---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-012922"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AGEN"
cik: "0001098972"
company_name: "AGENUS INC"
filed_at: "2026-01-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T10:19:05.035098+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Agenus appoints CEO Garo Armen as interim CFO; names Austin Charette Principal Accounting Officer

## Summary
- Dr. Garo Armen, age 72, Chairman and CEO, appointed interim CFO and Principal Financial Officer effective Jan 8, 2026.
- No new compensation arrangements for Armen; salary and bonuses continue to be paid in stock.
- Austin Charette, 37, promoted from Senior Director, Financial Reporting to Principal Accounting Officer effective same date.
- Charette joined Agenus in 2017 and previously served at Deloitte & Touche LLP.
- Neither appointment is tied to any arrangement or family relationship with other officers or directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-012922
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AGEN
- cik: 0001098972
- company_name: AGENUS INC
- filed_at: 2026-01-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1098972/000119312526012922/0001193125-26-012922-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1098972/000119312526012922/agen-20260108.htm

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