# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001776985
**File Stem:** 0001776985-26-000033
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 8223
**Document Hash:** 21c4d9a7a17418d69ff0aec15702cf80
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001776985-26-000033.hdr.sgml**: 20260507

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001776985-26-000033

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 6-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 3

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260507

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260507

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260507

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** BioNTech SE
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001776985
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 03 Life Sciences
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** 2M
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 6-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-39081
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26951012

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** AN DER GOLDGRUBE 12
- **CITY:** MAINZ
- **STATE:** 2M
- **ZIP:** 55131
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 0049613190840

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** AN DER GOLDGRUBE 12
- **CITY:** MAINZ
- **STATE:** 2M
- **ZIP:** 55131

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20549** 

<br>**FORM 6-K**

**REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16** 

**UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934** 

**FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2026**

**COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 001-39081** 

**BioNTech SE**<br> (Translation of registrant's name into English)

**An der Goldgrube 12**

**D-55131 Mainz**

**Germany**

**+49 6131-9084-0**<br> (Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F: Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ☐

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**DOCUMENTS INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS FORM 6-K**

On May 7, 2026, BioNTech SE (the "Company") announced that it has authorized a new share repurchase program (the "Program"), under which the Company may repurchase American Depositary Shares ("ADSs"), each representing one ordinary share of the Company, for an aggregate amount of up to $1.0 billion. Repurchases under the Program may be made until and including May 6, 2027. The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

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**SIGNATURE**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **BioNTech SE** | **BioNTech SE** | | |
| By: | /s/ Ramon Zapata-Gomez | By: | /s/ Dr. Sierk Poetting |
|  | Name: Ramon Zapata-Gomez |  | Name: Dr. Sierk Poetting |
|  | Title: Chief Financial Officer |  | Title: Chief Operating Officer |

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Date: May 7, 2026

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**EXHIBIT INDEX** 

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| <u>Exhibit</u> | <u>Description of Exhibit</u> |
| 99.1 | <u>[BioNTech Announces New ADS Repurchase Program](a99120260507_bntxxsbbxenxf.htm)</u> |

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## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1**

![image_0a.jpg](image_0a.jpg)

**BioNTech Announces New ADS Repurchase Program**

**MAINZ, Germany, May 7, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)** -- <u>BioNTech SE</u> (Nasdaq: BNTX, "BioNTech" or "the Company") today announced that it has authorized a new share repurchase program (the "Program"), under which the Company may repurchase American Depositary Shares ("ADSs"), each representing one ordinary share of the Company, for an aggregate amount of up to $1.0 billion. Repurchases under the Program may be made until and including May 6, 2027. BioNTech's disciplined approach to capital allocation and strong financial position enables this authorization.

BioNTech expects to use the repurchased ADSs to satisfy obligations in the ordinary course of business. The Program is designed to enhance capital efficiency, support long-term value creation and maintain financial flexibility alongside BioNTech's objective to become a multi-product company by 2030.

The commencement, timing and total amount of ADS repurchases will depend upon market conditions and may be made in open market purchases from time to time, with a focus on price efficient repurchases to ensure prudent deployment of capital. BioNTech expects to fund the Program using its existing cash resources.

"We are confident in the Company's long-term growth prospects, and this share repurchase program is consistent with our capital allocation strategy and our commitment to sustainable value creation for our shareholders," said **Ramón Zapata, Chief Financial Officer at BioNTech.** "At the same time, our disciplined approach to capital deployment enables us to maintain the financial strength necessary to advance our innovative pipeline and aim for self-sustaining growth in the years ahead."

The Program has been designed to operate within the safe harbor provided by Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the affirmative defense provided by Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act.

**About BioNTech**

BioNTech is a global next generation biopharmaceutical company pioneering novel investigative therapies for cancer and other serious diseases. In oncology, BioNTech is committed to transforming how cancer is treated. Its ambition is to develop innovative medicines with pan-tumor or synergistic potential to address cancer from multiple angles and across the full continuum of the disease from early- to late-stage. Its growing late-stage oncology pipeline comprises complementary treatment approaches spanning immunomodulators, antibody drug conjugates, and mRNA cancer immunotherapies. BioNTech has partnered with multiple global and specialized pharmaceutical collaborators leveraging complementary expertise and resources to accelerate innovation and drive progress, including Bristol Myers Squibb, Duality Biologics, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Genmab, MediLink, OncoC4, and Pfizer.

For more information, please visit www.BioNTech.com.

**BioNTech Forward-Looking Statements**

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, including, but not limited to, statements concerning: the Company's intent to repurchase, from time to time, the Company's ADSs. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "may," "should," "expects," "intends," "plans," "aims," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential," "continue," or the

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negative of these terms or other comparable terminology, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words.

The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on BioNTech's current expectations and beliefs of future events and are neither promises nor guarantees. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are beyond BioNTech's control, and which could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: changes in the market price of the Company's ADSs, general market conditions and applicable securities laws.

You should review the risks and uncertainties described under the heading "Risk Factors" in BioNTech's Report on Form 6-K for the period ended March 31, 2026, and in subsequent filings made by BioNTech with the SEC, which are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. Except as required by law, BioNTech disclaims any intention or responsibility for updating or revising any forward-looking statements contained in this press release in the event of new information, future developments or otherwise.

**CONTACTS**

**Investor Relations**

Douglas Maffei, PhD

<u>Investors@biontech.de</u> 

**Media Relations**

Jasmina Alatovic

<u>Media@biontech.de</u>

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