UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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 3, 2012

 

NOVAVAX, INC.

 

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   0-26770   22-2816046
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

9920 Belward Campus Drive

Rockville, Maryland

   20850
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (240) 268-2000

 

 

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

  

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 2.02Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On August 3, 2012, Novavax, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the second quarter and six month period ended June 30, 2012 and conducted a previously announced, publicly available conference call to discuss those results as well as to provide an update on the status of the Company's business operations.

 

A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The information furnished in this Current Report on Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)Exhibits

 

Exhibits

 

99.1Press release issued by Novavax, Inc. on August 3, 2012

 

 

 

 
 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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, thereunto duly authorized

 

 

  Novavax, Inc.
(Registrant)		  
     
August 8, 2012 By:   /s/ John A. Herrmann III  

 Name:   John A. Herrmann III  

 

 Title:   Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary