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Issuer:     AGENUS INC (AGEN)
CIK:        0001098972
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-14T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-012922
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1098972/000119312526012922/0001193125-26-012922-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1098972/000119312526012922/agen-20260108.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-012922

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