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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;10.13</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This AMENDMENT (the &#147;Amendment&#148;) to the THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the &#147;Agreement&#148;) originally dated as of January&nbsp;7, 2015, by and between Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) and Kunwar Shailubhai (the &#147;Executive&#148;) is dated as of January&nbsp;18, 2016.&#160; Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Agreement.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">WITNESSETH</font></u>:</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS, on January&nbsp;7, 2015, Executive and the Company entered into the Agreement; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS, the parties now desire to amend the Agreement to include payment of a pro rated Target Bonus in the event the Agreement is terminated under certain conditions;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of and for the mutual promises and covenants contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Agreement is hereby amended as follows:</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Paragraph 1.5(a)&nbsp;shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;</font><u>Incentive Compensation</u>.&#160; Executive shall be eligible to earn a cash bonus of up to 35% of his base salary for each calendar year during the Employment Term (such 35% amount, the &#147;Target Bonus&#148;) at the discretion of the Company&#146;s Board of Directors, or if the Board organizes a compensation committee, such committee (the &#147;Committee&#148;).&#160; Executive&#146;s bonus, if any, shall be subject to all applicable tax and payroll withholdings.&#148;</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The following paragraph shall be included after Section&nbsp;4.1 in the Agreement:</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;punctuation-wrap:simple;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;If Executive&#146;s employment is terminated by the Company other than for Cause (as defined in Section&nbsp;4.4 hereof) or as a result of Executive&#146;s death or Permanent Disability (as defined in Section&nbsp;4.2 hereof), or if Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason (as defined in Section&nbsp;4.1 (b)</font></p>
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