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EX-10.7

 Exhibit 10.7 

GELESIS INC. 
 Nonstatutory Stock
Option Agreement 
 Granted Under 2006 Stock Incentive Plan 
  

	1.	Grant of Option. 

 This agreement evidences the grant by Gelesis, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), on            , 200   (the “Grant Date”) to
                    , an employee, consultant or director of the Company (the “Participant”), of an option to purchase, in whole or in
part, on the terms provided herein and in the Company’s 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), a total of                  shares (the
“Shares”) of common stock, $.0001 par value per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) at $         per Share. Unless earlier terminated, this option shall expire on
                     (the “Final Exercise Date”). 

It is intended that the option evidenced by this agreement shall not be an incentive stock option as defined in Section 422 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Code”). Except as otherwise indicated by the context, the term “Participant”, as used in this option, shall be deemed to include any
person who acquires the right to exercise this option validly under its terms. 
  

	2.	Vesting Schedule. 

 This option will become exercisable (“vest”)
as to     % of the original number of Shares on the first anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date (as defined below) and as to an additional     % of the original number of Shares at the end of each
successive three-month period following the first anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date until the fourth anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date. For purposes of this Agreement, the “Vesting Commencement Date” shall mean
            , 200  . 
 The right of exercise
shall be cumulative so that to the extent the option is not exercised in any period to the maximum extent permissible it shall continue to be exercisable, in whole or in part, with respect to all shares for which it is vested until the earlier of
the Final Exercise Date or the termination of this option under Section 3 hereof or the Plan. 
  

	3.	Exercise of Option. 

 (a) Form of Exercise. Each election to exercise this option
shall be accompanied by a completed Notice of Stock Option Exercise in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, signed by the Participant, and received by the Company at its principal office, accompanied by this agreement, and payment in full
in the manner provided in the Plan. The Participant may purchase less than the number of shares covered hereby, provided that no partial exercise of this option may be for any fractional share or for fewer than ten whole shares. 

(b) Continuous Relationship with the Company Required. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3, this option may not be
exercised unless the Participant, at the time he or she exercises this option, is, and has been at all times since the Grant Date, an employee, officer or director of, or consultant or advisor to, the Company or any parent or subsidiary of the
Company as defined in Section 424(e) or (f) of the Code (an “Eligible Participant”). 

 (c) Termination of Relationship with the Company. If the Participant ceases to be an
Eligible Participant for any reason, then, except as provided in paragraphs (d) and (e) below, the right to exercise this option shall terminate three months after such cessation (but in no event after the Final Exercise Date),
provided that this option shall be exercisable only to the extent that the Participant was entitled to exercise this option on the date of such cessation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Participant, prior to the Final Exercise
Date, violates the non-competition or confidentiality provisions of any employment contract, confidentiality and nondisclosure agreement or other agreement between the Participant and the Company, the right to exercise this option shall terminate
immediately upon such violation. 
 (d) Exercise Period Upon Death or Disability. If the Participant dies or becomes disabled (within
the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code) prior to the Final Exercise Date while he or she is an Eligible Participant and the Company has not terminated such relationship for “cause” as specified in paragraph (e) below, this
option shall be exercisable, within the period of one year following the date of death or disability of the Participant, by the Participant (or in the case of death by an authorized transferee), provided that this option shall be
exercisable only to the extent that this option was exercisable by the Participant on the date of his or her death or disability, and further provided that this option shall not be exercisable after the Final Exercise Date. 

(e) Discharge for Cause. If the Participant, prior to the Final Exercise Date, is discharged by the Company for “cause” (as
defined below), the right to exercise this option shall terminate immediately upon the effective date of such discharge. “Cause” shall mean willful misconduct by the Participant or willful failure by the Participant to perform his or her
responsibilities to the Company (including, without limitation, breach by the Participant of any provision of any employment, consulting, advisory, nondisclosure, non-competition or other similar agreement between the Participant and the Company),
as determined by the Company, which determination shall be conclusive. The Participant shall be considered to have been discharged for “Cause” if the Company determines, within 30 days after the Participant’s resignation, that
discharge for cause was warranted. 
  

	4.	Right of First Refusal and Restrictions on Transfer. 

 (a) If the Participant proposes to
sell, assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of, by operation of law or otherwise (collectively, “transfer”) any Shares acquired upon exercise of this option, then the Participant shall first give written notice of the
proposed transfer (the “Transfer Notice”) to the Company. The Transfer Notice shall name the proposed transferee and state the number of such Shares the Participant proposes to transfer (the “Offered Shares”), the price per share
and all other material terms and conditions of the transfer. 
 (b) For 60 days following its receipt of such Transfer Notice, the Company
shall have the option to purchase some or all of the Offered Shares at the price and upon the terms set forth in the Transfer Notice. In the event the Company elects to purchase any Offered Shares (the Offered Shares to be purchased by the Company
hereunder are referred to as the “Purchased 

  
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Shares”), it shall give written notice of such election to the Participant within such 60-day period. Within 10 days after his receipt of such notice, the Participant shall tender to the
Company at its principal offices the certificate or certificates representing the Purchased Shares, duly endorsed in blank by the Participant or with duly endorsed stock powers attached thereto, all in a form suitable for transfer of the Purchased
Shares to the Company. Promptly following receipt of such certificate or certificates, the Company shall deliver or mail to the Participant a check in payment of the purchase price for the Purchased Shares; provided that if the terms
of payment set forth in the Transfer Notice were other than cash against delivery, the Company may pay for the Purchased Shares on the same terms and conditions as were set forth in the Transfer Notice; and provided further that any
delay in making such payment shall not invalidate the Company’s exercise of its option to purchase the Purchased Shares. 
 (c) If the
Company does not elect to acquire all of the Offered Shares, the Participant may, within the 30-day period following the expiration of the option granted to the Company under subsection (b) above, transfer the Offered Shares (other than the
Purchased Shares) to the proposed transferee, provided that such transfer shall not be on terms and conditions more favorable to the transferee than those contained in the Transfer Notice. Notwithstanding any of the above, all Offered
Shares transferred to a third party pursuant to this Section 4 shall remain subject to the right of first refusal and transfer restrictions set forth in this Section 4 and the “lock up” agreement set forth in Section 5, and
such transferee shall, as a condition to such transfer, deliver to the Company a written instrument confirming that such transferee shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Section 4 and Section 5. 

(d) After the time at which the Purchased Shares are required to be delivered to the Company for transfer to the Company pursuant to
subsection (b) above, the Company shall not pay any dividend to the Participant on account of such Purchased Shares or permit the Participant to exercise any of the privileges or rights of a stockholder with respect to such Purchased Shares,
but shall, in so far as permitted by law, treat the Company as the owner of such Purchased Shares. 
 (e) The following transactions shall
be exempt from the provisions of this Section 4: 
 (1) any transfer of Shares to or for the benefit of the Participant’s spouse
or any of his or his spouse’s parents, children, siblings, nieces, nephews or grandchildren, or to a trust or similar entity for his or their benefit; 

(2) any transfer pursuant to an effective registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”); and 
 (3) the sale of all or substantially all of the shares of capital stock of the Company (including
pursuant to a merger or consolidation); 
 provided, however, that in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (1) above, such Shares
shall remain subject to the right of first refusal and transfer restrictions set forth in this Section 4 and the “lock up” agreement set forth in Section 5, and such transferee shall, as a condition to such transfer, deliver to
the Company a written instrument confirming that such transferee shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Section 4 and Section 5. 

  
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 (f) The Company may assign its rights to purchase Offered Shares in any particular transaction
under this Section 4 to one or more persons or entities. 
 (g) The provisions of this Section 4 shall terminate upon the earlier
of the following events: 
 (1) the closing of the sale of shares of Common Stock in an underwritten public offering pursuant to an
effective registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act; or 
 (2) the sale of all or substantially all of the
outstanding capital stock, assets or business of the Company, by merger, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise (other than a merger or consolidation in which all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were beneficial owners of
the Common Stock immediately prior to such transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the resulting, surviving or acquiring corporation
in such transaction). 
 (h) The Participant shall not transfer any Shares, or any interest therein, to any person or entity that is a
competitor of the Company, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in its sole discretion, unless such transfer is made in connection with the sale of all or substantially all of the capital stock, assets or business of the Company,
by merger, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise. 
 (i) The Company shall not be required (a) to transfer on its books any of the
Shares which shall have been sold or transferred in violation of any of the provisions set forth in this Section 4, or (b) to treat as owner of such Shares or to pay dividends to any transferee to whom any such Shares shall have been so
sold or transferred. 
 (j) The certificate representing Shares shall bear a legend substantially in the following form (in addition to, or
in combination with, any legend required by applicable federal and state securities laws and agreements relating to the transfer of the Company securities): 

“The shares represented by this certificate are subject to a right of first refusal in favor of the Company, as provided in a certain stock option
agreement with the Company.” 
  

	5.	Agreement in Connection with Public Offering. 

 The Participant agrees, in connection
with the initial underwritten public offering of the Company’s securities pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act, (i) not to sell, make short sale of, loan, grant any options for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose
of any shares of Common Stock held by the Participant (other than those shares included in the offering) without the prior written consent of the Company or the underwriters managing such initial underwritten public offering of the Company’s
securities for a period of 180 days from the effective date of such registration statement, and (ii) to execute any agreement reflecting clause (i) above as may be requested by the Company or the managing underwriters at the time of such
offering. 

  
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	6.	Withholding. 

 No Shares will be issued pursuant to the exercise of this option unless
and until the Participant pays to the Company, or makes provision satisfactory to the Company for payment of, any federal, state or local withholding taxes required by law to be withheld in respect of this option. 

 

	7.	Nontransferability of Option. 

 This option may not be sold, assigned, transferred,
pledged or otherwise encumbered by the Participant, either voluntarily or by operation of law, except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and, during the lifetime of the Participant, this option shall be exercisable only by the
Participant. 
  

	8.	Provisions of the Plan. 

 This option is subject to the provisions of the Plan, a copy of
which is furnished to the Participant with this option. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this option to be executed under its
corporate seal by its duly authorized officer. This option shall take effect as a sealed instrument. 
  

											
							GELESIS, INC.
					
	Dated:		  
				By:		  

						
									Name:		  

									Title:		  

  
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 PARTICIPANT’S ACCEPTANCE 

The undersigned hereby accepts the foregoing option and agrees to the terms and conditions thereof. The undersigned hereby acknowledges
receipt of a copy of the Company’s 2006 Stock Incentive Plan. 
  

			
	PARTICIPANT:
	
	  

		
	Address:		  

		
			  

  
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 Exhibit A 

NOTICE OF STOCK OPTION EXERCISE 

Date:
                    1 

Gelesis, Inc. 
 222 Berkeley Street 

Suite 1040 
 Boston, MA 02116 

Attention: Treasurer 
 Dear Sir or Madam: 

I am the holder of                     2 Stock Option granted to me under the Gelesis, Inc. (the “Company”) 2006 Stock Incentive Plan on
                    3 for the purchase of
                4 shares of Common Stock of the Company at a purchase price of
$        5 per share. 
 I hereby exercise my
option to purchase                 6 shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”), for which I have enclosed
                    7 in the amount of
                    8. Please register my stock certificate as follows: 

 

					
	Name(s):		  
		9
			
			  
		
			
	 Address:
		  
		
			
	Tax I.D. #:		  
		10

  

	1	Enter the date of exercise. 

	2	Enter either “an Incentive” or “a Nonstatutory”. 

	3	Enter the date of grant. 

	4	Enter the total number of shares of Common Stock for which the option was granted. 

	5	Enter the option exercise price per share of Common Stock. 

	6	Enter the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased upon exercise of all or part of the option. 

	7	Enter “cash”, “personal check” or if permitted by the option or Plan, “stock certificates No. XXXX and XXXX”. 

	8	Enter the dollar amount (price per share of Common Stock times the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased), or the number of shares tendered. Fair market
value of shares tendered, together with cash or check, must cover the purchase price of the shares issued upon exercise. 

	9	Enter name(s) to appear on stock certificate: (a) Your name only; (b) Your name and other name (i.e., John Doe and Jane Doe, Joint Tenants With Right of
Survivorship); or (c) In the case of a Nonstatutory option only, a Child’s name, with you as custodian (i.e., Jane Doe, Custodian for Tommy Doe). Note: There may be income and/or gift tax consequences of registering shares in a Child’s
name. 

	10	Social Security Number of Holder(s). 

	

	

 I represent, warrant and covenant as follows: 

1. I am purchasing the Shares for my own account for investment only, and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution of the Shares
in violation of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), or any rule or regulation under the Securities Act. 
 2. I have had such
opportunity as I have deemed adequate to obtain from representatives of the Company such information as is necessary to permit me to evaluate the merits and risks of my investment in the Company. 

3. I have sufficient experience in business, financial and investment matters to be able to evaluate the risks involved in the purchase of the Shares and to
make an informed investment decision with respect to such purchase. 
 4. I can afford a complete loss of the value of the Shares and am able to bear the
economic risk of holding such Shares for an indefinite period. 
 5. I understand that (i) the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act
and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, (ii) the Shares cannot be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of unless they are subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an
exemption from registration is then available; (iii) in any event, the exemption from registration under Rule 144 will not be available for at least one year and even then will not be available unless a public market then exists for the Common
Stock, adequate information concerning the Company is then available to the public, and other terms and conditions of Rule 144 are complied with; and (iv) there is now no registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission with respect to any stock of the Company and the Company has no obligation or current intention to register the Shares under the Securities Act. 
  

			
	Very truly yours,
	
	  

	(Signature)EX-10.11

 Exhibit 10.11 

CONTRACT FOR THE USE OF 

SPACES AND FURNITURE 

BETWEEN 
 UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO
(hereinafter called University of Salento) with seat in Lecce, P.zza Tancredi nr. 7, Fiscal Code 80008870752, in the person of the Dean Prof. Eng. Domenico Laforgia born in Bari on
22nd June and domiciled for this office at the above-mentioned seat, authorized to the signature of this contract with D.R. nr. 968 dated
29th August 2011 
 AND 

the enterprise “GELESIS srl” located in Naples, Galleria Umberto I, 8 Vat Number 06508451215 represented by Dr. Giovanni Abbate, as sole
director as well as legal representative of the above-mentioned company 
 PROVIDED 

- that the fore-mentioned regulations for the protocol of relationships between The University of Studies of Lecce and the spin-off enterprises for the
research” was issued with D.R. 7th February 2006, nr. 170 and later subject to modifications with D.R. 22nd November 2011 nr.
2563; 
 - that the Municipality of Calimera has granted University of Salento as a free decennial extended loan some spaces of the ex Municipal
Slaughterhouse placed in Via G. Verdi, as from the Convention signed between the Parties on 22nd January 2010 at the same conditions laid down for the purposes of “research,
technological transfer aimed at the support and starting of academic spin off and innovative enterprises especially of the Department of Innovation Engineering”; 

- that, under article 7 of the fore-mentioned Convention, all the expenses for the general services are paid by the Department of Innovation Engineering; 

- that, with decisions 28th March 2011, nr. 27,
6th June 2011, nr. 60, 14th July 2011, nr. 100, the Board of Directors has resolved about the criteria and conditions for the use of
spaces, furniture, equipment and services by specific Spin Off approving drafts of contracts; 

 - that with protocol note nr. 23635-III/12 dated
7th July 2011, the Director of the Research Department has passed on the minutes of the meeting held on 22nd June 2011 between the
Scientific Responsible and the Operational Responsible of the Project SINTeSIS as well as the Director of the Department of Innovation Engineering “for the examination of the enquiries of spin-off and of innovative enterprises for the
assignment of the premises of the seat of Calimera” among which the ones of the enterprise GELESIS srl ; 
 - that with D.D. dated 7th July 2011, nr. 120 the Department of Innovation Engineering gave a favourable opinion on the assignment of the spaces of the ex Slaughterhouse in Calimera to some spin-off and innovative
enterprises among which GELESIS srl; 
 - that with D.R. dated 29th August 2011 nr. 968 the draft
of this contract was approved charging the costs of stamp duty and registration of the contract to GELESIS srl; 
 - that any change, addition or waiver to
this act or to the ones related to it, has to be a written document signed by both Parties; 
 - that the Parties, after ratification and confirmation of
the fore-said, declare it an integrating and essential part of this contract and mean to prove all terms and conditions set out therein 

