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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 17, 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 5.07  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
Novavax, Inc. (the “Company”), held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 17, 2010 (the “Annual Meeting”).  At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders elected Stanley C. Erck, Michael A. McManus, Jr., J.D., and James F. Young. Ph.D. as Class III directors to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until the Company’s 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The results of the stockholders’ votes with respect to the election of such directors were as follows:
 
 
For
  
Withheld
  
Broker Non-Votes
Stanley C. Erck
42,904,038
  
6,093,849
  
32,186,736
Michael A. McManus, Jr., J.D.
43,620,884
  
5,377,003
  
32,186,736
James F. Young. Ph.D.
47,991,954
  
1,005,933
  
32,186,736
 
In addition, at the Annual Meeting, 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, 2010. The results of the stockholders’ votes with respect to this proposal were as follows:
 
 
For
  
Against
  
Abstain
Ratification of Independent Auditor
80,636,168
  
416,890
  
131,565

 
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 23, 2010
By:
  
/s/ John A. Herrmann III
  
 
Name:
  
John A. Herrmann III
  
 
Title:
  
Executive Director, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary