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) April 25, 2013

 

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 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On April 25, 2013, Fred Driscoll gave notice of his intention to resign as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Novavax, Inc. (the “Company”), effective May 17, 2013. Mr. Driscoll, a resident of the Boston area, plans to pursue an opportunity with a Massachusetts-based specialty pharmaceutical company. The Company thanks Fred for his many years of service and wishes him well with his new opportunity. The Company has begun recruitment for a senior level financial executive.

 

 

 

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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)

  
       
April 29, 2013 By: /s/ John A. Herrmann III  
  Name: John A. Herrmann III  
  Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary  

 

 

 

 

 

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