NOVAVAX, INC. (NASDAQ:NVAX) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

NOVAVAX, INC. (NASDAQ:NVAX) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

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The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Novavax, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 14, 2018. Only stockholders of record as of April 18, 2018 (the “Record Date”) were entitled to vote at the annual meeting. As of the Record Date, there were 381,637,388 shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the annual meeting, of which 288,918,769 shares were represented by proxy, constituting a quorum on all matters voted upon. The stockholders voted on the following matters:

Proposal 1: Stockholders elected the following Class II nominees for director, each to serve until the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his successor is duly elected and qualified:

Name For Withheld Broker Non-Votes
Richard H. Douglas, Ph.D. 84,920,648 23,470,750 180,527,372
Gary C. Evans 77,686,816 30,704,582 180,527,372

Proposal 2: Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis,the compensation paid to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, and three other most highly compensated individuals serving as executive officers on December 31, 2017:

For Against Abstaining Broker Non-Votes
96,608,867 10,762,367 1,020,163 180,527,372

Proposal 3: Stockholders approved the Company’s Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, which increases the number of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01, available for issuance thereunder by 20,000,000 shares:

For Against Abstaining Broker Non-Votes
66,361,720 41,416,052 613,625 180,527,372

Proposal 4: Stockholders approved the Company’s Amended and Restated 2013 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, which increases the number of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01, available for issuance thereunder by 4,000,000 shares:

For Against Abstaining Broker Non-Votes
85,285,126 22,575,854 530,418 180,527,372

Proposal 5: Stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018:

For Against Abstaining Broker Non-Votes
262,472,460 23,522,865 2,923,444


About NOVAVAX, INC. (NASDAQ:NVAX)

Novavax, Inc. (Novavax) is a clinical-stage vaccine company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of recombinant nanoparticle vaccines and adjuvants. The Company operates through developing recombinant vaccines segment. The Company through its recombinant nanoparticle vaccine technology produces vaccine candidates to respond to both known and newly emerging diseases. Its product pipeline focuses on a range of infectious diseases with vaccine candidates in clinical development for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), seasonal influenza, pandemic influenza and the Ebola virus (EBOV). Its lead adjuvant for human applications, Matrix-M, is in a Phase I/II clinical trial for pandemic influenza H7N9 vaccine candidate. It is also testing Matrix-M in conjunction with its EBOV vaccine candidate in a Phase I clinical trial. It is developing additional pre-clinical stage programs in a range of infectious diseases, including Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).

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