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    <ffd:OfferingNote contextRef="c-2" id="f-32">In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#x201c;Securities Act&#x201d;), this Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.&lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;The number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#x201c;Common Stock&#x201d;), of Elicio Therapeutics, Inc. (the &#x201c;Registrant&#x201d;) stated above consists of additional shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Elicio Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Incentive Award Plan (the &#x201c;2021 Plan&#x201d;), by operation of the 2021 Plan&#x2019;s &#x201c;evergreen&#x201d; provision.&#160;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;Estimated &lt;/span&gt;solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) promulgated under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and the aggregate offering price for shares reserved for future issuance under the Plans is based on the average of the high and the low price of Registrant&#x2019;s Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq Capital Market on March&#160;6, 2026.</ffd:OfferingNote>
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