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): May 8, 2019
NOVAVAX, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
| Delaware | | 000-26770 | | 22-2816046 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
20 Firstfield 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.)
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 |
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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).
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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
On May 8, 2019, Novavax, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to its Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock, par value $0.01 (the “Common Stock”) at a ratio of 1-for-20 (the “Reverse Stock Split”). Pursuant to the Certificate of Amendment, the Reverse Stock Split will be effective at 12:01 a.m., Eastern Time, on May 10, 2019. The Company expects that upon the opening of trading on May 10, 2019, the Company’s Common Stock will begin trading on a post-split basis under CUSIP number 670002 401.
As discussed below, on May 8, 2019, the Company’s stockholders approved a proposal to amend the Certificate of Incorporation in accordance with the Certificate of Amendment at a Special Meeting of Stockholders of the Company (the “Special Meeting”). The Certificate of Amendment is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The Special Meeting was held on May 8, 2019. Only stockholders of record as of March 25, 2019 (the “Record Date”) were entitled to vote at the Special Meeting. As of the Record Date, there were 469,453,883 shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the Special Meeting, of which 345,017,415 shares were represented by proxy, constituting a quorum on all matters voted upon. The final voting results of the Special Meeting are as follows:
Proposal 1: Approval of the Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock at a ratio of 1-for-20.
In accordance with the results below, Proposal 1 was approved.
| For | | Against | | Abstaining | | Broker Non-Votes |
| 242,781,304 | | 97,608,654 | | 4,627,457 | | 124,436,468 |
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
SIGNATURE
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. |
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| | /s/ John A. Herrmann III |
| | Name: | John A. Herrmann III |
| | Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
Date: May 9, 2019
