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AMN Healthcare Services Acquires Platinum Select
Date:2/15/2008

Leader in Healthcare Staffing Claims Top Spot in Allied Staffing Services

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE: AHS), the nation's largest healthcare staffing company, announced today that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Platinum Select, L.P. ("Platinum Select"), one of the nation's leading travel allied staffing firms, for up to $50.3 million in cash, consisting of an initial purchase payment and a potential additional earn-out payment based on 2008 performance. AMN Healthcare financed the transaction using cash on hand and its revolving credit facility and expects it to be accretive to 2008 earnings.

Dallas-based Platinum Select provides a full array of travel allied staffing solutions, including therapy and imaging professionals and travel nurse staffing solutions, to over 800 clients across the country. For its fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, Platinum Select had revenue of $52.9 million and EBITDA of $4.0 million.

"Platinum Select has built an excellent reputation within the allied staffing market by consistently delivering high-quality clinicians and high touch personal service. This addition to AMN Healthcare fits perfectly with our strategy of continuing to expand our service offering to our clients and offers our healthcare professionals the largest selection of assignments across the country," said Susan Nowakowski, President and CEO of AMN Healthcare. "AMN is already the largest provider of nurse and physician staffing in the U.S., and we believe that with the acquisition of Platinum Select, positioned alongside our existing allied staffing brands of Med Travelers and Rx Pro Health, AMN is also now the nation's largest provider of travel allied
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