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October 8, 2010

Dear Stockholder:

You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting of Stockholders which will be held at the Corporate Headquarters of Allied Healthcare Products, Inc., 1720 Sublette, St. Louis, Missouri 63110 at 9:00 a.m., Central Time, on Thursday, November 11, 2010. On the following pages you will find the formal Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement.

Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting in person, it is important that your shares be represented and voted at the meeting. Accordingly, please date, sign and return the enclosed proxy card promptly.

We hope that you will attend the meeting and look forward to seeing you there.

Sincerely,
  

  
John D. Weil
Chairman of the Board
  

Earl R. Refsland
Chief Executive Officer

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF
STOCKHOLDERS
  
Thursday, November 11, 2010

To the Stockholders of
Allied Healthcare Products, Inc.:

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Allied Healthcare Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), will be held at the Corporate Headquarters of Allied Healthcare Products, Inc., 1720 Sublette, St. Louis, Missouri 63110 on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 9:00 a.m., Central Time, for the following purposes:

(1) To elect five directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified;

(2) To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

The foregoing items of business are more fully described in the Proxy Statement accompanying this Notice.

Only stockholders of record at the close of business on October 1, 2010 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting. A list of stockholders of the Company at the close of business on October 1, 2010 will be available for inspection during normal business hours from October 20 through November 11, 2010 at the offices of the Company at 1720 Sublette Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110 and will also be available at the meeting.

By Order of the Board of Directors,
  

  
Daniel C. Dunn
Vice President — Finance,
Chief Financial Officer
Secretary & Treasurer

St. Louis, Missouri
October 8, 2010

FILL OUT, DATE AND SIGN THE ENCLOSED FORM OF PROXY AND RETURN IT IN THE ACCOMPANYING POSTAGE PAID ENVELOPE, EVEN IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING. YOU MAY REVOKE YOUR PROXY IN WRITING, OR AT THE ANNUAL MEETING IF YOU WISH TO VOTE IN PERSON.

ALLIED HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS, INC.
  
TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS		1
II. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS		3
III. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT		7
IV. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS		9
V. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION		9
VI. COMPENSATION DATA		13
VII. AUDIT COMMITTEE		16
VIII. FEES PAID TO INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM		17
IX. SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE		17
X. GENERAL		17

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ALLIED HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS, INC.
1720 Sublette Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63110

ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
Thursday, November 11, 2010

 

I. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Q: Why am I receiving these materials?

A: The Board of Directors of Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. (the “Company”, “we” or “our”) provides you these materials to solicit your proxy in connection with our annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) and any and all adjournments thereof. You are encouraged to vote on the proposals presented in these proxy materials. You are invited to attend the Annual Meeting, but you do not need to attend to vote. The Company first mailed these materials on October 8, 2010.

Q: When and where is the Annual Meeting?

A: We will hold the Annual Meeting on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. Central Time at our corporate headquarters, located at 1720 Sublette Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110.

Q: What information is contained in this Proxy Statement?

A: The information in this Proxy Statement relates to the election of directors at the annual meeting, the voting process, our corporate governance, the compensation of our directors and most highly paid executive officers and other required disclosures.

Q: Can I get electronic access to the proxy materials?

A: These proxy materials, including our 2010 annual report to stockholders are available at www.alliedhpi.com.

Q: Who is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting?

A: Stockholders of record at the close of business on Friday, October 1, 2010 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting. As of the close of business on that date, there were outstanding and entitled to vote 8,093,386 shares of common stock, each of which is entitled to one vote. No cumulative voting rights exist under the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. For information regarding the ownership of the Company’s Common Stock by holders of more than five percent of the outstanding shares and by the management of the Company, see “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.”

Q: How do I vote my shares?

A: If you are a stockholder of record and you attend the meeting, you may vote by ballot.

Whether you hold shares directly as the stockholder of record or beneficially in street name, you may also direct how your shares are voted without attending the Annual Meeting. If you are a stockholder of record, you may vote by proxy by completing and returning the enclosed proxy card.

Q: How do I vote if my shares are held in “street name?”

A: If you hold your shares in “street name,” (i.e., you hold the shares through a broker, bank or other intermediary), as opposed to holding them “of record,” you will receive a form from your broker or bank seeking instruction as to how your shares should be voted. If you desire to vote shares held in street name in person at the meeting, you need to contact your broker or intermediary and ask how to obtain a “legal proxy” to directly vote such shares.

Q: What am I voting on?

A: The only matter to be voted upon this year is the election of our Board of Directors. Common stockholders may also vote on any other matter that is properly brought before the meeting.

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Q: Who are the nominees for directors?

A: We have five directors who are standing for election. We provide biographical information for each director in this Proxy Statement.

Q: How does the Board recommend I vote?

A: Our Board recommends that you vote your shares “FOR” each of the nominees to the Board

Q: How will my employee stock purchase plan shares be voted?

A: Shares of Common Stock held by participants in Allied Healthcare’s employee stock purchase plans will be voted in accordance with instructions provided on a separate card given to participants in such plans.

Q. What is the voting requirement to elect the directors?

A. The election of directors at the Annual Meeting will be determined on the basis of the five candidates receiving the highest pluralities of votes cast at the Annual Meeting.

Q: How are votes counted?

A: In the election of directors, you may vote “FOR” all of the nominees or your vote may be “WITHHELD” for some or all of the nominees.

Q: What happens if additional matters are presented at the annual meeting?

A: We are not aware of any business other than the election of directors to be acted upon at the annual meeting. If you grant a proxy, the person(s) named as proxy holder(s) will have the discretion to vote your shares on any additional matters properly presented for a vote at the meeting.

Q: What if I vote and then change my mind as to how I want to vote or want to revoke my proxy?

A: If you are a stockholder of record, you may change your vote by granting a new proxy bearing a later date, by providing our Secretary with written notice of revocation of your proxy, or by attending the meeting and casting your vote in person. To change or revoke your vote for shares you hold in street name, you will need to follow the instructions in the materials your broker or bank provides you.

Q: Whom may I call with questions about the annual meeting?

A: For information about your stock ownership, or for other stockholder services, please contact Stockholder Relations at 314-771-2400, extension 604. For information about the meeting itself, please contact Daniel C. Dunn, our Secretary, at 314-771-2400.

Q: What should I do if I receive more than one proxy card?

A: If you hold shares in more than one account you will receive a proxy card for each account. It is important that you vote shares represented by each proxy card you receive.

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II. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

The Company’s Board of Directors is comprised of a single class. The directors are elected at the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Company and each director elected holds office until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The Board currently consists of five members. The stockholders will vote at the 2010 Annual Meeting for the election of all five directors for the one-year term expiring at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2011. There are no family relationships among any directors or executive officers of the Company.

The persons named in the enclosed proxy will vote for the election of the nominees named below unless authority to vote is withheld. All nominees have consented to serve if elected. In the event that any of the nominees should be unable to serve, the persons named in the proxy will vote for such substitute nominee or nominees as they, in their discretion, shall determine. The Board of Directors has no reason to believe that any nominee named herein will be unable to serve.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS VOTING “FOR” EACH OF THE NOMINEES NAMED BELOW. IF YOU SIGN AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD AND DO NOT SPECIFY OTHERWISE, WE WILL VOTE YOUR SHARES FOR THE ELECTION OF THE FIVE NOMINEES LISTED BELOW.

The following material contains information concerning the nominees for election as Directors.

The biographies of each of the nominees and continuing directors below contains information regarding the person’s service as a director, business experience, director positions held currently or at any time during the last five years, information regarding involvement in certain legal or administrative proceedings, if applicable, and the experiences, qualifications, attributes or skills that caused the Governance and Nominating Committee and the Board to determine that the person should serve as a director for the Company beginning in 2010.

The Governance and Nominating Committee does not have a fixed process for identifying and evaluating potential candidates to be nominees for directors, and there is no fixed set of qualifications that candidates must satisfy to be considered. The Governance and Nominating Committee has the flexibility to consider any factors as it deems appropriate. These factors may include education, diversity, experience in the Company’s industry, the interplay of the candidate’s experience with that of other members of the Board of Directors, and the extent to which the candidate would be a desirable addition to the Board of Directors and to any of the committees of the Board of Directors. The Governance and Nominating Committee will evaluate nominees for directors submitted by shareholders in the same manner in which it evaluates other director nominees. No shareholder has properly nominated anyone for election as a director at the Annual Meeting.

NAME OF NOMINEE	AGE	PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION	DIRECTOR SINCE
Judith T. Graves	63	Retired	February 2004
Joseph E. Root	65	Attorney	October 2006
William A. Peck	77	Director, Center for Health Policy, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri	April 1994
Earl R. Refsland	67	President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, St. Louis, Missouri	September 1999
John D. Weil (Chairman)	69	Private Investor	August 1997

Except as set forth below, each of the nominees has been engaged in his principal occupation described above during the past five years.

Ms. Graves retired as the Assistant Director for Administrative Services and Controller to the Board of Commissioners of the Saint Louis Art Museum. Prior to assuming expanded responsibilities, Ms. Graves had been the Museum’s Director of Finance and Controller to the Board of Commissioners since 1984. Ms. Graves brings to the board over thirty years of experience in finance and accounting.

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Mr. Root is an attorney and is the founder and chief executive officer of Qualipat, LLC, a consulting firm providing training and outsourcing solutions to corporations and patent lawyers. He serves as an independent consultant to UnitedLex Corp. a leader in legal process facilitation. Prior to that, he served as Chief Patent Counsel to UnitedLex Corp. from April 2008 to August 2009. Mr. Root’s legal practice has been focused in the field of intellectual property, technology and patent law, and he was of counsel to Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld, an IP boutique located in Half Moon Bay, CA. Previously, he served as Senior IP Counsel to SAP AG, a worldwide leader in enterprise management software headquartered in Germany. During the 2000 to 2002 period, Mr. Root served as Senior Vice-President and General Counsel to two affiliated public companies: Fidelity National Information Systems and Micro General Corp. His career before that point spanned a range of positions both in-house and in private practice, including General Counsel of Marquip, Inc. in Phillips, Wisconsin and IP counsel positions with Johnson Controls, Inc. and RJR-Nabisco, Inc. He engaged in private practice with the New York offices of the Bryan Cave and Kenyon & Kenyon law firms. Mr. Root received a J.D., magna cum laude, from Wake Forest University, and a B.S. from the United States Military Academy. Before attending law school, Mr. Root served as an Armor Officer in the U.S. Army and in engineering and production management positions. The Board believes that Mr. Root’s knowledge in the field of intellectual property law and his experience in advising small businesses make him a desirable member of the Board.

Dr. Peck is currently serving as the Wolff Distinguished Professor at Washington University and Director of the Center for Health Policy. From 1993 to June 2003, Dr. Peck served as Executive Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs at Washington University and from 1989 to June 2003, Dean of the School of Medicine at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Peck served as a director of Angelica Corporation from 1996 until August 2006. From 1990 until 2005 Dr. Peck served as a director of Hologic and from 1993 until 2004 he served as a director Reinsurance Group of America. Dr. Peck brings to the board of directors many years of experience as a director of public companies, including service as chairman and service on audit, compensation and executive committees, as well as knowledge of the health care system.

Mr. Refsland has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since September 1999. From February 1999 to January 2000, Mr. Refsland served as Director and Chairman of the Board of Andros Technologies. From May 1995 to March 1998, Mr. Refsland served as President and CEO of Photometrics Limited. Mr. Refsland previously served as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. from 1986 to 1993. Mr. Refsland brings to the board of directors nearly thirty years of experience in the medical industry, including eighteen years as the Chief Executive Officer of Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. The Board believes that Mr. Refsland’s medical industry experience, executive experience, and extensive experience in all disciplines of business and manufacturing make him a desirable member of the Board.

Mr. Weil serves as the Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Weil has been the President of Clayton Management Co., a private investment company, since 1973 and currently is a director of Baldwin & Lyons, Inc, a publicly traded insurance company. Mr. Weil was also a member of the board of directors of Pico Holdings, Inc. from 1996 until August 2010 and a member of the board of directors of Highbury Financial Inc from 2009 until that company was sold in April 2010. Mr. Weil also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, and as President of the St. Louis Art Museum Commission.

Mr. Weil has wide-ranging experience on various boards and as president of an investment company. The Board believes that Mr. Weil’s knowledge in the areas of officer compensation, risk assessment and oversight, corporate governance, finance, investment, and board development makes him a valuable resource as our independent Chairman, the Chairman of our Compensation Committee and a member of our Governance and Nominating Committee.

In December 2002 an action initiated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) against Mr. Weil was settled simultaneously with its filing pursuant to a consent agreement entered into by Mr. Weil. The Commission alleged violations of the anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws arising in connection with transactions in the securities of Kaye Group, Inc. (“Kaye Group”) involving material non-public information. Mr. Weil was not an officer or director of Kaye Group. The transaction cited by the

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Commission in its complaint involved less than one percent of the securities of Kaye Group beneficially owned by Mr. Weil and less than one-tenth of one percent of the Kaye Group’s outstanding shares. Mr. Weil consented to the entry of a final judgment of permanent injunction and other relief, including disgorgement of alleged profits in the amount of $47,000 and civil penalties of a like amount, but did not admit to nor deny any of the allegations in the Commission’s complaint.

Board of Director Independence

The Board has determined that each of the current Directors other than Mr. Refsland is independent within the meaning of the Company’s director independence standards, which reflect the Nasdaq Stock Market director independence standards, as currently in effect. Furthermore, the Board has determined that each of the members of each of the committees is independent within the meaning of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Audit Committee) and the Nasdaq Stock Market committee independence standards (Audit, Compensation and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committees).

Board Structure — Committees of the Board

Board Structure

The Board believes that having an independent Chairman of the Board is in the best interest of stockholders. An independent Chairman ensures a greater role for the independent directors in the oversight of the Company and active participation of the independent directors in setting agendas and establishing priorities and procedures for the work of the Board.

The Board is actively involved in overseeing the Company’s management of risk. This oversight is conducted primarily through committees of the Board, as described below. The full Board has retained responsibility for general oversight of risks. The Board satisfies this responsibility through full reports by each committee chair regarding the committee’s considerations and actions, as well as through regular reports directly from officers responsible for oversight of particular risks within the Company.

The Board of Directors of the Company held four meetings during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010. The Board of Directors presently maintains a Compensation Committee, an Audit Committee and a Governance and Nominating Committee.

Committees of the Board

The Compensation Committee consists of Messrs. Weil, Root, Peck and Madam Graves. This committee reviews and approves the Company’s executive compensation policy, administers the Company’s incentive compensation bonus plan and makes recommendations concerning the Company’s employee benefit policies and stock option plans in effect from time to time. The Compensation Committee held one meeting during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010. The Compensation Committee does not have a charter, but in the course of performing its duties, the committee adheres to the Company’s Corporate Governance Principles, a copy of which is available on the Company’s website: www.alliedhpi.com.

The Compensation Committee is responsible for overseeing management of risks relating to the Company’s compensation and benefits systems. To assist it in satisfying these oversight responsibilities, the Committee may retain its own compensation consultant and hold meetings with management and with outside counsel to understand the financial, human resources and stockholder implications of compensation decisions being made. In fiscal year 2010, the Committee did not engage any consultant to provide advice or services related to compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

The Audit Committee consists of Messrs. Weil, Root, Peck and Madam Graves. The Charter for the Audit Committee is available on the Company’s web site: www.alliedhpi.com. This committee recommends engagement of the Company’s independent auditors and is primarily responsible for approving the services performed by the Company’s independent auditors. This committee is also responsible for reviewing and evaluating the Company’s accounting principles and its systems of internal accounting controls and overseeing the management of risks related to these activities. The Audit Committee held three meetings during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010. The Board of Directors has determined that nominees for director should meet all the criteria that have been established by the Board of Directors and the Nomination, Compensation and

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Governance Committee for board membership and not just have certain specific qualities or skills, such as those that would qualify a nominee as an “audit committee financial expert.” Accordingly, the Board of Directors believes that it is not in the best interests of the Company to nominate as a director someone who does not have all the experience, attributes and qualifications sought. The Audit Committee consists of three independent directors, each of whom has been selected for the Audit Committee by the Board of Directors based on its determination that they are fully qualified to monitor the performance of management, internal accounting operations and the independent public accountants, and are fully qualified to monitor the disclosures of the Company to the end that they fairly present its financial condition and results of operations. Although one or more of the members of the Audit Committee meets, in the Company’s opinion, the SEC definition of an “audit committee financial expert,” the Board of Directors has decided not to designate any one of them as such. In addition, the Audit Committee has the ability on its own to retain other independent public accountants or other consultants whenever it deems appropriate. The Board of Directors believes that this is fully equivalent to having an “audit committee financial expert” on the Audit Committee.

The Governance and Nominating Committee consists of Messrs. Weil, Root, Peck and Madam Graves. This committee recommends nominees to fill vacancies on the Board of Directors. The Governance and Nominating Committee did not hold a meeting during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010. The Governance and Nominating Committee will consider nominees submitted by stockholders for inclusion on the recommended list of nominees submitted by the Company and voted on at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2010 if such nominations are submitted in writing to the Company’s headquarters Attention: Governance and Nominating Committee, no later than June 1, 2010. The Governance and Nominating Committee does not have a charter, but in the course of performing its duties, the committee adheres to the Company’s Corporate Governance Principles, a copy of which is available on the Company’s website: www.alliedhpi.com.

Compensation of Directors

Each director who is not an employee of the Company is entitled to receive an annual fee of $15,000 for his services as a director and additional fees of $1,000 for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and $350 for attendance at each meeting of committees of the Board of Directors. The Audit Committee Chairman is entitled to receive an additional annual fee of $1,000. Directors are also entitled to reimbursement for their expenses in attending meetings.

In 1995, the Company’s stockholders approved and adopted the 1995 Stock Option Plan for Directors (the “1995 Directors’ Plan”). The 1995 Directors’ Plan granted options to non-employee directors on a formula basis at the time of initial election to the board, for service on certain board committees and for reelection to the board. Options outstanding under the 1995 Directors’ Plan are subject to adjustment in the event of a reorganization, merger, consolidation, stock split, dividend payable in Common Stock, split-up, combination or other exchange of shares. The options are treated as non-qualified options for federal income tax purposes such that any value in the option is taxable as ordinary income as of the date of exercise. The purchase price for shares of Common Stock to be purchased upon the exercise of options is equal to the last reported sales price per share of Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on the date of grant (or the last reported sales price on such other exchange or market on which the Common Stock is traded from time to time).

As adopted, the 1995 Directors’ Plan was intended to provide formula awards in accordance with certain then-applicable exemptive rules of the SEC and is administered by the Board of Directors, which may delegate administration thereof to a committee of the Board. The 1995 Directors’ Plan expired in accordance with its terms prior to the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Options generally expire ten years from date of grant and the expiration of the 1995 Directors’ Plan had no impact on outstanding options.

Pursuant to the express terms of the 1995 Directors Plan, options to purchase 10,000 shares of Common Stock were granted to each eligible director on the date such person is first elected to the Board of Directors of the Company. An option to purchase an additional 5,000 shares of Common stock is granted to each eligible director on the date such person is first elected to serve as Chairman of the Board of the Company. These options may not be exercised for a period of two years from the date of grant and thereafter become

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exercisable on a cumulative basis in 25% increments beginning on the second anniversary of the date of grant and concluding on the fifth anniversary thereof.

In addition, the 1995 Directors Plan provided that options to purchase 1,000 shares of Common Stock were granted to each eligible director on the date such person is re-elected to the Board of Directors by the vote of the stockholders, at the annual or other meeting at which directors are elected, and that options to purchase 500 shares of Common Stock are granted to each eligible director on the date such person is elected or re-elected to serve as Chairman of a Committee maintained by the Board of Directors from time to time. These options may not be exercised for a period of one year from the date of grant and thereafter are exercisable in full.

Following termination of the 1995 Directors’ Plan, the Board adopted and the stockholders approved at the 2006 Annual Meeting, the Allied Healthcare Products Inc. Incentive Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “2005 Directors’ Plan”). That Plan permits the Board discretion in continuing formula stock option grants on the basis used in the 1995 Directors’ Plan or alternative forms of equity interests as discussed below.

Director Compensation Table

The following table sets forth the compensation we paid to our non-employee directors for their service in fiscal year 2010.

Name	Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($)		Stock Awards ($)		Option Awards ($)(1)		Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)		Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation ($)		All Other Compensation ($)		Total ($)
(a)	(b)		(c)		(d)		(e)		(f)		(g)		(h)
Judith T. Graves	$	21,400		—	$	3,404		—		—		—	$	24,804
Joseph E. Root	$	20,400		—	$	3,404		—		—		—	$	23,804
William A. Peck	$	20,400		—	$	3,404		—		—		—	$	23,804
John D. Weil	$	20,400		—	$	3,404		—		—		—	$	23,804

(1) Amounts represent the grant date fair value calculated pursuant to ASC Topic 718 for the indicated fiscal year. Additional information about the assumptions used when valuing equity awards is set forth in our annual report on Form 10-K in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for those fiscal years.

Indemnification and Limitation of Liability

The Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Company’s directors are not liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties, except under certain circumstances, including breach of the director’s duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or any transaction from which the director derived improper personal benefit. The Company’s By-laws provide for the indemnification of the Company’s directors and officers, to the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. The company also has indemnification agreements with each officer and director providing for contractual indemnification substantially similar in scope to the provisions of the By-Laws.

III. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The following table sets forth information regarding beneficial ownership of our directors and executive officers and all persons known to the Company to be the beneficial owners of more than five percent of the Company’s Common Stock as of September 30, 2010, based upon filings by such persons with the SEC under applicable provisions of the federal securities laws. As of the close of business on September 30, 2010, there were 8,093,386 shares of Common Stock outstanding. Shares of common stock subject to options and warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of September 30, 2010 are considered outstanding and beneficially owned by the person holding the options or warrants for the purposes of computing beneficial ownership of that person but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of computing

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the percentage ownership of any other person. To our knowledge, except as set forth in the footnotes to this table and subject to applicable community property laws where applicable, each person named in the table has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares set forth opposite such person’s name. Except as otherwise indicated, the address of each of the persons in this table is the address of the Company’s headquarters.

Name and address of Beneficial Owner	Shares Owned Beneficially			Percent of Outstanding Shares
Five Percent Shareholders
Wells Fargo & Company 420 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94104		1,541,903	(1)		19.1	%
Dimensional Fund Advisors Inc. 1299 Ocean Avenue, 11th Floor Santa Monica, Ca 90401		538,613	(2)		6.7	%
Perritt Capital Management, Inc. 300 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2880 Chicago, IL 60606		411,948	(3)		5.1	%
Royce & Associates, LLC 1414 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019		407,310	(4)		5.0	%
Directors and Executive Officers
Earl R. Refsland Director and Chief Executive Officer		692,859	(5)		8.2	%
John D. Weil Chairman of the Board of Directors		3,193,889	(6)		39.4	%
William A. Peck, M.D. Director		14,000	(7)		*
Joseph E. Root Director		15,500	(8)		*
Judith T. Graves Director		19,500	(9)		*
Eldon P. Rosentrater Vice President – Administration/Corporate Planning		35,000	(10)		*
Daniel C. Dunn Vice President – Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary		31,306	(11)		*
Robert B. Harris Vice President – Operations		30,000	(12)		*
All directors and executive officers as a group (8 persons)		4,032,054			47.1	%

* Less than 1.00%.

(1) Holdings reported on Form 13G as of January 20, 2010.

(2) Holdings reported on Form 13G as of February 10, 2010.

(3) Holdings reported on Form 13G as of January 14, 2010.

(4) Holdings reported on Form 13G as of January 22, 2010.

(5) Includes 320,000 shares deemed owned as a result of presently exercisable options.

(6) Mr. Weil directly owns 14,500 shares (including 4,000 shares held in his IRA account) and is deemed to have direct ownership of an additional 9,000 shares under options, issued pursuant to the Company’s

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Director Plans, which were exercisable at September 30, 2010, or will become exercisable within 60 days thereafter. Mr. Weil’s spouse is the owner of 26,300 shares and his adult son is the owner of 10,000 shares; Mr. Weil disclaims any economic interest in such shares and the shares held by his son are not included in the total set forth above. The remaining 3,144,089 shares reflected in the table are owned by Woodbourne Partners L.P., a private investment partnership of which Clayton Management Company is the general partner. Mr. Weil is the sole director and stockholder of Clayton Management Company and as such has sole voting and dispositive power with respect to such shares.

(7) Includes 14,000 shares deemed owned as a result of exercisable options.

(8) Includes 13,500 shares deemed owned as a result of exercisable options.

(9) Includes 19,000 shares deemed owned as a result of exercisable options.

(10) Includes 30,000 shares deemed owned as a result of exercisable options.

(11) Includes 30,000 shares deemed owned as a result of exercisable options and 506 shares held in the Company’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

(12) Includes 30,000 shares deemed owned as a result of exercisable options.

IV. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

This section provides information regarding the executive officers of the Company who are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors:

NAME	AGE	POSITION(S)
Earl R. Refsland	67	Director, President and Chief Executive Officer(1)
Eldon P. Rosentrater	56	Vice President — Administration/Corporate Planning(2)
Robert B. Harris	53	Vice President — Operations(3)
Daniel C. Dunn	51	Vice President — Finance, Chief Financial Officer Secretary & Treasurer(4)

(1) Mr. Refsland has been Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since September, 1999.

(2) Mr. Rosentrater has been Vice President-Administration/Corporate Planning of the Company since March, 2003. He previously held the position of Vice President — Operations from October 1999 to 2003. Prior to that time, Mr. Rosentrater held the positions of Assistant to the President from 1998 to 1999; Director of Information Technologies from 1995 to 1998; Director of Business Development from 1993 to 1995 and Group Product Manager from 1989 to 1993.

(3) Mr. Harris has been Vice President — Operations since July, 2006. He previously held the positions for Command Medical Products, Inc. of Vice President — Operations from January 2002 to January 2006 and Director of Operations from October 1999 to December 2001. Prior to that time, Mr. Harris held the position of Plant Manager for Sherwood Medical, a subsidiary of Tyco Healthcare from 1997 to 1999.

(4) Mr. Dunn has been Vice President — Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer since July, 2001. He previously held the position of Director of Finance at MetalTek International from 1998 to 2001. Prior to that time, Mr. Dunn held the position of Corporate Controller at Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. from 1994 to 1998.

V. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Compensation Discussion and Analysis.

Compensation Committee.

The Compensation Committee, composed entirely of non-employee members of the Board of Directors, reviews, recommends and approves changes to the Company’s compensation policies and program for the chief executive officer, other senior executives and certain key employees. In addition to the delegated authority in areas of compensation, the Committee administers the Company’s stock option plans and agreements and recommends to the Board of Directors annual or other grants to be made in connection therewith.

In the Committee’s discharge of its responsibilities, it considers the compensation, primarily of the chief executive officer and the Company’s other executive officers, and sets overall policy and considers in general the basis of the levels of compensation of other key employees.

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Policy and Objectives

Recognizing its role as a key representative of the stockholders, the Committee seeks to promote the interests of stockholders by attempting to align management’s remuneration, benefits and perquisites with the economic well being of the Company. Basically, the Committee seeks the successful implementation of the Company’s business strategy by attracting and retaining talented managers motivated to accomplish these stated objectives. Since the achievement of operational objectives should, over time, represent the primary determinant of share price, the Committee links elements of compensation of executive officers and certain key employees with the Company’s operating performance. In this way, objectives under a variety of compensation programs should eventually reflect the overall performance of the Company. By adherence to the above program, the compensation process should enhance stockholder value. The Committee attempts to be fair and competitive in its views of compensation. Thus, rewards involve both business and individual performance.

Components of Compensation

The Company offers the following compensation and employee benefits to those executive officers whose names appear in the Summary Compensation Table below (collectively, our “Named Executive Officers” or “NEOs”):

Base Salary

Base salaries for the chief executive officer, as well as other executive officers of the Company, are determined primarily based on performance. Generally, the performance of each executive officer is evaluated annually and salary adjustments are based on various factors including revenue growth, earnings per share improvement, increases in cash flow, new product development, market appreciation for publicly traded securities, reduction of debt and personal performance. In addition, the Committee compares salary data for similar positions in companies that match the Company’s size in sales and earnings and utilizes such data as a factor in setting base salaries. Specific reference is made to compensation market studies published by Salaries.com. The Committee approves base salary adjustments for the executive officers, including the chief executive officer. Rates of base salary for our NEOs were unchanged from fiscal year 2009.

Mr. Refsland’s Base Salary and Changes.  Mr. Refsland’s employment agreement currently calls for an annual base salary of $415,000 plus participation in incentive awards (in cash or securities) as may be granted in the Board’s discretion upon recommendations or approvals by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. The Annual Salary may be increased in future periods but may not be reduced below $415,000 without Mr. Refsland’s consent.

For potential base salary changes for Mr. Refsland, the Compensation Committee reviews Mr. Refsland’s performance. The review includes, but is not necessarily limited to, leadership competencies and other core values, executive retention results, and other contributions toward achievement of the Company’s strategic plan and objectives. The Committee also takes into account other considerations such as Mr. Refsland’s base salary history and its relationship to that of other NEOs, as well as the competitive position of his base salary compared to the peer group. Except in connection with the negotiation of his employment agreement, Mr. Refsland has not had any direct input to the Compensation Committee relative to increases in his base salary.

Incentive Compensation

Cash Incentive Compensation.  Historically, to reward achievement of financial performance goals during the fiscal year, the chief executive officer and other NEOs are eligible for annual cash bonuses. The actual amount of incentive compensation paid to each executive officer is predicated on an assessment of each participant’s relative role in achieving the annual financial objectives of the Company as well as each such person’s contributions of a strategic nature in maximizing stockholder value.

The Compensation Committee has determined that there will be no cash incentive compensation awarded in fiscal year 2011. Further, as indicated in the “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation” column of the Summary Compensation Table below, no awards of cash incentive compensation were earned or paid to our NEOs for fiscal years 2010, 2009, and 2008.

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Stock-Based Incentive Compensation.  The Company’s 1999 Incentive Stock Option Plan (the “1999 Plan”) expired in June 30, 2009. The Compensation Committee approved the 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2009 Plan”) as a replacement for the 1999 Plan and the stockholders approved it at the 2009 Annual Meeting. The 2009 Plan authorizes the Company to grant equity based awards in the form of stock options. Officers, employees, and non-employee directors of the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates are eligible to participate in the Plan. Our incentive stock plans provide a long-term incentive program for the chief executive officer, other executive officers and certain other key employees. The basic objective of these plans is the specific and solid alignment of executive and stockholder interests by forging a direct relationship between this element of compensation and the stockholders’ level of return. These programs represent a desire by the Company to permit executives and other key employees to obtain an ownership position and a proprietary interest in the Company’s Common Stock. Awards under our plans are generally made to executive staff upon hiring and are reviewed periodically, but not annually, thereafter. Awards under the plans are intended to provide a longer term incentive to performance.

We set the grant date of any award made by the Company to be the date of the Board meeting at which such award was approved, and the grant price is determined in a manner which will not subject the Company, the grantee or the compensation at issue to any tax, interest or penalties under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Section 409A will not impose such taxes if the award is priced based on the closing price of our stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on the date of the grant or the trading day immediately preceding the grant date. We do not have a program, plan or practice of timing equity award grants in conjunction with the release of material non-public information.

In fiscal year 2010, we granted Mr. Refsland options to purchase 320,000 shares of our common stock. The option was fully vested and is exercisable over a period of six (6) years following the grant date. No other incentive compensation was granted in 2010.

Please see the “Option Awards” column of the Summary Compensation Table below, and the columns related to equity awards of the Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table below, and the entire Outstanding Equity Awards as of June 30, 2010 table below for more information on the stock based portion of incentive compensation we pay to our NEOs.

Post-Termination Compensation And Benefits

We maintain a qualified 401(k) savings plan for most salaried employees. Subject to a maximum the IRS sets annually ($16,500 for calendar 2010), participants in our 401(k) savings plan may contribute between 1% and 60% of their compensation to their savings plan accounts. The Company’s contribution consists of a 2% match of participants’ contributions, currently 2% (on the first 8% of the employee’s contribution), and an additional 2% on the participants annual compensation. All contributions vest immediately. At termination, the vested balances under a qualified 401(k) saving plan become available to the terminated participant.

