STEWARDSHIP AGREE
EMENT
Section A
OWER INFORMATION – Complete This Section - PLEAS
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Grow
wer Name (Last,, First, MI)
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Addrress:____________________________________________________
YOU, THE UN
NDERSIGNED GRO
OWER, HEREBY AC
CKNOWLEDGE AND
D AGREE THAT: (1))
YOU HAVE R
READ, UNDERSTAN
ND, AND AGREE TO
O THE TERMS AND
D CONDITIONS OF
THIS STEWA
ARDSHIP AGREEME
ENT; (2) THIS IS A LEGALLY BINDING
G CONTRACT; (3)
YOU ARE FU
ULLY AUTHORIZED
D TO ENTER INTO TTHIS STEWARDSHIIP AGREEMENT;
AND (4) YOU
U ARE VOLUNTARILLY ENTERING INTO
O THIS STEWARDS
SHIP AGREEMENT.
Grower Sign ature
(individual at ffarm level responsibble for planting)
Date
City:: ____________________ State: _____ Zip Codee: _____________
Business Phone: _______________________ Countyy: _____________
E-maail Address: ______________________________________________
Custtomer ID #: (Assiggned by Syngenta) Technology #:(AAssigned by Syngentta)
Dealler Name: _______________________________________________
Dealler Number: ______________(Offfice Use Only)_________________
Dealler Phone: _______________________________________________
Thirdd Party Syngentaa-Licensee: ________(Office Usee Only)_________
Grower Nam e (Please Print Cleearly)
Thank you forr choosing one or m ore of the Licensed Technology. Returnn this Stewardship
Agreement too the address shownn below. If You havee any questions regaarding the Licensed
Technology oor this Stewardship A
Agreement please caall: 1 (877) GRO-CO
ORN or 1 (877) 4762676.
Please returnn the agreement baack to your Dealer at:
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Dealer Addreess
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and Synggenta Seeds, Inc (“S
Syngenta”). By signing and returning thiss Stewardship
This Steewardship Agreemeent (“Stewardship Aggreement”) is enteredd into between you (“Grower”)
Agreem
ment without modificaation (other than Secction A above), Synggenta grants Growerr a limited license too use the proprietary technology Bt11 (A
Attribute®) and/or the Bt11 x MIR162 x
GA21 sstack (Attribute® II) (eeach, a “Licensed Teechnology”) embeddded in Syngenta’s sw
weet corn seed produuct or in any seed p roduct distributed byy a third party Syngeenta-licensee
(collectively, “Seed Productt”). Any proposed chhanges to this Stewaardship Agreement other
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than in Sectionn A are hereby rejectted by Syngenta andd shall have no effecct unless approved in
writing bby Syngenta.
ARDSHIP
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Growerr acknowledges receeipt of the applicablee Attribute® Grower Guide
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(“Stewardship Guide”) which is inccorporated herein byy this reference and may be updated froom time to time and
found aat http://www.syngennta-us.com/seeds/veegetables/sweet_corn/sweet_corn.aspx under
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the “Insect Prootection” tab. Grow
wer agrees to periodiccally check the webssite for the current
Stewarddship Guide and to read
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and comply with the then current Stewardship Guide. If Grower uses any LLicensed Technologgy after Syngenta’s rrelease of a new verrsion of the
Stewarddship Guide or Stew
wardship Agreement then Growers use shall
s
be deemed an acknowledgement
a
oof receipt and agreem
ment to comply with the then current: (i) Stewardship Guide,
(ii) Stew
wardship Agreementt, and (iii) the terms and
a conditions on thhe Seed Product pacckaging (collectively,, the “Agreement”). The collective Agreement constitutes thhe entire agreement
between Grower and Syngeenta regarding the purchase
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and/or use of Licensed Technoology and supersedees any other terms aand conditions whethher express or implieed.
