Exhibit 10.9


 


INDEMNITY
AGREEMENT


 


THIS INDEMNITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”)
is made as of ______________, 2021, by and between Monterey Bio Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and __________________ (“Indemnitee”).


 


RECITALS


 


WHEREAS, highly competent persons have become
more reluctant to serve publicly-held corporations as directors, officers or in other capacities unless they are provided with adequate
protection through insurance or adequate indemnification against inordinate risks of claims and actions against them arising out of their
service to and activities on behalf of such corporations;


 


WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company
(the “Board”) has determined that, in order to attract and retain qualified individuals, the Company will attempt to
maintain on an ongoing basis, at its sole expense, liability insurance to protect persons serving the Company and its subsidiaries from
certain liabilities. Although the furnishing of such insurance has been a customary and widespread practice among United States-based
corporations and other business enterprises, the Company believes that, given current market conditions and trends, such insurance may
be available to it in the future only at higher premiums and with more exclusions. At the same time, directors, officers and other persons
in service to corporations or business enterprises are being increasingly subjected to expensive and time-consuming litigation relating
to, among other things, matters that traditionally would have been brought only against the Company or business enterprise itself. The
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) and the Bylaws (the “Bylaws”)
of the Company require indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company. Indemnitee may also be entitled to indemnification
pursuant to applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”). The Charter, Bylaws and the DGCL
expressly provide that the indemnification provisions set forth therein are not exclusive, and thereby contemplate that contracts may
be entered into between the Company and members of the Board, officers and other persons with respect to indemnification, hold harmless,
exoneration, advancement and reimbursement rights;


 


WHEREAS, the uncertainties relating to such
insurance and to indemnification have increased the difficulty of attracting and retaining such persons;


 


WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the
increased difficulty in attracting and retaining such persons is detrimental to the best interests of the Company’s stockholders
and that the Company should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty of such protection in the future;


 


WHEREAS, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary
for the Company contractually to obligate itself to indemnify, hold harmless, exonerate and to advance expenses on behalf of, such persons
to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law so that they will serve or continue to serve the Company free from undue concern that
they will not be so protected against liabilities;


 


WHEREAS, this Agreement is a supplement
to and in furtherance of the Charter and Bylaws of the Company and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and shall not be deemed a
substitute therefor, nor to diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder; and


 


WHEREAS, Indemnitee may not be willing to
serve as an officer, director, advisor or in another capacity without adequate protection, and the Company desires Indemnitee to serve
in such capacity. Indemnitee is willing to serve, continue to serve and to take on additional service for or on behalf of the Company
on the condition that he or she be so indemnified.


 






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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration
of the premises and the covenants contained herein and subject to the provisions of the letter agreement, dated the date hereof, among
the Company, Indemnitee and the other parties thereto, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:


 


TERMS AND CONDITIONS


 


1.                  
SERVICES TO THE COMPANY. In consideration of the Company’s covenants and obligations hereunder,
Indemnitee will serve or continue to serve as an officer, director, advisor, key employee or in any other capacity of the Company, as
applicable, for so long as Indemnitee is duly elected or appointed or retained or until Indemnitee tenders his or her resignation or until
Indemnitee is removed. The foregoing notwithstanding, this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect after Indemnitee has ceased
to serve as a director, officer, advisor, key employee or in any other capacity of the Company, as provided in Section 17. This Agreement,
however, shall not impose any obligation on Indemnitee or the Company to continue Indemnitee’s service to the Company beyond any
period otherwise required by law or by other agreements or commitments of the parties, if any.


 


2.                  
DEFINITIONS. As used in this Agreement:


 


(a)               
References to “agent” shall mean any person who is or was a director, officer or employee of the Company or
a subsidiary of the Company or other person authorized by the Company to act for the Company, to include such person serving in such capacity
as a director, officer, employee, advisor, fiduciary or other official of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise at the request of, for the convenience of, or to represent the interests of the Company or a
subsidiary of the Company.


 


(b)               
The terms “Beneficial Owner” and “Beneficial Ownership” shall have the meanings set forth
in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act (as defined below) as in effect on the date hereof.


 


(c)               
(c) A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement
of any of the following events:


 


(i)                 
Acquisition of Stock by Third Party. Other than an affiliate or member of NorthStar Bio Ventures,
LLC or Chardan Monterey Investments LLC (the “Co-Sponsors”), any Person (as defined below) is or becomes the Beneficial
Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifteen percent (15%) or more of the combined voting power of
the Company’s then outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, unless (1) the change in
the relative Beneficial Ownership of the Company’s securities by any Person results solely from a reduction in the aggregate number
of outstanding shares of securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, or (2) such acquisition was approved
in advance by the Continuing Directors (as defined below) and such acquisition would not constitute a Change in Control under part (iii)
of this definition;


 


(ii)               
Change in Board of Directors. Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board,
and any new director whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote
of at least two thirds of the directors then still in office who were directors on the date hereof or whose election or nomination for
election was previously so approved (collectively, the “Continuing Directors”), cease for any reason to constitute
at least a majority of the members of the Board;


 






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(iii)             
 Corporate Transactions. The effective date of a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition,
stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination, involving the Company and one or more businesses (a
 “Business Combination”), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination: (1) all or substantially all
of the individuals and entities who were the Beneficial Owners of securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors immediately
prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding
securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors resulting from such Business Combination (including,
without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s
assets either directly or through one or more Subsidiaries (as defined below)) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership
immediately prior to such Business Combination, of the securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors; (2) other
than a member or an affiliate of the Co-Sponsors, no Person (excluding any corporation resulting from such Business Combination) is the
Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of 15% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors of the surviving corporation except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business
Combination; and (3) at least a majority of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination were
Continuing Directors at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such Business
Combination;


 


(iv)             
Liquidation. The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation of
the Company or an agreement or series of agreements for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s
assets, other than factoring the Company’s current receivables or escrows due (or, if such stockholder approval is not required,
the decision by the Board to proceed with such a liquidation, sale, or disposition in one transaction or a series of related transactions);
or


 


(v)               
Other Events. There occurs any other event of a nature that would be required to be reported
in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or any successor rule) (or a response to any similar item on any similar schedule
or form) promulgated under the Exchange Act (as defined below), whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement.


 


(d)               
“Corporate Status” describes the status of a person who is or was a director, officer, trustee, general partner,
manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of the Company or of any other Enterprise (as defined below) which such person
is or was serving at the request of the Company.


 


(e)               
“Delaware Court” shall mean the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.


 


(f)                
“Disinterested Director” shall mean a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding
(as defined below) in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.


 


(g)               
“Enterprise” shall mean the Company and any other corporation, constituent corporation (including any constituent
of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger to which the Company (or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries) is a party, limited
liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving
at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent.


 






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(h)               
 “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


 


(i)                 
“Expenses” shall include all direct and indirect costs, fees and expenses of any type or nature whatsoever,
including, without limitation, all reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts,
witness fees, travel expenses, fees of private investigators and professional advisors, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs,
telecommunication charges, postage, delivery service fees, fax transmission charges, secretarial services and all other disbursements,
obligations or expenses in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing
to be a witness in, settlement or appeal of, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding (as defined below), including reasonable compensation
for time spent by Indemnitee for which he or she is not otherwise compensated by the Company or any third party. Expenses also shall include
Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding (as defined below), including without limitation the principal,
premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedes a bond, or other appeal bond or its equivalent. Expenses,
however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.


 


(j)                 
References to “fines” shall include any excise tax assessed on Indemnitee with respect to any employee benefit
plan; references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee, agent
or fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary with
respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee
reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be
deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.


 


(k)               
“Independent Counsel” shall mean a law firm or a member of a law firm with significant experience in matters
of corporation law and that neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent: (i) the Company or
Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement,
or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements); or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding (as defined below) giving
rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall
not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest
in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.


 


(l)                 
The term “Person” shall have the meaning as set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act as in
effect on the date hereof; provided, however, that “Person” shall exclude: (i) the Company; (ii) any Subsidiaries
(as defined below) of the Company; (iii) any employment benefit plan of the Company or of a Subsidiary (as defined below) of the
Company or of any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions
as their ownership of stock of the Company; and (iv) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit
plan of the Company or of a Subsidiary (as defined below) of the Company or of a corporation owned directly or indirectly by the stockholders
of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company.


 






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(m)              The
term “Proceeding” shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, mediation,
alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed
proceeding, whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil (including intentional or unintentional
tort claims), criminal, administrative or investigative or related nature, in which Indemnitee was, is, will or might be involved as
a party or otherwise by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, by reason of any action
(or failure to act) taken by him or her or of any action (or failure to act) on his or her part while acting as a director or
officer of the Company, or by reason of the fact that he or she is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other Enterprise, in each case whether or
not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification, reimbursement, or
advancement of expenses can be provided under this Agreement.


 


(n)               
The term “Subsidiary,” with respect to any Person, shall mean any corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other entity of which a majority of the voting power of the voting equity securities or equity interest is owned,
directly or indirectly, by that Person.


 


(o)               
The phrase “to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law” shall include, but not be limited to: (a) to
the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the provision of the DGCL that authorizes or contemplates additional indemnification by
agreement, or the corresponding provision of any amendment to or replacement of the DGCL, and (b) to the fullest extent authorized
or permitted by any amendments to or replacements of the DGCL adopted after the date of this Agreement that increase the extent to which
a corporation may indemnify its officers and directors.


 


3.                  
INDEMNITY IN THIRD-PARTY PROCEEDINGS. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the
Company shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3 if Indemnitee was, is,
or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant (as a witness, deponent or otherwise) in any Proceeding, other than a Proceeding
by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status. Pursuant to this
Section 3, Indemnitee shall be indemnified, held harmless and exonerated against all Expenses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties
and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect
of such Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually, and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his
or her behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner
he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of a criminal Proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful; provided, in no event shall Indemnitee be entitled to be indemnified,
held harmless or advanced any amounts hereunder in respect of any Expenses, judgments, liabilities, fines, penalties and amounts paid
in settlement (if any) that Indemnitee may incur by reason of his or her own actual fraud or intentional misconduct. Indemnitee shall
not be found to have committed actual fraud or intentional misconduct for any purpose of this Agreement unless or until a court of competent
jurisdiction shall have made a finding to that effect.


 


4.                  
INDEMNITY IN PROCEEDINGS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, the Company shall indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section
4 if Indemnitee was, is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant (as a witness, deponent or otherwise) in any Proceeding
by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status. Pursuant to this
Section 4, Indemnitee shall be indemnified, held harmless and exonerated against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him
or her or on his or her behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith
and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. No indemnification, hold harmless
or exoneration for Expenses shall be made under this Section 4 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have
been finally adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that any court in
which the Proceeding was brought or the Delaware Court shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but
in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, to be held harmless or
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5.                   INDEMNIFICATION
FOR EXPENSES OF A PARTY WHO IS WHOLLY OR PARTLY SUCCESSFUL. Notwithstanding any other provisions
of this Agreement except for Section 27, to the extent that Indemnitee was or is, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate
Status, a party to (or a participant in) and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding or in defense of any
claim, issue or matter therein, in whole or in part, the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection
therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or
more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or
her or on his or her behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. If Indemnitee is not wholly
successful in such Proceeding, the Company also shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify, hold harmless
and exonerate Indemnitee against all Expenses reasonably incurred in connection with a claim, issue or matter related to any claim,
issue, or matter on which Indemnitee was successful. For purposes of this Section and without limitation, the termination of any
claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to
such claim, issue or matter.


 


6.                  
INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF A WITNESS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement
except for Section 27, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his or her Corporate Status, a witness or deponent in any Proceeding
to which Indemnitee was or is not a party or threatened to be made a party, he or she shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, be indemnified, held harmless and exonerated against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her or on his or her
behalf in connection therewith.


 


7.                  
ADDITIONAL INDEMNIFICATION, HOLD HARMLESS AND EXONERATION RIGHTS. Notwithstanding any limitation
in Sections 3, 4, or 5, except for Section 27, the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify, hold harmless
and exonerate Indemnitee if Indemnitee is a party to or threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or
in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor) against all Expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in
settlement (including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses, judgments,
fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the Proceeding. No
indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration rights shall be available under this Section 7 on account of Indemnitee’s conduct
which constitutes a breach of Indemnitee’s duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders or is an act or omission not in good
faith or which involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law.


 


8.                  
CONTRIBUTION IN THE EVENT OF JOINT LIABILITY.


 


(a)               
To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification, hold harmless and/or exoneration rights provided
for in this Agreement are unavailable to Indemnitee in whole or in part for any reason whatsoever, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying,
holding harmless or exonerating Indemnitee, shall pay, in the first instance, the entire amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for judgments,
liabilities, fines, penalties, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and/or for Expenses, in connection with any Proceeding without
requiring Indemnitee to contribute to such payment, and the Company hereby waives and relinquishes any right of contribution it may have
at any time against Indemnitee.


 


(b)               
The Company shall not enter into any settlement of any Proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would
be if joined in such Proceeding) unless such settlement provides for a full and final release of all claims asserted against Indemnitee.


 


(c)               
The Company hereby agrees to fully indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee from any claims for contribution which may
be brought by officers, directors or employees of the Company other than Indemnitee who may be jointly liable with Indemnitee.


 






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9.                  
 EXCLUSIONS. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement (except for section 27), the Company
shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnification, advance expenses, hold harmless or exoneration payment in connection
with any claim made against Indemnitee:


 


(a)               
for which payment has actually been received by or on behalf of Indemnitee under any insurance policy or other indemnity or advancement
provision, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount actually received under any insurance policy, contract, agreement, other
indemnity or advancement provision or otherwise;


 


(b)               
for an accounting of profits made from the purchase and sale (or sale and purchase) by Indemnitee of securities of the Company
within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act (or any successor rule) or similar provisions of state statutory law or common
law; or


 


(c)               
except as otherwise provided in Sections 14(f) and (g) hereof, prior to a Change in Control, in connection with any Proceeding
(or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee
against the Company or its directors, officers, employees or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Board authorized the Proceeding (or
any part of any Proceeding) prior to its initiation or (ii) the Company provides the indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration
payment, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law. Indemnitee shall seek payments or
advances from the Company only to the extent that such payments or advances are unavailable from any insurance policy of the Company covering
Indemnitee.


 


10.               
ADVANCES OF EXPENSES; DEFENSE OF CLAIM.


 


(a)               
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary except for Section 27, and to the fullest extent not prohibited
by applicable law, the Company shall pay the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee (or reasonably expected by Indemnitee to be incurred by Indemnitee
within three months) in connection with any Proceeding within ten (10) days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements
requesting such advances from time to time, prior to the final disposition of any Proceeding. Advances shall, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, be unsecured and interest free. Advances shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be made without regard to Indemnitee’s
ability to repay the Expenses and without regard to Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to be indemnified, held harmless or exonerated
under the other provisions of this Agreement. Advances shall include any and all reasonable Expenses incurred pursuing a Proceeding to
enforce this right of advancement, including Expenses incurred preparing and forwarding statements to the Company to support the advances
claimed. To the fullest extent required by applicable law, such payments of Expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding
shall be made only upon the Company’s receipt of an undertaking, by or on behalf of Indemnitee, to repay the advanced amounts to
the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company under the provisions of this
Agreement, the Charter, the Bylaws of the Company, applicable law or otherwise. If it shall be determined by a final judgment or other
final adjudication that Indemnitee was not so entitled to indemnification, any advancement shall be returned to the Company (without interest)
by the Indemnitee. This Section 10(a) shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which an indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration
payment is excluded pursuant to Section 9 but shall apply to any Proceeding referenced in Section 9(b) prior to a final determination
that Indemnitee is liable therefor.


 


(b)               
The Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense.


 


(c)               
The Company shall not settle any action, claim or Proceeding (in whole or in part) which would impose any Expense, judgment, fine,
penalty or limitation on Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s prior written consent.


 






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11.               
 PROCEDURE FOR NOTIFICATION AND APPLICATION FOR INDEMNIFICATION.


 


(a)               
Indemnitee agrees to notify promptly the Company in writing upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint,
indictment, information or other document relating to any Proceeding, claim, issue or matter therein which may be subject to indemnification,
hold harmless or exoneration rights, or advancement of Expenses covered hereunder. The failure of Indemnitee to so notify the Company
shall not relieve the Company of any obligation which it may have to Indemnitee under this Agreement, or otherwise.


 


(b)               
Indemnitee may deliver to the Company a written application to indemnify, hold harmless or exonerate Indemnitee in accordance with
this Agreement. Such application(s) may be delivered from time to time and at such time(s) as Indemnitee deems appropriate in his or her
sole discretion. Following such a written application for indemnification by Indemnitee, Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification
shall be determined according to Section 12(a) of this Agreement.


 


12.               
PROCEDURE UPON APPLICATION FOR INDEMNIFICATION.


 


(a)               
A determination, if required by applicable law, with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification shall be made
in the specific case by one of the following methods, which shall be at the election of Indemnitee: (i) by a majority vote of the
Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board, (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by majority
vote of such directors, (iii) if there are no Disinterested Directors or if such directors so direct, by Independent Counsel in a
written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee, or (iv) by vote of the stockholders. The Company
promptly will advise Indemnitee in writing with respect to any determination that Indemnitee is or is not entitled to indemnification,
including a description of any reason or basis for which indemnification has been denied. If it is so determined that Indemnitee is entitled
to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall be made within ten (10) days after such determination. Indemnitee shall reasonably
cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification,
including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information which is not privileged
or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination.
Any costs or Expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the
person, persons or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee’s
entitlement to indemnification) and the Company hereby agrees to indemnify and to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom.


 






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(b)               
In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 12(a)
hereof, the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 12(b). The Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee
(unless Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Board), and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising
it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected and certifying that the Independent Counsel so selected meets the requirements
of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement. If the Independent Counsel is selected by the
Board, the Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising him or her of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected
and certifying that the Independent Counsel so selected meets the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined
in Section 2 of this Agreement. In either event, Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, may, within ten (10) days after
such written notice of selection shall have been received, deliver to the Company or to Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection
to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected
does not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement, and the objection
shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected
shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is so made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may not
serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court of competent jurisdiction has determined that such
objection is without merit. If, within twenty (20) days after submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification
pursuant to Section 11(b) hereof, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the Company or Indemnitee
may petition the Delaware Court for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other’s
selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the Delaware Court, and the
person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section
12(a) hereof. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 14(a) of this Agreement, Independent
Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional
conduct then prevailing).


 


(c)               
The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of Independent Counsel and to fully indemnify and hold harmless such
Independent Counsel against any and all Expenses, claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its
engagement pursuant hereto.


 


13.               
PRESUMPTIONS AND EFFECT OF CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS.


 


(a)               
In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person, persons or entity making such determination
shall presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement if Indemnitee has submitted a request for indemnification
in accordance with Section 11(b) of this Agreement, and the Company shall have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in connection
with the making by any person, persons or entity of any determination contrary to that presumption. Neither the failure of the Company
(including by the Disinterested Directors or Independent Counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of any action
pursuant to this Agreement that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct,
nor an actual determination by the Company (including by the Disinterested Directors or Independent Counsel) that Indemnitee has not met
such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable
standard of conduct.


 


(b)               
If the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under Section 12 of this Agreement to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled
to indemnification shall not have made a determination within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of the request therefor,
the requisite determination of entitlement to indemnification shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be deemed to have been made
and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission
of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification,
or (ii) a final judicial determination that any or all such indemnification is expressly prohibited under applicable law; provided,
however, that such 30-day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional fifteen (15) days, if the person,
persons or entity making the determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time
for the obtaining or evaluating of documentation and/or information relating thereto.


 


(c)                The
termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea
of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself adversely
affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner
which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal
Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.


 






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(d)               
For purposes of any determination of good faith, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if Indemnitee’s action
is based on the records or books of account of the Enterprise, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee
by the directors, manager, or officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise,
its Board, any committee of the Board or any director, trustee, general partner, manager or managing member, or on information or records
given or reports made to the Enterprise, its Board, any committee of the Board or any director, trustee, general partner, manager or managing
member, by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected by the Enterprise, its Board, any committee
of the Board or any director, trustee, general partner, manager or managing member. The provisions of this Section 13(d) shall not be
deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which Indemnitee may be deemed or found to have met the applicable
standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement.


 


(e)               
The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any other director, officer, trustee, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary,
agent or employee of the Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under
this Agreement.


