NOVAVAX, INC. Form 8-K (Feb. 28, 2022)

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Current report on Form 8-K of Novavax, Inc. dated March 1, 2022, reporting under Item 2.02, Results of Operations and Financial Condition, with the heading Fourth Quarter Financial Results. The company states that on February 28, 2022 it issued a press release announcing financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, attached as Exhibit 99.1. The information in Items 2.02 and 9.01 is not deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The signature block is John A. Herrmann III, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary.

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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): February 28, 2022

NOVAVAX, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified
in charter)

Delaware | 0-26770 | 22-2816046
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

21 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.)

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):

¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

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).

Emerging
growth company ¨

If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for
complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial
Condition.

Fourth Quarter Financial Results

On February 28, 2022,
Novavax, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s financial results for the quarter and
fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in Items
2.02 and 9.01 of this Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall
it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act except as expressly
set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) | Exhibits.
Exhibit No. | Description
99.1 | Press release, dated February 28, 2022, regarding the Company’s financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31 , 2021 .
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL).

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.
Date: March 1, 2022 | By: | /s/ John A. Herrmann III
Name: | John A. Herrmann III
Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

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