WE ESTABLISH AND AGREE THE FOLLOWING: 

ART. 1 – VALUE OF PRECONDITIONS 
 1.
Preconditions are an integrating and essential part of this contract. 
 ART. 2 – SUBJECT OF THE CONTRACT 

1. This contract regulates the use by GELESIS srl of the spaces and furniture under comma 2 for the carrying out of activities of laboratory and development
of medical prototype devices for the treatment of obesity and of diseases related to it. The said spaces are placed at the ex Municipal Slaughterhouse in Via G. Verdi in Calimera. 

2. University of Salento allows the enterprise GELESIS srl, as above represented, that accepts, the use (free) for 3 years of the premises placed at the ex
Municipal Slaughterhouse in Calimera reported in the enclosed layout (Enclosure 1) at the availability of University of Salento in virtue of the Convention undersigned with the Municipality of Calimera on 22nd January 2010. 

 ART. 3 – DESTINATION BOND 

1. The company “GELESIS srl”, on its hand, obliges itself, with the signature of this contract, to devote the property and its furniture under
article 2 for the only aim of offices and laboratory of development of medical prototype devices for the treatment of obesity and of diseases related to it, engaging itself to maintain this destination for the whole duration of their use except from
different agreements written between the Parties. 
 ART. 4 – DELIVERY MINUTES 

The delivery of the property, of furniture, equipment and services has to take place within 10 (ten) days from the signing of this contract and has to result
from a specific minutes drawn up in consultation between the Parties, with an enclosed inventory list of the furniture which will be provided by the University of Salento. 

2. On signing of this contract, the company “GELESIS srl” declares of having visited the premises of which it recognizes the compliance with the
characteristics and conditions of the simultaneously drawn up and signed delivery minutes as well as the suitability of the same for the purposes under articles 2 and 3 and the responsiveness to the needs, capacity and security required for the
same. 
 3. Any possible dispute about the maintenance state of the premises has to be raised on signing of the delivery minutes and has to be written on
the minutes itself. 
 4. Any dispute about the furniture has to be raised on the delivering of the same and be resulting from a specific minutes. 

ART. 5 – COSTS 
 1. All costs related
to the use of the premises and furniture under this contract are totally paid by the company GELESIS srl that has to care for the direct activation of utilities and services. 

2. GELESIS srl has to pay the costs of ordinary maintenance. 

ART. 6 – STATE OF THE PREMISES, OF FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT 

1. The premises under article 2 are delivered in the state they are now and in good maintenance conditions known by the company “GELESIS srl”. 

2. On the contract expiration, the premises and their furniture will have to be given back in the same good maintenance state as delivered and University of
Salento won’t have to pay any benefits for possible improvements or additions made. 

 3. For any type of improvement or modification that the company wants to make to the structures, even if
it’s made with removable elements, the above-mentioned company is requested to ask in advance for the authorization by the University. 

ART- 7 – ADMISSION TO THE PREMISES 

1. The company will let enter the premises under article 2, after authorization by the Responsible of the same, the trusted staff it will deem necessary for
the carrying out of its own purposes and, in the case of working activity, the same staff will have to be covered by insurance. 
 2. The staff are obliged
to respect the anti-accident rules in force including the ones regarding safety and health in working places under the legislative Decree nr. 81/2008. 

ART. 8 – SAFEKEEPING OBLIGATION 
 1.
The company “GELESIS srl” obliges itself to preserve and to keep the premises under article 2 and any furniture, with the due diligence and to use them for the purposes and employment shown in this contract. 

