Slide 1: Origin Agritech, Ltd. Investor Deck March 2021
Origin Agritech, Ltd. Investor Deck March 2021
Slide 2: Forward Looking Statements and Disclaimer
Origin Agritech, Ltd Forward Looking Statements and Disclaimer 2 This communication contains "forward - looking statements" as defined in the federal securities laws, including Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and as define
Slide 3: The Chinese Food Security Problem
Origin Agritech, Ltd The Chinese Food Security Problem 3 • China has 22% of the world’s population with only 10% of the world’s arable land • COVID - 19 pandemic has accentuated the need for greater food security & increased domestic food production • China’s fast - growing middle class is eating mo
Slide 4: The Solution: GMO Positive!
Origin Agritech, Ltd The Solution: GMO Positive! • GMO crops dramatically increase yields and can be designed to be insect resistant, reducing the need for pesticides, making agriculture greener • The switch to GMO positive creates a new, multi - billion - dollar market opportunity • Chinese firms g
Slide 5: Accelerating the March Towards GMO Positive
Origin Agritech, Ltd Accelerating the March Towards GMO Positive • Chinese leaders have expressed interest in strengthening domestic seed technology and food security • On Dec 29 of 2020, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for boosting core technological breakthroughs in the agricultural sector • O
Slide 6: Market Opportunity
Origin Agritech, Ltd Market Opportunity $85.7B • In 2019, the total amount of corn consumption in China reached 300 M tons, which equals $85.7B • About 97% of corn was used as animal feed and industrial materials • This market will be occupied fully by GMO corn gradually $45.8B • In 2019, China impo
Slide 7: How to Play the Move to GMO in China
Origin Agritech, Ltd How to Play the Move to GMO in China • Origin is the only US listed Chinese agricultural biotechnology company with GMO products (Nasdaq: SEED) • Pioneering Chinese agritech firm > 20 years experience • In collaboration with BRI, received China’s first bio - safety certificate f
Slide 8: Origin's Pipeline of Traits
Origin Agritech, Ltd Origin’s Pipeline of Traits Origin's Pipeline of Traits • 2009 China's first Corn Bio - safety approval • 2020 Soybean Bio - safety approval • Two Corn Traits in the government final Bio - safety approval process • Three Corn Traits have finished their tests, approaching the ste
Slide 9: Strategic Alliances
Origin Agritech, Ltd Strategic Alliances Domestic: • Strong relation with Biotechnology Research Institute (BRI), a division of Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences (CAAS) in the past 10 years. • National Maize Improvement Center of China (NMICC) International: • GMO licensing agreements with • D
Slide 10: Origin's Research Center
Origin Agritech, Ltd Origin’s Research Center • Origin’s R&D facility, founded in 2002 and focused and developing new seed traits and transgenic technology • State - of - the - art facility • Tens of million spent on R&D • In - license traits developed from government research institutes and continu
Slide 11: CRISPR: A revolution in plant breeding
Origin Agritech, Ltd CRISPR: A revolution in plant breeding • Origin utilizes cutting - edge CRISPR gene editing in its GM breeding • CRISPR is a huge advancement for GMO plant breeding as it reduces the time to develop and plant a new GMO crop from over 10 years to around 2. It also reduces develop
Slide 12: Origin's Seed Production Facilities
Origin Agritech, Ltd Origin’s Seed Production Facilities • State - of - the - art seed production facilities • Capacity of 20 thousand metric tons of seed • Make Origin a vertically integrated GMO seed company 12
Slide 13: Breeding and Germplasm
Origin Agritech, Ltd Breeding and Germplasm • Advanced Breeding Technologies ： Over the last several years, Origin has been focusing on advanced breeding technologies, including Molecular Markers Assisted Breeding and Doubled Haploids technologies. • State - of - the - Art Breeding Capabilities : Or
Slide 14: Comps
Origin Agritech, Ltd Comps 14 RMB RMB
Slide 15: Upcoming Catalysts
Origin Agritech, Ltd Upcoming Catalysts • Finalization of joint venture with SOE (government partner) converting RMB137 million loan and additional RMB65 million cash into equity in JV • Gives company resources needed to expand • Expansion of strategic partnerships • Bring in new GMO traits • More G
Slide 16: Investment Highlights
Origin Agritech, Ltd Origin Agritech, Ltd. Investment Highlights • Ideally positioned to capitalize on China going GMO positive • Multi - billion - dollar market opportunity that is wide open • Multiple soybean and corn traits in approval pipeline, two having received bio - safety certificate • One
Slide 17: Thank You
Thank You 310.845.6238 joeramelli@originseed.com.cn https://originseed.investorroom.com/ Joe Ramelli