ebs-20260818

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 18, 2026

EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-33137

14-1902018

(State or other jurisdiction

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

Identification No.)

300 Professional Drive,

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(240) 631-3200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share	EBS	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On August 18, 2026, Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (“Emergent”) received a contract modification (“Modification No. 21”) of the BARDA AV7909 Contract (as defined below) from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response to procure additional doses of CYFENDUS™ (Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed, Adjuvanted) (previously known as “AV7909”) valued at $24 million.

This modification relates to Emergent’s AV7909 development and procurement contract with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (“BARDA”), which became effective on September 30, 2016 (the “BARDA AV7909 Contract”) and has been modified from time to time. The preceding description of Modification No. 21 does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of Modification No. 21. Modification No. 21, with relevant redactions to protect confidential and sensitive information, is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The BARDA AV7909 Contract is filed as a material agreement of Emergent as Exhibit 10.51 with Emergent’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.

On September 1, 2026, Emergent issued a press release announcing the contract modification. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.						Description
10.1						Modification No. 21, effective August 18, 2026 to the BARDA AV7909 Contract
99.1						Press release issued by Emergent BioSolutions Inc. on S eptember 1 , 2026
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


	EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC.

Dated: September 1, 2026	By:	/s/ RICHARD S. LINDAHL
		Name: Richard S. Lindahl Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer