Filing Details

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

00847X104

(Cusip Number)

October 31, 2023

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

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(a)    Name of Issuer:

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”)

(b)   Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:

88 Sidney Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

  Title of Class of Securities and CUSIP Number (Items 2(d) and (e))

  This statement relates to shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”) of the Company.  The CUSIP number of the Shares is 00847X104.

  Name of Persons Filing, Address of Principal Business Office and Citizenship (Items 2(a), (b) and (c))

  This statement is filed by the entities and persons listed below, all of whom together are referred to herein as the “Reporting Persons.”

  The Farallon Funds

(i)	Farallon Capital Partners, L.P., a California limited partnership (“FCP”), with respect to the Shares held by it;

(ii)	Farallon Capital Institutional Partners, L.P., a California limited partnership (“FCIP”), with respect to the Shares held by it;

(iii)

Farallon Capital Institutional Partners II, L.P., a California limited partnership (“FCIP II”), with respect to the Shares held by it;

(iv)	Farallon Capital Institutional Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“FCIP III”), with respect to the Shares held by it;

(v)	Four Crossings Institutional Partners V, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“FCIP V”), with respect to the Shares held by it;

(vi)	Farallon Capital Offshore Investors II, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“FCOI II”), with respect to the Shares held by it;

(vii)

Farallon Capital (AM) Investors, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“FCAMI”), with respect to the Shares held by it;

(viii)

Farallon Capital F5 Master I, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“F5MI”), with respect to the Shares held by it; and

(ix)	Farallon Healthcare Partners Master, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“FHPM”), with respect to the Shares held by it.

FCP, FCIP, FCIP II, FCIP III, FCIP V, FCOI II, FCAMI, F5MI and FHPM are together referred to herein as the “Farallon Funds.”

(x)

Farallon Partners, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Farallon General Partner”), which is the general partner of each of FCP, FCIP, FCIP II, FCIP III, FCOI II and FCAMI and the sole member of each of the FCIP V General Partner (as defined below) and the FHPM General Partner (as defined below), with respect to the Shares held by each of the Farallon Funds other than F5MI.

(xi)	Farallon Institutional (GP) V, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “FCIP V General Partner”), which is the general partner of FCIP V, with respect to the Shares held by FCIP V.

(xii)

Farallon F5 (GP), L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “F5MI General Partner”), which is the general partner of F5MI, with respect to the Shares held by F5MI.

(xiii)

Farallon Healthcare Partners (GP), L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “FHPM General Partner”), which is the general partner of FHPM, with respect to the Shares held by FHPM.

(xiv)

The following persons, each of whom is a managing member or senior managing member, as the case may be, of the Farallon General Partner and a manager or senior manager, as the case may be, of the FCIP V General Partner, the F5MI General Partner and the FHPM General Partner, with respect to the Shares held by the Farallon Funds:  Joshua J. Dapice (“Dapice”); Philip D. Dreyfuss (“Dreyfuss”); Hannah E. Dunn (“Dunn”); Richard B. Fried (“Fried”); Varun N. Gehani (“Gehani”); Nicolas Giauque (“Giauque”); David T. Kim (“Kim”); Michael G. Linn (“Linn”); Rajiv A. Patel (“Patel”); Thomas G. Roberts, Jr. (“Roberts”); Edric C. Saito (“Saito”); William Seybold (“Seybold”); Daniel S. Short (“Short”); Andrew J. M. Spokes (“Spokes”); John R. Warren (“Warren”); and Mark C. Wehrly (“Wehrly”).

Dapice, Dreyfuss, Dunn, Fried, Gehani, Giauque, Kim, Linn, Patel, Roberts, Saito, Seybold, Short, Spokes, Warren and Wehrly are together referred to herein as the “Farallon Individual Reporting Persons.”

The citizenship of each of the Farallon Funds, the Farallon General Partner, the FCIP V General Partner, the F5MI General Partner and the FHPM General Partner is set forth above.  Each of the Farallon Individual Reporting Persons, other than Giauque and Spokes, is a citizen of the United States.  Giauque is a citizen of France. Spokes is a citizen of the United Kingdom.  The address of the principal business office of each of the Reporting Persons is c/o Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C., One Maritime Plaza, Suite 2100, San Francisco, California 94111.

Item 3.If This Statement Is Filed Pursuant to Sections 240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c),         Check Whether the Person Filing Is an Entity Specified in (a) - (k):

Not applicable.

The information required by Items 4(a) - (c) and set forth in Rows 5 through 11 of the cover page for each Reporting Person is incorporated herein by reference for each such Reporting Person.

The Shares reported hereby for the Farallon Funds are owned directly by the Farallon Funds. The Farallon General Partner, as general partner of FCP, FCIP, FCIP II, FCIP III, FCOI II and FCAMI and the sole member of the FCIP V General Partner and the FHPM General Partner, may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of all such Shares owned by the Farallon Funds other than F5MI. The FCIP V General Partner, as general partner of FCIP V, may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of all such Shares owned by FCIP V. The F5MI General Partner, as general partner of F5MI, may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of all such Shares owned by F5MI.  The FHPM General Partner, as general partner of FHPM, may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of all such Shares owned by FHPM.  Each of the Farallon Individual Reporting Persons, as a managing member or senior managing member, as the case may be, of the Farallon General Partner and a manager or senior manager, as the case may be, of the FCIP V General Partner, the F5MI General Partner and the FHPM General Partner, in each case with the power to exercise investment discretion, may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of all such Shares owned by the Farallon Funds.  Each of the Farallon General Partner, the FCIP V General Partner, the F5MI General Partner, the FHPM General Partner and the Farallon Individual Reporting Persons hereby disclaims any beneficial ownership of any such Shares.

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof each of the Reporting Persons has ceased to be a beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following: ☐

Not applicable.

 Not applicable.

Item 8.Identification and Classification of Members of the Group

Not applicable.

Item 10.Certification

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under §240.14a-11.

Dated:  November 9, 2023

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SCHEDULE 13G

JOINT ACQUISITION STATEMENT

The undersigned acknowledge and agree that the foregoing statement on Schedule 13G is filed on behalf of each of the undersigned and that all subsequent amendments to this statement on Schedule 13G shall be filed on behalf of each of the undersigned without the necessity of filing additional joint acquisition statements.  The undersigned acknowledge that each shall be responsible for the timely filing of such amendments, and for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning him, her or it contained therein, but shall not be responsible for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning the other entities or persons, except to the extent that he, she or it knows or has reason to believe that such information is inaccurate.

Dated:  November 9, 2023