WER’S LIMITED USE
E LICENSE(S). Grow
wer agrees that the Licensed
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Technology is protected underr one or more U.S. ppatents (the “Patentss”). Once this Stewaardship Agreement iss
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the applicablee Patents, to purchasse and plant sweet ccorn Seed Products containing the Licennsed Technology in
signed by the Grower then the Grower is granteed the limited right, under
t the terms of the entire
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Agreement. G
Grower agrees that aany Seed Product accquired in the Territory shall only be
the Unitted States or Canadda (the “Territory”) buut strictly according to
planted in the Territory. Further, Grower agreees not to plant Seed Product in the Territory which was acqu ired outside of the TTerritory.
WER RESPONSIBILITIES. Grower shall: (a) use Seed Produucts solely for planting a single commerc
rcial crop of fresh prooduce, forage or graain for food, feeding oor processing; (b)
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not suppply, transfer, resell, license or sublicensse any Seed Productts to any other persoon or entity for planti ng or any other purppose; (c) not to savee any crop produced from Seed Productss
for plannting by Grower or anny other person or entity;
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(d) abide by thhe terms of the entiree Agreement, as it m
may be updated from
m time to time as desscribed above; (e) reeport to Dealer listed
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above, the number of acress and the location (coounty and state) wheere the Seed Producct is planted within 445 days of planting; ((f) communicate all aapplicable stewardsship requirements
and oblligations to any of itss employees and ageents with respect to handling of or work involving Seed Prodducts and/or the cropp produced from Seeed Products, and moonitor such
mpliance with Groweer’s responsibilities under
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the entire Agrreement; and (g) nott use or allow otherss to use Seed Produccts, the crop produced from Seed
employyees’ and agents’ com
mic testing or
Productts, the Licensed Tecchnology or any plannt material containingg the Licensed Techhnology for: (i) crop breeding, (ii) researrch (including, withouut limitation, agronom
generattion of cooperative data
d against sweet corn seed not containning the Licensed Teechnology), (iii) geneeration of registratio n data or productionn of Seed Product (uunless Grower has
enteredd into a valid, written production agreemeent with a licensed seed
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company expreessly authorizing onee of more of these aactions).
ON. This Stewardshhip Agreement, oncee signed by Grower and accepted by Syngenta, will remaain in effect until teerminated by Groweer or Syngenta. This
TERM AND TERMINATIO
ed
Stewarddship Agreement may be terminated byy either party at anyy time for any reasonn by sending writtenn notice of terminatioon to the other partyy at the address forr such party specifie
herein. In the case of term
mination of this Stewaardship Agreement by Grower, such nootice of termination m
must include Growerr’s full name and address. Further, Synngenta may terminatte
this Agrreement for failure of
o Grower to fully coomply with the Grow
wer Responsibilities described
d
above. Iff Grower violates anny terms of this Stew
wardship Agreemennt, in addition to othe
er
remediees available to Synggenta and any owner of the Patents listeed above, Grower may
m forfeit any right tto obtain a license too the Licensed Techhnology in the futuree. If this Stewardship
Agreem
ment is terminated then Grower will no longer have a rigght to purchase orr use Seed Produccts, but, Grower’s oobligations (including but not limited too the above Growe
er
Responnsibilities) and Syngeenta’s rights that aroose under the Agreement prior to terminaation shall remain inn effect.
ATIONS OF WARRA
ANTIES AND REME
EDIES. Grower agreees that the Limitaations of Warrantiess and Remedies exxpressly stated onn the Seed Productt packaging shall be
b
LIMITA
incorpoorated in this section as if set forth in
n full.
RAL PROVISIONS.
GENER
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This Stewardship Agreement and the parties’ relationship shall be governedd by the laws of the sstate of Minnesota aand the United Statees (other than the choice of laws rules).
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Grower’s rights may
m not be transferrred to any other persson or entity without the prior written connsent.
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Attribute® is a traademark of a Syngenta Group Companyy. LibertyLink® is a reegistered trademarkk of Bayer. v.030420013
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