Document:

Exhibit 10.4

 

	Final Form

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
(this “Agreement”), dated as of [●], is made and entered into by and among ClimateRock Holdings Limited,
a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), the parties listed on Schedule A hereto each such party,
together with any person or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section ‎5.2 of
this Agreement, being referred to herein as a “Holder” and collectively as the “Holders”),
and, for the limited purpose set forth in Section 5.8 of this Agreement, (iii) ClimateRock, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“ClimateRock”).
Certain capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein are defined in Article I hereof.

 

RECITALS

 

  WHEREAS,
the Company, E.E.W. Eco Energy World Limited (formerly E.E.W Eco Energy World PLC, “E.E.W.”), ClimateRock and ClimateRock
Merger Sub Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”),
have entered into a Business Combination Agreement dated as of [●], 2022 (the “Business Combination Agreement”),
pursuant to which, among other things, (a) Merger Sub will merge with and into ClimateRock, with ClimateRock continuing as the surviving
entity (the “Merger”), as a result of which (i) ClimateRock shall become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company,
and (ii) each issued and outstanding security of ClimateRock immediately prior to the Effective Time shall no longer be outstanding and
shall automatically be cancelled, in exchange for the right of the holder thereof to receive a substantially equivalent security of the
Company, and (b) (i) each E.E.W. ordinary share shall be transferred to the Company in consideration for the issue and allotment of a
substantially equivalent security of the Company and (ii) the Company shall assume E.E.W.’s outstanding vested options to purchase
E.E.W.s’ ordinary shares and all such options to purchase E.E.W.s’ ordinary shares shall become options to purchase the Company’s
ordinary shares, all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement and in accordance with
the applicable provisions of the Cayman Act;

 

WHEREAS, ClimateRock,
E.E.W. and U.N. SDG Support LLC have entered into a Holder Support Agreement dated October [4], 2022, and [●] (each a “Lock-up
Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, such Holders agree not to transfer ordinary shares of the Company for
a certain period of time following the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, subject to certain
exceptions specified therein;

 

WHEREAS, ClimateRock
and U.N. SDG Support LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”) entered into a registration rights
agreement dated as of April 27, 2022 (the “Prior Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, ClimateRock
and the Sponsor wish to terminate the Prior Agreement, with such termination effective as of the date hereof, in order to provide for
the terms and conditions included herein; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company
and the Holders desire to enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which the Company shall grant the Holders certain registration rights
with respect to certain securities of the Company, as set forth in this Agreement. 

 

     

     

    

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the representations, covenants and agreements contained herein, and certain other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

 

1.1 Definitions.
The terms defined in this Article I shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

“Adverse Disclosure”
shall mean any public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure, in the good faith judgment of the Chief Executive
Officer or any principal financial officer of the Company, after consultation with counsel to the Company, (i) would be required to be
made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus in order for the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus not to contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein (in the case of any prospectus
and any preliminary prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, (ii) would not be required
to be made at such time if the Registration Statement were not being filed and (iii) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for
not making such information public.

 

“Agreement”
shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

“Board”
shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

“Business Combination
Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

 

“ClimateRock IPO
Prospectus” shall mean the final prospectus of ClimateRock, dated as of April 27, 2022, and filed with the Commission on
April 29, 2022 (File No. 333-263542).

 

“Commission”
shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Company”
shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

“Demand Registration”
shall have the meaning given in subsection ‎2.1.1.

 

“E.E.W.”
shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

 

“Exchange Act”
shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

“Form F-1”
shall have the meaning given in subsection ‎2.1.1.

 

“Form F-3”
shall have the meaning given in subsection ‎2.3.

 

“Holders”
shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.

 

“Lock-up Agreement”
shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

 

“Maximum Number
of Securities” shall have the meaning given in subsection ‎2.1.4.

 

“Misstatement”
shall mean an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated in a Registration Statement
or Prospectus or necessary to make the statements in a Registration Statement or Prospectus (in the case of a Prospectus, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

 

“Ordinary Shares”
shall mean the ordinary shares, with a [$0.0001] par value per share, of the Company.

 

“Piggyback Registration”
shall have the meaning given in subsection ‎2.2.1.

 

“Prior Agreement”
shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

 

“Private Placement
Warrants” shall mean each one (1) warrant of the Company entitling the holder thereof to purchase one (i) Ordinary Share
on substantially the same terms and conditions described in the ClimateRock IPO Prospectus with respect to the private placement warrants
of ClimateRock.

 

“Prospectus”
shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended
by any and all post-effective amendments and including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

 

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“Registrable
Security” shall mean (a) the Ordinary Shares set forth on Schedule A, (b) the Private Placement Warrants set forth on Schedule
A (including any Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise of any such Private Placement Warrants), (c) any warrants, shares
of capital stock or other securities of the Company issued as a dividend or other distribution with respect to or in exchange for or in
replacement of such Ordinary Shares or Private Placement Warrants (including any Ordinary Shares issuable upon the exercise of any such
Private Placement Warrants), and (d) any other equity security of the
Company issued or issuable with respect to any such Ordinary Share or Private Placement Warrant by way of a share capitalization or share
subdivision or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or reorganization; provided, however,
that, as to any particular Registrable Security, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when: (A) a Registration Statement
with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold,
transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement; (B) such securities shall have been otherwise transferred,
new certificates for such securities not bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company and subsequent
public distribution of such securities shall not require registration under the Securities Act; (C) such securities shall have ceased
to be outstanding; (D) such securities may be sold without registration pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or
any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission) (but with no volume or other restrictions or limitations); or (E) such securities
have been sold to, or through, a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or other public securities transaction.

 

“Registration”
shall mean a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements
of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such registration statement becoming effective.

 

“Registration
Expenses” shall mean the out-of-pocket expenses of a Registration, including, without limitation, the following:

 

(A) all registration
and filing fees (including fees with respect to filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.) and
any securities exchange on which the Ordinary Shares are then listed;

 

(B) fees and expenses
of compliance with securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection
with blue sky qualifications of Registrable Securities);

 

(C) printing, messenger,
telephone and delivery expenses;

 

(D) reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel for the Company;

 

(E) reasonable fees
and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants of the Company incurred specifically in connection with such Registration;
and

 

(F) reasonable fees
and expenses of one legal counsel selected by the holders of a majority-in-interest of the Registrable Securities to be registered for
offer and sale in the applicable Registration.

 

“Registration
Statement” shall mean any registration statement that covers the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement, including the Prospectus included in such registration statement, amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements
to such registration statement, and all exhibits to and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

 

“Requesting Holder”
shall have the meaning given in subsection ‎2.1.1.

 

“Securities Act”
shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

 

“Sponsor”
shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

 

“Underwriter”
shall mean a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an Underwritten Offering and not as part of such
dealer’s market-making activities.

 

“Underwritten
Registration” or “Underwritten Offering” shall mean a Registration in which securities of the
Company are sold to an Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public.

 

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ARTICLE II

REGISTRATIONS

 

2.1 Demand Registration.

 

2.1.1 Request for Registration.
Subject to the provisions of subsection ‎2.1.4 and Section ‎2.4 hereof, at any time and from time to time
on or after the date hereof, the Holders may make a written demand for Registration of all or part of their Registrable Securities, which
written demand shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such Registration and the intended method(s) of distribution
thereof (such written demand a “Demand Registration”). The Company shall, within ten (10) days of the Company’s
receipt of the Demand Registration, notify, in writing, all other Holders of Registrable Securities of such demand, and each Holder of
Registrable Securities who thereafter wishes to include all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in a Registration
pursuant to a Demand Registration (each such Holder that includes all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such
Registration, a “Requesting Holder”) shall so notify the Company, in writing, within five (5) days after the
receipt by the Holder of the notice from the Company. Upon receipt by the Company of any such written notification from a Requesting Holder(s)
to the Company, such Requesting Holder(s) shall be entitled to have their Registrable Securities included in a Registration pursuant to
a Demand Registration and the Company shall (i) file a Registration Statement in respect of all Registrable Securities requested by the
Requesting Holder(s) pursuant such Demand Registration, not more than forty five (45) days immediately after the Company’s receipt
of the Demand Registration, and (ii) shall effect the registration thereof as soon as practicable thereafter. Under no circumstances shall
the Company be obligated to effect more than an aggregate of three (3) Registrations pursuant to a Demand Registration under this subsection ‎2.1.1
with respect to any or all Registrable Securities; provided, however, that a Registration shall not be counted for such purposes unless
a Form F-1 or any similar long-form registration statement that may be available at such time (“Form F-1”) has
become effective and all of the Registrable Securities requested by the Requesting Holders to be registered on behalf of the Requesting
Holders in such Form F-1 Registration have been sold, in accordance with Section ‎3.1 of this Agreement.

 

2.1.2 Effective Registration.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection ‎2.1.1 above or any other part of this Agreement, a Registration
pursuant to a Demand Registration shall not count as a Registration unless and until (i) the Registration Statement filed with the Commission
with respect to a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration has been declared effective by the Commission and (ii) the Company has
complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement with respect thereto; provided, further, that if, after
such Registration Statement has been declared effective, an offering of Registrable Securities in a Registration pursuant to a Demand
Registration is subsequently interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission, federal or state court or any other governmental
agency the Registration Statement with respect to such Registration shall be deemed not to have been declared effective, unless and until,
(i) such stop order or injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise terminated, and (ii) a majority-in-interest of the Requesting Holders
thereafter affirmatively elect to continue with such Registration and accordingly notify the Company in writing, but in no event later
than five (5) days, of such election; provided, further, that the Company shall not be obligated or required to
file another Registration Statement until the Registration Statement that has been previously filed with respect to a Registration pursuant
to a Demand Registration becomes effective or is subsequently terminated.

 

2.1.3 Underwritten Offering.
Subject to the provisions of subsection ‎2.1.4 and Section ‎2.4 hereof,
if a majority-in-interest of the Requesting Holders so advise the Company as part of their Demand Registration that the offering of the
Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration shall be in the form of an Underwritten Offering, then the right of any Holder
to include its Registrable Securities in such Registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such Underwritten
Offering and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering to the extent provided herein.
All such Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering under this subsection ‎2.1.3 shall
enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by a majority-in-interest
of the Requesting Holders.

 

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2.1.4 Reduction of Underwritten
Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration, in good faith,
advises the Company and the Requesting Holders in writing that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities that the Requesting
Holders desire to sell, taken together with all other Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell and
the Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which a Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration
rights held by any other shareholders who desire to sell, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of equity securities that
can be sold in the Underwritten Offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method,
or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of such securities, as applicable, the “Maximum
Number of Securities”), then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Offering, as follows: (i) first, the Registrable
Securities of the Requesting Holders (pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Requesting Holder has
requested be included in such Underwritten Registration and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Requesting Holders
have requested be included in such Underwritten Registration) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (ii)
second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Ordinary Shares or
other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (iii) third,
to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the Ordinary Shares
or other equity securities of other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register in a Registration pursuant to separate
written contractual arrangements with such persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

 

2.1.5 Demand Registration
Withdrawal. A majority-in-interest of the Requesting Holders, pursuant to a Registration under subsection ‎2.1.1 shall
have the right to withdraw from a Registration pursuant to such Demand Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification
to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Registration prior to the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to the Registration of their Registrable Securities pursuant to such
Demand Registration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration
Expenses incurred in connection with a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration prior to its withdrawal under this subsection ‎2.1.5.

 

2.2 Piggyback Registration.

 

2.2.1 Piggyback Rights.
If, at any time on or after the date hereof, the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect
to an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities,
for its own account or for the account of shareholders of the Company (or by the Company and by the shareholders of the Company including,
without limitation, pursuant to Section ‎2.1 hereof), other than a Registration Statement (i) filed in
connection with any employee share option or other benefit plan, (ii) for an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to the Company’s
existing shareholders, (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company or (iv) for a dividend
reinvestment plan, then the Company shall give written notice of such proposed filing to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities
as soon as practicable but not less than ten (10) days before the anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement, which notice
shall (A) describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the
name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, in such offering, and (B) offer to all of the Holders of Registrable
Securities the opportunity to register the sale of such number of Registrable Securities as such Holders may request in writing within
five (5) days after receipt of such written notice (such Registration a “Piggyback Registration”). The Company
shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such Piggyback Registration and shall use its best efforts to
cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of a proposed Underwritten Offering to permit the Registrable Securities requested by the
Holders pursuant to this subsection ‎2.2.1 to be included in a Piggyback Registration on the same terms
and conditions as any similar securities of the Company included in such Registration and to permit the sale or other disposition of such
Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. All such Holders proposing to distribute their
Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering under this subsection ‎2.2.1 shall enter into
an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the Company.

 

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2.2.2 Reduction of Piggyback
Registration. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Registration that is to be a Piggyback Registration,
in good faith, advises the Company and the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Piggyback Registration in writing that
the dollar amount or number of the Ordinary Shares that the Company desires to sell, taken together with (i) the Ordinary Shares, if any,
as to which Registration has been demanded pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with persons or entities other than the
Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder (ii) the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested pursuant to Section ‎2.2 hereof,
and (iii) the Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back
registration rights of other shareholders of the Company, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then:

 

(a) If the Registration
is undertaken for the Company’s account, the Company shall include in any such Registration (A) first, the Ordinary Shares or other
equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second,
to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of
Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection ‎2.2.1 hereof,
pro rata, based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Holder has so requested, which can be sold without exceeding
the Maximum Number of Securities; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing
clauses (A) and (B), the Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back
registration rights of other shareholders of the Company, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and

 

(b) If the Registration
is pursuant to a request by persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, then the Company shall include in any
such Registration (A) first, the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities, if any, of such requesting persons or entities, other than
the Holders of Registrable Securities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent
that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising
their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection ‎2.2.1, pro rata, based
on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Holder has requested be included in such Underwritten Registration and the
aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Holders have requested to be included in such Underwritten Registration, which can
be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been
reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which
can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has
not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities for the account of other
persons or entities that the Company is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons
or entities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

 

2.2.3 Piggyback Registration
Withdrawal. Any Holder of Registrable Securities shall have the right to withdraw from a Piggyback Registration for any or no reason
whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of his, her or its intention to withdraw
from such Piggyback Registration prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such
Piggyback Registration. The Company (whether on its own good faith determination or as the result of a request for withdrawal by persons
pursuant to separate written contractual obligations) may withdraw a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in connection with
a Piggyback Registration at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the Piggyback Registration
prior to its withdrawal under this subsection ‎2.2.3.

 

2.2.4 Unlimited Piggyback
Registration Rights. For purposes of clarity, any Registration effected pursuant to Section ‎2.2 hereof
shall not be counted as a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration effected under Section ‎2.1 hereof.

 

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2.3 Registrations
on Form F-3. The Holders of Registrable Securities may at any time, and from time to time, request in writing that the Company, pursuant
to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission), register the resale of any or all
of their Registrable Securities on Form F-3 or any similar short-form registration statement that may be available at such time (“Form
F-3”); provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect such request through
an Underwritten Offering. Within five (5) days of the Company’s receipt of a written request from a Holder or Holders of Registrable
Securities for a Registration on Form F-3, the Company shall promptly give written notice of the proposed Registration on Form F-3 to
all other Holders of Registrable Securities, and each Holder of Registrable Securities who thereafter wishes to include all or a portion
of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Registration on Form F-3 shall so notify the Company, in writing, within ten (10)
days after the receipt by the Holder of the notice from the Company. As soon as practicable thereafter, but not more than twelve (12)
days after the Company’s initial receipt of such written request for a Registration on Form F-3, the Company shall register all
or such portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities as are specified in such written request, together with all or such portion
of Registrable Securities of any other Holder or Holders joining in such request as are specified in the written notification given by
such Holder or Holders; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such Registration
pursuant to Section ‎2.3 hereof if (i) a Form F-3 is not available for such offering; or (ii) the Holders
of Registrable Securities, together with the Holders of any other equity securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such Registration,
propose to sell the Registrable Securities and such other equity securities (if any) at any aggregate price to the public of less than
$1,000,000.

 

2.4 Restrictions on
Registration Rights. If (A) during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate
of the date of the filing of, and ending on a date one hundred and twenty (120) days after the effective date of, a Company initiated
Registration and provided that the Company has delivered written notice to the Holders prior to receipt of a Demand Registration pursuant
to subsection ‎2.1.1 and it continues to actively employ, in good faith, all reasonable efforts to cause
the applicable Registration Statement to become effective; (B) the Holders have requested an Underwritten Registration and the Company
and the Holders are unable to obtain the commitment of underwriters to firmly underwrite the offer; or (C) in the good faith judgment
of the Board such Registration would be seriously detrimental to the Company and the Board concludes as a result that it is essential
to defer the filing of such Registration Statement at such time, then in each case the Company shall furnish to such Holders a certificate
signed by the Chairman of the Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board it would be seriously detrimental to the Company
for such Registration Statement to be filed in the near future and that it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such Registration
Statement. In such event, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than thirty (30) days; provided, however,
that the Company shall not defer its obligation in this manner more than once in any 12-month period. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, no Registration shall be effected or permitted and no Registration Statement shall become effective,
with respect to any Registrable Securities held by any Holder, until after the expiration of any Lock-up Agreement to which such Holder
is party.

 

ARTICLE III

COMPANY PROCEDURES

 

3.1 General Procedures.
If at any time on or after the date hereof the Company is required to effect the Registration of Registrable Securities, the Company shall
use its best efforts to effect such Registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan
of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible:

 

3.1.1 prepare and file
with the Commission as soon as practicable a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable
best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective until all Registrable Securities covered by
such Registration Statement have been sold;

 

3.1.2 prepare and file
with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and such supplements to the Prospectus,
as may be reasonably requested by the majority-in-interest of the Holders with Registrable Securities registered on such Registration
Statement or any Underwriter of Registrable Securities or as may be required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the
registration form used by the Company or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder to keep the Registration Statement
effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution
set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;

 

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3.1.3 prior to filing a
Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the Underwriters, if any, and
the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration, and such Holders’ legal counsel, copies of such Registration
Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such Registration Statement (in each case including all exhibits thereto
and documents incorporated by reference therein), the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus),
and such other documents as the Underwriters and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration or the legal counsel
for any such Holders may request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holders;

 

3.1.4 prior to any public
offering of Registrable Securities, use its best efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration
Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Holders of Registrable
Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may request and (ii) take such action
necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental
authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that
may be necessary or advisable to enable the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the
disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not
be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify or take any action
to which it would be subject to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise so subject;

 

3.1.5 cause all such Registrable
Securities to be listed on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are
then listed;

 

3.1.6 provide a transfer
agent, as applicable, and registrar for all such Registrable Securities no later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

 

3.1.7 advise each seller
of such Registrable Securities, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance of any stop order
by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop
order should be issued;

 

3.1.8 at least five (5)
days prior to the filing of any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or
Prospectus furnish a copy thereof to each seller of such Registrable Securities or its counsel;

 

3.1.9 notify the Holders
at any time when a Prospectus relating to such Registration Statement is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening
of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes a Misstatement,
and then to correct such Misstatement as set forth in Section ‎3.4 hereof;

 

3.1.10 permit a representative
of the Holders, the Underwriters, if any, and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holders or Underwriter to participate, at each
such person’s own expense, in the preparation of the Registration Statement, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and
employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection
with the Registration; provided, however, that such representatives or Underwriters enter into a confidentiality
agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, prior to the release or disclosure of any such information;

 

3.1.11 obtain a “cold
comfort” letter from the Company’s independent registered public accountants in the event of an Underwritten Registration,
in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “cold comfort” letters as the managing Underwriter
may reasonably request, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the participating Holders;

 

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3.1.12 on the date the
Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to such Registration, obtain an opinion, dated such date, of counsel representing
the Company for the purposes of such Registration, addressed to the Holders, the placement agent or sales agent, if any, and the Underwriters,
if any, covering such legal matters with respect to the Registration in respect of which such opinion is being given as the Holders, placement
agent, sales agent, or Underwriter may reasonably request and as are customarily included in such opinions and negative assurance letters,
and reasonably satisfactory to a majority in interest of the participating Holders;

 

3.1.13 in the event of
any Underwritten Offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the
managing Underwriter of such offering;

 

3.1.14 make available to
its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months beginning
with the first day of the Company’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement which satisfies
the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission);
and

 

3.1.15 otherwise, in good
faith, cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the Holders, in connection with such
Registration.

 

3.2 Registration Expenses.
The Registration Expenses of all Registrations shall be borne by the Company. It is acknowledged by the Holders that the Holders shall
bear all incremental selling expenses relating to the sale of Registrable Securities, such as Underwriters’ commissions and discounts,
brokerage fees, Underwriter marketing costs and, other than as set forth in the definition of “Registration Expenses,”
all reasonable fees and expenses of any legal counsel representing the Holders.

 

3.3 Requirements for
Participation in Underwritten Offerings. No person may participate in any Underwritten Offering for equity securities of the Company
pursuant to a Registration initiated by the Company hereunder unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s securities on
the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Company and (ii) completes and executes all customary questionnaires,
powers of attorney, indemnities, lock-up agreements, underwriting agreements and other customary documents as may be reasonably required
under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 

3.4 Suspension of
Sales; Adverse Disclosure. Upon receipt of written notice from the Company that a Registration Statement or Prospectus contains a
Misstatement, each of the Holders shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities until he, she or it has received copies
of a supplemented or amended Prospectus correcting the Misstatement (it being understood that the Company hereby covenants to prepare
and file such supplement or amendment as soon as practicable after the time of such notice), or until he, she or it is advised in writing
by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed. If the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration
Statement in respect of any Registration at any time would require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure or would require the inclusion
in such Registration Statement of financial statements that are unavailable to the Company for reasons beyond the Company’s control,
the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders, delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend
use of, such Registration Statement for the shortest period of time, but in no event more than thirty (30) days, determined in good faith
by the Company to be necessary for such purpose. In the event the Company exercises its rights under the preceding sentence, the Holders
agree to suspend, immediately upon their receipt of the notice referred to above, their use of the Prospectus relating to any Registration
in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities. The Company shall immediately notify the Holders of the expiration
of any period during which it exercised its rights under this Section ‎3.4.

 

3.5 Reporting Obligations.
As long as any Holder shall own Registrable Securities, the Company, at all times while it shall be a reporting company under the Exchange
Act, covenants to file timely (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required
to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and to promptly furnish the Holders
with true and complete copies of all such filings. The Company further covenants that it shall take such further action as any Holder
may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Ordinary Shares held by such Holder
without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities
Act (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission), including providing any legal opinions. Upon the request of any
Holder, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with
such requirements.

 

3.6 Requirements for
Participation in Underwritten Offerings and Limitations on Registration Rights. No person may participate in any Underwritten Offering
for equity securities of the Company pursuant to a registration initiated by the Company hereunder unless such person (i) agrees to sell
such person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Company and (ii) completes and executes
all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, lock-up agreements, underwriting agreements and other customary documents
as may be reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 

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ARTICLE IV

INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION

 

4.1 Indemnification.

 

4.1.1 The Company agrees
to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers and directors and agents and each person
who controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including
attorneys’ fees) caused by any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus
or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained
in any information furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein. The Company shall indemnify the Underwriters,
their officers and directors and each person who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent
as provided in the foregoing with respect to the indemnification of the Holder.

 

4.1.2 In connection with
any Registration Statement in which a Holder of Registrable Securities is participating, such Holder shall furnish to the Company in writing
such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus
and, to the extent permitted by law, shall indemnify the Company, its directors and officers and agents and each person who controls the
Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation
reasonable attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, Prospectus
or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained
in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use therein; provided, however,
that the obligation to indemnify shall be several, not joint and several, among such Holders of Registrable Securities, and the liability
of each such Holder of Registrable Securities shall be in proportion to and limited to the net proceeds received by such Holder from the
sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. The Holders of Registrable Securities shall indemnify the Underwriters,
their officers, directors and each person who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent
as provided in the foregoing with respect to indemnification of the Company.

 

4.1.3 Any person entitled
to indemnification herein shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification
(provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent
such failure has not materially prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment
a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying
party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the
indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim
shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with
respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified
party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified
party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money
(and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement does not include as
an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect
to such claim or litigation.

 

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4.1.4 The indemnification
provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified
party or any officer, director or controlling person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities. The Company
and each Holder of Registrable Securities participating in an offering also agrees to make such provisions as are reasonably requested
by any indemnified party for contribution to such party in the event the Company’s or such Holder’s indemnification is unavailable
for any reason.

  

4.1.5 If the indemnification
provided under Section ‎4.1 hereof from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold
harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying
party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying
party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party
and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information
supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action; provided, however, that the
liability of any Holder under this subsection ‎4.1.5 shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds
received by such Holder in such offering giving rise to such liability. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses
or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in subsections ‎4.1.1, ‎4.1.2 and ‎4.1.3 above,
any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The
parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection ‎4.1.5 were
determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred
to in this subsection ‎4.1.5. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this subsection ‎4.1.5 from
any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1 Notices. Any
notice or communication under this Agreement must be in writing and given by (i) deposit in the United States mail, addressed to the party
to be notified, postage prepaid and registered or certified with return receipt requested, (ii) delivery in person or by courier service
providing evidence of delivery, or (iii) transmission by hand delivery or electronic mail. Each notice or communication that is mailed,
delivered, or transmitted in the manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given, served, sent, and received, in the case of
mailed notices, on the third business day following the date on which it is mailed and, in the case of notices delivered by courier service,
hand delivery or electronic mail, at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (with the delivery receipt or the affidavit of messenger)
or at such time as delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be addressed,
if to the Company, to: [●], Attention: [●] with copy to: White & Case LLP, 5 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1DW Attention:
Ross Allardice and Monica Holden, and, if to any Holder, at such Holder’s mailing or electronic mail address as set forth in Schedule
A hereto. Any party may change its address for notice at any time and from time to time by written notice to the other parties hereto,
and such change of address shall become effective thirty (30) days after delivery of such notice as provided in this Section ‎5.1.

 

5.2 Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries.

 

5.2.1 This Agreement and
the rights, duties and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Company in whole or in part.

 

5.2.2 This Agreement and
the rights, duties and obligations of the Holders hereunder may not be freely assigned or delegated by such Holder except in conjunction
with and to the extent of any transfer of Registrable Securities by any such Holder, provided, that such transferee shall only be admitted
as a party hereunder and assume such Holder’s rights and obligations under this Agreement upon its, his or her execution and delivery
of a joinder agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company agreeing to be bound by the terms and conditions of
this Agreement as if such person were a Holder party hereto; whereupon such person will be treated for all purposes of this Agreement,
with the same rights, benefits and obligations hereunder as such Holder with respect to the transferred Registrable Securities.

 

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5.2.3 This Agreement and
the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties and its successors and the permitted
assigns of the Holders.

 

5.2.4 This Agreement shall
not confer any rights or benefits on any persons that are not parties hereto, other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement and Section ‎5.2 hereof.

 

5.2.5 No assignment by
any party hereto of such party’s rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate the Company unless and
until the Company shall have received (i) written notice of such assignment as provided in Section ‎5.1 hereof
and (ii) the written agreement of the assignee, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the terms and provisions
of this Agreement (which may be accomplished by an addendum or certificate of joinder to this Agreement). Any transfer or assignment made
other than as provided in this Section 5.2 shall be null and void.

 

5.3 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts (including PDF counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, and all
of which together shall constitute the same instrument, but only one of which need be produced.

 

5.4 Governing Law;
Venue. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PLACE WHERE THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE EXECUTED BY ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO, THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT
(I) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AS APPLIED TO AGREEMENTS AMONG NEW YORK
RESIDENTS ENTERED INTO AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN NEW YORK AND (II) THE VENUE FOR ANY ACTION TAKEN WITH RESPECT TO THE AGREEMENT
SHALL BE ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT IN NEW YORK COUNTY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES
AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND, THEREFORE,
EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY
MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT TO ANY ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATING TO
THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.

 

5.5 Amendments and
Modifications. Upon the written consent of the Company and the Holders of at least a majority-in-interest of the Registrable Securities
at the time in question, compliance with any of the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement may be waived, or
any of such provisions, covenants or conditions may be amended or modified; provided, however, that notwithstanding
the foregoing, any amendment hereto or waiver hereof that adversely affects one Holder, solely in his, her or its capacity as a holder
of the shares of the Company, in a manner that is materially different from the other Holders (in such capacity) shall require the consent
of the Holder so affected. No course of dealing between any Holder or the Company and any other party hereto or any failure or delay on
the part of a Holder or the Company in exercising any rights or remedies under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any rights
or remedies of any Holder or the Company. No single or partial exercise of any rights or remedies under this Agreement by a party shall
operate as a waiver or preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder by such party.

 

5.6 Other Registration
Rights. The Company represents and warrants that no person, other than a Holder of Registrable Securities, has any right to require
the Company to register any securities of the Company for sale or to include such securities of the Company in any Registration filed
by the Company for the sale of securities for its own account or for the account of any other person. Further, the Company represents
and warrants that this Agreement supersedes any other registration rights agreement or agreement with similar terms and conditions and
in the event of a conflict between any such agreement or agreements and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

  

5.7 Term. This
Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the tenth anniversary of the date of this Agreement or (ii) the date as of which no
Registrable Securities remain outstanding. The provisions of Section ‎3.5 and Article IV shall survive
any termination.

 

5.8 Entire Agreement.
This Agreement (including all agreements entered into pursuant hereto and all certificates and instruments delivered pursuant hereto and
thereto) constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous
agreements, representations, understandings, negotiations and discussions between the parties, whether oral or written. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, ClimateRock and the Sponsor hereby agree that the Prior Agreement is hereby terminated and of no further
force or effect.

  

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[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

  

	 	ClimateRock Holdings Limited

Cayman Islands exempted company

 

	 	By:	 
	 	 	Name: 	Per Regnarsson
	 	 	Title:	Director

 

	 	ClimateRock

Cayman Islands exempted company

 

	 	By:	 
	 	 	Name: 	Per Regnarsson
	 	 	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

 

	 	HOLDERS:
	 	 
	 	[TO BE INSERTED]

 

	 	By:	
	 	 	Name: 	 
	 	 	Title:	 

 

 

13Exhibit 4.1

 

ORIGIN AGRITECH LIMITED 

No.
21 Sheng Ming Yuan Road, Changping District, Beijing 102206, PRC

Ordinary Shares 

(no par value per share)

 

Sales Agreement

 

October __, 2022

 

{Fill in address of buyer} 

Peoples’ Republic of China 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Origin Agritech Limited, a
British Virgin Islands company (the “Company”), confirms its agreement (this “Agreement”)
with _________ (the “Buyer”), with an address of ________, as follows:

 

1.             Issuance and Sale of Shares. The Company agrees that on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, it will
issue and sell to the Buyer, 280,000 ordinary shares, no par value, (the “Placement Shares”) of the Company
(the “Common Stock”) at a purchase price per share of US$8.80, or an aggregate purchase price of $2,464,000
(the “Purchase Price”).

 

The offer and sale of Placement
Shares to the Buyer will be effected pursuant to the Registration Statement (as defined below) filed by the Company and which was declared
effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”).

 

The Company has filed, in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and the rules
and regulations thereunder (the “Securities Act Regulations”), with the Commission a registration statement
on Form F-3, Registration Statement No. 333-253866, including a base prospectus, relating to certain securities, including the Placement
Shares to be issued by the Company, and which incorporates by reference documents that the Company has filed or will file in accordance
with the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and
regulations thereunder. The Company has prepared a prospectus or a prospectus supplement to the base prospectus included as part of the
registration statement, which prospectus or prospectus supplement relates to the Placement Shares (the “Prospectus Supplement”).
The Company will furnish to the Buyer copies of the prospectus included as part of such registration statement, as supplemented, by any
prospectus supplement relating to the Placement Shares. Except where the context otherwise requires, such registration statement(s), including
all documents filed as part thereof or incorporated by reference therein, and including any information contained in a Prospectus (as
defined below) subsequently filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act Regulations or deemed to be
a part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B of the Securities Act Regulations, is herein called the “Registration
Statement.” The base prospectus, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, included in the Registration
Statement, as it may be supplemented, if necessary, by the Prospectus Supplement, in the form in which such Prospectus Supplement have
most recently been filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act Regulations, is herein
called the “Prospectus.”

 

Any reference herein to the
Registration Statement, any Prospectus Supplement, or Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents, if any, incorporated
by reference therein (the “Incorporated Documents”), including, unless the context otherwise requires, the documents,
if any, filed as exhibits to such Incorporated Documents. Any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment”
or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Prospectus Supplement, or the Prospectus shall be deemed to
refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act on or after the most-recent effective date of the Registration
Statement, or the date of the Prospectus Supplement, or Prospectus, as the case may be, and incorporated therein by reference. For purposes
of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or to any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed
to include the most recent copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system, or
if applicable, the Interactive Data Electronic Application system when used by the Commission (collectively, “EDGAR”).

 

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2.             Sale and Delivery to the Buyer; Settlement.

 

(a)                
Sale and Delivery of Placement Shares.  On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject
to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the sale of the Placement Shares will occur on the date of this Agreement, and delivery
will be within three business days after the date of the Prospectus Supplement for the sale of the Placement Shares.

 

(b)               
Payment for the Placement Shares.  The Purchase Price will be due to be paid to the Company prior to delivery of
the Placement Shares, on the date mutually agreed by the parties hereto (the “Settlement Date”), but within
three business days after the date of the Prospectus Supplement for the sale of the Placement Shares.

 

(c)                
Denominations; Registration. Certificates for the Placement Shares, if any, shall be in such denominations and registered
in such names as the Buyer may request in writing at least one full Business Day (as defined below) before the Settlement Date. Otherwise,
the Placement Shares will be represented by a DRS statement or delivered as instructed by electronic means as provided by the Buyer. Risk
of electronic delivery and delays thereof, if any, is on the Buyer. The certificates for the Placement Shares, if any, will be made available
by the Company for examination and packaging by the Buyer in The City of New York not later than noon (New York time) on the Business
Day prior to the Settlement Date.

 

3.             Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with Buyer that as of
the date of this Agreement and the Settlement Date:

 

(a)              
Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement meet the requirements
for and comply with the applicable conditions set forth in Form F-3 (including General Instructions I.A and I.B) under the Securities
Act. The Registration Statement has been or will be filed with the Commission and has been or will be declared effective by the Commission
under the Securities Act prior to the Settlement Date. The Company has not received, and has no notice of, any order of the Commission
preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, or threatening or instituting proceedings for that purpose. The Registration
Statement and the offer and sale of Placement Shares as contemplated hereby meet the requirements of Rule 415 under the Securities
Act and comply in all material respects with said Rule. Any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be
described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement have been so described
or filed. Copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and any such amendments or supplements and all documents incorporated
by reference therein that were filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement have been delivered, or are available
through EDGAR, to Buyer and its counsel. The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of each Settlement Date and
completion of the distribution of the Placement Shares, will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering or sale
of the Placement Shares other than the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and Form 6-K. The Common Stock is registered pursuant
to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is currently listed on NASDAQ (the “Exchange”) under the trading symbol
 “SEED.” The Company has taken no action designed to, or reasonably likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration
of the Common Stock under the Exchange Act, delisting the Common Stock from the Exchange. To the knowledge of the Company has not received
any notification that the Commission or the Exchange is contemplating terminating such registration or listing. To the knowledge of the
Company, it is in material compliance with all applicable listing requirements of the Exchange.

 

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(b)               
No Misstatement or Omission. The Registration Statement, when it became or becomes effective, and the Prospectus, and any
amendment or supplement thereto, on the date of such Prospectus or amendment or supplement, conformed and will conform in all material
respects with the requirements of the Securities Act. At each Settlement Date, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as of such
date, will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act. The Registration Statement, when it became or
becomes effective, did not, and will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus and any amendment and supplement thereto,
on the date thereof and at the Settlement Date, did not or will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus did not, and any further documents filed and incorporated by reference therein will
not, when filed with the Commission, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
in such document or necessary to make the statements in such document, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
The foregoing shall not apply to statements in, or omissions from, any such document made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, information
furnished to the Company by Buyer for use in the preparation thereof.

 

(c)                
Conformity with Securities Act and Exchange Act. The Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto, and the documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto,
when such documents were or are filed with the Commission under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or became or become effective under
the Securities Act, as the case may be, conformed or will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act, as applicable.

 

(d)               
Financial Information. The consolidated financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, and the Prospectus, together with the related notes and schedules, present fairly, in all material respects, the
consolidated financial position of the Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined below) as of the dates indicated and the consolidated
results of operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity of the Company for the periods specified (subject to normal
year-end audit adjustments for interim financial statements) and have been prepared in compliance with the requirements of the Securities
Act and Exchange Act and in conformity with United States GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved; the other financial
and statistical data with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries (as defined below) contained or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, and the Prospectus, are accurately and fairly presented and prepared in all material respects on a basis consistent
with the financial statements and books and records of the Company; there are no financial statements (historical or pro forma) that are
required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, or the Prospectus that are not included or incorporated
by reference as required; the Company and the Subsidiaries do not have any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including
any off-balance sheet obligations), not described in the Registration Statement (excluding the exhibits thereto), and the Prospectus;
and all disclosures contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, and the Prospectus, regarding “non-GAAP
financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply in all material respects with
Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, to the extent applicable. The interactive data
in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus fairly
presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and
guidelines applicable thereto.

 

(e)                
Conformity with EDGAR Filing. The Prospectus delivered to Buyer for use in connection with the sale of the Placement Shares
pursuant to this Agreement will be identical to the versions of the Prospectus created to be transmitted to the Commission for filing
via EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

(f)                 
Organization. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are duly organized, validly existing as a corporation and, except
as disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization.
The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are duly licensed or qualified as a foreign corporation for transaction of business and in good
standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective
businesses requires such license or qualification, and have all corporate power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective
properties and to conduct their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except where the
failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material
adverse effect or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on or affecting the assets, business, operations, earnings,
properties, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and the
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or prevent or materially interfere with consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (a “Material
Adverse Effect”).

 

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(g)               
Subsidiaries. The subsidiaries of the Company set forth in the most recent Form 20-F of the Company filed with the Commission
(collectively, the “Subsidiaries”), are the Company’s only significant subsidiaries (as such term is defined
in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission).

 

(h)               
No Violation or Default. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no
event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of
any material term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument
to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or to which any
of the property or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any
judgment, order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority, except, in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any
such violation or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(i)                 
No Material Adverse Change. Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement,
and the Prospectus (including any document deemed incorporated by reference therein), there has not been (i) any Material Adverse Effect
or the occurrence of any development that the Company reasonably expects will result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) any transaction
which is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (iii) any obligation or liability, direct or contingent (including
any off-balance sheet obligations), incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary, which is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken
as a whole, (iv) any material change in the capital stock or outstanding long-term indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or (v) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on the capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary, other than
in each case above in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement or Prospectus (including
any document deemed incorporated by reference therein).

 

(j)                 
Capitalization. The issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been validly issued, are fully paid
and, other than as disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, are not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first
refusal or similar rights. The Company has an authorized, issued and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus as of the dates referred to therein (other than the grant of options or other securities under the Company’s
existing stock option plans, or changes in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company due to the issuance of shares
upon the exercise or conversion of securities exercisable for, or convertible into, Common Stock outstanding on the date hereof) and such
authorized capital stock conforms to the description thereof set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

(k)               
Authorization; Enforceability. The Company has full legal right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and perform
the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a legal and
binding agreement of the Company, generally enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general
equitable principles.

 

(l)                 
Authorization of Placement Shares. The Placement Shares, when issued and delivered pursuant to the terms approved by the
board of directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee thereof, or a duly authorized executive committee, against payment therefor
as provided herein, will be duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid, free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, security
interest or other claim, including any statutory or contractual preemptive rights, resale rights, rights of first refusal or other similar
rights, and will be registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

 

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(m)              
Finder’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has incurred any liability for any finder’s fees,
brokerage commissions or similar payments in connection with the transactions herein contemplated, except as may otherwise exist with
respect to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement.

 

4.             Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with Buyer that:

 

(a)                
Registration Statement Amendments. After the date of this Agreement and during any period in which a Prospectus relating
to any Placement Shares is required to be delivered by Buyer under the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement
may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act or similar rule), (i) the Company will notify the Buyer promptly of
the time when any subsequent amendment to the Registration Statement, other than documents incorporated by reference, has been filed with
the Commission and/or has become effective or any subsequent supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and of any request by the Commission
for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information, (ii) the Company will
prepare and file with the Commission, promptly upon the Buyer’s request, any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement
or Prospectus that, in the Buyer’s reasonable opinion, may be necessary or advisable in connection with the distribution of the
Placement Shares by the Buyer (provided, however, that the failure of the Buyer to make such request shall not relieve the
Company of any obligation or liability hereunder, or affect the Buyer’s right to rely on the representations and warranties made
by the Company in this Agreement; (iii) the Company will not file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus
relating to the Placement Shares unless a copy thereof has been submitted to Buyer within a reasonable period of time before the filing
and the Buyer has not objected thereto (provided, however, that the failure of the Buyer to make such objection shall not
relieve the Company of any obligation or liability hereunder, or affect the Buyer’s right to rely on the representations and warranties
made by the Company in this Agreement and the Company has no obligation to provide the Buyer any advance copy of such filing or to provide
the Buyer any opportunity to object to such filing if such filing does not name the Buyer and does not relate to the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, and the Company will furnish to the Buyer at the time of filing thereof a copy of any document that upon filing is
deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or Prospectus, except for those documents available via EDGAR;
and (iv) the Company will cause each amendment or supplement to the Prospectus to be filed with the Commission as required pursuant
to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act or, in the case of any document to be incorporated therein by reference,
to be filed with the Commission as required pursuant to the Exchange Act, within the time period prescribed (the determination to file
or not file any amendment or supplement with the Commission under this Section 7(a), based on the Company’s reasonable opinion
or reasonable objections, shall be made exclusively by the Company).

 

(b)               
Notice of Commission Stop Orders. The Company will advise the Buyer, promptly after it receives notice or obtains knowledge
thereof, of the issuance or threatened issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
for the Placement Shares, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose; and it will promptly use its commercially
reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such a stop order should be issued. The Company
will advise the Buyer promptly after it receives any request by the Commission for any amendments to the Registration Statement or any
amendment or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information related to the offering of the Placement Shares or for additional
information related to the Registration Statement, or the Prospectus.

 

(c)                
Delivery of Prospectus; Subsequent Changes. During any period in which a Prospectus relating to the Placement Shares is
required to be delivered by the Buyer under the Securities Act with respect to the offer and sale of the Placement Shares, (including
in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act or similar rule), the Company will
comply with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as from time to time in force, and to file on or before their respective
due dates all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, 15(d) or any other provision of or under the Exchange Act. If the Company has omitted any information from
the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act, it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with
the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to said Rule 430B and to notify the Buyer promptly of all
such filings. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances then existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary to amend or supplement the Registration Statement
or Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act, the Company will promptly notify the Buyer to suspend the offering of Placement Shares
during such period and the Company will promptly amend or supplement the Registration Statement or Prospectus (at the expense of the Company)
so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, provided, however, that the Company may delay any
such amendment or supplement if, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, it is in the best interest of the Company to do so.

 

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(d)               
Listing of Placement Shares. Prior to the Settlement Date, the Company will use its reasonable commercial efforts to cause
the Placement Shares to be listed on the Exchange.

 

5.             Payment of Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement.
Buyer will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

6.             Conditions to Buyer’s Obligations. The obligations of the Buyer hereunder with respect to purchasing the Placement
Shares will be subject to the accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties made by the Company herein on the date of
this Agreement and the Settlement Date, to the due performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and to the satisfaction (or
waiver by the Buyer in its sole discretion) of the following additional conditions:

 

(a)                
Registration Statement Effective. The Registration Statement shall have become effective and shall be available for the
sale of the Placement Shares by the Company to the Buyer.

 

(b)               
No Material Notices. None of the following events shall have occurred and be continuing: (i) receipt by the Company
of any request for additional information from the Commission or any other federal or state Governmental Authority, the response to which
would require any post-effective amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus; (ii) the issuance by
the Commission or any other federal or state Governmental Authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; (iii) receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to
the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Placement Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; or (iv) the occurrence of any event that makes any material statement
made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any material document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference
untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or documents so
that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and, that in the case of the Prospectus,
it will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(c)                
Material Changes. Except as contemplated in the Prospectus, or disclosed in the Company’s reports filed with the Commission,
there shall not have been any material adverse change in the authorized capital stock of the Company or any Material Adverse Effect or
any development that would cause a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(d)               
No Suspension. Trading in the Common Stock shall not have been suspended on the Exchange, and the Common Stock shall not
have been delisted from the Exchange.

 

(e)                
Securities Act Filings Made. All filings with the Commission required by Rule 424 under the Securities Act to have been
filed prior to the Settlement Date.

 

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(f)                 
Company Board Approval and Other Company Actions. The board of directors of the Company will have approved this Agreement
and the issuance of the Placement Shares, and the officers of the Company will have taken all other required acts for the issuance and
delivery of the Placement Shares to the Buyer.

 

(g)               
Approval for Listing. The Placement Shares shall either have been (i) approved for listing on the Exchange, subject only
to notice of issuance, or (ii) the Company shall have filed an application for listing of the Placement Shares on the Exchange at, or
prior to, the Settlement Date and the Exchange shall have reviewed such application and not provided any objections thereto.

 

(h)               
No Termination Event. There shall not have occurred any event that would permit the Buyer to terminate this Agreement pursuant
to Section 12(a).

 

7.             Indemnification.

 

(a)                
Buyer Indemnification. Buyer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors and each officer of the
Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense, as incurred, with respect
to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendments thereto),
and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Buyer
and furnished to the Company by the Buyer used therein.

 

(b)               
Settlement Without Consent if Failure to Reimburse.  If an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying
party to reimburse the indemnified party for reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be
liable for any settlement effected without its written consent if (1) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt
by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (2) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such
settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into, and (3) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed
such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

 

8.             Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery. The indemnity agreement contained in Section 7 of this Agreement
shall survive, as of their respective dates, regardless of (i) any investigation, (ii) delivery and acceptance of the Placement
Shares and payment therefor or (iii) any termination of this Agreement.

 

9.             Termination.

 

(a)                
The Buyer may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, as hereinafter specified at any time prior to the Settlement
Date (1) if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement and prior to the Settlement Date, of any change in the
condition, financial or otherwise, or in the business, properties, earnings, or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, which individually or in the aggregate, in the
reasonable judgment of the Buyer is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to purchase the Placement Shares, (2)  if
trading in the Common Stock has been suspended or limited by the Commission or the Exchange, or if trading generally on the Exchange has
been suspended or limited, or minimum prices for trading have been fixed on the Exchange, or (3) if a banking moratorium has been
declared by either U.S. Federal or New York authorities. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party
except that the provisions of, Section 7 (Indemnification), Section 8 (Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery),
Section 14 (Governing Law and Time; Waiver of Jury Trial) and Section 15 (Consent to Jurisdiction) hereof shall remain in
full force and effect notwithstanding such termination. If the Buyer elects to terminate this Agreement as provided in this section, the
Buyer shall provide the required notice as specified in Section 10 (Notices).

 

(b)               
The Company shall have the right, prior to the Settlement Date, by notice as hereinafter specified, to terminate this Agreement
in its sole discretion at any time after the date of this Agreement. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any
other party except that the provisions of Section 7, Section 8, Section 14, and Section 15 hereof shall remain
in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.

 

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10.          Notices. All notices or other communications required or permitted to be given by any party to any other party pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing, unless otherwise specified, and if sent to the Buyer, shall be delivered to:

 

{fill in Buyer’s name and address} 

Attention:         Mr. ____

Facsimile:

Email:

 

 

 

and if to the Company,
shall be delivered to:

  

Origin Agritech Limited 

No. 21 Sheng Ming Yuan Road 

Changping District, Beijing 102206 

PRC 

Attention: Dr. Gengchen Han 

Telephone: (86-10) 5890-7588 

Fax: (86-10) 5890-7577 

Email: ghan@originseed.com.cn

 

with a copy to (which is only for information
purposes and not notice):

 

Golenbock Eiseman
Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP 

711 Third Avenue 

New York, NY 10017 

Attention: Andrew D. Hudders 

Email: ahudders@golenbock.com

 

Each party to this Agreement
may change such address for notices by sending to the parties to this Agreement written notice of a new address for such purpose. Each
such notice or other communication shall be deemed given (i) when delivered personally on or before 4:30 p.m., New York City
time, on a Business Day or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day, (ii) on the next Business Day
after timely delivery to a nationally-recognized overnight courier and (iii) on the Business Day actually received if deposited in
the U.S. mail (certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid). For purposes of this Agreement, “Business
Day” shall mean any day on which the Exchange and commercial banks in the City of New York are open for business.

 

An electronic communication
(“Electronic Notice”) shall be deemed written notice for purposes of this Section if sent to the electronic
mail address specified by the receiving party under separate cover. Electronic Notice shall be deemed received at the time the party sending
Electronic Notice receives verification of receipt by the receiving party. Any party receiving Electronic Notice may request and shall
be entitled to receive the notice on paper, in a nonelectronic form (“Nonelectronic Notice”) which shall be
sent to the requesting party within ten (10) days of receipt of the written request for Nonelectronic Notice.

 

11.           Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and the Buyer and their
respective successors and the parties. References to any of the parties contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the successors
and permitted assigns of such party. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the
parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assigns any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason
of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement. Neither party may assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement
without the prior written consent of the other party; provided, however, that the Buyer may assign its rights and obligations
hereunder to an affiliate thereof without obtaining the Company’s consent.

 

12.           Adjustments for Stock Splits. The parties acknowledge and agree that all share-related numbers contained in this Agreement
shall be adjusted to take into account any stock split, stock dividend or similar event effected with respect to the Placement Shares.

 

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13.           Entire Agreement; Amendment; Severability; Waiver. This Agreement (including all schedules and exhibits attached hereto)
constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all other prior and contemporaneous agreements and undertakings, both written and oral,
among the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be amended except pursuant
to a written instrument executed by the Company and the Buyer. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or
the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable as written by a court of competent jurisdiction,
then such provision shall be given full force and effect to the fullest possible extent that it is valid, legal and enforceable, and the
remainder of the terms and provisions herein shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable term or provision was not
contained herein, but only to the extent that giving effect to such provision and the remainder of the terms and provisions hereof shall
be in accordance with the intent of the parties as reflected in this Agreement. No implied waiver by a party shall arise in the absence
of a waiver in writing signed by such party. No failure or delay in exercising any right, power, or privilege hereunder shall operate
as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any right, power, or privilege hereunder.

 

14.          GOVERNING LAW AND TIME; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS. SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

15.          CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL
COURTS SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY
TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY CLAIM
THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT, THAT SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT
FORUM OR THAT THE VENUE OF SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS IMPROPER. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS
AND CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF (CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN
RECEIPT REQUESTED) TO SUCH PARTY AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE
GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE THEREOF. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT IN ANY WAY ANY RIGHT TO SERVE
PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.

 

16.           Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but
all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed Agreement by one party to the other may be
made by facsimile or electronic transmission.

 

17.           Construction. The section and exhibit headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof. References herein to any law, statute, ordinance, code, regulation, rule or other requirement of any Governmental Authority shall
be deemed to refer to such law, statute, ordinance, code, regulation, rule or other requirement of any Governmental Authority as amended,
reenacted, supplemented or superseded in whole or in part and in effect from time to time and also to all rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.

 

18.           Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Buyer acknowledges and agrees that:

 

(a)                
it is capable of evaluating and understanding, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement;

 

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(b)               
neither the Company, Subsidiaries nor their affiliates have provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice to Buyer with
respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and Buyer has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors
to the extent it has deemed appropriate; and

 

(c)                
Buyer waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against the Company, Subsidiaries or their affiliates
for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the sale of Placement Shares under this Agreement
and agrees that the Company, Subsidiaries and their affiliates shall not have any liability (whether direct or indirect, in contract,
tort or otherwise) to it in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on its behalf or
in right of it or the Buyer or its employees or creditors of Buyer.

 

19.           Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

“Governmental
Authority” means (i) any federal, provincial, state, local, municipal, national or international government or governmental
authority, regulatory or administrative agency, governmental commission, department, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, court,
tribunal, arbitrator or arbitral body (public or private); (ii) any self-regulatory organization; or (iii) any political subdivision of
any of the foregoing.

 

“Rule 164,” “Rule
172,” “Rule 405,” “Rule 415,” “Rule 424,”
 “Rule 424(b),” “Rule 430B,” and “Rule 433”
refer to such rules under the Securities Act Regulations.

 

All
references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information that is “contained,” “included”
or “stated” in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (and all other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean
and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus, as the case may be.

 

All references in this Agreement
to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy
filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR; and all references in this Agreement to “supplements” to the Prospectus shall
include, without limitation, any supplements, “wrappers” or similar materials prepared in connection with any offering, sale
or private placement of any Placement Shares by the Buyer outside of the United States.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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If the foregoing correctly
sets forth the understanding between the Company and the Buyer, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose, whereupon
this letter shall constitute a binding agreement between the Company and the Buyer.

 

 

	 	Very truly yours,
	 	 
	 	
    ORIGIN AGRITECH LIMITED

     

     

	 	By:	 
	 	 	Name:
	 	 	Title:
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	ACCEPTED as of the date first-above written:

  

 

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IN NAME OF BUYER} 

	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	Name:
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