EXHIBIT 10.5
SECOND AMENDMENT
TO CONSTRUCTION LOAN
AGREEMENT
This SECOND AMENDMENT TO
CONSTRUCTION LOAN AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement
”), dated as of December 29, 2005, is entered into by
and among the following parties:
(a) TIETEK LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the “ Borrower ”);
(b) NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES
GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company
”), and TIETEK TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Texas corporation
(“ TTT ”) (the Company and TTT shall be
collectively referred to as the “ Borrower Affiliates
” and the Borrower Affiliates and the Borrower shall be
collectively referred to as the “ Borrower Group
”); and
(c) OPUS 5949 LLC (formerly known as
Tie Investors, LLC), a Texas limited liability company (the “
Lender ” and, together with the Borrower Group, the
“ Parties ”).
RECITALS
A. The Borrower, the Borrower
Affiliates, and the Lender entered into that certain Construction
Loan Agreement, dated as of February 5, 2004, as amended by
(i) that certain Release, dated February 22, 2005, by and
among the Parties, and (ii) that certain Limited Waiver and
First Amendment to Construction Loan dated July 7, 2005, by
and among the Parties (as so amended, the “ Loan
Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Lender agreed to make
available to the Borrower Group certain financial
accommodations.
B. The Borrower and the Borrower
Affiliates have requested that, subject to the terms, conditions,
covenants and limitations contained in this Agreement, the Lender
amend certain terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement, the Note
and certain other Loan Documents as set forth herein to, among
other things, permit the Borrower to obtain additional financing
that will be subordinate to the Loan (as defined in the Loan
Agreement, as amended hereby) on the terms set forth
below.
C. The Lender has agreed to the
actions described in Paragraph B preceding, in each instance
upon and subject to the terms, conditions, covenants and
limitations contained in this Agreement.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
(a) The Borrower and the Borrower
Affiliates hereby acknowledge and agree to the accuracy of all
Recitals included in this Agreement.
(b) The Borrower and the Borrower
Affiliates acknowledge and agree that all amounts advanced to, or
for the benefit of, the Borrower, including, but not limited to,
the Loan prior to the
date hereof are, and shall continue to be,
obligations under the Loan Documents (the “
Obligations ”) and subject to all the terms and
conditions in the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in
each instance as amended and modified by this Agreement.
(c) The Borrower and the Borrower
Affiliates acknowledge and agree that (i) as of
December 29, 2005, the outstanding principal and accrued but
unpaid amount of the Obligations is $14,245,000, of which
$14,000,000.00 is the amount of outstanding principal of the Note
and $245,000 is the amount of accrued but unpaid interest thereon;
and (ii) the Obligations are enforceable against the Borrower
without offset, reduction, or counterclaim.
AGREEMENTS
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises herein contained and other good and valuable
consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree to the above
Recitals, Acknowledgments and as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS . All
capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Loan
Agreement.
2. AMENDMENTS TO LOAN
DOCUMENTS .
2.1 The following definitions in
Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement are hereby amended
and restated in their entirety to read as follows:
“Debentures” (i) the 7% Convertible Debentures of the
Company in the original principal amount of $5,000,000 (hereinafter
sometimes referred to as the “July Debentures”), issued
pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of
July 7, 2005 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the
“July Securities Purchase Agreement”) as amended by
that certain Consent Waiver and Extension dated as of
December 29, 2005; and (ii) the 7% Convertible Debentures
of the Company in the original principal amount of up to $6,500,000
(hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “December
Debentures”) issued pursuant to that certain Securities
Purchase Agreement dated as of December 29, 2005 (hereinafter
sometimes referred to as the “December Securities Purchase
Agreement”).
“Loan
Documents” This
Agreement, the Limited Waiver and First Amendment to Construction
Loan Agreement dated as of July 7, 2005, this Second Amendment
to Construction Loan Agreement dated as of December 29, 2005,
the Note, the Deed of Trust, the Security Agreement, the Patent
Security Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Voting
Agreement, the Non-Compete Agreement, the NATK Royalty Agreement,
the TieTek Royalty Agreement, the Membership Pledge Interest
Agreements, the Solvency Certificates, and any other documents to
be executed by Borrower or any of their respective shareholders
pertaining to the Loan, and as the same may be amended from time to
time.
