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Exhibit 10.14.16

NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR RESTRICTED SHARE GRANT UNDER THE MONSANTO COMPANY

[2005] LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock Grant

To _______

     You have elected to receive an Award of Restricted Shares (the “Restricted Shares”) under the
Monsanto Company [2005] Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Grant Date and the number of
Restricted Shares covered by this Award are set forth in the document you have received entitled
“Restricted Shares Statement.” The Restricted Shares Statement and these Terms and Conditions
collectively constitute the Award Certificate for the Restricted Shares, and describe the
provisions applicable to the Restricted Shares.

     1. Definitions. Each capitalized term not otherwise defined herein has the meaning
set forth in the Plan or, if not defined in the Plan, in the attached Restricted Shares Statement.
The “Company” means Monsanto Company, a Delaware corporation incorporated February 9, 2000.

     2. Delivery of Restricted Shares. (a) As of the Grant Date, the Restricted Shares
have been registered in your name in a book-entry account maintained by [Mellon Investor Services],
the Company’s transfer agent. This registration constitutes delivery of the Restricted Shares to
you for all purposes. This book-entry account indicates that the Restricted Shares are subject to
these Terms and Conditions.

     (b) Until such time (if any) as the Restricted Shares vest, you may not sell, assign,
transfer, pledge, hypothecate, give away, or otherwise dispose of them. Any attempt on your part
to dispose of the Restricted Shares will result in their being forfeited. However, you shall have
all other rights of a common stockholder of the Company with respect to the Restricted Shares,
including the right to vote such stock at any meeting of the common stockholders of the Company and
the right to receive all dividends and other distributions declared and paid with respect to the
Restricted Shares (“Dividends”). If any of the Restricted Shares are forfeited before vesting,
then (i) you shall not be entitled to any Dividends for which the record date is after the day
after such forfeiture occurs, and (ii) from and after the day after such forfeiture occurs, you
shall no longer have any other rights as a stockholder with respect to the Restricted Shares.

     3. Vesting. The Restricted Shares shall vest on the last day of each of the [12]
months following the Grant Date, as follows: (i) [10] installments of [XXX] Restricted Shares each,
on the last day of each of the [10] months following the Grant Date, beginning on [September 30,
201X] and ending on [June 30, 201X],
and (ii) [two] installments of [XXX] Restricted Shares on the last day of each month,
beginning on [July 31, 201X] and ending on August 31, [201X], provided in each case that you remain
a Director on the applicable vesting day, and subject to Section 4 below. If your Termination Date
occurs on or before August 30, [201X], the Restricted Shares that are scheduled to vest on or after
the Termination Date shall be forfeited.

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     4. Taxes. You must make arrangements for the payment of any taxes that are required
to be paid in connection with the vesting of the Restricted Shares. If you make an election under
Section 83(b) of the Code to be taxed on the Restricted Shares upon receiving them, you must notify
the Company within ten days after making such election. You must make arrangements for the payment
of any taxes that are required to be paid as a result of your election.

     5. Effect of Award Certificate; Severability. This Award Certificate shall be binding
upon and shall inure to the benefit of any successor of the Company and the person or entity to
whom the Restricted Shares may have been transferred by will, the laws of descent and distribution
or designation. The invalidity or enforceability of any provision of this Award Certificate shall
not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Award Certificate.

     6. Amendment. The terms and conditions of this Award Certificate may not be amended
in a manner adverse to you without your consent.

7. Plan Interpretation. This Award Certificate is subject to the provisions of the Plan,
and all of the provisions of the Plan are hereby incorporated into this Award Certificate as
provisions of the Restricted Shares. If there is a conflict between the provisions of this Award
Certificate and the Plan, the provisions of the Plan govern. If there is any ambiguity in this
Award Certificate, any term that is not defined in this Award Certificate, or any matters as to
which this Award Certificate is silent, the Plan shall govern, including, without limitation, the
provisions of the Plan addressing construction, governing law, and the powers of the People and
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, among others, to (i) interpret the
Plan, (ii) prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, (iii) make
appropriate adjustments to the Restricted Shares to reflect non-United States laws or customs or in
the event of a corporate transaction, and (iv) make all other determinations necessary or advisable
for the administration of the Plan.

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EXHIBIT 10.15.9

Fiscal Year [20_ _ ] Restricted Stock Units Grant

Terms and Conditions

          You have received an Award of Restricted Stock Units (the “RSUs”) under the Monsanto
Company [20_ _] Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”). The Grant Date and the number
of RSUs covered by this Award are set forth in the document you received entitled “Fiscal [20_ _]
Long-Term Incentive Statement.” The Fiscal [20_ _] Long-Term Incentive Statement and these terms
and conditions collectively constitute the Award Certificate for the RSUs, and describe the
provisions applicable to the RSUs.

     1. Definitions. Each capitalized term not otherwise defined herein has the meaning
set forth in the Plan or, if not defined in the Plan, in the attached Fiscal [20_ _] Long-Term
Incentive Statement. The “Company” means Monsanto Company, a Delaware corporation incorporated
February 9, 2000.

     2. Nature of RSUs. The RSUs represent the right to receive, in certain circumstances,
a number of Shares determined in accordance with the Fiscal [20_ _] Long-Term Incentive Statement
and these terms and conditions. Until such time (if any) as Shares are delivered to you, you will
not have any of the rights of a common stockholder of the Company with respect to those Shares,
your rights with respect to the RSUs and those Shares will be those of a general creditor of the
Company, and you may not sell, assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, give away, or otherwise
dispose of the RSUs. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you shall have no voting or
dividend equivalent rights with respect to the RSUs. Any attempt on your part to dispose of the
RSUs will result in their being forfeited.

     3. Vesting Schedule. The RSUs shall vest on November 15, [20__] (the “Scheduled
Vesting Date”), except as provided in Sections 4 and 5 below.

     4. Effect of Termination of Service. (a) If you experience a voluntary Termination
of Service before the later of (i) your 55th birthday and your completion of five years of service
with the Company and any of its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and (ii) the first anniversary of the
Grant Date, all unvested RSUs shall immediately be forfeited. If you experience a voluntary
Termination of Service on or after the later of (x) your 55th birthday and your completion of five
years of service with the Company and any of its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and (y) the first
anniversary of the Grant Date (any such Termination of Service, a “Retirement Event”), all
outstanding RSUs shall immediately vest, and the Shares shall be delivered in accordance with
Section 6, generally on or after November 15, [20_ _].

     (b) If you experience a Termination of Service as a result of death or Disability prior to the
first anniversary of the Grant Date, all unvested RSUs shall immediately be forfeited. If you
experience a Termination of Service as a result of death or Disability on or after the first

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anniversary of the Grant Date, all outstanding RSUs shall immediately vest, and the Shares
shall be delivered in accordance with Section 6, generally on or after November 15, [20_ _].

     (c) If you experience a Termination without Cause prior to the first anniversary of the Grant
Date, all unvested RSUs shall immediately be forfeited. If you experience a Termination without
Cause on or after the first anniversary of the Grant Date, that number of unvested RSUs equal to
the number of unvested RSUs multiplied by the Vesting Fraction (determined as set forth below)
shall immediately vest, and any remaining unvested RSUs shall immediately be forfeited. For
purposes of this paragraph, if you experience a Termination without Cause on or after the first
anniversary of the Grant Date (i) either (x) on or after your 55th birthday and your completion of
five years of service with the Company and any of its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, or (y) due to a
job-elimination program or divestiture of the Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Company by which you
are employed, the Vesting Fraction shall equal one, and (ii) under any other circumstances, the
Vesting Fraction shall be equal to a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days from
the Grant Date through the date of your involuntary Termination of Service, and the denominator of
which is the number of days from the Grant Date through the Scheduled Vesting Date, provided,
however, that in the event the product of the number of unvested RSUs multiplied by the Vesting
Fraction is not a whole number, the number of RSUs that shall vest shall be rounded up to the next
whole number. Delivery of Shares shall be made in accordance with Section 6, generally on or after
November 15, [20_ _].

     (d) If you experience a Termination for Cause, all unvested RSUs shall immediately be
forfeited.

     5. Change in Control. The provisions of this Section 5 shall govern vesting of this
Award upon a Change of Control, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11.17 of the Plan.

     (a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, notwithstanding any other provision of this
Award, the RSUs shall vest in full, except to the extent that another award meeting the
requirements of Section 5(b) is provided to you to replace this Award (any award meeting the
requirements of Section 5(b), a “Replacement Award”). In the event that no Replacement Award is so
provided to you, this Award shall be converted into a cash account (based on the number of RSUs as
of the date of the Change of Control and the value per Share as of the Change of Control), which
shall accrue interest at the applicable federal short-term rate provided for in Section
1274(d)(1)(A) of the Code, and be settled in accordance with Section 6 below. For clarity, such
account shall be fully vested as of the Change of Control, in no event shall the amount of such
account be increased or decreased as a result of the circumstances of a subsequent Termination of
Service.

     (b) An award shall meet the conditions of this Section 5(b) (and hence qualify as a
Replacement Award) if: (i) it is a restricted stock unit in respect of publicly traded equity
securities of the Company or the surviving corporation following the Change of Control, (ii) it has
a value at least equal to the value of the RSUs subject to this Award as of the date of the Change
of Control, (iii) it contains terms relating to vesting (including with respect to

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Termination of Service) that are substantially identical to those of this Award, and (iv) its
other terms and conditions are not less favorable to you than the terms and conditions of this
Award as of the date of the Change of Control. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a
Replacement Award may take the form of a continuation of this Award if the requirements of the
preceding sentence are satisfied. If a Replacement Award is granted, the RSUs shall not vest upon
the Change of Control. The determination of whether the conditions of this Section 5(b) are
satisfied shall be made by the Committee, as constituted immediately before the Change of Control,
in its sole discretion.

     (c) If you experience (x) a Termination without Cause or (y) a termination under circumstances
entitling you to severance benefits under a constructive termination provision (including, without
limitation, a “good reason” provision or a constructive “involuntary termination” provision) of an
agreement, plan or program covering you, in either case, at any time following a Change of Control,
the applicable Replacement Award shall vest in full, and the Shares shall be delivered in
accordance with Section 6.

     6. Delivery of Shares. The Company shall deliver to you a number of Shares equal to
the number of RSUs (if any) that vest pursuant to this Award (except that in the event of
settlement following conversion of this Award into a cash account pursuant to Section 5(a),
delivery shall be in cash), subject to withholding as provided in paragraph 7 below. Such delivery
shall take place as soon as practicable, but in no event more than 90 days, after the Scheduled
Vesting Date. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Award, with respect to a Termination of
Service that is a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and that
occurs during the two-year period following a Change of Control that qualifies as an event
described in Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code and the regulations thereunder, such delivery
shall take place as soon as practicable following the date of the applicable Termination of
Service. Nothing in this Award Certificate, including Section 5, shall preclude the Company from
settling upon a Change of Control the Award if it is not replaced by a Replacement Award, to the
extent effectuated in accordance with Treas. Regs. § 1.409A-3(j)(ix).

     7. Withholding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Award Certificate, your
right to receive Shares in settlement of any RSUs is subject to withholding of all taxes that are
required to be paid or withheld in connection with the delivery of those Shares. Unless the
Committee determines otherwise, withholding of taxes in connection with the delivery of Shares in
settlement of the RSUs shall be satisfied by withholding by the Company of that number of whole
Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date of withholding equal to the minimum amount required
to be withheld.

     8. No Right to Continued Employment or Service. This Award Certificate shall not
limit or restrict the right of the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate to terminate your
employment or service at any time or for any reason.

     9. Effect of Award Certificate; Severability. This Award Certificate shall be binding
upon and shall inure to the benefit of any successor of the Company. The invalidity or

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enforceability of any provision of this Award Certificate shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any other provision of this Award Certificate.

     10. Amendment. The terms and conditions of this Award Certificate may not be amended
in any manner adverse to you without your consent.

     11. Plan Interpretation. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Award Certificate is
subject to the provisions of the Plan, and all of the provisions of the Plan are hereby
incorporated into this Award Certificate as provisions of the RSUs. If there is a conflict between
the provisions of this Award Certificate and the Plan, the provisions of the Plan govern (except as
provided otherwise in this Award Certificate). If there is any ambiguity in this Award
Certificate, any term that is not defined in this Award Certificate, or any matters as to which
this Award Certificate is silent, the Plan shall govern, including, without limitation, the
provisions of the Plan addressing construction and governing law, as well as the powers of the
Committee, among others, to (a) interpret the Plan, (b) prescribe, amend and rescind rules and
regulations relating to the Plan, (c) make appropriate adjustments to the RSUs in the event of a
corporate transaction, and (d) make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the
administration of the Plan.

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