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): July 18, 2018
NOVAVAX, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
| Delaware | 000-26770 | 22-2816046 | ||
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
20 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.)
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On July 18, 2018, Novavax, Inc. (the “Company”) and Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws of India (“Cadila”) entered into a Second Amended and Restated Joint Venture Agreement (the “Amended Joint Venture Agreement”) for CPL Biologicals Private Limited (“CPLB”), pursuant to which the Company and Cadila amended and restated certain terms related to the first amended and restated joint venture agreement for CPLB. CPLB concurrently entered into Second Amended and Restated Product License Agreements with both the Company and Cadila (the “License Agreements”) as parts of the Amended Joint Venture Agreement.
The Amended Joint Venture Agreement and License Agreements (the “Agreements”) permit, among other things, CPLB to develop and commercialize certain Cadila biological products and to develop certain products using Novavax’ nanoparticle vaccine production, antigen specific seed development, protein expression, and cloning system technology. The Agreements also clarify the Company’s rights of first negotiation with respect to any products CPLB develops and/or commercializes using the Company’s technology, and CPLB’s rights of first negotiation with respect to certain products developed and/or commercialized by the Company. In addition, the Agreements provide for the initial development by the Company on behalf of CPLB of four vaccine candidate seeds to be mutually determined. The Agreements do not change either the ownership rights of the Company or Cadila in CPLB, nor does it change the percentage of ownership the Company and Cadila each have in CPLB.
The above descriptions of the Amended Joint Venture Agreement and License Agreements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Amended Joint Venture Agreement and License Agreement with the Company, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as exhibits to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending September 30, 2018.
SIGNATURE
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. | ||
| /s/ John A. Herrmann III | ||
| Name: | John A. Herrmann III | |
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |
Date: July 24, 2018