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Exhibit

EXHIBIT 10.2

AMENDMENT NO. 6 TO THE
MONSANTO COMPANY
ERISA PARITY SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN
(As Amended and Restated as of December 31, 2008
and Subsequently Amended through June 11, 2012)

WHEREAS, Monsanto Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), maintains the Monsanto Company ERISA Parity Savings and Investment Plan (as amended and restated as of December 31, 2008 and subsequently amended through June 11, 2012) (the "Plan") for the benefit of its eligible employees;

WHEREAS, the Plan was subsequently amended by Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4, and Amendment No. 5;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 10 of the Plan, the Company, acting through the Internal People Committee or its delegate, reserved the right to amend the Plan from time to time; and

WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Plan to provide that the Participant's SIP Parity Account will accrue interest upon a Participant's Termination of Employment and whether or not the Participant has incurred a Separation from Service, at a rate equal to the average of the monthly averages of the Moody BAA bond index for the preceding Plan Year.

NOW, THEREFORE, effective December 1, 2015

1.Section 4.4 is restated in its entirety to read as follows:

"4.4 No Investment Election After Termination of Employment.  The following rules apply to a Participant Investment Election upon his Termination of Employment:

		
	(a)
	With respect to a Participant who incurs a Separation from Service prior to December 1, 2015:  (i) the Participant's Investment Election with respect to his SIP Parity Account shall expire on the last day of the calendar month coincident with or next following such Participant's Separation from Service, and (ii) effective on the first day of the calendar month following such Participant's Separation from Service and ending on the date distribution of his SIP Parity Account commences, his SIP Parity Account shall be credited with interest at a rate equal to the average of the monthly averages of the Moody BAA Bond index for the preceding year.

		
	(b)
	With respect to a Participant who incurs a Termination of Employment on or after December 1, 2015:  (i) the Participant’s Investment Election with respect to his SIP Parity Account shall expire on the last day of the calendar month coincident with or next following his Termination of Employment, and (ii) effective on the first day of the calendar month following the Participant’s Termination of Employment and ending on the date distribution of his SIP Parity Account commences, his SIP Parity Account shall be credited with interest at a rate equal to the average of the monthly averages of the Moody BAA Bond index for the preceding year.

		
	(c)
	Notwithstanding the provisions of (a) or (b) above, any Participant who incurred a Termination of Employment prior to December 1, 2015 but did not incur a Separation from Service as of that date shall be given the ability to elect, no later than January 31, 2016, that (i) his Investment Election with respect to his SIP Parity Account expire as of January 31, 2016, and (ii) effective as of February 1, 2016 and ending on the date distribution of his SIP Parity Account commences, his SIP Parity Account be credited with interest at a rate equal to the average of the monthly averages of the Moody BAA Bond index for the preceding year. In the event such Participant fails to timely make such election, the provisions of subsection (a) above shall remain in effect until such time as the Participant’s Separation from Service."

2.Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Amendment No. 6 to the Monsanto Company ERISA Parity Savings and Investment Plan, all other provisions of the Plan shall remain in full force and effect.Exhibit 4.16

 

(Summary Translation)

 

	Loan agreement with Industrial Bank Co., Ltd., Urumqi Branch
	Date of the Agreement	April 30, 2015
	Lender	Industrial Bank Co., Ltd., Urumqi Branch
	Borrower (Party B)	Xinjiang Daqo New Energy Co., Ltd.
	Type of loan	Working capital
	Amount	RMB 100 million
	Term of loan	12 months, from 2015 to 2016
	Interest rate	Benchmark rate multiplied by 1.2
	Penalty rate	
        In the event that Party B does not apply the loan according
        to the Agreement, the penalty rate shall be 100% over the interest rate

         

        In the event of failure to repay the loan by maturity, the penalty
        rate shall be 50% over the interest rate

	Interest period	3 months
	Repayment of interest 	Interest is payable on the 20th of the last month of each quarter

 

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	Covenants	
        Borrower shall:

         

        (1) provide documents requested by the Lender and all information
        relation to its bank, account number and the balance of the loan proceeds, and cooperate in the Lender’s investigation, review
        and inspection;

         

        (2) be subject to the Lender’s supervision or inspection
        regarding its use of the loan proceeds and its operations and financial activities;

         

        (3) use the loan proceeds in accordance with the use provided
        in this Agreement, shall not misappropriate the loan proceeds or use such proceeds on fixed asset investments or in any way or
        on any operation prohibited by law, and shall not equity investment or purchase or speculate on securities, futures or real properties;

         

        (4) subject to the account control and payment management by
        the Lender;

         

        (5) not reduce registered capital in any manner;

         

        (6) provide at least 30 days’ written notice to the Lender
        and obtain the Lender’s written consent and actively implement measures to ensure full repayment as required by the Lender,
        in the event of merger, split-off, transfer of equity, outbound investment, substantial increase of financial indebtedness and
        other material event, including but not limited to (i) apply for loan or indebtedness with another bank or a third party or provide
        loans or guarantee to a third party, which substantially increases debt financing and impact or may impact the repayment of interest
        and principal hereunder; (ii) engage in material changes in capital structure and operations (including but not limited to entering
        into joint venture arrangement with foreign parties; cancellation, closure or suspension of operations; merger, split-off, acquisition;
        restructuring into a joint stock company; outbound investment; investment in a joint stock company or investee company with buildings,
        machinery, equipment or other fixed assets or trademark, patent, proprietary technologies, land use rights or other intangible
        assets; or property right or control transactions by way of lease, contracting, joint venture or escrow);

         

        (7) provide written notice to the Lender within 7 days upon
        the occurrence or the likely occurrence of the following events and actively implement measures to ensure full repayment of interest
        and principal under this agreement: (i) material financial loss, asset loss or other financial crisis; (ii) suspension of operation,
        termination or suspension of operating license, voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or dissolution proceedings; (iii) material
        operating or financial crisis of its controlling shareholder or other affiliate companies, which affects the ordinary operation
        of the Borrower; (iv) change to the legal representative, director or senior management of the Borrower, which affects the ordinary
        operation of the Borrower; (v) material related party transaction between the Borrower and its controlling shareholder, which affects
        the ordinary operation of the Borrower; (vi) any litigation, arbitration or criminal or administrative penalty which has a material
        adverse effect on the operating or financial condition of the Borrower; and (vii) other events that may affect its ability to repay
        debt; and

         

        (8) comply with certain other covenants.

        

 

 

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(Summary Translation)

 

	Loan agreement with Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank, Wanzhou Branch
	Date of the Agreement	June 24, 2015
	Lender (Party A)	Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank, Wanzhou Branch
	Borrower (Party B)	Xinjiang Daqo New Energy Co., Ltd.
	Type of loan	Fixed assets
	Use of loan	Polysilicon manufacturing energy-saving technology improvement project
	Amount	RMB 65 million
	Term of loan	6 years, from June 25, 2015 to June 24, 2021
	Interest rate	Benchmark rate, plus 20%
	Penalty rate	
        In the event that Party B does not apply the loan according
        to the Agreement, the penalty rate shall be 100% over the interest rate

         

        In the event of failure to repay the loan in accordance with
        the Agreement, the penalty rate shall be 50% over the interest rate

	Repayment of interest	Interest shall be paid monthly at the 20th of each month
	Repayment of principal	
        Principal of RMB25 million shall be repaid by June 20, 2016

        Principal of RMB30 million shall be repaid at the 20th
        of the last month of each quarter from June 21, 2016 to the maturity date of the loan

	Party A’s rights and obligations	
        (1) Party A has the right to be informed about Party B’s
        operations, financial conditions and inventory, supervise and inspect the use of the loan, and require Party B to provide financial
        statements and other documents and information;

        

        

        (2) Party A has the right to deduct any amount due under the
        Agreement from the balance of the account Party B opens with Party A under the Agreement;

         

        (3) Party A has the obligation to fund the loan in accordance
        with the Agreement;

         

        (4) In the event that Party B fails to perform its obligations,
        Party A has the right to disclose to the public such default by Party B;

         

        (5) Party A shall keep information regarding Party B’s
        liabilities, financial condition and operations confidential except for reasonable internal use by Party A, use for corporate credit
        purposes and other permissible uses under laws and regulations.

         

 

    	 		 

     

    

  

	Party B’s rights and obligations	
        (1) Party B has the right to use the loan proceeds in accordance
        with the Agreement;

         

        (2) Party B shall use the loan in accordance with the Agreement,
        shall not misappropriate the loan and ensure compliance with law;

         

        (3) Party B shall repay the principal and interest when due
        and payable;

         

        (4) Party B shall promptly notify Party A in writing and implement
        repayment measures acceptable to Party A in the event that there shall be a change that affects the rights and liabilities under
        this Agreement, threatens Party B’s ordinary operations or materially and adversely affects Party B’s ability to perform
        the repayment obligations under the Agreement (including but not limited to suspension, termination, closure, bankruptcy, suspension
        or cancellation of manufacturing or sale permit or operating license, illegal activity by Party B, its legal representative or
        main responsible person, material safety accidents, material litigation, material difficulty of its operations or deterioration
        of its financial condition);

         

        (5) In the event of any partial or complete loss of the ability
        of the guarantor under the Agreement to guarantee the loan (including but not limited to suspension, termination, cancellation,
        bankruptcy, involvement in litigation or arbitration, administrative penalty or operating loss) or in the event of any loss to
        security or pledges under the loan, Party B shall promptly notify Party A and provide other guarantee acceptable to Party A;

         

        (6) Party B shall notify Party A in writing within 15 days following
        any change to the registration of certain matters, including but not limited to name, registered capital, legal representative,
        legal address and scope of operations;

         

        (7) Party B shall bear any loss, risk or liability in the event
        that the proceeds of loan are seized or withheld by any competent authority after Party A credits Party B’s account;

         

        (8) Throughout the term of the loan, without Party A’s
        prior consent, Party B shall not dispose of polysilicon manufacturing energy-saving technology improvement project and any other
        significant assets of the Company (other than to repay the loan to Party A) and shall not make any distributions to its shareholder.

         

 

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	Party B’s covenants	
        (1) Compliance with law and regulation;

         

        (2) Timely and periodic provision to Party A of financial statements
        and true, accurate, complete and effective information on accounts payable and receivable, inventory details and activities of
        capital collection account;

         

        (3) Diligent and active cooperation with Party A’s supervision
        of loan funding, post-funding supervision and other relevant inspections;

         

        (4) Prompt notice to Party A in the event of any material adverse
        effect on Party B’s repayment abilities and implementation of repayment measures acceptable to Party A;

         

        (5) No evasion of entrusted payment by Party A;

         

        (6) In the course of the project, prior written notice to Party
        A in the event of any material change to the construction plan or project budget; and

         

        (7) In the event of any merger, spinoff, share equity change
        or transfer, change of operation method (such as contracting or lease), material asset transfer or disposal, share equity pledge,
        investment, guarantee, material increase of debt financing, new project and other material matters, Party B shall notify Party
        A in advance in writing, and shall not be engaged in these actions without performing obligations under the loan and providing
        guarantee or other risk management measures acceptable to Party A.

         

 

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