An executive must be employed with the Company at the time the measurement is made for the receipt of any incentive awards. An executive who terminates employment prior to the measurement date for an award (other than for retirement) forfeits all rights to the award. For executives who terminate employment prior to retirement age, unvested grants of stock options are forfeited.

The Company has entered into agreements with Mr. Refsland and other key executives, including the NEOs, granting them payments upon a change of control of the Company. These arrangements are intended to promote stability and continuity of senior management. Information on applicable payments under such agreements for NEOs is contained under the heading “Severance and Change in Control Benefits” below.

Our incentive stock plans also generally provide that, unless otherwise provided in connection with the specific grant of an option, shares of the Company’s stock acquired upon exercise of an option are subject to redemption by the Company at a price equal to the exercise price paid by the grantee in the event that the employee holding such shares, within six (6) months of terminating employment with the Company, commences employment which the Compensation Committee reasonably believes, in its discretion, to be competitive with the Company or in violation of any employment or other agreement between the Company and such employee. This provision is intended to discourage grantees of stock options from going to work for competitors. The Company’s redemption right, however, is (a) only applicable to shares acquired upon

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exercise of the option occurring within six (6) months prior to such grantee’s termination of employment with the Company and (b) not applicable if the termination of employment occurs at the election of the employee following a “change of control” of the Company.

We believe these programs further our goal of attracting and retaining top executive talent, and serve to encourage executives to make long-term career commitments to us.

Compensation Policies and Practices

Compensation Recoupment; Adjustments Based On Prior Awards.  Inasmuch as our cash incentive compensation program does not include a deferred payment feature, we do not have a policy that requires the adjustment or recovery of awards or payments made to our executive officers if the performance measures on which such awards or payments were based are restated or otherwise adjusted in a manner that would reduce the size of an award or payment.

Perquisites And Employee Benefits.  We provide our NEOs with certain employee benefits that are generally available to all salaried employees including Company-paid group term life insurance equal to two times annual cash compensation excluding bonuses, Company contributions up to 4% to a 401(k) savings plan, medical and dental plans. In addition, we provide certain of our NEOs with a Company-leased automobile, including automobile insurance, with a total lease value that varies by executive level. We believe these benefits further our goal of attracting and retaining top executive talent. For more detail on these benefits, please see the “All Other Compensation” column of the Summary Compensation Table below.

Compensation Committee Report

We, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Allied Healthcare Products, Inc., have reviewed and discussed with Company management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis set forth above, and based upon such review and discussion, have recommended to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this Proxy Statement.

Compensation Committee
Judy T. Graves
William A. Peck
Joseph E. Root
John D. Weil

Additional Information With Respect To Compensation Interlocks And Insider Participation In Compensation Decisions

None of the members of the Company’s Compensation Committee (i) were, during the fiscal year, an officer or employee of the Company; (ii) were formerly an officer or employee of the Company; or, (iii) had any relationship requiring disclosure by the Company as Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.

None of the executive officers of the Company served as a member of a compensation committee of any entity whose executive officers or directors served on the Compensation Committee of the Company.

Certain Relationships and Transactions

The Company’s Code of Conduct sets forth the Company’s policies concerning transactions with directors, officers and employees. The Code of Conduct can be found at our website: www.alliedhpi.com.

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VI. COMPENSATION DATA

Summary Compensation Table

The following table shows the compensation paid to the Company’s NEO’s for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2010, 2009 and 2008.

Name & Principal Position	Year		Salary ($)(1)		Bonus		Stock Awards		Option Awards(2)		Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation		Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings		All Other Compensation(3)		Total Compensation
(a)	(b)		(c)		(d)		(e)		(f)		(g)		(h)		(i)		(j)
Earl R. Refsland President and Chief Executive Officer		2010	$	415,000		—		—	$	608,960		—		—	$	55,105	$	1,079,065
		2009	$	414,192		—		—		—		—		—	$	53,965	$	468,157
		2008	$	379,519		—		—		—		—		—	$	60,763	$	440,282
Daniel C. Dunn Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer		2010	$	190,080		—		—		—		—		—	$	22,903	$	212,983
		2009	$	189,755		—		—		—		—		—	$	23,868	$	213,623
		2008	$	175,692		—		—		—		—		—	$	23,294	$	198,986
Eldon P. Rosentrater Vice President – Administration and Corporate Planning		2010	$	173,250		—		—		—		—		—	$	9,277	$	182,527
		2009	$	172,887		—		—		—		—		—	$	8,046	$	180,933
		2008	$	157,356		—		—		—		—		—	$	8,286	$	165,642
Robert B. Harris Vice President – Operations		2010	$	181,900		—		—		—		—		—	$	4,977	$	186,877
		2009	$	181,625		—		—		—		—		—	$	6,020	$	187,645
		2008	$	169,712		—		—		—		—		—	$	5,610	$	175,322

(1) Includes amounts deferred under the 401(k) feature of the Company’s Retirement Savings Plan. In fiscal year 2010, annual base salaries of the NEOs were as follows: Mr. Refsland, $415,000; Mr. Dunn, $190,000; Mr. Rosentrater, $173,000; and Mr. Harris, $182,000.

(2) Amounts represent the grant date fair value calculated pursuant to ASC Topic 718 for the indicated fiscal year. Additional information about the assumptions used when valuing equity awards is set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for those fiscal years.

(3) All Other Compensation in the Summary Compensation Table above includes the following components:

			All Other Compensation
Name	Fiscal Year		401k Match/ Contribution		Life/Disability Insurance		Car Allowance		Relocation		Tax Gross-ups		Total Other Compensation
Earl R. Refsland		2010	$	10,535	$	11,887	$	23,589	$	—	$	9,094	$	55,105
		2009	$	10,518	$	11,887	$	22,630	$	—	$	8,930	$	53,965
		2008	$	9,929	$	16,612	$	19,405	$	—	$	14,817	$	60,763
Daniel C. Dunn		2010	$	7,165	$	911	$	8,681	$	—	$	6,146	$	22,903
		2009	$	7,152	$	594	$	9,193	$	—	$	6,929	$	23,868
		2008	$	6,892	$	860	$	8,743	$	—	$	6,798	$	23,294
Eldon P. Rosentrater		2010	$	6,664	$	1,530	$	—	$	—	$	1,083	$	9,277
		2009	$	6,649	$	818	$	—	$	—	$	579	$	8,046
		2008	$	6,294	$	1,166	$	—	$	—	$	826	$	8,286
Robert B. Harris		2010	$	3,498	$	866	$	—	$	—	$	613	$	4,977
		2009	$	4,541	$	866	$	—	$	—	$	613	$	6,020
		2008	$	4,243	$	800	$	—	$	—	$	567	$	5,610

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Grants of Plan-Based Awards

The following table sets forth the individual Plan-Based awards for each of the NEOs during fiscal year 2010. The exercise or base price of any equity-based award was equal to the fair market value of the shares on the date of grant, as determined by the Board of Directors.

Grant Date

Estimated Future Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards

Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards

All Other Stock Awards: Number of Shares of Stock or Units (#)

All Other Option Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Options (#)

Exercise or Base Price of Option Awards ($/sh)

Grant Date Fair Value of Stock and Option Awards

Name

Threshold

Target

Maximum

Threshold

Target

Maximum

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)

(i)

(j)

(k)

(l)

Earl R. Refsland

8/27/09

(1)

320,000

$

4.25

$

1.90

(1) Grant of stock options pursuant to Allied Healthcare Products, Inc. 2009 Incentive Stock Plan. Options were fully vested on the date of grant and is exercisable over a period of six (6) years following the grant date.

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End

The following table sets forth the outstanding equity awards as of June 30, 2010 for each NEO.

Option Awards

Stock Awards

Name

Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable

Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Unexercisable(1)

Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Unearned Options (#)

Option Exercise Price ($)

Option Expiration Date

Number of Shares or Units of Stock that Have Not Vested (#)

Market Value of Shares of Stock That Have Not Vested ($)

Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested (#)

Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested ($)

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)

(i)

(j)

Earl R. Refsland

320,000

$

4.25

8/27/15

Daniel C. Dunn

30,000

$

3.40

11/13/11

Eldon P. Rosentrater

30,000

$

3.35

4/9/11

Robert B. Harris

22,500

7,500

$

5.18

8/28/16

(1) Options become exercisable in four equal installments each year beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date.

All options to purchase shares of the Company’s stock held by the NEOs or by Directors of the Company as of June 30, 2010 have been issued pursuant to stock option plans submitted for approval by the Company’s Stockholders.

Plan Category	Number of Shares of Common Stock to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights(1)		Weighted Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights		Number of Shares of Common Stock Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders		473,000	$	4.32		317,000
Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders		none		none		none
Totals		473,000	$	4.32		317,000

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Option Exercises and Stock Vested in fiscal year 2010

The table below provides information for each named executive officer concerning the exercise of stock options and the vesting of stock awards during fiscal year 2010.

	Option Awards				Stock Awards
Name	Number of Shares Acquired on Exercise (#)		Value Realized on Exercise ($)(1)		Number of Shares Acquired on Vesting (#)		Value Realized on Vesting ($)
Earl R. Refsland		542,000	$	1,214,080		—		—
Daniel C. Dunn		—		—		—		—
Eldon P. Rosentrater		—		—		—		—
Robert B. Harris		—		—		—		—

(1) Value Realized on Exercise of Option Awards equals the difference between the option exercise price and the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of exercise, multiplied by the number of shares for which the option was exercised.

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation

The Company does not have any non-qualified deferred compensation arrangements with any NEO.

Executive Employment Agreement

In March 2007, the Company entered into an employment contract with Mr. Refsland. The employment contract was amended and restated in December 2009 to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The agreement was initially for a three-year term, which expired in March 2010, after which point it became subject to annual renewals.

The agreement provides that Mr. Refsland will serve as President and Chief Executive Officer. The agreement may be terminated by the Company in the event of Mr. Refsland’s death or disability or unilaterally with or without “Cause” (as defined in the agreement).

In the event of a termination of Mr. Refsland’s employment without cause (or in the event that Mr. Refsland terminates employment with “Good Reason” (as defined in the agreement)), Mr. Refsland is entitled to continued compensation at his then annual salary for two years and with entitlement continuation of fringe benefits during that period. “Good Reason” generally includes changes in the scope of his duties or location of employment but also includes (i) the Company’s written election not to renew the Employment Agreement and (ii) certain voluntary resignations by Mr. Refsland following a “Change of Control” as defined in the Agreement. A “Change of Control” means:

(a) the acquisition by a person other than Clayton Management Company (or any other person or entity controlled by or under common control with John D. Weil or by a trustee or personal representative designated by said John D. Weil) of beneficial ownership of more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding common stock of the Company (as beneficial ownership is determined under Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act); or

(b) a merger or consolidation with another company or entity (regardless of whether the Company of another entity is the surviving or resulting entity of such merger or consolidation) other than a merger or consolidation in which immediately upon giving effect to such merger or consolidation, the persons who were holders of the common stock of the Company immediately prior thereto continue to be the holders of at least sixty percent (60%) of the surviving or resulting entity; or

(c) a sale of all or substantially all the assets and operations of the Company to a successor entity.

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Change of Control Benefits for Other NEOs

In addition to Mr. Refsland’s employment agreement, on March 16, 2007, the Company entered into agreements with Mssrs. Dunn, Rosentrater, and Harris, all of whom remain “at will” employees, providing that in the event of such a Change of Control (as defined above) and in the further event such officer’s employment is terminated by the Company or any successor or is voluntarily terminated by the executive as the result of a change in the scope or location of the officer’s duties, then such officer shall be entitled to receive a lump sum payment of one year’s salary (net of required withholding) in lieu of any other severance applicable to such termination.

VII. AUDIT COMMITTEE

Audit Committee Report

The following is the report of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company. The information contained in this report shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the Securities and Exchange Commission, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any future filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates it by reference in such filing.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, the Audit Committee monitors the Company’s financial reporting processes and internal controls, as well as the Company’s relationship with its independent accountants and the performance of such accountants. All of the members of the Audit Committee are independent directors, and the Chairman of the Audit Committee has been determined to have the expertise to serve as chairman by the Corporate Governance Committee. The Board of Directors has adopted a charter for the Audit Committee, which can be accessed under the Corporate Financial section on the Company’s website.

Management has the primary responsibility for preparation of the Company’s financial reports, the Company’s financial reporting systems, and its internal controls. The Audit Committee is not intended to supersede in any respect management’s responsibilities in this regard. Management has represented to the Audit Committee that the Company’s financial statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and the Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed such financial statements with management and with the Company’s independent accountants. The Audit Committee has also discussed with the independent accountants their evaluation of the Company’s financial reporting systems and internal controls, their audit plan, the application of new accounting principles to the Company’s financial statements and other matters required to be communicated to the Committee by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, as amended (AICPA, Professional Standards, Vol. 1, AU section 380), as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) in Rule 3200T.

The Audit Committee has received from the independent accountants a letter addressing matters which might bear on the independence of the accountants as required by PCAOB Standards. The Audit Committee has discussed independence issues with the accountants and has reviewed their fees and scope of services rendered to the Company. The Audit Committee has discussed the performance of the independent accountants with the Company’s management.

In reliance on the foregoing, the Audit Committee has recommended to the Board of Directors the inclusion of the audited financial statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2010.

Audit Committee
Judy T. Graves — Chairman
William A. Peck
Joseph E. Root
John D. Weil

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Auditor Independence and Related Information

RubinBrown LLP has no direct or indirect financial interest in the Company or its subsidiaries. Representatives of RubinBrown LLP are expected to be present at the meeting and will be given the opportunity to make a statement on the firm’s behalf if they so desire. The representatives also will be available to respond to appropriate questions raised by those in attendance at the meeting.

VIII. FEES PAID TO INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

During the fiscal years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, RubinBrown LLP provided various audit, audit related and non-audit related services to us as follows:

Fee Category	Fiscal 2010 Fees		Fiscal 2009 Fees
Audit Fees – Aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered for the audit of our 2010 and 2009 fiscal year annual financial statements and review of financial statements included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or services that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the 2010 and 2009 fiscal years.	$	175,000	$	124,500
Audit Related Fees – Aggregate fees billed for employee benefit plan audits and accounting consultations.	$	14,000	$	12,000
Tax Fees – Aggregate fees billed for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.	$	31,000	$	74,000
All Other Fees – Aggregate fees billed for products and services provided other than as described in the preceding three (3) categories.		—		—
Total Fees	$	220,000	$	210,500

The Audit Committee approves the engagement of such services in advance in each such instance.

IX. SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires the Company’s directors, executive officers and persons who own more than ten percent of a registered class of the Company’s equity securities to file with the SEC initial reports of beneficial ownership and reports of changes in beneficial ownership of common stock and other equity securities of the Company. Executive officers, directors and greater than ten percent stockholders are required by SEC regulation to furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms which they file.

To the Company’s knowledge, based solely on review of information furnished to the Company, reports filed through the Company and representations that no other reports were required, all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to its directors, executive officers and greater than ten percent beneficial owners were complied with during the year ended June 30, 2010.

X. GENERAL

Solicitation Of Proxies

The cost of soliciting proxies will be borne by the Company. In addition to solicitation by mail, proxies may be solicited by officers, directors and regular employees of the Company personally or by telephone or facsimile for no additional compensation. Arrangements will be made with brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries to forward solicitation material to beneficial owners of the stock held of record by such persons, and the Company will reimburse such persons for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in so doing.

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Stockholder Proposals For 2010 Annual Meeting

The rules of the SEC currently provide that stockholder proposals for the 2011 Annual Meeting must be received at the Company’s principal executive office not less than 120 calendar days prior to the anniversary date of the release of the Company’s proxy statement to stockholders in connection with the 2010 Annual Meeting to be considered by the Company for possible inclusion in the proxy materials for the 2011 Annual Meeting. We mailed this proxy statement on or around October 8, 2010, so any proposals intended to be presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company must be received at the Company’s principal office on or before June 10, 2011 in order to be considered for inclusion in the Company’s proxy statement and form of proxy relating to such meeting.

Financial Information

The Company’s 2010 Annual Report is being mailed to the stockholders with this Proxy Statement. The 2010 Annual Report incorporates the Company’s 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K (without exhibits), including the financial statements and the financial statement schedules, filed with the SEC. Any record or beneficial stockholder as of October 1, 2010, may request additional copies of this Proxy Statement or the 2010 Annual Report by writing to Allied Healthcare Products, Inc., 1720 Sublette Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, Attention: Chief Financial Officer.

The Company’s reports filed with the SEC, together with ownership and transaction reports of officers, directors and certain stockholders, are available, together with additional information, at the Company’s internet website: www.alliedhpi.com.

Communication With The Board

Stockholders who want to communicate with the Board of Directors or any of its committees may do so by addressing their correspondence to the board member or members, c/o the Secretary, Allied Healthcare Products, Inc., 1720 Sublette Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.

Code Of Ethics And Conduct Guidelines

The Company has adopted a Code of Ethics and Conduct Guidelines that is applicable to all employees of the Company, including the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer and the principal accounting officer and controller, as well as the members of the Board of Directors. The Code of Ethics and Conduct Guidelines is available on the Company’s website at www.alliedhpi.com. A copy may also be obtained from the Corporate Secretary at Allied Healthcare Products, Inc., 1720 Sublette Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110. The Company intends to post any amendments to or waivers from its Code of Ethics and Conduct Guidelines (to the extent applicable to the Company’s chief executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer and controller or any other officer or director) at this location on its website.

Ethics Hotline

The Company encourages employees to report possible ethical issues. The Company maintains an ethics hotline that is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to receive reports of ethical concerns or incidents, including, without limitation, concerns about accounting, internal controls or auditing matters. The ethics hotline number can be found on the Company’s intranet. All such calls are received independently and are referred to the chairman of the audit committee for investigation and disposition where warranted. The Company prohibits retaliatory action against any employee for raising legitimate concerns or questions regarding ethical matters, or for reporting suspected violations of the Company’s Code of Ethics and Conduct Guidelines.

Householding Of Proxy Materials

The SEC has adopted rules that permit companies and intermediaries (e.g. brokers) to satisfy the delivery requirements for proxy statements and annual reports with respect to two or more stockholders sharing the same address by delivering a single proxy statement addressed to those stockholders. This process, which is commonly referred to “householding,” potentially means extra convenience for stockholders and cost savings for companies.

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The Company may “household” the Company’s Proxy Statement and Annual Report. A single proxy statement and annual report will be delivered to multiple stockholders sharing an address unless contrary instructions have been received from the affected stockholders. The Company will deliver promptly upon written or oral requests a separate copy of the annual report or proxy statement to a security holder at a shared address to which a single copy of the document was delivered. If, at any time, a stockholder no longer wishes to participate in “householding” and would prefer to receive a separate proxy statement and annual report, the affected stockholder may contact Stockholder Relations at 1720 Sublette Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110. Stockholders who currently receive multiple copies of the proxy statement at their address and would like to request “householding” of their communications should also contact the Chief Financial Officer as indicated in the preceding sentence.

Other Matters

The Board of Directors of the Company is not aware of any other matters to come before the meeting. If any other matters should come before the meeting, the persons named in the enclosed proxy intend to vote the proxy according to their best judgment.

You are urged to complete, sign, date and return your proxy to make certain your shares of Common Stock will be voted at the 2010 Annual Meeting. For your convenience in returning the proxy, an addressed envelope is enclosed, requiring no additional postage if mailed in the United States.

By Order of the Board of Directors,
  

Earl R. Refsland
Chief Executive Officer
  
October 8, 2010

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