 


14.               
REMEDIES OF INDEMNITEE.


 


(a)               
In the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to
indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, is not timely
made pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant
to Section 12(a) of this Agreement within 30 days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification, (iv) payment
of indemnification is not made pursuant to Sections 5, 6, 7 or the last sentence of Section 12(a) of this Agreement within ten (10) days
after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, (v) a contribution payment is not made in a timely manner pursuant to
Section 8 of this Agreement, (vi) payment of indemnification pursuant to Section 3 or 4 of this Agreement is not made within ten
(10) days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, or (vii) payment to Indemnitee
pursuant to any hold harmless or exoneration rights under this Agreement or otherwise is not made in accordance with this Agreement within
ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication by the
Delaware Court to such indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration, contribution or advancement rights. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at
his or her option, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules
and Mediation Procedures of the American Arbitration Association. Except as set forth herein, the provisions of Delaware law (without
regard to its conflict of laws rules) shall apply to any such arbitration. The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek
any such adjudication or award in arbitration.


 


(b)               
In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled
to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 shall be conducted in all respects as
a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination.


 






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(c)                In
any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14, Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to be
indemnified, held harmless, exonerated to receive advancement of Expenses under this Agreement and the Company shall have the burden
of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, held harmless, exonerated and to receive advancement of Expenses, as the
case may be, and the Company may not refer to or introduce into evidence any determination pursuant to Section 12(a) of this
Agreement adverse to Indemnitee for any purpose. If Indemnitee commences a judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to this
Section 14, Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any advances pursuant to Section 10 until a final
determination is made with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification (as to which all rights of appeal have been
exhausted or lapsed).


 


(d)               
If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification,
the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14, absent
(i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement
not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under
applicable law.


 


(e)               
The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 14 that
the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before
any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement.


 


(f)                
The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law against all Expenses and, if requested
by Indemnitee, shall (within ten (10) days after the Company’s receipt of such written request) pay to Indemnitee, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, such Expenses which are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any judicial proceeding or arbitration
brought by Indemnitee: (i) to enforce his or her rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement or any other indemnification,
hold harmless, exoneration, advancement or contribution agreement or provision of the Charter, or the Bylaws now or hereafter in effect;
or (ii) for recovery or advances under any insurance policy maintained by any person for the benefit of Indemnitee, regardless of
the outcome and whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration right,
advancement, contribution or insurance recovery, as the case may be (unless such judicial proceeding or arbitration was not brought by
Indemnitee in good faith).


 


(g)               
Interest shall be paid by the Company to Indemnitee at the legal rate under Delaware law for amounts which the Company indemnifies,
holds harmless or exonerates, or advances, or is obliged to indemnify, hold harmless or exonerate or advance for the period commencing
with the date on which Indemnitee requests indemnification, to be held harmless, exonerated, contribution, reimbursement or advancement
of any Expenses and ending with the date on which such payment is made to Indemnitee by the Company.


 


15.               
SECURITY. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except for Section 27, to the extent
requested by Indemnitee and approved by the Board, the Company may at any time, and from time to time, provide security to Indemnitee
for the Company’s obligations hereunder through an irrevocable bank line of credit, funded trust or other collateral. Any such security,
once provided to Indemnitee, may not be revoked or released without the prior written consent of Indemnitee.


 






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16.          NON-EXCLUSIVITY;
SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS; INSURANCE; SUBROGATION.


 


(a)                The
rights of Indemnitee as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any
time be entitled under applicable law, the Charter, the Bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or a resolution of directors,
or otherwise. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of
Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any Proceeding (regardless of when such Proceeding is first threatened, commenced or
completed) or claim, issue or matter therein arising out of, or related to, any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his or
her Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. To the extent that a change in applicable law, whether by
statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification, hold harmless or exoneration rights or advancement of Expenses than
would be afforded currently under the Charter, the Bylaws or this Agreement, then this Agreement (without any further action by the
parties hereto) shall automatically be deemed to be amended to require that the Company indemnify the Indemnitee to the fullest
extent permitted by law. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every
other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not
prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.


 


(b)               
The DGCL, the Charter and the Bylaws permit the Company to purchase and maintain insurance or furnish similar protection or make
other arrangements including, but not limited to, providing a trust fund, letter of credit, or surety bond (“Indemnification
Arrangements”) on behalf of Indemnitee against any liability asserted against him or her or incurred by or on behalf of him
or her or in such capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether
or not the Company would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement or under
the DGCL, as it may then be in effect. The purchase, establishment, and maintenance of any such Indemnification Arrangement shall not
in any way limit or affect the rights and obligations of the Company or of Indemnitee under this Agreement except as expressly provided
herein, and the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and Indemnitee shall not in any way limit or affect the rights
and obligations of the Company or the other party or parties thereto under any such Indemnification Arrangement.


