Novavax
Annual Report 2005

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, D.C. 20549FORM 10-KFOR ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d)OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2005Commission File No. 0-26770NOVAVAX, INC.(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 22-2816046(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 508 Lapp Road, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (484) 913-1200Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: NONESecurities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:Common Stock ($.01 par value) Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o No þ Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No þ Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filingrequirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to thebest of the Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment tothis Form 10-K. o Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filerand large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):Large Accelerated Filer o Accelerated Filer o Non-Accelerated filer þ Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ The aggregate market value of 26,974,325 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, held by non-affiliates of the Registrant atJune 30, 2005, as computed by reference to the closing price of such stock on such date, was approximately $35,600,000. The number of shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, outstanding at February 28, 2006 was 54,734,346 shares.Documents Incorporated By ReferencePortions of the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement to be filed no later than 120 days after the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 in connection withthe Registrant’s 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K  Table of Contents Page No. Part I About Novavax Item 1. Business 1 Overview 1 Our Strategy 2 Research and Development Activities 3 Manufacturing 6 Competition 7 Patents and Proprietary Information 8 Government Regulations 8 Government Relations 9 Employees 9 Availability of Information 9 Item 1A. Risk Factors 10 Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments 17 Item 2. Properties 17 Item 3. Legal Proceedings 18 Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders 18 Part II Financial Information Item 5. Market For Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities 19 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities; Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities 19 Securities Authorized for Issuance under our Equity Compensation Plans 19 Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities 19 Item 6. Selected Financial Data 20 Summarized Quarterly Financial Information for the Fiscal Years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 20 Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 20 Overview 21 i Table of Contents Page No. Part II Financial Information (Continued) Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (continued) Significant Transactions 21 Critical Accounting Policies and Changes to Accounting Policies 23 Guaranty 26 Results of Operations for Fiscal Years 2005, 2004 and 2003 26 Liquidity and Capital Resources 30 Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk 32 Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 32 Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 32 Item 9A. Controls and Procedures 32 Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures 32 Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting 32 Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting 32 Item 9B. Other Information 32 PART III Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant Executive Officers of the Registrant 33 Code of Ethics 33 Item 11. Executive Compensation 33 Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters 33 Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions 34 Item 14. Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees and Services 34 PART IV Other Information Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules 35 Signatures 39 ii Table of Contents Page No. Index To The Consolidated Financial Statements Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-2 Consolidated Financial Statements: Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 F-4 Consolidated Statements of Operations for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2005 F-5 Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2005 F-6 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2005 F-7 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements F-8 iii PART IItem 1. BusinessOverview During 2005, Novavax successfully transitioned from a specialty pharmaceutical company, which included the sales and marketing of products servingthe women’s health space, to an innovative, biopharmaceutical company. We have a unique blend of capabilities consisting of formulation technologies,vaccine technologies and drug development infrastructure, including commercial and clinical production facilities. We are leveraging our capabilities todevelop differentiated, value-added pharmaceutical and vaccine products and licensing them at various stages of development to realize their value. Theportfolio of our technologies and capabilities is summarized in the following table: Technology/Capability Description Product/ExamplesRecombinant vaccines Virus-like particle vaccines produced in cultured insect cells Pandemic avian influenza & seasonal humaninfluenza, SARS, HIV/AIDS norovirus andother vaccines Novasomes® Non-phospholipid vesicles that can be used as adjuvants toenhance vaccine effectiveness; also serve as a vehicle for topicalor oral drug delivery of certain molecules Adjuvants for influenza and HIV-1 and othervaccines Micellar Nanoparticles Oil and water nanoemulsion that allows topical systemic deliveryof certain molecules ESTRASORB® and ANDROSORB™ Sterisomes® Solvent and oil-free emulsion for depot delivery ANDRO-Ject™ Recombinant tolerogens Tolerization for prevention of inflammation leading to stroke andother diseases E-Selectin tolerogen Facilities Manufacturing using current Good Manufacturing Practices Clinical manufacturing for biologics, andclinical and commercial manufacturing forpharmaceuticals With this portfolio of capabilities, we are uniquely positioned to address the public health threat of a pandemic created by the avian influenza virus, andwe are focused to leverage our strengths to develop a vaccine against avian influenza. In addition, we have developed a unique manufacturing process forcreating a virus-like particle (“VLP”) based avian flu vaccine using Wave Biotech’s disposable bag technology that redefines the concept of surge capacity.Our overall solution to the pandemic influenza problem is compelling and we believe it will be competitive for several of the government funds that arebeing allocated for avian influenza pandemic preparedness. In addition to developing a pandemic flu vaccine, we are also engaged in the development of aseasonal influenza vaccine. In addition to investing research funds in vaccines, we continue to expand our products and product candidates based on our unique formulationtechnologies. ESTRASORB, our first internally-developed product using our proprietary micellar nanoparticle (“MNP”) technology, is the first topicalemulsion for estrogen therapy approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes)associated with menopause. ESTRASORB was licensed in October 2005 to Esprit Pharma, Inc. for marketing in North America. This licensing arrangementwill provide a minimum cash consideration of $12.5 million within the first year as well as sales-based milestone payments and a double-digit royalty on allsales. We retained rights to manufacture the product for Esprit at set prices and retained marketing rights for all territories outside of North America.Following the success of ESTRASORB’s development, we have developed a pipeline of more than ten product candidates using the MNP technology. We arein discussions with several pharmaceutical companies to co-develop and co-market or license these products.1 Our strength in formulations is synergistic with our vaccine development efforts in two ways. First, as the MNP-based product candidates become licensedand marketed, they have the potential to partly fund the vaccine research and development by generating cash in the short term. Second, we benefit from thetechnical know-how in the lipid based formulation area to develop new adjuvants for our vaccine product candidates. Over the past eight months we have also taken steps to strengthen our balance sheet and significantly improve our capital resources. From July 2005through February 2006 we completed three equity transactions through the sale of our common stock, with gross proceeds totaling $42.0 million. In addition,the licensing of ESTRASORB, mentioned above, also added $10.0 million of cash in the fourth quarter. We believe the $52.0 million raised from thesetransactions provides us the capital to execute our strategic plans. (see Item 7. Management Discussion and Analysis, “Significant Transactions” for furtherdetails).Our Strategy The primary elements of our strategy are: • Leveraging our technological leadership in influenza vaccines. Our recombinant VLP technology is well suited to create a vaccine against pandemic influenza. This technology addresses several of the technicaland logistical issues associated with a potential pandemic. It allows rapid creation of new vaccines that have high fidelity to emerging strains ofinfluenza and the manufacturing process can be rapidly commissioned and scaled up. We are leveraging our leadership position in this importantpublic health issue to attract top-notch recruits, government funds, international support and high-quality investors. • Maximizing the commercial impact of ESTRASORB. After licensing ESTRASORB to Esprit Pharma, Inc. for North American rights, we are aggressively looking to license the rights to market thisproduct in other territories. In addition, we continue our efforts to improve the packaging of ESTRASORB to improve our margins on the product. • Continuing to expand on our formulation technologies and our drug development capabilities and infrastructure to generate cash in the shortterm. Our proven MNP technology has resulted in several product candidates that can be licensed to pharmaceutical companies. We have been able todemonstrate benefits of our formulation for several compounds and are actively seeking to license these product candidates. In addition, we plan toimprove utilization of our research and development capabilities and at our current Good Manufacturing Practices (“cGMP”) manufacturingfacilities in Philadelphia, PA, Pacific Grove, CA, and Rockville, MD. • Leveraging our formulation science to develop adjuvants for better vaccines. Adjuvants improve immunogenicity of vaccines and they are becoming central for competitive advantage of new vaccines. Our inherent strengthsin formulations are well suited to develop new adjuvants, such as Novasomes, that can lead to best-in-class vaccines. These adjuvants can also beproducts in themselves and can be licensed to other companies to be used with their antigens. • Developing new technologies, evaluating strategic alliances and acquisitions and fortifying our intellectual property. We continue to improve upon our current portfolio of technologies in formulations and vaccines. We believe these improvements will result in newintellectual property, making us more competitive. • Leveraging collaborations and partnerships to advance products and technologies. We are engaged in seeking collaborations and partnerships to develop and commercialize our products. These include partnerships withgovernmental and academic organizations as well as other industry partners. Our collaboration with Wave Biotech for the production of our fluvaccine is an example of such a partnership.2 Research and Development ActivitiesBiologics We develop and produce biopharmaceutical proteins for use as vaccines against both infectious diseases and cancer, and as tolerogens to preventinflammatory responses in the initiation and progression of stroke and other illnesses. Our lead vaccine technology platform is based on virus-like particles(“VLPs”), which are self-assembling protein structures that resemble viruses. These are non-infectious particles that for many viral diseases have been shownin animal and human studies to make effective vaccines. VLPs closely mimic natural virus particles with repeating protein structures that can elicit broad andstrong antibody and cellular immune responses, but lack genetic material required for replication. We have several ongoing development programs involvingVLP vaccines addressing urgent medical needs including pandemic and seasonal influenza, HIV-1/AIDS, and SARS. We collaborate with governmental, commercial and leading academic institutions in development, safety testing and clinical trials. It is important to notethat in almost all cases, grants, contracts and other arrangements with the federal government and agencies thereof are subject to termination at any time atthe government’s discretion. Influenza VLP Vaccine. Every year 5 to 20% of the population of the United States suffers infection caused by influenza virus. While the severity of illnessvaries, influenza causes an estimated 36,000 deaths in the U.S. and some 500,000 world-wide. These seasonal outbreaks of illness have in recent years beencaused by subtypes of influenza virus designated as H3N2 and H1N1. More recently, unexpected subtypes of avian origin have resulted in severe morbidityand mortality in a limited number of people. Highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza viruses are now widespread in poultry in Asia and have spread to someEuropean countries where it has been associated with cases of human infection. Genetic reassortment between avian and human influenza subtypes, orgenetic mutations may lead to the emergence of a virus capable of causing world-wide illness, a pandemic. All currently available influenza vaccines are produced by growing virus in hen eggs, from which the virus is extracted and further processed. This 50 yearold method of production requires six to nine month lead times and significant investment in fixed production facilities, which once commissioned cannothave their capacity easily increased. The threatened shortage of vaccine in the 2004 flu season highlighted the limitations of current production methods,and the importance of increasing