Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On January 25, 2022, the Board of Directors of Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") approved an amendment (the "Amendment") to the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company (the "By-Laws") to implement proxy access. Article III, Section 13 has been added to the By-Laws to permit a stockholder, or a group of stockholders, owning at least 3% of the Company's outstanding common stock continuously for at least three (3) years to nominate and include in the Company's proxy materials director nominees constituting up to the greater of two (2) individuals or 20% of the Board of Directors, provided that the stockholders and the nominees satisfy the requirements specified in the By-Laws, as amended by the Amendment. Proxy access will first be available to stockholders in connection with the Company's 2023 annual meeting.

The foregoing summary of the Amendment set forth under this Item 5.03 does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.





(d) Exhibits.



Exhibit
  No.      Description

  3.1        Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated By-Laws of Celldex
           Therapeutics, Inc.
104         Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
           document).

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