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xlink:href="biib-20210602.xsd"></link:schemaRef></ix:references><ix:resources><xbrli:context id="i02c2495339d743a4985e039a83d4c759_D20210602-20210602"><xbrli:entity><xbrli:identifier scheme="http://www.sec.gov/CIK">0000875045</xbrli:identifier></xbrli:entity><xbrli:period><xbrli:startDate>2021-06-02</xbrli:startDate><xbrli:endDate>2021-06-02</xbrli:endDate></xbrli:period></xbrli:context></ix:resources></ix:header></div><div id="i3f67b73e665647fcba3d284dd45602b0_1"></div><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="i02c2495339d743a4985e039a83d4c759_D20210602-20210602" name="dei:DocumentType" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOjNmNjdiNzNlNjY1NjQ3ZmNiYTNkMjg0ZGQ0NTYwMmIwL3NlYzozZjY3YjczZTY2NTY0N2ZjYmEzZDI4NGRkNDU2MDJiMF8xL2ZyYWc6MDU1NDRjNDdhNjdhNDhiNThlM2ViZjZiNzZmZTFkNTgvdGV4dHJlZ2lvbjowNTU0NGM0N2E2N2E0OGI1OGUzZWJmNmI3NmZlMWQ1OF8xNjI5_50cc5f46-9157-44ad-8232-fd801d10e0b4">8-K</ix:nonNumeric> </span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">CURRENT 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At the Annual Meeting, the Company&#8217;s stockholders approved and adopted a Certificate of Amendment (the &#8220;Certificate of Amendment&#8221;) of the Company&#8217;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to add a federal forum selection provision.</span></div><div style="margin-top:9pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Certificate of Amendment had previously been approved, subject to stockholder approval, by the Company&#8217;s Board of Directors.</span></div><div style="margin-top:9pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">A detailed discussion of the Certificate of Amendment is set forth in the Company&#8217;s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2021 (the &#8220;Proxy Statement&#8221;) and a copy thereof is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#1c5a7d;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item&#160;5.07 &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. </span></div><div style="margin-top:9pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On June&#160;2, 2021, the Company held its Annual Meeting. 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Leaming</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99,406,303&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">20,752,629&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">115,744&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10,880,432&#160;</span></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Jesus B. 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style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Michel Vounatsos</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">101,525,313&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">18,635,486&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">113,877&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;border-bottom:1pt solid 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Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:9.01pt">Stockholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December&#160;31, 2021, with the votes cast as follows: </span></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;padding-left:22.5pt;padding-right:22.5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:88.157%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.278%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.629%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.278%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.629%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.278%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.629%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.279%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Votes For</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Votes Against</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span 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style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.279%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Votes For</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Votes Against</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Abstentions</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Broker Non-Votes</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">59,401,387</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">56,206,071</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">4,667,218</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10,880,432</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:45pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:45pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">4.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;padding-left:9.01pt">Stockholders approved the amendment to Biogen&#8217;s Amended and Restate Certificate of Incorporation, with the votes cast as follows:</span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;padding-left:22.5pt;padding-right:22.5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:88.157%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.278%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.629%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.278%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.629%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.278%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.629%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.279%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Votes For</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Votes Against</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Abstentions</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Broker Non-Votes</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">106,341,789</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">13,671,058</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">261,829</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10,880,432</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:45pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:45pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">5.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:9.01pt">Stockholders rejected the stockholder proposal requesting a report on Biogen&#8217;s lobbying activities, with the votes cast as follows:</span></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;padding-left:22.5pt;padding-right:22.5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:88.157%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.278%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.629%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.278%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.629%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.278%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.629%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.279%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Votes For</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Votes Against</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Abstentions</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Broker Non-Votes</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">49,062,108</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">70,842,236</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">370,332</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10,880,432</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt;padding-right:22.5pt;text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:45pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">6.