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Exhibit 10.2

NINTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT                                             
THIS NINTH AMENDMENT to Loan and Security Agreement (this “Amendment”) is made effective as of September 30, 2021 (the “Amendment Date”) and made by and among WESTERN ALLIANCE BANK, an Arizona corporation (“Bank”) and CODEXIS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”).
WHEREAS, Bank and Borrower have entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2017 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, Bank and Borrower desire to amend certain provisions of the Loan Agreement as provided herein and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises, covenants and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, Bank and Borrower hereby agree as follows:
1.Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement.


2.Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby further amended by amending and restating the following definitions therein as follows:


“Draw Period” is the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2021 and (ii) the occurrence of an Event of Default.


3.Limitation of Amendment.


a.The amendment set forth above is effective for the purposes set forth herein and shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of any other term or condition of any Loan Document, or (b) otherwise prejudice any right, remedy or obligation which the Bank or Borrower may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with any Loan Document, as amended hereby.


b.This Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Loan Documents and all terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan Documents, except as herein amended, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect.


4.To induce the Bank to enter into this Amendment, Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Bank as follows: 


a.Immediately after giving effect to this Amendment (a) the representations and warranties contained in Article 5 of the Loan Agreement are true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such date), and (b) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;


b.Borrower has the power and due authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment; 




c.The organizational documents of Borrower delivered to the Bank on the Closing Date, and updated pursuant to subsequent deliveries by the Borrower to the Bank, if any, remain true, 








accurate and complete and have not been amended, supplemented or restated and are and continue to be in full force and effect;




d.The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not and will not contravene (i) any law or regulation binding on or affecting Borrower, (ii) any contractual restriction with a Person binding on Borrower, (iii) any order, judgment or decree of any court or other governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, or (iv) the organizational documents of Borrower;




e.The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not require any order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration by Borrower with, or exemption by any governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, except as already has been obtained or made; and




f.This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and is the binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or other similar laws of general application and by general equitable principles. 




5.Except as expressly set forth herein, the Loan Agreement shall continue in full force and effect without alteration or amendment.  This Amendment and the Loan Documents represent the entire agreement about this subject matter and supersede prior negotiations or agreements.


6.This Amendment shall be deemed effective as of the Amendment Date upon the due execution and delivery to the Bank of this Amendment by each party hereto.


7.This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument.


8.This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.






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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Ninth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement to be executed as of the date first set forth above.
									
	BORROWER:		
			
	CODEXIS, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION
		
			
			
	By:      /s/ Ross Taylor		
	Name: Ross Taylor		
	Title:   Chief Financial Officer		
			
			
	BANK:		
			
	WESTERN ALLIANCE BANK, AN ARIZONA CORPORATION
		
			
			
	By:      /s/ Bill Wickline		
	Name: Bill Wickline		
	Title:   Managing Director