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) May 10, 2010
 
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.)

 
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On May 10, 2010, Novavax, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010 and will conduct 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
 
 
99.1
Press release issued by Novavax, Inc. on May 10, 2010
 
 
 
 
 
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)
  
         
May 10, 2010
      
By:
  
/s/ John A. Herrmann III                                                           
  
           
Name:
  
John A. Herrmann III
  
           
Title:
  
Executive Director, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary