BioNTech SE ADR 2025年年度报告和过渡报告

BioNTech SE Annual Report on Form 20-Ffor theyear ended December31, 2024 UNITEDSTATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, D.C.20549 FORM20-F (Mark One)☐REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACTOF1934OR☒ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the fiscal year endedDecember31, 2024OR☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934OR☐SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934Commission file number:001-39081 BioNTech SE (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Federal Republic ofGermany(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) An der Goldgrube 12 D-55131MainzGermany(Address of principal executive offices)Prof. Ugur Sahin, M.D.,c/o BioNTech SEAn der Goldgrube 12D-55131MainzGermany+496131-9084-0(Tel),+49 6131 9084-390(Fax),info@biontech.de(E-mail)(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person) Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section12(g) of the Act:None Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section15(d) of the Act:None Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital stock or common stock as of the close of businesscovered by the annual report. Ordinary shares, no par value, with a notional amount attributable to each share of €1 outstanding up untilMarch 3, 2025, the most recentpracticable date, no par value:239,970,804 Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.Yes☒No☐ If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section13 or15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1)has filed all reports required to be filed by Section13 or 15(d) of the Securities ExchangeAct of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)has beensubject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant toRule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant wasrequired to submit such files).Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or an emerging growthcompany. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the ExchangeAct. Large accelerated filer☒Accelerated filer☐Non-accelerated filer☐Emerging growth company☐ If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registranthas elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards † providedpursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of itsinternal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered publicaccounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☒ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrantincluded in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-basedcompensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐ Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing: If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant haselected to follow.Item17☐Item18☐ If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).Yes☐No☒ * Listed not for trading or quotation purposes, but only in connection with the registration of American Depositary Shares representing such ordinary sharespursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The American Depositary Shares are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, asamended, pursuant to a separate registration statement on Form F-6 (File No. 333-233898). TABLE OF CONTENTS GENER