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Exhibit 99.1
May 22, 2000
Board of Directors
In Home Health, Inc.
c/o Michael Ford
Carlson Center
601 Carlson Parkway
Suite 500
Minnetonka, MN 50305
Dear IHHI Board Members:
Thank you for taking the time to meet with me by phone last week so that I could
share some of my perspective about the board search for a new CEO and
specifically about our strongly held feelings regarding Wolfgang von Maack.
I would like to confirm my response to Jim Lynn's question concerning our desire
to work more closely with IHHI to optimize the business relationship between our
companies. I have requested additional information and offered assistance with
that goal in mind.
Based on our current understanding of the company, I believe we should enter
into discussions to determine the best way to achieve our common goals. I am
prepared to have our representatives meet with Mike Ford and his organization to
exchange ideas, including my desire to increase significantly our shareholdings
in IHHI to remove any questions of our commitment to the company. Our
preliminary analysis indicates that we should be able to offer shareholders a
meaningful premium to the current trading price of the IHHI shares and provide
them with an alternative to holding those shares in anticipation of a higher
valuation in the distant future.
We are happy with the leadership and constructive attitude Mike Ford has brought
to the company and we respectfully request that he remain in his current
positions until we have completed our strategic discussions about increasing our
role and ownership. A change in the leadership at this time may inhibit the
shareholders from receiving a premium valuation alternative and require us to
consider other strategies to protect our interests.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about our position. We
look forward to working with you constructively to maximizing the shareholder's
value at IHHI.
Sincerely,
/s/ Paul A. Ormond
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