Attachment D
STOCK PLEDGE AGREEMENT
This Stock Pledge Agreement is entered into and made
effective as of October 26, 2007, between (i) Almost Family, Inc.
(“ Secured Party
” or “ AFAM ”), a Delaware
corporation; and (ii) Quality of Life Holdings, Inc., a Florida
corporation (“ Pledgor
”). The Secured Party, and the Pledgor may
hereinafter be referred to individually as a “
Party ” and
collectively, as “ Parties .”
Recitals
A. Pledgor desires to enter into this Agreement in order to secure
the payment and performance of Selling Parties’ obligations
under the Asset Purchase Agreement (the “
Purchase Agreement ”) dated October 23, 2007, among Almost Family, Inc.,
Caretenders Visiting Services of Hernando, LLC, Caretenders
Visiting Services of Pinellas County, LLC, Mederi Caretenders VS of
Tampa, LLC, Quality of Life Holdings, Inc., Quality of Life Home
Health Services, Inc., Quality of Life Home Health Services of
Hillsborough, Inc., Quality of Life Homecare of Hernando, Inc.,
Michael Moses, James Heenan and Rosalind M. Heenan.
B. Terms not
otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Purchase Agreement.
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THE PARTIES, INTENDING TO BE LEGALLY BOUND, AGREE AS
FOLLOWS:
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1.
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Grant of Security Interest .
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(a) As
security for the faithful performance of the terms of this
Agreement and to ensure the availability for delivery of Pledged
Shares upon exercise of the right to possession of Pledged Shares
upon an Event of Default as herein defined, Pledgor agrees to
deliver to and deposit with Secured Party a stock assignment duly
endorsed (with date and number of Shares left blank) in the form
attached hereto as Attachment A, together with the certificate or
certificates evidencing Pledged Shares.
(b) Pledgor
hereby grants to Secured Party a security interest in all of their
right, title and interest in and to 100,967 shares of the
common stock of Almost Family, Inc. (“ Pledged Shares ”). Pledgor
further grants to Secured Party a security interest in any stock
rights, rights to subscribe, liquidating dividends, dividends paid
in stock, new securities, or any other property to which Pledgor is
or may hereafter become entitled to receive on account of Pledged
Shares. If Pledgor receives additional property of such nature,
they shall immediately deliver such property to Secured Party to be
held by pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
(c) Pledgor
grants a further security interest to Secured Party in the proceeds
or products of any sale or other disposition of Pledged
Shares.
2.
Obligations Secured .
The security interest created hereby secures payment and
performance of the obligations of Selling Parties under the
Purchase Agreement, including
without limitation, Selling Parties’
indemnification obligation to Buyers under Article 11 of the
Purchase Agreement (collectively, “ Secured Obligations ”).
3.
Representations and Warranties
. To induce Secured Party to enter into this
Agreement, Pledgor represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Pledgor has
full power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement
and this Agreement has been duly entered into and delivered and
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Pledgor
enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(b) Pledgor has
good title to Pledged Shares, and Pledged Shares are not subject to
any lien, charge, pledge, encumbrance, claim or security
interest.
(c) Pledgor has
not entered into any stock restriction or purchase agreement with
respect to Pledged Shares which would in any way restrict the sale,
pledge or other transfer of Pledged Shares or of any interest in or
to Pledged Shares.
4.
Duration of Security Interest
. Secured Party, and its successors and assigns,
shall hold the security interest created hereby pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement, and this security interest shall continue
until the Pledged Shares are released from the contractual
restrictions on transfer set forth in paragraph 2.3 of the Purchase
Agreement, unless Secured Party provides a written notice of
Default prior to that date, whereby the security interest shall
continue in only in a commercially reasonable number of Pledged
Shares as are necessary to satisfy said noticed Default and secured
interest shall terminate as to the balance of Pledged Shares, if
any.
5.
Maintaining Freedom from Liens
. Pledgor shall keep Pledged Shares free and clear
of liens and shall pay all amounts, including taxes, assessments or
charges, which might result in a lien against Pledged Shares if
left unpaid, unless Pledgor at its own expense are contesting such
amount in good faith by an appropriate proceeding timely instituted
which shall operate to prevent the collection or satisfaction of
the lien or amount so contested. If Pledgor fails to pay such
amounts and are not contesting the validity or amount thereof in
accordance with the immediately preceding sentence, Secured Party
may, but are not obligated to, pay such amounts, and such payment
shall be conclusive evidence of the legality or validity thereof.
Pledgor shall promptly reimburse Secured Party for any such
payments, and until reimbursement, such payments shall be a part of
Secured Obligations.