Registration No. 333-76696

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-3

NOVAVAX, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		22-2816046
(State or other jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
incorporation or organization)

508 Lapp Road
Malvern, PA 19355
(484) 913-1200
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Rahul Singhvi
President and Chief Executive Officer
Novavax, Inc.
508 Lapp Road
Malvern, PA 19355
(484) 913-1200
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, of agent for service of process)

With a copy to:
David A. White, Esq.
White White & Van Etten LLP
55 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
(617) 225-6900

     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable.

     If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. o

     If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. o

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

     On January 14, 2002, Novavax, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-76696 (the “Registration Statement”) registering the offering for resale from time to time of up to an aggregate 940,444 shares (the “Shares”) of its common stock, par value $.01 per share, by certain selling shareholders identified in the prospectus constituting part of the Registration Statement.

     In accordance with the undertaking contained in the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 512(a) of Regulation S-K, the Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to remove from registration all Shares remaining unsold under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof (the “Unsold Shares”). The Registrant is deregistering the Unsold Shares because its contractual obligation to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement with respect to the Shares pursuant to certain agreements with the selling shareholders has terminated and/or expired.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Malvern, State of Pennsylvania on January 17, 2006.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Rahul Singhvi and Dennis W. Genge and each or any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments and registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection wherewith, ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

NAME		TITLE		DATE
/s/ Rahul Singhvi   Rahul Singhvi		President, Chief Executive Officer and Director		January 17, 2006
/s/ Dennis W. Genge   Dennis W. Genge		Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)		January 17, 2006

NAME		TITLE		DATE
/s/ Gary C. Evans   Gary C. Evans		Chairman of the Board		January 11, 2006
/s/ Mitchell J. Kelly   Mitchell J. Kelly		Director		January 17, 2006
/s/ J. Michael Lazarus   J. Michael Lazarus, M.D.		Director		January 17, 2006
/s/ John O. Marsh, Jr.   John O. Marsh, Jr.		Director		January 17, 2006
/s/ Michael A. McManus   Michael A. McManus		Director		January 17, 2006
/s/ Denis M. O’Donnell   Denis M. O’Donnell, M.D.		Director		January 17, 2006