SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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*
DENNER ALEXANDER J

(Last) (First) (Middle)
BIOGEN INC.
225 BINNEY STREET

(Street)
CAMBRIDGE MA 02142

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BIOGEN INC. [ BIIB ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/22/2015
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 10/22/2015 P 210,000(1) A $277.8 210,000 I See Footnotes(3)(4)
Common Stock 10/23/2015 P 100,000(2) A $276.77 310,000 I See Footnotes(3)(4)
Common Stock 7,890 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. On October 22, 2015, each of Sarissa Capital Domestic Fund LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Sarissa Domestic") and Sarissa Capital Offshore Master Fund LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership ("Sarissa Offshore"), purchased an aggregate of 128,806 and 81,194 shares, respectively, of common stock of Biogen Inc.
2. On October 23, 2015, each of Sarissa Domestic and Sarissa Offshore purchased an aggregate of 61,336 and 38,664 shares, respectively, of common stock of Biogen Inc.
3. Sarissa Capital Management GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Sarissa Capital GP"), is the general partner of Sarissa Capital Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Sarissa Capital"), the investment advisor to the Sarissa Funds. Alexander Denner is the Chief Investment Officer of Sarissa Capital and the managing member of Sarissa Capital GP. By virtue of the foregoing, Dr. Denner may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) the shares that the Sarissa Funds directly beneficially own.
4. Dr. Denner disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares being reported on this Form 4 except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
Remarks:
Matthew S. Gilman, Attorney in Fact for Alexander J. Denner 10/26/2015
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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