Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * ARMEN GARO H	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AGENUS INC [ AGEN ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director                    _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below)    _____ Other (specify below) Chairman and CEO
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) C/O AGENUS INC., 3 FORBES ROAD	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 5/12/2020
(Street) LEXINGTON, MA 02421 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	5/12/2020		J(1)		159000	A	$2.56	1051155	D
Common Stock	5/14/2020		J(2)		159000	D	$2.29	892155	D
Common Stock	5/14/2020		J(3)		600000	D	$2.29	292155	D
Common Stock								125969	I	See footnote. (4)
Common Stock								863046	I	See footnote. (5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Represents a distribution from the Garo Armen 2018 2 Year AG GRAT.
(2)	Represents deposit into the Garo Armen 2018 2 Year AG GRAT.
(3)	Represents deposit into the Garo Armen 2020 2 Year AG GRAT.
(4)	Shares are held in Dr. Armen's IRA accounts.
(5)	Dr. Armen is trustee and has investment authority for the Garo Armen 2018 2 Year AG GRAT holder of 159,000 shares of our Common Stock and for the Garo Armen 2020 2 Year AG GRAT holder of 600,000 shares of our Common Stock. Dr. Armen is Chairman of the Board of Managers and a member of Antigenics LLC ("Antigenics") which as of the date of this report owns 4,046 shares of our Common Stock. Dr. Armen is a general partner in Pixie Partners, a General Partnership ("Pixie"), which as of the date of this report owns 100,000 shares of our Common Stock. Dr. Armen has a pecuniary interest in only a portion of the shares held by Antigenics and Pixie and disclaims beneficial ownership to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
ARMEN GARO H C/O AGENUS INC. 3 FORBES ROAD LEXINGTON, MA 02421	X		Chairman and CEO

Signatures
/s/Evan D. Kearns, as Attorney-in-Fact for Garo H. Armen		5/15/2020
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date