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Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws |
On August 5, 2022, Agenus Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), from 400,000,000 shares to 800,000,000 shares. As discussed below, on the day prior, the Company’s stockholders approved a proposal to amend the Certificate of Incorporation in accordance with the Certificate of Amendment at a special meeting of stockholders of the Company (the “Special Meeting”). The Certificate of Amendment is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The Special Meeting was held on August 4, 2022. The final voting results of the Special Meeting are as follows:
Proposal 1: Approval of the Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of the Common Stock from 400,000,000 to 800,000,000.
In accordance with the results below, Proposal 1 was approved.
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
173,447,837 |
28,448,854 |
698,341 |
0 |
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits:
3.1 | Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Agenus Inc. | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: August 5, 2022 | Agenus Inc. | |||||
By: | /s/ Christine M. Klaskin | |||||
Christine M. Klaskin | ||||||
Vice President, Finance |
EXHIBIT 3.1
AGENUS INC.
CERTIFICATE OF SEVENTH AMENDMENT
TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
AGENUS INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:
1. The name of the corporation is Agenus Inc. (the Corporation). The Corporations original Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 10, 1999 (the Certificate of Incorporation). The Certificate of Incorporation was amended and restated on June 7, 2002 (the Restated Certificate), which was further amended on June 15, 2007 by a Certificate of Amendment (the First Amendment), which was further amended on January 5, 2011 by a Certificate of Ownership and Merger (the Name Change Amendment), which was further amended on September 30, 2011 by a Certificate of Second Amendment (the Second Amendment), which was further amended on June 15, 2012 by a Certificate of Third Amendment (the Third Amendment), which was further amended on April 24, 2014 by a Certificate of Fourth Amendment (the Fourth Amendment), which was further amended on June 14, 2016 by a Certificate of Fifth Amendment (the Fifth Amendment), and which was further amended on June 21, 2019 by a Certificate of Sixth Amendment (the Sixth Amendment) (the Restated Certificate, as amended by the First Amendment, the Name Change Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Third Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment, and the Sixth Amendment, the Amended Certificate). This Certificate of Seventh Amendment (the Seventh Amendment) amends certain provisions of the Amended Certificate, and has been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
2. The Board of Directors of the Corporation has duly adopted a resolution, pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, setting forth the following amendment to the Amended Certificate, and declaring the Seventh Amendment to be advisable.
3. This Seventh Amendment was duly adopted by the vote of the stockholders holding the requisite number of shares of outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon in accordance with the provisions of Sections 216 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
4. The first sentence of the first paragraph of Article Fourth of the Amended Certificate is hereby amended to read as follows:
FIFTH: The Corporation shall be authorized to issue eight hundred and five million (805,000,000) shares of capital stock, which shall be divided into eight hundred million (800,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and five million (5,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share.
5. This Seventh Amendment shall be effective as of August 5, 2022 in accordance with the provisions of Section 103(d) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
6. Except as set forth in this Seventh Amendment, the Restated Certificate remains in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Seventh Amendment in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation on this 5th day of August, 2022.
AGENUS INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Garo H. Armen | |
Name: | Garo H. Armen | |
Title: | Chief Executive Office |
Document and Entity Information |
Aug. 04, 2022 |
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Cover [Abstract] | |
Entity Registrant Name | AGENUS INC |
Security Exchange Name | NASDAQ |
Amendment Flag | false |
Entity Central Index Key | 0001098972 |
Current Fiscal Year End Date | --12-31 |
Document Type | 8-K |
Document Period End Date | Aug. 04, 2022 |
Entity Incorporation State Country Code | DE |
Entity File Number | 000-29089 |
Entity Tax Identification Number | 06-1562417 |
Entity Address, Address Line One | 3 Forbes Road |
Entity Address, City or Town | Lexington |
Entity Address, State or Province | MA |
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 02421 |
City Area Code | (781) |
Local Phone Number | 674-4400 |
Written Communications | false |
Soliciting Material | false |
Pre Commencement Tender Offer | false |
Pre Commencement Issuer Tender Offer | false |
Security 12b Title | Common stock, par value $0.01 |
Trading Symbol | AGEN |
Entity Emerging Growth Company | false |
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