Document:

Exhibit 4.42

Exhibit 4.42

PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY LICENSE AGREEMENT

This Proprietary Technology License Agreement (hereinafter referred to as “this
Agreement”) is entered into by the following parties on July 13, 2010:

Party A: Xue Zhixin

PRC Identification Card No. : 140102196210230813

Party B: Primalights III Agriculture Development Co., Ltd.

WHEREAS:

	(1)	 	Party A is a citizen of the People’s Republic of China, who owns non-patent technologies
listed in Annex I (such technologies and related information, manual, handbook, files, etc.
hereinafter referred to as “Proprietary Technology”);

	(2)	 	Party B is a limited liability company duly registered and established in Taiyuan City,
Shanxi Province of China under the laws of China and primarily engages in the development and
production of agricultural seeds, tree seeds and species of live stock;

	(3)	 	Party A agrees to grant to Party B the exclusive right to use the Proprietary Technology
under this Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and Party
B agrees to accept such license in accordance with the same terms and conditions.

NOW, THEREFORE, both parties, through consultation, unanimously reach the agreements as
follows:

	1.	 	PERMISSION GRANT

	 
	1.1	 	Proprietary Technology

	 	(a)	 	Party A agrees, according to the terms and conditions under this Agreement, to
grant to Party B, and Party B agrees to accept the right to use the Proprietary
Technology in China according to the same terms and conditions. The license under this
Agreement is exclusive, and except with the written consent of Party A, Party B shall
not transfer the Proprietary Technology to any third party, nor shall it jointly share,
use, develop, improve or innovate the Proprietary Technology with any third party.

	 	(b)	 	Both parties agree that, should there be any improvement or innovation
technological achievements resulted during the course of using the Proprietary
Technology by Party B, the relevant rights and ownership shall be exclusively vested in
Party A unless it is otherwise provided by Chinese laws and regulations or mutually
agreed by both parties. Party B shall not hold any rights and interests.

 

 

 

	1.2	 	Scope

	 	(a)	 	The Proprietary Technology granted to Party B herein shall only be used on
Party B’s business in development and production of stock breeding. Unless provided in
this contract to the contrary, without written consent of Party A, Party B shall not
use the Proprietary Technology in other purpose or re-license for the use of any third
party, whether for normal application, training or commercial sharing.

	 	(b)	 	The right granted to Party B to use the Proprietary Technology herein shall be
effective only in China. Party B agrees not to use such Proprietary Technology, whether
directly or indirectly, in other geographical areas.

	2.	 	PAYMENT METHOD

Party B agrees to pay the Proprietary Technology license fee (hereinafter referred to as
“License Fee”) to Party A. The standard License Fee shall be RMB                      million per
year. Party B shall pay the License Fee for the current year to Party A’s designated account before
December 31 of each year.

Both parties shall bear their respective tax liabilities under this agreement in accordance with
the stipulations of laws.

	3.	 	PARTY A’S RIGHTS AND PROTECTION

	3.1	 	In the effective term of this Agreement and thereafter, Party B agrees not to challenge or
question the validity of the proprietary right and this Agreement in connection with the
aforesaid Proprietary Technology; and not to perform any acts that Party A believes will
impair Party A’s rights and license.

	3.2	 	Party B agrees to provide the necessary assistance to protect Party A’s rights on the
Proprietary Technology. Should any third party bring an infringement claim against Party A’s
Proprietary Technology, at Party A’s discretion, Party A may respond to such compensation
litigation in its own name, in Party B’s name or in both parties’ name. In the event any third
party commits any infringement behavior in connection with such Proprietary Technology, Party
B shall notify Party A such immediately within its scope of knowledge; only Party A is
entitled to decide whether to take action against such infringement behavior.

	3.3	 	Party B agrees to use the Proprietary Technology only in the manner as provided in this
Agreement and shall not use the Proprietary Technology in any manner which Party A deems as
deceptive, misleading or in other manner that may impair the Proprietary Technology or Party
A’s reputation.

