<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000899243-15-008566.txt : 20151119
<SEC-HEADER>0000899243-15-008566.hdr.sgml : 20151119
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20151119210350
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000899243-15-008566
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20151119
FILED AS OF DATE:		20151119
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20151119

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Emergent BioSolutions Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001367644
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				141902018
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 PROFESSIONAL DR, SUITE 400
		CITY:			GAITHERSBURG
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20879
		BUSINESS PHONE:		240-631-3200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 PROFESSIONAL DR, SUITE 400
		CITY:			GAITHERSBURG
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20879

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			El-Hibri Fuad
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001380185

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33137
		FILM NUMBER:		151244865

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2273 RESEARCH BLVD, SUITE 400
		CITY:			ROCKVILLE
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20850
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            <officerTitle>Chairman</officerTitle>
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        <footnote id="F1">Consists of an option granted under the company's stock incentive plan on March 10, 2009.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">All sales listed on this Form 4 were made by the Reporting Person pursuant to a plan adopted on May 11, 2015 that is intended to comply with Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Mr. El-Hibri's holdings through Intervac, L.L.C. include 1,638,403 shares of Common Stock held by Mr. El-Hibri and his wife, as tenants by the entirety, through their 37.7% equity interest in Intervac, L.L.C.; 127,721 shares held by Mr. El-Hibri's wife; and 584,207 shares held by trusts indirectly controlled by Mr. El-Hibri or his wife. Mr. El-Hibri disclaims beneficial ownership, for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or otherwise, of those shares held solely by his wife and those shares held by the trusts.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Mr. El-Hibri holds individually and with his wife, as tenants by the entirety, an aggregate 89.2% equity interest in Biovac, L.L.C. Biovac, L.L.C. is the direct owner of 1,524,155 shares of Common Stock. Mr. El-Hibri disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock directly owned by Biovac, L.L.C. for purposes of Section 16, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in 1,359,546 shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The option vested in three equal installments on March 9, 2010, March 9, 2011 and March 9, 2012.</footnote>
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    <remarks></remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Carl A. Valenstein, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-11-19</signatureDate>
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