Exhibit 99.1
BEYONDSPRING INC.
PROXY STATEMENT
General
The board of directors of BeyondSpring Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) is soliciting proxies for the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (the “EGM”) of the Company to be held on March 15, 2021 at 9 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, at 28 Liberty Street, 39th Floor, New York, NY 10005. In light of COVID-19 concerns, the EGM will also allow participation virtually. All references to “in person” shall include virtual presence using one of the options provided.
On or about February 8, 2021, we first mailed to our shareholders our proxy materials, including our proxy statement, the notice to shareholders of our EGM and the proxy card, along with instructions on how to vote using the proxy card provided therewith. This proxy statement can also be accessed, free of charge, on the Investors section of the Company’s website at www.beyondspringpharma.com and on the Security and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov on a Report on Form 6-K.
Simultaneous Virtual and Telephone Access
Due to COVID-19 restrictions and to protect the health and safety of our shareholders, employees, and directors, you will be able, and we encourage you, to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting by telephone or virtually by webex.
You will be able to connect:
(i) by phone
1-877-770-3647 (toll-free)
outside of the U.S. and Canada: +1 312-780-0854 (standard rates apply)
Meeting number (access code): 77514330#
Control Number: will be supplied on the proxy card or you can contact Continental to join the meeting
(ii) by mobile device
1-877-770-3647 (toll-free)
outside of the U.S. and Canada: +1 312-780-0854 (standard rates apply)
Meeting number (access code): 77514330#
Control Number: will be supplied on the proxy card or you can contact Continental to join the meeting
(iii) by webex (video system or application)
https://www.cstproxy.com/beyondspring/2021
Control Number: will be supplied on the proxy card or you can contact Continental to join the meeting
You will be able to vote through the virtual meeting.
Record Date, Share Ownership and Quorum
Only the holders of record of ordinary shares, US$0.0001 par value per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), of the Company as at the close of business on January 22, 2021, Eastern Standard Time (the “Record Date”) are entitled to receive notice of and attend the EGM and any adjournment thereof. No person shall be entitled to vote at the EGM unless it is registered as a shareholder on the Register of Members of the Company on the Record Date for the EGM.
As of the close of business on the Record Date, 39,141,913 Ordinary Shares were issued and outstanding. One or more shareholders holding at least a majority of the paid up voting share capital of the Company present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the EGM will constitute a quorum of shareholders.
Voting and Solicitation
Each Ordinary Share issued and outstanding as of the close of business on the Record Date is entitled to one vote at the EGM. The resolutions to be put to the vote at the EGM will be approved by an ordinary resolution (i.e. a simple majority of the votes cast, by or on behalf of, the shareholders attending and voting in person or by proxy at the EGM).