Code of Ethics and Conduct

VWR International draws its success from many sources, especially from our associates’ competence and sense of responsibility. The objective of all of us at VWR is to enhance the value of our Company over the long term in the interests of our owners, our associates, and society as a whole. In the heightened corporate sensitivity of the present time, VWR expects all associates to ensure that we achieve our objective of enhancing VWR’s value by meeting and exceeding our customers’ needs through teamwork and mutual respect and by focusing on productivity, innovation and efficiency throughout all our operations. To do this we must pay close attention to legal requirements, issues of social responsibility, sustained environmental protection in our operations, workplace safety, and conduct that reflects the highest ethical values.