On June 23, 2016, TOR Minerals International Inc. entered into a new the loan agreement with American Bank, N.A. which amends and restates, in its entirety, the prior Agreement between the parties dated December 30, 2010, as previously amended on February 15, 2012, May 15, 2013, January 1, 2014, August 1, 2014, May 15, 2015, and December 30, 2015. Under the terms of the Agreement, which has an effective date of June 15, 2016, the Lender extended the maturity date on the line of credit from October 15, 2016 to October 15, 2017. In addition, the Company requested that the Lender reduce the revolving credit promissory note from $2 million to $1 million, which was effected with the fourth amendment to the revolving credit and promissory note. All other terms of the agreements remained unchanged.