General external contact arrangements
The company invites stockholders and other interested
parties to communicate any concerns that they may have about the company
directly and confidentially with either the board of directors, the chief
financial officer or the Audit Committee chair in writing at the following
address:
Allied
Healthcare
International
Inc.
245 Park Avenue
39th Floor
New York, NY
10167
The company's whistle blowing policy
To meet and to comply with, amongst other things, the new corporate governance
directives of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, we have adopted procedures to
receive, retain, and treat complaints from employees and others regarding
concerns about questionable accounting, internal accounting controls, or other
auditing matters. Complaints or concerns may be reported directly to the Audit
Committee by one of the following means:
Employees (The following is an extract from our Code of Conduct. You can
download a complete copy of our Code here.)
"We have a strong commitment to conduct our business in a lawful and ethical
manner. We encourage our employees to talk to supervisors, managers or other
appropriate personnel when in doubt about the best course of action in a
particular situation and to report violations of laws, rules and regulations of
this Code of Conduct. We prohibit retaliatory action against any employee, who,
in good faith, reports a possible violation. It is unacceptable to file a
report knowing it to be false.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the
"Act") requires all publicly traded
companies to establish procedures for the receipt and treatment of complaints
regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters. The Act
also requires employees to confidentially and anonymously report concerns
regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters. This includes any
circumstances where it is believed that fraud or other irregularities may be
occurring within the Company.
Any persons wishing to report such accounting issues can be assured the
situation will be handled with the highest level of anonymity and
confidentiality. In addition, there is a high level of protection granted under
the Act to persons reporting incidents. The Act states that the Company may not
discharge, harass or in any manner discriminate against any individual
providing information.
We encourage
anyone with
information
regarding these
matters to contact
any member of
Company's Audit
Committee. If you
wish to provide
information
anonymously, please
mail it in a sealed
envelope addressed
to "Audit Committee
- Complaint" and
place it in a second
envelope addressed
to the Company's
Audit Committee."
External
- Contact the Audit Committee Chair
If there is a particular concern regarding accounting, internal accounting
controls, or auditing matters to be brought to the attention of the Audit
Committee of the Board of Directors, please contact us:
By mail:
Allied
Healthcare
International Inc.
Attention: Ms. Ann
Thornburg
Chair, Audit
Committee
245 Park Avenue
39th Floor
New York, NY 10167
By phone:
212.750.0064
By Fax:
212.750.7221
You may report your concerns anonymously, if you wish. For complaints that are
not anonymous, we will respect the confidentiality of those who raise concerns,
subject to our obligation to investigate the concern and any obligation to
notify third parties, such as regulators and other authorities.
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