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Exhibit 4.6

 

Eighteenth Amendment to Consulting Agreement

 

 

This Seventeenth Amendment ("Amendment") to Consulting Agreement is effective as of April 01st, 2024 (the “Effective Date”) and is entered into by and between GKOL, Inc., a California corporation, with an office at 210 Montalvo Road, Redwood City, CA 94062 (“GKOL”), and BeyondSpring Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, with an office at 100 Campus Drive, West Side, 4th floor, Suite 410, Florham Park, NJ 07932 ("BeyondSpring").

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, GKOL and Dalian Wanchun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. ("Dalian") previously entered into that certain consulting agreement dated as of June 18, 2013 (as has been and may be amended from time to time, the "Consulting Agreement");

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain agreement dated as of March 30, 2014, by and between BeyondSpring, GKOL and Dalian, BeyondSpring assumed all of the rights and responsibilities of the Consulting Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend Exhibit A and Exhibit B to the Consulting Agreement as follows.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants contained herein the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:

 

 

1.

Exhibit A.     Exhibit A to the Consulting Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirely as follows:

 

EXHIBIT A

Term:

 

The term of this Amendment becomes effective on the date hereof and will continue in effect to September 30thth, 2024. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either the Consultant or the Company may terminate this Agreement upon thirty (30) days' notice any time following the date hereof. This Agreement may be extended or modified upon mutual agreement.

 

Description of Services: The Consultant shall serve as a consultant advising on the scientific and research activities. The Consultant shall provide services to the Company starting from April 01st, 2024 to September 30thth, 2024.

 

 

 

 

2.

Exhibit B.     Exhibit B to the Consulting Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirely as follow:

 

EXHIBIT B

Compensation:

 

As compensation for services rendered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall pay $350 per hour, capped at 10 hours per month, from April 01st 2024 to September 30thth, 2024. Invoices will be paid on a monthly basis.

 

 

3.

General.

 

 

a)

Except as specifically set forth above, Consulting Amendment shall remain in full force and effect.

 

b)

This Amendment shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of California without giving effect to its principles of conflicts of laws. In addition for the avoidance of doubt, the Consulting Agreement (including all prior amendments thereto) shall remain governed by the laws of the State of California without giving effect to its principles of conflicts of laws, in accordance with Section 11(g) of the Consulting Agreement, without regard to any other governing law provisions contained in any prior amendments to the Consulting Agreement, such conflicting governing law provisions of which are hereby acknowledged and agreed to be scrivener's errors.

 

c)

This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, including emailed or ".pdf' documents, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their duly authorized representatives, to be effective as of the Effective Date.

 

 

BEYONDSPRING PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

GKOL, Inc.

   

 /s/ Lan Huang

 /s/ G. Kenneth Lloyd

 By: Lan Huang

 By: G. Kenneth Lloyd 

   

Title: CEO

Title: Corporate Secretary and Vice President, GKOL, Inc.

Date: April 2, 2024

Date: April 10, 2024