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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE<BR>
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported) June 11, 2012</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>NOVAVAX, INC.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified
in its charter) </B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Delaware</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">0-26770</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">22-2816046</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">(Commission File Number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>9920 Belward Campus Drive </B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Rockville, Maryland</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">20850</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">(Zip Code)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including area code:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">(240) 268-2000</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><B>(Former name or former
address, if changed since last report.) </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is
intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B> Written communications
pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B> Soliciting material pursuant
to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT><B> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</FONT></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B> Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in"><B>Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote
of Security Holders.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="color: black">Novavax, Inc. (the
&ldquo;Company&rdquo;)</FONT>, held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 11, 2012 (the &ldquo;Annual Meeting&rdquo;). At
the Annual Meeting, the Company&rsquo;s stockholders elected Richard H. Douglas, Ph.D., Gary C. Evans and John O. Marsh Jr. J.D.,
as Class II directors to serve on the Company&rsquo;s Board of Directors until the Company&rsquo;s 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
The results of the stockholders&rsquo; votes with respect to the election of these directors were as follows:</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">For</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Withheld</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Broker
        Non-Votes</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">Richard H. Douglas, Ph.D.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in; text-align: center">52,789,910</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in; text-align: center">2,340,139</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in; text-align: center">42,044,452</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">Gary C. Evans</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in; text-align: center">46,633,207</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in; text-align: center">8,496,842</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in; text-align: center">42,044,452</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">John O. Marsh Jr., J.D.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in; text-align: center">52,496,537</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in; text-align: center">2,633,512</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in; text-align: center">42,044,452</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in">In addition, the Company&rsquo;s stockholders
voted to ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company&rsquo;s independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2012. The results of the stockholders&rsquo; votes with respect to this proposal were as follows:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 46%; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">For</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Against</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Abstain</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">Ratification of Independent Auditor</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in; text-align: center">96,076,677</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in; text-align: center">675,151</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in; text-align: center">422,673</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Finally, the Company&rsquo;s stockholders also voted to increase
by 4,000,000 shares the amount of shares that it may offer under the Company&rsquo;s 2005 Stock Incentive Plan. The results of
the stockholders&rsquo; votes with respect to this proposal were as follows:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 46%; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 13%; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">For</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 13%; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Against</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 14%; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Abstain</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 14%; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Broker
        Non-Votes</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="padding: 0; text-indent: 0">Vote to increase the number of shares under the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan by 4,000,000</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in; text-align: center">44,899,640</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in; text-align: center">9,796,820</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in; text-align: center">433,589</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-indent: 0in; text-align: center">42,044,452</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-top: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5pt">Novavax, Inc.<BR> (Registrant)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="3">June 15, 2012</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-decoration: underline">/s/ John A. Herrmann III&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 19%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 19%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 6%">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 45%">John A. Herrmann III</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary</TD></TR>
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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) June 11, 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):
¨
Written communications
pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant
to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote
of Security Holders.
Novavax, Inc. (the
"Company")
, held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 11, 2012 (the "Annual Meeting"). At
the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders elected Richard H. Douglas, Ph.D., Gary C. Evans and John O. Marsh Jr. J.D.,
as Class II directors to serve on the Company's Board of Directors until the Company's 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
The results of the stockholders' votes with respect to the election of these directors were as follows:
For
Withheld
Broker
        Non-Votes
Richard H. Douglas, Ph.D.
52,789,910
2,340,139
42,044,452
Gary C. Evans
46,633,207
8,496,842
42,044,452
John O. Marsh Jr., J.D.
52,496,537
2,633,512
42,044,452
In addition, the Company's stockholders
voted to ratify the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2012. The results of the stockholders' votes with respect to this proposal were as follows:
For
Against
Abstain
Ratification of Independent Auditor
96,076,677
675,151
422,673
Finally, the Company's stockholders also voted to increase
by 4,000,000 shares the amount of shares that it may offer under the Company's 2005 Stock Incentive Plan. The results of
the stockholders' votes with respect to this proposal were as follows:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker
        Non-Votes
Vote to increase the number of shares under the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan by 4,000,000
44,899,640
9,796,820
433,589
42,044,452
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 hereunto duly authorized.
Novavax, Inc.
(Registrant)
June 15, 2012
By:
/s/ John A. Herrmann III
Name:
John A. Herrmann III
Title:
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary