AMENDMENT LETTER
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AMENDMENT LETTER
| To: | Allied Healthcare Group Holdings Limited Allied Healthcare International, Inc. Stone Business Park Brooms Road Stone Staffordshire ST15 0TL Fax No: 01785 819031 |
Attention: David Moffatt
30 January 2007
Dear Sirs
Project Air: Amendment Letter
We refer to the 46,000,000 facility agreement dated 19 July 2004 between Allied Healthcare Group Holdings Limited, the Borrowers listed therein, Allied Healthcare International Inc, the Guarantors listed therein, the ID Obligors listed therein, Barclays Capital and Lloyds TSB Bank PLC as Arrangers and Ancillary Lenders, the Original Lenders listed therein, Barclays Bank PLC as ID Bank and Barclays Bank PLC as Agent and Security Agent, as amended and restated on 12 December 2006 (the ‘‘Amended Agreement’’).
| 1 | DEFINITIONS |
Unless otherwise stated, terms defined in the Amended Agreement have the same meaning in this Letter.
‘‘Effective Date’’ means the date on which the Agent notifies the Company that it has received:
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| (i) | for the Parent and each of the Obligors, either a copy of their respective constitutional documents or a certificate of an authorised signatory of each of them certifying that the constitutional documents previously delivered to the Agent on or before 19 July 2004 for the purposes of the Original Facility Agreement have not been amended and remain in full force and effect; |
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| (ii) | a copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the Parent and each Obligor: |
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| (a) | approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, this Letter and resolving that it execute this Letter; and |
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| (b) | authorising a specified person or persons to execute this Letter on its behalf; |
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| (iii) | a specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution referred to in paragraph (ii) above; |
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| (iv) | a certificate of the Company (signed by a director) confirming that borrowing or guaranteeing, as appropriate, the Facility A Commitment, the Facility B Commitment and the Facility C Commitment under the Amended Agreement would |
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not cause any borrowing, guaranteeing or similar limit binding on the Parent or any Obligor to be exceeded; and
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| (v) | a certificate of an authorised signatory of the Parent and the relevant Obligor certifying that each copy document relating to it listed at (i) to (iv) above is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier than the date of this Letter. |
‘‘Original Facility Agreement’’ means the Facility Agreement dated 19 July 2004 between the Company, the Original Borrower, the Parent, the Original Guarantors, the Arrangers, the Original Lenders, the Agent and the Security Agent (as each are defined in the Original Facility Agreement) as amended from time to time prior to the Amended Agreement becoming effective.
| 2 | AMENDMENTS |
| 2.1 | Amendment to the Amended Agreement |
The parties to this Letter agree that, with effect from the Effective Date, the Amended Agreement shall be amended as follows:
Clause 22.24 shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced by the words:
Neither the Parent nor any Obligor shall open or maintain any bank, deposit or money market account in the United States other than:
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| (i) | the account with Bank of America having account number ###-###-#### and ABA Reference ###-###-####; and |
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| (ii) | the account with Bank of America Securities LLC having account number 224-52862-1-2-MMC, |
unless it shall have received the prior written consent of the Lenders.
| 2.2 | Continuing obligations |
The provisions of the Amended Agreement and the other Finance Documents shall, save as amended by this Letter, continue in full force and effect. Where there is any inconsistency between the terms of this Letter and the Amended Agreement, the terms of this Letter will apply.
| 3 | COSTS AND EXPENSES |
| 3.1 | Transaction costs |
The Company shall within three Business Days of demand reimburse the Agent for the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by the Agent in connection with the negotiation, preparation, printing and execution of this Letter and any other documents referred to in this Letter.
| 3.2 | Payment of Fees, Costs and Expenses |
The Company hereby irrevocably authorises the Lender to cause the Company to satisfy any payment obligations arising pursuant to this Clause 3 by debiting any bank account of the Company held with the Lender.
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| 4 | MISCELLANEOUS |
| 4.1 | Guarantors |
Each of the Guarantors and the Parent agree to each of the provisions of this Letter, including without limitation, the amendments to the Amended Agreement contemplated by this Letter and each agrees that nothing in this Letter effects its obligations as a Guarantor or in the case of the Parent as the Parent.
| 4.2 | Reservation of Rights |
This Letter is provided by the Finance Parties strictly on the basis that the Finance Parties reserve all rights and remedies of the Agent, the Security Agent and the Finance Parties under the Amended Agreement. Other than as set out in this Letter, nothing in this Letter or done pursuant to this Letter, will constitute an amendment to or is intended to operate as a release or waiver of any breach or potential breach of, or any obligations under any Finance Document.
| 4.3 | Third Party Rights |
A person who is not a party to this Letter has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any of the provisions of this Letter.
| 4.4 | Counterparts |
This Letter may be signed in a number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Letter.
| 4.5 | Joint and Several Obligations |
The obligations of the Finance Parties under this Letter are several. The obligations of the Obligors under this Letter are joint and several.
| 4.6 | Finance Documents |
In accordance with the Amended Agreement, each of the Company and the Agent designate this Letter as a Finance Document.
| 5 | GOVERNING LAW |
This Letter will be governed and construed in accordance with English law.
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We hereby agree to the terms of this Letter:
The Original Lenders
Barclays Bank PLC
By: Alan Douglas
Lloyds TSB Bank plc
By: Rebecca Killeen
Ancillary Lenders
Barclays Bank PLC
By: Alan Douglas
Lloyds TSB Bank plc
By: Rebecca Killeen
The ID Bank
Barclays Bank PLC
By: Alan Douglas
The Agent
Barclays Bank PLC
By: Gary Brine
The Security Agent
Barclays Bank PLC
By: Gary Brine
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Agreed and accepted by:
The Company
Allied Healthcare Group Holdings Limited
By: David Moffatt
The Parent
Allied Healthcare International Inc.
By: Timothy Maxwell Aitken
The Original Borrowers
Allied Healthcare Group Holdings Limited
By: David Moffatt
Allied Healthcare Holdings Limited
By: David Moffatt
Allied Healthcare Group Limited
By: David Moffatt
Allied Respiratory Limited
By: David Moffatt
Balfor Medical Limited
By: David Moffatt
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Crystalglen Limited
By: David Moffatt
Medigas Limited
By: David Moffatt
Nightingale Nursing Bureau Limited
By: David Moffatt
Omnicare Limited
By: David Moffatt
Allied Staffing Professionals Limited
By: David Moffatt
The Original Guarantors
Allied Healthcare Group Holdings Limited
By: David Moffatt
Allied Healthcare Holdings Limited
By: David Moffatt
Allied Healthcare Group Limited
By: David Moffatt
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Allied Respiratory Limited
By: David Moffatt
Balfor Medical Limited
By: David Moffatt
Crystalglen Limited
By: David Moffatt
Medigas Limited
By: David Moffatt
Nightingale Nursing Bureau Limited
By: David Moffatt
Omnicare Limited
By: David Moffatt
Allied Staffing Professionals Limited
By: David Moffatt
The ID Obligors
Allied Healthcare Group Holdings Limited
By: David Moffatt
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Allied Staffing Professionals Limited
By: David Moffatt
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