---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-088492"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AGEN"
cik: "0001098972"
company_name: "AGENUS INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T01:39:48.395667+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Agenus shareholders approve 1-for-20 reverse stock split effective April 12, 2024

## Summary
- Reverse split ratio 1-for-20; effective 12:01 a.m. ET on April 12, 2024.
- Approved at April 3 special meeting: 230.6M for, 58.6M against, 0.5M abstain.
- Post-split common stock will trade under new CUSIP 00847G 804.
- Stockholders of record as of Feb 9, 2024 were entitled to vote; quorum of 289.7M shares.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-088492
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AGEN
- cik: 0001098972
- company_name: AGENUS INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1098972/000119312524088492/0001193125-24-088492-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1098972/000119312524088492/d805485d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  AGENUS INC: Certificate of Eighth Amendment to effect a 1-for-20 reverse stock split of common stock (effective 2024-04-12).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2024-04-12
  source text: On April 4, 2024, Agenus Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Eighth 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 effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock, par value $0.01 (the “Common Stock”) at a ratio of 1-for-20 (the “Reverse Stock Split”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1098972/000119312524088492/0001193125-24-088492-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AGENUS INC shareholders approved Approval of the Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock at a ratio of 1-for-20 at the 2024-04-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: reverse split
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-03
  source text: 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 effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock at a ratio of 1-for-20. In accordance with the results below, Proposal 1 was approved. For Against Abstaining Broker Non-Votes 230,562,224 58,628,037 470,982 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1098972/000119312524088492/0001193125-24-088492-index.htm

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