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Exhibit 10.2

  

  

  

  

  

  
    

    

    SEVERANCE AGREEMENT

    

    

    This SEVERANCE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) by and between
      Katherine Motlagh (“Employee”) and CyrusOne Management Services LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company (“Employer”) is effective as of November 2, 2020, or such earlier date as Employee commences employment with the CyrusOne Group (as defined below) on or after the date of execution of this Agreement by the parties
      hereto (the “Effective Date”).

    

    

    WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of Employer, its parent
      CyrusOne Inc. (“CyrusOne”) and the shareholders of CyrusOne to assure that Employer and CyrusOne will have Employee’s full attention and dedication to Employer
      and CyrusOne;

    

    

    NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above and the
      promises and mutual obligations of the parties contained herein, and for other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Employer and Employee agree as follows:

    

    

    1.          Term of
            Agreement.  The term of this Agreement shall be the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the date of Employee’s termination of employment with the CyrusOne Group for any reason, other than a termination entitling
        Employee to payments and benefits under Section 2 or 3.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the provisions of this Agreement shall survive Employee’s termination of employment hereunder to the extent necessary to enable the
        parties to enforce their respective rights hereunder.  As of the Effective Date, the “CyrusOne Group” means Employer, CyrusOne LP, CyrusOne, and their
        respective subsidiaries.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement shall be null and void ab initio in the event Employee does not commence employment
        with the CyrusOne Group on or prior to November 2, 2020.

    

    

    2.          Termination

            by Employer Other than for Cause, Death or Disability or by Employee for Good Reason.  In the event that Employee’s employment with Employer is actually terminated (x) by Employer for any reason other than Employee’s Terminating
        Disability or death, for Cause or under circumstances described in Section 3, or (y) by Employee for Good Reason, other than under circumstances described in Section 3, then, in addition to Employee’s right to receive the Accrued Obligations:

    

    

    (a)          on the date which is sixty (60) days after Employee’s
        termination of employment with Employer, subject to Employer’s receipt of Employee’s executed and irrevocable release as provided in Section 5, Employer shall pay Employee in a lump sum cash payment an amount equal to a full year of Employee’s
        annual Base Salary at the rate in effect at the time of such termination; and

    

    

    (b)          Employer will (i) pay or reimburse Employee’s premium
        payments for continued health, dental and vision coverage under Employer’s group health plan under COBRA that exceed the active employee rate, if Employee timely elects and remains eligible for COBRA coverage, until the earlier of the end of the
        Severance Period and the date that Employee becomes eligible for other group health plan coverage, and (ii) pay Employee as additional severance as set forth in Section 2(a) a single lump sum determined by Employer as adequate to convert and
        continue Employer’s group life coverage as an individual policy for the Severance Period.  Employer will include the COBRA payments and life insurance payment in Employee’s taxable income.

    

    

    

    

    
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    3.          Terminations

            in Connection with a Change in Control.  In the event that there is both a Change in Control and either (A) Employee terminates her employment with Employer for Good Reason within one (1) year after the Change in Control or (B)
        Employee’s employment with Employer is actually terminated by Employer within one (1) year after the Change in Control for any reason other than Employee’s Terminating Disability or death or for Cause, then, in addition to Employee’s right to
        receive the Accrued Obligations:

    

    

    (a)          on the date which is sixty (60) days after Employee’s
        termination of employment with Employer, subject to Employer’s receipt of Employee’s executed and irrevocable release as provided in Section 5, Employer shall pay Employee in a lump sum cash payment an amount equal to two (2) times the sum of (i) a
        full year of Employee’s annual Base Salary at the rate in effect at the time of such termination and (ii) Employee’s annual Bonus target in effect at the time of such termination (in both cases without regard to any decrease in Base Salary or Bonus
        target that constituted Good Reason);

    

    

    (b)          (i) all outstanding stock options and other
        outstanding long-term incentive awards (other than restricted stock or restricted stock units) issued by the CyrusOne Group to Employee with vesting based only on continued service for a period of time shall become vested and exercisable (to the
        extent not already so vested) as of immediately before such termination (and Employee shall be afforded the opportunity to exercise them until the earlier of (A) the expiration date of the award and (B) the end of the Severance Period), (ii) any
        restricted stock or restricted stock units issued by the CyrusOne Group to Employee with vesting based only on continued service for a period of time shall become vested as of immediately before such termination, and (iii) any outstanding equity
        incentive awards pursuant to which earning any portion of the award or vesting in the award depends on performance shall be treated in accordance with the applicable provisions of the applicable incentive plan or related award agreements; and

    

    

    (c)          Employer will (i) pay or reimburse Employee’s premium
        payments for continued health, dental and vision coverage under Employer’s group health plan under COBRA that exceed the active employee rate, if Employee timely elects and remains eligible for COBRA coverage, until the earlier of the end of the
        Severance Period and the date that Employee becomes eligible for other group health plan coverage, and (ii) pay Employee as additional severance as set forth in Section 3(a) a single lump sum determined by Employer as adequate to convert and
        continue Employer’s group life coverage as an individual policy for the Severance Period.  Employer will include the COBRA payments and life insurance payment in Employee’s taxable income.

    

    

    4.          Section
            280G.  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, in the event that it is determined (by the reasonable computation of an independent nationally recognized certified public accounting firm that shall be selected by
        Employer prior to the applicable Change in Control (the “Accountant”)) that the aggregate amount of the payments, distributions, benefits and entitlements of
        any type payable by Employer or any affiliate to or for the benefit of Employee (including any payment, distribution, benefit or entitlement made by any person or entity effecting a Change in Control), in each case, that could be considered
        “parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) (such payments, the “Parachute Payments”) that, but for this Section 4 would be payable to Employee, exceeds the greatest amount of Parachute Payments that could be paid to Employee
        without giving rise to any liability for any excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (or any successor provision thereto) or any similar tax imposed by state or local law, or any interest or penalties with respect to such tax (such tax or
        taxes, together with any such interest or penalties, collectively referred to as the “Excise Tax”), then the aggregate amount of Parachute Payments payable to
        Employee shall not exceed the amount which produces the greatest after-tax benefit to Employee after taking into account any Excise Tax to be payable by Employee.  For the avoidance of doubt, this provision shall reduce the amount of Parachute
        Payments otherwise payable to Employee, if doing so would place Employee in a more favorable net after-tax economic position as compared with not reducing the amount of Parachute Payments (taking into account the Excise Tax payable in respect of
        such Parachute Payments).  Parachute Payments will be reduced by first reducing amounts considered to be nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code (“Section 409A”); provided that, in no event may the Parachute Payments be reduced in a manner that would subject Employee to additional
        taxation under Section 409A.

    

    

    

    

    
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    5.          Severance

            Payments and Release.  Upon termination of Employee’s employment with the CyrusOne Group as a result of an event of termination described in Section 2 or Section 3 and except for Employer’s payment of the Accrued Obligations and
        other amounts described in Section 2 or Section 3, as applicable, all further compensation under this Agreement shall terminate.  Employee further agrees that as a condition precedent to Employee’s receipt of payments and benefits under Section 2
        or Section 3, as applicable (other than the Accrued Obligations), upon the request of Employer and by a reasonable deadline set by Employer (to ensure that payments can be made by the dates specified in Section 2 or Section 3, as applicable,
        following the expiration of the time for revocation of such release as permitted by law), Employee shall execute and not revoke a release of claims against all members of the CyrusOne Group and their respective officers, directors, and employees,
        which release shall contain customary and appropriate terms and conditions as determined in good faith by Employer, but which terms and conditions shall not require Employee to waive any right to indemnification and continued directors and officers
        insurance coverage, and shall not, except to the extent reasonably necessary to provide Employer with comparable protections that Employer reasonably determines comply with intervening changes in applicable law, impose any additional restrictive
        covenants upon Employee’s activities following termination other than those already imposed by this Agreement and the Non-Competition Agreement.

    

    

    6.          Additional Severance Terms.

    

    

    (a)          When an amount (referred to in this Section 6(a) as
        the “principal sum”) that is payable under Section 2(a) or Section 3(a) on the date which is sixty (60) days after Employee’s termination of employment with
        Employer is paid, such payment shall also include an amount that is equal to the amount of interest that would have been earned by such principal sum for the period from the date of Employee’s termination of employment with Employer to the date
        which is sixty (60) days after Employee’s termination of employment had such principal sum earned interest for such period at an annual rate of interest of three and one-half percent (3.5%).

    

    

    (b)          To the extent that any of the benefits applicable to
        medical, dental, and vision coverage provided to Employee under Section 2(b) or Section 3(c) (referred to in this Section 6(b) as “healthcare plan benefits”)
        are subject to Federal income taxation and are not exempt from Section 409A of the Code, the following conditions shall apply:

    

    

    

    

    
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    (i)          the amount of healthcare plan benefits provided or
        paid during any tax year of Employee under Section 2(b) or Section 3(c) shall not affect the amount of healthcare plan benefits that are provided or eligible for payment in any other tax years of Employee (disregarding any limit on the amount of
        medical expenses, as defined in Section 213(d) of the Code, that may be paid or reimbursed over some or all of the period in which such coverage is in effect because of a lifetime, annual or similar limit on any covered person’s expenses that can
        be paid or reimbursed under Employer’s health care plans under which the terms of such coverage is determined);

    

    

    (ii)          the payment or reimbursement of an expense for
        healthcare plan benefits that is eligible for payment or reimbursement shall not be made prior to the date immediately following the date which is sixty (60) days after Employee’s termination of employment with Employer and shall in any event be
        made no later than the last day of the tax year of Employee next following the tax year of Employee in which the expense is incurred; and

    

    

    (iii)          Employee’s right to healthcare plan benefits shall
        not be subject to liquidation or exchange for any other benefit.

    

    

    (c)          Employee shall not be required to seek or accept
        other employment, or otherwise to mitigate damages, as a condition to the receipt of any payments or benefits under this Agreement, and the payments and benefits under this Agreement shall not be offset by any compensation or other amounts received
        from any other source.

    

    

    (d)          This Agreement and the amounts payable and other
        benefits hereunder are intended to comply with, or otherwise be exempt from, Section 409A.  This Agreement shall be administered, interpreted and construed in a manner consistent with Section 409A.  If any provision of this Agreement is found not
        to comply with, or otherwise not to be exempt from, the provisions of Section 409A, it shall be modified and given effect, in the sole discretion of the Board or Compensation Committee and without requiring Employee’s consent, in such manner as the
        Board or Compensation Committee determines to be necessary or appropriate to comply with, or to effectuate an exemption from, Section 409A.  Each payment under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate identified payment for purposes of Section
        409A.  The preceding provisions shall not be construed as a guarantee by Employer of any particular tax effect to Employee of the payments and other benefits under this Agreement.

    

    

    (i)          With respect to any reimbursement of expenses of, or
        any provision of in-kind benefits to, Employee, as specified under this Agreement, such reimbursement of expenses or provision of in-kind benefits shall be subject to the following conditions:  (A) the expenses eligible for reimbursement or the
        amount of in-kind benefits provided in one taxable year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement or the amount of in-kind benefits provided in any other taxable year, except for any medical reimbursement arrangement providing for
        the reimbursement of expenses referred to in Section 105(b) of the Code; (B) the reimbursement of an eligible expense shall be made no later than the end of the year after the year in which such expense was incurred; and (C) the right to
        reimbursement or in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

    

    

    

    

    
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    (ii)          If a payment obligation under this Agreement arises
        on account of Employee’s termination of employment and if such payment is “deferred compensation” (as defined under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(1)) subject to Section 409A, the payment shall be paid only in connection with Employee’s
        “separation from service” (as defined in Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(h)).  If a payment obligation under this Agreement arises on account of Employee’s “separation from service” (as defined under Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(h)) while Employee is
        a “specified employee” (as defined under Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(h) and using the identification methodology selected by Employer from time to time), any payment of “deferred compensation” (as defined under Treasury Regulation Section
        1.409A-1(b)(1), after giving effect to the exemptions in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.409A-1(b)(3) through (b)(12)) that is scheduled to be paid within six months after such separation from service shall accrue without interest and shall be paid
        on the first day of the seventh month beginning after the date of Employee’s separation from service or, if earlier, within fifteen (15) days following Employee’s death.

    

    

    7.          Other
            Terminations.  In the event Employee’s employment with Employer is actually terminated for any reason other than those giving rise to payments under Section 2 or Section 3, including Employee’s resignation other than for Good Reason,
        termination by Employer for Cause or due to Employee’s death or Terminating Disability, then Employee shall be entitled only to the Accrued Obligations.

    

    

    8.          Certain
            Defined Terms.  To the extent provided below, the following provisions apply under this Agreement.

    

    

    (a)          “Accrued Obligations” shall mean (i) any Base Salary accrued through the date of termination, (ii) any Bonus earned but not yet paid for the year preceding the year in which the termination occurs, subject to
        certification by the Compensation Committee of any performance goals applicable to such bonus, (iii) reimbursement for any business expenses properly incurred prior to the date of termination and (iv) any nonforfeitable amounts or benefits,
        including continuation and conversion rights, provided under any employee plan, not including any severance, separation pay or supplemental unemployment benefit plan, in accordance with the terms of such plan.

    

    

    (b)          “Base Salary” shall mean Employee’s annual base salary.

    

    

    (c)          “Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of CyrusOne.

    

    

    (d)          “Bonus” shall mean Employee’s annual bonus.

    

    

    (e)          “Cause” shall mean the Board determines that there has been fraud, misappropriation, embezzlement or misconduct constituting serious criminal activity on the part of Employee.

    

    

    

    

    
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    (f)          “Change in Control” has the meaning set forth in the CyrusOne Restated 2012 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended through the date hereof.

    

    

    (g)          “COBRA” shall mean the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended.

    

    

    (h)          “Compensation Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board.

    

    

    (i)          “Good Reason” shall be deemed to have occurred if, without Employee’s consent, (i) there is a material adverse change in Employee’s reporting responsibilities or there is otherwise a material reduction by the
        CyrusOne Group in Employee’s authority, reporting relationship or responsibilities, including without limitation a requirement that she report to anyone other than the Chief Executive Officer or the Board, (ii) there is a material reduction by the
        CyrusOne Group in Employee’s Base Salary or Bonus target or (iii) Employee’s principal place of employment is changed to a location more than fifty (50) miles outside the Dallas, Texas metro area.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such event shall
        constitute Good Reason unless Employee notifies Employer of the occurrence of such event within ninety (90) days after Employee first has actual knowledge of such occurrence, Employer fails to cure such event to Employee’s reasonable satisfaction
        within thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice, and Employee resigns within thirty (30) days after the end of such cure period.

    

    

    (j)          “Non-Competition Agreement” shall mean the Non-Disclosure and Non-Competition Agreement entered into between Employee and Employer.

    

    

    (k)          “Severance Period” shall mean the one (1) year period beginning at the time of the termination of Employee’s employment with the CyrusOne Group.

    

    

    (l)          “Terminating Disability” shall mean any physical or mental infirmity for which Employee receives disability benefits under any disability plans made available to Employee by the CyrusOne Group (“Disability Plans”), over a period of one hundred twenty (120) consecutive working days during any twelve (12) consecutive month period, or if longer, a period
        equal to the elimination period under any Disability Plan applicable to Employee.

    

    

    9.  Withholdings.  All amounts payable under this Agreement will be
        subject to withholdings as required by law.

    

    

    10.      Remedies.

    

    

    (a)          Except for claims by the CyrusOne Group arising under
        or relating to the Non-Competition Agreement, the parties hereto agree to submit to final and binding arbitration any dispute, claim or controversy, relating
        to Employee’s employment with or termination from the CyrusOne Group, whether for breach of this Agreement or violation of any of Employee’s statutory or common law rights (herein, a “claim”).  The parties further agree that the arbitrability of any dispute between them, including whether or to what extent the provisions of this Section 10 are unconscionable or otherwise unenforceable, is a decision
        that will be submitted exclusively to the arbitrator, and will not be decided by any Federal or state court.

    

    

    

    

    
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    (b)          This agreement to arbitrate and any resulting
        arbitration award are enforceable under and subject to the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. (the “FAA”).  If the FAA is held not to apply for any reason, then the laws of the State of Texas concerning the enforceability of arbitration agreements and awards (without regard to its conflicts of laws principles)
        shall govern this agreement to arbitrate and the arbitration award.

    

    

    (c)          All of a party’s claims must be presented at a single
        arbitration hearing.  Any claim not raised at the arbitration hearing is waived and released.  The arbitration hearing shall take place in Dallas, Texas.

    

    

    (d)          The arbitration process shall be governed by the
        Employment Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) except to the extent they are modified by this
        Agreement.  In the event that any provisions of this Section 10 are determined by AAA to be unenforceable or impermissibly contrary to AAA rules, then this Section 10 shall be modified as necessary to comply with AAA requirements.

    

    

    (e)          Employee has had an opportunity to review the AAA
        rules and the requirements that Employee must pay a filing fee, which Employer has agreed to split on an equal basis.

    

    

    (f)          The arbitrator shall be selected from a panel of
        arbitrators chosen by AAA, all of whom shall be currently licensed to practice law in Texas.  After the filing of a Request for Arbitration, AAA shall send simultaneously to Employer and Employee an identical list of names of five persons chosen
        from the panel.  Each party shall have ten (10) days from the transmittal date in which to strike up to two (2) names, number the remaining names in order of preference, and return the list to AAA.

    

    

    (g)          Any pre-hearing disputes shall be presented to the
        arbitrator for expeditious, final, and binding resolution.

    

    

    (h)          The award of the arbitrator shall be in writing and
        shall set forth each issue considered and the arbitrator’s finding of fact and conclusions of law as to each such issue.

    

    

    (i)          The remedy and relief that may be granted by the
        arbitrator to Employee are limited to lost severance, benefits, cease and desist and affirmative relief, compensatory, liquidated, and punitive damages and reasonable attorney’s fees, and shall not include reinstatement or promotion.  If the
        arbitrator would have awarded reinstatement or promotion, but for the prohibition in this Agreement, the arbitrator may award reasonable front pay.  The arbitrator may assess to either party, or split, the arbitrator’s fee and expenses and the cost
        of the transcript, if any, in accordance with the arbitrator’s determination of the merits of each party’s position, but each party shall bear any cost for its witnesses and proof.

    

    

    (j)          Nothing herein shall prevent either party from taking
        the deposition of any witness where the sole purpose for taking the deposition is to use the deposition in lieu of the witness testifying at the hearing and the witness is, in good faith, unavailable to testify in person at the hearing due to poor
        health, residency, and employment more than fifty (50) miles from the hearing site, conflicting travel plans or other comparable reason.

    

    

    

    

    
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    (k)          Employer and Employee consent that judgment upon the
        arbitration award may be entered in any Federal or state court that has jurisdiction.

    

    

    (l)          Except for claims excluded from arbitration under
        Section 10(a), neither party shall commence or pursue any litigation on any claim that is or was subject to arbitration under this Agreement.

    

    

    (m)          All aspects of any arbitration procedure under this
        Agreement, including the hearing and the record of the proceedings, are confidential and shall not be open to the public, except to the extent the parties agree otherwise in writing, or as may be appropriate in any subsequent proceedings between
        the parties, or as may otherwise be appropriate in response to a governmental agency or legal process or as may be required to be disclosed by the CyrusOne Group pursuant to applicable law, rule, or regulation to which the CyrusOne Group is
        subject, including requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and any stock exchanges on which CyrusOne’s securities are listed.

    

    

    11.  Assignment.  This Agreement is personal to Employee
        and all rights and duties of Employee arising under this Agreement, and this Agreement itself, are non-assignable by Employee.  Employee acknowledges that Employer may elect to assign this Agreement to an affiliate, provided that such assignment,
        other than to a successor to Employer’s business that expressly adopts and agrees to be bound by this Agreement, shall not relieve Employer of its obligations under this Agreement, and Employer shall guarantee payment and performance of all such
        obligations by the assignee.

    

    

    12.  Notices.  Any notice required or permitted to be given under
        this Agreement shall be sufficient if in writing and if delivered personally or by certified mail to Employee at Employee’s place of residence as then recorded on the books of Employer or to Employer at its principal office.

    

    

    13.  Waiver.  No waiver or modification of this Agreement
        or the terms contained herein shall be valid unless in writing and duly executed by the party to be charged therewith.  The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by the other party shall not operate or be
        construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach by such party.

    

    

    14.  Governing Law; Venue.  This Agreement shall be governed by the
        laws of the State of Texas and, to the extent applicable, Federal law, and the parties agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the state and Federal courts sitting in Dallas, Texas counties for all disputes not covered by Section 10.

    

    

    15.  Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, together with the
        Non-Competition Agreement and Employee’s offer letter from CyrusOne, contains the entire agreement of the parties with respect to Employee’s employment by Employer, and supersedes any and all prior agreements between or among the parties.  There
        are no other contracts, agreements, or understandings, whether oral or written, existing between them except as contained or referred to in this Agreement.

    

    

    16.  Severability.  In case one or more of the provisions
        of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or other enforceability shall not affect any other provisions hereof, and this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal
        or unenforceable provisions have never been contained herein.

    

    

    

    

    
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    17.          Successors

            and Assigns.  Subject to the requirements of Section 11 above, this Agreement shall be binding upon Employee, Employer and Employer’s successors and assigns.

    

    

    18.          Protected Rights.

    

    

    (a)          Notwithstanding any other provision of this
        Agreement, nothing contained in this Agreement limits Employee’s ability to file a charge or complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the SEC
        or any other federal, state or local governmental agency or commission (collectively, “Government Agencies”), or from providing truthful testimony in response
        to a lawfully issued subpoena or court order.  Employee understands that this Agreement does not limit her ability to communicate with any Government Agencies or otherwise participate in any investigation or proceeding that may be conducted by any
        Government Agency, including providing documents or other information, without notice to Employer.  In addition, Employee shall not be prohibited from providing any confidential information to the SEC, cooperating with or assisting in an SEC
        investigation or proceeding or receiving any monetary award as set forth in Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise for information provided to the SEC.

    

    

    (b)          The federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (the “Act”) provides immunity from liability in certain circumstances to Employer’s employees, contractors, and consultants for limited disclosures of Employer “trade
        secrets,” as defined by the Act. Specifically, Employer’s employees, contractors, and consultants may disclose trade secrets: (i) in confidence, either directly or indirectly, to a Federal, state, or local government official, or to an attorney,
        “solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law,”; or (ii) “in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.” Additionally, employees, contractors, and
        consultants who file lawsuits for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may use and disclose related trade secrets in the following manner:  (A) the individual may disclose the trade secret to his/her attorney; and
        (B) the individual may use the information in the court proceeding, as long as the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal and does not otherwise disclose the trade secret “except pursuant to court order.”  

      

    

    

    19.          Counterparts. 
        This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. Signatures delivered by facsimile or electronic means (including by “pdf”) shall be
        deemed effective for all purposes.

    

    

    [Signature page follows]

    

    

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

    

    

    
      	 	CYRUSONE MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC,	 
	 	 	 	 
	
              

              

            	
              by: 

            	/s/ Robert M. Jackson 	 
	 	 	Name:	Robert M. Jackson	 
	 	 	Title:	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	 
	 	

            	 
	 	 	 
	 	Date: October 8, 2020	 

    

    

    

    
      

      

      
        	 	EMPLOYEE,	 
	 	 	 	 
	
                

                

              	
                by: 

              	/s/ Katherine Motlagh 	 
	 	 	Name:	Katherine Motlagh	 
	 	

              	 
	 	 	 
	 	Date: October 8, 2020	 

      

      

      

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

  

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PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER, THE COMPANY RESERVES
THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER
TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE
HOLDER, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOTE, REPRESENTS THAT IT UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES TO THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.

 

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CONVERTIBLE NOTE 

	 	 	 
	US$[  ]	 	November [    ], 2019

 

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Convertible Note
(the “Note”), for good and valuable consideration received, Global Seed Corporation, a company incorporated
in the State of Texas (the “Company”), promises to pay to the order of [investor’s name] (such party and
any permitted transferee, the “Holder”), the principal amount of US$[   ], plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon at the rate provided below, on [   ]1 (the “Maturity Date”), or such earlier or later date
as may be otherwise provided herein, unless the outstanding principal, together with accrued interest, is settled in accordance
with Article 3 of the Note.

 

The Note is issued pursuant to, subject to the provisions of
and in accordance with, the Convertible Note Purchase Agreement, dated November [ ], 2019 (the “Purchase Agreement”),
by and between the Company and the Holder. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Purchase
Agreement.

 

The following is a statement of the rights of the Holder of
the Note and the terms and conditions to which the Note is subject, and to which the Holder hereof, by the acceptance of the Note,
agrees:

 

ARTICLE 1 

DEFINITIONS 

 

“Board of Directors” means the board of directors
of the Company or a committee of such board duly authorized to act for it hereunder.

 

“Business Day” means any day that is not
a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in the Cayman Islands, the State of New York, Beijing or Hong Kong
are required by Law to be closed.

 

“Close of Business” means 5:00 P.M., New
York City time.

 

“Common Equity” of any Person means common
stock of such Person that is generally entitled (a) to vote in the election of directors of such Person or (b) if such Person is
not a corporation, to vote or otherwise participate in the selection of the governing body, partners, managers or others that will
control the management or policies of such Person.

 

“Common Stock” means shares of the common
stock of the Company, par value US$0.0001 per share, at the date of this Note, subject to Section 4.2.

 

“Company” has the meaning ascribed to this
term in the Preamble.

 

“Conversion Date” has the meaning ascribed
to this term in Section 3.3(a).

 

“Conversion Notice” has the meaning ascribed
to this term in Section 3.3(a).

 

“Defaulted Amounts” means any amounts on
this Note that are payable but are not punctually paid or duly provided for.

 

“Event of Default” has the meaning ascribed
to this term in Section 2.4.

 

“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Exchange Rate” means the currency exchange
rate between the US$ and HK$. For the purpose of this Note, the parties agree to have it fixed at US$1=HK$7.82 throughout the term
of the Note, including the repayment of the interests and the principal.

 

 

		1	A date that is thirty (30) months from the Note Issuance
Date.

 

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“Fundamental Change” shall be deemed to have
occurred at the time after the Note is originally issued if any of the following occurs:

 

(a) a “person” or “group” within the
meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company, its Subsidiaries, any Permitted Holders and the employee
benefit plans of the Company and its Subsidiaries, files a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing
that such person or group has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act, of the Company’s Common Equity representing more than 50% of the voting power of all shares of the Company’s
Common Equity;

 

(b) the consummation of (i) any recapitalization, reclassification
or change of the Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination) as a result of which the Common
Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets; (ii) any share exchange, amalgamation,
scheme of arrangement, consolidation or merger of the Company pursuant to which the Common Stock will be converted into cash, securities
or other property; (iii) any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially
all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any “person” or “group”
(as those terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) other than one of the Company’s Subsidiaries; or
(iv) any statutory share exchange;

 

(c) the shareholders of the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries;

 

(d) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries commence
a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or such Significant
Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment
of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary or all or
substantially all of its property, or consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official
in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or
fail generally to pay its debts as they become due; or

 

(e) an involuntary case or other proceeding is commenced against
the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company
or such Significant Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect or
seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company or such Significant
Subsidiary or all or substantially all of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed
and unstayed for a period of 30 consecutive calendar days;

 

provided, however, that a transaction or transactions
described in clause (a) or (b) above shall not constitute a Fundamental Change, if 100% of the consideration received or to be
received by holders of the Common Stock, excluding cash payments for any fractional Common Stock or made in connection with any
dissenters’ rights, in connection with such transaction or transactions consists of shares of Common Equity in respect of
Common Equity that are listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Stock Market (or any of their respective
successors) or will be so listed or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or transactions and as
a result of such transaction or transactions the Note becomes convertible into such consideration, excluding cash payments for
any fractional Common stock or made in connection with any dissenters’ rights.

 

“GAAP” means accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States.

 

“Governmental Authority” means any federal,
national, supranational, state, provincial, local, municipal or other government, any governmental, quasi-governmental, supranational,
judicial, regulatory or administrative authority (including any governmental division, department, agency, commission, instrumentality,
organization, unit or body, political subdivision, and any court or other tribunal) or any stock exchange or self-regulatory organization
(including OTC Markets Group Inc.) with competent jurisdiction.

 

“HK$” means the Hong Kong dollar, the lawful
currency of Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China.

 

“HKIAC” has the meaning ascribed to this
term in Section 10.4(b).

 

“HKIAC Rules” has the meaning ascribed to
this term in Section 10.4(b).

 

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“Holder” has the meaning ascribed to this
term in the Preamble.

 

“Last Reported Sale Price” of any security
on any date means the closing sale price per security (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask
prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on that date as reported
in composite transactions for the NASDAQ Stock Market (or the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which
such securities are traded). If such securities are not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on
the relevant date, the “Last Reported Sale Price” shall be the last quoted bid price for such securities in
the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization. If such securities
are not so quoted, the “Last Reported Sale Price” shall be the average of the midpoint of the last bid and ask
prices for such securities on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking
firms selected by the Company for this purpose. If there was no bid price or no ask price for such securities on the relevant date
then the “Last Reported Sale Price” shall be the value per security of such securities as of the Close of Business
on the relevant date as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Company for such
purpose as most accurately reflecting the per security price that a fully informed buyer, acting on his own accord, would pay to
a fully informed seller, acting on his own accord in an arms-length transaction, for one such security.

 

“Law” means any statute, law, ordinance,
regulation, rule, code, order, judgment, writ, injunction, decree or requirement of law (including common law) enacted, issued,
promulgated, enforced or entered by a Governmental Authority.

 

“Majority Holders” means the holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of all notes issued under the Purchase Agreement.

 

“Maturity Date” has the meaning ascribed
to this term in the Preamble.

 

“Merger Event” has the meaning ascribed to
this term in Section 4.2.

 

“Note” has the meaning ascribed to this term
in the Preamble.

 

“Note Issuance Date” has the meaning ascribed
to this term in Section 2.1.

 

“Open of Business” means 9:30 A.M., New York
City time.

 

“Record Date” means, with respect to any
dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of the Common Stock (or other applicable security) have
the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock (or such other security) is exchanged
for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of security holders
entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors, statute, contract
or otherwise).

 

“Reference Property” and “unit of
Reference Property” have the meanings ascribed thereto in Section 4.2.

 

“Significant Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary
of the Company that meets the definition of “significant subsidiary” in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under
the Exchange Act (but with all references to “10%” therein being deemed to refer to “15%”).

 

“Subsidiary” means, as of the relevant date
of determination, with respect to any Person (the “subject entity”), (i) any Person (x) more than fifty percent (50%)
of whose shares or other interests entitled to vote in the election of directors or (y) more than fifty percent (50%) interest
in the profits or capital of such Person are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by the subject entity or through one or
more Subsidiaries of the subject entity, (ii) any Person, including for the avoidance of doubt any “variable interest entity,”
whose financial statements, or portions thereof, are or are intended to be consolidated with the financial statements of the subject
entity for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP or (iii) any Person with respect to which the subject entity has
the sole power to control or otherwise direct the business and policies of that entity directly or indirectly through another subsidiary
or otherwise.

 

“Successor Company” has the meaning ascribed
to this term in Section 7.1(a).

 

“U.S.” means the United States of America.

 

“US$” means the United States dollar, the
lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

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ARTICLE 2 

INTEREST; PAYMENTS; DEFAULTS 

 

2.1 Interest Rate. The principal amount outstanding under
the Note shall bear interest at a rate of 1.25% per month (i.e., 15% per annum, NOT on a compounded basis) until maturity or such
earlier or later time as the principal becomes due and payable hereunder. Interest on the Note shall accrue from the date on which
the Note is issued (the “Note Issuance Date”) and be payable on the first day of each calendar quarter following
the Note Issuance Date. Accrued interest on the Note shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a
year of 365 days.

 

2.2 Payment. All amounts payable on or in respect of
the Note or the indebtedness evidenced hereby shall be paid to the Holder in HK$, at the Exchange Rate, in immediately available
funds on the date that any principal or interest is due and payable hereunder. The Company shall make such payments of the due
and unpaid principal amount of the Note, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, on each such date to the Holder by
wire transfer of immediately available funds for the account of the Holder as the Holder may designate from time to time and notify
in writing to the Company at least three Business Days prior to each payment date. If any such payment date or the Maturity Date
falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment will be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest
on such payment will accrue in respect of the delay. In no event may the Company make any prepayment of any principal or interest
due hereunder prior to the respective dates on which such principal or interest is due and payable without the prior written consent
of the Holder.

 

2.3 Seniority. The Note ranks senior in right of payment
to any of the Company’s future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Note, equal in right
of payment to any of the Company’s future indebtedness and other liabilities of the Company that are not so subordinated,
and junior in right of payment to any of the Company’s secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing
such indebtedness.

 

2.4 Events of Default. For purposes of the Note, an “Event
of Default” shall be deemed to have occurred if any of the following events occur, whatever the reason or cause for such
Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree
or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority or otherwise:

 

(a) Failure to Pay Principal. The Company defaults in
the payment of principal of the Note when due and payable on the Maturity Date, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise.

 

(b) Failure to Pay Interest. The Company defaults in
the payment of interest when any such interest payment becomes due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 calendar
days.

 

(c) Breach of Conversion Obligation. The Company fails
to comply with its obligation to convert all or a portion of the Note in accordance with Article 3 upon Holder’s exercise
of its conversion rights and such failure continues for, or such conversion is not rescinded within, a period of five Business
Days.

 

(d) Breach of Other Obligations. The Company fails for
60 calendar days after written notice from the Majority Holders has been received by the Company to comply with any of its other
agreements expressly set forth in the Note.

 

(e) Delisting. At any time after 12 months after the
Closing Date, the Common Stock cease to be listed or quoted on OTC Stock Markets (or any of their respective successors), other
than in connection with a Fundamental Change.

 

2.5 Consequences of Event of Default.

 

(a) If one or more Events of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing, unless the principal of the Note shall have already become due and payable, the Majority Holders may by notice in
writing to the Company, declare 100% of the outstanding principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Note to be due and
payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall automatically be immediately due and payable.

 

(b) If (1) rescission would not
conflict with any arbitral award (or if applicable, any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction) and (2) any
and all existing Events of Default under the Note, other than the nonpayment of the principal of and accrued and unpaid
interest on the Note that shall have become due solely by such acceleration, shall have been cured or waived (or are waived
concurrently with the rescission or annulment), then the Majority Holders, by written notice to the Company, may waive all
defaults or Events of Default with respect to the Note and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences and such
defaults shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every
purpose of the Note; but no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent Event of
Default, nor shall such waiver or rescission impair any right consequent thereon.

 

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ARTICLE 3 

CONVERSION 

 

3.1 Conversion by Holder. Subject to and upon compliance
with the provisions of this Article 3, the Holder shall have the right, at the Holder’s option, to convert all or
any portion of the outstanding principal of the Note to the Company’s fully paid Common Stock (the “Conversion Shares”),
at the then applicable Conversion Price.

 

3.2 Conversion Price. Subject to adjustments as provided
in Article 4, the initial conversion price shall be the 30 trading-day average of the Last Reported Sale Prices immediately
prior to the Conversion Date with a 20% discount.

 

3.3 Conversion Procedure; Settlement Upon Conversion.

 

(a) Subject to Section 3.3(c), this Note shall be deemed
to have been converted prior to the Close of Business three Business Days from the Maturity Date that the Holder has delivered
a duly completed irrevocable written notice (the “Conversion Notice”) and the Note for cancellation to the Company
at the 24th month from the note issuance date (the “Conversion Date”). After the receipt of the Note
and the Conversion Notice, the Company shall (i) take all actions and execute all documents necessary to effect the issuance of
the full number of Conversion Shares to which the Holder shall be entitled in satisfaction of any conversion pursuant to Section
3.1, (ii) deliver to the Holder certificate(s) representing the Conversion Shares and (iii) subject to Section 3.3(c),
cancel the Note. For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder only has one chance for the Note conversion.

 

(b) The Company shall not issue any fractional Common stock
upon conversion of the Note and shall instead pay cash in lieu of any fractional Common stock deliverable upon conversion based
on the Conversion Price.

 

(c) In the event the Holder surrenders this Note pursuant to
Section 3.3(a) for partial conversion, the Company shall, in addition to cancelling the Note upon such surrender, execute
and deliver to the Holder a new note denominated in U.S. dollars and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted
portion of the surrendered Note, without payment of any service charge by the Holder.

 

(d) If the Holder submits the Note for conversion, the Company
shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the delivery of the Common Stock upon such conversion
of the Note, unless the tax is due because the Holder requests such Common Stock to be issued in a name other than the Holder’s
name, in which case the Holder shall pay that tax.

 

(e) Upon any conversion, the Holder shall be entitled to receive
cash payment for accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to, but not including, the relevant Conversion Date on the principal amount
of the Note so converted.

 

(f) Except as provided in Section 4.1, no adjustment
shall be made for dividends on any Common Stock delivered upon any conversion of this Note as provided in this Article 3.

 

(g) The Company shall, at its own cost, register the issuance
of the Conversion Shares or the Conversion Shares on an applicable registration statement and cause such registration statement
to be declared effective by the SEC by the Maturity Date.

 

ARTICLE 4 

ADJUSTMENTS 

 

4.2 Effect of Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes
of the Common Stock.

 

(a) In the case of:

 

(i) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the
Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination),

 

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(ii) any consolidation, merger, combination or similar transaction
involving the Company,

 

(iii) any sale, lease or other transfer to a third party of
all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries; or

 

(iv) any statutory share exchange,

 

in each case, as a result of which the Common Stock would be
converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof)
(any such event, a “Merger Event”), then, prior to or at the effective time of such Merger Event, the Company
or the successor or purchasing Person, as the case may be, shall execute an amendment to this Note providing that, at and after
the effective time of such Merger Event, the right to convert the Note shall be changed into a right to convert the Note into the
kind and amount of shares of stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) that
a holder of a number of Common Stock equal to the quotient of the Note amount divided by the applicable Conversion Price immediately
prior to such Merger Event would have owned or been entitled to receive (the “Reference Property,” with each
“unit of Reference Property” meaning the kind and amount of Reference Property that a holder of one Common stock
is entitled to receive) upon such Merger Event; provided, however, that at and after the effective time of the Merger
Event the number of Common Stock otherwise deliverable upon any conversion of the Note in accordance with Article 3 shall
instead be deliverable in the amount and type of Reference Property that a holder of that number of Common Stock would have been
entitled to receive in such Merger Event.

 

If the Merger Event causes the Common Stock to be converted
into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of
holder election), then (i) (A) the Reference Property into which the Note will be convertible shall be deemed to be the weighted
average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Common Stock that affirmatively make such an election
or (B) if no such holders affirmatively make such an election, the types and amounts of consideration actually received by such
holders, and (ii) the unit of Reference Property for purposes of the immediately preceding paragraph shall refer to the consideration
referred to in clause (i) attributable to one Common stock. The Company shall provide written notice to the Holder of such weighted
average as soon as practicable after such determination is made.

 

Such amendment described in the second immediately preceding
paragraph shall provide for adjustments that shall be as nearly equivalent as is practicable to the adjustments provided for in
this Article 4 (it being understood that no such adjustments shall be required with respect to any portion of the Reference
Property that does not consist of shares of Common Equity (however evidenced) or depositary receipts in respect thereof). If, in
the case of any Merger Event, the Reference Property includes shares of stock, securities or other property or assets (including
cash or any combination thereof) of a Person other than the Company or the successor or purchasing Person, as the case may be,
in such Merger Event, then such other Person shall also execute such amendment, and such amendment shall contain such additional
provisions to protect the interests of the Holder as the Board of Directors shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the
foregoing.

 

(b) None of the foregoing provisions shall affect the right
of the Holder to convert this Note into Common Stock as set forth in Article 3 prior to the effective date of such Merger
Event.

 

(c) The above provisions of this Section 4.2 shall similarly
apply to successive Merger Events.

 

4.3 [Internationally Omitted.]

 

4.4 Certain Covenants.

 

(a) The Company covenants that all Common Stock delivered upon
any conversion of this Note will be fully paid and non-assessable by the Company and free from all liens and charges with respect
to the issue thereof.

 

(b) The Company covenants that if any Common Stock to be provided
for the purpose of any conversion of this Note require approval of any Governmental Authority under any Law before such Common
Stock may be validly issued upon conversion, the Company will, to the extent then permitted by applicable Law, secure such approval,
as the case may be.

 

(c) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Holder
may only resell the Note, the Common Stock delivered upon conversion of all or any portion of the Note or any such Common Stock
pursuant to an effective registration statement or an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements
of the Securities Act and other applicable securities Laws.

 

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4.5 Notice for Certain Actions. In case of any (a) Merger
Event or (b) voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company, then, in each case (unless notice
of such event is otherwise required pursuant to another provision of this Note), the Company shall deliver a notice to the Holder,
as promptly as possible but in any event at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, stating
(i) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such action by the Company or, if a record is not to be taken,
the date as of which the holders of Common Stock, as the case may be, of record are to be determined for the purposes of such action
by the Company, or (ii) the date on which such Merger Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is expected to become effective
or occur, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock, as the case may be, of record shall be entitled
to exchange their Common Stock, as the case may be, for securities or other property deliverable upon such Merger Event, dissolution,
liquidation or winding-up. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such
action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, Merger Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up.

 

ARTICLE
5.

REDEMPTION

 

Section 5.01 No Right to Redeem Before Certain Date.
The Company may not redeem the Notes at its option at any time before the first year anniversary from the Note Issuance Date (the
“Redemption Permission Commencement Date”).

 

Section 5.02 Right to Redeem the Notes on or After the Redemption
Permission Commencement Date. Subject to the terms of this ARTICLE 5, the Company has the right, at its election, to redeem
all or any portion of the Notes not previously converted, at any time, on a Redemption Date on or after the Redemption Permission
Commencement Date, for a cash purchase price equal to the Redemption Price.

 

Section 5.03 Redemption Prohibited in Certain Circumstances.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Notes may be redeemed by the Company pursuant to this ARTICLE 5 on any date if the principal
amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to such date (except in the
case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Redemption Price with respect to such Notes).

 

Section 5.04 Redemption Date. The Redemption Date for
any Redemption will be a Business Day after the following.

 

	Redemption Dates	 	Redemption Premium	 
	 	 	 	 
	12 months from the Note Issuance Date	 	 	15	%
	 	 	 	 	 
	16 months from the Note Issuance Date	 	 	12	%
	 	 	 	 	 
	21 months from the Note Issuance Date	 	 	10	%

 

Section 5.05 Redemption Price. The Redemption Price for
any Note called for Redemption is an amount in cash equal to (i) one hundred percent (100%) plus (ii) a premium percent listed
above under Section 5.04 herein of the Principal Amount of such Note plus (iii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but
excluding, the Redemption Date for such Redemption; provided, however, that if such Redemption Date is after a Regular
Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, then (a) the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on such
Regular Record Date will be entitled, notwithstanding such Redemption, to receive, on such Interest Payment Date, the unpaid interest
that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date (assuming, solely for these purposes, that such
Note remained outstanding through such Interest Payment Date, if such Redemption Date is before such Interest Payment Date); and
(b) the Redemption Price will not include accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, such Redemption Date.

 

Section 5.06 Redemption Notice. To call any Notes for
Redemption, the Company must send to each Holder a written notice of such Redemption (a “Redemption Notice”)
stating (a) that the Notes have been called for Redemption, briefly describing the Company’s Redemption right under this
Note; (b) the Redemption Date for such Redemption; (c) the Redemption Price for such Redemption; and (d) the place or places where
Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price. Once a Redemption Notice is given, the Notes shall, on the Redemption
Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price, and upon surrender of any Note for Redemption in accordance with such Redemption
Notice, such Note shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price.

 

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ARTCLE 6 

COVENANTS 

 

6.1 Payment of Principal and Interest. The Company
covenants and agrees that it will cause to be paid the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, this Note at the respective
times and in the manner provided herein.

 

6.2 Existence. The Company shall do or cause to
be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.

 

6.3 No Withholding. All payments and deliveries made
by, or on behalf of, the Company or any successor to the Company under or with respect to the Note, including, but not limited
to, payments of principal, payments of interest and deliveries of Common Stock (together with any cash payment in lieu of any fractional
Common stock) upon conversion of the Note, shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or
future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or within any jurisdiction in
which the Company or any successor to the Company is, for tax purposes, organized or resident or doing business or through which
payment is made or deemed made (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein), unless such withholding or
deduction is required by Law or by regulation or governmental policy having the force of Law.

 

ARTICLE 7 

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE
AND LEASE 

 

7.1 Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms. Subject
to the provisions of Section 7.2, the Company shall not consolidate with, or merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer
or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any other Person, unless:

 

(a) either (i) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person
(the “Successor Company”) shall be the Company or (ii) the Successor Company (if not the Company) shall expressly
assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Note; and

 

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no
default or Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall
have occurred and be continuing under this Note.

 

For purposes of this Section 7.1, the sale, conveyance,
transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company to another
Person, which properties and assets, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially
all of the properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the sale, conveyance,
transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company to another Person.

 

7.2 Successor Corporation to Be Substituted. In case
of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and upon the assumption by the Successor Company of the
due and punctual payment of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Note, the due and punctual delivery or payment,
as the case may be, of any consideration due upon conversion of the Note and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants
and conditions of this Note to be performed by the Company, such Successor Company (if not the Company) shall succeed to and, except
in the case of a lease of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties and assets, shall be substituted for the Company,
with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part. Such Successor Company thereupon may cause
the Note to be signed and re-issued in its own name. The Note as so re-issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and
benefit as though it had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In the event of any such consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance or transfer (but not in the case of a lease), upon compliance with this Article 7 the Person named as the “Company”
in the first paragraph of this Note (or any successor that shall thereafter have become such in the manner prescribed in this Article
7) may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter and, except in the case of a lease, such Person shall be
released from its liabilities as obligor and maker of this Note and from its obligations under this Note.

 

In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance,
transfer or lease, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Note thereafter to be re-issued
as may be appropriate.

 

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ARTICLE 8 

NO RIGHTS AS SHAREHOLDER PRIOR TO
CONVERSION 

 

For the avoidance of doubt, the Holder hereby acknowledges
and agrees that it has not been conferred with any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company, including the right to vote
as such, by any of the provisions hereof or any right (a) to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted
to shareholders at any meeting thereof, (b) to give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether upon any
recapitalization, issuance of shares, reclassification of shares, change of par value, or change of shares to no par value,
consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, conveyance, or otherwise), (c) to receive notice of meetings or to receive
in-kind dividends or subscription rights or otherwise until the Note shall have been converted and Common Stock issuable upon
the conversion hereof shall have been issued, as provided for in the Note.

 

ARTICLE 9 

CANCELLATION 

 

After all amounts at any time owing on the Note have been paid
in full or upon the conversion of the Note in full pursuant to Article 3, the Note shall be surrendered to the Company for
cancellation and shall not be reissued.

 

ARTICLE 10 

MISCELLANEOUS 

 

10.1 Termination of Rights. All rights under this Note
shall terminate when (a) all amounts at any time owing on this Note have been paid in full or (b) the Note is converted pursuant
to the terms set forth in Article 3. For the avoidance of doubt, this clause applies to the Holder elects to have a partial
conversion and partial repayment of the Notes.

 

10.2 Amendments and Waivers; Notice. The amendment or
waiver of any term of the Note shall be subject to the written consent of the Majority Holders and the Company. The provision of
notice shall be made pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement.

 

10.3 Transferability.

 

(a) The Note and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
the Note may only be disposed of pursuant to an effective registration statement under, and in compliance with the requirements
of, the Securities Act, or pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in
compliance with any other applicable securities Laws.

 

(b) The Holder shall not, at any time during the term of the
Note, directly or indirectly, (i) offer, sell, pledge, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Note, any
Conversion Shares, any Common Stock, or other securities of the Company (collectively, “Lock-Up Securities”)
to any third party, (ii) enter into any swap, short sale or any other arrangement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or
in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of any Lock-Up Securities, (iii) enter into any agreement
with respect to any of the foregoing, or (iv) publicly disclose the intention to effect any of the foregoing, without, in each
case, the prior written consent of the Company.

 

(c) The Holder agrees to the imprinting, until no longer required
hereby, of a legend on any certificate evidencing any Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Note to the following effect:

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED
OR HYPOTHECATED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION.
HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES
ACT. THIS CERTIFICATE MUST BE SURRENDERED TO THE COMPANY OR ITS TRANSFER AGENT AS A CONDITION PRECEDENT TO THE SALE, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION
OR ANY OTHER TRANSFER OF ANY INTEREST IN ANY OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE.

 

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10.4 Governing Law; Dispute Resolution.

 

(a) This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws.

 

(b) Any dispute, controversy, difference or claim arising out
of or relating to this Note, including its existence, validity, interpretation, performance, breach or termination or any dispute
regarding non-contractual obligations arising out of or relating to it, shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration
administered by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) under the HKIAC Administered Arbitration
Rules (the “HKIAC Rules”) in force when the notice of arbitration is submitted. The law of this arbitration
clause shall be Hong Kong law. The seat of arbitration shall be Hong Kong. The arbitration tribunal shall consist of one arbitrator
to be appointed in accordance with the HKIAC Rules. Any party may apply for a preservation order or seek other interim or injunctive
relief, and judgment upon an award rendered in arbitration proceedings under this Note may be applied for and entered, in each
case in any court of competent jurisdiction.

 

10.5 Delays or Omissions. No delay or failure by any
party to insist on the strict performance of any provision of the Note, or to exercise any power, right or remedy, will be deemed
a waiver or impairment of such performance, power, right or remedy or of any other provision of the Note, nor shall it be construed
to be a waiver of any breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach or default thereafter occurring.

 

10.6 Interpretation. If any claim is made by a party
relating to any conflict, omission or ambiguity in the provisions of the Note, no presumption or burden of proof or persuasion
will be implied because the Note was prepared by or at the request of any party or its counsel.

 

10.7 Provisions Binding on Company’s Successors.
All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements of the Company contained in this Note shall bind its successors and assigns
whether so expressed or not.

 

10.8 Official Acts by Successor Corporation. Any act
or proceeding by any provision of this Note authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of
the Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the like board, committee or officer of any corporation
or other entity that shall at the time be the lawful sole successor of the Company.

 

10.9 Force Majeure. In no event shall the Company be
responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly
or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism,
civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities,
communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Company shall use reasonable efforts
to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused the Note to be issued
on the date first above written.

 

	 	COMPANY:
	 	 
	 	Global Seed Corporation
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	(Signature)
	 	 	 
	 	Name: 	 
	 	Title:	 

  

[Signature Page to Convertible Note]

 

 

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