Calyxt Hires Cargill Executive Manoj Sahoo as Chief Commercial Officer ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Hires Cargill Executive Manoj Sahoo as Chief Commercial Officer

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2017--Calyxt, Inc., a

Minnesota-based company developing healthier food products to benefit

both consumers and growers, announced today that former Cargill

executive Manoj Sahoo is joining Calyxt as the Company's Chief

Commercial Officer. Mr. Sahoo will work closely as part of Calyxt's

executive team to build a commercial partnership network, execute a

go-to-market plan for the Company's products and ensure Calyxt's

integrated commercial success moving forward.

"Manoj's extensive professional background in driving revenue and

building relationships during his twenty years of experience makes him

the perfect choice to be on the forefront of building Calyxt's

commercialization infrastructure as we prepare to launch our products,"

said Federico Tripodi, Calyxt CEO. "Manoj is highly respected in his

field and has an impressive record in business development and

commercial enterprise. As such, I am confident that he will hit the

ground running at Calyxt and quickly develop successful new market

opportunities for the Company's rapidly expanding product portfolio."

Mr. Sahoo joins Calyxt from Cargill, where he spent seven years in a

variety of key commercial enterprise roles. Most recently, he served as

Assistant Vice President, Food Ingredients and Bio-Industrial

Enterprise, where he was responsible for revenues over $1 billion in the

fermentation space, leading the commercial enterprise team to triple its

earnings from bio-based products, and managed relationships with large

institutional customers. Mr. Sahoo's prior roles at Cargill included

serving as Business Development Director, Starches and Sweeteners North

America, as an investment team member with the Emerging Business

Accelerator, a group structured along corporate venture capital groups,

to invest in white space opportunities for Cargill; he also worked in

the Corporate Strategy & Development Group.

Over the years, Mr. Sahoo has also served on the boards of both Calysta

Inc. and Rivertop Renewables as a Cargill representative. He was

responsible for leading Cargill's equity investments in the industrial

biotechnology space including co-investment in real assets with

institutional financial investors to build a $600 million

commercial-scale aquaculture nutrition plant.

"I am thrilled to be joining Calyxt as the Company enters an important

growth phase and prepares to launch its first commercial product in the

near future," added Mr. Sahoo. "The ag and food industries are at

crossroads with consumers demanding more healthy and sustainable

alternatives. Calyxt's innovative technology and the management team's

passion for developing healthier foods for consumers will play a pivotal

role in transforming the ag and food value chain. I look forward to

getting started and working with this team to further Calyxt's growth

and commercial success in 2017 and beyond."

Kincannon & Reed, a leading executive search firm focused on the food,

agribusiness, and biosciences sectors, assisted Calyxt in the

recruitment of Manoj Sahoo.

Calyxt, Inc. is a fast-growing, consumer-oriented ag company that

utilizes its innovative, patented TALEN

technology to usher in a new era of agriculture and develop crop

products with healthier characteristics for consumers - all the while

helping farmers and food and agriculture industries reduce their

environmental footprints in the context of climate change. Calyxt

believes that agricultural technologies can have a profound, positive

impact on humanity and is looking to engage those who share this passion

for food and agriculture. Calyxt is located in Minneapolis-St. Paul,

Minn., and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cellectis.

For further information please visit our website: www.calyxt.com

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Strategic Communications

Caitlin Kasunich, 212-896-1241

Nick Opich, 212-896-1206

Simon Harnest, 646-385-9008

VP Corporate Strategy