---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950157-26-000700"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BIIB"
cik: "0000875045"
company_name: "BIOGEN INC."
filed_at: "2026-06-10T20:54:22+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T20:55:10.656927+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.05
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Biogen shareholders elect all 10 director nominees and ratify auditor at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- All ten board nominees elected; highest vote against for Eric K. Rowinsky (28.2M against of 121.9M voted).
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ratified as auditor for FY2026 with 124.6M for, 6.6M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 114.2M for, 7.5M against, 9.4M broker non-votes.
- Meeting held June 9, 2026; results filed on Form 8-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950157-26-000700
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BIIB
- cik: 0000875045
- company_name: BIOGEN INC.
- filed_at: 2026-06-10T20:54:22+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.05
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875045/000095015726000700/0000950157-26-000700-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875045/000095015726000700/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  BIOGEN INC. shareholders approved Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2026-06-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-09
  source text: Stockholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875045/000095015726000700/0000950157-26-000700-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BIOGEN INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2026-06-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-09
  source text: Stockholders approved the advisory vote on executive compensation
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875045/000095015726000700/0000950157-26-000700-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BIOGEN INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-06-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-09
  source text: Stockholders elected ten nominees to the Board of Directors to serve for a one-year term extending until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and their successors are duly elected and qualified
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875045/000095015726000700/0000950157-26-000700-index.htm

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