ART. 9 – PROHIBITION OF TRANSFER OF PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT 

1. The company “GELESIS srl” can’t transfer the premises and the furniture, totally or partially, with or without pieces of furniture, for
payment or free of charge, under the articles 2 and 4, except from subsidiaries and associated companies of the same enterprise, anyway, after written communication to University of Salento. 

ART 10 – RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE 
 1. Each
part appoints a responsible of the Contract in the persons of : 
 - GIOVANNI SCOGNAMILLO for the University of Salento; 

- GIOVANNY ABBATE for the company “GELESIS srl” 

ART. 11 – LIABILITY 
 1. The company
is directly liable towards the University and third parties for any damage deriving from the abuse or negligence in the use of the premises under article 2 and of the furniture caused by its own fault, or by its staff’s fault or by people
indicated by the same. 
 2. The company is required to care about the insurance coverage for civil liability towards people or things of the University or
towards third parties. 

 3. The company is required to care about the insurance coverage of its possible equipment in case of fires,
thefts and other accidental events. 
 ART 12 – REVOCATION 

1, The University of Salento reserves the right to revoke “ad nutum “ (“at will”) the use of the premises and equipment in case the same
are totally or partially destined to a different use from the one shown in the articles 2 and 3 and the contract suspension obliges the company GELESIS srl to the immediate return of the premises and furniture under this contract. 

ART. 13 – DURATION 
 1. The use of
spaces and equipment, free of charge, will last 3 (three) years starting from the signing, probably extensible after the decision of the competent institutions. 

2. The Parties agree that the early return of the premises can be exclusively required by the University, in case the same wants to devote this property for
institutional aims in face of not deferrable demands. 
 3. In any case the early return of the premises has to be required by registered mail with a notice
of at least 6 months. 
 4. In this hypothesis of early return of the premises, the University engages itself to look for a new possible seat to assure the
continuity of the research activity carried out by the company “GELESIS srl”. 
 ART. 14 – DISPUTES 

1. The disputes that should arise as regards validity, interpretation, implementation or dissolution of this contract are under the jurisdiction of the Court
in Lecce. 
 ART. 15 – CONTRACT COSTS 

1. This contract, drawn up with stamp duty, will be registered according to the current legislation in this field and GELESIS srl has to bear the costs. 

ART. 16 – REFERENCE 
 1. For all
matters not expressly provided by this contract, reference has to be made to what is established by the articles of the civil code in terms of use. 

 ART. 17 – CHOICE OF RESIDENCE 

1. The company GELESIS srl, for any effect dependent on this contract, choices the residence at the registered office, according to the article 47 of the
Civil Code. 
 Read, confirmed and signed 
 Lecce, 31st August 2011 
 For the University of Salento 

The Dean 
 Prof. Eng. Domenico Laforgia 

/s/ Domenico Laforgia 
 For the company GELESIS srl 

The Legal Representative 
 Dr. Giovanni Abbate 

/s/ Giovanni Abbate 

 ADDENDUM TO THE CONTRACT FOR 

THE USE OF SPACES AND FURNITURE SIGNED BETWEEN 

UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO AND GELESIS S.R.L. ON 31ST AUGUST 2011 

UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO (hereinafter called University of Salento, placed in Lecce. P.zza Tancredi, n. 7, Fiscal Code 80008870752, in the person of the
Dean, Prof. Eng. Domenico Laforgia, born in Bari on 22nd June 1951 and domiciled for this office at the above-mentioned seat 

AND 
 the enterprise “GELESIS
srl” located in Naples, Galleria Umberto I, 8 Vat Number 06508451215 represented by Dr. Giovanni Abbate, as sole director as well as legal representative of the above-mentioned company 

PROVIDED 
 - that on 31st August 2011 University of Salento and GELESIS SRL signed a contract for the use of spaces and furniture at the ex Municipal Slaughterhouse in Calimera by GELESIS srl approved with D.R. 29th August 2011 nr. 968; 
 - that through a protocol note nr. 29411 dated 13rd September 2011,
Professor Lorenzo Vasanelli as Delegate for Research and Scientific Responsible for the Project SINTeSIS, has shown the need to establish the date of the fore-mentioned contract in 8 years changing the original contractual forecast of 3 years,
“ in order to comply with the specific prescription of the notice “Innovative and Operational Enterprises” required by Puglia Sviluppo, under penalty of stopping the existing financing, that expects the whole duration of the loan of 8
years ( three years for the duration of the investment project and other five years for the obligation of maintenance of the bought goods” 
 - that
the Convention signed on 22nd January 2010 with the Municipality of Calimera grants to University of Salento as a free decennial extended loan some spaces of the ex Municipal Slaughterhouse
placed in Via G. Verdi at the same conditions laid down for the purposes of “research, technological transfer aimed at the support and starting of academic spin off and innovative enterprises especially of the Department of Innovation
Engineering” ; 
 - that in the minutes (protocol note n. 23635-III712 dated 07/07/011) of the meeting held on 22nd June 2011, between the Scientific Responsible and the Operational Responsible of the Project SINTeSIS as well as the Director of the Department of Innovation Engineering “for the
examination of the enquiries of spin-off and of innovative enterprises for the assignment of the 

 
premises of the seat of Calimera” among which the ones of the enterprise GELESIS srl , is explained that the same “ undertakes the availability of the three rooms on the ground
floor; on the side in continuity with the assigned principal body at its own care and expenses; 
 - that under article 9 of the Convention signed on 22nd January 2010 with the Municipality of Calimera, the same “engages itself, according to its own financial resources, to complete the renovation and retrofitting of the remaining parts”
as well as “ to verify the interest of the University to acquire with the same ways and for the same aims” the other spaces “before making them available for other institutions” granting, according to this last hypothesis, the
selection of subjects with the purpose to give support to enterprises and to the productive world like the ones of University of Salento; 
 - that GELESIS
srl, within the Project approved by the Region of Apulia, means to renovate at its own care and expenses the other spaces in the fore-mentioned property, standing the impossibility for the Municipality of Calimera to provide for this in absence of
suitable availability of financial resources; 
 - that negotiations with the Municipality of Calimera are underway and in an advanced stage for the
granting of other spaces of the ex Municipal Slaughterhouse and for the extension of the Original Extended Loan establishing the date in 20 years; 
 - that
GELESIS srl has already undertaken some actions at the Municipality of Calimera to start the renovation interventions of the other spaces at the ex Municipal Slaughterhouse; 

- that, with a notice dated 29th August 2011, the Municipality of Calimera has considered acceptable
this request, “ following the recent telephone agreements during which the Municipal Administration was asked to assent to the use , beside the premises already granted as extended loan, of other spaces to be made available for the carrying
out of activities related to the promotion and enhancement of services to enterprises as well as, following the article 9 of the extended loan, that gives University of Lecce the permission to exert the emption right for the acquirement of other
spaces”; 
 - that the fore-mentioned Declaration of the Municipality was expressly issued “ pending the administrative regulations of the
new assignment that has to take place with the same procedures as the ones established on occasion of the principal assignment”; 

 - that the spaces reported in the layout enclosed to the D.R.
29th August 2011 nr. 968 and indicated with letters D), E) and F) will be, after formalizing the transfer as extend loan to the University; destined to GELESIS srl against the commitment to
renovation of the latter; 
 - that said spaces will be at the availability of University that will use the same for the remaining period of the extended
loan as renewed; 
 - that it is necessary to integrate the contract undersigned on 31st August
2011 with this Addendum Act; 
 - that with D.R. nr. 1160 dated 7th October 2011 the draft of this
Addendum Act was approved, charging the costs of stamp duty and registration of the contract to GELESIS srl; 
 - that this Addendum Act is an integrating
and essential part of the contract for the use of spaces and furniture undersigned between University of Salento and GELESIS SRL on 31st August 2011; 

- that any change, addition or waiver to this act or to the ones related to it, has to be a written document signed by both Parties; 

- that the Parties, after ratification and confirmation of the fore-said, declare it an integrating and essential part of this Addendum Act and mean to prove
all terms and conditions set out therein 
 ESTABLISH AND AGREE THE FOLLOWING: 

ART. 1 – VALUE OF PRECONDITIONS 
 1.
Preconditions are an integrating and essential part of this Addendum Act. 
 ART. 2 – SUBJECT OF THE ADDENDUM ACT 

1. This Addendum Act is an integrating and essential part of the contract for the use of spaces and furniture undersigned between University of Salento and
GELESIS srl on 31st August 2011 for the carrying out of activities of laboratory and development of medical prototype devices for the treatment of obesity and of diseases related to it. The
said spaces are placed at the ex Municipal Slaughterhouse in Via G. Verdi in Calimera. 
 2. Comma 2 of the article 2 of the contract undersigned between
the Parties on 31st August 2011 is so replaced: 
 “University of Salento allows the
enterprise GELESIS srl, as above represented, that accepts, the use (free) for 8 years of the rooms placed at the ex Municipal Slaughterhouse in Calimera at the 

 
availability of University of Salento thanks to the Convention undersigned with the Municipality of Calimera on 22nd January 2010,
reported in the letters A), B) and C) in the layout enclosed to the contract signed between the Parties on 31st August 2011”. 

ART. 3 – DURATION 
 1. Comma 1 of the
article 13 of the contract undersigned between the Parties on 31st August 2011 is so replaced: 

“1. The use of the spaces reported in the letters A), B) and C) in the layout enclosed to the contract undersigned on 31st August 2011 and of the equipment free of charge will last 8 years (eight) starting from the signing of the Contract – 31st August
2011 – and, then, with deadline on 30th August 2019, possibly extended after decision of the competent institutions”. 

ART. 3 – Bis – FURTHER COMMITMENTS 

After article 3 of the contract signed between the Parties on 31st August 2011 the following article
3-bis is added: 
 “1. After the formalization of the transfer as a free extended loan to the University of Salento of other spaces placed on the
ground floor of the ex Municipal Slaughterhouse, GELESIS engages itself to renovate, at its own care and expenses and after getting the necessary permissions from the pertinent Authorities, the spaces reported in the letters D), E) and F) in the
layout enclosed to the contract undersigned on 31st August 2011. 
 2. The use of spaces
under comma 1 after the transfer of the same to GELESIS srl by the University will end on 30th August 2019”. 

ART. 4 DELIVERY MINUTES 
 The article 4 of
the contract signed between the Parties on 31st August 2011 is so replaced: 
 “ The
delivery of the property reported under article 3, of furniture and equipment has to take place within 10 (ten) days from the signing of this contract and has to result from a specific minutes drawn up in consultation between the Parties, with an
enclosed inventory list of the furniture which will be provided by the University of Salento. 
 2. On signing of this contract, the company
“GELESIS srl” declares of having visited the premises of which it recognizes the compliance with the characteristics and conditions of the simultaneously drawn up and signed delivery minutes as well as the suitability of the same for the
purposes under articles 2 and 3 and the responsiveness to the needs, capacity and security required for the same. 

 3. Any possible dispute about the maintenance state of the premises has to be raised on signing of the
delivery minutes and has to be written on the minutes itself. 
 4. Any dispute about the furniture has to be raised on the delivering of the same
and be resulting from the specific minutes. 
 5. The delivery of the property under article 3-bis and of furniture has to be effected within 10
(ten) days from the signing of the Act according to comma 2 of the article 3-bis and has to be resulting from the specific minutes drawn up in consultation between the Parties. 

ART. 5 – CONTRACT COSTS 
 1. This
Addendum Act will be registered according to the provisions of the related law and the costs will be paid by the company “GELESIS srl”. 

ART. 6 – REFERENCE 
 1. For all
matters not expressly provided by this Addendum Act, reference has to be made to what is established in the Contract signed between the Parties on 31st August 2011 as well as to the articles
of the civil code in terms of use. 
 Lecce, 14/10/2011 
 For
University of Salento 
 The Dean 
 Prof.Eng. Domenico
Laforgia 
 /s/ Domenico Laforgia 
 For the company GELESIS
srl 
 The Legal Representative 
 Dr. Giovanni Abbate

 /s/ Giovanni Abbate

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