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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) September 25, 2009
NOVAVAX, INC.
 
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
  0-26770
(Commission File Number)
  22-2816046
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
9920 Belward Campus Drive
Rockville, Maryland
(Address of principal executive offices)
  20850
(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 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On September 25, 2009, Mr. James Tananbaum resigned as a director of Novavax, Inc. (the “Company”). At the time of his resignation, Mr. Tananbaum served the Compensation Committee and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors.
The Company issued a press release announcing the resignation of Mr. Tananbaum on October 1, 2009. A copy of that press release is filed with this report as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (d) Exhibits
     
Exhibits    
 
99.1
  Press Release issued by Novavax, Inc. dated October 1, 2009.

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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)
 
 
October 1, 2009  By:   /s/ Rahul Singhvi    
    Name:   Rahul Singhvi   
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer