all prior agreements, whether oral,
written, or implied, entered into by me and VWR, pertaining to my employment,
the terms, conditions, and responsibilities thereof, and/or any other subject
matter contained in this Agreement or the Letter Agreement. This Agreement and
the Letter Agreement shall be considered together as one agreement. There will
be no modification of this Agreement, either verbal, implied, written, or
otherwise, except through a written agreement signed by me, and an officer of
VWR, which refers to the specific paragraph of this Agreement intended to be
modified, and sets forth, in writing, the specific modification of said paragraph.

 

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WITNESS WHEREFORE, the parties have executed this
Agreement as of the       day of June, 2007.

 

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
  VWR International, Inc.

  
	
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Annex 1 - Employee
Covenants

 

1.     Noncompetition and
Nonsolicitation. You acknowledge that in the course of your employment with
VWR or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates you will become familiar with VWR’s
and its Subsidiaries’ and Affiliates’ trade secrets and with other confidential
information concerning VWR and such Subsidiaries and Affiliates and that your
services will be of special, unique and extraordinary value to VWR and such
Subsidiaries and Affiliates. Therefore, you agree that:

 

(a)           Noncompetition. During the
Employment Period and for a period of twelve months thereafter, you shall not
directly or indirectly, anywhere in the world, own, manage, control,
participate in, consult with, render services for or enter into employment with
any distributor with annual sales revenue exceeding $200,000,000 in the
laboratory supplies industry (the “Business”). Nothing herein shall
prohibit you from being a passive owner of not more than 2% of the outstanding
stock of any class of a corporation that is publicly traded, so long as you
have no active participation in the business of such corporation.

 

(b)           Nonsolicitation. During the
Employment Period and for a period of eighteen months thereafter, you shall not
directly or indirectly (i) induce or attempt to induce any employee of VWR
or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to leave the employ of VWR or any such
Subsidiary or Affiliate, or in any way interfere with the relationship between
VWR or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates  and
any employee thereof, (ii) hire any person who was an employee of VWR or
any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates within 180 days after a Separation,
(iii) induce or attempt to induce any customer, supplier, licensee or
other business relation of VWR or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to
cease doing business with VWR or such Subsidiary or Affiliate or in any way
interfere with the relationship between any such customer, supplier, licensee
or business relation and VWR or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or
(iv) directly or indirectly acquire or attempt to acquire an interest in
any business relating to the Business and with which VWR or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates has entertained discussions relating to the
acquisition of such business by VWR or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates in
the twelve month period immediately preceding a Separation.

 

(c)           Enforcement. If, at the time
of enforcement of Section 1 or 2, a court holds that the
restrictions stated herein are unreasonable under circumstances then existing,
the parties hereto agree that the maximum duration, scope or geographical area
reasonable under such circumstances shall be substituted for the stated period,
scope or area and that the court shall be allowed to revise the restrictions
contained herein to cover the maximum duration, scope and area permitted by law.
Because your services are unique and because you have access to confidential
information, the parties hereto agree that money damages would be an inadequate
remedy for any breach of this Annex 1. Therefore, in the event a breach
or threatened breach of this Annex 1, VWR or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates or their successors or assigns may, in addition to other rights and
remedies existing in their favor, apply to any court of competent jurisdiction
for specific performance and/or injunctive or other relief in order to enforce,
or prevent any violations of, the provisions hereof (without posting a bond or
other security).

 

(d)           Additional Acknowledgments. You
acknowledge that the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 are in
consideration of:  (i) employment
with VWR or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates and (ii) additional good and
valuable consideration, including the payment of salary and bonus, as set forth
in this letter agreement. In addition, you agree and acknowledge that the
restrictions contained in Sections 1 and 2 do not preclude you
from earning a livelihood, 

 

 

nor do they
unreasonably impose limitations on your ability to earn a living. In addition,
you acknowledge (A) that the business of VWR and its Subsidiaries and
Affiliates will be conducted throughout the world, (B) notwithstanding the
state of incorporation or principal office of VWR or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates, or any of their respective executives or employees (including you),
it is expected that VWR and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates will have business
activities and have valuable business relationships within its industry
throughout the world, and (C) as part of your responsibilities, you will be
traveling throughout the world in furtherance of VWR’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ or Affiliates’ business and relationships. You agree and
acknowledge that the potential harm to VWR and any of its Subsidiaries and
Affiliates of the non-enforcement of Sections 1 and 2 outweighs any
potential harm to you of its enforcement by injunction or otherwise. You
acknowledge that you have carefully read this Annex 1 and have given
careful consideration to the restraints imposed upon you by this Annex 1,
and are in full accord as to their necessity for the reasonable and proper
protection of confidential and proprietary information of VWR and any of its
Subsidiaries and Affiliates now existing or to be developed in the future. You
expressly acknowledge and agree that each and every restraint imposed by this Annex
1 is reasonable with respect to subject matter, time period and
geographical area.

 

2.               Definitions.

 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person,
any Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such
Person or an Affiliate of such Person.

 

“Board” means VWR’s board of directors.

 

“Cause” means (i) the conviction of a felony or
the commission of fraud with respect to VWR or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates or any of their customers or suppliers, (ii) substantial and
repeated failure to perform duties as reasonably directed by the Board or a
supervisor or report, after providing you with 15 days’ prior written notice
and a reasonable opportunity to remedy such failure and (iii) gross negligence
or willful misconduct with respect to VWR or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates. “Cause” shall be deemed not to include any act or failure to act,
on your part, unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by you in bad faith or
without reasonable belief that your action or omission was in the best
interests of VWR or any of its respective Affiliates. Any act, or failure to act, based upon
authority given pursuant to a direction from the Board or based upon the advice
of counsel for VWR or any of its respective Affiliates shall be conclusively
presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by you in good faith and in the
best interests of VWR and its Affiliates. Your cessation of employment shall
not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until (i) there shall have been delivered
to you a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of at least
a majority of the entire membership of the Board (excluding for this purpose
any seat on the Board then held by you) at a meeting of the Board called and
held for such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to you and you are
given an opportunity, together with counsel, to be heard before the Board),
finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, that Cause exists for the
termination of your employment, and specifying the particulars thereof in
reasonable detail and (ii) if capable of cure within 30 days, you shall have
been given 30 days from the date of the meeting of the Board at which you were
given an opportunity, together with counsel, to be heard by the Board to cure
the conduct specified by the Board. At any such Board meeting, you shall be
automatically recused from participation in such meeting as a member of the
Board.

 

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“Disability” means any physical or mental
injury, illness or incapacity as a result of which you are unable to perform
the functions of your duties for a continuous period of more than 90 days or
for 120 days (whether or not continuous) within a 180 day period, as reasonably
determined by the Board in good faith.

 

“Employment Period” means the period during
which you are employed by VWR or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates,
regardless of whether such employment is pursuant to the terms of this Letter
Agreement or another agreement.

 

“Good Reason” means (i) VWR materially changes
your authority, titles, reporting rights or obligations, and/or duties in a
manner inconsistent with the position you currently hold or as described in the
Letter Agreement, (ii) VWR fails to make any payment to you, or provide you
with any benefit, required to be paid or provided to you pursuant to the Letter
Agreement, (iii) VWR reduces your base salary and/or bonus entitlement
described in your Letter Agreement, (iv) a relocation of your principal place of
employment to a location that increases your commuting distance by more than 25
miles, except for travel by you on company business or (v) any successor to the
business of VWR fails to assume VWR’s obligations under the Letter Agreement; provided
that, in order for your resignation for Good Reason to be effective, written
notice of the occurrence any event that constitutes Good Reason must be
delivered by you to VWR within 180 days after you have actual knowledge of the
occurrence of any such event and the occurrence of such event is not cured by
VWR within ten (10) days after the date of such written notice by you to VWR.

 

“Person” means an individual, a partnership, a
limited liability company, a corporation, an association, a joint stock
company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, investment
fund, any other business entity and a governmental entity or any department,
agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

“Separation” means you ceasing to be employed
by VWR or any of it Subsidiaries or Affiliates for any reason.

 

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person,
any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, or
business entity of which (i) if a corporation, a majority of the total
voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of
any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, or trustees
thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that
Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination
thereof, or (ii) if a limited liability company, partnership, association,
or other business entity (other than a corporation), a majority of partnership
or other similar ownership interest thereof is at the time owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that
Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall
be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company,
partnership, association, or other business entity (other than a corporation)
if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of limited liability
company, partnership, association, or other business entity gains or losses or
shall be or control any managing director or general partner of such limited
liability company, partnership, association, or other business entity. For
purposes hereof, references to a “Subsidiary” of any Person shall be
given effect only at such times that such Person has one or more Subsidiaries,
and, unless otherwise indicated, the term “Subsidiary” refers to a
Subsidiary of VWR.

 

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3.               Miscellaneous.

 

(a)           Applicable Law. This Annex
1 shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the
State of Pennsylvania, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict
of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Pennsylvania or any other
jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction
other than the State of Pennsylvania.

 

(b)           Consent to Jurisdiction. You
hereby irrevocably submit to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the state courts of
the State of Pennsylvania for the purposes of any suit, action or other
proceeding arising out of this Annex 1 or any transaction contemplated
hereby. You further agree that service of any process, summons, notice or
document by certified or registered mail to your address as listed above or
such other address or to the attention of such other person as you have
specified by prior written notice to VWR shall be effective service of process
in any action, suit or proceeding in the State of Pennsylvania with respect to
any matters to which you have submitted to jurisdiction as set forth above in
the immediately preceding sentence. You irrevocably and unconditionally waive
any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising
out of this Annex 1 or the transactions contemplated hereby in the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania or the
state courts of the State of Pennsylvania and hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that
any such action, suit or proceeding brought in such court has been brought in
an inconvenient forum.

 

(c)           Additional Agreements. The
provisions of this Annex 1 are in addition, and do not supersede, the
provisions of the Personal Services, Confidentiality and Inventions Agreement
between you and VWR.

 

(d)           MUTUAL WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. BECAUSE
DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLEX TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND
ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH
APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES), THE
PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH
APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF
THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, EACH PARTY TO THIS LETTER AGREEMENT
(INCLUDING VWR) HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT,
OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN OR AMONG ANY OF THE
PARTIES HERETO, WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT
OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THIS LETTER AGREEMENT, THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND/OR THE RELATIONSHIPS ESTABLISHED AMONG THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER.

 

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Annex 2
- General Release

 

I, George Van Kula, in consideration of and subject to
the performance by VWR International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together
with its subsidiaries, the “Company”), of its obligations under the
Employment Agreement, dated as of the date as of                                
(the “Agreement”), do hereby release and forever discharge as of the
date hereof the Company and its affiliates and all present and former
directors, officers, agents, representatives, employees, successors and assigns
of the Company and its affiliates and the Company’s direct or indirect owners
(collectively, the “Released Parties”) to the extent provided below.

 

1.               I understand that
any payments or benefits paid or granted to me under the “Severance/Restrictive
Covenants” section of the Agreement represent, in part, consideration for
signing this General Release and are not salary, wages or benefits to which I
was already entitled. I understand and agree that I will not receive the
payments and benefits specified in the “Severance/Restrictive Covenants”
section of the Agreement unless I execute this General Release and do not
revoke this General Release within the time period permitted hereafter or
breach this General Release. I also acknowledge and represent that I have
received all payments and benefits that I am entitled to receive (as of the
date hereof) by virtue of any employment by the Company.

 

2.               Except as provided
in paragraph 4 below and except for the provisions of my Employment Agreement
which expressly survive the termination of my employment with the Company, I
knowingly and voluntarily (for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators and
assigns) release and forever discharge the Company and the other Released
Parties from any and all claims, suits, controversies, actions, causes of
action, cross-claims, counter-claims, demands, debts, compensatory damages,
liquidated damages, punitive or exemplary damages, other damages, claims for
costs and attorneys’ fees, or liabilities of any nature whatsoever in law and
in equity, both past and present (through the date this General Release becomes
effective and enforceable) and whether known or unknown, suspected, or claimed
against the Company or any of the Released Parties which I, my spouse, or any
of my heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, may have, which arise out of
or are connected with my employment with, or my separation or termination from,
the Company (including, but not limited to, any allegation, claim or violation,
arising under: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; the Civil
Rights Act of 1991; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as
amended (including the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act); the Equal Pay Act
of 1963, as amended; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the Family
and Medical Leave Act of 1993; the Worker Adjustment Retraining and
Notification Act; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; any
applicable Executive Order Programs; the Fair Labor Standards Act; or their
state or local counterparts; or under any other federal, state or local civil
or human rights law, or under any other local, state, or federal law,
regulation or ordinance; or under any public policy, contract or tort, or under
common law; or arising under any policies, practices or procedures of the
Company; or any claim for wrongful discharge, breach of contract, infliction of
emotional distress, defamation; or any claim for costs, fees, or other
expenses, including attorneys’ fees incurred in these matters) (all of the
foregoing collectively referred to herein as the “Claims”).