vaccine manufacturing capacity. It also further increased concern regarding manufacturers’ capacity to respond to apandemic, when the number of doses of vaccine required will be higher than for seasonal flu, and the lead times even shorter. We are applying our expertisein the production of VLPs to develop vaccines for both seasonal and pandemic strains of influenza. We produce VLPs using a baculovirus expression systemin insect cells, with disposable, low cost equipment that can be readily dispersed both nationally and internationally. By not requiring a fixed plant,production capacity can be increased quickly and to whatever extent is required. Lead times for production are expected to be measured in weeks not months.Proof-of-concept of the VLP approach to influenza vaccination has been obtained. In a recent study, co-expression of three genes, hemagglutinin,neuraminidase and matrix derived from the H9N2 influenza in insect cells resulted in the self-assembly of influenza H9N2 VLPs. The H9N2 VLPs exhibitedhemagglutinin and neuraminidase activity and elicited protective immune responses in BALB/c mice. In view of these encouraging pre-clinical data, wehave accelerated and prioritized the development of the VLP influenza vaccines. A comprehensive pre-clinical program was initiated in 2005 with theobjective of conducting Phase I studies in 2006 with influenza VLP vaccines. HIV-1/AIDS VLP Vaccine. The human toll of AIDS is staggering and now kills more people worldwide than any other infectious disease. Nearly 40 millionpeople are infected with HIV-1, including four to six million people who were newly infected in 2005 according to the World Health Organization (“WHO”).Under a five-year NIH grant, which was awarded in 2003, we are working with one of the leading scientific teams in the development of a second-generationAIDS vaccine. The HIV-1 vaccine candidates are based on modifications of HIV-1 proteins that are then presented in the form of highly immunogenic VLPsand rely on our knowledge and experience in manufacturing VLPs using our insect cells technology. Promising HIV-1 VLP vaccine candidates will also beformulated with Novasomes, our proprietary adjuvant technology which is designed to boost the body’s immune responses to vaccines. HIV-1 VLP vaccinecandidates are currently being evaluated in small animal and non-human primate studies. If the safety and immunogenicity of novel HIV-1 VLP vaccinesmeets certain benchmarks, clinical studies in humans will be run in collaboration with the government. SARS VLP Vaccine. In 2005, the NIH awarded us a $1.1 million, three-year grant to develop a vaccine to prevent Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.SARS is a severe form of pneumonia, accompanied by a fever and caused by a coronavirus. WHO has reported over 8,000 SARS cases with nearly 800 deathssince the first case of SARS was reported in February 2003. Our SARS VLP vaccine is also based on the production of coronavirus-like VLPs in insect cellsand will be tested first in animal models for safety and ability to protect against disease and death.3 Melanoma Vaccine. Melanoma is a cancer of the melanocytes, the cells that produce pigment in the skin. This type of cancer is most common amongpeople with fair skin, but it can strike people of all races and skin pigmentations. The risk of melanoma increases with overexposure to the sun and withsunburns. For this reason, fair skinned people and those with a family history of melanoma should always use a sunscreen with high SPF whenever they areoutdoors. Detected early, melanoma is usually treatable, but undetected or untreated melanomas can spread and are often fatal. We have produced two anti-cancer vaccines for the treatment of melanoma in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute and delivered these fortesting in human clinical trials. We believe cancer vaccines that are presented to the immune system in an effective manner have great promise in thetreatment of this often deadly form of skin cancer. The first vaccine is in a Phase I clinical trial conducted by the NCI and the National Institutes of Health andthe second is anticipated to begin trials in 2006. Hepatitis E Vaccine. Hepatitis E is the most prevalent form of acute hepatitis in the developing world. Hepatitis E is transmitted through contaminatedwater and is indistinguishable from the disease caused by the Hepatitis A virus. The disease is rarely fatal, although the risk of death and the intensity of theillness increase with age, with pregnant women being at a particularly high risk. In collaboration with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Walter Reed Army Institute for Research, and GlaxoSmithKlinePharmaceuticals, we have developed vaccines to prevent hepatitis caused by the Hepatitis E virus. The recombinant Hepatitus E vaccine produced by us is inPhase III clinical trials conducted by GlaxoSmithKline. GlaxoSmithKline has commercial rights and we will share royalties with the NIH, if marketed. E-Selectin Tolerogen. In collaboration with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke we have been developing E-selectin-basedmolecularly-derived products for the prevention of strokes. In September 2002, a published report in the professional journal Stroke provided experimentalevidence on prevention of stroke in stroke-prone rats. These results provided supportive evidence that E-selectin tolerization may help in the prevention ofstrokes and other illness where inflammatory and immune responses are involved in the initiation and progression of disease. We were awarded a governmentcontract for the pre-clinical development and manufacture of E-selectin for Phase I clinical trials to be run by the National Institute of Neurological Diseaseand Stroke and the NIH. Novasome Adjuvant Program. Adjuvants are agents that enhance the immune response generated by antigens. As a consequence, smaller amounts ofantigen can elicit the desired immune response, referred to as an antigen sparing effect. In addition, adjuvants may elicit responses from multiple componentsof the immune system leading to an improved level of immunity and protection. Novasomes, our proprietary adjuvants, are currently being evaluated in boththe influenza and the HIV-1/AIDS VLP vaccine programs. Preclinical data have demonstrated an encouraging degree of improvement in immune responseswith a variety of antigens. If warranted by future studies, Novasomes will be included in human studies of our VLP vaccines.Formulation Science The formulations group is committed to the creation and development of innovative and effective technologies for enhancing the performance of ActivePharmaceutical Ingredients (“APIs”) that are approved by the FDA. The key drivers for these research programs are those therapeutic segments and clinicalconditions that can not be satisfied by the conventional dosage forms. We have three drug delivery platform technologies: • Micellar Nanoparticles: This is a nanotechnology-based, lotion-like formulation that has achieved a significant break-through in transdermaltherapeutics. Upon topical application, an MNP formulation deposits the API in both a readily-available solution form as well as in a long-actingparticulate depot form onto the skin. The inactive ingredients used in the formulation not only help in forming an occlusive barrier that acts as apseudo-patch, but also drives the drug into the systemic circulation. Unlike conventional passive transdermal delivery systems such as patches, gels,and creams with chemical permeation enhancers, the MNPs have been shown to accommodate and deliver a wide spectrum of drugs having diverselipophilicities (i.e., affinities for a hydrophobic or oil phase), molecular weights, melting points, and dosages. • Novasomes: These are non-phospholipid-based, proprietary vesicular structures that can be either used for delivery of drugs or as vaccine adjuvants.Typically, Novasomes can be utilized for encapsulation of both hydrophilic and lipophilic drugs. The formulation design enhances deposition andretention of the active ingredients within the superficial skin layers (epidermis) but limits their passage into the systemic circulation. Novasomes,when formulated as vaccine adjuvants for co-administration with a vaccine preparation, have demonstrated a significantly improvedimmunogenicity profile.4 • Sterisomes: These represent a depot-forming sterile dosage form that can effectively prolong the delivery of the drugs over time periods of up to afew weeks. The proof-of-concept has been demonstrated with testosterone in our ANDRO-Ject product candidate. The focus of our product development is transdermal delivery – both from a traditional and a non-traditional perspective. Traditionally, this route ofadministration is known to offer therapeutic benefits like avoiding hepatic first pass metabolism, overcoming stability and toxicity issues related to oraladministration, and has been viewed as a non-invasive pathway to achieve drug transport into the systemic circulation through topical application. It isgenerally accepted that the best drug candidates for transdermal delivery are non-ionic, lipophilic and potent and have a low molecular weight and a lowmelting point. Our first set of product candidates falls in this category, which includes testosterone, nicotine, fentanyl, clonidine, loratadine and oxybutynin. ESTRASORB, our topical estradiol replacement lotion validates the MNP-based transdermal technology. This product is unique in that it is the firstcommercial nanoparticle-based transdermal pharmaceutical product. ESTRASORB has undergone the complete product development-to-commercializationcycle and was licensed to Esprit Pharma, Inc. in October 2005. ANDROSORB, a topical testosterone replacement lotion, is the second product in our pipelineand is poised for evaluation in Phase II clinical trials. Our belief in the MNP technology as a unique transdermal delivery vehicle has prompted us to expand the scope of this technology by using non-traditional, but logical, choices of APIs, such as cetirizine, naltrexone, raloxifene, and alendronate which create a more technically challengingdevelopmental program with a potentially higher value. As we are expanding our pipeline, we have proven our capabilities to not only deliver a variety of APIs across the skin but also to modulate theirpositioning within different layers of the skin and hence tailor the rate and extent of bioavailability – whether systemic or local. Our efforts to designimproved topical formulations using MNP technology have resulted in a novel preparation of acyclovir designed to attain significantly higher skinconcentrations and higher flux of the drug compared to the commercial product. The next development level of the MNP technology comes from such other routes of administration, as oral, rectal, nasal and vaginal. We are exploring theoral route using water-insoluble drugs that show poor bioavailability – like fenofibrate, sirolimus and cyclosporine. The pre-clinical results obtained for oneof the candidates have been very promising as a proof-of-principle and generating more data on this high-value product line is our priority for 2006. The MNP platform addresses several issues related to product development: • Ability to formulate APIs with a wider range of physicochemical parameters compared to traditional transdermal drug delivery technologies. • Rapid and reliable product development, optimization, and screening. • Simplified, quick, and cost-effective regulatory approval route via 505(b)2 approval. Our in-house manufacturing capabilities, which include batch sizes up to one metric ton, inexpensive costs of raw materials and manufacturing processesincrease the value of the MNP-based technology as a route for extending the product life cycle for a number of drugs. The following table includes drug candidates that we are currently formulating using MNP technology:5 Research and Development Funding Total externally contracted research and development costs were $1.8 million in 2005, $1.7 million in 2004 and $1.3 million in 2003. Total internally-sponsored research and development costs were $3.3 million in 2005, $5.6 million in 2004 and $8.8 million in 2003. Our manufacturing start-up costs relatedto preparing our manufacturing facility for commercial production of ESTRASORB were included in research and development until April 2004, at whichtime the manufacturing costs have been included in cost of sales and inventory. Total manufacturing start-up costs related to ESTRASORB included inresearch and development were $1.7 million in 2004 and $5.4 million in 2003. Further development costs of $0.2 million for ESTRASORB were included in2005 internally- sponsored research and development costs.Manufacturing We have three cGMP manufacturing sites. The descriptions of the three sites are as follows: • We have a state-of-the-art, 24,000 square foot manufacturing facility situated within a Cardinal Health, Inc. facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Itis staffed by our employees and operates under our quality system. ESTRASORB, our commercial product, is being manufactured at this facility.There have been no adverse 483 observations from FDA inspections associated with the production of ESTRASORB. A portion of this facility isbeing renovated in order to accommodate the manufacture of multiple clinical trial materials for both client and internal projects. We are in theprocess of obtaining a Drug Enforcement Administration license to allow us to manufacture controlled substances. • We have a manufacturing facility located in Rockville, Maryland with our biological group. This facility is dedicated to our vaccine business and iscapable of manufacturing both pre-clinical and clinical trial materials. The facility is nearing completion on a renovation of cGMP suites which willincorporate Wave Biotech’s disposable cell culture technology to support the manufacturing of our pandemic avian influenza virus vaccine andother biological products. • Our manufacturing facility in Pacific Grove, California is part of our drug delivery research group and is capable of producing Phase I and II clinicaltrial materials. It has a DEA license in place to permit the manufacture of controlled substances. We have the quality infrastructure to support release testing and stability evaluation of cGMP materials. We also have the regulatory support to ensure fullcompliance with FDA and other regulatory authorities.6 CompetitionTechnologies The biopharmaceutical industry is intensely competitive and is characterized by rapid technological progress. We compete in two primary technologyareas – vaccines and novel transdermal pharmaceutical delivery. We compete in a competitive and capital intensive vaccine arena. Our technology is based upon utilizing the baculovirus expression system in insect cellsto make VLPs. We believe this system offers many advantages when compared to other technologies and is uniquely well suited for developing pandemicand seasonal influenza vaccines. The table below provides a list of key competitors and corresponding influenza vaccine technologies. Company Competing Technology DescriptionSanofi Pasteur, Inc. Inactivated sub-unit – egg basedMedimmune Vaccines, Inc. Nasal, live attenuated – cell basedGlaxoSmithKline Biologicals Inactivated – egg basedChiron Corporation Inactivated sub-unit – egg basedProtein Sciences Corporation Recombinant hemagglutininPowdermed ltd. DNA vaccineMerck & Co., Inc. Novel vaccines The transdermal drug delivery arena is highly competitive with a broad array of passive and active transdermal drug delivery technologies. Ourtechnologies include MNPs, Novasomes and Sterisomes. The MNP technology which is the basis for our FDA- approved product ESTRASORB competeswith a number of companies and technologies. The following table highlights several competitors and their corresponding technologies. Company Competing Technology DescriptionNoven Pharmaceuticals Passive transdermal patchesAntares Pharma, Inc. Passive topical gelsAcrux Limited Passive metered dose transdermal spraySolvay Group Passive topical gelsAlza Corporation Active transdermal – microprojection enhanced permeation,electrotransportTranspharma Medical Ltd. Active transdermal – radio-frequency enhanced permeationAltea TherapeuticsCorporation Active transdermal – thermally enhanced permeationNew and Existing Products We are currently completing the development of a prenatal vitamin product platform that we intend to outsource for commercialization. The prenatalvitamin market is very fragmented with many competitors. A number of larger companies with greater resources sell prenatal vitamins, including KVPharmaceuticals, First Horizon Pharmaceuticals, Mission Pharmacal Company and several other branded and generic manufacturers. The competition todevelop new prenatal vitamins is also intense. There is no guarantee that we will successfully complete the development of the prenatal vitamin productplatform or successfully outsource the product for commercialization. We compete with specialty biopharmaceutical firms and large pharmaceutical companies in the United States, Europe and elsewhere that are engaged inthe discovery, development and marketing of hormone therapies, and other products that do or could compete with our currently marketed products andproduct candidates. These companies, as well as academic institutions, governmental agencies and private research organizations, also compete with us inrecruiting and retaining highly qualified scientific personnel and consultants.7 In 2005, we licensed ESTRASORB to Esprit Pharma, Inc. In addition to up-front payments, the agreement allows us to obtain milestone payments androyalties for future sales of ESTRASORB in the North American market. The estrogen therapy market is highly competitive, well-established and includesmany products marketed by major pharmaceutical companies. The oral segment, which accounts for over 75% of the estrogen therapy market, is dominatedby Wyeth’s Premarin®, an oral estrogen tablet. Wyeth commits significant resources to promoting its portfolio of estrogen products and has a dominantpresence with healthcare professionals that utilize oral estrogen therapy products. Further, we compete with Wyeth and numerous other companies marketingoral products, including manufacturers of generic 17 ß-estradiol. Gynodiol, our marketed oral estrogen therapy product also competes in the crowded,competitive oral estrogen therapy market. Transdermal estrogen therapy products (patches) currently account for approximately 15% of the estrogen therapymarket. Patch products are well accepted and many, such as Vivelle DOT®, have been marketed for several years. Solvay Pharmaceuticals, a largeinternational pharmaceutical company, recently introduced an ethanol-based gel product, Estrogel, that is directly competing with ESTRASORB. In additionto the currently approved and marketed products, several estrogen therapy products are in development. In general, competition among pharmaceutical products will be based in part on product efficacy, safety, reliability, availability, price and patent position.An important factor will be the relative timing of the market introduction of our products and our competitors’ products. Accordingly, the speed with whichwe can develop products, complete the clinical trials and approval processes and supply commercial quantities of the products to the market is expected to bean important competitive factor. Our competitive position will also depend upon our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, obtain patent protectionor otherwise develop proprietary products or processes, and secure sufficient capital resources for the often substantial period between technologicalconception and commercial sale. Prior to the sale of our prenatal vitamin product line to Pharmelle, LLC this line generated $0.9 million of sales in 2005, $2.3 million of sales in 2004 and$5.7 million in 2003. Prior to the sale of AVC Cream to Pharmelle, LLC this product generated $0.7 million of sales in 2005, $0.9 million in 2004 and$1.8 million in 2003. ESTRASORB generated $2.0 million of sales in 2005 and $1.8 million in 2004. Gynodiol generated $0.9 million of sales in 2005,$1.0 million in 2004 and $2.2 million in 2003.Patents and Proprietary Information We currently have 57 U.S. patents and corresponding foreign patents and patent applications relating to vaccines, biologics, and drug delivery systemsand applications for various biological and chemical uses. We have pending U. S. patent applications in both the United States and worldwide covering thecomposition, manufacture and use of our organized lipid structures and related technologies. A current U.S. patent issued in 1997 covers our MNPtechnology and methods of their production. In addition, the company continues to build upon its technology portfolio and file appropriate intellectualproperty disclosures and patent applications. Consistent with statutory guidelines issued under the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 designed to encourage the dissemination of science andtechnology innovation and provide sharing of technology that has commercial potential, our collaborative research efforts with the U.S. government andwith other private entities receiving federal funding provide that developments and results will be freely published, that information or materials supplied byus will not be treated as confidential and that we will be required to negotiate a license to any such developments and results in order to commercializeproducts. There can be no assurance that we will be able to successfully obtain any such license at a reasonable cost, or that such developments and resultswill not be made available to our competitors on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis.Government Regulations Our research and development activities are subject to regulation for safety, efficacy and quality by numerous governmental authorities in the UnitedStates and other countries. In the United States, the development, manufacturing and marketing of human pharmaceuticals and vaccines are subject toregulation for safety and efficacy by the FDA in accordance with the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. The steps required before new products for use in humans may be marketed in the United States include (i) preclinical tests, (ii) submission to the FDA ofan Investigational New Drug application, which must be approved before human clinical trials commence, (iii) adequate and well-controlled human clinicaltrials to establish the safety and efficacy of the product, (iv) submission of a New Drug Application for a new drug and (v) FDA approval of the New DrugApplication or Product License Application prior to any commercial sale or shipment of the product. Preclinical tests include laboratory evaluation ofproduct formulation and animal studies (if an appropriate animal model is available) to assess the potential safety and efficacy of the product. Formulationsmust be manufactured according to current good manufacturing practices and preclinical safety tests must be conducted by laboratories that comply withFDA regulations regarding good laboratory practices.8 The results of the preclinical tests are submitted to the FDA as part of an Investigational New Drug application and are reviewed by the FDA prior to thecommencement of human clinical trials. There can be no assurance that submission of an Investigational New Drug application will result in FDAauthorization to commence clinical trials. The FDA may deny a New Drug Application or Product License Application if applicable regulatory criteria are notsatisfied or additional testing or information is required. The FDA may also require post-marketing testing and surveillance to monitor the safety of theapplicable products. In addition to obtaining FDA approval for each Product License Application, an Establishment License Application must be filed and approved by theFDA for the manufacturing facilities of a biologic product before commercial marketing of the biologic product is permitted. This regulatory process maytake many years and requires the expenditure of substantial resources. We are also subject to regulation under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Environmental Protection Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, theResource Conservation and Recovery Act and other present and potential federal, state or local regulations. Our research and development involves thecontrolled use of hazardous materials, chemicals and viruses. Although we believe that our safety procedures for handling and disposing of such materialscomply with the standards prescribed by state and federal regulations, the risk of accidental contamination or injury from these materials cannot becompletely eliminated. In the event of such an accident, we could be held liable for any damages that result, and any such liability could exceed ourresources. Additionally, for formulations containing controlled substances, we are subject to DEA regulations. There have been a number of federal and state proposals during the last few years to subject the pricing of pharmaceuticals to government control and tomake other changes to the medical care system of the United States. It is uncertain what legislative proposals will be adopted or what actions federal, state orprivate payors for medical goods and services may take in response to any medical reform proposals or legislation. We cannot predict the effect medical orhealth care reforms may have on our business, and no assurance can be given that any such reforms will not have a material adverse effect.Government Relations In 2005, we formed a Government Relations Committee, led by former United States Representative from Virginia, John O. Marsh, Jr., a director of thecompany since 1991. The purpose of the committee is to monitor legislative and regulatory initiatives and guide management of the company in pursuingresearch and development funding specifically relating to vaccines as well as our other current and future products and product development efforts. Thecommittee also will be responsible, among other things, for assisting management of the company in communicating, working with and educating local,regional and national legislators and regulators on the efforts of, and issues of interest to us. In 2005, the Executive Branch of the U.S. federal governmentproposed several billion dollars in funding to address the threat of an avian influenza pandemic. The majority of proposed funding, $6.6 billion, will beallocated to the Department of Health and Human Services which will be used for vaccine, antiviral drugs, surveillance activities, state and localpreparedness, and general research and development. We intend to pursue appropriate government funding opportunities as the company believes that it hasvaccine technologies uniquely suited for addressing specific challenges related to avian influenza.Employees We currently have 47 full-time employees and 5 part time employees for a total of 52, 31 of whom are employed in research and development. Of those 31employees in research and development, nine have earned Ph.D. degrees and two are medical doctors. We have no collective bargaining agreement with ouremployees and believe that our employee relations are good.Availability of Information Novavax was incorporated in 1987 under the laws of the State of Delaware. Our principal executive offices are located at 508 Lapp Road, Malvern,Pennsylvania 19355. Our telephone number is (484) 913-1200 and our Internet address is www.novavax.com. The contents of our website are not part of thisAnnual Report on Form 10-K. We make available, free of charge and through our website, our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K,and any amendments to any such reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as soon asreasonably practicable after filed with or furnished to the SEC.9 Item 1A. Risk Factors You should carefully consider the following risk factors in evaluating our business. Some of the risks described relate principally to our business and theindustry in which we operate. Others relate principally to the securities market and ownership of our common stock. The risks and uncertainties describedbelow are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties that we are unaware of, or that we currently deem immaterial, also may becomeimportant factors that affect us. If any of the following risks occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially andadversely affected. You should also consider the other information included in this Annual report on Form 10-K for the 2005 fiscal year. We have repositioned ourselves from a specialty biopharmaceutical company to a biopharmaceutical company and face all the risks inherent in theimplementation of a new business strategy. In conjunction with the sale of our prenatal and related product lines and the grant of an exclusive North American license to our lead productESTRASORB, we have changed the focus of the company from the development and commercialization of specialty pharmaceutical products to the researchand development of new products using our proprietary drug delivery and biological platforms. We cannot predict whether we will be successful inimplementing our new business strategy. We intend to focus our research and development activities on areas in which we have particular strengths and on technologies that appear promising.These technologies often are on the cutting edge of modern science. As a result, the outcome of any research or development program is highly uncertain.Only a very small fraction of these programs ultimately result in commercial products or even product candidates and a number of events could delay ourdevelopment efforts and negatively impact our ability to obtain regulatory approval for, and to market and sell, a product candidate. Product candidates thatinitially appear promising often fail to yield successful products. In many cases, preclinical or clinical studies will show that a product candidate is notefficacious, or that it raises safety concerns or has other side effects that outweigh the intended benefit. Success in preclinical or early clinical trials may nottranslate into success in large-scale clinical trials. Further, success in clinical trials will likely lead to increased investment, adversely affecting short-termprofitability, to bring such products to market. Even after a product is approved and launched, general usage or post-marketing studies may identify safety orother previously unknown problems with the product, which may result in regulatory approvals being suspended, limited to narrow indications or revoked, orwhich may otherwise prevent successful commercialization. We must identify products and product candidates for development with our technologies and establish successful government and third-partyrelationships. Our long-term ability to generate product-related revenue depends in part on our ability to identify products and product candidates that may utilize ourdrug delivery and biological technologies. If internal efforts do not generate sufficient product candidates, we will need to identify third parties that wish tolicense our technologies for development of their products or product candidates. We may be unable to license our technologies to third parties for a numberof reasons, including: • an inability to negotiate license terms that would allow us to make an appropriate return from resulting products; • an inability to identify suitable products or product candidates within, or complementary to, our areas of expertise; or • an unwillingness on the part of competitors to utilize the technologies of a competing company or disclose the existence or status of new productsor products candidates under development. Our near and long-term viability will also depend in part on our ability to successfully establish new strategic collaborations with pharmaceutical andbiotechnology companies and government agencies. Establishing strategic collaborations and obtaining government funding are difficult and time-consuming. Potential collaborators may reject collaborations based upon their assessment of our financial, regulatory or intellectual property position;government agencies may reject contract or grant applications based on their assessment of public need, the public interest and our products’ ability toaddress these areas. If we fail to establish a sufficient number of collaborations or government relationships on acceptable terms, we may not generatesufficient revenue.10 Even if we successfully establish new collaborations or obtain government funding, these relationships may never result in the successful development orcommercialization of any product candidates or the generation of any sales or royalty revenue. Reliance on such relationships also exposes us to a number ofrisks. We may not have the ability to control the activities of our partners and cannot assure you that they will fulfill their obligations to us, including withrespect to the license, development and commercialization of products and product candidates, in a timely manner or at all. We cannot assure you that suchpartners will devote sufficient resources to our products and product candidates or properly maintain or defend our intellectual property rights; we also cangive no assurances that our partners will not utilize such rights in such a way as to invite or cause litigation. Any failure on the part of our partners to performor satisfy their obligations to us could lead to delays in the development or commercialization of products and product candidates, and affect our ability torealize product revenues. Disagreements, including disputes over the ownership of technology developed with such collaborators, could result in litigation,which would be time-consuming and expensive, and may delay or terminate research and development efforts, regulatory approvals, and commercializationactivities. If we or our partners fail to maintain our existing agreements or in the event we fail to establish agreements as necessary, we could be required toundertake research, development, manufacturing and commercialization activities solely at our own expense. These activities would significantly increaseour capital requirements and, given our current limited sales, marketing and distribution capabilities, significantly delay the commercialization of productsand product candidates. Our success depends on our ability to maintain the proprietary nature of our technology. Our success in large part depends on our ability to maintain the proprietary nature of our technology and other trade secrets, including our proprietary drugdelivery and biological technologies. To do so, we must prosecute and maintain existing patents, obtain new patents and pursue trade secret and otherintellectual property protection. We also must operate without infringing the proprietary rights of third parties or letting third parties infringe our rights. Wecurrently have 57 U.S. patents and corresponding foreign patents and patent applications covering our technologies. However, patent issues relating topharmaceuticals involve complex legal, scientific and factual questions. To date, no consistent policy has emerged regarding the breadth of biotechnologypatent claims that are granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or enforced by the federal courts. Therefore, we do not know whether our patentapplications will result in the issuance of patents, or that any patents issued to us will provide us with any competitive advantage. We also cannot be sure thatwe will develop additional proprietary products that are patentable. Furthermore, there is a risk that others will independently develop or duplicate similartechnology or products or circumvent the patents issued to us. There is a risk that third parties may challenge our existing patents or claim that we are infringing their patents or proprietary rights. We could incursubstantial costs in defending patent infringement suits or in filing suits against others to have their patents declared invalid or claim infringement. It is alsopossible that we may be required to obtain licenses from third parties to avoid infringing third-party patents or other proprietary rights. We cannot be surethat such third-party licenses would be available to us on acceptable terms, if at all. If we are unable to obtain required third-party licenses, we may bedelayed in or prohibited from developing, manufacturing or selling products requiring such licenses. Although our patents include claims covering various features of our products and product candidates, including composition, methods of manufactureand use, our patents do not provide us with complete protection against the development of competing products. Some of our know-how and technology isnot patentable. To protect our proprietary rights in unpatentable intellectual property and trade secrets, we require employees, consultants, advisors andcollaborators to enter into confidentiality agreements. These agreements may not provide meaningful protection for our trade secrets, know-how or otherproprietary information in the event of any unauthorized use or disclosure. We have limited financial resources and we are not certain that we will be able to obtain financing to maintain our operations or to fund thedevelopment of future products. Over the next few years we may not generate revenues from product sales, licensing fees, royalties, milestones, contract research and other sources in anamount sufficient to fund our operations, and we will therefore use our cash resources and could require additional funds to maintain our operations, continueour research and development programs, commence future preclinical and clinical trials, seek regulatory approvals and market our products. We will seeksuch additional funds through public or private equity or debt financings, collaborative arrangements and other sources. We cannot be certain that adequateadditional funding will be available to us on acceptable terms, if at all. If we cannot raise the additional funds required for our anticipated operations, we maybe required to delay significantly, reduce the scope of or eliminate one or more of our research or development programs, downsize our general andadministrative infrastructure or programs, or seek alternative measures to avoid insolvency, including arrangements with collaborative partners or others thatmay require us to relinquish rights to certain of our technologies, product candidates or products. If we raise additional funds through future offerings ofshares of our common stock or other securities, such offerings would cause dilution of existing stockholders’ percentage ownership in the company. Thesefuture offerings also could have a material and adverse effect on the price of our common stock.11 We have a history of losses and our future profitability is uncertain. Our expenses have exceeded our revenues since our formation in 1987, and our accumulated deficit at December 31, 2005 was $141.9 million. Our netrevenues for the last three years were $7.4 million in 2005, $8.3 million in 2004 and $11.8 million in 2003. We have received a limited amount of product-related revenue from research contracts, licenses and agreements to provide vaccine products, services and adjuvant technologies. We cannot be certain thatwe will be successful in entering into strategic alliances or collaborative arrangements with other companies that will result in other significant revenues tooffset our expenses. Our net losses for the last three years were $11.2 million in 2005, $25.9 million in 2004 and $17.3 million in 2003. Our losses have resulted from research and development expenses, sales and marketing expenses for ESTRASORB, protection of our intellectual propertyand other general operating expenses. Our losses increased due to the launch of ESTRASORB as we expanded our manufacturing capacity and sales andmarketing capabilities, and may increase as and when we conduct additional and larger clinical trials for our product candidates. Therefore, we expect ourcumulative operating loss to increase until such time, if ever, product sales, licensing fees, royalties, milestones, contract research and other sources generatesufficient revenue to fund our continuing operations. We cannot predict when, if ever, we might achieve profitability and cannot be certain that we will beable to sustain profitability, if achieved. Many of our competitors have significantly greater resources and experience, which may negatively impact our commercial opportunities and those ofour current and future licensees. The biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries are subject to intense competition and rapid and significant technological change. We have manypotential competitors, including major drug and chemical companies, specialized biotechnology firms, academic institutions, government agencies andprivate and public research institutions. Many of our competitors have significantly greater financial and technical resources, experience and expertise in: • research and development; • pre-clinical testing; • clinical trials; • regulatory processes and approvals; • production and manufacturing; and • sales and marketing of approved products. Large and established companies such as Merck & Co., Inc., GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Chiron Corp. and MedImmune Inc., among others, compete in thevaccine market. In particular, these companies have greater experience and expertise in securing government contracts and grants to support their researchand development efforts, conducting testing and trials, obtaining regulatory approvals to market products, and manufacturing such products on a broad scale. Smaller or early-stage companies and research institutions may also prove to be significant competitors, particularly through collaborative arrangementswith large and established pharmaceutical or other companies. We will also face competition from these parties in recruiting and retaining qualified scientificand management personnel, establishing clinical trial sites and patient registration for clinical trials, and in acquiring and in-licensing technologies andproducts complementary to our programs or potentially advantageous to our business. If any of our competitors succeeds in obtaining approval from the FDAor other regulatory authorities for their products sooner than we do or for products that are more effective or less costly than ours, our commercial opportunitycould be significantly reduced. In order to effectively compete, we will have to make substantial investments in sales and marketing or partner with one or more established companies.There is no assurance that we will be successful in gaining significant market share for any product or product candidate. Our technologies and products alsomay be rendered obsolete or noncompetitive as a result of products introduced by our competitors to the marketplace more rapidly and at a lower cost.12 The return on our investment in ESTRASORB depends in large part on the success of our relationship with Esprit and our ability to manufacture theproduct. In October 2005, we entered into a License Agreement and a Supply Agreement with Esprit Pharma for ESTRASORB. Under the License Agreement, wegranted Esprit exclusive rights to market ESTRASORB in North America. In consideration for such rights, Esprit will pay $12.5 million within the first yearas well as sales-based milestone payments, and Novavax also is entitled to receive a royalty on all future net sales of ESTRASORB. While our License Agreement with Esprit gives us some limited