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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0002124147-26-000002
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20260318
FILED AS OF DATE:		20260325
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20260325

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Staudigl Rudolf
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002124147
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-39081
		FILM NUMBER:		26793760

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION: 	YES
		STREET 1:		AN DER GOLDGRUBE 12
		CITY:			MAINZ
		PROVINCE COUNTRY:   	2M
		ZIP:			55131

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BioNTech SE
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001776985
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	03 Life Sciences
		EIN:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			2M
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		AN DER GOLDGRUBE 12
		CITY:			MAINZ
		STATE:			2M
		ZIP:			55131
		BUSINESS PHONE:		0049613190840

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		AN DER GOLDGRUBE 12
		CITY:			MAINZ
		STATE:			2M
		ZIP:			55131
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="ic9a2d03db72544a4a45e7a211c741add_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:8pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">FOR SEC REPORTING OBLIGATIONS</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Zoey Neuenschwander, Stefanie Lutze, and Humza Bokhari, signing singly and each acting </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">individually, as the undersigned&#8217;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power and authority as </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">hereinafter described to&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(1) submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) a Form ID Application </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">and&#47;or Passphrase Update Application or any other application materials to enable the undersigned </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">to gain or maintain access to the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system of the </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">SEC&#59;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(2) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such form and </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">fact&#8217;s discretion&#59;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(3) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&#8217;s capacity as an officer and&#47;or </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">director of BioNTech SE (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), filings under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Act of 1934, Forms 144, and Schedules 13D and 13G, each including any amendments thereto&#59;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(4) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">or desirable to prepare, complete and execute any such filings, prepare, complete and execute any </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">amendment or amendments thereto, and timely deliver and file such form with the SEC and any </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">stock exchange or similar authority&#59; and</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(5) seek or obtain, as the undersigned&#8217;s representative and on the undersigned&#8217;s behalf, information </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">regarding transactions in the Company&#8217;s securities from any third party, including brokers, </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">person to release any such information to such attorney-in-fact and approves and ratifies any such </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">release of information.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">nor relieving, nor is the Company assuming nor relieving, any of the undersigned&#8217;s responsibilities </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">to comply with filing obligations pursuant to Form 144, Schedule 13D, Schedule 13G, Form 3, </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Form 4, or Form 5. The undersigned acknowledges that neither the Company nor the foregoing </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">attorneys-in-fact assume (i) any liability for the undersigned&#8217;s responsibility to comply with the </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">beneficial ownership and transaction reporting requirements associated with the foregoing filings </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">or (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">longer required to file any such with respect to the undersigned&#8217;s beneficial ownership of and </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:8pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:8pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#91;Signature page follows.&#93; 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