0001172661-17-000639.txt : 20170214 0001172661-17-000639.hdr.sgml : 20170214 20170214075015 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001172661-17-000639 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170214 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170214 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VWR Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001412232 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-PROFESSIONAL & COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [5040] IRS NUMBER: 260237871 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-88660 FILM NUMBER: 17602466 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 MATSONFORD RD STREET 2: BUILDING ONE, SUITE 200 CITY: RADNOR STATE: PA ZIP: 19087-8660 BUSINESS PHONE: 610-386-1700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 MATSONFORD RD STREET 2: BUILDING ONE, SUITE 200 CITY: RADNOR STATE: PA ZIP: 19087-8660 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: VWR Investors, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070912 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GENERATION INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001375534 IRS NUMBER: 980456791 STATE OF INCORPORATION: X0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 20 AIR STREET CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: W1B 5AN BUSINESS PHONE: 44 (0) 207 534 4700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 20 AIR STREET CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: W1B 5AN SC 13G/A 1 vwr123116a1.htm

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13G/A 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 1)* 


 

VWR Corporation
(Name of Issuer)

 

 

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
(Title of Class of Securities)

 

 

91843L103

(CUSIP Number)

 

 

December 31, 2016
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

 

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

 

o Rule 13d-1(b)

x Rule 13d-1(c)

o Rule 13d-1(d)

 

 

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

 

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 
 

 

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 SCHEDULE 13G/A
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1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
Generation Investment Management LLP
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions)
(a) o
(b) o
 
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
 
4
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
London, United Kingdom
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
5
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
4,710,585
6
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
203,794
7
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
6,818,375
8
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
0
9
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
6,818,375
10
CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions)
 
 
o
11
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
 
5.2%
12
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)
 
IA

 

 
 

 

CUSIP No. 91843L103
 SCHEDULE 13G/A
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Item 1.(a) Name of Issuer

VWR Corporation

(b) Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices

Radnor Corporate Center, Building One, Suite 200, 100 Matsonford Road, P.O. Box 6660, Radnor, PA 19087

Item 2.(a) Name of Person Filing

Generation Investment Management LLP

(b) Address of Principal Business Office, or, if none, Residence

20 Air Street, 7th Floor

London W1B 5AN

United Kingdom

(c) Citizenship

Please refer to Item 4 on each cover sheet for each filing person 

 (d) Title of Class of Securities

Common Stock

 (e) CUSIP No.:

91843L103

 
 

 

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 SCHEDULE 13G/A
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Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to §§240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:

  (a) ¨ Broker or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o);
 
  (b) ¨ Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);
 
  (c) ¨ Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);
 
  (d) ¨ Investment company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8);
 
  (e) ¨ An investment adviser in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);
 
  (f) ¨ An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);
 
  (g) ¨ A parent holding company or control person in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);
 
  (h) ¨ A savings associations as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);
 
  (i) ¨ A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3);
 
  (j) ¨ A non-U.S. institution in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J);
 
  (k) ¨ A group, in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(K). If filing as a non-U.S. institution in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), please specify the type of institution:                            
       

 
 

 

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 SCHEDULE 13G/A
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Item 4. Ownership

 

Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities of the issuer identified in Item 1.

 

(a) Amount beneficially owned: 6,818,375

(b) Percent of class: 5.2%

(c) Number of shares as to which the person has:

(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 4,710,585

(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 203,794

(iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 6,818,375

(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0

Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class

 

Not Applicable

Item 6. Ownership of More Than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person

 

Not Applicable

Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company or Control Person

 

Not Applicable

Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group

 

Not Applicable

Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group

 

Not Applicable

Item 10. Certification

 

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.

 

 

 
 
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 SCHEDULE 13G/A
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SIGNATURE

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Dated: February 14, 2017

 

 

  Generation Investment Management LLP
       
  By:  Alexander Marshall
    Name:  Alexander Marshall
    Title:  General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer.