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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-19-023333
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190426
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190502
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190502

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
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-26770
		FILM NUMBER:		19793114

	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>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>

<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: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM&nbsp;8-K </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&nbsp;13 OR 15(d)
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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reported): April 26, 2019</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>NOVAVAX, INC.</B></P>

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in charter) </B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; width: 32%"><B>000-26770</B></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; width: 32%"><B>22-2816046</B></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>of Incorporation)</B></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P>
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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)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(240) 268-2000</B></P>

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including area code) </B></P>

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address, if changed since last report.) </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Securities registered pursuant to Section
12(b) of the Act:</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 18%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><B>Trading Symbol(s)</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 2%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 40%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><B>Name of each exchange on which registered</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 per share</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">NVAX</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">The Nasdaq Global Select Market</TD></TR>
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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 (see General Instruction
A.2. below):</P>

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pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</FONT></TD>
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to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</FONT></TD>
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pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</FONT></TD>
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pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</FONT>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; color: #211D1E">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; color: #211D1E">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&sect;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&sect;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3in; text-indent: -3in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #211D1E">Emerging
growth company&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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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.&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in"><B>Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive
Agreement.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">On April 26 2019,
Novavax, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) executed an Extension of Lease Agreement (&ldquo;Lease Extension&rdquo;) with ARE-Maryland
No. 46, LLC (&ldquo;Landlord&rdquo;) extending the term of the existing Lease Agreement between the Company and Landlord dated
May 7, 2007 (&ldquo;Lease Agreement&rdquo;) for approximately 51,000 square feet of facility space located at 9920 Belward Drive,
Rockville, Maryland. The Lease Extension extends the current Lease Agreement term to January 31, 2024. Under the Lease Extension,
the Company will pay approximately $1.7 million per year in base rent.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The foregoing description of the material
terms of the Lease Extension is qualified in its entirety by the full terms of the Lease Extension a copy of which is filed as
Exhibit 10.1 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"><B>Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Exhibits.</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 89%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="tv520521_ex10-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">10.1</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><A HREF="tv520521_ex10-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; background-color: white">Lease Extension for space at 9920 Belward Campus Drive between Novavax, Inc. and ARE-Maryland No. 46, LLC, dated April 26, 2019</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">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 STYLE="width: 50%"><B>NOVAVAX,&nbsp;INC.</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ John A. Herrmann III</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">Name:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top">John A. Herrmann III </TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Senior Vice President, General</P>
                    <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Counsel and Corporate Secretary</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Date: May 2, 2019</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF EXERCISE OF SECOND
EXTENSION TERM OPTION AND SECOND <BR>
EXTENSION TERM COMMENCEMENT DATE</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">This <B>ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF EXERCISE OF SECOND EXTENSION TERM OPTION AND SECOND EXTENSION TERM COMMENCEMENT DATE</B> is made as of this 26th day of April,
2019, between <FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>ARE-MARYLAND NO. 46, LLC</B></FONT>, a Delaware limited liability company
(&ldquo;<B>Landlord</B>&rdquo;), and <B>NOVAVAX, INC.</B>, a Delaware corporation (&ldquo;<B>Tenant</B>&rdquo;), and is attached
to and made a part of the Fifth Amendment to Lease Agreement dated as of January 16, 2019 (&ldquo;<B>Fifth Amendment</B>&rdquo;),
by and between Landlord and Tenant. Any initially capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them
in the Lease (as defined in the Fifth Amendment).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Landlord and Tenant
hereby acknowledge and agree that Tenant has exercised the Second Extension Term Option, the commencement date of the Second Extension
Term is February 1, 2020, and the expiration date of the Base Term of the Lease shall be midnight on January 31, 2024. In case
of a conflict between the terms of the Lease and the terms of this Acknowledgement, this Acknowledgement shall control for all
purposes.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
Landlord and Tenant have executed this ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF EXERCISE OF SECOND EXTENSION TERM OPTION AND SECOND EXTENSION TERM COMMENCEMENT
DATE under seal to be effective on the date first above written.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>NOVAVAX, INC,</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">a Delaware corporation</FONT></TD></TR>
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    A. Herrmann III&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>(SEAL)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name: John A. Herrmann III</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>ARE- MARYLAND NO. 46, LLC, </B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Alexandria Real Estate Equities, L.P., </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">a Delaware limited partnership, </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">managing member</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">ARE-QRS CORP., </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">a Maryland corporation, </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <U>/s/ Jennifer Banks &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>(SEAL)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="layout-grid-mode: line"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name: Jennifer Banks</FONT></TD></TR>
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