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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Ryan James Timothy Patrick

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O BIONTECH SE

AN DER GOLDGRUBE 12

(Street)

MAINZ

D-55131

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
03/18/2026

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BioNTech SE [ BNTX ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
See remarks.

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Ordinary Shares	4,795⁽¹⁾	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Option (right to buy)	08/26/2028⁽²⁾	08/26/2034	Ordinary Shares⁽³⁾	25,459	⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾	D
Option (right to buy)	05/28/2029⁽²⁾	05/28/2035	Ordinary Shares⁽³⁾	8,838	⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾	D
Performance Share Unit	05/27/2029⁽⁷⁾	05/27/2035	Ordinary Shares⁽⁷⁾	11,047	0	D
Restricted Stock Unit	12/09/2026⁽⁸⁾	⁽⁸⁾	Ordinary Shares⁽⁹⁾	740	⁽¹⁰⁾	D
Restricted Stock Unit	12/08/2027⁽⁸⁾	⁽⁸⁾	Ordinary Shares⁽⁹⁾	750	⁽¹⁰⁾	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes 3,990 shares held jointly with the Reporting Person's spouse.

2. The option vests annually in equal installments over four years commencing on the first anniversary of the grant date and becomes exercisable four years after the grant date, subject to certain performance-based and other conditions.

3. The option may be settled in ordinary shares, American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") and/or cash at the election of the supervisory board.

4. The exercise price of this option is EUR 75.91.

5. Subject to adjustment such that the trading price of an ADS as of an exercise date does not exceed 800% of the grant date exercise price.

6. The exercise price of this option is EUR 93.35.

7. Each performance share unit ("PSU") is the economic equivalent of one ordinary share of the Issuer and represents a right to receive, at the Issuer's option, one ordinary share, one ADS representing one ordinary share, or a cash payment or another form of settlement equal to the economic value thereof. PSUs vest annually in equal installments over four years commencing on the first anniversary of the grant date and become exercisable four years after the grant date, subject to the achievement of certain performance targets based on the market price of the Issuer's ordinary shares relative to the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index (or a comparable successor index) and the Reporting Person's continued service through each such date.

8. The restricted stock units ("RSUs") vest in equal annual installments over four years commencing on the grant date and are subject to a four-year waiting period.

9. The RSUs may be settled in ordinary shares, ADSs, and/or cash at the election of the plan administrator.

10. Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one ordinary share, one ADS, and/or the cash equivalent thereof at the election of the plan administrator.

Remarks:

Chief Legal Officer and Chief Business Officer; Exhibit List - Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

	/s/ Humza Bokhari, Attorney-in-Fact	03/25/2026
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

FOR SEC REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of

Zoey Neuenschwander, Stefanie Lutze, and Humza Bokhari, signing singly and each acting

individually, as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power and authority as

hereinafter described to:

(1) submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a Form ID Application

and/or Passphrase Update Application or any other application materials to enable the undersigned

to gain or maintain access to the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system of the

SEC;

(2) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the

opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by,

the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on

behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such form and

shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-

fact’s discretion;

(3) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or

director of BioNTech SE (the “Company”), filings under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange

Act of 1934, Forms 144, and Schedules 13D and 13G, each including any amendments thereto;

(4) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary

or desirable to prepare, complete and execute any such filings, prepare, complete and execute any

amendment or amendments thereto, and timely deliver and file such form with the SEC and any

stock exchange or similar authority; and

(5) seek or obtain, as the undersigned’s representative and on the undersigned’s behalf, information

regarding transactions in the Company’s securities from any third party, including brokers,

employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such

person to release any such information to such attorney-in-fact and approves and ratifies any such

release of information.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and

perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the

exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the

undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,

hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute

or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney

and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing

attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming

nor relieving, nor is the Company assuming nor relieving, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities

to comply with filing obligations pursuant to Form 144, Schedule 13D, Schedule 13G, Form 3,

Form 4, or Form 5. The undersigned acknowledges that neither the Company nor the foregoing

attorneys-in-fact assume (i) any liability for the undersigned’s responsibility to comply with the

beneficial ownership and transaction reporting requirements associated with the foregoing filings

or (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements.

This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no

longer required to file any such with respect to the undersigned’s beneficial ownership of and

transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a

signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

[Signature page follows.]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of Attorney to be

executed as of this _____ day of _______________, 2026.

/s/ James Ryan

Name:

[Signature Page to Power of Attorney]

File No. 976 /2026 D.

I hereby certify, that the above signature are the true signature, subscribed in

my presence, of

Dr. James Timothy Patrick Ryan,

born [***],

business adress: 55131 Mainz, An der Goldgrube 12

- personally known to me –

Upon my inspection of today of the commercial register, I certify that

BioNTech SE

is registered at the Municipal Court of Mainz - Commercial Register - under No. HRB

48720 and that

Dr. James Timothy Patrick Ryan, born [***],

as this company's Management Board Member,

are registered with the right to jointly act as this company' s legal representatives.

Mainz, 25th of February 2026

[SEAL]

/s/ Mascha Diefenbach

Diefenbach, Notary public

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APOSTILLE

(Convention de La Haye du 5 octobre 1961)

1. Country: Federal Republic of Germany

This public document

2. has been signed by Mascha Diefenbach

3. acting in the capacity of notary public

4. bears the seal/stamp of Mascha Diefenbach - Notarin in Mainz [SEAL]

Certified

5. at Mainz 6. the 27.02.2026

7. by the President of the District Court

8. No 257/2026

9. Stamp: [SEAL] 10. Signature:

/s/ Thomas Bergmann

Thomas Bergmann