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Note 1 - Nature of the Business

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

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1. Nature of the business

BeyondSpring Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on November 21, 2014. The Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Group”) are principally engaged in clinical stage biopharmaceutical activities focused on the development of innovative cancer therapies. The Company is under the control of Mr. Linqing Jia and Dr. Lan Huang as a couple (collectively, the “Founders”) since its incorporation.

On March 14, 2017, the Company completed its initial public offering (“IPO”) on the NASDAQ Capital Market.

On May 21, 2019, the Company entered into a sales agreement with Jefferies LLC (“Jefferies”) to act as an agent in selling the Company’s ordinary shares in an at-the-market (“ATM”) offering program. As of December 31, 2023, the Company received aggregate gross proceeds of $13,185 on 630,228 ordinary shares sold in respect thereof.

On June 14, 2019 and July 3, 2019, certain investors led by Shenzhen Efung 9th Venture Investment Center (Limited Partnership) (“Efung Capital”) entered into investment agreements with Dalian Wanchunbulin Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (“Wanchunbulin”), a subsidiary of the Company, to invest $14,537 (RMB100,000) for a total of 4.76% equity interest of Wanchunbulin. In 2019, the Company received aggregate gross proceeds of $10,083 (RMB70,000) from this equity financing.

On March 22, 2022, Wanchun Hongji (Dalian) Pharmaceuticals Ltd. was incorporated in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) as a wholly owned subsidiary of SEED Therapeutics Inc.

In March 2023, BeyondSpring Pharmaceuticals Australia PTY Ltd. (BeyondSpring Australia), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, was deregistered in Australia.

As of December 31, 2023, the subsidiaries of the Company are as follows:

Name of company		Place of incorporation		Date of incorporation		Percentage of ownership by the Group		Principal activities
BeyondSpring Pharmaceuticals Inc. (“BeyondSpring US”)		Delaware, U.S.		June 18, 2013		100%		Clinical trial activities
BeyondSpring Ltd.		The British Virgin Islands (“BVI”)		December 3, 2014		100%		Holding company
BeyondSpring (HK) Limited (“BeyondSpring HK”)		Hong Kong		January 13, 2015		100%		Holding company
Wanchun Biotechnology Limited (“BVI Biotech”)		BVI		April 1, 2015		100%		Holding company
Wanchun Biotechnology (Dalian) Ltd. (“Wanchun Dalian”)		PRC		April 23, 2015		100%		Holding company
Dalian Wanchunbulin Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (“Wanchunbulin”)		PRC		May 6, 2015		57.97%		Clinical trial activities
Beijing Wanchun Pharmaceutical Technology Ltd. (“Beijing Wanchun”)		PRC		May 21, 2018		57.97%		Holding company
SEED Therapeutics Inc. (“SEED”)		BVI		June 25, 2019		55.05%		Pre-clinical development activities
SEED Technology Limited (“SEED Technology”)		BVI		December 9, 2019		57.97%		Holding company
SEED Therapeutics US, Inc. (“SEED US”)		Delaware, U.S.		November 25, 2020		55.05%		Pre-clinical development activities
Wanchun Hongji (Dalian) Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (“Wanchun Hongji”)		PRC		March 22, 2022		55.05%		Pre-clinical development activities

BEYONDSPRING INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2023, 2022 AND 2021

(Amounts in thousands of U.S. Dollars (“$”) and Renminbi (“RMB”),

except for number of shares and per share data)

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