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	*Private & Confidential

	 	Exhibit 10.1

Dated 22 June 2005

 

 

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH (1)

and

MCKESSON INFORMATION SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED(2)

 

 

 

DEED OF SETTLEMENT AND

AMENDMENT IN RELATION TO HUMAN

RESOURCES AND PAYROLL SERVICES

CONTRACT

 

 

 

* Confidential treatment has been
requested as to certain redacted portions of this document, indicated as
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Contents

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Clause	 	 	 	Page	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	1
	 	Definitions in and Interpretation of this Deed	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	2
	 	Re-baselined Contract	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	3
	 	Definitions in the Re-baselined Contract	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	4
	 	Contract Term	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	5
	 	Assignability	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	6
	 	Intellectual Property	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	7
	 	Benefits, Process Redesign, and Change Management	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	8
	 	Implementation Responsibilities	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	9
	 	Performance of Services	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	10
	 	Authority’s Requirements and Technical Solution	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	11
	 	Executable Options	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	12
	 	Testing Procedures	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	13
	 	Financial Obligations and Insurance	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	14
	 	Financial Model Escrow	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	15
	 	Potential Royalty Payments from Contractor	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	16
	 	Use of Risk Monies under the Oracle Sub-Contract	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	17
	 	Timetable and Termination	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	18
	 	Restrictive Covenant	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	19
	 	Settlement and Release	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	20
	 	Confidentiality	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
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	Annexes
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	1

	 	Revised Schedule A6 Performance of Services
	 
	 	 
	2

	 	Revised Schedule A9 Technical Solution
	 
	 	 
	3

	 	Revised Schedule A11 Executable Options
	 
	 	 
	4

	 	Revised Schedule F Testing Procedures
	 
	 	 
	5

	 	Revised Schedule G Financial Obligations and Insurance
	 
	 	 
	6

	 	Schedules H1, H1A and H1B Change Control and Contingency Management
	 
	 	 
	7

	 	TC-14 Test Criteria for Milestone 7
	 
	 	 
	8

	 	TC-14_33 Test Criteria for Milestone 7.33
	 
	 	 
	9

	 	TC-15 Test Criteria for Milestone 8
	 
	 	 
	10

	 	TCTA03 Test Criteria for Milestone Final Rostering and Time & Attendance Solution at Newham,
UHB and Blackpool
	 
	 	 
	11

	 	CCNs
	 
	 	 
	12

	 	Risk Monies Provisions in Oracle Sub-Contract
	 
	 	 
	13

	 	List of Software Owners and Related Software

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This DEED is made the 22nd day of June 2005 between:

	(1)	 	THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH of Richmond House, 72 Whitehall, London SW1A 2NS (the
“Authority”) which term shall include its successors and permitted assigns; and
	 
	(2)	 	MCKESSON INFORMATION SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED a company registered in England and Wales under
registered number 2507035 and whose registered office is at Warwick Technology Park, Warwick
CV34 6NZ (the “Contractor”) which term shall include its successors and permitted assigns.

WHEREAS:

	(A)	 	The Contractor and the NHS Information Authority entered into a Human Resources and Payroll
Services Contract (Contract Reference 2222) dated 5 December 2001 (the “Original Contract”)
relating to the Project (as defined in the Original Contract).
	 
	(B)	 	Delays to the Project have occurred. The parties have been in dispute concerning various
issues, including as to the causes of the delays, their consequences and various Compensation
Event Notices served by the Contractor on the NHS Information Authority and copies of
Compensation Event Notices received from IBM.
	 
	(C)	 	In the course of the Project and the disputes between them, the parties entered into the
following subsequent agreements:

	 	i.	 	a letter dated 22 August 2002, relating to the Project;
	 
	 	ii.	 	an agreement dated 30 June 2003;
	 
	 	iii.	 	a letter agreement dated 30 September 2003, amending the agreement
referred to in (ii) above; and
	 
	 	iv.	 	an Amendment Agreement dated 19 January 2004, further amending the
agreement referred to in (ii) above.

	(D)	 	The agreements referred to at recital (C) did not settle the dispute between the parties and
since they were entered into subsequent issues have arisen.
	 
	(E)	 	In 2002, IBM acquired the technology consultancy business of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the
Approved major Sub-Contractor for delivery of the Services. In early 2004, IBM left the
Project in its capacity as the major Sub-Contractor for delivery of the Services (but not in
its capacity as the Approved Hardware Sub-Contractor). By a letter dated 20 February 2004,
the NHS Information Authority waived any right it might have had to terminate the Original
Contract on the grounds of IBM leaving the Project in this capacity. The parties disagree as
to what further rights they may each have against the other arising out of IBM leaving the
Project.

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	(F)	 	The parties have been engaged in without prejudice negotiations to resolve the dispute
between them.

	(G)	 	During the course of these negotiations, certain agreements have been reached between the
Contractor and the NHS Information Authority in Change Control Notices (which have not been
formally signed off) and in other project-level documents. The parties disagree as to whether
or not these Change Control Notices and other project-level documents are binding on them, and
as to their meaning and effect. Further, the parties disagree as to whether the extent of
change that has occurred to the Project has had the effect that the scope and nature of the
contract between them is uncertain.

	(H)	 	The parties now wish to record those matters upon which they have reached agreement to amend,
supplement and modify the Original Contract, to settle the disputes and issues between them,
to clarify the status of the Change Control Notices and project-level documents referred to at
recital (G) and to provide an effective contractual basis that reflects the actual commercial
status of the Project, all as of the date of this Deed.

	(I)	 	The terms of this Deed are intended to be legally binding once executed on behalf of the
parties.

NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:

	1	 	Definitions in and Interpretation of this Deed
	 
	1.1	 	In this Deed, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have
the following meanings:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	“Dispute”
	 	means all issues, claims, potential claims, allegations,
disputes, actions and/or other differences arising out of
or in connection with the Contract or the Project up to
the date of this Deed, whether known or unknown to one or
both parties and whether or not such claims or alleged
claims have to date been asserted either formally or
informally, including without limitation all issues which
have been identified in correspondence between the
parties;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“Effective Date”
	 	means the date of this Deed first written above;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“NHS Information Authority”
	 	means NHS Information Authority of Aqueous II Aston
Cross, Rocky Lane, Birmingham B6 5RQ;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	“Option”
	 	means the Authority’s option in its absolute discretion
to extend the Contract for a period of up to 5 years from
the Expiry Date, as further detailed in clause 3.3 of the
Original Contract;

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	 	“Original Contract”
	 	has the meaning ascribed to it in recital A of this Deed;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“Principal Contract”
	 	means the Original Contract as varied and amended by
reason of the various agreements and understandings
between the parties which have arisen to date in
connection with the Original Contract and the Project and
by reason of their respective performance of their
obligations and dealings between the parties to date, as
outlined in the Recitals hereto or otherwise; and
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“Re-baselined Contract”
	 	has the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 2 of this Deed.

	1.2	 	The terms defined in the Original Contract, as further amended pursuant to clauses 3.1 and
3.2 of this Deed shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meaning in this
Deed.
	 
	1.3	 	In this Deed, unless the context otherwise requires
	 
	1.3.1	 	references:

	 	(a)	 	to a clause are to a clause of the Original Contract;
	 
	 	(b)	 	to any English legal term for any action, remedy, method of judicial
proceeding, legal document, legal status, Court, official or any legal concept or
thing shall in respect of any jurisdiction other than England be deemed to include
what most nearly approximates in that jurisdiction to the English legal term;
	 
	 	(c)	 	to this Deed shall include the Annexes to this Deed;
	 
	 	(d)	 	to any enactment (meaning any statute or statutory provision or any other
subordinate legislation or regulations made under any statute or statutory provision)
shall be construed as references to:

	 	(i)	 	any enactment which that enactment has directly or indirectly
replaced (whether with or without modification); and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	that enactment as re-enacted, replaced or modified from time to
time, whether before, on or after the date hereof,
	 
	 	(iii)	 	provided that this clause 1.3.1(d) shall not subject any party to
a greater burden than that which would apply at the date of this Deed.

	1.3.2	 	words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa, words importing a gender
include every gender and references to persons include corporations, partnerships and other
unincorporated associations or bodies of persons;

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	1.3.3	 	the words “herein”, “hereto”, “hereof” and other similar words refer to this Deed as a
whole and not to any particular provision of this Deed;
	 
	1.3.4	 	the rule known as the ejusdem generis rule shall not apply and accordingly:

	 	(a)	 	words introduced by the words and phrases such as “include”, “including”,
“other” and “in particular” shall not be given a restrictive meaning or limit the
generality of any preceding words or be construed as being limited to the same class
as the preceding words where a wider construction is possible; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	general words shall not be given a restrictive meaning by reason of the fact
that they are followed by particular examples intended to be embraced by the general
words.

