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<title>nvax-20231109</title></head><body><div style="display:none"><ix:header><ix:hidden><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:AmendmentFlag" format="ixt:fixed-false" id="f-21">FALSE</ix:nonNumeric><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:EntityCentralIndexKey" id="f-22">0001000694</ix:nonNumeric></ix:hidden><ix:references xml:lang="en-US"><link:schemaRef xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="nvax-20231109.xsd"></link:schemaRef></ix:references><ix:resources><xbrli:context id="c-1"><xbrli:entity><xbrli:identifier scheme="http://www.sec.gov/CIK">0001000694</xbrli:identifier></xbrli:entity><xbrli:period><xbrli:startDate>2023-11-09</xbrli:startDate><xbrli:endDate>2023-11-09</xbrli:endDate></xbrli:period></xbrli:context></ix:resources></ix:header></div><div id="iedadf99bdf7941958c8f7d5fa5acf3c4_1"></div><div style="min-height:18pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><span><br/></span></div></div><div><table 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nvax-20231109
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):
November 9, 2023
NOVAVAX, INC
.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware
0-26770
22-2816046
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
700 Quince Orchard Road
Gaithersburg
,
Maryland
20878
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
(240)
268-2000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
(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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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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, Par Value $0.01 per share
NVAX
The Nasdaq Global Select Market
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
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
Third Quarter Financial Results
On November 9, 2023, Novavax, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing the Company's financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2023. A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Press release, dated November 9, 2023, regarding the Company's financial results for the quarter ended
September
30, 2023.
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL).
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.
Date: November 9, 2023
By:
/s/ John A. Herrmann III
Name:
John A. Herrmann III
Title:
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary