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Filing Date: 2015-03-16

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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 10.31</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AMENDMENT TO THE</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">STEMLINE THERAPEUTICS,&nbsp;INC.</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2012 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</font></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;">This Amendment to the Stemline Therapeutics,&nbsp;Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;), is hereby adopted this 13</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;day of March, 2015, by the Board of Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;) of Stemline Therapeutics,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;).</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">W I T N E S S E T H</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">:</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 Company adopted the Plan for the purposes set forth therein; 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, pursuant to Section&nbsp;11(d)&nbsp;of the Plan, the Board has the authority to amend the Plan; 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 Board has approved and authorized this Amendment to the Plan and has determined that this Amendment does not require approval of the stockholders of the Company and does not adversely affect the rights of participants under the Plan;</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, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Plan is hereby amended, effective as of the date hereof, in the following particulars:</font></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;">1.</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;">Section&nbsp;9 of the Plan is hereby amended by adding the following as a new subsection 9(c):</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;(c)</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; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Change in Control</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.25in;"><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; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Definition</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.&#160; A &#147;<i>Change in Control</i>&#148; shall mean and include the occurrence of any one of the following events but shall specifically exclude a public offering of any class or series of the Company&#146;s equity securities pursuant to a registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended:</font></p>
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