	1.3.5	 	save as otherwise provided in this Deed, the Interpretation Act 1978 shall apply in the
same way as it applies to an enactment; and
	 
	1.3.6	 	subject to clause 1.4 of this Deed, save as otherwise expressly provided in this Deed, the
terms of this Deed shall be construed or interpreted in all respects in accordance with the
principles of construction applicable to contractual documents generally, and no special
principles of construction shall apply by reason only of the fact that the parties’ agreement
has been set out in a Deed.
	 
	1.4	 	The normal principles in respect of the limitation period applicable to claims under a deed
and the lack of any requirement for consideration under a deed shall apply to this Deed.
	 
	1.5	 	The parties acknowledge that this Deed is deemed to be executed in accordance with the terms
of Clauses 8 and 10 of the Original Contract and when signed by the parties will constitute a
valid and binding agreement amending the Principal Contract between them, whether or not
change control or other requirements stated to apply in the Original Contract have been
complied with.
	 
	1.6	 	This Deed is governed by and shall be construed in accordance with English law.
	 
	1.7	 	Any question or difference which may arise concerning the construction, meaning or effect of
this Deed, or any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Deed shall be subject to
the procedure set out in clause 13 of the Original Contract, which procedure shall be deemed
re-stated in this clause 1.7 and amended mutatis mutandis with application to this Deed.
	 
	1.8	 	This Deed has been entered into by the Authority for the benefit of all Health Authorities
within England and Wales. Any reference to the rights of the Authority in this Deed shall
mean all such Health Authorities. The rights of all such Health Authorities shall however
only be exercised against the Contractor through the Authority.
	 
	2	 	Re-baselined Contract
	 
	2.1	 	For the purpose of providing an effective contractual basis for going forward which
reflects the status of the Project, the parties agree that the Contract shall be re-baselined
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	 	 	effect from the Effective Date (the “Re-baselined Contract”). The Re-baselined Contract shall amend and supersede
the Principal Contract and shall consist of the following documents:
	 
	2.1.1	 	this Deed;
	 
	2.1.2	 	the revised and new Schedules to the Original Contract that are Annexes 1 to 6 to this Deed;
	 
	2.1.3	 	the Financial Model;
	 
	2.1.4	 	the Test Criteria for Milestones 7, 7.33, and 8 that are Annexes 7 to 9 to this Deed;
	 
	2.1.5	 	the Test Criteria in relation to TCTA03, Milestone Final Rostering and Time & Attendance
Solution at Newham, UHB and Blackpool that is Annex 10 to this Deed;
	 
	2.1.6	 	the Change Control Notices that are listed in Annex 11 to this Deed;
	 
	2.1.7	 	the Re-baselined SRA;
	 
	2.1.8	 	the Original Contract (as amended by this Deed and the other documents identified above in
this clause 2.1);
	 
	2.1.9	 	the existing, unrevised Schedules to the Original Contract;
	 
	2.1.10	 	the Main Pilot Plan, Rollout Strategy, and Data Management Strategy; and
	 
	2.1.11	 	other specifications, plans or other documents which are relevant to the Original Contract
and were expressly incorporated therein as Appendices to, and part of, the relevant
Schedules.
	 
	2.2	 	The parties agree that with effect from the Effective Date any Change Control Notices
referred to in clause 2.1.6 of this Deed and listed in Annex 11 to this Deed (other than those
labelled “excluded”) shall be deemed to be approved and shall be binding on the parties. The
parties further agree that any Change Control Notices that are not listed in Annex 11 to this
Deed (whether or not they have previously been approved by the parties) or that are listed in
Annex 11 but labelled “excluded” and any documents forming part of the Principal Contract
which are not identified in clause 2.1 of this Deed shall not be, or shall with effect from
the Effective Date cease to be (as the case may be), binding on the parties.
	 
	2.3	 	The last two sentences of Clause 1.5 of the Original Contract shall be deemed deleted. In
the event of any conflict or inconsistency between or among the documents listed in clause 2.1
above as comprising the Re-baselined Contract, those listed first shall prevail over those
listed subsequently, save that any variations to the Re-baselined Contract agreed in writing
between the Authority and Contractor after the Effective Date (including any agreement to
remove a document from the list or replace it by another document) shall take priority over
all other documents in the list.
	 
	2.4	 	With the exception of statements made fraudulently, the parties agree that the Re-baselined
Contract is the complete and exclusive statement of the Contract between the parties which
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	 	 	proposals or prior contracts, whether oral or written, and all other communications between the
parties relating to the subject matter of the Re-baselined Contract.
	 
	2.5	 	Save to the extent expressly provided herein, the parties agree that the terms of the
Contract shall remain in full force and effect.
	 
	3	 	Definitions in the Re-baselined Contract
	 
	3.1	 	The following definitions replace those in the Original Contract:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	“Availability Charge”
	 	means the sum specified in paragraph G.4.3.2 of Schedule G;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“Authority’s Requirements”
	 	means the requirements set out in the Re-baselined SRA;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“Base Case Financial Model”
	 	means the Financial Model that is current and placed into
Escrow on the Re-baselined Contract Effective Date;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“Financial Model”
	 	means the computer spreadsheet model (reference Rebaselined
Contract Financial Model v1.xls) for the Project
incorporating statements of the Contractor’s cashflows
including all expenditure, revenues, financing and taxation
of the Services together with the profit and loss accounts
and balance sheets for the Contractor throughout the term of
the Contract accompanied by details of all assumptions,
calculations and methodology used in their compilation as
amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of
Clause 17, the output from which at the date of this Contract
is shown at Schedule G. For the avoidance of doubt, this
term shall include any other software or documentation
necessary or desirable to operate the Model referred to above
including the Contractor’s indexation model (reference
Rebaselined Indexation Model v1.xls);
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“Go Live”
	 	means for each Health Authority when the Core Services are
put into operational use at such Health Authority;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“Health Authority Acceptance”
	 	has the meaning set out in paragraph 6.3 of Schedule F;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“Training Strategy”
	 	means the Education Strategy;

	3.2	 	The following new definitions shall be deemed to be added to the Original Contract:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	“Data Management Strategy”
	 	means Data Conversion Strategy, I-100 issue 2 and the Rollout
Data Management Strategy, N-2000 v.1.0, both produced and

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	 	 	 	agreed by the parties;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“Education Strategy”
	 	means ESR Education Strategy, document control number B0200,
version 3.0;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“General Contingency Control

Mechanism”
	 	means the mechanism for authorising drawdown from the General
Contingency Fund set out in Schedule H1B;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“General Contingency Fund”
	 	means the fund referred to in paragraph G1.4A.2 of Schedule G;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“IT Contingency Request Notice”
	 	means a written notice from the Contractor to the Authority
requesting authorisation for payment from the IT Hardware &
Maintenance Contingency Fund issued pursuant to Schedule H1A;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“IT Hardware & Maintenance

Contingency Fund”
	 	has the meaning set out in paragraph G.1.4A.1 of Schedule G;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“Main Pilot Plan”
	 	means the Main Pilot Implementation Plan, A-2024 v.1.0 produced
and agreed by the parties;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“NHS Shared Business Services Limited”
	 	means NHS Shared Business Services Limited of 420 Thames Valley
Park Drive, Thames Valley Park, Reading, Berkshire RG6 1PU and
includes:

	 	(a)	 	any employee of NHS Shared Employee Services Limited;
	 
	 	(b)	 	any employee of Xansa UK Limited or of any Affiliate of such
company; or
	 
	 	(c)	 	any person engaged as an agent or contractor of NHS Shared
Business Services Limited, NHS Shared Employee Services Limited,
Xansa UK Limited or any Affiliate of Xansa UK Limited
in the case of (a) to (c) above, to the extent that such
entities are engaged in the provision of services to, or on
behalf of NHS Shared Business Services Limited;

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	“NHS Shared Employee Services Limited”
	 	means NHS Shared Employee Services Limited of 420 Thames Valley
Park Drive, Thames Valley Park, Reading, Berkshire RG6 1PU;

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	 	“Oracle HRMS”
	 	means the Oracle Human Resource and Management System referred
to in paragraph 2.2.1(a) of Schedule B;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“Re-baselined Contract”
	 	has the meaning ascribed to it in clause 2.1 the Deed of
Settlement and Amendment in relation to this Contract;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“Re-basedlined Contract Effective

Date”
	 	means the Effective Date of the Deed of Settlement and Amendment
in relation to this Contract;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“Re-baselined SRA”
	 	means the document with control number K-1750 HRMS Authority’s
Requirements Volume 1, version 2.1.1 and those parts (namely the
left hand sides only) of the documents with control numbers
K-1800 NHS ESR HR&P Volume 2 and Core SDS, version 2.1.1 and
K-1900 NHS ESR HR&P Full SDS Volume 3, version 2.1.1 (all as
amended from time to time after the Effective Date by Change
Control Notices);
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“Roll Out Phase Midpoint”
	 	means Health Authority Acceptance has been achieved in relation
to all Health Authorities in Waves 1 to 4 inclusive of the Roll
Out Phase as identified in the Roll Out Strategy (as amended by
the Change Mechanism from time to time) and at the Health
Authorities in phase 5 of the Main Pilot Plan;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“Roll Out Strategy”
	 	means the Final Rollout Strategy, N-1000 v.1.0 produced and
agreed by the parties;
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“Solution Acceptance TPR Census”
	 	has the meaning ascribed to it in Schedule F, paragraph 5A.1(a);
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“Test Date”
	 	means the planned date for completion of Tests as defined in the
Main Pilot Plan or the Rollout Strategy (as appropriate);
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“Wave TPR Census”
	 	has the meaning ascribed to it in Schedule F, paragraph 5A.2(a);
and
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	“Xansa UK Limited”
	 	means Xansa UK Limited of 420 Thames Valley Park Drive, Thames
Valley Park, Reading, Berkshire RG6 1PU.

	4	 	Contract Term
	 
	4.1	 	The Authority hereby extends the Contract Term by a period of approximately 30 (thirty)
calendar months by exercising the Option pursuant to clause 3.3 of the Original Contract,
resulting in a revised Expiry Date for the Contract Term of 31st August 2014. Save as set
out expressly in this Deed, the parties agree that such extension:

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	4.1.1	 	shall take effect without any further changes being made to the Contract, and the parties
hereby irrevocably waive any rights that they may have to request any further changes solely
under clause 3.3 of the Original Contract as a consequence of the exercise of the Option; and
	 
	4.1.2	 	shall constitute a valid and binding exercise of the Option, whether or not change control
or other requirements stated to apply in the Contract have been complied with.
	 
	4.2	 	For the avoidance of doubt, the exercise of the Option in accordance with this clause shall
extinguish the Option in full for the purposes of clause 3.3 of the Original Contract and
otherwise.
	 
	5	 	Assignability
	 
	5.1	 	Clause 10.6.1 of the Original Contract shall be deemed to be replaced with the following
text:

	 	“10.6.1	 	The Contract is personal to the Contractor. Save as set out in Clause 10.7 the
Contractor shall not assign, novate, sub-contract or otherwise dispose of the Contract
or any part thereof or the benefit or advantage of the Contract or any part thereof nor
attempt such action without the previous consent in writing of the Authority, such
consent to be given or withheld in the absolute discretion of the Authority. For the
avoidance of doubt and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the
Authority shall in any event be entitled to withhold its consent if it believes that
the person to whom the Contractor intends to assign, novate, sub-contract or otherwise
dispose of the Contract or any part thereof is a Restricted Person.”

	6	 	Intellectual Property
	 
	6.1	 	The Contractor acknowledges that the Department of Health has entered into a joint venture
with Xansa UK Limited for the provision of financial and other services to Health Authorities
through a joint venture vehicle called NHS Shared Business Services Limited, in which they
each own a 50% interest. The Authority believes that efficiencies could be produced if NHS
Shared Business Services Limited was able to provide Health Authorities with a combined
offering comprising both these financial and other services and also, by use of the System,
payroll and HR services. In order for NHS Shared Business Services Limited to be able to
provide this combined offering it would require certain rights to use the System to process
and administer payroll and HR functions for the benefit of the relevant Health Authority
remotely but as if it were the relevant Health Authority. The Contractor and the Authority
agree to negotiate in good faith to explore how the Authority’s desire to use NHS Shared
Business Services Limited to provide such a combined offering could be achieved. The
Authority acknowledges that such negotiations will entail a wide range of issues but in all
events will preserve for the Contractor the role of providing HR and payroll services through
its data centres as provided in the Re-baselined Contract. On the expectation that those
negotiations will result in some sort of agreement among the Contractor, the Authority, and
NHS Shared Business Services Limited, and as a sign of good faith toward such agreement, the
Contractor is willing to grant the Authority the licences described in this Clause 6. The
Contractor acknowledges that the purpose of the licences described in this Clause 6 includes
granting NHS Shared Business Services Limited with effect from the Effective Date such rights
to use the System for the purpose described in this Clause 6.1 as the Contractor is currently
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	 	 	grant. The Authority acknowledges that it is not seeking in this Deed any licences or rights in respect of NHS Shared
Business Services Limited that the Contractor cannot provide as of the Effective Date on a perpetual, royalty-free
basis for the purpose of the proposed future arrangements with described in this clause and that it is not seeking the
grant of rights or licences to NHS Shared Business Services Limited in excess of the rights and licences granted, or to
be granted, to the Authority under the Original Contract. However, insofar as the Contractor is not currently able to
grant the required rights for NHS Shared Business Services Limited to use the System, the Contractor agrees to provide
the assistance described in this Clause 6 in relation to procuring such rights.
	 
	6.2	 	Clause 12.4.1 of the Original Contract shall be deemed to be replaced with the following text:

	 	“12.4.1 	 	The Contractor hereby grants to the Authority for the Contract Term a non-exclusive,
irrevocable and royalty-free licence to use the Contractor Software and any know-how
associated with it (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not create any obligation
upon the Contractor to deliver or transfer know-how to the Authority in addition to its
obligations to do so set out elsewhere in this Contract) for the purposes of providing an
integrated HR and payroll service to Health Authorities in England and Wales.

	6.3	 	Clause 12.4.2 shall be deemed to be deleted and replaced with the following:

	 	“12.4.2 	 	The Contractor shall:

	 	(a)	 	use all reasonable efforts to procure the right to grant to
the Authority a sub-licence to use any Third Party Software (excluding Oracle
HRMS), on the same terms as the Contractor Software is licensed to the
Authority; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	where it is unable to procure the right set out in Clause
12.4.2(a) above, procure that the owner of the Third Party Software
(excluding Oracle HRMS) grant to the Authority a direct licence on the terms
which are consistent with Good Industry Practice. Any royalties payable in
obtaining such licence are to be paid by the Contractor.”

	6.4	 	Clause 12.4.3 shall be deemed to be deleted and replaced with the following:

	 	“12.4.3 	 	The Contractor hereby grants to the Authority a perpetual, royalty free, irrevocable
licence (with a right of assignment or sub-license) to use the NHS Layer and the
Specially Written Software and any know-how associated with them (which, for the
avoidance of doubt, shall not create any obligation upon McKesson to deliver or transfer
know-how to the Authority in addition to its obligations to do so set out elsewhere in
this Contract) for the provision of an integrated HR and payroll service to Health
Authorities in England and Wales.

	6.5	 	The following new clause 12.4.3A shall be deemed to be included in the Original Contract:

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	 	“12.4.3A 	 	The Contractor shall grant to the Authority (or shall procure the grant to the
Authority of) a royalty free licence to use Oracle HRMS for the provision of an
integrated HR and payroll service to Health Authorities in England and Wales, such
licence to take effect:

	 	a)	 	in respect of each Health Authority to Go Live on the
System prior to the date on which the Contractor achieves a Qualified Pass in
relation to Milestone 7, from the date of such Go Live and to continue until
the earlier of the date on which the Contractor achieves a Qualified Pass in
relation to Milestone 7 or termination of the Contract; and
	 
	 	b)	 	in respect of all Health Authorities in England and Wales
(including for the avoidance of doubt those referred to in 12.4.3(a) above),
from the date on which the Contractor achieves a Qualified Pass in relation
to Milestone 7 and to continue on a perpetual basis.

	6.6	 	The following new clause 12.4.3B shall be deemed to be included in the Original Contract:

	 	 	 	“12.4.3B The licences granted under Clauses 12.4.1 and 12.4.3 (but not under Clause 12.4.3A)
shall include the right for the Authority to grant a sub-licence of the rights granted
under clauses 12.4.1 and 12.4.3 to NHS Shared Business Services Limited for the terms set
out in clauses 12.4.1 and 12.4.3, as appropriate, to use:

	 	(a)	 	such of the Contractor Software (and associated know how)
as is owned by the Contractor;
	 
	 	(b)	 	any Third Party Software or Sub-Contractor Software
comprised in the Contractor Software (and associated know how) to the extent
the Contractor has the right at any time during the term of the Contract to
grant the licence described in this clause 12.4.3B; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	the Specially Written Software and the NHS Layer (and
associated know how) to the extent the Contractor has the right at any time
during the term of the Contract to grant the licence described in this clause
12.4.3B,
	 
	 	 	 	to act on behalf of Health Authorities with respect to the Services, including
inputting data to the System and supporting them on Business Process Redesign and
Change Management, but, for the avoidance of doubt, NHS Shared Business Services
Limited shall not be entitled to use the Contractor Software, the Third Party
Software, the Sub-Contractor Software, the Specially Written Software or the NHS
Layer to process or administer its own staff records or payroll or to provide HR
or payroll services which are facilitated through data centres owned or controlled
by NHS Shared Business Services Limited.

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	 	“12.4.4 	 	For the NHS in Scotland, the Contractor agrees that there would be no additional
licence fee for the NHS Layer and the Specially Written Software. The extension to
provide Services in Scotland (and to make any necessary adaptations required for
Scotland) will be costed using the variation to the Contract revisions in Clause 10 of
the Contract.”

	6.8	 	Clauses 15.12.1(b)(iii) to 15.12.1(b)(v) (inclusive) shall be deemed to be deleted from the
Original Contract. No changes to the numbering in clause 15.12.1(b) shall be made as a result
of such deletion.
	 
	6.9	 	The following clauses shall be deemed to be included in the Original Contract after clause 15.12:

	 	15.12A	 	Software Licences to take effect on Termination or Expiry
	 
	 	15.12A.1 	 	On condition the Authority pays in full the Initial Charge and the elements of the
System Build Phase Charge which relate to licence fees as set out in Schedule G1.2A.2,
and subject to clause 15.12.2, the Contractor hereby grants to the Authority, or
undertakes to grant or to procure the grant to the Authority as the case may be (with a
right to assign or sub-license to any Transferee) a perpetual, non-exclusive, irrevocable
and royalty-free licence, which shall take effect on and from the expiry of the Contract
Term or the termination of the Contract, to use the Contractor Software in connection
with the following purposes:

	 	(i)	 	provision of Equivalent Services to any Health Authority
(including for the avoidance of doubt the right to host the software licensed
under this clause 15.12A.1);
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the operation and management of the Hardware in connection
with the provision of Equivalent Services in accordance with clause
15.12A1(i); and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	receipt by any Health Authority of any Equivalent
Services.

	 	15.12A.2 	 	On condition the Authority pays in full the Initial Charge and the elements of the
System Build Phase Charge which relate to licence fees as set out in Schedule G1.2A.2,
and subject to clause 15.12.2, the Contractor hereby grants to the Authority, or
undertakes to grant or to procure the grant to the Authority as the case may be, (with a
right to sub-license to any Transferee) (to the extent that the Contractor has the right
at the Re-baselined Contract Effective Date to grant such a licence) a perpetual,
non-exclusive, irrevocable and royalty-free licence to use the Third Party Software
(excluding Oracle HRMS) or Sub-Contractor Software (excluding Oracle HRMS) comprised in
the Contractor Software on the same licence terms as existed between the Third Party
licensor/Sub-Contractor and the Contractor during the Contract Term, which licence shall
take effect on and from the expiry of the Contract Term or the termination of the
Contract.
	 
	 	15.12A.3 	 	On condition the Authority pays in full the Initial Charge and the elements of the
System Build Phase Charge which relate to licence fees as set out in Schedule G1.2A.2,
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	 	 	 	from the expiry of the Contract Term or the termination of the Contract) shall
include the right for the Authority to grant a sub-licence of the rights granted
under those clauses to NHS Shared Business Services Limited including the right
for NHS Shared Business Services Limited to act on behalf of Health Authorities
with respect to the Services, including by inputting data to the System and
supporting Health Authorities on Business Process Redesign and Change Management
or by hosting the System on their behalf, but provided that NHS Shared Business
Services shall not have the right to process or administer its own staff records
or payroll using the System. 
	 
	 	15.12A.4 	 	To the extent that Authority does not already have the benefit of such a licence
pursuant to clause 12.4.3A of this Contract, the Contractor shall grant or procure the
grant to the Authority as the case may be a licence which shall take effect on the
expiry or termination of the Contract to use Oracle HRMS on a perpetual basis for in
connection with the following purposes (with a right of assignment or sub-licence to any
Transferee):

	 	(a)	 	provision of Equivalent Services to any Health Authority
(including for the avoidance of doubt the right to host the software licensed
under this clause 15.12A.5);
	 
	 	(b)	 	the operation and management of the Hardware in connection
with the provision of Equivalent Services in accordance with clause
15.12A.1(i); and
	 
	 	(c)	 	receipt by any Health Authority of any Equivalent Services.

	 	15.12A.5 	 	For the purposes of clauses 15.12A.1 to 15.12A.4, the terms Software, Contractor
Software, Specially Written Software, NHS Layer, Oracle HRMS, Third Party Software and
Sub-Contractor Software shall be deemed to include any know-how associated with each of
them (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not create any obligation upon McKesson to
deliver or transfer know-how to the Authority in addition to its obligations to do so set
out elsewhere in this Contract).

	6.10	 	Clause 15.12.2 of the Original Contract shall be deemed to be replaced with the following
text:

	 	“15.12.2 	 	Where Transferring Assets or Shared Use Assets cannot be transferred in accordance
with Clause 15.12.1 or where Software cannot be licensed to the Authority for the
purposes set out in clauses 15.12A.1 or 15.12A.2 (each as modified by clause 15.12A.3)
or clause 15.12A.4 because there is a third party interest in the Transferring Assets
or Shared Use Assets or the Software which prohibits such action, the Contractor shall
use all reasonable endeavours to procure:

	 	(a)	 	equivalent rights for the benefit of the Transferee to those set
out in Clause 15.12.1(b)(i) to (vii) in respect of Transferring Assets or
Clause 15.12.1(c) in respect of Shared Use Assets or clauses 15.12A.1 or
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	 	(b)	 	a suitable alternative to the Transferring Assets or Software
which cannot be transferred or licensed,
	 
	 	and in respect of Transferring Assets the Contractor shall bear the costs of
procuring the same and in respect of Shared Use Assets or the Software, the
Authority shall bear the costs of doing so.”

	6.11	 	To the extent that any licences of Intellectual Property Rights are required in addition to
the licences granted under the Contract in order for the Authority:
	 
	6.11.1	 	to have the right to allow NHS Shared Business Services Limited to use the Software during
the Contract Term for the purposes described in clauses 12.4.1 and 12.4.3B; or
	 
	6.11.2	 	to have the right to allow NHS Shared Business Services Limited to use the Software
following the expiry or termination of the Contract for the purposes described in clauses
15.12A.1 to 15.12A.3,
	 
	 	 	the Contractor agrees to use reasonable endeavours starting on the Re-baselined Contract
Effective Date to procure that the owner of the Intellectual Property Rights in the relevant
item of Software (the “Software Owner”) agrees with the Authority within 3 months of the
Re-baselined Contract Effective Date the terms and conditions on which the Software Owner
would be prepared to grant the Authority a licence of the relevant item of Software for the
purposes set out in clauses 12.4.1, 12.4.3B, and 15.12A.1 to 15.12A.3 (as appropriate). For
the purposes of this clause 6.9, reasonable endeavours shall include the Contractor entering
into correspondence with, and arranging and attending meetings (or, where the Software Owner
is not based in the UK, teleconferences) with appropriately senior contacts within each
Software Owner to negotiate the relevant licence terms on behalf of (and in consultation with)
the Authority, bringing to bear in negotiations such commercial pressure as is available to
the Contractor in the circumstances and preparation and negotiation of term sheets or
memoranda of understanding on behalf of the Authority but shall not include entering into any
licence agreements, or incurring any obligation to pay any licence fees on behalf of the
Authority.
	 
	6.12	 	The Contractor warrants that Annex 13 contains a complete list of all Software Owners and
each item of software licensed from them of which the Contractor is aware.
	 
	6.13	 	The parties acknowledge that in order for NHS Shared Business Services Limited to take
advantage of the licences granted or contemplated in this clause 6, confidential information
of the Contractor may need to be disclosed to NHS Shared Business Services Limited by the
Authority. Without prejudice to the generality of clause 18.3.1 of the Original Contract, the
Authority shall be entitled to disclose such confidential information to any entity falling
within the definition of NHS Shared Business Services Limited, provided that such entity first
signs a confidentiality agreement on materially the same terms as those set out in Schedule I1
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	7	 	Benefits, Process Redesign, and Change Management
	 
	7.1	 	The parties acknowledge that prior to the Re-baselined Contract Effective Date, the
Contractor had certain obligations in relation to achieving benefits for the Authority through
the provision of the Services in terms of headcount deployment opportunity. The achievement of
such benefits was subject to a risk and reward incentive scheme within the Contract. As part
of this process, the Contractor had certain related obligations in respect of assessing and
managing the impact to Health Authorities of migration to the ESR System, and in relation to
redesigning the business processes of such Health Authorities. The parties have agreed that
as of the Re-Baselined Contract Effective Date, the risk and reward incentive scheme within
the Contract shall no longer apply in relation to the achievement of benefits by the
Contractor and the Contractor shall no longer have a specific obligation to achieve such
benefits. Similarly, the parties have agreed that, to the extent that the Contractor had
obligations in relation to change management and business process redesign which derived from
its specific obligation to achieve benefits, the Contractor shall be excused from such
obligations by making the amendments set out in this clause 7. However, the Contractor
acknowledges that the achievement of benefits is still important to the Authority and the
Contractor agrees to provide the Services in a way which is supportive of that aim (including
by complying with the implementation responsibilities set out in the Roll Out Strategy, 3
Pilot Plan, Main Pilot Plan, Data Migration Strategy and Education Strategy), albeit that the
Contractor no longer has any obligation to achieve any benefits targets.
	 
	7.2	 	Benefits Enablement
	 
	7.2.1	 	The following definitions shall be deemed to be deleted from the Interpretations Schedule
in the Original Contract:

	 	(a)	 	“Additional Benefit”;
	 
	 	(b)	 	“Benefit Benchmarking and Due Diligence”;
	 
	 	(c)	 	“Benefit Determination Date”;
	 
	 	(d)	 	“Benefit Shortfall”;
	 
	 	(e)	 	“Benefit Target”;
	 
	 	(f)	 	“Benefit Target Acceptance Date”;
	 
	 	(g)	 	“Benefit Target Amount”;
	 
	 	(h)	 	“Benefits Amount”;
	 
	 	(i)	 	“Estimated Current Number of Staff WTEs”;
	 
	 	(j)	 	“Estimated Optimal Number of Staff WTEs”;
	 
	 	(k)	 	“NHS Benefits Calculator”;

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	 	(l)	 	“Nominated Health Authority”;
	 
	 	(m)	 	“Pilot Benefit Target”;
	 
	 	(n)	 	“Potential Benefits Calculator”;
	 
	 	(o)	 	“Total Benefits Target”.

	7.2.2	 	Clause 12.1.2(b) of the Original Contract shall be deemed to be amended by the deletion of
the words “(including any liability in relation to benefits as described in schedule G8)”.
	 
	7.2.3	 	Clause 12.1.3(a) of the Original Contract shall be deemed to be amended by the deletion of
the words “(other than those benefits anticipated by schedule G8)”.
	 
	7.2.4	 	Section 1.2.3 of Appendix 1 to schedule H5 shall be deemed to be amended by deleting the
words “and realising any Benefits”.
	 
	7.2.5	 	Clause 15.2.1(e) shall be deemed to be deleted from the Original Contract.
	 
	7.3	 	Business Process Redesign
	 
	7.3.1	 	The definition of “To-be Process” shall be deemed to be deleted from the Interpretations
Schedule in the Original Contract.
	 
	7.4	 	Change Management
	 
	7.4.1	 	The defined term “Change Management and Communications Strategy” in the Original Contract
shall be deemed to be renamed throughout the Original Contract as the “Change Management
Strategy”.
	 
	7.4.2	 	The Authority hereby acknowledges that is has received from the Contractor in accordance
with section 1.6.2 of schedule A5 and has approved the Change Management Strategy in
accordance with section 1.6.9 of schedule A5.
	 
	7.4.3	 	Section 24.2 of Schedule C shall be deemed to be amended by deleting the words “change
readiness assessment” and replacing them with “readiness assessment”.
	 
	 	 	7.4.4Clause 24.3 of Schedule C shall be deemed to be deleted from the Original Contract.
	 
	8	 	Implementation Responsibilities
	 
	8.1	 	Section 1.9 of Schedule A5 shall be deemed to be replaced with the following text:

	 	1.9	 	Pilot and Rollout Phase Implementation
	 
	 	1.9.1	 	As of the Re-baselined Contract Effective Date, the Pilot Health Authorities are the
Health Authorities in phases 1 to 4 inclusive of the Main Pilot Plan and the 3 forward
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	 	 	 	forward pilots have already achieved Health Authority Acceptance. The scheduled Go
Live dates for the remainder of the Pilot Health Authorities are reflected in the Main
Pilot Plan.
	 
	 	1.9.2	 	As of the Re-baselined Contract Effective Date, the current list of Health
Authorities scheduled to Go Live during the Roll Out Phase and their scheduled Roll Out
wave assignments are reflected in the Roll Out Strategy and in Phase 5 of the Main Pilot
Plan.
	 
	 	1.9.3	 	The Contractor shall perform its responsibilities leading to Go Live for each Health
Authority as described in the Main Pilot Plan, Roll Out Strategy (including the related
readiness assessment documents), Data Management Strategy and Education Strategy as
appropriate.
	 
	 	1.9.4	 	The Authority shall perform its responsibilities leading to Go Live for each Health
Authority as described in the Main Pilot Plan, Roll Out Strategy (including the related
readiness assessment documents), Data Management Strategy and Education Strategy as
appropriate. To the extent that such responsibilities are expressed as responsibilities
of a Health Authority, the Authority shall use reasonable endeavours to procure that such
Health Authorities comply with those responsibilities.
	 
	 	1.9.5	 	The Contractor shall give the Authority all reasonable prior warning of any
anticipated problems or delays in achieving Go Live in relation to each Health Authority
and shall adhere to the principles set out in paragraph 8.2 of the Roll Out Strategy in
relation thereto.
	 
	 	1.9.6	 	The Contractor shall be entitled to exclude Blackpool from any determination of
the timeliness of the Contractor’s performance for Milestone 7 if Blackpool does not Go
Live on the date set out in the Main Pilot Plan due to the Smart Rostering and Time &
Attendance Software.

	8.2	 	The parties agree that PriceWaterHouseCoopers is no longer involved with the Project.

	9	 	Performance of Services

	9.1	 	The parties agree to amend and modify the performance of services provisions of the
Original Contract as further detailed in Annex 1, which shall replace Schedule A6 of the
Original Contract, and shall be binding upon the parties from the Effective Date.
	 
	10	 	Authority’s Requirements and Technical Solution
	 
	10.1	 	The parties agree the Contractor will not provide occupational health and risk management
as a Core Service or Executable Option under the Re-baselined Contract. Accordingly, the
following definitions, clauses, and schedules shall be deemed to be deleted from the Original
Contract:

	 	(a)	 	The definition “Occupational Health” in the Interpretations Schedule;
	 
	 	(b)	 	Schedule B section 2.2.1(d);
	 
	 	(c)	 	Schedule C section 4: delete the phrase “CamAxys (Occupational Health and
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	 	(d)	 	Schedule D section 3.5.3: delete the phrase “Occupational Health, Risk
Management & Adverse Incidents and”.

	10.2	 	Any changes to the Authority’s Requirements shall be subject to and shall only be implemented
if agreed between the parties pursuant to the Change Mechanism. Following agreement of any
changes pursuant to the Change Mechanism the Authority’s Requirements shall be deemed amended
accordingly and, where relevant, the Authority will sign off an appropriate subsequent SRA
version (left hand sides only). All references to Schedules A2 and A3 in the Contract shall
be deemed to be replaced by references to the Authority’s Requirements from time to time.

	10.3	 	It is acknowledged by the parties that it is an obligation upon the Contractor pursuant to
clause 2.1 of the Contract to meet and satisfy the Authority’s Requirements and to ensure that
the Contractor’s Technical Solution enables it to meet the Authority’s Requirements and,
subject to the Authority’s right to request Changes and to the Change Mechanism, the Authority
has no entitlement to specify how the Contractor should design the Contractor’s Technical
Solution.

	10.4	 	In determining whether requests made by the Authority, including in relation to design, are
new requirements and thus Changes to the Authority’s Requirements which are required to go
through the Change Mechanism, the parties shall use the Authority’s Requirements as a
baseline.

	10.5	 	The parties agree to amend and modify the Technical Solution of the Original Contract as
further detailed in Annex 2, which shall replace Schedule A9 of the Original Contract, and
shall be binding upon the parties from the Effective Date.

	11	 	Executable Options

	11.1	 	The parties agree to amend and modify the Executable Options of the Original Contract as
further detailed in Annex 3, which shall replace Schedule A11 of the Original Contract, and
shall be binding upon the parties from the Effective Date.

	12	 	Testing Procedures

	12.1	 	The parties agree to amend and modify the testing procedures of the Original Contract as
further detailed in Annex 4, which shall replace Schedule F of the Original Contract, and
shall be binding upon the parties from the Effective Date.

	12.2	 	The parties agree that Annexes 7 to 9 constitute the complete statement of the Test Criteria
for Milestones 7, 7.33, and 8 respectively, and shall take priority over Annex 4 to the extent
of any inconsistency or conflict.

	12.3	 	Notwithstanding that the Contractor has not yet achieved a Pass in relation to Implementation
Milestone “Delivery of AUTHORITY accepted Payroll & Related HR solution for integration with
Full HR & piloting” (also referred to in certain documents relating to the Project as
“milestones 4a and 4b”), the Authority agrees that the Contractor shall be deemed to have
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	 	 	as of the Effective Date and shall be entitled to all the
rights and subject to all the obligations under the
Re-baselined Contract of having a Sign Off Certificate to
that effect as of the Effective Date.
	 
	13	 	Financial Obligations and Insurance
	 
	13.1	 	The parties agree to amend and modify the payment provisions of the Original Contract as
further detailed in Annex 5, which shall replace Schedule G of the Original Contract, and
shall be binding upon the parties from the Effective Date.
	 
	13.2	 	The Authority confirms that it will pay the Initial Charge set out in revised Schedule G in
full on 1 May 2005 provided that it has received from the Contractor an invoice in respect of
the Initial Charge, which has been drawn up in a form compliant with the requirements set out
in the revised Schedule G5, and that payment of the Initial Charge is unconditional on any
matter other than the submission of an invoice in the agreed form by the Contractor as
described in this clause. The Authority further confirms that the Contractor shall be
entitled to submit an invoice in respect of the Initial Charge immediately upon execution of
this Deed.

	13.3	 	For the avoidance of doubt and without prejudice to the generality of clause 15.7 of the
Contract, if the Contract is terminated before 1 May 2006 and the Oracle Licence Fee Payment
under Schedule G1.2C would have been payable by the Authority on 1 May 2006 because prior to
termination the Contractor had provided the relevant evidence required under Schedule G.1.2C,
the Oracle Licence Fee Payment shall continue to be payable by the Authority on 1 May 2006
notwithstanding the termination of the Contract.

	13.4	 	The Authority shall be responsible for the agreed costs of implementing all agreed Changes to
the Authority’s Requirements.

	13.5	 	The Contractor acknowledges and agrees that save as provided for in the revised Schedule G
set out in Annex 5 no sums are payable by the Authority to the Contractor in respect of:

	13.5.1	 	work done, or services, materials and/or equipment supplied by the Contractor up to the
Effective Date; or

	13.5.2	 	work done, or services, materials and/or equipment to be supplied by the Contractor from
the Effective Date in respect of the performance of the Contractor’s obligations under the
Change Control Notices set out in Annex 11,
	 
	 	 	and undertakes not to make or bring any claim against the Authority for payment of any such
sums.

	13.6	 	The parties agree to amend and modify the Change Mechanism of the Original Contract as
further detailed in Annex 6, which shall replace Schedule H1 of the Original Contract and
insert new Schedules H1A and H1B, and shall be binding upon the parties from the Effective
Date.

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	14	 	Financial Model Escrow
	 
	14.1	 	Clause 17.7.5 shall be deemed to be deleted and replaced with the following:

	 	 	 	“17.7.5 Following the approval of any amendment of the Financial Model by the Authority, the
Contractor shall promptly deliver a copy of the revised Financial Model to the Authority.
On the Re-baselined Contract Effective Date and every six months thereafter, the
Contractor shall deliver two (2) copies of the then current Financial Model to the
Custodian. The Contractor shall deliver copies of the Financial Model under this clause
in the same form as the original form (or such other form as may be agreed by the parties
from time to time).

	15	 	Potential Royalty Payments from Contractor
	 
	15.1	 	The parties acknowledge and agree that:
	 
	15.1.1	 	in the performance of its obligations under the Re-baselined Contract, the Contractor has
developed new software which it has used to provide the Services (the “New Software”);
	 
	15.1.2	 	the expense incurred by the Contractor in developing the New Software will be recovered by
the Contractor as a result of the payment of the Charges by the Authority in accordance with
the Re-baselined Contract;
	 
	15.1.3	 	the Contractor may be able to raise additional revenue by licensing the New Software to
third parties; and
	 
	15.1.4	 	the Authority shall be entitled to receive a proportion of any such additional benefit in
accordance with clause 15.2.
	 
	15.2	 	If the Contractor enters into any contract with another United Kingdom government entity for
the provision of an Oracle based software system which is similar to the System and which
utilises the New Software (a “Third Party Contract”), then the Contractor shall, in respect of
each Third Party Contract, within 30 working days of entering the equivalent of the Steady
State Phase under the Third Party Contract, pay to the Authority a one-time royalty of an
amount calculated using the following formula:*

[**] x (A / B)

Where:

A = [**]; and

 

			
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B = [**]

	16	 	Use of Risk Monies under the Oracle Sub-Contract
	 
	16.1	 	The Contractor warrants that Annex 12 contains accurate and up to date extracts of all
the provisions of the Contractor’s sub-contract with Oracle Corporation UK Limited (including
as such sub-contract may have been amended from time to time) (the “Oracle Sub-Contract”)
relating to the payment of “Risk Monies” (as defined in the Oracle Sub-contract) by the
Contractor, and/or the use of such Risk Monies by the Contractor and/or by Oracle Corporation
UK Limited.
	 
	16.2	 	The Contractor hereby undertakes:
	 
	16.2.1	 	to use its best endeavours to procure that promptly following the date of this Deed the
Contractor and Oracle Corporation UK Limited enter into a legally binding agreement with the
Authority under which. as of the termination of Contractor’s obligations under the
Re-baselined Contract (including without limitation its obligations under clause 15) :

	 	(a)	 	the Contractor’s rights under clause 12.1.3(c) of the Oracle Sub-contract
shall be assigned to the Authority; and

	 	(b)	 	Oracle Corporation Limited shall grant the Authority a credit as against any
of its services or products to the value of any Risk Monies which have not been drawn
by the Contractor under clause 12 of the Oracle Sub-contract.

	16.2.2	 	not to amend any of the provisions of the Oracle Sub-Contract in relation to which extracts
are set out in Annex 12;
	 
	16.2.3	 	to provide the Authority promptly upon the termination of the Contractor’s obligations
under the Re-baselined Contract (including without limitation its obligations under clause
15) with an accurate statement of the value of Risk Monies which have not been drawn by the
Contractor pursuant to clause 12 of the Oracle Sub-Contract and to which the provisions of
clause 12.1.3(c) apply.
	 
	17	 	Timetable and Termination
	 
	17.1	 	Schedule E of the Original Contract shall be deemed to be replaced with the following
text:*

	 	 	 	 	 
	Milestone	 	Description	 	Contractual Date
	7

	 	Final NHS Solution accepted at all Pilot Sites
	 	[**]
	

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	7.33

	 	Roll Out Phase Midpoint
	 	[**]
	8

	 	Final Acceptance (completion of Roll-Out Phase)
	 	[**]
	N/A

	 	Final Rostering and Time & Attendance solution
	 	[**]
	

	 	at Newham, UHB and Blackpool	 	 

	17.2	 	Clause 15.2.1(c) of the Original Contract shall be deemed to be replaced with the following
text:*

	 	 	 	"(c) subject to clause 15.2.1A, the Contractor fails to achieve at least a Qualified Pass for:-

	 	(i)	 	the Pilot Phase (i.e. Milestone 7) within [**] months of its due
date as set out in Schedule E or as modified in accordance with any delay agreed
in accordance with the terms of this Contract;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	the Midpoint Roll-Out Phase (i.e. Milestone 7.33) within [**]
months of its due date as set out in Schedule E or as modified in accordance with
any delay agreed in accordance with the terms of this Contract; or
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the Roll-Out Phase (i.e. Milestone 8) within [**] months of its
due date as set out in Schedule E or as modified in accordance with any delay
agreed in accordance with the terms of this Contract;”

	17.3	 	The following shall be added as a new clause 15.2.1A and a new clause 15.2.1B to the Original
Contract:

	 	 	 	“15.2.1A            If the Authority does not give written notice of termination to the Contractor in
accordance with clause 15.2.1(c), and:

	 	(a)	 	on the date on which the Authority became entitled to give such notice
of termination the Contractor provided to the Authority in writing its best
assessment of the date on which it would be able to achieve a Qualified Pass in
relation to the milestone event giving rise to the right of termination; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	the Authority proceeds with the Project; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	the Contractor proceeds to achieve a Qualified Pass in relation to the
milestone event in question

 

			
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requested as to certain redacted portions of this Section, indicated as
follows: [***]

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	 	 	 	the date for achieving a Qualified Pass in relation to that milestone event (but
not in relation to any subsequent milestone events) shall be deemed to have been
extended to the actual date on which at least a Qualified Pass was achieved in
relation to that milestone event.
	 
	 	 	 	15.2.1B            For the avoidance of doubt:

	 	(a)	 	the provisions of clause 15.2.1A shall not in any way
restrict the Authority’s right to terminate the Contract in accordance with
clause 15.2.1(c) at any time before the Contractor achieves at least a
Qualified Pass in relation to the relevant milestone event; and

	 	(b)	 	any delay by the Authority in the exercise of its rights
under clause 15.2.1(c) shall not constitute a waiver of such rights.

	 	 	 	15.2.1C            For the purposes of Clauses 15.2.1A and 15.2.1B above, where the milestone in question
is Milestone 7.33, references in those clauses to the achievement of a Qualified Pass
shall be construed as the achievement of a Pass.”

	17.4	 	Clause 15.2.1(e) of the Original Contract shall be deemed to be deleted. For the avoidance
of doubt the remaining sub-clauses under clause 15.2.1 of the Original Contract shall not be
re-numbered as a consequence of such deletion.
	 
	18	 	Restrictive Covenant

	18.1	 	The following shall be added as a new clause 15.15 to the Original Contract:

	 	 	 	“15.15 Restrictive Covenant
	 
	 	15.15.1	 	Subject to Clause 15.15.3 and 15.15.4, the Contractor undertakes not to provide
(whether directly or indirectly) or to attempt to provide to any Health Authority any
Equivalent Services for:

	 	(i)	 	a period of one year following the expiry or termination of the Contract; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	thereafter for a period of one more year; and
	 
	 	(iii)	 	thereafter for a period of one more year.

	 	15.15.2	 	While the parties consider that the restriction aforesaid is reasonable in all the
circumstances, it is agreed that if the restriction shall be adjudged to go beyond what
is reasonable in all the circumstances for the protection of the interests of the
relevant party or parties but would be adjudged reasonable if part or parts of the
wording thereof were deleted or amended or qualified or the periods thereof were reduced
or the range of products or area dealt with were thereby reduced in scope, then the
restriction shall apply

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	 	 	 	with such modification or modifications as may be necessary to make it valid and
effective.
	 
	 	15.15.3	 	The restriction in Clause 15.15.1 shall not apply in respect of the provision of
services by the Contractor under the Legacy Software Support Contracts to which it is a
counterparty at the date hereof provided that this Clause 15.15.3 shall be without
prejudice to the Contractor’s obligations set out in Schedule G in relation to procuring
the termination of Legacy Software Support Contracts.
	 
	 	15.15.4	 	The restriction in Clause 15.15.1 shall not apply in relation to any tender process
initiated by the Authority upon the termination or expiry of the Contract in respect of
the replacement or renewal of the Contract (or part thereof).”

	19	 	Settlement and Release

	19.1	 	Except as provided in clause 19.2 below, each party hereby unconditionally and
irrevocably releases and discharges the other and the other’s respective directors, officers,
employees and sub-contractors from all or any liabilities, actions, causes of action, suits,
demands of whatever nature or kind and howsoever and whenever arising whether known or unknown
which it may be entitled to make, assert or pursue in any jurisdiction whatsoever in relation
to or in any way connected with the Contract, Project or the Dispute, in each case only up to
the date of this Deed.

	19.2	 	The settlement in clause 19.2 shall not apply to any claims or liabilities of which the
parties become aware after the date of this Deed arising under or in respect of the following
clauses of the Contract:

	19.2.1	 	clause 12.2 (Intellectual Property Rights Indemnity);
	 
	19.2.2	 	clause 12.5 (Rights in Data);
	 
	19.2.3	 	clause 18 (Confidentiality and Data Protection);
	 
	19.2.4	 	clause 19 (Security);
	 
	19.2.5	 	clause 20.2 (Employment Offers);
	 
	19.2.6	 	clause 21 (Insurance);
	 
	19.2.7	 	clause 25.1.2 (Contractor warranty as to Intellectual Property Rights);
	 
	19.2.8	 	clause 25.1.4 (Contractor warranty as to Viruses);
	 
	19.2.9	 	clause 25.1.5 (Contractor warranty as to NHS Net);
	 
	19.2.10	 	clause 25.1.6 (Contractor warranty as to Hardware and Software);
	 
	19.2.11	 	clause 25.2.1 (Authority warranty as to Intellectual Property Rights);

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	19.2.12	 	clause 25.2.2 (Authority warranty as to Viruses).
	 
	19.3	 	The parties warrant that they are not aware of any claims as may be covered by clause 19.2
above at the date of this Deed.
	 
	19.4	 	The parties agree that the releases at clause 19.1 are made without any admissions, whether
of liability or of obligation or of fact of any nature or kind whatsoever.
	 
	19.5	 	The parties each undertake on their own behalf and on behalf of their respective directors,
officers and employees that they will not bring any claims or legal proceedings or raise any
disputes under any contractual process or otherwise against the other party or its respective
directors, officers and employees arising in relation to the matters which are settled, waived
and abandoned on the terms of this Deed.
	 
	19.6	 	The Authority undertakes that it will not, and will not assist any of the Health
Authorities to, bring any claims or legal proceedings, or raise any disputes under any
contractual process or otherwise, or take any other action against the Contractor, its
directors, officers or employees on behalf of any of the Health Authorities in relation to any
of the matters which are settled, waived and abandoned on the terms of this Deed.
	 
	20	 	Confidentiality

	20.1	 	The following clause shall be added at the end of Clause 18.7 of the Original Contract:

	 	 	 	“18.7.6 which, in the reasonable opinion of the Authority (having appropriate regard to
sections 41 and 43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000) the Authority is
required to disclose under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The Contractor agrees to provide all prompt and reasonable assistance to the Authority
to enable it to respond within the prescribed timescales to a request for information
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to the extent that such request relates to
information held on the Authority’s behalf by the Contractor.”

	20.2	 	Subject to clauses 20.3, 20.4 and 20.5 of this Deed, each party to this Deed agrees to keep
confidential the terms of this Deed, all related discussions and correspondence and further
agrees not to divulge any such matter to any other person or third party without the express
written consent of the other party except to the extent that it is required to make disclosure
by law or to any national or supra-national taxation body or for the purpose of investment,
accountancy or legal advice in connection with the management of the Project, the performance
of the Contract or for the purpose of this Deed. 

	20.3	 	The Authority shall be entitled to disclose the terms of this Deed to personnel within The
Department of Health, The Treasury and The Office of Government Commerce for the purposes of
reporting and obtaining approval in relation to the terms of the settlement contained herein.

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	20.4	 	The restrictions in clause 18.2 shall not in relation to the disclosure of documents and
information which, in the reasonable opinion of the Authority (having appropriate regard to
sections 41 and 43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000) the Authority is required to
disclose under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

	20.5	 	The Contractor shall be entitled to disclose the terms of this Deed to personnel within
McKesson Corporation for the purposes of reporting and obtaining approval in relation to the
terms of the settlement contained herein.

	20.6	 	The parties shall provide all necessary precautions to ensure that all such information
subject to restrictions referred to in clause 20.1 above is not used or disclosed except as
described in clauses 20.3, 20.4 and 20.5 above.

	21	 	General

	21.1	 	Each party represents and warrants that the execution and performance of, and compliance
with its obligations under, this Deed is within its power and duly authorised by it and the
persons executing the Deed have the necessary authority to do so.

	21.2	 	This Deed may be executed in two counterparts both of which taken together shall constitute
one and the same agreement.

IN WITNESS whereof the parties have entered into this deed on the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	EXECUTED as a DEED by

	 	}	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	MCKESSON INFORMATION SOLUTIONS

	 	}
	 	Director                    
	 
	 	 	 	 
	UK LIMITED

	 	}
	 	Director/Secretary                    
	 
	 	 	 	 
	THE SEAL of:

	 	}	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	THE SECRETARY OF STATE

	 	}	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	FOR HEALTH
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	was hereunto affixed by:

	 	}	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	the presence of:

	 	}	 	 

     Authorised signatory:

30EX-4(A)

 

EXHIBIT 4(a)

AMENDMENT UNDER CREDIT AGREEMENT

     AMENDMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of July 12, 2005 (“this Amendment”), to the Credit
Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2003 (“Credit Agreement”), by and among Regent
Broadcasting, LLC, formerly known as Regent Broadcasting, Inc. (“Borrower”), Regent
Communications, Inc. (“Parent Company”), the several financial institutions from time to
time party to the Credit Agreement as lenders thereunder (collectively, “Lenders”), Bank of
America, N.A. (successor by merger to Fleet National Bank), as the administrative agent for the
Lenders (“Administrative Agent”), US Bank, National Association, as the syndication agent
for the Lenders (“Syndication Agent”), Wachovia Bank, National Association, and Suntrust
Bank., as co-documentation agents for the Lenders (“Documentation Agents”). Capitalized
terms used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to such
terms in the Credit Agreement.

     The Principal Companies have requested the Lenders to amend certain provisions of the Credit
Agreement, and the Lenders have agreed to the amendments so requested, all upon the terms and
subject to the conditions contained in this Amendment.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, promises and covenants contained
herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

     SECTION 1. Amendments. Effective on and as of July 26, 2005, but subject to the
satisfaction of the condition precedent contained in Section 2 of this Amendment, the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

     (a) The defined term “Applicable Margin” in Section 1.1 of the Credit
Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

     “Applicable Margin” means, with respect to any of the Loans, a percentage, per
annum, determined by reference to the Consolidated Leverage Ratio in effect from time to
time, all as set forth in the Pricing Grid below:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	PRICING GRID
	Consolidated	 	 	 	 
	Leverage	 	Base Rate	 	Eurodollar
	Ratio	 	Loans	 	Loans
	3 6.00: 1.00

	 	 	0.500	%	 	 	1.500	%
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	< 6.00: 1.00
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	3 5.00: 1.00

	 	 	0.250	%	 	 	1.250	%
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	< 5.00: 1.00
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 34.00: 1.00

	 	 	0.000	%	 	 	1.000	%

 

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	PRICING GRID
	Consolidated	 	 	 	 
	Leverage	 	Base Rate	 	Eurodollar
	Ratio	 	Loans	 	Loans
	< 4.00: 1.00
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	3 3.00: 1.00

	 	 	0.000	%	 	 	0.875	%
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	< 3.00: 1.00

	 	 	0.000	%	 	 	0.750	%

The “Applicable Margin” shall be determined by reference to the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to
Section 7.2(a). No change in the Applicable Margin with respect to any of the
Loans shall be effective until three (3) Business Days after the date on which the
Administrative Agent shall have received the applicable financial statements and a
Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 7.2(a) calculating such new Consolidated
Leverage Ratio. Promptly following receipt of the applicable information as and when
required under Section 7.2(a), the Administrative Agent shall give each Lender
facsimile or telephonic notice (confirmed in writing) of the Applicable Margin in effect
from such date.

     (b) The defined term “Permitted Acquisition Conditions” in Section 1.1 of the
Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

     “Permitted Acquisition Conditions” means, collectively, in relation to any
particular Acquisition:

     (a) Each of the following conditions shall constitute “Permitted Acquisition
Conditions” applicable to such Acquisition:

          (i) both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition,
no Default shall be continuing or shall result therefrom;

          (ii) the Principal Companies, Subsidiaries of the Principal Companies and/or the
entities to be acquired, as appropriate, shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent,
within five (5) Business Days after the consummation of such Acquisition, (A) such
Instruments and other documents as shall be required pursuant to Section 7.12, or
(B) commitments, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent, to deliver to
the Agent promptly after the completion of such Acquisition, such Instruments and other
documents as shall be required pursuant to Section 7.12;

          (iii) all transactions relating to such Acquisition shall be completed in accordance
with Applicable Laws; and

          (iv) the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries as of
the then most recent Covenant Determination Date derived from all Lines of Business other
than the operation of Radio Stations, all as determined on a Pro Forma Basis after giving
effect to such Acquisition, shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the Consolidated Adjusted
EBITDA of the Parent Company and its Subsidiaries as of the then most recent Covenant
Determination Date derived from all Lines of Business (including the operation of Radio
Stations), all as determined on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Acquisition.

     (b) If the Amount (as defined in the last paragraph of this definition) of any such
Acquisition shall exceed $10,000,000, then each of the following conditions (in

 

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addition to, and not in lieu of, the conditions set forth in paragraph (a))
shall also constitute “Permitted Acquisition Conditions” applicable to such
Acquisition:

          (i) the Principal Companies shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent true and
complete copies of the Acquisition Documentation for such Acquisition and all material
related documentation as soon as practicable prior to the consummation of such Acquisition;

          (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence, reasonably satisfactory in
form and substance to the Agent, that all material consents and approvals required to be
obtained from any Governmental Authorities in connection with such Acquisition (including
initial consents required to be obtained from the FCC with respect to the transfer of Main
Station Licenses) shall have been obtained;

          (iii) after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis to such Acquisition, the Principal
Companies shall not be in violation of any of the financial covenants contained in
Section 8.4 as of the then most recent Covenant Determination Date; and

          (iv) the Principal Companies shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a
Compliance Certificate duly executed by an Authorized Officer of each Principal Company,
which certificate shall contain (A) financial information reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, showing that after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis to such
Acquisition, the Principal Companies shall not be in violation of any of the financial
covenants contained in Section 8.4 as of the Covenant Determination Date most
recent to the date of such Compliance Certificate, (B) a statement that no Default is then
continuing or will be continuing immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition, and
(C) reasonably detailed information relating to all of the Consolidated Investment Capital
Expenditures made in connection with, or otherwise budgeted to be made within 365 days
after the completion of, such Acquisition.

     The term “Amount” shall have the meaning specified in Section 1.1, but
as used in paragraph (b) of this definition with respect to any particular
Acquisition, shall not in any event include any consideration paid in respect of
such Acquisition in the form of Permitted Equity Interests of the Parent Company.

     (c) Paragraph (a) of Section 8.4 of the Credit Agreement is amended and
restated to read in its entirety as follows:

     (a) Maximum Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the
last day of any Fiscal Quarter ending during or on the last day of any period identified
below to exceed the ratio set forth opposite such period below:

	 	 	 
	Period	 	Ratio
	07/15/05 through 07/31/06

	 	6.25:1.00
	08/01/06 through 12/31/06

	 	6.00:1.00
	01/01/07 through 06/30/07

	 	5.75:1.00
	07/01/07 through 09/30/07

	 	5.50:1.00

 

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	Period	 	Ratio
	10/01/07 through 12/31/07

	 	5.25:1.00
	01/01/08 through 06/30/08

	 	5.00:1.00
	07/01/08 through 12/31/08

	 	4.75:1.00
	01/01/09 through 06/30/09

	 	4.50:1.00
	07/01/09 and thereafter

	 	4.25:1.00

     (d) Paragraph (d) of Section 8.7 of the Credit Agreement is amended and
restated to read in its entirety as follows:

     (d) cash payments by the Parent Company on account of the redemption,
repurchase or other acquisition for value of the Permitted Equity Interests of the
Parent Company; provided, however, that: (i) the aggregate amount
of all of the cash payments so made by the Parent Company during the period from
July 26, 2005 through the Maturity Date shall not exceed $50,000,000; and (ii) both
immediately before and after giving effect to any of such cash payments, no
Defaults shall then be continuing or shall result therefrom.

     SECTION 2. Condition Precedent. The effectiveness of the amendments contained in
Section 1 of this Amendment are subject to the satisfaction of the condition precedent that
the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment, duly executed and
delivered by each of the Principal Companies, the Agents and the Lenders.

     SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties. Each of the Principal Companies, jointly
and severally, represents and warrants to each of the Lenders and Agents on and as of the date
hereof, after giving effect to this Amendment, as follows:

     (a) Representations in Credit Agreement. Each of the representations and warranties
made by or on behalf of each of the Principal Companies to the Lenders and Agents in the Credit
Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents is true and correct in all material respects on and
as of the date hereof after giving effect to this Amendment, except: (i) as affected by
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents (including this Amendment);
(ii) to the extent that any such representation or warranty relates by its express terms solely to
a prior date; and (iii) as and to the limited extent otherwise disclosed to each of the Lenders and
Agents in writing prior to the date hereof. After giving effect to this Amendment, no Defaults or
Events of Default are continuing under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

     (b) Authority; etc. The execution and delivery by each of the Principal Companies of
this Amendment, and the performance by each of the Principal Companies of its agreements and
obligations under this Amendment, have been duly and properly authorized by all necessary corporate
or other action on the part of each of the Principal Companies, and do not and will not conflict
with, result in any violation of, or constitute any default under, (i) any provision of any
Governing Documents of either of the Principal Companies, (ii) any Contractual Obligations of
either of the Principal Companies, or (iii) any Applicable Law. No approval, authorization or
other action by, or declaration to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person
is required to be obtained or made by either of the Principal Companies in connection with its
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     (c) Validity; etc. This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each of the
Principal Companies and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the
Principal Companies, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other
similar laws at the time in effect affecting the enforceability of the rights of creditors
generally and to general equitable principles.

     SECTION 4. No Other Changes. Except as otherwise expressly provided by this
Amendment, all of the terms, conditions and provisions of the Credit Agreement and each of the
other Loan Documents, and all of the rights and remedies of the Lenders and the Agents thereunder,
shall remain unaltered, and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all other respects by each of the
Principal Companies.

     SECTION 5. Other Provisions. This Amendment and the rights and obligations hereunder
of each of the parties hereto shall in all respects be construed in accordance with and governed by
the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This Amendment constitutes a Loan Document for a
purpose of the Credit Agreement, the Notes and each of the other Loan Documents. This Amendment
may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
agreement. In making proof of this Amendment, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for
more than one counterpart hereof signed by each of the parties hereto. Delivery of signature pages
to this Amendment by telecopy shall be as effective as manually executed counterparts of this
Amendment.

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***Signature Pages to Amendment Agreement Follow***

 

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this AMENDMENT AGREEMENT under seal as
of July 12, 2005.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	REGENT BROADCASTING, LLC, as the Borrower
	 	 	REGENT COMMUNICATIONS, INC., as the
	 	 	Parent Company
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	 	 	/s/ Anthony A. Vasconcellos
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Anthony A. Vasconcellos
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	Senior Vice President and Chief
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	   Financial Officer

**Signature Page to Amendment Agreement**

***Signature Pages to Amendment Agreement Follow***

 

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	 	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as the Administrative Agent, the
	 	 	Issuing Lender and a Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	   /s/ Bradley Rousseau
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Bradley Rousseau
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Vice President
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	US BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Syndication Agent
	 	 	and a Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	   /s/ Susan Kreutz
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Susan Kreutz
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Assistant Vice President
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Co-Documentation
	 	 	Agent and a Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Russell J. Lyons
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Russell J. Lyons
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Director
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SUNTRUST BANK, as a Co-Documentation Agent and a Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Brian Combs
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Brian Combs
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Director

**Signature Page to Amendment Agreement**

***Signature Page to Amendment Agreement Follows***

 

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	 	 	ING CAPITAL, as a Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ William James
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: William James
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Managing Director
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as successor in interest
	 	 	to Key Corporate Capital Inc., as a Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Michelle L. Reef
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Michelle L. Reef
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Vice President
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Casey P. Kelly
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Casey P. Kelly
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Assistant Vice President
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as a Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Michael E. Masters
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name: Michael E. Masters
	 

	 	 	 	Title: Vice President
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 

	 	 	 	Title:

**Signature Page to Amendment Agreement**

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