 

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	4.	 	CONFIDENTIALITY PROVISIONS

	4.1	 	Party B shall keep confidential all the material and information (hereinafter referred to as
“Confidential Information”) understood or accessed by Party B as a result of accepting
the Proprietary Technology license; and upon the termination of this Agreement, Party B
shall, upon Party A’s request, return to Party A or destroy any such documents and materials
that contain Confidential Information, and shall delete any Confidential Information from
any relevant memory device, and shall discontinue using such Confidential Information.
Without the written consent of Party A, Party B shall not disclose to any third party, give
or transfer such Confidential Information.

	4.2	 	Both parties agree that this Article 4 shall remain valid regardless of whether this
Agreement shall become invalid, altered, discharged, terminated or unenforceable.

	5.	 	REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTY

	 
	5.1	 	Party A represents and warrants as follows:

	 	(a)	 	Party A has the right to execute and perform this Agreement and to adopt all
necessary and appropriate corporate actions to execute and deliver this Agreement not
to in violation of any restrictions imposed by laws and agreement binding or having an
effect upon it.

	 	(b)	 	This Agreement, once executed, shall constitute legitimate, valid, binding and
enforceable obligations on Party A under the conditions of this Agreement.

	 
	 	(c)	 	Party A shall hold full and complete rights towards the Proprietary Technology.

	5.2	 	Party B represents and warrants as follows:

	 	(a)	 	Party B is a validly existing limited liability company legally registered in
accordance with the Chinese laws.

	 	(b)	 	Party B signs and perform this Agreement within the power and business scope of
the company; adopted all necessary corporate actions, duly authorized, and obtained the
consent and approvals (as required) of third party or government; and not to in
violation of any restrictions imposed by laws and company policies and agreement
binding or having an effect upon it.

	 	(c)	 	This Agreement, once executed, shall constitute legitimate, valid, binding and
enforceable obligations on Party B under the conditions of this Agreement.

	6.	 	EFFECTIVENESS AND TERM

	6.1	 	This Agreement shall be effective when it is executed on the date written on the first page
of this Agreement. Unless it is early terminated according to this Agreement, this Agreement
shall remain effective during the operation term of Party B.

	6.2	 	On written consent by both parties, this Agreement is renewable upon expiry and the renewal
term shall be determined by both parties through consultation.

 

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	7.	 	DEFAULT RESPONSIBILITY AND TERMINATION

	 
	7.1	 	Default Responsibility

If Party B fails to pay the License Fee as scheduled in accordance with the provision
hereunder, Party A is entitled to issue a written reminder to remind Party B to pay the
outstanding License Fee, and Party B is entitled to collect a 3% of the relevant outstanding
License Fee as the default fine. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, either
party of this Agreement fails to perform the obligations under this Agreement or fails to
perform the obligations in comply with the relevant provisions of this Agreement, shall, at
the request of the non-defaulting party, to continue perform, or to adopt remedy measure and
to compensate the actual loss caused to the non-defaulting party.

	7.2	 	Discharge and Termination

	 
	 	 	During the effective term of this Agreement, Party A may, at any time, by giving a thirty
(30) day prior written notice to Party B, terminate this Agreement; unless as otherwise
expressly provided herein, without a reasonable written consent of Party A, Party B shall
not terminate or discharge this Agreement unilaterally.

	 
	7.3	 	Results of Termination or Expiration

After this Agreement terminates or expires, Party B shall no longer enjoy all the rights
granted to it under this Agreement. Party B shall not, directly or indirectly, use the
Proprietary Technology.

	8.	 	FORCE MAJEURE

	8.1	 	“Force Majeure” refers any event that is beyond the reasonable control of a party,
and it is unavoidable even under the reasonable care of the affected party, such events shall
include but not limited to: acts of government, forces of nature, fire, explosion, typhoon,
floods, earthquakes, tidal, lightning or war. However, credit, capital or financing shortage
shall not be considered as matters beyond a party’s reasonable control. The party, affected by
“Force Majeure”, seeks exemption from performing its responsibilities under this Agreement or
under any provision of this Agreement, shall notify the other party as soon as possible
regarding such matter of exemption

	8.2	 	When the performance of this Agreement is delayed or prevented due to the aforementioned
definition of “Force Majeure”, the affected party shall not assume any responsibility under
this Agreement provided that the affected party has endeavored its reasonable effort to
perform the agreement and to the extent of the part of the performance being delayed or
prevented. Once the cause of such liability exemption is redressed or remedied, both parties
agree to resume the performance of this Agreement with their best effort. If the influence of
force majeure has rendered the performance of this Agreement becomes impossible, both parties
agree, at the request of Party A, to use their greatest efforts to adopt other resolutions to
realize the purposes of this Agreement.

 

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	9.	 	DISPUTE RESOLUTION

In the event dispute in relation to the interpretation and performance of this Agreement
arises, both parties shall resolve such dispute through friendly consultation. Should
resolution cannot be reached within thirty (30) days after the request to resolve the
dispute is made by a party, either party may submit such dispute to China International
Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission for arbitration in accordance with the then
effective arbitration rules. The arbitration shall take place in Beijing and the language to
conduct the arbitration shall be in Chinese. The arbitral award shall be final and binding
upon both parties.

	10.	 	NOTICE

Notices or other communications required to be given by either party under this Agreement
shall be written in English or Chinese, and shall be delivered by hand delivery, registered
mail, postage prepaid mail, or a recognized courier service or facsimile to the following
addresses of the relevant party or both parties or to the other address notified by one
party to the other party from time to time or to the address of the other person it
specified. Notice is deemed delivered based on the following criteria: (a) on the same date
when hand delivery; (b) on the tenth (10th) day after the date of posting (as indicated by
postmark) of air registered mail (postage prepaid) or if it is sent by courier service, on
the fourth (4th) day after it is being delivered to an internationally recognized courier
service center; and (c) a notice sent by facsimile, the receiving time as shown on the
transmission confirmation of the relevant documents is regarded as the actual time
delivered.

Party A: Mr. Xue Zhixin

Address: 25th Floor, Jin Gang Hotel,

No.91 Bing Zhou North Road,

Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province

Fax: 0351-4727112

Postal code: 030001

Party B: Primalights III Agriculture Development Co., Ltd.

Address: Primalights III Agriculture Development Co., Ltd.

Middle Area of Highway 73, Zhuang Er Shang Village,

Huang Ling Rural Area, Xiaodian District, Taiyuan City

Attention: Xue Zhixin

Fax: 0351- 7123671

Postal code: 030031

 

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	11.	 	RETRANSFER, SUBLICENSE

	 
	 	 	Without the prior written consent of Party A, Party B shall not transfer, pledge or
sublicense the rights and obligations of and under this Agreement.

	 
	12.	 	GOVERNING LAW

	 
	 	 	The validity, performance and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by laws of
China.

	 
	13.	 	AMENDMENT AND SUPPLEMENT

	 
	 	 	Amendments and supplements to this Agreement shall be made in the form of a written
instrument. The relevant amendment agreement and supplemental agreement to this Agreement,
duly signed by both parties, shall be an integral part of this Agreement and shall have the
same legal effect as this Agreement.

	 
	14.	 	SEVERABILITY

	 
	 	 	If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable due to the inconsistency
with the relevant laws, then such provision shall be deemed invalid only within the scope of
the related jurisdiction and that it shall not affect the legality of the other provisions
under this Agreement.

	 
	15.	 	ANNEX

	 
	 	 	Any annex of this Agreement is an integral part of this Agreement, and it shall have the
same legal effect.

	 
	 	 	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, both parties have caused their legal representative or authorized
representative to execute this Agreement on the date first above written.

	 
	16.	 	DUPLICATES

	 
	 	 	This Agreement is signed in quadruplicate, each party holds two originals and each original
shall have the same legal force and effect.

