Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On November 30, 2022, Agenus Inc. (the "Company") entered into an Amendment to Notes, Termination of Warrants and Sale of New Warrants (the "Amendment") with existing noteholders, pursuant to which the Company (Filing, 8-K, Agenus, DEC 2, 2022, View Source [SID1234624738]):

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extended the maturity date of the $13.0 million senior subordinated promissory notes previously issued by the Company to such noteholders in 2015 (the "2015 Notes") by two years from February 20, 2023 to February 20, 2025;

terminated the warrants held by such noteholders to purchase 1,300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock previously issued in 2015;

terminated the warrants held by such noteholders to purchase 650,000 shares of the Company’s common stock previously issued in 2020; and

issued to such noteholders new warrants to purchase 1,300,000 shares of the Company’s common stock that will expire February 20, 2026 and issued new warrants to purchase 650,000 shares of the Company’s common stock that will expire February 20, 2028, all such warrants having an exercise price of $2.84 per share, which represented a 15% premium over the 30-day average trailing closing price of the Company’s common stock for the period ending November 9, 2022, and (the "New Warrants").

The foregoing description of the Amendment and the New Warrants do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the text of the Amendment and the forms of New Warrants. The Amendment will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and the forms of New Warrants are attached as exhibit 4.1 and 4.2 hereto.

A brief description of the other terms and conditions of the 2015 Notes can be found in Item 2.03 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2015 and such brief description is incorporated by reference herein.

The securities issued in connection with the Amendment were issued in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Neither the New Warrants nor the underlying shares of common stock have been registered under the Securities Act. Neither the New Warrants nor such underlying shares of common stock may be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. No commission or other remuneration was paid or given directly or indirectly for soliciting such issuance.