<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000899243-23-000498.txt : 20230104
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000899243-23-000498
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230103
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230104
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230104

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Wright Timothy
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001383313

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-29089
		FILM NUMBER:		23504873

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ANTIGENICS INC
		STREET 2:		3 FORBES ROAD
		CITY:			LEXINGTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02421

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AGENUS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001098972
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836]
		IRS NUMBER:				061562417
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3 FORBES ROAD
		CITY:			LEXINGTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02421
		BUSINESS PHONE:		781-674-4410

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3 FORBES ROAD
		CITY:			LEXINGTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02421

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ANTIGENICS INC /DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19991115
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        <footnote id="F1">Deferred Stock Units convert to shares of Common Stock on a 1 for 1 basis.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Acquired under the Agenus Inc. Amended and Restated Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended (the &quot;Plan&quot;).  Deferred Stock Units represent an equal amount of the Company's common stock to be distributed under the terms of the Plan, typically once the director ceases to serve as a director of the Company.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">$2.590 per Deferred Stock Unit acquired on January 3, 2023.  The price of each Deferred Stock Unit acquired on January 3, 2023 is the average of the closing price for the Company's common stock for all trading days during the calendar quarter immediately preceding the date such Deferred Stock Unit was acquired pursuant to the Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Christine Klaskin as Attorney-in-Fact for Timothy R. Wright</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-01-04</signatureDate>
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