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“Note”
collectively, (i) that certain
Amended and Restated Promissory Note, dated as of July 7,
2005, in the stated principal amount of $14,000,000, made by TieTek
LLC, payable to the order of the Lender, (ii) any other
promissory notes evidencing any portion of the Loan, including any
instruments amended and restated by the instrument referred to in
clause (i) immediately preceding, and (iii) any
promissory notes or other agreement evidencing any renewals,
extensions, increases, amendments, modifications, restatements or
payment-in-kind in respect of any of the
foregoing.”
2.2 All references to the
“Loan Agreement” or the “Construction
Agreement” or other similar terms intended to refer to the
Loan Agreement in each of the Loan Documents and in any other
documents or agreements by, between or among any of the Borrower
Group and their respective affiliates, and or for the benefit of
the Lender will from and after the date hereof refer to the Loan
Agreement, as amended hereby, and all obligations of the Borrower
Group under the Loan Agreement, as amended hereby, shall be secured
by and be entitled to the benefits of said Loan Documents and such
other documents and agreements. All Loan Documents heretofore
executed by all or any of the Borrower Group shall remain in full
force and effect to secure the Loan (as defined in the Loan
Agreement), and such Loan Documents, as amended hereby, are hereby
ratified and affirmed.
3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO
EFFECTIVENESS . The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject
to the fulfillment of each of the following terms and conditions to
the satisfaction of Lender in its sole discretion at or before 2:00
p.m. (Dallas time) December 29, 2005.
3.1. The Lender shall have received
fully executed copies of the December Securities Purchase Agreement
among the Company and certain purchasers of December Debentures
issued pursuant to the December Securities Purchase Agreement, in
form and substance satisfactory to Lender.
3.2. The Lender shall have received
a legal opinion of the Borrower’s counsel in form and
substance satisfactory to the Lender as to such matters as Lender
may request with respect to each member of the Borrower Group, this
Agreement, the Loan Agreement, the other Loan Documents and each
agreement and instrument delivered in connection with, or
contemplated by, this Agreement.
3.3. The Lender shall have received
evidence satisfactory to the Lender that each Purchaser (as defined
in the December Securities Purchase Agreement) funded the Escrow
Account (as defined in the December Securities Purchase
Agreement).
3.4. The Lender shall have received
the First Amendment to Amended and Restated Promissory Note in form
of attached hereto as Exhibit A, appropriately executed by
TieTek LLC.
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4. LENDER CONSENT . By
execution hereof, Lender hereby consents to (i) the extension
of the maturity date of the July Debentures from July 7, 2006
until December 31, 2006, and (ii) the issuance of the
December Debentures pursuant to the terms of the December
Securities Purchase Agreement.
5. RATIFICATIONS, REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES .
5.1. The terms and provisions set
forth in this Agreement shall supersede all inconsistent terms and
provisions set forth in the Loan Agreement and, except as expressly
set forth in this Agreement, the terms and provisions of the Loan
Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents are ratified and
confirmed and shall continue in full force and effect. The Parties
hereto agree that the Loan Agreement shall continue to be legal,
valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its
terms.
5.2. The Borrower and the Borrower
Affiliates hereby represent and warrant to the Lender as
follows:
(a) the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and any and all other agreements
executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith have
been authorized by all requisite action on the part of the Borrower
and the Borrower Affiliates and will not violate (i) the
Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Borrower; (ii) the
articles of incorporation or bylaws of either of the Borrower
Affiliates; or (iii) the operating agreement of any managing
member of the Borrower;
(b) the representations and
warranties contained in this Agreement, the Loan Agreement and the
Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and
as of the date hereof as though made on and as of such
date;
(c) no Default or Event of Default
under the Loan Agreement or the Loan Documents have occurred or are
continuing;
(d) the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) violate any
provision of the organization