SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
We make forward-looking statements in this prospectus that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include information about possible or assumed future results of our business, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, anticipated growth strategies, anticipated trends in our industry, our potential growth opportunities, plans and objectives. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “believe,” “may,” “might,” “will,” “consider,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “target,” “project,” “contemplate,” “should,” “plan,” “expect,” “predict,” “potential,” or the negative of these terms or other similar terms or expressions. The statements we make regarding the following matters are forward-looking by their nature:
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the impact of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine on our business;
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our ability to develop and commercialize biotechnology products and crop productivity technologies;
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our ability to maintain our joint venture agreements with our current partners;
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the success of the HB4 technology that we license and that remains subject to receipt of regulatory approval in certain jurisdictions other than Argentina;
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our or our collaborators’ ability to develop commercial products that incorporate our licensed seed traits and complete the regulatory approval process for such products;
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our expectations regarding the commercial value of our key products in yield and abiotic stress and biotic stress;
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our expectations regarding regulatory approval of products developed or licensed by us, our joint ventures and third-party collaborators;
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our ability to adapt to continuous technological change in our industry;
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our expectations that products containing our licensed seed traits will be commercialized and we will earn royalties from the sales of such products;
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our expectations to accelerate the Microstar ramp up, our leading brand in micro-granulated fertilizers;
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our expectations regarding the future growth of the global agricultural, agricultural biotechnology, biological-based chemical and agro-industrial biotechnology markets;
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our ability to develop and exploit a proprietary channel for the sale of our licensed biotechnology products;
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our compliance with laws and regulations that impact our business and changes to such laws and regulations;
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our ability to assemble, store, integrate and analyze significant amounts of public and proprietary data;
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our ability to respond to health epidemics and other outbreaks, such as COVID-19, including responses by governmental bodies or regulators;
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our ability to maintain our licensing arrangements for the products that we commercialize;
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the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, our customers, employees and vendors as well as on our business, financial condition and results of operations;
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the outcome of any known and unknown litigation and regulatory proceedings; and
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various other factors, including without limitation those described under “Risk Factors.”