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Exhibit

Exhibit 10.23

CONSULTING AGREEMENT

This Consulting Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into on June 1, 2018 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Craig Williams, an independent consultant (“Williams”) and Crimson Wine Group, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

Williams is engaged in the business of providing advice and consultation to the wine industry.  The Company now wishes to engage Williams’ services in the capacity of an independent contractor, and in the manner provided in this Agreement.

1.Services to be Provided.  Williams will provide consulting services as described in Exhibit A to this Agreement (the “Services”).  Williams shall, at all times, use his best efforts to perform the Services called for under this Agreement.
2.Fees for Services. In consideration for Williams performing the Services to the Company at a commitment of up to 6 business days per month and so long as this Agreement remains in effect, the Company shall pay to Williams a monthly retainer fee equal to $6,000 (the “Monthly Retainer”).  The monthly retainer fee is based upon an annual retainer equal to $72,000, however, the initial consulting agreement period through December 31, 2018 would be a total retainer of $42,000 (7 months x $6,000/month).  The Company shall pay the Monthly Retainer to Williams on or before the 10th day of the calendar month immediately following the calendar month for which the Monthly Retainer is due.  Williams shall not be required to work more than 6 business days in any calendar month; provided however, that the Company and Williams may agree for Williams to work greater than 6 business days in a calendar month at an additional compensation amount to be agreed to by the Company and Williams.  If requested by the Company, Williams shall submit invoices for the performance of the Services for any calendar month detailing the number of days and/or hours worked for such month and any other information reasonably requested by the Company.  
3.Expenses.  Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, Williams will be responsible for all normal business expenses incurred by him in providing Services under this Agreement.  As required by various assignments, the Company may authorize and reimburse extraordinary expenses, such as for required out-of-area travel.  Williams shall not incur any expenses on behalf of the Company unless pre-approved.  As a condition to receiving reimbursement for pre-approved expenses, Williams shall be required to submit receipts evidencing his expenditures to the Company in accordance with the Company’s normal reimbursement practices and policies.  
4.Term and Termination.  This Agreement shall be for an initial period of seven months, through December 31, 2018, and will automatically renew for successive one-year periods unless terminated by either party as set out in this paragraph.  Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time upon with or without cause written notice to the other.  In the event of such termination, Williams shall provide to the Company all work products completed through the termination date, and the Company shall pay Williams any Retainer Fee due and unpaid for any full or partial calendar months worked in performing Services prior to the notice of termination.
5.Independent Contractor Status.  Williams’ relationship with the Company will be that of an independent contractor, and not that of an employee.  Consistent with an independent contractor relationship, the parties agree to each of the following rights and responsibilities: 
1.Method of Services.  Williams shall be solely responsible for determining the method, details, and means of performing the Services;

2.No Authority to Contract.  Neither Williams, nor any partner, agent or employee of Williams, has authority to bind the Company to contracts or obligations without the prior written authorization of the Company.
3.No Employee Benefits.  Williams shall not be eligible for benefits offered by the Company to its employees, including (but not limited to) pension, health, vacation pay, sick pay, or other employee benefits.  
4.Non-Exclusive Engagement.  The Company shall not require Williams to devote his full-time professional efforts to performing Services hereunder.  Moreover, Williams has the absolute right to perform services for others during the term of this Agreement, subject to the terms of this Agreement.
5.Taxation of Fees.  Williams shall have full responsibility for applicable withholding taxes on all fees for Services, and for compliance with all applicable labor and employment requirements with respect to Williams’s self-employment, sole proprietorship, or other form of business organization, and/or Williams’ partners, agents and employees.  
6.Confidential Information.  
1.Confidential Information.  Williams acknowledges that, during his engagement with the Company, he may have access to, and become acquainted with, various trade secrets, inventions, innovations, processes, compilations of information, and records owned or licensed by the Company and/or used by the Company in connection with the operation of its business, and which have economic value for the Company (“Confidential Information”).  Williams agrees not to use or disclose such Confidential Information, directly or indirectly, either during the term of this Agreement or at any time thereafter, except as necessary in the course of providing the Services anticipated under this Agreement.  All files, records, documents, specifications, information, letters, notes, and similar items relating to the business of the Company, whether prepared by Williams or otherwise coming into Williams’ possession, will remain the exclusive property of the Company.    
2.Exclusions.  Confidential Information does not include any information that:  (i) was known to Williams prior to its disclosure hereunder by the Company; (ii) was independently developed by Williams; (iii) is or becomes publicly known through no wrongful act of Williams; (iv) has been rightfully received from a third party whom Williams has reasonable grounds to believe is authorized to make such disclosure without restriction; (v) has been approved for public release by the Company; or (vi) would not qualify as an assignable invention under California Labor Code §§ 2870-2872 if Williams were an employee of the Company (the text of which is attached hereto as “Exhibit B”). Confidential Information may be disclosed pursuant to applicable law, regulations or court order, provided that Williams must provide prompt advance notice to the Company if he receives any such court order, so that the Company may seek a protective order or otherwise prevent such disclosure.
3.Return of Confidential Information.  Upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement, or whenever requested by the Company, Williams shall promptly, and in no event more than five (5) days of being so requested by the Company, deliver to the Company, or in the case of duplicate records he may properly destroy, all Confidential Information in any tangible form that is within the possession or control of Williams.  Any Confidential Information that is not returned or destroyed, including, without limitation, any Confidential Information communicated verbally, shall remain subject to the confidentiality obligations set forth in this Agreement.

7.Non-Infringement.  Williams warrants and covenants that all deliverables to the Company are original, are not the work of subcontractors or third parties, and do not infringe upon the rights of others. 
8.Intellectual Property.  Williams hereby agrees to assign, and hereby does assign to the Company all of Williams’s rights, title, and interest in and to any and all inventions, original works of authorship, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress, developments, concepts, improvements, or trade secrets, whether or not patentable or registrable under copyright, trademark, or similar laws, which Williams may solely or jointly conceive or develop or reduce to practice, or cause to be conceived or developed or reduced to practice, either in whole or in part, during the time of Williams’s services as an independent contractor during the term of this Agreement which concern or are related to any of the Services that are actually provided by Williams for the Company, and would not be a considered an invention an employee is not permitted to assign to an employer under California Labor Code §§ 2870-2872 if Williams were an employee of the Company (hereinafter referred to as “Intellectual Property”).  Williams hereby confirms that the assignment of the Intellectual Property to the Company includes the assignment to the Company of all rights to sue for past, present and future causes of action concerning or related to the Intellectual Property, including but not limited to third party infringement of any of the Intellectual Property, and the right to retain any recovery for such causes of action.  Williams hereby confirms that this Agreement constitutes an assignment of all rights, title, and interest in such original works of authorship to the Company.
9.No Conflicts. Williams represents and warrants that he is not under any pre-existing obligation in conflict or in any way inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement.  Williams will not knowingly infringe upon any copyright, patent, trade secret or other property right of any former client, employer or third party in the performance of the Services required by this Agreement.  Nothing in this Paragraph 9 or this Agreement, however, shall prohibit Williams from engaging in providing consulting services or being employed by another person pursuant to and consistent with Paragraph 5.4 of this Agreement.
10.No Solicitation of Employees. During the term of the Agreement and for a period of 24 months following termination (for whatever reason), Consultant shall not, on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person or entity, directly or indirectly, solicit or encourage any person then an employee, contractor or consultant of the Company to terminate their relationship with the Company for the purpose of forming or joining another business.
11.    Indemnification.  Williams hereby agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold the Company, his affiliates, agents, employees, attorneys and representatives (the “Company Indemnified Parties”), harmless from any and all liability, claims, demands, causes of action, judgments, damages, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ and experts’ fees and costs) which Company Indemnified  Parties may incur or become liable for as a result of claims by any person or entity arising from or in connection with (a) breach of this Agreement by Williams or (b) Williams’s performance of the Services.  
Company hereby agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold the Consultant harmless from any and all liability, claims, demands, causes of action, judgments, damages, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ and experts’ fees and costs) that constitute, or arise out of or in connection with any breach by Company of its representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither Williams nor the Company shall be obligated to defend or hold harmless any party in the event that such claims, demands, causes of action, judgments, damages and, 

expenses arose out of the willful misconduct, gross negligence, or bad faith of the party seeking the indemnification.  
12.General Provisions.
1.Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement, or any portion thereof, is held to be invalid and unenforceable, then the invalid provision will be stricken and the remainder of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect.
2.Notices.  All notices given to a party under this Agreement are to be in writing and will be effective when presented in the case of personal delivery, or after three (3) days if mailed by first class mail.
3. Counterparts.  This Agreement may be signed in counterparts which, taken together, will constitute a fully signed copy of this Agreement.
4.Governing Law.  The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws.
5.Entire Agreement; Amendments.  This Agreement embodies the entire understanding between Williams and the Company in relation to the subject matter herein and replaces all prior understandings, agreements or arrangements between the parties with respect to this subject matter.  The provisions of this Agreement may only be amended or waived by a writing signed by both Williams and an officer of the Company.
6.Waiver.  The failure of a party to enforce rights under this contract will not be deemed as a waiver of such rights.  
7.Headings.  Section headings are included for convenience only, and are not to be considered part of this Agreement, or an accurate description of its contents.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement effective as of the Effective Date.

SIGNATURES:

	
			
	“Company”

CRIMSON WINE GROUP, LTD.

/s/ Nicholas Quillé
	 
	“Consultant”

CRAIG WILLIAMS

/s/ Craig Williams

	Nicholas Quillé
Chief Winemaking and Operating Officer
	 
	Craig Williams

	 
	 
	 

EXHIBIT A

DESCRIPTION OF CONSULTING SERVICES

Williams’ Services shall generally include consulting in relation to:

		
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	Winemaking protocol: fermentation guidelines, aging- barrel selection, topping regime and blending decisions, quality control- laboratory and cellar, bottling and experimentation;

		
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	Viticulture:  vineyard management/practices, vineyard development, soil amendments, quality control;

		
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	Design and Logistics:  winery layout and design, equipment recommendations; 

		
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	Winery & Vineyard Acquisition Reviews: due diligence on vineyards, wineries and facilities as requested; and

		
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	Related services as requested by the Company and within the Williams’ area of expertise.

CALIFORNIA LABOR CODE §§ 2870-2872

2870.  (a) Any provision in an employment agreement which provides that an employee shall assign, or offer to assign, any of his or him rights in an invention to his or him employer shall not apply to an invention that the employee developed entirely on his or him own time without using the employer's equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information except for those inventions that either:

 (1) Relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the invention to the employer's business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the employer; or

(2) Result from any work performed by the employee for the employer.

(b) To the extent a provision in an employment agreement purports to require an employee to assign an invention otherwise excluded from being required to be assigned under subdivision (a), the provision is against the public policy of this state and is unenforceable.

2871.  No employer shall require a provision made void and unenforceable by Section 2870 as a condition of employment or continued employment.  Nothing in this article shall be construed to forbid or restrict the right of an employer to provide in contracts of employment for disclosure, provided that any such disclosures be received in confidence, of all of the employee's inventions made solely or jointly with others during the term of his or him employment, a review process by the employer to determine such issues as may arise, and for full title to certain patents and inventions to be in the United States, as required by contracts between the employer and the United States or any of its agencies.

2872.  If an employment agreement entered into after January 1, 1980, contains a provision requiring the employee to assign or offer to assign any of his or him rights in any invention to his or him employer, the employer must also, at the time the agreement is made, provide a written notification to the employee that the agreement does not apply to an invention which qualifies fully under the provisions of Section 2870.  In any suit or action arising thereunder, the burden of proof shall be on the employee claiming the benefits of its provisions.EX-10.29

 Exhibit 10.29 

 
 

 
 January 11, 2019 
 Dear
Ms. Frimerman, 
 On behalf of Calyxt, Inc., (the “Company”), I am pleased to offer you a position with the Company as General Counsel. This
offer letter agreement (this “Letter”) sets forth the terms of your offer which, if you accept, will govern your employment with the Company. 
  

	 	1.	 Certain Definitions. Certain words or phrases used in this Letter with initial capital letters will have
the meanings set forth in paragraph 9 hereof. 

  

	 	2.	 Employment. If you accept the terms of this Letter by January 21, 2019, the Company will employ you
beginning on February 11, 2019 (the “Effective Date”) at the latest, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Letter, and ending as provided in paragraph 6 hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Letter to the contrary, you
will be an at-will employee of the Company and you or the Company may terminate your employment with the Company for any reason or no reason at any time. The period during which you are employed by the Company
is referred to in this Letter as the “Employment Term.” 

  

	 	3.	 Position and Duties. You shall serve as General Counsel of the Company and shall have the duties,
responsibilities and authority consistent with an executive serving in such position, subject to the Company’s sole right to expand or reduce such duties, responsibilities and authority, either generally or in specific instances. You shall
devote your full-time business time and attention to the performance of your duties under this Letter and will not engage in any other business activities or serve on boards of directors or similar bodies of other organizations without the prior
consent of the Company’s Board of Directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you will be permitted to (a) purchase and own less than five percent (5%) of the publicly-traded securities of any corporation, provided that such ownership
represents a passive investment and that you are not a controlling person of, or a member of a group that controls such corporation, and provided further that this ownership does not interfere with the performance of your duties and responsibilities
to the Company, including but not limited to the duties and responsibilities set forth in this Section 3. You will report to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. 

  
 2800 Mount Ridge Road,
Roseville, MN 55113 
 (651) 683-2803 

www.calyxt.com 

 

 
  
  

	 	4.	 Place of Employment. 

The principal place of your employment will be the Company’s office in Roseville, Minnesota, except that you may be required to travel on
Company business during your employment. 
  

	 	5.	 Compensation and Benefits. 

 

	 	a.	 Salary. The Company shall pay you an annualized salary of $275,000 (the “Base Salary”) during the
Employment Period in periodic installment in accordance with the Company’s payroll practices as may be in effect from time to time, but not less frequently than monthly. Your Base Salary will be subject to review at least annually by the Board
and the Board may, but will not be required to, increase your Base Salary during the Employment Term. 

  

	 	b.	 Cash Sign-On Bonus. 

 

	 	i.	 In consideration of your foregone compensation at your previous employer, the Company will give you a one-time Cash Sign-On Bonus in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), minus all appropriate deductions for local, state, federal and payroll tax withholdings.
This Bonus will be payable thirty (30) days of the Effective Date. 

  

	 	ii.	 The Cash Sign-On Cash Bonus will be vested in the amount of 50% on the
date of payment, an additional 25% on the first anniversary of the date of payment, and 25% on the second anniversary of the payment. 

  

	 	iii.	 If you voluntarily terminate your employment with the Company or your employment is terminated by the Company
for Cause one (1) year after the Effective Date, you agree to repay the entire unvested gross amount of the Cash Sign-On Bonus to the Company. If you voluntarily terminate your employment with the Company
or your employment is terminated by the Company for Cause before the first anniversary of the Effective Date, you agree to repay the entire gross amount of the Cash Sign-On Bonus to the Company. The
reimbursement will be made by certified or bank check no later than thirty (30) days following your Termination Date. In the event of a repayment, the Company will make appropriate adjustments to your tax withholdings, reflecting the fact of
said repayment. 

  
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	 	c.	 Annual Performance Bonus. For each calendar year of the Employment Term, you will be eligible to receive
an annual performance bonus (“Annual Performance Bonus”) from the Company, with an amount of such bonus equal up to forty percent (40%) of your Base Salary and a multiplier on Annual Target of 0.7 to 1.5x. You are eligible to earn a
prorated Annual Performance Bonus for your individual contribution and the Company’s performance between the Effective Date and December 31, 2019. Your Annual Performance Bonus will be based on achievement of individual and/or Company
performance goals that are established by the Board in its sole discretion at the beginning of each calendar year. Following the close of each calendar year, the Board shall determine whether you have earned an Annual Performance Bonus, and the
amount of any such bonus, based on the goals established at the beginning of the year. Payment of the Annual Performance Bonus is expressly conditioned upon your employment with the Company on the date the Annual Performance Bonus is paid, except as
provided in paragraph 6(e) below and as provided in paragraph 6(d) in case of Termination Without Cause (as defined in paragraph 9) and conditions detailed in paragraph 7. The Annual Performance Bonus will be paid within seventy-five (75) days
after the end of the calendar year to which it relates. Your target Annual Performance Bonus will be subject to periodic review and adjustment by the Board, in its sole discretion, from time to time. 

 

	 	d.	 Equity Award. 

  

	 	e.	 Not later than thirty days after the Effective Date, subject to the Board approval, you will be granted a stock
option (the “Option”) to purchase up to 100,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, pursuant to the Company’s Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). 

 

	 	f.	 You will be eligible to participate in and receive additional stock option or equity award grants under the
Company’s current and future equity incentive plans from time to time in the sole discretion of the Board, and in accordance with the terms and conditions of such plans. 

  
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	 	g.	 Executive Benefits Package. You will be entitled during your employment to participate in the
Company’s Executive Benefits Package. The Company’s “Executive Benefits Package” means those benefits (including benefits for which substantially all of the employees of the Company are from time to time generally eligible), as
determined from time to time by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). The Company reserves the right to amend or cancel any employee benefit plans, programs, or practices at any time in its sole discretion, subject to the
terms of the employee benefit plan and applicable law. 

  

	 	h.	 Vacation. During the Employment Period, you will be entitled to take paid vacation pursuant to the
Company’s existing policies regarding paid vacations. You will be entitled to accrue twenty (20) days of paid vacation per calendar year. Beginning on the Effective Date, your vacation time will accrue on a monthly basis at a rate of 1.67
days per month. Vacation time that is not used by you in the calendar year it accrues may be carried over to the next calendar year, but you will cease to accrue additional vacation time beyond your annual accrual (i.e., 20 days) in any calendar
year until you have taken vacation and your accrued vacation time has dropped below the maximum annual accrual of 20 days. 

  

	 	6.	 Termination Events. 

Your employment with the Company will continue until terminated upon the occurrence of any of the following events: 

	 	a.	 Your death; 

  

	 	b.	 Your Permanent Disability; 

 

	 	c.	 Your written notice of your termination of your employment to the CEO; 

 

	 	d.	 The termination of your employment by the Company at any time Without Cause (as defined in paragraph 9) with
the termination to take effect as determined by the Company; or 

  

	 	e.	 The termination of your employment by the Company For Cause (as defined in paragraph 9), with the termination
to take effect immediately upon written notice by the Company to the Employee or upon a date determined by the Company. 

  
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	 	7.	 Consequences of Termination. 

 

	 	a.	 Compensation upon Termination by Company—For Cause. Upon the termination of your employment For
Cause, you will cease to have any rights to Base Salary, bonus awards, expense reimbursements, fringe benefits or any other compensation or benefits of any nature, except that you will be entitled to receive any Base Salary that has accrued but is
unpaid, any reimbursable expenses that have been incurred but are unpaid as of your Termination Date, which will be paid in accordance with Company’s usual payroll procedures (collectively, the “Accrued Amounts”).

  

	 	b.	 Compensation upon Termination by Company—Not For Cause. 

 

	 	c.	 Upon the termination Without Cause of your employment provided for in paragraph 6(d), you will cease to have
any rights to Base Salary, bonus awards, expense reimbursements, fringe benefits or any other compensation or benefits of any nature, except that you will be entitled to receive the Accrued Amounts, Annual Performance Bonus on a prorata temporis
basis. 

  

	 	d.	 So long as you are complying with the non-compete and other applicable
obligations set forth in this agreement, the Company shall continue to pay you Severance Pay in an amount equal to twelve (12) months of Base Salary at a rate in effect on the date of termination, reduced by any required federal, state and
local taxes and any other applicable withholdings or deductions, with the Company’s payment of such salary continuation payable in periodic installments in accordance with the Company payroll practices. You agree and acknowledge that the
Company may condition the receipt of any Severance Pay due to you pursuant to this paragraph upon: (i) you entering into a full release of claims in favor of the Company, its affiliates and subsidiaries and their respective officers and
directors and separation agreement in such form as to be provided by the Company and (ii) such general release becomes effective within twenty-one (21) business days after the day it is provided to
you for execution, and is not thereafter revoked by you, and provided further that you comply with all terms and conditions of this separation agreement, you will receive the benefit to which you are entitled. In the event the Company invokes its non-compete option as provided for in paragraph 8(b), your severance payment will end and the other terms and conditions of this separation agreement will continue. 

 

	 	e.	 Compensation upon Termination—By You. Upon your voluntary termination of your employment provided
for in paragraph 6(c), you will cease to have any rights to Base Salary, bonus awards, expense reimbursements, fringe benefits or any other compensation or benefits of any nature, except that you will be entitled to receive the Accrued Amounts.

  
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	 	f.	 Compensation Upon Termination—Death or Permanent Disability. In the event your employment is
terminated because of death or Permanent Disability, you will cease to have any rights to Base Salary, bonus awards, expense reimbursements, fringe benefits or any other compensation or benefits of any nature, except that you will be entitled to
receive the Accrued Amounts, Annual Performance Bonus on a prorata temporis basis and participate in Company insurance plans pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof. In the event your employment is terminated as a result of your death, your
spouse or, if you are not married at the time of your death, your estate will be entitled to the Accrued Amounts. 

  

	 	8.	 Competitive Activity; Confidentiality; Non-Solicitation; Discoveries
and Inventions; Works Made for Hire. 

  

	 	a.	 Acknowledgements and Agreements. You hereby acknowledge and agree that in the performance of your duties to the
Company, you will be brought into frequent contact with existing Customers and Potential Customers of the Company throughout the world. You agree that trade secrets and confidential information of the Company, more fully described in subparagraph
8(e)(i), gained by you during your association with the Company, have been developed by the Company through substantial expenditures of time, effort and money and constitute valuable and unique property of the Company. You further understand and
agree that the foregoing makes it necessary for the protection of the Company’s Business that you do not compete with the Company during your employment with the Company and that you do not compete with the Company for a reasonable period
thereafter, as further provided in the following subparagraphs. 

  

	 	b.	 Competitive Activity. 

 

	 	i.	 While employed by the Company, and for a period of one (1) year following your Termination Date, you are
obligated to provide notice to Calyxt of future activity and responsibilities (as provided for in subparagraph 8(b)(ii)) prior to starting a new position. Upon receipt of such notice, the Company will have a
10-day window to exercise a non-compete for a period not to exceed 12 months from the Termination Date. 

  
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	 	ii.	 In the event (i) you are terminated without cause by the Company, (ii) the Company is paying a
severance payment to you, and (iii) the Company invokes its non-compete option, your severance payments will end and the non-compete payment will begin for a period
not to exceed one year from Termination Date, according to the Company payroll schedule less applicable withholdings. In the event you breach this clause, you agree to reimburse immediately all severance and
non-compete payments you received from the Company. 

  

	 	iii.	 You agree and understand that should the Company exercise its
non-compete option under this subparagraph, you will be bound by the terms of this Competitive Activity/non-compete provision, even if you are terminated for cause or
you voluntary terminate, and thus do not receive the non-compete payments described herein. 

  

	 	iv.	 Direct or Indirect Competition. For the purpose of subparagraph 8(b)(i) but without limitation thereof, you
will be in violation thereof if you engage in any or all of the activities set forth therein directly as an individual on your own account, or indirectly as a partner, joint venturer, employee, agent, salesperson, consultant, officer and/or director
of any firm, association, partnership, corporation or other entity, or as a stockholder of any corporation in which you or your spouse, child or parent owns, directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, more than five percent of the
outstanding stock. 

  

	 	v.	 If it is judicially determined that you have violated subparagraph 8(b)(i), then the period applicable to each
obligation that you have been determined to have violated will automatically be extended from the date of judicial determination by a period of time equal in length to the period during which such violation(s) occurred. 

 

	 	c.	 The Company. For purposes of this subparagraph 8(c), the Company will include any and all direct and indirect
subsidiary, parent, affiliated, or related companies of the Company for which you worked or had responsibility at the time of termination of your employment and at any time during the two-year period prior to
such termination. 

  

	 	d.	 Non-Solicitation. 

 

	 	i.	 Of Customers. You will not, directly or indirectly, at any time during the period of your employment or for a
period of twenty-four (24) months following your Termination Date solicit, divert, or take away or supervise any other person, firm, or other entity in soliciting, diverting, or taking away any Customer or Prospective Customer of the Company
for the purpose of selling, performing or providing Business Services to that Customer or Prospective Customer. 

  
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	 	ii.	 Of Employees. You will not, directly or indirectly, at any time during the period of your employment or for a
period of twenty-four (24) months following your Termination Date solicit, hire, employ, engage, affiliate with for profit, retain (or assist any other person or entity in soliciting, hiring, employing, engaging, affiliating for profit or
retaining) any person who was a Company employee or consultant or independent contractor at any time during the one (1)-year period prior to your soliciting, hiring, employing, engaging, affiliating for profit or retaining, whether for your benefit
or the benefit of any other person or organization other than the Company, or solicit, induce, or encourage any such person to terminate or leave the Company’s employ, engagement, or other remunerative relationship with the Company. You
acknowledge that this covenant is necessary to enable the Company to maintain a stable workforce and remain in business. 

  

	 	e.	 Confidentiality. 

  

	 	i.	 You will keep in strict confidence, and will not, directly or indirectly, at any time, during or after your
employment with the Company, disclose, furnish, disseminate, make available or, except in the course of performing your duties of employment, use any trade secrets or confidential business and technical information of the Company or its Customers,
suppliers or vendors, without limitation as to when or how you may have acquired such information. Such confidential information will include, without limitation, all information belonging to the Company, its affiliates, subsidiaries, or any other
person or entity that has entrusted information to the Company in confidence, technology, computer programs or programming, systems, software, software codes, designs, data bases, trade secrets, know-how,
research, methods, manuals, records, product or service ideas or plans, work-in-progress, results, algorithms, inventions, developments, original works of authorship,
discoveries, experimental processes, experimental results, unpublished patent applications, laboratory notebooks, processes, formulas, investigation or research techniques, engineering designs and drawings, hardware configuration information,
regulatory information, medical reports, clinical data and analysis reagents, cell lines, biological materials, chemical formulas, financial information including but not limited to price lists, pricing methodologies, cost data, financial forecasts,
historical financial data, and budgets, marketing 

  
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	 	information, including but not limited to market share data, marketing plans, licenses, business plans, lists of the needs and preferences of Customers and Prospective Customers, promotional materials, training courses
and other training and instructional materials, vendor and product information, all agreements with third parties and terms of agreements, transactions and potential transactions, negotiations, information relating to employees and consultants of
the Company, including names, contact information, and expertise, lists of or information relating to suppliers and vendors and other business information disclosed by the Company (whether by oral, written, graphic or machine-readable format) which
confidential information is designated in writing to be confidential or proprietary, or if given orally, is confirmed in writing as having been disclosed as confidential or proprietary within a reasonable time (not to exceed 30 days after the oral
disclosure), or which information would, under the circumstances appear to a reasonable person to be confidential or proprietary. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, confidential information shall not include any information for which
you can demonstrate by convincing evidence that: (I) have been known or developed by Employee independent of any disclosure by Company; (II) is or becomes available to the public through no breach of this Agreement; (III) is lawfully
obtained from a third party without restriction and without breach of this or any other agreement; (IV) is required by law to be disclosed in response to a valid order of a court of competent jurisdiction or authorized governmental agency; or
(V) is approved for release by Company. 

