SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2021-05-13

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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:right;Background-color:#FFFFFF;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_Hlk54052768"></a><a name="_Hlk71122978"></a>Exhibit 10.3</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#0070C0;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:11pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><img src="gkglx5lzg10z000001.jpg" title="" alt="" style="width:194px;height:76px;"></p>
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<p style="margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:26.86%;margin-right:26.76%;text-indent:14.79%;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">NKARTA, INC.<font style="letter-spacing:0.05pt;"> </font><font style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt;"> </font></p>
<p style="margin-top:4pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:26.86%;margin-right:26.76%;text-indent:0%;font-size:11pt;letter-spacing:-0.2pt;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">AMENDMENT NO.<font style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt;"> </font>1<font style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt;"> </font>TO OFFER<font style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt;"> </font>LETTER</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:1.11%;margin-right:2.82%;text-indent:7.24%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:11pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 (this &#8220;<font style="font-weight:bold;">Amendment</font>&#8221;) is effective as of January 1, 2019, and is made to the Offer Letter of Employment, by and between Nkarta, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the<font style="letter-spacing:-2.85pt;"> </font>&#8220;<font style="font-weight:bold;">Company</font>&#8221;),<font style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;"> </font>and<font style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt;"> </font>Nadir<font style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt;"> </font>A.<font style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt;"> </font>Mahmood<font style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt;"> </font>(&#8220;<font style="font-weight:bold;">Mahmood</font>&#8221;),<font style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt;"> </font>dated<font style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt;"> </font>April<font style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt;"> </font>2,<font style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt;"> </font>2018<font style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt;"> </font>(the<font style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;"> </font>&#8220;<font style="font-weight:bold;">Offer</font><font style="font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;"> </font><font style="font-weight:bold;">Letter</font>&#8221;). Capitalized terms used in this Amendment that are not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective<font style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;"> </font>meanings assigned to them in<font style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt;"> </font>the<font style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt;"> </font>Offer Letter.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:37.54%;margin-right:37.42%;text-indent:0%;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">RECITALS</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:1.11%;margin-right:4.02%;text-indent:7.24%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">WHEREAS<font style="font-weight:normal;">, Mahmood and the Company desire to amend the Offer Letter in order to add certain</font><font style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt;font-weight:normal;"> </font><font style="font-weight:normal;">severance terms as set forth below.</font></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:1.11%;margin-right:3.42%;text-indent:7.24%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">NOW, THEREFORE, <font style="font-weight:normal;">for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby</font><font style="letter-spacing:-2.9pt;font-weight:normal;"> </font><font style="font-weight:normal;">acknowledged,</font><font style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt;font-weight:normal;"> </font><font style="font-weight:normal;">the</font><font style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt;font-weight:normal;"> </font><font style="font-weight:normal;">parties agree</font><font style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt;font-weight:normal;"> </font><font style="font-weight:normal;">as follows:</font></p>
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