Origin Agritech Limited - Ordinary Shares (SEED)

BEIJING, Oct. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Origin Agritech Limited (NASDAQ: SEED) ("Origin" or the "Company"), a leading Chinese agricultural technology company, today announced that on October 27, 2026, it received a written notice (the "Notice") from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC ("Nasdaq") stating that, for the last 30 consecutive business days, the closing bid price of the Company’s ordinary shares had been below the minimum $1.00 per share required for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the "Minimum Bid Price Requirement").

Aoxiangyu 819, Aoyu 966, and Aoyu 288 delivered yield gains of 6.0% to 8.6% over control varieties in two-year national regional trials; 30-day public notice period runs through November 22, 2026

Seed orders for the FY 2027 season up more than 100% Ytd, targeting 50%+ Yoy revenue growth for FY 2027

Three-Year Agreement Appoints Jinan Jingkun Trading as Exclusive Provincial General Distributor; Initial Prepayments Received Toward 2026–2027 Corn Seed Operating Cycle

BEIJING, Oct. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Origin Agritech Limited (NASDAQ: SEED) ("Origin" or the "Company"), a leading Chinese agricultural technology company, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Guizhou Origin Biotechnology Co., Ltd. ("Guizhou Origin"), launches stress-tolerant corn breeding project as a part of the “Transformation and Promotion of Major Achievements in High-Yield and Stress-Tolerant Corn in the Mountainous Southwest” project under the 2026 Provincial-Municipal Joint Industrial Science and Technology Innovation Project (First Batch), running from September 2026 to August 2029. Guizhou Origin has been approved to receive RMB 1.098 million (approximately US$152,000) in science and technology funding from the Guizhou Provincial Department of Science and Technology. The Department announced the project on September 15, 2026; disbursement to Guizhou Origin is subject to final administrative procedures.

No warrants and no placement agent fees; proceeds fund working capital, R&D, and debt reduction ahead of the Company's fiscal 2027 commercialization programs

The sale brings approximately US$15.0 million to support working capital, R&D, new corn varieties, and market expansion, while the five-year lease-back maintains supply stability

Wholly Owned Guizhou Origin and a 25%-Held Joint Venture with a State-Owned Seed Group Form a Full-Chain Research, Production, and Distribution Platform for Southwest China

Eight-Month, Two-Phase Implementation Replaces Fragmented Legacy Systems and Builds the Internal Control and Data Infrastructure Required to Scale the Company's Expanding Commercial Seed Portfolio

Projected RMB 5 Million (US$0.74M) in Immediate Cash Flow

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