[SIGNATURE PAGES TO FOLLOW]

 

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	PARTY A: Xue Zhixin
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Signature:	 	/s/ Xue Zhixin	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	PARTY B : Primalights III Agriculture Development Co., Ltd.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Signature:	 	/s/ Xue Zhixin	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Xue Zhixin	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Legal Representative	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Seal:
	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

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ANNEX I LIST OF PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY

 

8Exhibit 4.43

Exhibit 4.43

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

REGARDING THE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT REGARDING THE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (this
“Assignment”) is entered into on July 13, 2010, between Aero-Biotech Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
(the “Assignor”), a wholly foreign-owned enterprise organized in Beijing, China under the laws of
the PRC and Mr. Xue Zhixin (Chinese citizen, ID number 140102196210230813) (the “Assignee”).

WHEREAS, the Assignor and Primalights III Agriculture Development Co., Ltd. (“P3A”) are
parties to the Exclusive Technology Development, Technology Support and Technology Service
Agreement dated as of June 8, 2007 (as amended from time to time, the “Technology Development
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Assignor owned the exclusive right to provide the technology
development, technology support and technology service to P3A, and the Assignor was entitled to
transfer its rights and obligations under the Technology Development Agreement to any third party
by delivering written notice, without prior written consent obtained by P3A or its shareholders;

WHEREAS, Agria Corporation, a company organized and existing under the laws of Cayman Islands
(“Agria”) and the Assignee are parties to certain share purchase agreement (the “Share Purchase
Agreement”) dated as of the date of this Assignment, pursuant to which the Agria purchases certain
shares of Agria owned by the Assignee;

WHEREAS, the Assignor desires to assign, and the Assignee desires to assume, the rights and
obligations under the Technology Development Agreement on terms and conditions set forth therein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as
follows, and capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meaning
ascribed to them in the Technology Development Agreement and the Share Purchase Agreement:

	 	1.	 	Assignment and Assumption

The Assignor hereby assigns and transfers to the Assignee all of all of its right,
title and interest in, to and under, and delegates to Assignee all of its duties,
liabilities and obligations under, the Technology Development Agreement at the
closing of the transactions contemplated by this Assignment (the “Closing”), upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Assignment, and the
Assignee hereby accepts and assumes all of Assignor’s rights, titles and interests
in, to and under, and all of Assignor’s duties, liabilities and obligations under
the Technology Development Agreement and agrees to perform under and be bound by the
terms of the Technology Development Agreement.

 

 

 

	 	2.	 	Closing

The Closing of the purchase and sale of Shares shall take place in Taiyuan, Shanxi
Province, China on July 13, 2010 or later as agreed by the Seller and the Purchaser
(the “Closing Date”).

	 	3.	 	Representations and Warranties

	 	a.	 	The Assignor represents and warrants to the Assignee that:

	 	(i)	 	it has not assigned, mortgaged, pledged,
encumbered, or otherwise hypothecated any of its right, title or
interest under the Technology Development Agreement, except as set
forth in this Assignment;

	 	(ii)	 	the execution, delivery and performance of this
Assignment, including but not limited to the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not
violate, conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a
default (or create an event which, with notice or lapse of time or
both, would constitute a default in the Technology Development
Agreement) of the terms, conditions or provisions under the Technology
Development Agreement;

	 	(iii)	 	the Assignor has full power and authority to
enter into this Assignment, perform the obligations of such party
hereunder and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. All
necessary and appropriate action has been taken by such party with
respect to the execution and delivery of this Assignment. This
Assignment constitutes the valid and binding obligation of such party
enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar
laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’
rights and to general equity principles.

	 	b.	 	The Assignee represents and warrants to the Assignor that it
has full power and authority to enter into this Assignment, perform the
obligations of such party hereunder and consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. All necessary and appropriate action has been taken by
such party with respect to the execution and delivery of this Assignment. This
Assignment constitutes the valid and binding obligation of such party
enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general
equity principles.

