Exhibit 10.10

[***] = CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT,
MARKED BY BRACKETS, HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY
WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO
RULE 24B-2 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED.

FOURTH AMENDMENT TO
CONTRACT ALFALFA PRODUCTION SERVICES AGREEMENT

This Fourth Amendment to Contract Alfalfa Production Services Agreement (this
"Amendment") is made this 2nd day of August, 2018, by and between Pioneer
Hi-Bred International, Inc., an Iowa corporation ("Pioneer"), and S&W Seed
Company, a Nevada corporation ("Contractor") Pioneer and Contractor are
collectively referred to herein as the "Parties" and each individually as a
"Party".

WHEREAS

, the Parties entered into that certain Contract Alfalfa Production Services
Agreement dated December 31, 2014 (as thereafter amended from time to time, the
"Agreement").

WHEREAS

, the Parties now wish to amend the Agreement as provided in this Amendment.

WHEREAS

, the parties did not contemplate their failure to complete the prior intended
transfer of Pioneer's transgenic germplasm to S&W when completing the Third
Amendment to the Distribution Agreement dated June 23, 2017.

NOW, THEREFORE

, for and in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and
agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the
Parties hereby agree as follows:

1. As used in this Amendment, capitalized terms not defined herein shall have
the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.

2. Section 2(B) of the Agreement shall be amended by inserting a new
sub-paragraph (iv):

(iv) For calendar year 2018, the Contracted Amount (the "2018 Contracted
Amount") shall equal the number of Units of Alfalfa Varieties Meeting the
Specifications and produced from the acres specified in Exhibit F.

3. Section 15(A) of the Agreement shall be amended by deleting the text therein
in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof:

This Agreement shall be effective as of the date first written above and, unless
terminated as set forth below in Section 15 (B) or Section 15(C), shall continue
until May 31, 2019. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties
acknowledge and agree that from the first date written above through the
expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement: (i) Contractor shall
conduct activities to complete the Production Services (inclusive of Field
Services) with respect to the 2018 Contracted Amounts; (ii) Contractor shall not
further engage in any future production with respect to any Alfalfa Varieties;
(iii) Contractor shall not enter into any new, or amend, modify or terminate any
existing Grower Contract or New Grower Contract without the prior written
consent of Pioneer; (iv) Compensation of $[***] per [***] (of [***]) shall be
due and payable by Pioneer with respect to the performance by Contractor of the
services under the Agreement during the period commencing the date first written
above and ending on the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement; and
(v) Contractor shall, in all events, remain

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liable for, and shall satisfy, pay and discharge, all amounts due and payable to
any grower under any Grower Contract. (vi) Contractor will add an additional
$[***] per [***] (of [***]) to cover the [***] that [***] agreed to pay, on
[***], in the ***]. Total cost per unit to [***] will be $[***]. The additional
$[***] per unit is a [***] to the [***]. Furthermore, S&W and Pioneer agree that
[***] is currently [***] in the amount of $[***] for the [***] of [***]
delivered to [***] from crop year 2017; the total [***] amount will consist of
the amount derived from the [***], plus $[***]. [***] will begin [***] to the
[***] on [***], for [***] reported [***] sales of [***] and [***] commencing
with [***] sales for calendar 2018. [***] will continue to [***] until the
[***], after which time [***] will have no further obligation to [***] to the
[***] on [***] for [***] products.

4. Exhibit F, shall be replaced with a new Exhibit F attached to this Amendment.

5. This Amendment shall be effective as of the date first written above.

6. In case of any inconsistencies between the terms and conditions contained in
this Amendment and the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement, the
terms and conditions of this Amendment shall control.

7. Except as set forth in this Amendment, (a) all provisions of the Agreement
shall remain unmodified and in full force and effect and (b) nothing contained
in this Amendment shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the Agreement or any
Party's rights or obligations contained therein.

8. This Amendment shall be governed by the substantive laws of the State of
Iowa, without regard to its conflicts of laws principles. Any controversy or
claim arising out of or relating to this Amendment shall be handled in
accordance with Section 16 of the Agreement.

9. This Amendment (along with the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
(as such term is defined in the APSA)) supersedes all prior agreements between
the Parties with respect to its subject matter and constitutes a complete and
exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement between the Patties with
respect to its subject matter.

10. All of the terms and provisions of this Amendment shall inure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the Patties and their respective successors and permitted
assigns.

11. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts (including via
facsimile or portable document format (PDF)), each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and the
same instrument.

Signature Page Follows

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF

, the Parties have executed and delivered this Amendment as of the date first
above written.

PIONEER HI-BRED

INTERNATIONAL, INC.

By: /s/ Curt Clausen

Name: Curt Clausen

Title: Director, Global Forages

 

S&W SEED COMPANY

By: /s/ Robin Newell

Name: Robin Newell

Title: V.P., N. America Sales

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit F
2018 Contracted Amounts

Variety Name

Original
Agreement
Number

Operator Name

Field
State

Est Acres
Planted

[***]

[***]

[***]

[***]

[***]

 

 

 

 

 

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