It was the second year in a row he has waged a proxy battleagainst the Cambridge Massachusetts-based company one of theoldest and largest

It was the second year in a row he has waged a proxy battleagainst the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company, one of theoldest and largest biotechs. Icahn, who owns a 5.6 percent stake in the company, wantsthe board to consider breaking it into two parts, one focusedon neurology and the other targeting cancer treatments. Representatives of Icahn's group were not immediatelyavailable for comment. The company said it will rely on the tabulation of votes byits independent inspector of elections, IVS Associates, beforeannouncing the remaining director -- a process expected to takeone to three weeks. "We welcome our new director to the board and look forwardto working together to build on our strong track record ofdelivering value," Biogen Chairman Bruce Ross said in astatement.

She declined to name theBiogen member contending for the last seat Re-elected were Robert Pangia and William Young. Another Icahn representative, Richard Mulligan, is in therunning for the fourth seat, along with a member of Biogen'sslate, a company spokeswoman said. The biotechnology company said two directors werere-elected, while results were too close to call for a fourthseat. Alexander Denner, a representative of the activistbillionaire investor, was elected to the board, Biogen said. The preliminary totals come a day after a contentiousshareholder meeting in which Icahn's group said it believed ithad enough votes to claim two of the four seats it had soughton the 13-member board.

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