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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-14-027221
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140424
ITEM INFORMATION:		Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140502
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140502

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NOVAVAX INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001000694
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836]
		IRS NUMBER:				222816046
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-26770
		FILM NUMBER:		14810117

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		20 FIRSTFIELD ROAD
		CITY:			GAITHERSBURG
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20878
		BUSINESS PHONE:		240-268-2000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		20 FIRSTFIELD ROAD
		CITY:			GAITHERSBURG
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20878
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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;20549 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

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<B>April 24, 2014</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>NOVAVAX, INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in
charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 32%; text-align: center"><b>22-2816046</b></td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">(State or Other Jurisdiction</td>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer</td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt">of Incorporation)</font></td>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt">File Number)</font></td>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Identification No.)</font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>20 Firstfield Road</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878</B></P>

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including Zip Code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(781) 860-8660</B></P>

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area code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><B>(Former name or former
address, if changed since last report.) </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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 (<I>see </I>General Instruction
A.2. below):</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; background-color: white"><B>EXPLANATORY
STATEMENT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>This Current
Report on Form 8-K/A is provided by Novavax, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) for the sole purpose of amending the Item 4.01 disclosure
in the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2014, in particular
to provide the letter from the Company&rsquo;s prior auditor to the effect that there were no disagreements with the disclosures
in Item 4.01. All other disclosures in the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 30, 2014 remain unchanged.</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 4.01. Changes in Registrant&rsquo;s Certifying Accountant.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The Audit Committee (the &ldquo;Audit Committee&rdquo;)
of the Board of Directors of Novavax, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) has completed a competitive process to select the Company&rsquo;s
independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014. The Audit Committee invited several
firms to participate in this process. As a result of this process, on April 24, 2014, the Audit Committee selected Ernst &amp;
Young LLP (&ldquo;Ernst &amp; Young&rdquo;) as the Company&rsquo;s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal
year ending December 31, 2014, subject to completion of its standard client acceptance procedures. Also on April 24, 2014, Grant
Thornton LLP (&ldquo;Grant Thornton&rdquo;) was notified that they would be dismissed as the auditors of the Company upon completion
of the work relating to the Company&rsquo;s interim financial statements for the period ending March 31, 2014 on the Company&rsquo;s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Grant Thornton&rsquo;s reports on the Company&rsquo;s
consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 did not contain any adverse opinion
or disclaimer of opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as to any uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles. Grant
Thornton&rsquo;s audit reports on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013 and 2012
did not contain any adverse opinion, nor were they qualified or modified as to any uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">During the fiscal years ended December
31, 2013 and 2012, and the subsequent interim period through April 30, 2014, there were (a) no &ldquo;disagreements&rdquo; (as
that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and related instructions) between the Company and Grant Thornton on
any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements,
if not resolved to the satisfaction of Grant Thornton, would have caused Grant Thornton to make reference to the subject matter
thereof in connection with its reports for such years and (b) no &ldquo;reportable events&rdquo; (as that term is defined in Item
304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The Company has provided Grant Thornton
with a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K and requested that Grant Thornton furnish to the Company a letter addressed to the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether or not Grant Thornton agrees with the above statements and, if
not, stating the respects in which it does not agree. A copy of Grant Thornton&rsquo;s letter is attached as Exhibit 16.1 to this
Current Report on Form 8-K.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">In connection with its acquisition of Isconova
AB in 2013, the Company consulted with and received advice from Ernst &amp; Young that the Company considered in making decisions
as to the accounting treatment of the acquisition. However, all such activities were completed in 2013 and were subsequently reviewed
by Grant Thornton in its audit of the Company&rsquo;s annual financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013.
Except as noted here, during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 and the subsequent interim period through April
30, 2014, neither the Company, nor anyone on its behalf, consulted Ernst &amp; Young regarding (i) the application of accounting
principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the
Company&rsquo;s consolidated financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided to the Company by Ernst &amp;
Young that Ernst &amp; Young concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to the accounting,
auditing or financial reporting issue or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv)
of Regulation S-K and related instructions) or a reportable event (as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">16.1</td>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Letter from Grant Thornton LLP dated April 30, 2014.</P></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2">Novavax, Inc.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">(Registrant)</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 50%">Date: May 2, 2014</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 6%">By:&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 44%">/s/ John A. Herrmann III</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Name:<BR>Title:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: #000000 1px solid">John A. Herrmann III<BR>Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 80%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><font style="font-size: 10pt"><b>Description</b></font></td></tr>
<tr>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</td></tr>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">16.1</td>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</td>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Letter from Grant Thornton LLP dated April 30, 2014.</font></td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">April 30, 2014</P>

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No. 000-26770</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Dear Sir or Madam:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">We have read Item 4.01 of Form 8-K of Novavax,
Inc. dated April 30, 2014, and agree with the statements concerning our Firm contained therein.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Very truly yours,</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP</P>

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