VWR Funding, Inc. Announces Proposed Repricing Of Senior Secured Term Loans Due 2017

RADNOR, PA, – VWR Funding, Inc. (the “Company”), the parent company of VWR International, LLC, a global provider of laboratory supplies, equipment and services, announced today that it intends to seek a repricing of its $242 million U.S. dollar extended term loan and its €476 million Euro extended term loan, in each case, maturing in 2017 (collectively, the “Extended Term Loans”), to benefit from lower interest rates currently available in the senior secured debt markets. The repriced Extended Term Loans are expected to have substantially the same terms and conditions as currently exist if the Extended Term Loans are subsequently repriced.

The Company anticipates the repricing process will be completed in the next two weeks. However, there can be no assurances that the Company will be able to effect the repricing.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. will act as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners

About VWR International, LLC

VWR International, LLC, headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania, is a global provider of laboratory supplies, equipment and services with worldwide sales in excess of $4.1 billion in 2012. VWR enables the advancement of the world’s most critical research by providing product and service solutions to laboratories and production facilities in the pharmaceutical, biotech, industrial, educational, governmental and healthcare industries. With over 160 years of industry experience, VWR offers a well-established network that reaches thousands of specialized labs and facilities spanning the globe. VWR has over 8,000 associates around the world working to streamline the way scientists, researchers, medical professionals and engineers across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific stock and maintain their facilities. In addition, VWR further supports its customers by providing onsite services, storeroom management, product procurement, supply chain systems integration and technical services.

For more information on VWR, phone 1-800-932-5000, visit www.vwr.com, or write, VWR, Radnor Corporate Center, Building One, Suite 200, 100 Matsonford Road, Radnor, PA 19087.

VWR and design are registered trademarks of VWR International, LLC.

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