Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.

On January 25, 2021, Aravive, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an amendment (the "McIntyre Amendment"), to the Offer Letter (the "McIntyre Offer Letter") that it had entered into with Gail McIntyre, Ph.D., the Company's Chief Executive Officer, on March 26, 2020, as amended on April 8, 2020. The McIntyre Amendment provides that Dr. McIntyre will receive: (i) effective as of January 1, 2021, an annual base salary of $500,000, less required deductions and withholdings, payable in accordance with the Company's standard payroll schedule, for service as the Company's Chief Executive Officer; and (ii) a target bonus equal to 50% of Dr. McIntyre's annual base salary. All other terms of the McIntyre Offer Letter shall remain in full force and effect. On January 25, 2021, Dr. McIntyre was also granted a cash bonus of $149,400 for the Company's 2020 fiscal year and an option to purchase 165,000 shares of the Company's common stock with an exercise price of $5.95 per share and vesting pro rata on a monthly basis over a four- year period.

The foregoing description of the McIntyre Amendment do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to copy of the McIntyre Amendment, which are filed as Exhibit 10.1, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d) Exhibits



Exhibit                                 Description

10.1        Amendment to Offer Letter dated as of January 25, 2021 by and between
          Aravive, Inc. and Gail McIntyre, Ph.D.



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