Exhibit 3.1
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECRETARY OF STATE
1921098
CORPORATION DIVISION
I, BILL JONES, Secretary of State of the State of California, hereby certify:
That the annexed transcript has been compared with the corporate record on file in this office, of which it
purports to be a copy, and that same is full, true and correct.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I execute
this certificate and affix the
Great Seal of the State of
California this
MAR 01 1995
[State Seal Graphic Omitted] /s/ Bill Jones
Secretary of State
1921098
ENDORSED
FILED
In the office of the Secretary of State
of the State of California
MAR 01 1995
OF
VWR ACQUISITION COMPANY, INC.
I
The name of this corporation is VWR ACQUISITION COMPANY, INC.
II
The purpose of this cororation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized
under the General Corporation Law of California other than the banking business, the trust company business or
the practice of a profession permitted to be incorporated by the California Corporations Code.
III
The name and address in the State of California of this corporation's initial agent for service of process is:
PAUL L. ABBONDANTE
700 EAST LAKE DRIVE, SUITE 50
ORANGE, CALIFORNIA 92666
IV
The total number of shares which this corporation shall be authorized to issue is: 110,000,000. Said shares shall
be in two (2) classes to be designated Common Voting shares and Preferred Non-Voting shares. The total
number of Common Voting shares authorized shall be 100,000,000 and the total number of Preferred Non-
Voting shares authorized shall be 10,000,000. The class of Common Voting shares have exclusive voting rights.
The class of Preferred Non-Voting shares shall have no voting rights.
V
The liability of the directors of the corporation for monetary damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent
permissible under California law.
The corporation is auth