Exhibit 4.18


                              DATED 9 MAY 2002



                     (1) NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC


                                    and



                      (2) NIAGARA LASALLE (UK) LIMITED












                         FOURTH AMENDMENT AGREEMENT
                  relating to a bank facilities agreement
                             dated 21 May 1999





                                  CONTENTS


1.            INTERPRETATION.................................1
2.            AMENDMENT......................................1
3.            CONFIRMATIONS..................................1
4.            REPRESENTATIONS................................2
5.            MISCELLANEOUS..................................2

SCHEDULE - AMENDMENTS TO THE BANK FACILITIES AGREEMENT ......3



THIS AMENDMENT AGREEMENT is made on the  9th day of  May 2002

BETWEEN:

(1)          NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC a company incorporated in
             England and Wales acting through its office at PO Box 4641,
             103 Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 3NR (the "Bank"); and

(2)          NIAGARA LASALLE (UK) LIMITED a company incorporated in England
             and Wales with Company Number 3725308 and whose registered
             office is situate at Victoria Steel Works, Bull Lane, Moxley,
             Wednesbury, West Midlands WS10 8RS (the "Borrower");

WHEREAS:

(A)          Pursuant to a bank facilities agreement dated 21 May 1999,
             between the Bank and the Borrower (the "Facilities Agreement")
             the Bank agreed to make available to the Borrower certain
             facilities.

(B)          The Facilities Agreement was amended with effect on and from
             30 June 2000 pursuant to an Amendment Agreement dated 11
             September 2000 (the "First Amendment").

(C)          The Facilities Agreement was further amended with effect on
             and from 30 June 2001 pursuant to an Amendment Agreement dated
             16 July 2001 (the "Second Amendment").

(D)          The Facilities Agreement was further amended with effect on
             and from 31 December 2001 pursuant to an Amendment Agreement
             dated 21 February 2002 (the "Third Amendment").

(E)          The Borrower and the Bank have subsequently agreed to certain
             further amendments to the Facilities Agreement.


NOW IT IS AGREED as follows:

1.           INTERPRETATION

1.1          Definitions

             In this Amendment Agreement (except where the context
             otherwise requires or there is express provision herein to the
             contrary) all terms and expressions used in this Amendment
             Agreement shall have the meanings given to such terms and
             expressions in the Facilities Agreement, as amended.

1.2          Interpretation

             Clauses 1.2 - 1.12 (inclusive) of the Facilities Agreement, as
             amended shall be deemed to be incorporated in this Amendment
             Agreement as if set out in full herein, with all necessary
             changes.

2.       AMENDMENT

         As of and with effect from 31 March 2002, the Facilities Agreement
         shall be amended in accordance with the amendments set out in the
         attached Schedule.

3.       CONFIRMATIONS

         3.1         Save as expressly amended by the First, Second and
                     Third Amendments and this Amendment Agreement, the
                     Facilities Agreement shall remain in full force and
                     effect.

         3.2         Each of the parties hereto confirms that
                     notwithstanding the amendment of the Facilities
                     Agreement, each of the Lending Documents to which it
                     is a party remains in full force and effect and will
                     continue to secure the obligations of the Borrower
                     under the Facilities Agreement as so amended, and that
                     as and from the date of this Amendment Agreement any
                     and all references in each of the Lending Documents to
                     the Facilities Agreement will, where applicable, be
                     construed as references to the Facilities Agreement as
                     amended by the First, Second and Third Amendments and
                     this Amendment Agreement.

         3.3         This Agreement shall be a Lending Document.

4.       REPRESENTATIONS

         The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Bank that save
         as expressly varied or amended by the First, Second and Third
         Amendments and this Amendment Agreement the representations and
         warranties referred to in Clauses 8.1 and 8.2 of the Facilities
         Agreement are correct on the date hereof.

5.       MISCELLANEOUS

         5.1         This Amendment Agreement may be executed in several
                     counterparts and any single counterpart or set of
                     counterparts, signed in either case by all of the
                     parties, shall be deemed to be an original, and all
                     taken together shall constitute one and the same
                     instrument.

        5.2          This Amendment Agreement shall be governed by and
                     construed in accordance with English law.

        5.3          The Borrower shall be responsible for, on an indemnity
                     basis, the Bank's (and any of its advisers') costs
                     including any VAT and disbursements incurred in
                     connection with this Amendment Agreement.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this Amendment Agreement
to be duly executed the day and year first above written.

                                  SCHEDULE

                   Amendments to the Facilities Agreement

With effect on and from 31 March 2002 the Facilities Agreement shall be
further amended as set out in this Schedule. All references in this
Schedule to clause numbers are references to clauses in the Facilities
Agreement as amended and all references to paragraph numbers are references
to paragraphs of this Schedule.

1. The existing Clause 2.1.2 contained in the Facilities Agreement, as
amended, shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following
new Clause 2.1.2:-

          2.1.2      (subject to the prior or simultaneous drawing of the
                     Term Facility) the Revolving Facility for a term
                     starting on Completion Date and ending on 31 July
                     2004.

2. The first paragraph in the existing Clause 9.3.1 contained in the
Facilities Agreement, as amended, shall be deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following new paragraph:


         The ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Fixed Charges
         as at 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December in each
         year following 2002 and measured for the 12 months ending on
         such dates on a rolling basis, shall not be less than 1.1 to
         1. For the avoidance of doubt, the first test date for this
         covenant shall be 31 March 2003.



SIGNED BY /s/ Anthony John Bagshawe               SIGNED BY  /s/ Peter Cocoran
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for and on behalf of                              for and on behalf of

NIAGARA LASALLE (UK) Limited                      NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC



AGREED

/s/ Robert J. Kush, Vice President
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Robert J. Kush

For and on behalf of
M & T Bank