Intellectual Property Security Agreement between Allied Healthcare International Inc. and Barclays Bank PLC (as Security Agent)

Summary

This agreement, dated December 12, 2006, is between Allied Healthcare International Inc. and Barclays Bank PLC, acting as security agent for certain lenders. Allied Healthcare grants Barclays a security interest in its intellectual property, including trademarks, as collateral for obligations under a related facility agreement. The agreement ensures that Barclays has a first-priority claim on this intellectual property if Allied Healthcare defaults on its obligations. The agreement is governed by New York law and is executed in connection with a broader security and facility arrangement.

EX-10.18 6 file6.htm INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT
  CONFORMEDCOPY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of December 12, 2006, among Allied Healthcare International Inc. (the "GRANTOR") and Barclays Bank PLC, as security agent for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Facility Agreement referred to below) (herein in such capacity, the "SECURITY AGENT"). RECITALS Allied Healthcare Group Holdings Limited., ("ALLIED") and certain subsidiaries of Allied, as Borrowers and Guarantors, have entered into an Amended and Restated Facility Agreement dated, December 12, 2006 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the "FACILITY AGREEMENT"). The Grantor is a party to a Pledge and Security Agreement, dated the date hereof, in favor of the Security Agent (the "PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT"), pursuant to which the Grantor is required to execute and deliver this Agreement. In consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements set forth in the Facility Agreement, the Pledge and Security Agreement and this Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: SECTION 1 DEFINED TERMS Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement and used herein have the meaning given to them in the Pledge and Security Agreement. SECTION 2 GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL As security for the prompt and complete payment and performance in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise, including the payment of amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code) of all Secured Obligations, the Grantor hereby pledges, assigns, transfers and grants to the Security Agent, for its benefit and for the benefit of the Senior Finance Parties, a continuing security interest in and Lien on all of its right, title and interest in, to and under all Intellectual Property Collateral, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising and wherever located. "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL" means each Grantor's right, title and interest in, to and under (a) all Copyrights and Copyright Licenses to which it is a party, including those referred to on Schedule I hereto, (b) all Patents and Patent Licenses to which it is a party, including those referred to on Schedule II hereto and (c) all Trademarks and Trademark Licenses to which it is a party, including those referred to on Schedule III hereto; A07165157  (d) all goodwill of the business connected with the use of, and symbolized by, each trademark and each trademark license; (e) all reissues, continuations or extensions of the foregoing; and (f) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including any claim by the Grantor against third parties for past, present, future (i) infringement or dilution of any (x) Copyright or Copyright Licensed under any Copyright License, (y) Trademark or Trademark licensed under any Trademark License or (z) Patent or Patent licensed under any Patent License or (ii) injury to the goodwill associated with any Trademark or any Trademark licensed under any Trademark License. SECTION 3 SEPARATE AND DISTINCT GRANTS OF SECURITY Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Grantor and the Security Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) acknowledge and agree that the Security Interests granted pursuant to this Agreement to the Security Agent (a) for the benefit of the Senior Finance Parties and securing the Secured Obligations, shall be a "first" priority Security Interest in the Collateral, junior to no other Security Interests. SECTION 4 CERTAIN EXCLUSIONS Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Collateral include and the Grantor shall not be deemed to have granted a Security Interest in, any of its right, title or interest in any Intellectual Property if the grant of such Security Interest shall constitute or result in the abandonment of, invalidation of or rendering unenforceable any of its right, title or interest therein. SECTION 5 PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT The security interests granted pursuant to this Intellectual Property Security Agreement are granted in conjunction with the security interests granted to the Security Agent pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement and the Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Security Agent with respect to the security interests granted to them in the Intellectual Property Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Pledge and Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein. SECTION 6 GOVERNING LAW THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW. [Signature Page Follows] A07165157 2  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Grantor has caused this Intellectual Property Security Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized offer as of the date first set forth above. Very truly yours, ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC., as Grantor By: /S/ TIMOTHY MAXWELL AITKEN --------------------------------- Name: Timothy Maxwell Aitken Title: Director ACCEPTED AND AGREED: BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Security Agent By: /S/ GARY BRINE --------------------------------- Name: Gary Brine Title: Associate Director A07165157 Intellectual Property Security Agreement  SCHEDULE I COPYRIGHT REGISTRATIONS None. A07165157  SCHEDULE II PATENT REGISTRATIONS None. A07165157  SCHEDULE III TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS Owned by Allied Healthcare International Inc.: SERIAL NUMBER FILING DATE WORD MARK ------------- ----------- --------- 78699137 August 24, 2005 WE'LL LOOK AFTER YOU 78699122 August 24, 2005 ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC. 78699114 August 24, 2005 ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC. 76382852 March 13, 2002 ALLIED HEALTHCARE INTERNATIONAL INC A07165157