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| 8-K - 8-K - AGENUS INC | form8-k2014annualmeeting.htm |
| EX-10.1 - EXHIBIT 10.1 AMENDMENT THREE TO 2009 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN - AGENUS INC | ex1012009eipamend3.htm |
EXHIBIT 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF FOURTH AMENDMENT
TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
AGENUS INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:
1. The name of the corporation is Agenus Inc. (the “Corporation”). The Corporation’s original Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 10, 1999 (the “Certificate of Incorporation”). The Certificate of Incorporation was amended and restated on June 7, 2002 (the “Restated Certificate”), which was further amended on June 15, 2007 by a Certificate of Amendment (the “First Amendment”), which was further amended on January 5, 2011 by a Certificate of Ownership and Merger (the “Name Change Amendment”), which was further amended on September 30, 2011 by a Certificate of Second Amendment (the “Second Amendment”), which was further amended on June 15, 2012 by a Certificate of Third Amendment (the “Third Amendment”) (the Restated Certificate, as amended by the First Amendment, the Name Change Amendment, the Second Amendment and the Third Amendment, the “Amended Certificate”). This Certificate of Fourth Amendment (the “Fourth Amendment”) amends certain provisions of the Amended Certificate, and has been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
2. The Board of Directors of the Corporation has duly adopted a resolution, pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, setting forth the following amendment to the Amended Certificate, and declaring the Fourth Amendment to be advisable.
3. This Fourth Amendment was duly adopted by the vote of the stockholders holding the requisite number of shares of outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon in accordance with the provisions of Sections 216 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
4. The first sentence of the first paragraph of Article Fourth of the Amended Certificate is hereby amended to read as follows:
“FOURTH: The Corporation shall be authorized to issue one hundred and forty-five million (145,000,000) shares of capital stock, which shall be divided into one hundred and forty million (140,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and five million (5,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share.”
5. This Fourth Amendment shall be effective as of 12:01 A.M. (Eastern Time) on April 24, 2014 in accordance with the provisions of Section 103(d) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
6. Except as set forth in this Fourth Amendment, the Restated Certificate remains in full force and effect.
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EXHIBIT 3.1
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Fourth Amendment in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation on this 24th day of April, 2014.
AGENUS INC.
By: | /s/ Garo H. Armen |
Name: Garo H. Armen | |
Title: Chief Executive Officer | |