 

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	 	4.	 	Conditions Precedent

	 	a.	 	the obligations of the Assignor to complete the Closing, unless
otherwise waived in writing by the Assignor, are subject to the fulfillment of
each of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date:

	 	(i)	 	the representations and warranties of the
Assignee shall be true and correct on the Closing Date;

	 	(ii)	 	the Share Purchase Agreement has been fully
executed;

	 	(iii)	 	the documents required in Section 6.01(a) to
Section 6.01(f) under the Share Transfer Agreement have been fully
executed; and

	 	(iv)	 	the conditions required in Section 6.02 under
the Share Transfer Agreement have been satisfied.

	 	b.	 	The obligations of the Assignee to complete the Closing, unless
otherwise waived in writing by the Assignee, are subject to the fulfillment of
each of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date:

	 	(i)	 	the representations and warranties of the
Assignor shall be true and correct on the Closing Date;

	 	(ii)	 	the Share Purchase Agreement has been fully
executed; and

	 	(iii)	 	the conditions required in Section 6.03 under
the Share Transfer Agreement have been satisfied.

	 	5.	 	Termination

	 
	 	 	 	This Assignment shall be terminated at any time prior to the Closing by a mutual
written consent of the Assignor and the Assignee.

	 
	 	6.	 	Expense

	 
	 	 	 	All costs and expenses, including but not limited to, fees and disbursements of
counsel, financial advisors and accountants, incurred in connection with this
Assignment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party
incurring such costs and expenses.

	 
	 	7.	 	Severability

	 
	 	 	 	If any term or other provision of this Assignment is invalid, illegal or incapable
of being enforced by any law or public policy, all other terms and provisions of
this Assignment shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the
economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected
in any manner materially adverse to either party hereto. Upon such determination
that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced,
the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Assignment so as to
effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable
manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as
originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

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	 	8.	 	Amendment

	 
	 	 	 	This Assignment may not be amended or modified except by an instrument in writing
signed by, or on behalf of, the Assignor and the Assignee.

	 
	 	9.	 	Assignment and Succession

	 
	 	 	 	This Assignment may not be assigned by operation of law or otherwise without the
express written consent of the other party (which consent may be granted or withheld
in the sole discretion of such party). This Assignment shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
permitted assigns.

	 
	 	10.	 	Governing Law, Arbitration

	 
	 	 	 	This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of
the People’s Republic of China. In the event that a dispute arises in connection
with the interpretation or implementation of this Agreement, the parties shall
attempt in the first instance to resolve such dispute through friendly
consultations. If the dispute is not resolved through consultations within thirty
(30) days after any party has served a written notice on the other parties
requesting the commencement of consultations, then any party may submit the dispute
for arbitration to the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
in accordance with its rules in force at the time. The arbitration shall take place
in Beijing and be conducted in Chinese. The arbitration award shall be final,
binding and non-appealable on the parties.

	 
	 	11.	 	Notices

	 
	 	 	 	All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder will be in
writing and will be given or made and will be deemed to have been duly given or made
upon receipt by delivery in person, by courier service, by confirmed telecopy (with
a copy sent by another means specified herein), or by registered or certified mail
(postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the parties at the following
addresses or at such other address for a party as will be specified by like notice.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	If to the Assignor:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Aero-Biotech Science & Technology Co., Ltd.

Address: 21th Floor, Tower B, Pingan
 International Financial Center, No. 1-3

Xinyuan South Road, Chaoyang District,
 Beijing

Attn: Xie Tao

Fax: 010-84381003

Postcode: 100027

 

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	 	If to the Assignee:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Mr. Xue Zhixin

Address: 25th Floor, Jin Gang Hotel,

No.91 Bing Zhou North Road,

Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province

Fax: 0351-4727112

Postcode: 030001

	 	12.	 	Headings

The descriptive headings contained in this Assignment are for convenience of
reference only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this
Assignment.

	 	13.	 	Language

This Assignment is written in the Chinese language.

[SIGNATURE PAGES TO FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser and the Seller have caused this Agreement to be executed by their
duly authorized representatives as of the date first written above.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ASSIGNOR	 	 	 	ASSIGNEE	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Aero-Biotech Science & Technology Co., Ltd.	 	 	 	Xue Zhixin	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:	 	/s/ Xue Tao	 	 	 	/s/ Xue Zhixin	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Xie Tao	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Chief Executive Officer	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Seal:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

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