Agenus (AGEN) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Garo H. Armen, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, was paid $1.4M in 2025, down 67% from $4.1M the year before.

Filed
April 30, 2026
Pay year
2025
Named executives
3
CEO total pay
$1.4M-67% vs prior year
2025 CEO Salary
$715,260Includes amounts paid in stock
CEO 2025 Bonus
$429,156Paid in options
CEO Total Compensation
$1,350,325For fiscal 2025
Prior Year CEO Total
$4,146,777For fiscal 2024

How Ph.D. was paid

$1.4M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary53%Bonus32%Option awards10%All other compensation5%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Garo H. Armen, Ph.D.Chief Executive Officer$1,350,325
Steven J. O’Day, M.D.Chief Medical Officer$902,820
Christine M. KlaskinVice President, Finance$332,019

What changed and why

  • $1.4MGaro H. Armen received a total compensation of $1,350,325 for 2025, representing a decrease from the prior year total of $4,146,777.
  • Named executive officer base salaries remained unchanged from 2024 levels.
  • 125%Annual incentive bonuses for 2025 were paid in the form of time-based options in lieu of cash with a 125% multiplier.
  • Long-term incentives for 2025 consisted entirely of time-vesting stock options.
  • $50MOperating burn was reduced to an expected approximately $50 million.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.