EXHIBIT 10.2 LAW OFFICES OF GEORGE DONALDSON [STAMP] GEORGE DONALDSON (79971) DANIEL B. HARRIS (117230) 456 Montgomery Street, Suite 1250 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: 415/394-8500 Settlement Counsel and Attorneys for Plaintiffs UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA JACK OLIVE, JONATHAN NOBLE, ) Case No. C 89 4331 MHP M.D., JOHN P. PEDJOE AND ) DERIVATIVE ACTION ALLSOP, INC. PROFIT SHARING ) PLAN & TRUST, on behalf of ) themselves and all ) AMENDMENT TO THE SECOND others similarly situated and ) AMENDMENT TO THE MODIFICATION derivatively on behalf of ) OF STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT NATIONAL INCOME REALTY TRUST, ) a California business trust, ) CONTINENTAL MORTGAGE AND EQUITY ) TRUST, a California business ) trust, TRANSCONTINENTAL REALTY ) INVESTORS, a California ) business trust, and INCOME ) OPPORTUNITY REALTY TRUST, a ) California ) business trust, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) vs. ) ) GENE E. PHILLIPS; WILLIAM S. ) FRIEDMAN; RICHARD N. LAPP; ) MICHAEL E. SMITH; WILLIE K. ) DAVIS; RAYMOND V. J. SCHRAG; ) RANDALL K. GONZALEZ; JAMES W. ) HAMMOND JR.; NATIONAL REALTY ) ADVISORS, INC., a Texas ) corporation; NATIONAL REALTY, ) L.P., ) ) ) -- caption continues -- ) - --------------------------------------------- AMENDMENT TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE MODIFICATION OF STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT a Delaware limited partnership; ) AMERICAN REALTY TRUST, INC., a ) Georgia corporation; NATIONAL ) OPERATING L.P., a Delaware ) limited partnership; ) ) Defendants, ) ) -and- ) ) ) NATIONAL INCOME REALTY TRUST, a ) California business trust; ) CONTINENTAL MORTGAGE AND EQUITY ) TRUST, a California business ) trust; TRANSCONTINENTAL REALTY ) INVESTORS, a California ) business trust; and INCOME ) OPPORTUNITY REALTY TRUST, a ) California business trust; ) ) Nominal Defendants. ) ) - -------------------------------------- This amendment to the Second Amendment to the Modification of Stipulation of Settlement is made and entered into as of February 4, 2002, by and among (i) Settlement Counsel; (ii) Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc. ("TRI") and Income Opportunity Realty Investors, Inc. ("IORI")(collectively referred to as the "Dallas Trusts"); and (iii) Gene E. Phillips ("Phillips"), Basic Capital Management, Inc. ("BCM"), American Realty Investors, Inc. ("ARI"), the parent corporation of American Realty Trust, Inc. ("ART"). The above parties, by and through their respective counsel of record, hereby amend Exhibits B and C of the Second Amendment to the Modification of Stipulation of Settlement, made and entered into as October 5, 2001, in the following respects only. In the case of both Exhibits B and C, the first sentence of 1 AMENDMENT TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE MODIFICATION OF STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT the section entitled Conversion Rights shall be deleted and replaced with the following sentence: "For a 75-day period commencing on the 15th day after the public issuance of ARI's Form 10-Q to the public following the close date of the Freeze-Out Merger, the preferred shares herein described may be converted into shares of ARI common stock." In the case of both Exhibits B and C, the second sentence of the section entitled Redemption Rights shall be deleted and replaced with the following sentence: "Redeemable by ARI no earlier than 90 days after the public issuance of ARI's Form 10-Q to the public following the close date of the Freeze-Out Merger at the liquidation preference plus any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon." 2 AMENDMENT TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE MODIFICATION OF STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT In all other respects, the Second Amendment remains unchanged. LAW OFFICES OF GEORGE DONALDSON 456 Montgomery Street, Suite 1250 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 394-8500 By /s/ GEORGE DONALDSON ----------------------------------- George Donaldson Settlement Counsel and Attorneys for the Plaintiffs COOLEY GODWARD LLP One Maritime Plaza, Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94111 Telephone: (415) 693-2000 SIMON, WARNER & DOBY, L.L.P. 1700 City Center Tower II 301 Commerce Street Fort Worth, TX 76102 Telephone: (817) 810-5250 By /s/ HENRY W. SIMON, JR. ----------------------------------- Henry W. Simon, Jr. Attorneys for Gene E. Phillips and Basic Capital Management, Inc. American Realty Trust, Inc. and American Realty Investors, Inc. HELLER EHRMAN WHITE & MCAULIFFE 333 Bush Street, Suite 3000 San Francisco, CA 94104-2878 By /s/ JESSICA S. PERS ----------------------------------- Jessica S. Pers Attorneys for the Dallas Trusts 3 AMENDMENT TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE MODIFICATION OF STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT