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Exhibit 10.1

 

INDEMNITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS INDEMNITY AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”) is made as of May 25, 2018, by and between BISON CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP., a British
Virgin Islands company organized with limited liability (the “Company”), and Richard Wu (“Indemnitee”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, highly
competent persons have become more reluctant to serve publicly-held corporations as officers and/or directors 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; and

 

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 publicly traded 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 Memorandum and Articles of Association (as amended, the “Articles
of Association”) of the Company provide that the Company may indemnify the directors, officers, key employees and
advisers of the Company, in accordance with the BVI Business Companies Act 2004 (“Companies Law”). Accordingly,
the Articles of Association and the Companies Law permit contracts to be entered into between the Company and members of the board
of directors, officers and other persons with respect to indemnification, hold harmless, exoneration, advancement and reimbursement
rights; and

 

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

 

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 shareholders and that the Company should act to assure such persons that there will be increased certainty
of such protection in the future; and

 

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; and

 

WHEREAS, this
Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Articles of Association 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 and/or director 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 be so indemnified.

 

NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as
follows:

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

 

1. SERVICES
TO THE COMPANY. 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, appointed
or retained or until Indemnitee tenders his resignation.

 

2. DEFINITIONS. As
used in this Agreement:

 

2.1. 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, advisor, employee, 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.

 

2.2. 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.

 

2.3. 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:

 

2.3.1. Acquisition
of Stock by Third Party. Any Person (as defined below) is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities
of the Company representing twenty percent (20%) 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 2.3.3 of this definition;

 

2.3.2. 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 shareholders 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 for 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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2.3.3. Corporate Transactions.
The effective date of an acquisition, share exchange, purchase of all or substantially all of the assets of, or any other
similar business combination with one or more business entities (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, 51% or more 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) 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) no Person (excluding any corporation
resulting from such Business Combination) is the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of 20% 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 of Directors, providing for such Business Combination;

 

2.3.4. Liquidation.
The approval by the shareholders 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 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

 

2.3.5. 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 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.

 

2.4. “BVI
Court” shall mean the High Court of the British Virgin Islands.

 

2.5. “Corporate
Status” shall describe the status of a person who is or was a director, officer, trustee, general partner, 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.

 

2.6. “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.

 

2.7. “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.

 

2.8. “Exchange
Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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2.9.  “Expenses”
shall include all direct and indirect costs, fees and expenses of any type or nature whatsoever, including, without limitation,
all 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, telephone charges, postage,
delivery service fees, fax transmission charges, secretarial services and all other disbursements, obligations or expenses, in
each case reasonably incurred in connection with, or as a result of, prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend,
investigating, being or preparing to be a deponent or a witness in, settlement or appeal of, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding
(as defined below), including reasonable compensation for time spent by the 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, supersede as 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.

 

2.10. “Independent
Counsel” shall mean a law firm or a member of a law firm with significant experience in matters of corporation law
and which, at the time indemnification is sought by Indemnitee, neither is, nor in the preceding 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
the 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.

 

2.11. 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.

 

2.12. “New
York Court” shall mean the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York.

 

2.13. 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 shareholders 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
shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company.

 

2.14. The
term “Proceeding” shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, claim, counterclaim,
cross claim, 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, 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 of any action (or failure to act) on his
part while acting as a director or officer of the Company, or by reason of the fact that he is or was serving at the request of
the Company as a director, officer, trustee, general partner, managing member, fiduciary, employee, advisor, 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.

 

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2.15. The
term “Registration Statement” shall mean the Company’s initial registration statement, as amended,
on Form S-1, No. 333-218404 for its initial public offering of securities.

 

2.16. The
term “Subsidiary,” with respect to any Person, shall mean any corporation 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.

 

2.17. The
term “Trust Account” shall mean the gross proceeds of the initial public offering of securities pursuant
to the Registration Statement and sale of units by the Company deposited into a trust account for the benefit of the Company and
the holders of the Company’s ordinary shares, no par value.

 

3. INDEMNITY
IN THIRD-PARTY PROCEEDINGS. 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 3 if Indemnitee
was, is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant (as a witness or otherwise) in any Proceeding, other than a Proceeding
by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. 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) (collectively, “Losses”) actually and reasonably incurred by
Indemnitee or on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good
faith and in a manner he 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 conduct was unlawful.

 

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 or otherwise) in any Proceeding
by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 4, Indemnitee shall be indemnified,
held harmless and exonerated against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with such
Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he 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 to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that any court in which the Proceeding was brought or the BVI
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 to exoneration.

 

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5. INDEMNIFICATION
FOR A PARTY WHO IS WHOLLY OR PARTLY SUCCESSFUL. Notwithstanding any other provisions
of this Agreement except for Section 27, to the extent that Indemnitee is 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 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 on his behalf in connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or
matter. If the 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 Losses reasonably incurred in connection with
a claim, issue or matter related to any claim, issue, or matter on which the Indemnitee was successful. For purposes of this Section
5 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 Corporate Status, a witness in any Proceeding to which
Indemnitee is not a party, he 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 on his behalf in connection therewith.

 

7. ADDITIONAL
INDEMNIFICATION, HOLD HARMLESS AND EXONERATION RIGHTS. Notwithstanding any limitation
in Sections 3, 4, or 5, except for the 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 Losses actually and reasonably incurred
by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with the Proceeding.

 

8. CONTRIBUTION
IN THE EVENT OF JOINT LIABILITY.

 

8.1. 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.

 

8.2. 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.

 

8.3. 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, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnification, 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 provision,
except with respect to any excess beyond the amount actually received under any insurance policy, contract, agreement, other indemnity
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 similar provisions of state statutory law or common law; or

 

(c) except
as otherwise provided in Sections 14.5 and 14.6 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.

 

10. ADVANCES
OF EXPENSES; DEFENSE OF CLAIM.

 

10.1. Notwithstanding
any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, 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 be unsecured and interest free.
Advances shall 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 the Indemnitee, to repay the advance 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 Articles of Association,
applicable law or otherwise. This Section 10.1 shall not apply to any claim made by Indemnitee for which an indemnification, hold
harmless or exoneration payment is excluded pursuant to Section 9.

 

10.2. The
Company will be entitled to participate in the Proceeding at its own expense.

 

10.3. 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 the Indemnitee without the Indemnitee’s prior written consent.

 

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11. PROCEDURE
FOR NOTIFICATION AND APPLICATION FOR INDEMNIFICATION.

 

11.1. 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 or matter 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 the Indemnitee under this Agreement, or otherwise.

 

11.2. 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, the Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification shall
be determined according to Section 12.1 of this Agreement.

 

12. PROCEDURE
UPON APPLICATION FOR INDEMNIFICATION.

 

12.1. A
determination, if required by applicable law and/or the Articles of Association, 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 Independent Counsel
in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee, or (iii) by vote of the shareholders. 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 and Expenses (including attorney’s 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 indemnifies and agrees to
hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom.

 

12.2. In
the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 12.1 hereof,
the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 12.2. 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 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 11.1 hereof, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either
the Company or Indemnitee may petition the BVI 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 BVI 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 12.1 hereof. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant
to Section 14.1 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).

 

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12.3. The
Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and Losses 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.

 

13.1. 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 11.2 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 its 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 its 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.

 

13.2. 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 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.

 

13.3. 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 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 conduct was unlawful.

 

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13.4. 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 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, or on information or records given or reports made to the Enterprise, its
Board, any committee of the Board or any director, 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. The provisions of this Section 13.4 shall not
be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which the Indemnitee may be deemed or found to have
met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement.

 

13.5. The
knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any other director, officer, trustee, partner, 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.

 

14.1. 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
12.1 of this Agreement within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification, (iv) payment of
indemnification is not made pursuant to Section 5, 6, 7 or the last sentence of Section 12.1 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 within ten (10) days after receipt
by the Company of a written request therefor, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication by the New York Court to such indemnification,
hold harmless, exoneration, contribution or advancement rights. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at his option, may seek an award in
arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association.
Except as set forth herein, the provisions of the Companies 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.

 

14.2. In
the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 12.1 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.
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 advances 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 advances of Expenses, as the
case may be, and the Company may not refer to or introduce into evidence any determination pursuant to Section 12.1 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).

 

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14.3. If
a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 12.1 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.

 

14.4. 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.

 

14.5. 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 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 Articles of Association
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).

 

14.6. Interest
shall be paid by the Company to Indemnitee at the rate of five per cent per annum for amounts which the Company indemnifies, holds
harmless or exonerates, or is obliged to indemnify, hold harmless or exonerate for the period commencing with the date on which
Indemnitee requests indemnification, to be held harmless, exonerated, contribution, reimbursement or advancement of any Losses
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 the Indemnitee and approved by the Board, the
Company may at any time and from time to time provide security to the 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 the Indemnitee,
may not be revoked or released without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee.

 

16. NON-EXCLUSIVITY;
SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS; INSURANCE; SUBROGATION; CONDITION PRECEDENT AND WAIVER.

 

16.1. 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 Articles of Association, any agreement, a vote of shareholders or a resolution of
directors, or otherwise. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or the Articles of Association or of any provision
hereof or thereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement or the Articles of Association in respect
of any Proceeding (regardless of when such Proceeding is first threatened, commenced or completed) arising out of, or related to,
any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his 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 Articles of Association or this Agreement, it is the
intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. 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.

 

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16.2. The
Companies Law and the Articles of Association 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 incurred by or on behalf of
him or in such capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or arising out of his status as such, whether
or not the Company would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement or under
the Companies Law, 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 the Indemnitee under this Agreement except
as expressly provided herein, and the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the 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.

 

16.3. To
the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, officers, trustees,
partners, 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, 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 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 take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on
behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies.

 

16.4. In
the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company 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.

 

16.5. 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, 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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16.6. Notwithstanding
any provision in this Agreement, the Company shall become obligated to indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement only to the extent there are funds available outside the Trust Account to the Company for such
purposes as described in the Registration Statement. If no funds are available outside the Trust Account for such purposes, then
the Company shall not be obligated to indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate Indemnitee unless and until a Business Combination
is consummated. Indemnitee agrees that he has no right of set-off or any other right, title, interest or claim of any kind in,
or to any distribution of, the Trust Account and hereby agrees not to seek recourse, reimbursement, payment or satisfaction for
any Losses against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever and hereby waives any and all rights to seek access to the Trust
Account.

 

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,
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 Corporate Status, whether or not he is acting in any such capacity at the time
any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification 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.

 

19.1. 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.

 

19.2. Without
limiting any of the rights of Indemnitee under the Articles of Association 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.

 

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19.3. 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 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
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 administrators and other legal representatives.

 

19.4. 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 the 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.

 

19.5. 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 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 may be entitled.
The Company and Indemnitee further agree that Indemnitee shall 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.

 

20. MODIFICATION
AND WAIVER. No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding
unless executed in writing by the parties hereto. 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,
(ii) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third (3rd) business day after the date on which it is
so mailed, or (iii) sent by facsimile transmission, without receipt of confirmation that such transmission has been received:

 

(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:

 

Bison Capital Acquisition Corp.

609-610 21st Century Tower,

No. 40 Liangmaqiao Road,

Chaoyang District, Beijing, China

Attn: James Jiayuan Tong, Chief
Executive Officer

 

or to any other address or number 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 rights and obligations of
the parties hereunder shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the British Virgin Islands, without giving
effect to the conflict of law principles thereof. Except with respect to any arbitration commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section
14.1 of this Agreement, 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 New York Court; (b) consent to submit to the jurisdiction
of the New York 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 New York Court; and (d) waive, and agree not to plead
or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the New York Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient
forum, or is subject (in whole or in part) to a jury trial.

 

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. Use
of the masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include usage of the feminine pronoun where appropriate. 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, 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 an initial business combination.

 

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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.

 

	

 	Bison Capital Acquisition Corp.
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ James Jiayuan Tong
	 	 	James Jiayuan Tong
	 	 	Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
	 	 	 
	 	INDEMNITEE:
	 	 
	 	/s/ Richard Wu
	 	Richard Wude_Ex101

		

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			AMENDED & RESTATED
		

		
			CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE PROGRAM
		

		
			OF DEERE & COMPANY
		

		
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						Purpose

					
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						Definitions

					
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						Eligibility

					
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						Severance Benefits

					
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						Form and Timing of Severance Benefits

					
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						Excise Tax

					
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						The Company’s Payment Obligation

					
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						Covenants and Release of the Participants

					
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						Funding

					
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						Administration

					
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						Claims Procedure

					
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						Legal Fees

					
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						Successors and Assignment

					
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						Miscellaneous

					
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						Effect on Prior Agreements

					
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			AMENDED & RESTATED
		

		
			CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE PROGRAM
		

		
			OF DEERE & COMPANY
		

		
			1.        Purpose
		

		
			The purposes of the Program are (i) to provide Participants with severance payments and benefits in the event of a Qualifying Termination, (ii) to assure the Company that it will have the continued dedication of the Participants and the availability of their advice and counsel notwithstanding the possibility, threat, or occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company, and (iii) to provide an additional incentive for the Participants to remain in the employ of the Company.  The Program is intended to be a “top-hat” plan for a  select group of management or highly compensated employees of the Company, but is not intended to meet the qualification requirements of Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).
		

		
			2.        Definitions
		

		
			Whenever used in the Program, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below and, when the meaning is intended, the initial letter of the word is capitalized:
		

		
			(a)      “Administrator” means the Company’s  Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer or such other person designated by the Committee.
		

		
			(b)      “Base Salary” means a Participant’s annual rate of salary, excluding amounts received under incentive or other bonus plans, whether or not deferred.
		

		
			(c)      “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d‐3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act.
		

		
			(d)      “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
		

		
			(e)      “Bonus” means the target bonus amount for a  Participant for the fiscal year in which the Effective Date of Termination occurs pursuant to the John Deere Short -Term Incentive Bonus Plan or any successor plan or arrangement thereto.  The Bonus will be determined (i) for the CEO and for Tier 1 Participants by the Committee and (ii) for Tier 2 Participants in accordance with the terms and procedures of the Deere Short -Term Incentive Bonus Plan or any successor plan or arrangement thereto.  For purposes of the Program, the term “Bonus” shall not include any payments made pursuant to the Company’s  Long-Term Incentive Cash Plan, Long-Term Incentive Plan or any successor plans or arrangements thereto.
		

		
			(f)       “Cause” means (i) a Participant’s willful and continued failure to substantially perform his duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from Disability or occurring after issuance by a Participant of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason), after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			such Participant that specifically identifies the manner in which the Company believes that such Participant has willfully failed to substantially perform his duties, and after such Participant has failed to resume substantial performance of his duties on a continuous basis within thirty (30) calendar days of receiving such demand; (ii) a Participant’s willfully engaging in conduct (other than conduct covered under (i) above) which is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company, monetarily or otherwise; or (iii) a Participant’s having been convicted of, or having entered a plea of nolo contendere to, a felony.  For purposes of this definition, no act, or failure to act, on a Participant’s part shall be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by a Participant not in good faith and without reasonable belief that the action or omission was in the best interests of the Company.
		

		
			(g)      “CEO” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
		

		
			(h)      “Change in Control” means a change in control of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement, provided that, without limitation, such a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if:
		

		
			(i)       any “person” (as defined in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) (other than a Participant or group of Participants, the Company or a  subsidiary, any employee benefit plan of the Company including its trustee, or any corporation or similar entity which becomes the Beneficial Owner of securities of the Company in connection with a transaction excepted from the provisions of clause (iii) below) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13(d‐3) under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including the securities beneficially owned or any securities acquired directly from the Company) representing thirty percent (30%) or more of the combined Voting Power of the Company’s then outstanding securities;
		

		
			(ii)      the following individuals shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board:  individuals who on the Participation Date constitute the Board and any new director(s) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors on the Participation Date or whose appointment or election or nomination for election was previously so approved but excluding, for this purpose, any such new director whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a person other than the Board;
		

		
			(iii)     there is consummated a merger, consolidation or similar business combination transaction of the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any business combination structured as a forward or reverse triangular merger involving any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company) with any other 

		 

		

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company, other than a merger, consolidation or similar business combination transaction which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof) at least sixty percent (60%) of the combined Voting Power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity or parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger, consolidation or similar business combination transaction; or
		

		
			(iv)     the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.
		

		
			(i)        “CIC Agreement” means a change in control agreement entered into between the Company and an executive or other employee.
		

		
			(j)        “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successors thereto.
		

		
			(k)       “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or any other committee of the Board appointed by the Board to perform the functions of the Compensation Committee.
		

		
			(l)        “Company” means Deere & Company, a Delaware corporation, or any successor thereto as provided in Section 13(a) herein.
		

		
			(m)      “Disability” means complete and permanent inability by reason of illness or accident to perform the duties of the occupation at which a Participant was employed when such disability commenced.
		

		
			(n)       “Divestiture” means a transaction in which (x) the entity that employs a Participant is sold, spun-off or otherwise disposed of by the Company with the result that such entity is no longer a 409A Affiliate, or (y) the business unit or division in which the Participant is employed is spun-off as a separate entity that is not a 409A Affiliate or is sold or otherwise transferred to a  third party that is not a 409A Affiliate.
		

		
			(o)       “Effective Date of Termination” means the date on which a Qualifying Termination occurs which triggers the payment of Severance Benefits hereunder.
		

		
			(p)       “Employment” means a Participant’s employment with the Company or any of its 409A Affiliates.
		

		
			(q)       “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(r)        “Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
		

		
			(s)       “Good Reason” means, without a Participant’s express written consent, the occurrence of any one or more of the following:
		

		
			(i)       The assignment of a Participant to duties materially inconsistent with such Participant’s authorities, duties, responsibilities, and status (including offices and reporting requirements) as an employee of the Company, or a  reduction or alteration in the nature or status of a Participant’s authorities, duties, or responsibilities from the greater of (i) those in effect on the Participation Date; (ii) those in effect during the fiscal year immediately preceding the year of the Change in Control; or (iii) those in effect immediately preceding the Change in Control;
		

		
			(ii)      The Company’s requiring a Participant to be based at a location which is at least fifty (50) miles further from the current primary residence than is such residence from the Company’s current headquarters, except for required travel on the Company’s business to an extent substantially consistent with such Participant’s business obligations as of the Participation Date;
		

		
			(iii)     A reduction by the Company in a Participant’s Base Salary as in effect on the Participation Date or as the same shall be increased from time to time;
		

		
			(iv)     A material reduction in a Participant’s level of participation in any of the Company’s short- and/or long-term incentive compensation plans, or employee benefit or retirement plans, policies, practices, or arrangements in which such Participant participates from the levels in place during the fiscal year immediately preceding the Change in Control; provided, however, that reductions in the levels of participation in any such plans shall not be deemed to be “Good Reason” if a Participant’s reduced level of participation in each such program remains substantially consistent with the average level of participation of other executives who have positions commensurate with such Participant’s position;
		

		
			(v)      The failure of the Company to obtain a satisfactory agreement from any successor to the Company to assume and agree to perform the obligations under the Program, as contemplated in 13(a) herein; or
		

		
			(vi)     Any involuntary termination of a Participant’s Employment that is not effected pursuant to a  Notice of Termination.
		

		
			The existence of Good Reason shall not be affected by a Participant’s temporary incapacity due to physical or mental illness not constituting a Disability.  A Participant’s continued employment shall not constitute a waiver of such Participant’s rights with respect to any circumstance constituting Good Reason.
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(t)       “Multiplier” shall mean (i) three (3) in the case of the CEO, (ii) two (2) in the case of a Tier 1 Participant and (ii) one and one-half (1.5) in the case of a Tier 2 Participant.
		

		
			(u)      “Notice of Termination” shall mean a written notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in the Program relied upon, and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of a Participant’s Employment under the provision so indicated.
		

		
			(v)      “Participant” means the CEO and each person who is designated to be a Tier 1 Participant or Tier 2 Participant under the Program.
		

		
			(w)     “Participation Date” means, with respect to each Participant, the date specified by the Committee or the Administrator as provided in Section 3(a) as of which such individual becomes a Participant in the Program.  If (i) a Participant who is designated a Tier 1 Participant is subsequently designated as the CEO, (ii) a Participant who is designated a Tier 2 Participant is subsequently designated a Tier 1 Participant, (iii) or if a Tier 1 Participant is subsequently designated in accordance with Section 3(c) a Tier 2 Participant, then from and after the effective date of such later designation, the Participant’s Participation Date will be such effective date.
		

		
			(x)      “Payment Date” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5(a) herein.
		

		
			(y)      “Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a “group” as provided in Section 13(d).
		

		
			(z)      “Post-Divestiture Employer” means, in the case of a Participant whose employment is with an entity, business unit or division that is the subject of a Divestiture and who immediately following the Divestiture continues to be employed with such entity, business unit or division, the Participant’s employer immediately following the Divestiture (including all entities that are considered to be a single employer with such party under the default provisions in Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A‐1(h)).
		

		
			(aa)    “Potential Change in Control” of the Company means the happening of any of the following:
		

		
			(i)        the entering into an agreement by the Company, the consummation of which would result in a Change in Control of the Company as defined in Section 2(g) hereof; or
		

		
			(ii)       the acquisition of beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, by any entity, person or group (other than a Participant or group of Participants, the Company or a  subsidiary, or any employee benefit plan of the Company including its trustee) of securities of the Company representing fifteen percent (15%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities and the adoption by the Board of a resolution to the effect that a 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Potential Change in Control of the Company has occurred for purposes of the Program.
		

		
			(bb)    “Program” means this Change in Control Severance Program of Deere & Company and its Subsidiaries, as subsequently amended from time to time.
		

		
			(cc)    “Release” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 8 herein.
		

		
			(dd)    “Release Deadline” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 8 herein.
		

		
			(ee)    “Qualifying Termination” means any of the events described in Section 4(b) herein, the occurrence of which triggers the payment of Severance Benefits hereunder.
		

		
			(ff)      “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
		

		
			(gg)    “Severance Benefits” means the payment of severance compensation as provided in Section 4(d) herein.
		

		
			(hh)    “Subsidiary” means any corporation or other entity of which ownership interests having ordinary Voting Power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Company.
		

		
			(ii)      “Tier 1 Participant” means each person who is designated by the Committee as a Tier 1 Participant.
		

		
			(jj)      “Tier 2 Participant” means each person who is designated by the Administrator as a Tier 2 Participant.
		

		
			(kk)    “Voting Power” of a corporation or other entity means the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of such corporation or other entity entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.
		

		
			(ll)      “409A Affiliate” means any corporation that is included in a controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code) that includes the Company and any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is under common control with the Company (within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code).
		

		
			3.        Eligibility
		

		
			(a)      Designation of Participants.  The CEO shall be a Participant in the Plan. Tier 1 Participants shall be designated in writing from time to time by the Committee in its discretion.  Tier 2 Participants shall be designated in writing from time 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			to time by the Committee or the Administrator.  At the time an individual is designated as a Participant, the Committee or the Administrator, as the case may be, shall specify such individual’s Participation Date (which may, but need not, be the date of the Committee or the Administrator action designating the individual as a Participant).  The books and records of the Company shall be definitive for purposes of determining whether and as of when an individual has been designated as a Participant.
		

		
			(b)      Participation Exclusive.  Unless and until an individual has been designated as a Participant and the relevant Participation Date has occurred, such individual shall have no rights under the Program, regardless of whether any other individual with a similar position, rate of compensation or responsibilities has become a Participant.  No individual shall become a Participant while such individual is party to an effective CIC Agreement, and in no event may any individual have entitlements under both the Program and a CIC Agreement.
		

		
			(c)      Termination of Participation.  The Committee, with respect to Tier 1 Participants (including, for this purpose, a Tier 1 Participant who is being converted to a  Tier 2 Participant), and the Committee or the Administrator, with respect to Tier 2 Participants, may provide notice to a  Participant at any time that such Participant shall cease to be a Participant.  Any such termination or reduction of Participant status shall become effective on the earliest anniversary of the relevant Participant’s Participation Date that is at least six (6) months  from the date of the notice of termination or reduction of Participant status, provided, however, that no such termination or reduction of Participant status shall be effective prior to the second anniversary of the Participant’s Participation Date; provided, further, that no notice of termination or reduction of Participant status shall be given within six (6) months  following a Potential Change in Control; and provided, further, that following a Change in Control, no such termination or reduction of Participant status shall be given effect until the later of (i) twenty-four (24) months  after the month in which the Change in Control occurs or (ii) if a Participant experiences a Qualifying Termination before the end of such twenty-four (24) month period, until all obligations of the Company under the Program have been fulfilled and all benefits required under the Program have been paid or provided to the Participant.
		

		
			4.        Severance Benefits
		

		
			(a)      Right to Severance Benefits. Subject to Section 8, a Participant shall be entitled to receive from the Company the Severance Benefits described in Section 4(d) if a Qualifying Termination of such Participant has occurred. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive Severance Benefits if he or she is terminated for Cause, or if his or her Employment ends due to death or Disability or due to a  voluntary termination of Employment without Good Reason.  An individual who has ceased to be a Participant in the Program in accordance with Section 3(c) shall not be entitled to any Severance Benefits under the Program in connection with his or her termination of Employment for any reason, even if such termination of Employment would have qualified as a Qualifying Termination had the individual been a Participant at the time of his or her termination of Employment.  No Severance Benefits shall be payable 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			under the Program to any individual if the Program has been terminated as to such individual in accordance with Section 14(d) at the time of such individual’s termination of Employment.
		

		
			(b)      Qualifying Termination.  Subject to Section 8, the occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall trigger the payment of Severance Benefits to a  Participant under the Program:
		

		
			(i)        An involuntary termination of a Participant’s Employment for reasons other than Cause within six (6) months  preceding or within twenty‐four (24) calendar months  following a Change in Control of the Company; any such involuntary termination shall be pursuant to a  Notice of Termination (specifying the Effective Date of Termination which shall be not less than five (5) days from the date of the Notice of Termination) delivered to such Participant by the Company; or
		

		
			(ii)       A Participant’s voluntary termination of Employment for Good Reason within twenty-four (24) calendar months  following a Change in Control of the Company pursuant to a  Notice of Termination delivered to the Company by such Participant.
		

		
			For purposes of the Program, a Participant’s Employment will be considered to have terminated upon (and only upon) such Participant’s “separation from service” from the Company and its 409A Affiliates as determined under the default provisions in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A‐1(h).
		

		
			(c)      Divestitures.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing Section 4(b), if the entity, business unit or division that employs a Participant is the subject of a Divestiture, the Participant will be considered to have experienced an involuntary termination of Employment as of the date such entity ceases to be a 409A Affiliate or such business unit or division is sold or transferred, regardless of whether the Participant is considered to have experienced a termination of Employment with the Company and its affiliates for any other purpose; provided, however, that if a Divestiture occurs within six (6) months  preceding or within twenty‐four (24) months  following a Change in Control of the Company, then the Divestiture itself will not be considered to cause a termination of the Participant’s employment, and whether the Participant experiences a Qualifying Termination following such Divesture will be determined by reference to the Participant’s employment with the Post-Divestiture Employer (so that, for example, an involuntary termination of the Participant’s employment with the Post-Divestiture Employer for reasons other than Cause within 24 calendar months  following a Change in Control of the Company will trigger the payment of Severance Benefits). Nothing in this Agreement is intended to conflict with 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b) or create liability for disclosures of trade secrets that are expressly allowed by such section.
		

		
			

		 

		

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			(d)      Description of Severance Benefits.  Subject to Section 8, in the event a Participant becomes entitled to receive Severance Benefits, the Company shall pay or provide to the Participant all of the following:
		

		
			(i)        An amount equal to the product of (x) the sum of the Participant’s Base Salary in effect at the Effective Date of Termination (without regard to any decreases therein which constitute Good Reason) plus his Bonus and (y) the Multiplier.
		

		
			(ii)       An amount equal to his unpaid Base Salary, accrued vacation pay, and earned but not taken vacation pay through the Effective Date of Termination.
		

		
			(iii)      An amount equal to his Bonus multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days he was employed by the Company in the then-existing fiscal year through the Effective Date of Termination, and the denominator of which is three hundred sixty-five (365) less, in the case of a Participant who began Employment after the beginning of the fiscal year, the number of days from the beginning of the fiscal year to the date he commenced Employment.
		

		
			(iv)      A continuation of the welfare benefits of health care, life and accidental death and dismemberment, and disability insurance coverage for (A) three (3) full years after the Effective Date of Termination for the CEO, (B) two (2) full years after the Effective Date of Termination for Tier 1 Participants,  (C) and eighteen (18) months  after the Effective Date of Termination for Tier 2 Participants; provided, however, that the Participant shall pay (or promptly reimburse the Company for the cost of) any portion of the premiums for such coverage that results in taxable income to the Participant attributable to the first six (6) months  following the Effective Date of Termination in excess of $5,000, and in such case, the Company shall repay the Participant the amount of such payment or reimbursement at the time provided in Section 5(a) for the payment of Severance Benefits. These benefits shall be provided to the Participant at the same premium cost, and at the same coverage level, as in effect as of his Effective Date of Termination. However, in the event the premium cost and/or level of coverage shall change for all employees of the Company, or for management employees with respect to supplemental benefits, the cost and/or coverage level, likewise, shall change for the Participant in a corresponding manner.  The continuation of these welfare benefits shall be discontinued prior to the end of the three (3) year, two (2) year, or eighteen (18) month period, as applicable, to the extent such Participant has available substantially similar benefits at a comparable cost from a subsequent employer, as determined by the Committee.
		

		
			(v)       In a single payment, an amount in cash equal to the amount of the Company’s employer contributions made on behalf of the Participant under all defined contribution plans of the Company for the plan year immediately 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			preceding the Effective Date of Termination (or, if higher, for the plan year immediately prior to the Change in Control).
		

		
			(e)      Other Benefits.  Compensation which has been deferred under the Company’s nonqualified deferred compensation plans, increased with applicable notional interest and adjusted for applicable notional gains and losses, shall be distributed pursuant to the terms of the applicable plan.  In addition, the Participant’s benefits, if any, under the John Deere Supplemental Pension Benefit Plan, the John Deere Senior Supplementary Pension Benefit Plan and any other nonqualified defined benefit pension plan will be calculated and distributed pursuant to the terms of the applicable plan.
		

		
			(f)       Termination for Disability.  Following a Change in Control of the Company, if a Participant’s Employment is terminated due to Disability, such Participant shall receive his Base Salary through the date of termination, at which point in time such Participant’s benefits shall be determined in accordance with the Company’s disability, retirement, insurance, and other applicable plans and programs then in effect.  In the event a Participant’s Employment is terminated due to Disability, such Participant shall not be entitled to the Severance Benefits described in Section 4(d).
		

		
			(g)      Termination for Death.   Following a Change in Control of the Company, if a Participant’s Employment is terminated by reason of the Participant’s death, such Participant’s benefits shall be determined in accordance with the Company’s retirement, survivor’s benefits, insurance, and other applicable programs of the Company then in effect.  In the event a Participant’s Employment is terminated by reason of his death, such Participant shall not be entitled to the Severance Benefits described in Section 4(d).
		

		
			(h)      Termination for Cause, or Other Than for Good Reason.  Following a Change in Control of the Company, if a Participant’s Employment is terminated either (i) by the Company for Cause; or (ii) by such Participant (other than for Good Reason), the Company shall pay such Participant his full Base Salary and accrued vacation through the date of termination, at the rate then in effect, plus all other amounts to which such Participant is entitled under any compensation and benefit plans of the Company, at the time such payments are due, and the Company shall have no further obligations to such Participant under the Program.
		

		
			(i)       Notice of Termination. Any termination of Employment by a Participant for Good Reason shall be communicated by a Notice of Termination.
		

		
			5.        Form and Timing of Severance Benefits
		

		
			(a)      Form and Timing of Severance Benefits. The Severance Benefits described in Section 4(d) (other than those described in Section 4(d)(iv)) herein shall be paid in cash to such Participant in a single lump sum 185 days following the 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Effective Date of Termination (or if such date is not a business day, the next business day) (the “Payment Date”).
		

		
			(b)      Withholding of Taxes. The Company shall be entitled to withhold from any amounts payable under the Program all taxes as legally shall be required (including, without limitation, any United States federal taxes and any other state, city, or local taxes).
		

		
			6.        Excise Tax
		

		
			(a)      Excise Tax. Subject to the last sentence of this Section 6(a), in the event that a Participant becomes entitled to Severance Benefits or any other payment or benefit under the Program, or under any other agreement with or plan of the Company (in the aggregate, the “Total Payments”), if all or any part of the Total Payments will be subject to the tax (the “Excise Tax”) imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (or any similar tax that may hereafter be imposed), and if such Participant would receive a greater net after-tax amount if the Total Payments paid to such Participant were reduced to avoid the imposition of the Excise Tax, then the Total Payments paid to such Participant shall be reduced, such that the value of the aggregate payments that such Participant receives shall be one dollar ($1) less than the maximum amount which such Participant may receive without becoming subject to the Excise Tax, or which the Company may pay without loss of deduction under Section 280G(a) of the Code.  The reductions, if applicable, required by this Section 6(a) shall be made only from the following amounts in the following order:  first, from the lump sum payment contemplated by Section 5(a); and then, to the extent necessary, from other amounts payable to the Participant that do not constitute deferred compensation for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.
		

		
			(b)      Tax Computation. All calculations done pursuant to Section 6(a), shall be made and determined reasonably and in good faith by the auditing firm which served as the Company’s independent auditors immediately prior to the Change in Control, and all such calculations made reasonably and in good faith shall be final and binding on the Company and such Participant, even if such calculations are subsequently challenged or revised by a court or applicable regulatory authority. For purposes of the calculations done pursuant to Section 6(a), a Participant shall be deemed to pay federal income taxes at the highest marginal rate of federal income taxation in the calendar year in which the Payment Date occurs and state and local income taxes at the highest marginal rate of taxation in the state and locality of such Participant’s residence on the Payment Date, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes which could be obtained from deduction of such state and local taxes.
		

		
			(c)      Expenses. All of the fees and expenses of the accounting firm in performing the calculations referred to in Sections 6(a) and 6(b) above shall be borne solely by the Company.
		

		
			

		 

		

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			7.        The Company’s Payment Obligation
		

		
			(a)      Payment Obligations Absolute. Subject to Section 8, the Company’s obligation to pay or provide the Severance Benefits provided for herein shall be absolute and unconditional, and shall not be affected by any circumstances, including, without limitation, any offset, counterclaim, recoupment, defense, or other right which the Company may have against a Participant or anyone else.  All amounts payable by the Company hereunder shall be paid without notice or demand.  Each and every payment made hereunder by the Company shall be final, and the Company shall not seek to recover all or any part of such payment from a Participant or from whomsoever may be entitled thereto, for any reasons whatsoever.
		

		
			Notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, however, if the Company (or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company) is obligated by law to pay to a  Participant severance pay, a termination indemnity, notice pay, or the like (but excluding for this purpose accrued and unused vacation pay), or is obligated by law to provide to a  Participant advance notice of separation (“Notice Period”), then any Severance Benefits hereunder shall be reduced by the amount of any such severance pay, termination indemnity, notice pay or the like, as applicable, and by the amount of any compensation received during any Notice Period.
		

		
			A Participant shall not be obligated to seek other employment in mitigation of the amounts payable or arrangements made under any provision of the Program, and the obtaining of any such other employment shall in no event effect any reduction of the Company’s obligations to make the payments and arrangements required to be made under the Program, except to the extent provided in Section 4(d)(iv) herein.
		

		
			(b)      Contractual Rights to Benefits. Subject to Sections 3 and 14(d), the Program establishes and vests in a Participant a contractual right to the benefits to which he or she is entitled hereunder. However, nothing herein contained shall require or be deemed to prohibit the Company to segregate, earmark, or otherwise set aside any funds or other assets, in trust or otherwise, to provide for any payments to be made or required hereunder.
		

		
			8.        Covenants and Release of the Participants.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Program, a Participant’s entitlement to Severance Benefits shall be conditioned on the Participant’s executing a Restrictive Covenant and Release Agreement (the “Release”), substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, within sixty (60) days after the Participant’s Qualifying Termination (the “Release Deadline”) and such Release remaining in effect and becoming irrevocable after the expiration of any statutory period in which the Participant is permitted to revoke a release.  If the Participant fails to execute and deliver the Release by the Release Deadline, or if the Participant thereafter effectively revokes the Release, the Company shall be under no obligation to make any further payments or provide any further benefits to the Participant, and the Participant shall promptly repay 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			the Company any payments made to the Participant and the Company’s direct cost for any benefits provided to the Participant pursuant to the Program.
		

		
			9.        Funding
		

		
			Benefits payable under the Program shall be unfunded, as that term is used in Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3), 401(a)(1) and 4021(b)(6) of ERISA, with respect to unfunded plans maintained primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation to a  select group of management or highly compensated employees, and the Administrator shall administer the Program in a manner that will ensure that benefits are unfunded and that Participants will not be considered to have received a taxable economic benefit prior to the time at which benefits are actually payable hereunder.  Accordingly, the Company shall not be required to segregate or earmark any of its assets for the benefit of Participants or their spouses or other beneficiaries, and each such person shall have only a contractual right against the Company for benefits hereunder.  The Company may from time to time establish a trust and deposit with the trustee thereof funds to be held in trust for the payment of benefits hereunder; provided, that the use of such funds for such purpose shall be subject to the claims of the Company’s general creditors as set forth in the agreement establishing any such trust.  The rights and interests of a Participant under the Program shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or encumbrance by a Participant or any person claiming under or through a Participant, nor shall they be subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities or torts of a Participant or anyone else prior to payment.  The Administrator may from time to time appoint an investment manager or managers for the funds held in any such trust.
		

		
			10.      Administration
		

		
			The Program shall be operated under the direction of the Committee and administered by the Administrator.  Subject to Section 6(b), the calculation of all benefits payable under the Program shall be performed by the Administrator, subject to the review of the Committee.  The Administrator shall have sole and complete discretionary authority and control to manage the operation and administration of the Plan, including but not limited to, the interpretation of all Plan provisions, determination of the amount of benefits payable to any Participant, spouse, heirs or estate, all legal and factual determinations, and construction of disputed or ambiguous term, and all such determinations shall be binding on all parties.  Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, all determinations of eligibility for participation and benefits under the Program as a Tier 1 Participant shall be made by the Committee.  The Administrator may delegate responsibilities under the Plan.  With respect to any instance where the Plan is administered relative to the Administrator, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company shall act as Administrator.
		

		
			11.      Claims Procedure
		

		
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			plan on the date that such claims are submitted, except that the Administrator shall make initial determinations with respect to claims hereunder and the Committee shall decide appeals of such determinations.
		

		
			In the event that any dispute under the provisions of the Program is not resolved to the satisfaction of the affected Participant through the Program’s claims procedures described in the preceding paragraph, any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with the Program may, at the sole election of the affected Participant, be settled by arbitration, conducted before a panel of three (3) arbitrators sitting in a location selected by the Participant within fifty (50) miles from the location of his employment with the Company, in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect.
		

		
			Judgment may be entered on the award of the arbitrator in any court having proper jurisdiction. All expenses of such arbitration, including the fees and expenses of the counsel for a  Participant, shall be borne by the Company. If applicable, payment or reimbursement of the Participant’s reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses shall be made not later than December 31st of the calendar year following the year in which they are incurred.
		

		
			12.     Legal Fees.
		

		
			To the extent permitted by law, the Company shall pay all reasonable legal fees, costs of litigation or arbitration, prejudgment interest, and other expenses incurred in good faith by a Participant as a result of:
		

		
			(a)       the Company’s refusal to provide the Severance Benefits to which a Participant becomes entitled under the Program, or
		

		
			(b)       the Company’s contesting the validity, enforceability, or interpretation of the Program, or
		

		
			(c)       any conflict between the parties pertaining to the Program.
		

		
			If applicable, payment or reimbursement of the Participant’s reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses shall be made not later than December 31st of the calendar year following the year in which they are incurred.
		

		
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			(a)      Successors to the Company. The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, a similar business combination transaction or otherwise) of all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company and its affiliates thereof to expressly assume and agree to perform the Company’s obligations under the Program in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform them if no such succession had taken place. Assuming that such transaction otherwise constitutes a 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Change in Control, the date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be deemed to be the date of the Change in Control.
		

		
			(b)      Divestitures.  In the event of a Divestiture, the Company may, but shall not be obligated to, assign its obligations under the Program with respect to any Participant who immediately following such Divestiture will be employed by the entity that owns the divested entity, business unit or division to the Participant’s Post‐Divestiture Employer or any of its affiliates.  Upon the effectiveness of the agreement by such Post-Divestiture Employer or one of its affiliates to perform such obligations, the Company shall have no further obligations under the Program to such Participant.
		

		
			(c)      Assignment by a Participant. The Program shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by a Participant’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees, and legatees. If a Participant dies while any amount would still be payable to him or her hereunder had he or she continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of the Program to such Participant’s beneficiary. If a Participant has not named a beneficiary, then such amounts shall be paid to such Participant’s devisee, legatee, or other designee, or if there is no such designee, to such Participant’s estate.
		

		
			14.      Miscellaneous
		

		
			(a)      Employment Status. Except as may be provided under any other agreement between a Participant and the Company or one of its 409A Affiliates, a Participant’s Employment is “at will,” and may be terminated by either the Participant or the Participant’s employer at any time, subject to applicable law.
		

		
			(b)      Beneficiaries. The primary and/or contingent beneficiaries designated by a Participant pursuant to Company-provided life insurance benefits shall be the persons or entities who or which are the Beneficiaries of any Severance Benefits owing to such Participant under the Program.
		

		
			(c)      Severability. In the event any provision of the Program shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of the Program, and the Program shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included. Further, the captions of the Program are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force and effect.
		

		
			(d)      Amend, Modify or Terminate.  Subject to the restrictions and limitations set forth in this Section 14(d), the Board (or any committee of the Board to whom the Board delegates it authority hereunder) may amend, modify or terminate the Program at any time in whole or in part without prior notice to, or without the consent of, any Participant or other person.  Notwithstanding the previous sentence, without the express written consent of an affected Participant, (i) the Board may not amend, modify or terminate the Program in any respect for a  Participant for whom a Qualifying 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Separation has occurred or (ii) amend, modify or terminate the Program in a manner that is adverse to the Participant in any material respect during the twenty-four month period following a Change in Control or the six month period following a Potential Change in Control.  In addition, any amendment, modification or termination of the Program that would be precluded under the previous sentence without the express written consent of an affected Participant on or after a Change in Control shall not be given effect without the express written consent of the affected Participant if it is adopted within six months  prior to the occurrence of a Potential Change in Control or a  Change in Control.  Nothing in this Section 14(d) shall preclude a termination or reduction of a Participant’s status in the Program in accordance with Section 3(c).
		

		
			(e)      Applicable Law.  TO THE EXTENT NOT PREEMPTED BY THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER LAW MANDATORILY APPLYING TO A PARTICIPANT’S EMPLOYMENT, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS SHALL BE THE CONTROLLING LAW IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE PROGRAM.
		

		
			15.      Effect on Prior Agreements.
		

		
			By virtue of a Participant’s participation in the Program, the Participant and the Company acknowledge that:  (a) the Program supersedes all prior written or oral agreements between them, including, but not limited to, any Change in Control Agreement or Severance Protection Agreement which a Participant and the Company may have entered into; and (b) as of the Participation Date, any and all such prior agreements are null and void.
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			EXHIBIT A
		

		
			RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AND RELEASE AGREEMENT
		

		
			This Restrictive Covenant and Release Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into by the undersigned effective as of [INSERT DATE]1 (“Effective Date”).
		

		
			In consideration of the severance benefits to be provided to me under the Change in Control Severance Program of Deere & Company (the “Severance Program”), I agree as follows:
		

		
			1.        Return of Property.  All Company files, access keys and codes, desk keys, ID badges, computers, records, manuals, electronic devices, computer programs, papers, electronically stored information or documents, telephones and credit cards, and any other property of the Deere & Company or any of its affiliates (the “Company”) in my possession must be returned no later than the Effective Date.
		

		
			2.        Non-Disclosure and Non-Solicitations Covenants.
		

		
			(a)      Disclosure of Information.  As a result of my employment with the Company, I had access to and knowledge of certain confidential and proprietary information of the Company.  I shall not, in whole or in part, disclose such information to any person, firm, corporation, association, or other entity for any reason or purpose whatsoever, nor shall I make use of any such information for my own purposes.
		

		
			(b)      Covenants Regarding Other Employees.  For a period beginning on the date of my Qualifying Termination (as defined in the Severance Program) and ending two (2) years following the payment of the lump sum severance benefits provided for in Section 4(c) of the Severance Program, I agree not to:
		

		
			(i)        attempt to induce any employee of the Company to (i) terminate his or her employment with the Company, or (ii) accept employment with any competitor of the Company; or
		

		
			(ii)       interfere in a similar manner with the business of the Company.
		

		
			3.        General Release and Waiver of Claims.
		

		
			(a)       Release. In consideration of the payments and benefits provided to me under the Severance Program and after consultation with counsel, I and each of my respective heirs, executors, administrators, representatives, agents, insurers, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Releasors”) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally release and forever discharge the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and each of their respective officers, employees, directors, shareholders and 
		

		

		
			1       PURSUANT TO SECTION 8 OF PROGRAM, THE EFFECTIVE DATE SHOULD BE NO MORE THAN 60 DAYS FOLLOWING DATE OF QUALIFYING TERMINATION.
		

		
			

		 

		

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			agents (“Releasees”) from any and all claims, actions, causes of action, rights, judgments, obligations, damages, demands, accountings or liabilities of whatever kind or character (collectively, “Claims”), including, without limitation, any Claims under any federal, state, local or foreign law, that the Releasors may have, or in the future may possess, arising out of (i) my employment relationship with and service as an employee, officer or director of the Company or any subsidiaries or affiliated companies and the termination of such relationship or service, and (ii) any event, condition, circumstance or obligation that occurred, existed or arose on or prior to the date hereof; provided, however, that I does not release, discharge or waive any rights to (i) payments and benefits provided under the Severance Program that are contingent upon my execution of this Agreement and (ii) any indemnification rights I may have in accordance with the Company’s governance instruments or under any director and officer liability insurance maintained by the Company with respect to liabilities arising as a result of my service as an officer and employee of the Company.  This Section 3(a) does not apply to any Claims that the Releasors may have as of the date I sign this Agreement arising under the Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (“ADEA”).  Claims arising under ADEA are addressed in Section 3(b) of this Agreement.
		

		
			(b)      Specific Release of ADEA Claims.  In further consideration of the payments and benefits provided to me under the Severance Program, the Releasors hereby unconditionally release and forever discharge the Releasees from any and all Claims arising under ADEA that the Releasors may have as of the date I sign this Agreement.  By signing this Agreement, I hereby acknowledge and confirm the following: (i) I was advised by the Company in connection with my termination to consult with an attorney of my choice prior to signing this Agreement and to have such attorney explain to me the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the terms relating to my release of claims arising under ADEA, and I have in fact consulted with an attorney; (ii) I was given a period of not fewer than 21 days to consider the terms of this Agreement and to consult with an attorney of my choosing with respect thereto; (iii) I knowingly and voluntarily accept the terms of this Agreement; and (iv) I am providing this release and discharge only in exchange for consideration in addition to anything of value to which I am already entitled.  I also understand that I have seven days following the date on which I sign this Agreement within which to revoke the release contained in this paragraph, by providing the Company with a written notice of my revocation of the release and waiver contained in this paragraph.
		

		
			(c)      No Assignment.  I represent and warrant that I have not assigned any of the Claims being released under this Agreement.  The Company may assign this Agreement, in whole or in part, to any affiliated company or subsidiary of, or any successor in interest to, the Company.
		

		
			4.        Proceedings.
		

		
			(a)      General Agreement Relating to Proceedings.  I have not filed, and except as provided in Sections 4(b) and 4(c), I agree not to initiate or cause to be initiated on my behalf, any complaint, charge, claim or proceeding against the 
		

		
			

		 

		

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			Releasees before any local, state or federal agency, court or other body relating to my employment or the termination of my employment, other than with respect to the obligations of the Company to me under the Severance Program (each, individually, a “Proceeding”), and agree not to participate voluntarily in any Proceeding.  I waive any right I may have to benefit in any manner from any relief (whether monetary or otherwise) arising out of any Proceeding.
		

		
			(b)      Proceedings Under ADEA. Section 4(a) shall not preclude me from filing any complaint, charge, claim or proceeding challenging the validity of my waiver of Claims arising under ADEA (the ADEA waiver is set forth in Section 3(b) of this Agreement).  However, both the Company and I confirm our belief that my waiver of claims under ADEA is valid and enforceable, and my intention is that all claims under ADEA will be waived.
		

		
			(c)      Certain Administrative Proceedings.  In addition, Section 4(a) shall not preclude me from filing a charge with or participating in any administrative investigation or proceeding by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or another Fair Employment Practices agency.  I am, however, waiving my right to recover money in connection with any such charge or investigation.  I am also waiving my right to recover money in connection with a charge filed by any other entity or individual, or by any federal, state or local agency.
		

		
			5.        Remedies. In the event I initiate or voluntarily participate in any Proceeding in violation of this Agreement, or if I fail to abide by any of the terms of this Agreement or if I revoke the ADEA release contained in paragraph 3(b) within the seven-day period provided under paragraph 3(b), the Company shall be under no obligation to make any further payments or provide any further benefits to me, and I shall promptly repay the Company any payments made to me and the Company’s direct cost for any benefits provided to me pursuant to the Severance Program, without waiving the release granted herein.  I acknowledge and agree that the remedy at law available to the Company for breach of any of my obligations under paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 herein would be inadequate and that damages flowing from such a breach may not readily be susceptible to measurement in monetary terms.  Accordingly, I acknowledge, consent and agree that, in addition to any other rights or remedies that the Company may have at law or in equity, the Company shall be entitled to seek a temporary restraining order or a  preliminary or permanent injunction, or both, without bond or other security, restraining me from breaching my obligations under paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 herein.  Such injunctive relief in any court shall be available to the Company, in lieu of, or prior to or pending determination in, any arbitration proceeding.
		

		
			I understand that by entering into this Agreement I shall be limiting the availability of certain remedies that I may have against the Company and limiting also my ability to pursue certain claims against the Company.
		

		
			6.        Severability Clause.  If any provision or part of this Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable, only that particular provision or part, and not the entire Agreement, shall be inoperative.
		

		
			

		 

		

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			7.       GOVERNING LAW AND FORUM.  I acknowledge that this agreement has been executed, in whole or in part, in Illinois.  Accordingly, I agree that this Agreement and all matters or issues arising out of or relating to my employment with the Company shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois applicable to contracts entered into and performed entirely therein.  Any action to enforce this Agreement shall be brought solely in the state or federal courts located in the Moline, Illinois.
		

		
			I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT I FULLY KNOW, UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE ITS CONTENTS, AND THAT I HEREBY EXECUTE THE SAME AND MAKE THIS AGREEMENT AND THE COVENANTS AND RELEASE PROVIDED FOR HEREIN VOLUNTARILY AND OF MY OWN FREE WILL.
		

			
					
						 

					
					
						 

					
					
						 

				
	
					
						 

					
					
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