 


(c)               
To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, officers,
trustees, partners, managers, managing members, fiduciaries, employees, or agents of the Company or of any other Enterprise which such
person serves at the request of the Company, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms
to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any such director, officer, trustee, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary,
employee or agent under such policy or policies. If, at the time the Company receives notice from any source of a Proceeding as to which
Indemnitee is a party or a participant (as a witness, deponent or otherwise), the Company has director and officer liability insurance
in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of such Proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the
respective policies. The Company shall thereafter use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee,
all amounts payable as a result of such Proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies.


 


(d)               
In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall be subrogated to the
extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary
to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.
No such payment by the Company shall be deemed to relieve any insurer of its obligations.


 


(e)                The
Company’s obligation to indemnify, hold harmless, exonerate or advance Expenses hereunder to Indemnitee who is or was serving
at the request of the Company as a director, officer, trustee, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of
any other Enterprise shall be reduced by any amount Indemnitee has actually received as indemnification, hold harmless or
exoneration payments or advancement of expenses from such Enterprise. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the
contrary except for Section 27, (i) Indemnitee shall have no obligation to reduce, offset, allocate, pursue or apportion any
indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration, advancement, contribution or insurance coverage among multiple parties possessing such
duties to Indemnitee prior to the Company’s satisfaction and performance of all its obligations under this Agreement, and
(ii) the Company shall perform fully its obligations under this Agreement without regard to whether Indemnitee holds, may
pursue or has pursued any indemnification, advancement, hold harmless, exoneration, contribution or insurance coverage rights
against any person or entity other than the Company.


 






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(f)                
Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the Company is the primary indemnitor, and any indemnification or advancement obligation
of the Sponsor or its affiliates or members or any other Person is secondary.


 


17.           DURATION
OF AGREEMENT. All agreements and obligations of the Company contained herein shall continue during
the period Indemnitee serves as a director or officer of the Company or as a director, officer, trustee, partner, manager, managing member,
fiduciary, employee or agent of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other Enterprise which
Indemnitee serves at the request of the Company and shall continue thereafter so long as Indemnitee shall be subject to any possible
Proceeding (including any rights of appeal thereto and any Proceeding commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 14 of this Agreement)
by reason of his or her Corporate Status, whether or not he or she is acting in any such capacity at the time any liability or expense
is incurred for which indemnification or advancement can be provided under this Agreement.


 


18.          SEVERABILITY.
If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any
Section, paragraph or sentence of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is
not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the
fullest extent permitted by law; (b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to
applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions
of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section, paragraph or sentence of this Agreement containing any
such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed
so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.


 


19.           ENFORCEMENT
AND BINDING EFFECT.


 


(a)               
The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby
in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as a director, officer or key employee of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee
is relying upon this Agreement in serving as a director, officer or key employee of the Company.


 


(b)               
Without limiting any of the rights of Indemnitee under the Charter or Bylaws of the Company as they may be amended from time to
time, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes
all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.


 


(c)                The
indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration and advancement of expenses rights provided by or granted pursuant to this Agreement
shall be binding upon and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns (including any direct or
indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the
Company), shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or a
director, officer, trustee, general partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other Enterprise at the
Company’s request, and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and his or her spouse, assigns, heirs, devisees, executors and
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(d)               
The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise)
to all, substantially all or a substantial part, of the business and/or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the
Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.


 


(e)               
The Company and Indemnitee agree herein that a monetary remedy for breach of this Agreement, at some later date, may be inadequate,
impracticable and difficult of proof, and further agree that such breach may cause Indemnitee irreparable harm. Accordingly, the parties
hereto agree that Indemnitee may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, enforce this Agreement by seeking, among other things, injunctive
relief and/or specific performance hereof, without any necessity of showing actual damage or irreparable harm and that by seeking injunctive
relief and/or specific performance, Indemnitee shall not be precluded from seeking or obtaining any other relief to which he or she may
be entitled. The Company and Indemnitee further agree that Indemnitee shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be entitled to such
specific performance and injunctive relief, including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions,
without the necessity of posting bonds or other undertaking in connection therewith. The Company acknowledges that in the absence of a
waiver, a bond or undertaking may be required of Indemnitee by a court of competent jurisdiction, and the Company hereby waives any such
requirement of such a bond or undertaking to the fullest extent permitted by law.


 


20.           MODIFICATION AND WAIVER. No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be
binding unless executed in writing by the Company and Indemnitee. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed
or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions of this Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver.


 


21.           NOTICES.
All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly
given (i) if delivered by hand and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed,
on such delivery, or (ii) if mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third (3rd) business day after
the date on which it is so mailed:


 


(a)               
If to Indemnitee, at the address indicated on the signature page of this Agreement, or such other address as Indemnitee shall provide
in writing to the Company.


 


(b)               
If to the Company, to:


 


	
    Monterey Bio Acquisition Corporation

    17 State Street

    21st Floor

    New York, NY 10004

    Attn: Chief Executive Officer

    E-mail: sanjeev@montereybio.com

     

    With a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to:

     

    Greenberg Traurig, LLP

    1750 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 1000

    McLean, Virginia 22102

    Attn: Jason Simon, Esq.




E-mail: simonj@gtlaw.com


 


or to any other address as may have been furnished
to Indemnitee in writing by the Company.


 






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22.           APPLICABLE
LAW AND CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall be
governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws
rules. Except with respect to any arbitration commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 14(a) of this Agreement, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, the Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally: (a) agree that any action or proceeding arising
out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Delaware Court and not in any other state or federal court in
the United States of America or any court in any other country; (b) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware
Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement; (c) waive any objection to the
laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court; and (d) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim
that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum, or is subject
(in whole or in part) to a jury trial. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the parties hereby agree that the mailing of process and
other papers in connection with any such action or proceeding in the manner provided by Section 21 or in such other manner as may be
permitted by law, shall be valid and sufficient service thereof.


 


23.           IDENTICAL
COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all
purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart
signed by the party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement.


 


24.           MISCELLANEOUS.
The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this
Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.


 


25.           PERIOD
OF LIMITATIONS. No legal action shall be brought and no cause of action shall be asserted by or in
the right of the Company against Indemnitee, Indemnitee’s spouse, heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives after the
expiration of two years from the date of accrual of such cause of action, and any claim or cause of action of the Company shall be extinguished
and deemed released unless asserted by the timely filing of a legal action within such two-year period; provided, however, that if any
shorter period of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such cause of action such shorter period shall govern.


 


26.           ADDITIONAL
ACTS. If for the validation of any of the provisions in this Agreement any act, resolution, approval
or other procedure is required to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company undertakes to cause such act, resolution, approval
or other procedure to be affected or adopted in a manner that will enable the Company to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement.


 


27.           WAIVER
OF CLAIMS TO TRUST ACCOUNT. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Indemnitee hereby
agrees that it does not have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind (each, a “Claim”) in or to any monies
in the trust account established in connection with the Company’s initial public offering for the benefit of the Company and holders
of shares issued in such offering, and hereby waives any Claim it may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any services
provided to the Company and will not seek recourse against such trust account for any reason whatsoever. Accordingly, Indemnitee acknowledges
and agrees that any indemnification provided hereto will only be able to be satisfied by the Company if (i) the Company has sufficient
funds outside of the trust account to satisfy its obligations hereunder or (ii) the Company consummates a Business Combination.


 






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28.           MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and
maintain in effect during the entire period for which the Company is obligated to indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement, one or more
policies of insurance with reputable insurance companies to provide the officers and directors of the Company with coverage for losses
from wrongful acts and omissions and to ensure the Company’s performance of its indemnification obligations under this Agreement.
Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available
for any such director or officer under such policy or policies. In all such insurance policies, Indemnitee shall be named as an insured
in such a manner as to provide Indemnitee with the same rights and benefits as are accorded to the most favorably insured of the Company’s
directors and officers.


 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have
caused this Indemnity Agreement to be signed as of the day and year first above written.


 


	 	MONTEREY BIO ACQUISITION CORPORATION  
	 	 	 
	 	By: 	 
	 	Name:	Sanjeev Satyal
	 	Title:	Chief Executive Officer
	 	 	 
	 	INDEMNITEE
	 	 	 
	 	By: 	 
	 	Name:	 
	 	Address:	 






 


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