 

3.               I represent that I
have made no assignment or transfer of any right, claim, demand, cause of
action, or other matter covered by paragraph 2 above.

 

 

4.               I agree that this
General Release does not waive or release any rights or claims that I may have
under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 which arise after the
date I execute this General Release. I acknowledge and agree that my separation
from employment with the Company in compliance with the terms of the Agreement
shall not serve as the basis for any claim or action (including, without
limitation, any claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967).

 

5.               In signing this
General Release, I acknowledge and intend that it shall be effective as a bar
to each and every one of the Claims hereinabove mentioned or implied. I
expressly consent that this General Release shall be given full force and
effect according to each and all of its express terms and provisions, including
those relating to unknown and unsuspected Claims (notwithstanding any state
statute that expressly limits the effectiveness of a general release of
unknown, unsuspected and unanticipated Claims), if any, as well as those
relating to any other Claims hereinabove mentioned or implied. I acknowledge
and agree that this waiver is an essential and material term of this General
Release and that without such waiver the Company would not have agreed to the
terms of the Agreement. I further agree that in the event I should bring a
Claim seeking damages against the Company, or in the event I should seek to
recover against the Company in any Claim brought by a governmental agency on my
behalf, this General Release shall serve as a complete defense to such Claims.
I further agree that I am not aware of any pending claim of the type described
in paragraph 2 as of the execution of this General Release.

 

6.               I agree that
neither this General Release, nor the furnishing of the consideration for this
General Release, shall be deemed or construed at any time to be an admission by
the Company, any Released Party or myself of any improper or unlawful conduct.

 

7.               I agree that this
General Release and the Agreement are confidential and agree not to disclose
any information regarding the terms of this General Release or this Agreement,
except to my immediate family and any tax, legal or other counsel I have
consulted regarding the meaning or effect hereof or as required by law, and I
will instruct each of the foregoing not to disclose the same to anyone. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, each of the parties (and each affiliate and
person acting on behalf of any such party) agree that each party (and each
employee, representative, and other agent of such party) may disclose to any and
all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax
structure of this transaction contemplated in the Agreement and all materials
of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to
such party or such person relating to such tax treatment and tax structure,
except to the extent necessary to comply with any applicable federal or state
securities laws. This authorization is not intended to permit disclosure of any
other information including (without limitation) (i) any portion of any
materials to the extent not related to the tax treatment or tax structure of
this transaction, (ii) the identities of participants or potential
participants in the Agreement, (iii) any financial information (except to
the extent such information is related to the tax treatment or tax structure of
this transaction), or (iv) any other term or detail not relevant to the
tax treatment or the tax structure of this transaction.

 

8.               Any non-disclosure
provision in this General Release does not prohibit or restrict me (or my
attorney) from responding to any inquiry about this General Release or its
underlying facts and circumstances by the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC), the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD), any other
self-regulatory organization or governmental entity.

 

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9.               Notwithstanding
anything in this General Release to the contrary, this General Release shall
not relinquish, diminish, or in any way affect any rights or claims arising out
of any breach by the Company or by any Released Party of the Agreement after
the date hereof.

 

10.         Whenever possible, each
provision of this General Release shall be interpreted in, such manner as to be
effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this General
Release is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under
any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or any other
jurisdiction, but this General Release shall be reformed, construed and
enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable
provision had never been contained herein.

 

BY
SIGNING THIS GENERAL RELEASE, I REPRESENT AND AGREE THAT:

 

(i)                                     I
HAVE READ IT CAREFULLY;

 

(ii)                                  I
UNDERSTAND ALL OF ITS TERMS AND KNOW THAT I AM GIVING UP IMPORTANT RIGHTS,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RIGHTS UNDER THE AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT
ACT OF 1967, AS AMENDED, TITLE VII OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, AS AMENDED;
THE EQUAL PAY ACT OF 1963, THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990; AND THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED;

 

(iii)                               I
VOLUNTARILY CONSENT TO EVERYTHING IN IT;

 

(iv)                              I
HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY BEFORE EXECUTING IT AND I HAVE
DONE SO OR, AFTER CAREFUL READING AND CONSIDERATION I HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO DO SO
OF MY OWN VOLITION;

 

(v)                                 I
HAVE HAD AT LEAST 21 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF MY RECEIPT OF THIS RELEASE
SUBSTANTIALLY IN ITS FINAL FORM ON                                        ,           TO
CONSIDER IT AND THE CHANGES MADE SINCE THE                                        ,           
VERSION OF THIS RELEASE ARE NOT MATERIAL AND WILL NOT RESTART THE REQUIRED
21-DAY PERIOD;

 

(vi)                              THE
CHANGES TO THE AGREEMENT SINCE                                        ,           
EITHER ARE NOT MATERIAL OR WERE MADE AT MY REQUEST.

 

(vii)                           I
UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THIS RELEASE TO REVOKE
IT AND THAT THIS RELEASE SHALL NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE OR ENFORCEABLE UNTIL THE
REVOCATION PERIOD HAS EXPIRED;

 

(viii)                        I HAVE
SIGNED THIS GENERAL RELEASE KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY AND WITH THE ADVICE OF
ANY COUNSEL RETAINED TO ADVISE ME WITH RESPECT TO IT; AND

 

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(ix)                                I
AGREE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS GENERAL RELEASE MAY NOT BE AMENDED, WAIVED,
CHANGED OR MODIFIED EXCEPT BY AN INSTRUMENT IN WRITING SIGNED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMPANY AND BY ME.

 

	
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VWR INTERNATIONAL, INC.

1310 Goshen Parkway

PO Box 2656

West Chester, Pennsylvania, 19380

 

June
29, 2007

 

Ted Pulkownik

716 Silvermine Road

New Canaan, CT 06840

 

Dear Ted:

 

I am
pleased to confirm the terms of your continuing employment with VWR
International, Inc. (“VWR”). The terms are as follows:

 

 

	
  Position:

  	
  Senior Vice President - Corporate
  Strategy & Business Development.

  
	
  Base Salary:

  	
  $325,000 per year, payable
  in installments on VWR’s regular payroll dates.

  
	
  Duties:

  	
  Those duties performed by you as of immediately
  prior to the date of this Agreement.

  
	
  Reporting:

  	
  You will report solely and directly to John Ballbach.

  
	
  Office Location:

  	
  Your office will be located in West Chester, PA .

  
	
  Annual Bonus:

  	
  You will be eligible to participate in VWR’s
  management incentive program with a target bonus of 75% of base salary.

  
	
  Benefits:

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

  
	
  Severance/Restrictive 

  Covenants:

  	
  If your employment with VWR and its affiliates is
  terminated (i) by VWR or its affiliates without Cause (as defined on Annex
  1) or (ii) by you for Good Reason (as defined on Annex 1), you
  will be entitled to receive (A) an aggregate amount equal to one and a half
  times the sum of your base salary then in effect and your target bonus for
  the year in which such termination occurs, payable in equal installments on
  VWR’s regular payroll dates during a period of twelve months after such
  termination and (B) continued health benefits for a period of twelve months
  after such termination. These payments (i) would be subject to your execution
  of a general release in the form attached hereto as Annex 2, (ii) shall
  be in lieu of any other severance payments you are entitled to under any
  agreements or plans and (iii) shall be reduced to the extent you are entitled
  to any 

  

 

 

	
   

  	
  similar severance payments or health benefits from
  VWR under applicable law so as not to be duplicative with such legally
  required payments or benefits. You agree to be subject to those restrictions
  set forth on Annex 1 attached hereto, which are a part of this letter
  agreement (the “Employee Covenants”).

   

  If your employment with VWR and its affiliates is
  terminated by VWR or its affiliates by reason of your Disability (as defined
  on Annex 1), you will be entitled to receive a lump sum payment as
  soon as practicable following such termination in an amount equal to the
  target amount of your bonus for the year in which such termination occurs,
  prorated for the portion of such year during which you were employed with VWR.
  In addition, you shall be entitled to receive payments of your base salary
  until payments to you under VWR’s long-term disability plan commence but in
  any event for a period not to exceed 18 months from the date of your
  termination.

   

  If your employment with VWR and its affiliates is
  terminated by reason of your death, your beneficiary or estate, as
  applicable, will be entitled to receive a lump sum payment as soon as
  practicable following your death in an amount equal to the target amount of
  your bonus for the year in which such termination occurs, prorated for the
  portion of such year during which you were employed with VWR.

   

  You shall be under no obligation to seek other
  employment for any reason or to mitigate any severance payments following a
  termination of your employment with VWR and its affiliates for any reason. In
  addition, there shall be no offset against amounts due to you upon
  termination of your employment with VWR and its affiliates on account of any
  compensation attributable to any employment subsequent to your employment
  with VWR and its affiliates. Either you or VWR may termination your
  employment with VWR and its affiliates at any time.

   

  Except as provided above in this
  Severance/Restrictive Covenants section, you shall not be entitled to any
  other salary, compensation or benefits from VWR or its affiliates after
  termination of your employment with VWR or its affiliates, except as
  otherwise specifically provided for in VWR’s or its affiliates’ employee
  benefit plans or as otherwise expressly required by applicable law.

   

  Notwithstanding anything
  herein to the contrary, if any payments due hereunder would subject you to
  any tax imposed under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
  amended (the “Code”), as a result of your characterization as a “specified
  employee” of VWR (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section
  1.409A-1(i)), then such payments that would otherwise cause such taxation
  shall be payable in a single lump sum on the first business day that is six
  months following your “separation from service” (within the meaning 

  

 

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  of Code Section 409A and
  the regulations thereunder), and any remaining payments will be made in
  accordance with the foregoing provisions of this section.

   

  
	
  Legal Fees:

  	
  In the event of a contest between you and VWR or its
  subsidiaries or affiliates regarding a breach or alleged breach of this
  Agreement in which you substantially prevail, then VWR agrees to pay (within
  ten business days of receipt of an invoice from you), all reasonable legal
  fees and expenses that you have incurred as a result of such contest.

  
	
  Personal Services 

  Agreement:

  	
  On the date hereof, you agree to enter into a
  Personal Services, Confidentiality and Inventions Agreement with VWR, in the
  form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

  
	
  Entire Agreement:

  	
  This letter agreement, (including any Annexes
  attached hereto) and the Personal Services, Confidentiality and Inventions
  Agreement referenced above set forth the entire understanding between you and
  VWR and/or its affiliates with respect to the subject matter hereof and
  thereof, and supersede and preempt all prior oral or written understandings
  and agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof between
  you and VWR and/or any of its affiliates, which shall terminate and be of no
  further effect upon the execution of this letter agreement.

  
	
  Tax and Financial 

  Planning Services:

  	
  You will be provided a personal executive financial
  advisor by VWR to assist you with financial and estate planning, asset
  management, tax planning and preparation.

  
	
  Car Allowance:

  	
  You will be entitled to receive an executive car
  allowance in an amount consistent with your current car allowance, if any.

  

 

 

Ted, I am excited to have you continue on the VWR team.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me at
  (610) 692-1060.

 

	
   

  	
  Sincerely,

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  John Ballbach

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
  Accepted and Agreed

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Ted Pulkownik

  
	
   

  
	
  Date: 

  	
   

  	
   

  
				

 

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Exhibit A - Personal Services,
Confidentiality and Inventions Agreement

 

See Attached.

 

 

VWR International, Inc.

 

PERSONAL SERVICES,
CONFIDENTIALITY AND INVENTIONS AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is between
VWR International, Inc., presently headquartered at 1310 Goshen Parkway, West
Chester, Pennsylvania, 19380 (“VWR”) and Ted Pulkownik (“Executive” or “I”)
who is employed by VWR.

 

VWR’s sound business policy requires that its trade
secrets, technical and non-technical know-how, business knowledge, plans,
systems, business methods, business records and customer relations to be
protected and not utilized by any person or firm who competes or wants to
compete with VWR. The parties wish to evidence the terms of the employment
relationship between them and particularly to set forth certain restrictions
which shall apply to Executive in the event of termination of his/her
employment with VWR.

 

In consideration of and as part of the terms of
employment by VWR, it is agreed as follows:

 

1.                                       Compensation and Benefits. Executive shall
be entitled to a salary, annual bonus and other monetary compensation, which
shall be established by VWR at the inception of employment, and may be
periodically thereafter adjusted for increase only. Executive shall also be
entitled to participate in various VWR employee benefit plans (for example,
health insurance, retirement, and the like), in accordance with the
participation requirements of said plans, and nothing contained herein shall
confer benefit eligibility which is in any manner inconsistent with the terms
of the benefit plans.

 

2.                                       Executive’s General Obligations; Conflicts of Interest.
During my employment with VWR, I agree to devote substantially all
my working time during normal business hours to VWR. During my employment with
VWR, I agree to use my best efforts to perform the duties associated with my
position and title with VWR as VWR may direct, not to engage in any other
business or activity the nature of which shall be determined by VWR to be
competitive with VWR, its suppliers or its customers and to comply with any
Conflict of Interest Policy of VWR; provided that, with the approval of
VWR, which such approval shall not be unreasonably delayed or withheld, I may
serve on the board of directors of one public company. I further agree to
conform to all VWR policies, practices, and procedures, to the extent such
policies, practices and procedures have been provided to me in writing, as well
as lawful directions of VWR and/or its affiliates as to performance of services
for VWR, to the extent that the same are consistent with my position and title
with VWR.

 

3.                                       No Existing Restrictive Agreements. I represent
that I am not a party to any contract limiting my present or future right to
work for VWR or to perform such activities as shall be required from time to
time by VWR.

 

4.                                       Prior Employer Information. I agree that I
will not use improperly or disclose any confidential or proprietary information
or trade secrets of my former or current employers, principals, partners,
co-venturers, customers, or suppliers, or the vendors or customers of such
persons or entities, and I will not violate any nondisclosure or proprietary
rights agreement I might have signed in connection with any such employer,
person or entity.

 

 

5.                                       Non-Disclosure of Information. I recognize
that, in the performance of my duties with VWR, Confidential Information
belonging to VWR will come into my possession, including, without limitation,
information regarding business methods, plan, systems, customer lists and
customer relations, vendor lists and vendor relations, cost and pricing
information, distribution and logistical information, and other information
relating to the business of VWR that is not known to the general public. I
recognize that the business of VWR is materially dependent upon the
relationship between VWR and its customers who are serviced by its associates
and that VWR has and will entrust me with Confidential Information, that must
remain the property of VWR. As used in this Agreement, “Confidential
Information” shall mean the trade secrets, technical and non-technical
know-how, technical and business knowledge and information, plans and systems,
business methods, customer lists and customer relations of VWR, including but
not limited to research, development, manufacturing, purchasing, accounting,
data processing, engineering, marketing, merchandising, selling and invoicing,
which information is acquired from or through VWR during the course of my
employment by VWR. “Confidential Information” shall not include any
information that is or becomes publicly known or that enters the public domain
other than as a result of my breach of my obligations under this Agreement or
any other agreement between me and VWR or its affiliates. I agree that I will
not at any time hereafter disclose Confidential Information to third parties or
use Confidential Information for any purpose other than to further VWR’s
business, except as is required by law, any court of competent jurisdiction or
any governmental agency or authority or recognized subpoena power.

 

6.                                       Assignment of Inventions. I will make
prompt and full disclosure to VWR, will hold in trust for the sole benefit of
VWR, and will assign, exclusively to VWR all my right, title, and interest in
and to any and all inventions, discoveries, designs, developments,
improvements, copyrightable material, and trade secrets (collectively herein “Inventions”)
that I, solely or jointly, may conceive, develop, or reduce to practice during
the period of time I am in the employ of VWR. I hereby waive and quitclaim to
VWR any and all claims of any nature whatsoever that I now or hereafter may
have for infringement of any patent resulting from any patent applications for
any Inventions so assigned to VWR.

 

My obligation to assign shall not apply to any
Invention about which I can prove that:

 

(a)                                  it
was developed entirely on my own time; and

 

(b)                                 no
equipment, supplies, facility, services, or trade secret information of VWR
were used in its development; and

 

(c)                                  it
does not relate (i) directly to the business of VWR or (ii) to the
actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of VWR; and

 

(d)                                 it
does not result from any work performed by me for VWR.

 

7.                                       Excluded and Licensed Inventions. I have
attached hereto a list describing all Inventions belonging to me and made by me
prior to my employment with VWR that I wish to have excluded from this Agreement.
If no such list is attached, I represent that there are no such Inventions. If
in the course of my employment at VWR, I incorporate into a VWR product,
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in which I have an interest, VWR is hereby granted and
shall have an exclusive royalty-free, irrevocable, worldwide license to make,
have made, use, and sell that Invention without restriction as to the extent of
my ownership or interest.

 

8.                                       Application for Copyrights and Patents. I
will execute any proper oath or verify any proper document in connection with
carrying out the terms of this Agreement. If, because of my mental or physical
condition or for any other reason whatsoever, VWR is unable to secure my
signature to apply for or to pursue any application for any United States or
foreign patent or copyright covering Inventions assigned to VWR as stated
above, I hereby irrevocably designate and appoint VWR and its duly authorized
officers and agents as my agent and attorney in fact, to act for me and in my
behalf and stead to execute and file any such applications and to do all other
lawfully permitted acts to further the prosecution and issuance of U.S. and
foreign patents and copyrights thereon with the same legal force and effect as
if executed by me. I will testify at VWR’s request and expense in any
interference, litigation, or other legal proceeding that may arise during or
after my employment.

 

9.                                       Third Party Information. I recognize that VWR
has received and will receive confidential or proprietary information from
third parties subject to a duty on VWR’s part to maintain the confidentiality
of such information and to use it only for certain limited purposes. This
information shall be deemed not to include shall not include any information
that is or becomes publicly known or that enters the public domain other than
as a result of my breach of my obligations under this Agreement or any other
agreement between me and VWR or its affiliates. During the term of my
employment and thereafter I will not disclose nor use such information for the
benefit of anyone other than VWR or such third party, or in any manner
inconsistent with any agreement between VWR and such third party of which I am
made aware, except as is required by law, any court of competent jurisdiction
or any governmental agency or authority or recognized subpoena power.

 

10.                                 Termination. I acknowledge that this
Agreement shall not constitute a contract for employment for any specific
period of time, and that either VWR or I am free to terminate this Agreement,
and employment relationship, “at will,” at any time, with or without cause. I
agree that upon termination of this Agreement and my employment, for any or no
reason, I will promptly return to VWR all records of Confidential Information,
including copies in my possession, and all other physical properties issued to
me as an employee, in a reasonable state of function or repair. I will also so
return any keys, pass cards, identification cards or other property belonging
to VWR.

 

11.                                 Non-Waiver. The failure by VWR to enforce
any of the provisions hereof upon any default by me at a particular time or
under certain circumstances shall not be treated as a permanent waiver of such
provisions and shall not prevent subsequent enforcement of such provisions upon
default by either party.

 

12.                                 Irreparable Harm. I agree that any proven
breach of this Agreement by me would cause irreparable harm to VWR for which
monetary damages could not adequately compensate. If VWR proves a breach,
irreparable harm shall be presumed and I expressly waive any bonding
requirement as a prerequisite to VWR obtaining injunctive relief. VWR can also
seek damages.

 

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13.                                 Assignability of This Agreement. The
services contracted for between VWR and me in this Agreement are personal, and
therefore I may not assign this Agreement to any other person or entity. This
Agreement may, however, be assigned by VWR to a successor to the business of
VWR.

 

14.                                 Severability. It is the intention of the
parties that this Agreement shall be enforceable to the fullest extent
permitted by local, state, and/or federal law in the jurisdiction in which
performance of this Agreement occurs, or in which performance of this Agreement
is sought to be enforced. In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction
determines that one or more provisions of this Agreement are not enforceable
under the provisions of the jurisdiction in which performance occurs or
enforcement is sought, such a determination shall not affect the enforceability
of the remainder of this Agreement.

 

15.                                 Other Agreements. This Agreement, together
with the letter agreement, dated June 29, 2007, between me and VWR (the “Letter
Agreement”), sets forth the sole and entire agreement between the parties
hereto, and supersedes and replaces any and all prior agreements, whether oral,
written, or implied, entered into by me and VWR, pertaining to my employment,
the terms, conditions, and responsibilities thereof, and/or any other subject
matter contained in this Agreement or the Letter Agreement. This Agreement and
the Letter Agreement shall be considered together as one agreement. There will
be no modification of this Agreement, either verbal, implied, written, or
otherwise, except through a written agreement signed by me, and an officer of
VWR, which refers to the specific paragraph of this Agreement intended to be
modified, and sets forth, in writing, the specific modification of said paragraph.

 

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WITNESS WHEREFORE, the parties have executed this
Agreement as of the        day of June, 2007.

 

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
  VWR International, Inc.

  
	
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Annex 1 - Employee
Covenants

 

1.     Noncompetition and
Nonsolicitation. You acknowledge that in the course of your employment with
VWR or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates you will become familiar with VWR’s
and its Subsidiaries’ and Affiliates’ trade secrets and with other confidential
information concerning VWR and such Subsidiaries and Affiliates and that your
services will be of special, unique and extraordinary value to VWR and such
Subsidiaries and Affiliates. Therefore, you agree that:

 

(a)           Noncompetition. During the
Employment Period and for a period of twelve months thereafter, you shall not
directly or indirectly, anywhere in the world, own, manage, control,
participate in, consult with, render services for or enter into employment with
any distributor with annual sales revenue exceeding $200,000,000 in the
laboratory supplies industry (the “Business”). Nothing herein shall
prohibit you from being a passive owner of not more than 2% of the outstanding
stock of any class of a corporation that is publicly traded, so long as you
have no active participation in the business of such corporation.

 

(b)           Nonsolicitation. During the
Employment Period and for a period of eighteen months thereafter, you shall not
directly or indirectly (i) induce or attempt to induce any employee of VWR
or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to leave the employ of VWR or any such
Subsidiary or Affiliate, or in any way interfere with the relationship between
VWR or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates  and
any employee thereof, (ii) hire any person who was an employee of VWR or
any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates within 180 days after a Separation,
(iii) induce or attempt to induce any customer, supplier, licensee or
other business relation of VWR or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to
cease doing business with VWR or such Subsidiary or Affiliate or in any way
interfere with the relationship between any such customer, supplier, licensee
or business relation and VWR or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or (iv) directly
or indirectly acquire or attempt to acquire an interest in any business
relating to the Business and with which VWR or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates has entertained discussions relating to the acquisition of such
business by VWR or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates in the twelve month
period immediately preceding a Separation.

 

(c)           Enforcement. If, at the time
of enforcement of Section 1 or 2, a court holds that the
restrictions stated herein are unreasonable under circumstances then existing,
the parties hereto agree that the maximum duration, scope or geographical area
reasonable under such circumstances shall be substituted for the stated period,
scope or area and that the court shall be allowed to revise the restrictions
contained herein to cover the maximum duration, scope and area permitted by law.
Because your services are unique and because you have access to confidential
information, the parties hereto agree that money damages would be an inadequate
remedy for any breach of this Annex 1. Therefore, in the event a breach
or threatened breach of this Annex 1, VWR or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates or their successors or assigns may, in addition to other rights and
remedies existing in their favor, apply to any court of competent jurisdiction
for specific performance and/or injunctive or other relief in order to enforce,
or prevent any violations of, the provisions hereof (without posting a bond or
other security).

 

(d)           Additional Acknowledgments. You
acknowledge that the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 are in
consideration of:  (i) employment
with VWR or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates and (ii) additional good and
valuable consideration, including the payment of salary and bonus, as set forth
in this letter agreement. In addition, you agree and acknowledge that the
restrictions contained in Sections 1 and 2 do not preclude you
from earning a livelihood, 

 

 

nor do they
unreasonably impose limitations on your ability to earn a living. In addition,
you acknowledge (A) that the business of VWR and its Subsidiaries and
Affiliates will be conducted throughout the world, (B) notwithstanding the
state of incorporation or principal office of VWR or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates, or any of their respective executives or employees (including you),
it is expected that VWR and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates will have business
activities and have valuable business relationships within its industry
throughout the world, and (C) as part of your responsibilities, you will be
traveling throughout the world in furtherance of VWR’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ or Affiliates’ business and relationships. You agree and
acknowledge that the potential harm to VWR and any of its Subsidiaries and
Affiliates of the non-enforcement of Sections 1 and 2 outweighs
any potential harm to you of its enforcement by injunction or otherwise. You
acknowledge that you have carefully read this Annex 1 and have given
careful consideration to the restraints imposed upon you by this Annex 1,
and are in full accord as to their necessity for the reasonable and proper
protection of confidential and proprietary information of VWR and any of its
Subsidiaries and Affiliates now existing or to be developed in the future. You
expressly acknowledge and agree that each and every restraint imposed by this Annex
1 is reasonable with respect to subject matter, time period and
geographical area.

 

2.               Definitions.

 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person,
any Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such
Person or an Affiliate of such Person.

 

“Board” means VWR’s board of directors.

 

“Cause” means (i) the conviction of a felony or
the commission of fraud with respect to VWR or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates or any of their customers or suppliers, (ii) substantial and
repeated failure to perform duties as reasonably directed by the Board or a
supervisor or report, after providing you with 15 days’ prior written notice
and a reasonable opportunity to remedy such failure and (iii) gross negligence
or willful misconduct with respect to VWR or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates. “Cause” shall be deemed not to include any act or failure to act,
on your part, unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by you in bad faith or
without reasonable belief that your action or omission was in the best
interests of VWR or any of its respective Affiliates. Any act, or failure to act, based upon
authority given pursuant to a direction from the Board or based upon the advice
of counsel for VWR or any of its respective Affiliates shall be conclusively
presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by you in good faith and in the
best interests of VWR and its Affiliates. Your cessation of employment shall
not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until (i) there shall have been
delivered to you a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of
at least a majority of the entire membership of the Board (excluding for this
purpose any seat on the Board then held by you) at a meeting of the Board
called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to you
and you are given an opportunity, together with counsel, to be heard before the
Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, that Cause exists
for the termination of your employment, and specifying the particulars thereof
in reasonable detail and (ii) if capable of cure within 30 days, you shall have
been given 30 days from the date of the meeting of the Board at which you were
given an opportunity, together with counsel, to be heard by the Board to cure
the conduct specified by the Board. At any such Board meeting, you shall be
automatically recused from participation in such meeting as a member of the
Board.

 

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“Disability” means any physical or mental
injury, illness or incapacity as a result of which you are unable to perform
the functions of your duties for a continuous period of more than 90 days or
for 120 days (whether or not continuous) within a 180 day period, as reasonably
determined by the Board in good faith.

 

“Employment Period” means the period during
which you are employed by VWR or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates,
regardless of whether such employment is pursuant to the terms of this Letter
Agreement or another agreement.

 

“Good Reason” means (i) VWR materially changes
your authority, titles, reporting rights or obligations, and/or duties in a
manner inconsistent with the position you currently hold or as described in the
Letter Agreement, (ii) VWR fails to make any payment to you, or provide you
with any benefit, required to be paid or provided to you pursuant to the Letter
Agreement, (iii) VWR reduces your base salary and/or bonus entitlement
described in your Letter Agreement, (iv) a relocation of your principal place
of employment to a location that increases your commuting distance by more than
25 miles, except for travel by you on company business or (v) any successor to
the business of VWR fails to assume VWR’s obligations under the Letter
Agreement; provided that, in order for your resignation for Good Reason
to be effective, written notice of the occurrence any event that constitutes
Good Reason must be delivered by you to VWR within 180 days after you have
actual knowledge of the occurrence of any such event and the occurrence of such
event is not cured by VWR within ten (10) days after the date of such written
notice by you to VWR.

 

“Person” means an individual, a partnership, a
limited liability company, a corporation, an association, a joint stock
company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, investment
fund, any other business entity and a governmental entity or any department,
agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

“Separation” means you ceasing to be employed
by VWR or any of it Subsidiaries or Affiliates for any reason.

 

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person,
any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, or
business entity of which (i) if a corporation, a majority of the total
voting power of shares of stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of
any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, or trustees
thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that
Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination
thereof, or (ii) if a limited liability company, partnership, association,
or other business entity (other than a corporation), a majority of partnership
or other similar ownership interest thereof is at the time owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that
Person or a combination thereof. For purposes hereof, a Person or Persons shall
be deemed to have a majority ownership interest in a limited liability company,
partnership, association, or other business entity (other than a corporation)
if such Person or Persons shall be allocated a majority of limited liability
company, partnership, association, or other business entity gains or losses or
shall be or control any managing director or general partner of such limited
liability company, partnership, association, or other business entity. For
purposes hereof, references to a “Subsidiary” of any Person shall be
given effect only at such times that such Person has one or more Subsidiaries,
and, unless otherwise indicated, the term “Subsidiary” refers to a
Subsidiary of VWR.

 

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3.               Miscellaneous.

 

(a)           Applicable Law. This Annex
1 shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the
State of Pennsylvania, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict
of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of Pennsylvania or any other
jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other
than the State of Pennsylvania.

 

(b)           Consent to Jurisdiction. You
hereby irrevocably submit to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the state courts of
the State of Pennsylvania for the purposes of any suit, action or other
proceeding arising out of this Annex 1 or any transaction contemplated
hereby. You further agree that service of any process, summons, notice or
document by certified or registered mail to your address as listed above or
such other address or to the attention of such other person as you have
specified by prior written notice to VWR shall be effective service of process
in any action, suit or proceeding in the State of Pennsylvania with respect to
any matters to which you have submitted to jurisdiction as set forth above in
the immediately preceding sentence. You irrevocably and unconditionally waive
any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising
out of this Annex 1 or the transactions contemplated hereby in the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania or the
state courts of the State of Pennsylvania and hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any
such action, suit or proceeding brought in such court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum.

 

(c)           Additional Agreements. The
provisions of this Annex 1 are in addition, and do not supersede, the
provisions of the Personal Services, Confidentiality and Inventions Agreement
between you and VWR.

 

(d)           MUTUAL WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. BECAUSE
DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLEX TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND
ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH
APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES), THE
PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH
APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF
THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, EACH PARTY TO THIS LETTER AGREEMENT
(INCLUDING VWR) HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT,
OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN OR AMONG ANY OF THE
PARTIES HERETO, WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT
OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THIS LETTER AGREEMENT, THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND/OR THE RELATIONSHIPS ESTABLISHED AMONG THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER.

 

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Annex 2
- General Release

 

I, Ted Pulkownik, in consideration of and subject to
the performance by VWR International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together
with its subsidiaries, the “Company”), of its obligations under the
Employment Agreement, dated as of the date as of                                     
(the “Agreement”), do hereby release and forever discharge as of the
date hereof the Company and its affiliates and all present and former
directors, officers, agents, representatives, employees, successors and assigns
of the Company and its affiliates and the Company’s direct or indirect owners
(collectively, the “Released Parties”) to the extent provided below.

 

1.               I understand that
any payments or benefits paid or granted to me under the “Severance/Restrictive
Covenants” section of the Agreement represent, in part, consideration for
signing this General Release and are not salary, wages or benefits to which I
was already entitled. I understand and agree that I will not receive the
payments and benefits specified in the “Severance/Restrictive Covenants”
section of the Agreement unless I execute this General Release and do not
revoke this General Release within the time period permitted hereafter or
breach this General Release. I also acknowledge and represent that I have received
all payments and benefits that I am entitled to receive (as of the date hereof)
by virtue of any employment by the Company.

 

2.               Except as provided
in paragraph 4 below and except for the provisions of my Employment Agreement
which expressly survive the termination of my employment with the Company, I
knowingly and voluntarily (for myself, my heirs, executors, administrators and
assigns) release and forever discharge the Company and the other Released
Parties from any and all claims, suits, controversies, actions, causes of
action, cross-claims, counter-claims, demands, debts, compensatory damages,
liquidated damages, punitive or exemplary damages, other damages, claims for
costs and attorneys’ fees, or liabilities of any nature whatsoever in law and
in equity, both past and present (through the date this General Release becomes
effective and enforceable) and whether known or unknown, suspected, or claimed
against the Company or any of the Released Parties which I, my spouse, or any
of my heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, may have, which arise out of
or are connected with my employment with, or my separation or termination from,
the Company (including, but not limited to, any allegation, claim or violation,
arising under: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; the Civil
Rights Act of 1991; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as
amended (including the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act); the Equal Pay Act
of 1963, as amended; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the Family
and Medical Leave Act of 1993; the Worker Adjustment Retraining and
Notification Act; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; any
applicable Executive Order Programs; the Fair Labor Standards Act; or their
state or local counterparts; or under any other federal, state or local civil
or human rights law, or under any other local, state, or federal law,
regulation or ordinance; or under any public policy, contract or tort, or under
common law; or arising under any policies, practices or procedures of the
Company; or any claim for wrongful discharge, breach of contract, infliction of
emotional distress, defamation; or any claim for costs, fees, or other
expenses, including attorneys’ fees incurred in these matters) (all of the foregoing
collectively referred to herein as the “Claims”).

 

3.               I represent that I
have made no assignment or transfer of any right, claim, demand, cause of
action, or other matter covered by paragraph 2 above.

 

 

4.               I agree that this
General Release does not waive or release any rights or claims that I may have
under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 which arise after the
date I execute this General Release. I acknowledge and agree that my separation
from employment with the Company in compliance with the terms of the Agreement
shall not serve as the basis for any claim or action (including, without
limitation, any claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967).

 

5.               In signing this
General Release, I acknowledge and intend that it shall be effective as a bar
to each and every one of the Claims hereinabove mentioned or implied. I
expressly consent that this General Release shall be given full force and
effect according to each and all of its express terms and provisions, including
those relating to unknown and unsuspected Claims (notwithstanding any state
statute that expressly limits the effectiveness of a general release of
unknown, unsuspected and unanticipated Claims), if any, as well as those
relating to any other Claims hereinabove mentioned or implied. I acknowledge
and agree that this waiver is an essential and material term of this General
Release and that without such waiver the Company would not have agreed to the
terms of the Agreement. I further agree that in the event I should bring a
Claim seeking damages against the Company, or in the event I should seek to
recover against the Company in any Claim brought by a governmental agency on my
behalf, this General Release shall serve as a complete defense to such Claims.
I further agree that I am not aware of any pending claim of the type described
in paragraph 2 as of the execution of this General Release.

 

6.               I agree that
neither this General Release, nor the furnishing of the consideration for this
General Release, shall be deemed or construed at any time to be an admission by
the Company, any Released Party or myself of any improper or unlawful conduct.

 

7.               I agree that this
General Release and the Agreement are confidential and agree not to disclose
any information regarding the terms of this General Release or this Agreement,
except to my immediate family and any tax, legal or other counsel I have
consulted regarding the meaning or effect hereof or as required by law, and I
will instruct each of the foregoing not to disclose the same to anyone. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, each of the parties (and each affiliate and
person acting on behalf of any such party) agree that each party (and each
employee, representative, and other agent of such party) may disclose to any
and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax
structure of this transaction contemplated in the Agreement and all materials
of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to
such party or such person relating to such tax treatment and tax structure,
except to the extent necessary to comply with any applicable federal or state
securities laws. This authorization is not intended to permit disclosure of any
other information including (without limitation) (i) any portion of any
materials to the extent not related to the tax treatment or tax structure of
this transaction, (ii) the identities of participants or potential
participants in the Agreement, (iii) any financial information (except to
the extent such information is related to the tax treatment or tax structure of
this transaction), or (iv) any other term or detail not relevant to the
tax treatment or the tax structure of this transaction.

 

8.               Any non-disclosure
provision in this General Release does not prohibit or restrict me (or my
attorney) from responding to any inquiry about this General Release or its
underlying facts and circumstances by the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC), the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD), any other
self-regulatory organization or governmental entity.

 

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9.               Notwithstanding
anything in this General Release to the contrary, this General Release shall
not relinquish, diminish, or in any way affect any rights or claims arising out
of any breach by the Company or by any Released Party of the Agreement after
the date hereof.

 

10.         Whenever possible, each
provision of this General Release shall be interpreted in, such manner as to be
effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this General
Release is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under
any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provision or any other
jurisdiction, but this General Release shall be reformed, construed and
enforced in such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable
provision had never been contained herein.

 

BY
SIGNING THIS GENERAL RELEASE, I REPRESENT AND AGREE THAT:

 

(i)                                     I
HAVE READ IT CAREFULLY;

 

(ii)                                  I
UNDERSTAND ALL OF ITS TERMS AND KNOW THAT I AM GIVING UP IMPORTANT RIGHTS,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, RIGHTS UNDER THE AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT
ACT OF 1967, AS AMENDED, TITLE VII OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, AS AMENDED;
THE EQUAL PAY ACT OF 1963, THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990; AND THE
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED;

 

(iii)                               I
VOLUNTARILY CONSENT TO EVERYTHING IN IT;

 

(iv)                              I
HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY BEFORE EXECUTING IT AND I HAVE
DONE SO OR, AFTER CAREFUL READING AND CONSIDERATION I HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO DO SO
OF MY OWN VOLITION;

 

(v)                                 I
HAVE HAD AT LEAST 21 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF MY RECEIPT OF THIS RELEASE SUBSTANTIALLY
IN ITS FINAL FORM ON                                              ,
         TO CONSIDER IT AND THE CHANGES
MADE SINCE THE                                              ,
         VERSION OF THIS RELEASE ARE
NOT MATERIAL AND WILL NOT RESTART THE REQUIRED 21-DAY PERIOD;

 

(vi)                              THE
CHANGES TO THE AGREEMENT SINCE                                              ,
         EITHER ARE NOT MATERIAL OR
WERE MADE AT MY REQUEST.

 

(vii)                           I
UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE EXECUTION OF THIS RELEASE TO REVOKE
IT AND THAT THIS RELEASE SHALL NOT BECOME EFFECTIVE OR ENFORCEABLE UNTIL THE
REVOCATION PERIOD HAS EXPIRED;

 

(viii)                        I HAVE
SIGNED THIS GENERAL RELEASE KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY AND WITH THE ADVICE OF
ANY COUNSEL RETAINED TO ADVISE ME WITH RESPECT TO IT; AND

 

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(ix)                                I
AGREE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS GENERAL RELEASE MAY NOT BE AMENDED, WAIVED,
CHANGED OR MODIFIED EXCEPT BY AN INSTRUMENT IN WRITING SIGNED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMPANY AND BY ME.

 

	
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