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 7, 2011
 
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 September 6, 2011, John Trizzino resigned as Senior Vice President, Business Development of Novavax, Inc. (the “Company”) to become Chief Executive Officer of Immunovaccine, Inc. (TSX-V:IMV), a Canadian clinical stage biotechnology company developing vaccine technology in the area of therapeutic cancer and other infectious diseases. The Company thanks John for his service and wishes him well in his new position. The Company has begun recruitment for a business development 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)
 
       
September 12, 2011
By:
/s/ John A. Herrmann III
 
 
Name:
John A. Herrmann III
 
 
Title:
Executive Director, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary
 
       
 
 
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