  

	 	ii.	 You specifically acknowledge that all such confidential information, whether reduced to writing, maintained on
any form of electronic media, or maintained in your mind or memory and whether compiled by the Company, and/or you, derives independent economic value from not being readily known to or ascertainable by proper means by others who can obtain economic
value from its disclosure or use, that reasonable efforts have been made by the Company to maintain the secrecy of such information, that such information is the sole property of the Company and that any retention and your use of such information
during your employment with the Company (except in the course of performing your duties and obligations to the Company) or after the termination of your employment will constitute a misappropriation of the Company’s confidential information
and/or trade secrets. 

  
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	 	iii.	 The U.S. Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (“DTSA”) provides that an individual shall not be
held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that (A) is made in confidence to a federal, state or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an
attorney, and solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (B) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. In addition, the DTSA
provides that an individual who files a lawsuit for retaliation by an employer for reporting a suspected violation of law may disclose the trade secret to the attorney of the individual and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding,
if the individual files any document containing the trade secret under seal and does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. 

  

	 	iv.	 You agree that upon termination of your employment with the Company, for any reason, you will return to the
Company, in good condition, all property of the Company, including without limitation, the originals and all copies of any documents in whatever form (electronic, hard copy, etc.) or materials which contain, reflect, summarize, describe, analyze or
refer or relate to any items of information listed in subparagraph 8(e)(i) of this Letter. You agree that all confidential information, as listed in subparagraph 8(e)(i) of this Letter is the sole property of the Company and you have no right, title
or interest to this property. In the event that such items are not so returned, the Company will have the right to charge you for all reasonable damages, costs, attorneys’ fees and other expenses incurred in searching for, taking, removing
and/or recovering such property. 

  

	 	v.	 Notwithstanding the above, you will have no liability to the Company with regard to any confidential
information you can prove was in the public domain at the time it was disclosed or entered the public domain through no fault of yours. 

  
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	 	f.	 Discoveries and Inventions; Work Made for Hire. 

 

	 	i.	 You agree that upon conception and/or development of any idea, discovery, invention, improvement, software,
writing or other material or design that: (A) relates to the business of the Company, or (B) relates to the Company’s actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, or (C) results from any work performed by you for
the Company, you will assign to the Company the entire right, title and interest in and to any such idea, discovery, invention, improvement, software, writing or other material or design (together, “Discoveries and Inventions”). Subject to
the requirements of applicable state law, if any, you understand that Discoveries and Inventions will not include, and the provisions of this Letter will not apply to any idea, discovery, invention, improvement, software, writing or other material
or design that qualifies fully for exclusion under the provisions of applicable state law. You also agree that any idea, discovery, invention, improvement, software, writing or other material or design that relates to the business of the Company or
relates to the Company’s actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development which is conceived or suggested by you, either solely or jointly with others, within one year following termination of your employment under this Letter or any
successor agreements will be presumed to have been so made, conceived or suggested in the course of such employment with the use of the Company’s equipment, supplies, facilities, and/or trade secrets. 

 

	 	ii.	 You agree that during your employment, and for one year after termination of your employment under this Letter
or any successor agreements, you will disclose immediately and fully to the Company any Discovery and Invention conceived, made or developed by you solely or jointly with others. The Company agrees to keep any such disclosures confidential. You also
agree to record descriptions of all work in the manner directed by the Company, agree that all such records and copies, samples and experimental materials will be the exclusive property of the Company, and agree not to remove these records from the
Company’s place of business except as expressly permitted by Company policy which may, from time to time, be revised at the sole election of the Company for the purpose of furthering the Company’s business. You agree that at the request of
and without charge to the Company, but at the Company’s expense, you will execute a written assignment of the idea, discovery, invention, improvement, software, writing or other material or design to the Company and will assign to the Company
any application for letters patent or for trademark registration made thereon, and to any common-law or statutory copyright therein; and that you will do whatever may be necessary or desirable to enable the
Company to secure any patent, trademark, copyright, or other property right therein in the United States and in any foreign country, and any division, renewal, continuation, or continuation in part thereof, or for any reissue of any patent issued

  
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	 	thereon. In the event the Company is unable, after reasonable effort, and in any event after ten business days, to secure you signature on a written assignment to the Company of any application for letters patent or to
any common-law or statutory copyright or other property right therein, whether because of your physical or mental incapacity or for any other reason whatsoever, you irrevocably designate and appoint the CEO of
the Company as your attorney-in-fact to act on your behalf to execute and file any such application and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the
prosecution and issuance of such letters patent, copyright or trademark Any assignment of the rights to an idea, discovery, invention, improvement, software, writing or other material or design includes all rights of attribution, paternity,
integrity, modification, disclosure and withdrawal, any other rights throughout the world that may be known or referred to as “moral rights,” “artists rights,” “droit moral,” or the like. (“Moral Rights”) To
the extent that Moral Rights cannot be assigned under applicable law, you hereby waive and agree not to enforce any and all Moral Rights, including, without limitation, any limitation on subsequent modification, to the extent permitted under
applicable law. 

  

	 	iii.	 You acknowledge that, to the extent permitted by law, all work papers, reports, documentation, drawings,
photographs, negatives, tapes and masters therefor, prototypes and other materials (hereinafter, “items”), including without limitation, any and all such items generated and maintained on any form of electronic media, generated by you
during your employment with the Company will be considered a “work made for hire” and that ownership of any and all copyrights in any and all such items will belong to the Company. The item will recognize the Company as the copyright
owner, will contain all proper copyright notices, e.g., “(creation date), All Rights Reserved,” and will be in condition to be registered or otherwise placed in compliance with registration or other statutory requirements throughout the
world. 

  

	 	g.	 Communication of Contents of Letter. While employed by the Company and for one year thereafter, you will
communicate the contents of paragraph 8 of this Letter to any person, firm, association, partnership, corporation or other entity that you intend to be employed by, associated with, or represent. 

 

	 	h.	 Confidentiality Agreements. You agree that you will not disclose to the Company or induce the Company to use
any secret or confidential information belonging to your former employers. Before the execution of this agreement, you agree to provide the Company with a copy of the relevant sections of any and all agreements with a third party that preclude or
limit your right to make disclosures or to engage in any other activities contemplated by your employment with the Company (the “Prior Employment Documents”). 

  
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	 	i.	 Relief. You acknowledge and agree that the remedy at law available to the Company for breach of any of
your obligations under this Letter would be inadequate. You therefore agree that, in addition to any other rights or remedies that the Company may have at law or in equity, temporary and permanent injunctive relief may be granted in any proceeding
which may be brought to enforce any provision contained in subparagraphs 8(b), 8(d), 8(e), 8(f), 8(g) and 8(h) inclusive, of this Letter, without the necessity of proof of actual damage or the need to post a bond. 

 

	 	j.	 Reasonableness. You acknowledge that your obligations under this paragraph 8 are reasonable in the
context of the nature of the Company’s Business and the competitive injuries likely to be sustained by the Company if you were to violate such obligations. You further acknowledge that this Letter is made in consideration of, and is adequately
supported by the agreement of the Company to perform its obligations under this Letter and by other consideration, which you acknowledge constitutes good, valuable and sufficient consideration. 

 

	 	9.	 Definitions. 

  

	 	a.	 “Customer” means any client, customer or account, including, but not limited to any person, firm,
corporation, association or other business entity of any kind to which the Company has provided or is providing products or services. 

  

	 	b.	 “Company’s Business” means the research, development, and/or commercialization of
products and services based on gene-editing technologies in the field of agriculture food and plant sciences, which is to be construed to include all research, development, and/or commercialization of products and services as may hereinafter evolve
within the gene editing field or is in planning or developmental stages at the Company. 

  

	 	c.	 “Permanent Disability” means that, because of accident, disability, or physical or mental
illness, you are deemed permanently incapable of performing your duties to the Company or any subsidiary, as determined in accordance with the Company’s then current disability insurance policy. 

 

	 	d.	 “Prospective Customer” means any prospective client, customer or account, including, without
limitation, any person, firm, corporation, association or other business entity of any kind with which the Company had any negotiations or substantial discussions regarding the possibility of providing products or services within the one
(1) year period preceding your Termination Date. 

  
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	 	e.	 “Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, and any guidance issued thereunder. 

  

	 	f.	 “Termination Date” means the effective date of your termination of employment with the
Company. 

  

	 	g.	 “Termination For Cause” means the termination by the Company of your employment with the
Company or any subsidiary as a result of (i) your conviction of or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a crime that constitutes a felony or a crime that constitutes a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; (ii) your engagement in an act of
fraud, dishonesty, or unauthorized disclosure of Confidential Information (as defined in this Letter); (iii) your willful failure or refusal to comply with any valid and legal directive of the Board of Directors or the CEO; (iv) your gross
negligence or willful misconduct with respect to the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company; (v) your failure or refusal to perform your duties and responsibilities as General Counsel, (other than such failure resulting from
incapacity due to physical or mental illness or temporary or permanent disability) which is not cured within five (5) days after written notice thereof to you; (vi) your material failure to comply with the Company’s written policies
or rules, red within five (5) days after written notice thereof to you; (vii) your willful misconduct which has, or can reasonably expected to have, a direct and material adverse monetary effect on the Company or (viii) your material
breach of this Letter or any other written agreement with the Company, which is not cured within thirty (30) days after written notice thereof to you. 

  

	 	h.	 “Termination Without Cause” means the termination by the Company of your employment with the
Company for any reason other than a termination for Permanent Disability, death, or a Termination for Cause. 

  

	 	10.	 Section 409(A). 

 

	 	a.	 General Compliance. This Letter is intended to comply with Section 409(A) or an exemption thereunder and
will be construed and administered in accordance with Section 409(A). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Letter, payments provided under this Letter may only be made upon an event and in a manner that complies with Section 409(A)
or an applicable exemption. Any payments under this Letter that may be excluded from Section 409(a) either as separation pay provided due to an involuntary separation from 

  
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	 	service or as a short-term deferral will be excluded from Section 409(A) to the maximum extent possible. For purposes of Section 409(A), each installment payment provided under this Letter will be treated as a
separate payment. Any payments to be made under this Letter upon a termination of employment will only be made upon a “separation from service” under Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no representations
that the payments and benefits provided under this Letter comply with Section 409A and in no event will the Company be liable for all or any portion of any taxes, penalties, interest or other expenses that may be incurred by you on account of non-compliance with Section 409A. 

  

	 	b.	 Specified Employees. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Letter, if any payment or benefit
provided to you in connection with your termination of employment is determined to constitute “non-qualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A and you are determined to
be a “specified employee” at that time as defined in Section 409A(a)(2)(b)(i), then such payment or benefit will not be paid until the first payroll date to occur following the six-month
anniversary of the Termination Date (the “Specified Employee Payment Date”) or, if earlier, on your death. The aggregate of any payments that would otherwise have been paid before the Specified Employee Payment Date (and interest on such
amounts calculated based on the applicable federal rate published by the Internal Revenue Service for the month in which your separation from service occurs shall be paid to the you in lump sum on the specified Employee Payment date and thereafter,
any remaining payments will be paid without delay in accordance with their original schedule. 

  

	 	11.	 Representations. As of the Effective Date, you represent and warrant to the Company that, except for the Prior
Employment Documents described in Section 8(h): 

  

	 	a.	 Your acceptance of employment with the Company and your performance of the duties and responsibilities under
this Letter will not conflict with or result in a violation of, a breach of, or a default under any contract, agreement or understanding to which she is a party or otherwise bound. 

 

	 	b.	 Your acceptance of employment with the Company and the performance of your duties and responsibilities under
this Letter will not violate any non-solicitation, non-competition or other similar covenant or agreement of a prior employer. 

 

	 	12.	 Survival. Upon the termination of this Letter, the respective rights and obligations of the parties hereto will
survive this termination to the extent necessary to carry out the intention of the parties to this Letter. 

  
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	 	13.	 Taxes. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Letter all federal, state, city or other
taxes as the Company is required to withhold pursuant to any applicable law, regulation or ruling. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Letter, the Company will not be obligated to guarantee any particular tax result for you with respect to
any payment provided to you hereunder, and you will be responsible for any taxes imposed on you with respect to any such payment. 

  

	 	14.	 Notices. Any notice provided for in this Letter will be in writing, with a copy to respective individual email
addresses, and will be either personally delivered, sent by reputable overnight carrier or mailed by first class mail, return receipt requested, to the recipient at the address below indicated: 

Notices to the Company: 

Mr. Jim Blome, CEO 

Calyxt, Inc. 
 2800 Mount Ridge
Road 
 Roseville, MN 55113 

or such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party will have specified by prior written notice to the
sending party. Any notice under this Letter will be deemed to have been given when so delivered. 
  

	 	15.	 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Letter will be interpreted in such manner as to be
effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Letter is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any applicable law, such invalidity or unenforceability will not affect any other provision, but this Letter
will be reformed, construed and enforced as if such invalid or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein. Should a determination be made by the Court designated in paragraph 20 hereof that the character, duration, or geographical scope
of paragraph 8 of the Letter is unreasonable in light of the circumstances as they then exist, then it is the intention and the agreement of the parties to the Letter that the provision be construed by the Court in such a manner as to impose only
those restrictions on the parties that are reasonable in light of the circumstances as they then exist and as are necessary to assure the parties of the intended benefit of the Letter. If, in any judicial proceeding, the Court refuses to enforce all
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	 	separate provisions included in the Letter because, taken together, they are more extensive than necessary to assure the parties of the intended benefit of the Letter, those provisions which, if eliminated, would permit
the remaining separate provisions to be enforced in such proceeding, will, for the purpose of such proceeding, be deemed eliminated from the Letter. 

  

	 	16.	 Complete Agreement. This Letter embodies the complete agreement and understanding between the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof and effective as of its date supersedes and preempts any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or between the parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any
way. 

  

	 	17.	 Counterparts. This Letter may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an
original and both of which taken together will constitute one and the same agreement. 

  

	 	18.	 Successors and Assigns. This Letter will bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by you, the
Company and your and the Company’s respective heirs, executors, personal representatives, successors and assigns, except that neither party may assign any rights or delegate any obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the
other party. You hereby consent to the assignment by the Company of all of its rights and obligations hereunder to any successor to the Company by merger or consolidation or purchase of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, provided
such transferee or successor assumes the liabilities of the Company hereunder. 

  

	 	19.	 Governing Law. This Letter will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal, substantive
laws of the State of Minnesota. You agree that the state and federal courts located in the State of Minnesota, without regard to or application of conflict of laws principles, will have jurisdiction in any action, suit or proceeding against you
based on or arising out of this Letter and you hereby: (a) submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts; (b) consent to service of process in connection with any action, suit or proceeding against you; and (c) waive any other
requirement (whether imposed by statute, rule of court or otherwise) with respect to personal jurisdiction, venue or service of process. 

  

	 	20.	 Amendment and Waiver. The provisions of this Letter may be amended or waived only with the prior written
consent of you and the Company, and no course of conduct or failure or delay in enforcing the provisions of this Letter will affect the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Letter. 

  
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	 	21.	 Acknowledgement of Full Understanding. I acknowledge and agree that I have fully read and understand this
Letter, and I have had the opportunity to ask questions and consult with an attorney of my choice before signing this Letter. 

If these terms are acceptable to you, please sign and date this Letter in the appropriate space below and return it to me as soon as possible.
We look forward to you becoming a part of our team. 
  

	
	Please call me with any questions.
	
	Sincerely,
	
	 /s/ Jim BLOME

	Jim BLOME, CEO
	
	Date:                                     
                                    
	
	Agreed and Accepted:
	
	 /s/ Debra Frimerman

	Debra Frimerman
	
	Date: 1/21/19

  
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