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:9.01pt">Stockholders rejected the stockholder proposal requesting a report on Biogen's gender pay gap, with the votes cast as follows:  </span></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;padding-left:22.5pt;padding-right:22.5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:88.157%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.278%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.629%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.278%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.629%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.278%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.629%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.279%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Votes For</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Votes Against</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Abstentions</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Broker Non-Votes</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">27,409,376</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">91,923,643</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">941,657</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10,880,432</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt;padding-right:22.5pt;text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt;padding-right:22.5pt;text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:#1c5a7d;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item&#160;9.01 </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span><span style="color:#1c5a7d;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Financial Statements and Exhibits.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Exhibits</span></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:89.912%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:17.273%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:2.564%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:77.763%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Exhibit No.</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Description</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">3.1</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline" href="formxex31xcertificateofame.htm">Certificate of Amendment of Biogen Inc.&#8217;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended.</a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:right"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">104</span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)</span></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div></div></div><div id="i3f67b73e665647fcba3d284dd45602b0_10"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#1c5a7d;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Signatures</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:24pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:24pt;padding-left:198pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Biogen Inc.</span></div><div style="padding-left:198pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">By:  </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">/s/ Suzanne Murray&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;               &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span></div><div style="padding-left:216pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Suzanne Murray</span></div><div style="padding-left:216pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Assistant Secretary</span></div><div style="padding-left:216pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Franklin Gothic Book',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Date: June 8, 2021</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div></div></div></body></html>
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biib-20210602
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
June 2, 2021
Biogen Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
0-19311
33-0112644
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
225 Binney Street
,
Cambridge
,
Massachusetts
02142
(Address of principal executive offices; Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(
617
)
679-2000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0005 par value
BIIB
The Nasdaq Global Select Market
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
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Item 5.03    Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On June 2, 2021, Biogen Inc. (the "Company") held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders approved and adopted a Certificate of Amendment (the "Certificate of Amendment") of the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to add a federal forum selection provision.
The Certificate of Amendment had previously been approved, subject to stockholder approval, by the Company's Board of Directors.
A detailed discussion of the Certificate of Amendment is set forth in the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2021 (the "Proxy Statement") and a copy thereof is filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 2, 2021, the Company held its Annual Meeting. The final voting results for the Annual Meeting are as follows:
1.
Stockholders elected thirteen nominees to the Board of Directors to serve for a one-year term extending until the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders and their successors are duly elected and qualified, with the votes cast as follows:
Nominee
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
Alexander J. Denner
85,324,257
34,751,992
198,427
10,880,432
Caroline D. Dorsa
98,819,920
21,275,514
179,242
10,880,432
Maria C. Freire
102,423,484
17,668,982
182,210
10,880,432
William A. Hawkins
102,601,625
17,449,106
223,945
10,880,432
William D. Jones
102,203,806
17,915,695
155,175
10,880,432
Nancy L. Leaming
99,406,303
20,752,629
115,744
10,880,432
Jesus B. Mantas
101,944,487
18,188,895
141,294
10,880,432
Richard C. Mulligan
98,651,559
21,476,216
146,901
10,880,432
Stelios Papadopoulos
87,157,129
32,432,277
685,270
10,880,432
Brian S. Posner
97,506,775
22,559,655
208,246
10,880,432
Eric K. Rowinsky
79,563,772
40,575,162
135,742
10,880,432
Stephen A. Sherwin
100,417,717
19,705,006
151,953
10,880,432
Michel Vounatsos
101,525,313
18,635,486
113,877
10,880,432
2.
Stockholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, with the votes cast as follows:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
129,131,951
1,889,233
133,924
—
3.
Stockholders approved the advisory vote on executive compensation, with the votes cast as follows:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
59,401,387
56,206,071
4,667,218
10,880,432
4.
Stockholders approved the amendment to Biogen's Amended and Restate Certificate of Incorporation, with the votes cast as follows:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
106,341,789
13,671,058
261,829
10,880,432
5.
Stockholders rejected the stockholder proposal requesting a report on Biogen's lobbying activities, with the votes cast as follows:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
49,062,108
70,842,236
370,332
10,880,432
6.
Stockholders rejected the stockholder proposal requesting a report on Biogen's gender pay gap, with the votes cast as follows:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
27,409,376
91,923,643
941,657
10,880,432
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)    Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
3.1
Certificate of Amendment of Biogen Inc.'s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended.
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Biogen Inc.
By:
/s/ Suzanne Murray
Suzanne Murray
Assistant Secretary
Date: June 8, 2021