protections with respect to that company’s ESTRASORB marketing and sales efforts and,we believe, creates incentives for Esprit consistent with our own, we cannot control the amount and timing of the marketing efforts that Esprit devotes toESTRASORB or make any assurances that Esprit’s promotion and marketing of ESTRASORB in North America will be successful. We do not have a historyof working together with Esprit and cannot predict the success of the collaboration, nor can we give any assurances that Esprit will not reduce or curtail itsefforts to market ESTRASORB because of factors affecting its business or operations beyond our control. Any loss of Esprit as a partner in thecommercialization of ESTRASORB, dispute over the terms of or decisions regarding the License and Supply Agreements, or other adverse developments inour relationship with Esprit may harm our business and might accelerate our need for additional capital. We also can give no assurances that Esprit will bemore successful than Novavax in gaining market acceptance of ESTRASORB. Prescription trends for ESTRASORB have not met our expectations to date andEsprit will face similar obstacles to gaining market share of the estrogen therapy market, including competition from large and established companies withsimilar estrogen therapy products. Numerous companies worldwide currently produce and sell estrogen products for clinical indications identical to those for ESTRASORB. Currently, theoral and patch product segments account for approximately 75% and 15% of the market, respectively, according to 2004 Verispan data. Wyeth commitssignificant resources to the sale and marketing of its product, Premarin®, in order to maintain its market leadership position. Several other companies competein the estrogen category including Berlex Laboratories, Inc., Novartis Pharma AG and Solvay Pharmaceuticals. In particular, Solvay has introduced analcohol-based gel product, Estrogel, which is directly competitive with ESTRASORB. These and other products sold by our competitors have all achieved adegree of market penetration superior to ESTRASORB. In addition, under the Supply Agreement, we are obligated to supply Esprit with ESTRASORB through the manufacture of the product at ourmanufacturing facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We have only limited experience with the large capacity manufacturing required for the commercialsale of a product. Although we have validated our manufacturing methods for the product with the FDA, we will remain subject to that agency’s rules andregulations regarding good manufacturing practices, which are enforced by the FDA through its facilities inspection program. Compliance with such rulesand regulations requires us to spend substantial funds and hire and retain qualified personnel. We face the possibility that we may not be able to meet Esprit’ssupply requirements under the agreement in a timely fashion at acceptable quality, quantity and prices or in compliance with applicable regulations. If ourfacility fails to comply with applicable regulations, we will be forced to utilize a third party contractor to manufacture the product. We may not be able toenter into alternative manufacturing arrangements at commercially acceptable rates, if at all. Moreover, the manufacturers we use may not provide sufficientquantities of product to meet our specifications or our delivery, cost and other requirements. We must utilize our manufacturing facility for products other than ESTRASORB in order to avoid operating the facility at a loss. Currently we are manufacturing ESTRASORB at our facility in Philadelphia and will manufacture the product at a loss until production volumes increaseor we enter into additional contract manufacturing arrangements with third parties to more fully utilize the facility’s capacity. The facility is able toaccommodate a much greater production schedule than its currently schedule, and offset the fixed costs related to the manufacturing process and facility.Until we increase production of ESTRASORB or enter into such contract manufacturing arrangements for sufficient quantities, the cost of products soldpercentages will continue to be unusually high and we will continue to manufacture the product at a loss. In addition, while the company was successful innegotiating a substantial reduction in its monthly rent for the facility during 2005, such reductions will expire in the summer of 2006 and the companyexpects lease costs to increase, potentially by a material amount. Although we are working to design alternative packaging solutions to further streamlineproduction and lower costs of production, there can be no assurances that such efforts will result in meaningful cost savings or otherwise be successful.13 We have not completed the development of products other than ESTRASORB and we may not succeed in obtaining the FDA approval necessary to selladditional products. The development, manufacture and marketing of our pharmaceutical and biological products are subject to government regulation in the United Statesand other countries. In the United States and most foreign countries, we must complete rigorous preclinical testing and extensive human clinical trials thatdemonstrate the safety and efficacy of a product in order to apply for regulatory approval to market the product. ESTRASORB is the only product developedby the company to have been approved for sale in the United States. Approval outside the U.S. may take longer or may require additional clinical trials. Ourproduct candidate ANDROSORB has completed Phase I human clinical studies. Additional product candidates are in preclinical laboratory or animal studies. Before applying for FDA approval to market any new drug product candidates, we must first submit an IND that explains to the FDA the results of pre-clinical testing conducted in laboratory animals and what we propose to do for human testing. At this stage, the FDA decides whether it is reasonably safe tomove forward with testing the drug on humans. We must then conduct Phase I studies and larger-scale Phase II and III human clinical trials that demonstratethe safety and efficacy of our products to the satisfaction of the FDA. Once these trials are complete, an NDA can be filed with the FDA requesting approval ofthe drug for marketing. Vaccine clinical development follows the same general pathway as for drugs and other biologics. A sponsor who wishes to begin clinical trials with avaccine must submit an IND describing the vaccine, its method of manufacture and quality control tests for release. Pre-marketing (pre-licensure) vaccineclinical trials are typically done in three phases. Initial human studies, referred to as Phase I, are safety and immunogenicity studies performed in a smallnumber of closely monitored subjects. Phase II studies are dose-ranging studies and may enroll hundreds of subjects. Finally, Phase III trials typically enrollthousands of individuals and provide the critical documentation of effectiveness and important additional safety data required for licensing. If successful, the completion of all three phases of clinical development can be followed by the submission of a Biologics License Application. Alsoduring this stage, the proposed manufacturing facility undergoes a pre-approval inspection during which production of the vaccine as it is in progress isexamined in detail. Vaccine approval also requires the provision of adequate product labeling to allow health care providers to understand the vaccine’sproper use, including its potential benefits and risks, to communicate with patients and parents, and to safely deliver the vaccine to the public. Until avaccine is given to the general population, all potential adverse events cannot be anticipated. Thus, many vaccines undergo Phase IV studies after a BLA hasbeen approved and the vaccine is licensed and on the market. These processes are expensive and can take many years to complete, and we may not be able to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of our products to thesatisfaction of such regulatory authorities. Regulatory authorities may also require additional testing and we may be required to demonstrate that ourproposed products represent an improved form of treatment over existing therapies, which we may be unable to do so without conducting further clinicalstudies. Moreover, if the FDA grants regulatory approval of a product, the approval may be limited to specific indications or limited with respect to itsdistribution. Expanded or additional indications for approved drugs may not be approved, which could limit our revenues. Foreign regulatory authoritiesmay apply similar limitations or may refuse to grant any approval. Consequently, even if we believe that preclinical and clinical data are sufficient to supportregulatory approval for our product candidates, the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities may not ultimately grant approval for commercial sale in anyjurisdiction. If our drug candidates are not approved, our ability to generate revenues may be limited and our business will be adversely affected. We may fail to obtain regulatory approval for our products on a timely basis or comply with our continuing regulatory obligations after approval isobtained. Delays in obtaining regulatory approval can be extremely costly in terms of lost sales opportunities and increased clinical trial costs. The speed withwhich we complete our clinical trials and our applications for marketing approval will depend on several factors, including the following: • the rate of patient enrollment and retention, which is a function of many factors, including the size of the patient population, the proximity ofpatients to clinical sites, the eligibility criteria for the study and the nature of the protocol; • Institutional Review Board approval of the protocol and the informed consent form; • prior regulatory agency review and approval; • our ability to manufacture or obtain sufficient quantities of materials for use in clinical trials;14 • negative test results or side effects experienced by trial participants; • analysis of data obtained from preclinical and clinical activities, which are susceptible to varying interpretations and which interpretations coulddelay, limit or prevent regulatory approval; • changes in the policies of regulatory authorities for drug or vaccine approval during the period of product development; and • the availability of skilled and experienced staff to conduct and monitor clinical studies and to prepare the appropriate regulatory applications. We have limited experience in conducting and managing the preclinical and clinical trials necessary to obtain regulatory marketing approvals. We maynot be able to obtain the approvals necessary to conduct clinical studies. We also face the risk that the results of our clinical trials may be inconsistent withthe results obtained in preclinical studies or that the results obtained in later phases of clinical trials may be inconsistent with those obtained in earlierphases. A number of companies in the specialty biopharmaceutical and product development industry have suffered significant setbacks in advanced clinicaltrials, even after experiencing promising results in early animal and human testing. If regulatory approval of a drug is granted, such approval is likely to limitthe indicated uses for which it may be marketed. Furthermore, even if a product gains regulatory approval, the product and the manufacturer of the product will be subject to continuing regulatory review,including adverse event reporting requirements and the FDA’s general prohibition against promoting products for unapproved uses. Failure to comply withany post-approval requirements can, among other things, result in warning letters, product seizures, recalls, fines, injunctions, suspensions or revocations ofmarketing licenses, operating restrictions and criminal prosecutions. Any of these enforcement actions, any unanticipated changes in existing regulatoryrequirements or the adoption of new requirements, or any safety issues that arise with any approved products, could adversely affect our ability to marketproducts and generate revenues and thus adversely affect our ability to continue our business. We also may be restricted or prohibited from marketing or manufacturing a product, even after obtaining product approval, if previously unknownproblems with the product or its manufacture are subsequently discovered and we cannot assure you that newly discovered or developed safety issues will notarise following any regulatory approval. With the use of any drug by a wide patient population, serious adverse events may occur from time to time thatinitially do not appear to relate to the drug itself, and only if the specific event occurs with some regularity over a period of time does the drug becomesuspect as having a causal relationship to the adverse event. Any safety issues could cause us to suspend or cease marketing of our approved products,possibly subject us to substantial liabilities, and adversely affect our ability to generate revenues and our financial condition. Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our cash flow and prevent us from fulfilling our obligations. As of December 31, 2005, we had $30.5 million of outstanding indebtedness. Our substantial amount of outstanding indebtedness could have significantconsequences. For example, it: • could increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions; • requires us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to service payments on our indebtedness, reducing the availability ofour cash flow to fund future capital expenditures, working capital, execution of our growth strategy, research and development costs and othergeneral corporate requirements; • could limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry, which may place us at a competitivedisadvantage compared with competitors that have less indebtedness; and • could limit our ability to obtain additional funds, even when necessary to maintain adequate liquidity. We may incur additional indebtedness for various reasons, which would increase the risks associated with our substantial leverage.15 Health care insurers and other payors may not pay for our products or may impose limits on reimbursement. Our ability and the ability of our licensees to successfully commercialize ESTRASORB and future products will depend, in part, on the extent to whichreimbursement for such products will be available from third-party payors such as Medicare, Medicaid, health maintenance organizations, health insurers andother public and private payors. If we succeed in bringing products to the market, we cannot be assured that third-party payors will pay for such products orestablish and maintain price levels sufficient for realization of an appropriate return on our investment in product development. For example, ESTRASORBcurrently is being sold as an outpatient prescription drug. Medicare does not cover the costs of most outpatient prescription drugs. We expect that over timeESTRASORB will be treated the same as other estrogen therapy products with respect to government and third-party payor reimbursement, however,additional time is required to increase the number of payors who currently accept our product for reimbursement. There can be no assurance thatESTRASORB will receive similar reimbursement treatment. Many health maintenance organizations and other third-party payors use formularies, or lists of drugs for which coverage is provided under a health carebenefit plan, to control the costs of prescription drugs. Each payor that maintains a drug formulary makes its own determination as to whether a new drug willbe added to the formulary and whether particular drugs in a therapeutic class will have preferred status over other drugs in the same class. This determinationoften involves an assessment of the clinical appropriateness of the drug and, in some cases, the cost of the drug in comparison to alternative products. Therecan be no assurance that ESTRASORB or any of our future products will be added to payors’ formularies, that our products will have preferred status toalternative therapies, or that the formulary decisions will be conducted in a timely manner. We may also decide to enter into discount or formulary feearrangements with payors, which could result in us receiving lower or discounted prices for ESTRASORB or future products. We may have product liability exposure. The administration of drugs to humans, whether in clinical trials or after marketing clearances are obtained, can result in product liability claims. Wemaintain product liability insurance coverage in the total amount of $10.0 million for claims arising from the use of our currently marketed products andproducts in clinical trials prior to FDA approval. Coverage is becoming increasingly expensive, however, and we may not be able to maintain insurance at areasonable cost. There can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain our existing insurance coverage or obtain coverage for the use of our otherproducts in the future. This insurance coverage and our resources may not be sufficient to satisfy liabilities resulting from product liability claims. Asuccessful claim may prevent us from obtaining adequate product liability insurance in the future on commercially desirable terms, if at all. Even if a claim isnot successful, defending such a claim would be time-consuming and expensive, may damage our reputation in the marketplace, and would likely divertmanagement’s attention. We have made loans to certain of our directors, and have guaranteed a brokerage margin loan for one of these directors, which could have a negativeimpact on our stock price. In 2002, pursuant to our 1995 Stock Option Plan, we approved the payment of the exercise price of options by two of our directors through the delivery offull-recourse, interest-bearing promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of approximately $1.5 million, secured by a pledge of the underlyingshares. As of December 31, 2005, accrued interest receivable related to the borrowing was $284,000. In addition, in 2002 we executed a conditional guarantyof a brokerage margin account for a director in the amount of $500,000. Due to heightened sensitivity in the current environment surrounding related-partytransactions, these transactions could be viewed negatively in the market and our stock price could be negatively affected. Our corporate governance policieshave been revised and our 2005 Stock Incentive Plan prohibits any additional loans or guarantees to directors. The price of our common stock has been and may continue to be volatile. Historically, the market price of our common stock has fluctuated over a wide range. In fiscal year 2005, our common stock traded in a range from $0.70 to$6.01. It is likely that the price of our common stock will fluctuate in the future. The market prices of securities of small-capitalization, specialtybiopharmaceutical companies, including ours, from time to time experience significant price and volume fluctuations unrelated to the operating performanceof these companies. In particular, the market price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly due to a variety of factors, including: • our ability to obtain government contracts to develop vaccines and other biological products and technologies; • governmental agency actions including the FDA’s determination with respect to new drug applications for new products; • our ability to obtain financing; and16 • our ability to develop additional products, including biologicals and vaccines. In addition, the occurrence of any of the risks described in Items 1A could have a material and adverse impact on the market price of our common stock. The conversion of our outstanding convertible debt, and the issuance of shares of our common stock upon conversion or exercise of preferred stockand/or warrants or in future offerings would cause dilution of existing security holders’ interests in the company and may cause the price of our commonstock to go down. As of December 31, 2005, we had outstanding convertible notes in the aggregate principal amount of $29,000,000 that as of such date were convertibleinto an aggregate of 5,215,827 shares of our common stock. The issuance of shares of our common stock upon conversion of such notes, as well as inconnection with future capital raising activities, would cause immediate and potentially substantial equity dilution for existing stockholders and the price ofour common stock could be subject to significant downward pressure. We have never paid dividends on our capital stock, and we do not anticipate paying any such dividends in the foreseeable future. We have never paid cash dividends on our common stock. We currently anticipate that we will retain all of our earnings for use in the development of ourbusiness and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. In addition, the terms of our existing and any future debt may preclude usfrom paying dividends. As a result, capital appreciation, if any, of our common stock would be the only source of gain for stockholders until dividends arepermitted and paid. Provisions of our Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws, Delaware law, and our Shareholder Rights Plan could delay or prevent the acquisition ofthe company, even if such acquisition would be beneficial to stockholders, and could impede changes in our Board. Provisions of Delaware corporate law and our organizational documents could hamper a third party’s attempt to acquire, or discourage a third party fromattempting to acquire control of, the company. Moreover, our shareholder rights plan empowers our Board to delay or negotiate, and thereby possibly thwart,any tender offer or takeover attempt the Board opposes. Stockholders who wish to participate in these transactions may not have the opportunity to do so.These provisions also could limit the price investors are willing to pay in the future for our securities and make it more difficult to change the composition ofour Board in any one year. These provisions include the right of the Board to issue preferred stock with rights senior to those of the common stock withoutany further vote or action by stockholders, the existence of a staggered Board with three classes of directors serving staggered three-year terms, advancenotice requirements for stockholders to nominate directors and make proposals, and a Delaware statutory provision prohibiting certain transactions betweenNovavax and interested stockholders.Item 1B. Unresolved Staff CommentsNot applicable.Item 2. Properties We have current operations in four leased facilities. We lease approximately 32,900 square feet for administrative office space, research and developmentand future product development activities at our corporate headquarters in Malvern, Pennsylvania. We lease approximately 11,700 square feet at our facilityin Rockville, Maryland for contract vaccine research, development and manufacturing of Phase I products and we are currently reviewing alternatives toexpand the Rockville facility to accommodate planned requirements for our avian and pandemic flu efforts. We have another approximately 2,800 squarefoot facility in Pacific Grove, California for new product research and development activities. Our manufacturing facility for ESTRASORB and other contractmanufacturing is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where we lease approximately 24,000 square feet of manufacturing space. The lease of our formeradministration offices in Columbia, Maryland expires in October 2006.17 A summary of our current facilities is set forth below. Approximate Property Location Square Footage PurposeMalvern, Pennsylvania 32,900 Corporate headquarters and future product development activitiesRockville, Maryland 11,700 Vaccine research and development activities and office spacePacific Grove, California 2,800 Research and development activitiesPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 24,000 Manufacturing and packaging facility with office spaceColumbia, Maryland 12,000 Prior corporate headquarters; lease expires October 2006;currently attempting to subleaseItem 3. Legal Proceedings We are a defendant in a lawsuit filed in December 2003 by a former director alleging that we wrongfully terminated the former director’s stock options. Webelieve that the termination and cancellation of the options were in accordance with the terms of the option agreements, following his termination for causeby a former parent company, IGI, Inc., and we believe the lawsuit is without merit and we are vigorously defending the claim. The lawsuit is currentlyscheduled for trial in April 2006 in Atlantic County, New Jersey. We cannot reasonably estimate the liability, if any, related to this claim, or the likelihood ofan unfavorable settlement. Accordingly, no liability related to this contingency is accrued in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2005. Anunfavorable settlement, however, may have a material adverse impact on future operating results.Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.18 PART IIItem 5. Market For Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases ofEquity Securities Our common stock ($.01 par value) is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol NVAX. The following table sets forth, for the periodspresented, the high and low sales prices for our common stock. Quarter Ended High Low December 31, 2005 $6.01 $1.67 September 30, 2005 2.56 0.70 June 30, 2005 1.64 1.13 March 31, 2005 3.35 1.35 December 31, 2004 $4.10 $2.98 September 30, 2004 5.71 2.88 June 30, 2004 6.47 4.11 March 31, 2004 6.99 5.15 Our common stock was held by approximately 12,500 stockholders of record as of February 28, 2006. We have never paid cash dividends on our commonstock. We currently anticipate that we will retain all of our earnings for use in the development of our business and do not intend to pay any cash dividendsin the foreseeable future.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities; Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities During the 2005 fiscal year, the Company issued unregistered shares of its common stock to two individuals. In August 2005, the Company issued 50,000shares of restricted common stock to its former Chairman of the Board, Denis M. O’Donnell, M.D., in connection with his separation from the Company as anemployee. He agreed to pledge such shares to the broker of his margin account to secure a debt guaranteed by the Company. Also in August 2005, the Company issued 250,000 shares of restricted common stock to Nelson M. Sims, the Company’s former President, ChiefExecutive Officer and director, in connection with his separation from the Company. In accordance with his separation agreement, Mr. Sims agreed to thecancellation of all then-outstanding options and other rights to purchase shares of the Company. In exchange, Mr. Sims received his salary through the dateof resignation and reimbursement of certain expenses. The Company also agreed to pay him severance benefits, part of which included the 250,000 shares ofrestricted common stock. In each case, the Company issued such shares in reliance on an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, predicated onsuch shares being issued in a private placement transaction.Securities Authorized for Issuance under our Equity Compensation Plans See Part III, Item 12.Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities During the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, neither the Company nor any affiliated purchaser of the Company purchased sharesof the Company’s common stock.19 Item 6. Selected Financial Data The selected financial data set forth below has been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements. This information should be read inconjunction with the financial statements and the related notes thereto, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results ofOperations” in Item 7 herein, and in Item 1A “Risk Factors”, and other financial information included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. For the years ended December 31, 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 (amounts in thousands, except share and per share information)Statements of Operations Data: Revenues $24,066 $15,005 $11,785 $8,260 $7,388 Loss from operations (9,255) (21,558) (16,054) (24,464) (9,171)Net loss (9,745) (22,697) (17,273) (25,920) (11,174)Basic and diluted per share information: Loss applicable to common stockholders $(0.43) $(0.93) $(0.58) $(0.70) $(0.26)Weighted average number of sharesoutstanding 22,670,274 24,433,868 29,852,797 36,926,034 42,758,302 As of December 31, 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005Balance Sheets Data: Total current assets $25,027 $6,242 $32,062 $23,937 $37,611 Working capital 18,030 378 27,226 15,361 32,735 Total assets 67,115 57,505 84,159 77,993 84,382 Long term obligations 30,000 41,103 41,100 35,970 29,678 Stockholders’ equity 27,493 8,073 35,944 33,281 49,652 Summarized Quarterly Financial Information for the Fiscal Years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004: Quarter Ended (in thousands except per share data) Unaudited March 31 June 30 September 30 December 312005 Revenues $962 $2,315 $1,867 $2,244 Cost of products sold 1,979 2,027 1,068 717 Excess inventory costs over market –– –– –– 1,519 Research and development costs 1,222 1,377 1,161 1,315 Selling and marketing 4,057 1,844 930 89 General and administrative 2,121 2,294 1,694 2,005 Facility exit costs –– (2) 107 –– Gain on sales of product assets –– –– (856) (10,109)Net income (loss) (8,886) (5,716) (2,727) 6,155 Net income (loss) per share $(.22) $(.14) $(.06) $.13 2004 Revenues $3,220 $3,005 $(11) $2,046 Cost of products sold 263 1,501 364 1,362 Research and development costs 3,047 1,229 1,552 1,541 Selling and marketing 2,774 5,556 8,931 6,327 General and administrative 2,032 2,059 1,901 2,724 Facility exit costs –– –– 723 –– Gain on redemption of debt –– –– (11,162) –– Net loss (5,258) (7,717) (2,657) (10,288)Net loss per share $(.15) $(.22) $(.07) $(.26)Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Certain statements contained herein or as may otherwise be incorporated by reference herein constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaningof the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding product sales, futureproduct development and related clinical trials, and future research and development, including Food and Drug Administration approval. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of theCompany, or industry results, to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.20 Such factors include, among other things, the following: general economic and business conditions; competition; ability to enter into futurecollaborations with industry partners; unexpected changes in technologies and technological advances; ability to obtain rights to technology; ability toobtain and enforce patents; ability to commercialize and manufacture products; ability to maintain commercial-scale manufacturing capabilities; results ofclinical studies; progress of research and development activities; business abilities and judgment of personnel; availability of qualified personnel; changesin, or failure to comply with, governmental regulations; ability to obtain adequate financing in the future through product licensing, co-promotionalarrangements, public or private equity financing or otherwise; and other factors referenced herein. All forward-looking statements contained in this annual report are based on information available to the Company on the date hereof, and the Companyassumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements, except as specifically required by law. Accordingly, past results and trends should notbe used to anticipate future results or trends.Overview During 2005, Novavax successfully transitioned from a specialty pharmaceutical company, which included the sales and marketing of products servingthe women’s health space, to an innovative, biopharmaceutical company leveraging our proprietary technologies in vaccines, adjuvants, and drug delivery.We are now focused on creating differentiated, value-added pharmaceutical and vaccine products and licensing them at various stages of development torealize their value. Our drug delivery technologies include our Micellar Nanoparticle (“MNP”) technology, which is the basis for the development of our firstFDA approved product, ESTRASORB®. In addition to MNP, our drug delivery technologies include Novasomes® (paucillamellar non-phospholipidliposomes) and Sterisomes®. Our vaccine technologies include functional virus-like particle (“VLP”) manufacturing utilizing the baculovirus expressionsystem in insect cells as well as novel vaccine adjuvants based on Novasomes and dendrimer technologies. Currently, our main focus is to develop a vaccine against a potential avian influenza pandemic, using our VLP vaccine technology. VLPs are genetically-engineered particles that imitate the important three-dimensional structures of viruses but are composed of recombinant proteins and therefore are believedincapable of causing infection and disease. Our proprietary production technology employs insect cells rather than eggs. We can more rapidly produce a safe,effective low-cost vaccine as compared with the labor-intensive egg-based process. Key advantages of the technology are the ability to rapidly respond toemerging threats of new strains and a reduced risk of allergic reaction. A proof-of-concept study, conducted in collaboration with the NIH and CDC,demonstrated that a recombinant VLP vaccine against the H9N2 strain of avian influenza reduced disease morbidity in mice against a live challenge of theH9N2 virus when compared with unvaccinated animals. This study is the basis for the development of VLP vaccines against the H5N1 strain of avian andhuman seasonal influenza. In addition, the company is studying the applicability of its proprietary adjuvants in conjunction with the VLP vaccines toimprove immunogenicity of the vaccine. Other projects in development using our proprietary VLP technology include vaccines for HIV, SARS and seasonalinfluenza. We are also developing E-Selectin tolerogen for the prevention of secondary strokes. We will also continue to leverage our drug delivery technologies by developing and licensing new products based on our MNP technology.ESTRASORB, our first internally-developed product using MNP technology, is the first topical emulsion for estrogen therapy approved by the FDA for thetreatment of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes) associated with menopause. ESTRASORB was licensed in October 2005 to Esprit Pharma,Inc., for marketing in North America (see “Significant Transactions” below). Following the successful development of ESTRASORB, we have developed apipeline of over ten product candidates using the MNP technology and we remain active with several pharmaceutical companies to co-develop and co-market or license these products.Significant TransactionsLicense Agreement renewal with IGI, Inc. In December 2005, we received a $1,000,000 payment from IGI, Inc. in accordance with an option in a licensing agreement signed between the Companyand IGI in December 1995. This payment gives IGI a ten year renewal on licensed technologies in specific fields and was recorded as licensing fee income forthe year ended December 31, 2005.License and Supply Agreements with Esprit Pharma, Inc. (the “Esprit Transaction”) In October 2005, we entered into License and Supply Agreements for ESTRASORB with Esprit Pharma, Inc. Under the License Agreement, Esprit obtainedexclusive rights to market ESTRASORB in North America and we will continue to manufacture ESTRASORB.21 In consideration for the rights granted, Esprit will pay us a minimum cash consideration of $12.5 million: $2.0 million which was paid at closing,$8.0 million which was paid in December 2005, and the remaining $2.5 million will be paid on the first anniversary date of the License Agreement. We willreceive a royalty on all net sales of ESTRASORB as well as milestone payments based on specific pre-determined net sales levels of ESTRASORB We alsowrote off $2.2 million, the remaining net balance of its intangible asset for ESTRASORB rights at the date of the transaction. As part of this transaction, Espritpaid us $0.3 million for inventory and sales and promotional materials for which we had a book value of $0.4 million. We incurred $.02 million of feesrelated to this transaction and recorded a gain of $10.1 million.Asset Purchase Agreement with Pharmelle, LLC (the “Pharmelle Transaction”) In September 2005, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Pharmelle, LLC for the sale of assets related to the AVC Cream and Suppositories,NovaNatal and NovaStart products, as well as assets relating to certain formerly-marketed products Vitelle, Nestabs, Gerimed, Irospan and Nessentials. Theassets sold included, but were not limited to, intellectual property, the New Drug Application for AVC products, inventory and sales and promotionalmaterials. In connection with the sale, Pharmelle agreed to assume those liabilities and obligations arising after the closing date of the transaction inconnection with the performance by Pharmelle of certain assumed contracts, those liabilities and obligation arising after the closing date in connection withproducts sold by Pharmelle after the closing date or the operation of the business relating to such products or the assets after such date (including any productliability claims associated with such products), and all liability and responsibility for returns of the products made after the closing date, regardless of whensuch products were produced, manufactured or sold. In consideration for the sale of these assets, Pharmelle paid us $2.5 million in cash and assumed the liabilities noted above. In addition, we are entitled toroyalties on AVC for a five-year period if net sales exceed certain levels. We wrote off $1.1 million, the net balance of the intangible assets related to the AVCproduct acquisition and $0.3 million of inventory, recorded a $0.3 million liability for future obligations and recorded a gain on the transaction of$0.8 million.Equity Financing Transactions In February 2006, subsequent to year-end, we completed an offering of 4,597,700 shares of common stock at $4.35 per share for gross proceeds of$20.0 million with a group of institutional investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Prospect Venture Partners. In November 2005, we completed an additional agent-led offering of 4,186,047 shares of common stock at $4.30 per share for gross proceeds of$18.0 million. The stock was issued pursuant to an existing shelf registration statement with net proceeds of approximately $17.0 million. In July 2005, we completed an agent-led offering of 4,000,000 shares of common stock at $1.00 per share, for gross proceeds of $4.0 million. The stockwas issued pursuant to an existing shelf registration statement with net proceeds of approximately $3.6 million.Convertible Notes Conversion In October 2005, certain holders of $6.0 million face amount of our 4.75% senior convertible notes due July 15, 2009 exercised their optional conversionright to convert their notes plus accrued interest of $81,000 into 1,070,635 shares of Novavax common stock, at the per share conversion price of $5.68. Thisreduces the aggregate principal amount of such notes outstanding from $35.0 million to $29.0 million.Restructuring of the Sales Force From March through August 2005, we implemented measures to reduce costs associated with our commercial operations by downsizing our sales force tocorrespond with our strategy of transitioning from a commercial business model to that of one focused on our core competency of new product development.The March restructuring reduced our sales force numbers significantly while the August restructuring eliminated the remaining sales force. Included in 2005sales and marketing expenses is $0.4 million related to these two restructurings.22 Cancellation of King Pharmaceuticals Agreements In January 2001, we entered into a co-promotion agreement with King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for our topical estrogen therapy, ESTRASORB, in the UnitedStates and Puerto Rico (the “Territory”). We also entered into a license agreement with King for many countries outside the United States. The co-promotionand license agreements (the “Agreements”) granted King the right to share equally in the revenues and expenses for manufacturing and marketingESTRASORB in the Territory and exclusive rights to many countries outside the United States. The Agreements also entitled us to up to $5.0 million inmilestone payments from King for achievement of milestones outlined in the Agreements. In June 2001, we amended the Agreements (the “Amended Agreements”). The Amended Agreements clarified the terms of two milestone payments totaling$5.0 million. The Amended Agreements also granted King exclusive rights to promote, market and distribute ESTRASORB in Canada, Switzerland, Greece,Italy, Spain and the Netherlands, the only countries excluded from the original license agreement. In addition, the Amended Agreements included the co-promotion and license of ANDROSORB, a topical testosterone therapy for testosterone deficient women, that was in development. In July 2004, we mutually agreed to terminate the Amended Agreements, (the “King Transaction”). The King Transaction included the return to us of allworldwide rights for ESTRASORB and ANDROSORB, as well as all rights to other women’s health products that we may successfully develop utilizing theMNP technology. The King Transaction also included the redemption of $40.0 million of our convertible notes held by King. Additionally, we hired 50members of King’s women’s health sales force to provide competitive sales force coverage. As part of this transaction, we paid King a net of $14.0 million incash and issued King 3,775,610 shares of common stock, which at the time of closing were valued at approximately $18.1 million. The King Transaction resulted in a gain on the redemption of the convertible notes held by King of $11.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2004.This gain was determined based on the fair value of the convertible notes plus accrued interest as of the transaction date compared to the notes’ total bookvalue. In addition, an intangible asset for ESTRASORB rights of $2.5 million was recorded, which represents the difference between assets and liabilitiesacquired or written off, the net cash paid in the transaction, the common stock issued and transaction fees and expenses. The recorded intangible wasdetermined to be a fair value for the rights re-acquired based on the sales levels of ESTRASORB, the status of obtaining product approvals outside the UnitedStates and the deferred further development of ANDROSORB. Included in the assets and liabilities written off were deferred financing costs of $0.4 millionrelating to the convertible notes held by King, and remaining deferred revenue of $2.2 million relating to previous licensing fees for ESTRASORB,mentioned above.Critical Accounting Policies and Changes to Accounting Policies The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to makeestimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of thefinancial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. We base our estimates on historical and anticipatedresults and trends and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, including assumptions as to future events. Theseestimates form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. By theirnature, estimates are subject to an inherent degree of uncertainty. Actual results could differ, and actual results that do differ from our estimates could have asignificant adverse effect on our operating results and financial position. We believe that the following significant accounting policies and assumptions mayinvolve a higher degree of judgment and complexity than others. For further discussion of our accounting policies see Note 2 “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the Notes to the Consolidated FinancialStatements included herewith.23 Revenue Recognition and Allowances We recognize revenue in accordance with the provisions of Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, Revenue Recognition (“SAB No. 104”). For our productsales, revenue is recognized when all of the following criteria are met: persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the seller’s priceto the buyer is fixed or determinable and collectibility is reasonably assured. We recognize these sales net of allowances for returns, rebates and chargebacks.A large part of our product sales is to distributors and to Esprit who resell the products to their customers. We provide rebates to members of certain buyinggroups who purchase from our distributors, to distributors that sell to their customers at prices determined under a contract between us and the customer, andto state agencies that administer various programs such as the federal Medicaid and Medicare programs. Rebate amounts are usually based upon the volumeof purchases or by reference to a specific price for a product. We estimate the amount of the rebate that will be paid, and record the liability as a reduction ofrevenue when we record our sale of the products. Settlement of the rebate generally occurs from three to 12 months after sale. We regularly analyze thehistorical rebate trends and make adjustments to recorded reserves for changes in trends and terms of rebate programs In a similar manner, we estimateamounts for returns based on historical trends, distributor inventory levels, product prescription data and generic competition and make adjustments torecorded reserves for changes in trends and competition. Under the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement with Pharmelle, LLC (see “Significant Transactions”) we no longer have responsibility for rebates orreturns related to AVC™ Cream and Suppositories, NovaNatal and NovaStart as of the date of the sale of such assets. Under the Supply Agreement with EspritPharma, Inc. (see “Significant Transactions”) we no longer have responsibility for rebates related to ESTRASORB, 90 days subsequent to entering into theSupply Agreement and we no longer have responsibility for returns related to ESTRASORB sales made subsequent to the entering into the SupplyAgreement. A non-recurring reserve of $1.3 million for anticipated returns of vitamins negatively impacted by generic competition was netted against product sales for2004. We based this reserve on estimated current wholesaler inventory levels compared to projected demand until product expiration. The shipping and handling costs we incur are included in cost of products sold in the accompanying statements of operations. For up-front payments and licensing fees related to our contract research or technology, we follow the provisions of SAB No. 104 in determining if thesepayments and fees represent the culmination of a separate earnings process or if they should be deferred and recognized as revenue as earned over the life ofthe related agreement. Milestone payments are recognized as revenue upon achievement of contract-specified events and when there are no remainingperformance obligations. For 2005, 2004 and 2003, revenues earned under current biological technologies research contracts were recognized per the terms and conditions of suchcontracts for invoicing of costs incurred and defined milestones. In 2005, revenue earned under a drug development contract was recognized on thepercentage-of-completion method whereby revenue was recognized in proportion to the estimated cost-to-complete the contract. In 2005, revenue earnedunder the renewal of the IGI agreement (see “Significant Transactions”) was recognized upon receipt of payment. Also in 2005, revenue earned under theEsprit Transaction (see “Significant Transactions”) was recognized at the time of the agreement since we had no further performance obligations related to thelicense.Research and Development Costs Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. We will continue to incur research and development costs as we expand our productdevelopment activities utilizing our proprietary drug delivery and biological technologies. Our research and development costs have included, and willcontinue to include, expenses for internal development personnel, supplies and facilities, clinical trials, regulatory compliance and reviews, validation ofprocesses and start-up costs to establish commercial manufacturing capabilities. At the time our new product candidates are approved by the FDA and webegin commercial manufacturing, we will allocate costs at our manufacturing location to inventory and cost of products sold. In 2004, we began allocatingour costs to manufacture ESTRASORB to inventory and cost of sales. As a result, our research and development costs decreased and our inventory and cost ofsales increased.Depreciation and Amortization Depreciation of furniture, fixtures and equipment is provided under the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives, generally three to 10 years.Amortization of leasehold improvements is provided over the estimated useful lives of the improvements or the term of the lease, whichever is shorter.24 We completed the build-out and validation of our manufacturing facility in Philadelphia in 2004. In addition, we purchased, validated and installedequipment for ESTRASROB manufacturing in 2004. The total investment in 2004 for the facility and equipment was approximately $13.8 million. We beganrecognizing amortization or depreciation on these assets in 2004. Total amortization and depreciation expense for the years ended December 2005, 2004, and2003 was $2.8 million, $2.3 million and $0.5 million respectively.Accounting for Facility Exit Costs In July 2004, we entered into a long-term agreement to lease a 32,900 square foot facility in Malvern, Pennsylvania for the consolidation and expansion ofour corporate headquarters and product development activities. The lease, with a commencement date of September 15, 2004, has an initial term of 10 yearswith two five-year renewal options. Standard annual escalation rental rates are in effect during the initial lease term. With six months advance notice, we alsohave an option to lease adjoining space of 17,000 square feet, which could be built out for future manufacturing needs. We applied the principles of SFAS No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities, in accounting for contract termination costsand associated costs that will continue to be incurred under the operating lease expiring on October 31, 2006 relating to our former corporate offices locatedin Columbia, Maryland. We recorded a liability of $105,000 in 2005 and $252,000 in 2004 for the difference between the fair value of the remaining leasepayments, reduced by current estimated sublease rentals that could be reasonably obtained and included the corresponding expense in facility exit costs. Asof December 31, 2005 the remaining liabilities were $138,000. We applied the principles of SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, and APB No. 20, Accounting Changes, inwriting off the remaining useful lives of the leasehold assets relating to the Columbia facility. For the year ended December 31, 2004, $471,000 was includedin facility exit costs associated with the moving of corporate offices.Goodwill and Intangibles Assets Goodwill originally results from business acquisitions, in particular, the $35.6 million of goodwill we recognized for our acquisition of FieldingPharmaceuticals in December 2000. Assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recorded at their fair values; the excess of the purchase price over theidentifiable net assets acquired is recorded as goodwill. Intangible assets other than goodwill are the result of product acquisitions, non-competearrangements, and internally-discovered patents. Other intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives, ranging fromfive to 17 years. We periodically evaluate the periods of amortization to determine whether later events and circumstances warrant revised estimates of usefullives. As a result of the License and Supply Agreements with Esprit Pharma, Inc. and the Asset Purchase Agreement with Pharmelle, LLC (see “SignificantTransactions”) we wrote off net intangible assets totaling $3.3 million in 2005. In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, which is effective for fiscal yearsbeginning after December 15, 2001. Under these rules, goodwill and intangible assets deemed to have indefinite lives are no longer amortized but are subjectto impairment tests annually or more frequently should indicators of impairment arise. Other intangible assets continue to be amortized over their useful livesbeginning in the first quarter of 2002. The Company utilizes a discounted cash flow analysis, which includes profitability information, estimated futureoperating results, trends and other information in assessing whether the value of indefinite-lived intangible assets can be recovered. Under SFAS No. 142,goodwill impairment is deemed to exist if the carrying value of a reporting unit exceeds its estimated fair value. In accordance with the requirements of SFASNo. 142, the Company tested its goodwill for impairment as of January 1, 2002 and determined that no impairment was present. During 2003, 2004, and2005, the Company performed the required annual impairment test on the carrying amount of its goodwill, which indicated the Company’s estimated fairvalue of goodwill exceeded its carrying value; therefore, no impairment was identified at December 31, 2003, 2004 or 2005. If the appraisal had determinedthat the goodwill was impaired, the write down would have increased our net loss by a comparable amount.Stock Options and Stock-Based Compensation We apply the principles of APB No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, in accounting for stock options issued to our employees. APB No. 25generally does not require that options granted to employees be expensed. Had we applied the fair value principles of SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, our net loss for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 would have increased to approximately $16.5 million,$30.1 million and $23.5 million, respectively, as compared to approximately $11.2 million, $25.9 million and $17.3 million, respectively. The FinancialAccounting Standards Board eliminated the alternative use of APB No. 25’s intrinsic value method of accounting starting with the first fiscal year that beginsafter June 15, 2005. We will be required to record the effect of applying this revision as of January 1, 2006.25 During the year ended December 31, 2005 we granted 552,434 restricted shares of common stock totaling $0.6 million in value at the date of grant tovarious employees, officers and a board member, which vest over periods of up to three years. In accordance with APB No. 25, for the year endedDecember 31, 2005, $0.2 million was included in non-cash stock compensation expense related to this restricted stock. During 2004, we granted stock options to purchase an aggregate of 26,450 shares of common stock to two consultants as compensation for services in2004. We included $53,000 of non-cash stock compensation expense in sales and marketing expense, which represents the fair value as of the grant date.Guaranty In April 2002, we executed a conditional guaranty of a brokerage margin account for a director, in the amount of $500,000. Prior to demanding paymentfrom the Company, the brokerage firm must first make demand for payment to the director and then liquidate the account. Thereafter, if there remains ashortfall, they may demand payment from the Company. As of December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company has not recorded any liability on its balance sheetrelated to this guarantee as we believe the possibility of required payment by the Company to be unlikely. In August 2005, we approved the issuance of 50,000 shares of common stock in a private placement to this director for, among other things, his agreementto pledge such shares to the brokerage firm to secure the guarantee mentioned above. Results of Operations for Fiscal Years 2005, 2004 and 2003 (In thousands, except percentage changes and share and per share information)Revenues: 2005 2004 Change from Change from Revenues: 2004 2003 2003 Vitamins $877 $(1,408) -62% $2,285 $(3,418) -60% $5,703 Gynodiol 904 (119) -12% 1,023 (1,181) -54% 2,204 AVC line 715 (225) -24% 940 (899) -49% 1,839 ESTRASORB 2,046 254 14% 1,792 1,792 100% –– Other 7 (350) -98% 357 (106) -23% 463 Net product sales 4,549 (1,848) -29% 6,397 (3,812) -37% 10,209 Contract research 1,798 60 3% 1,738 437 34% 1,301 Royalties, milestone and licensingfees 1,041 916 733% 125 (150) -55% 275 $7,388 $(872) -11% $8,260 $(3,525) -30% $11,785 Revenues for 2005 consisted of product sales of $4.5 million, compared to $6.4 million in 2004; contract revenues of $1.8 million, compared to$1.7 million in 2004; and milestone and licensing fees of $1.0 million in 2005, compared to $0.1 million in 2004. Total revenues for 2005 were $7.4 million,as compared to $8.3 million for 2004, a $0.9 million or 11% decrease. Of the total decrease in revenues, product sales accounted for $1.8 million partiallyoffset by a $0.9 million increase in royalties, milestone and licensing fees. The reason for the net decrease in net product sales is primarily due to: • In September 2005, we entered into the Pharmelle Transaction for the sale of assets related to AVC Cream and Suppositories, NovaNatal andNovaStart products. As a result the 2005 vitamin and AVC product sales only reflect a partial year of revenues for these products. • During 2005, the vitamin lines continued to be negatively impacted by generic and new product competition. • 2005 Gynodiol sales were lower than in 2004 primarily due to an out-of stock situation for certain prescription strengths. • In October 2005, we entered into the Esprit Transaction. Under these agreements Esprit obtained exclusive rights to market ESTRASORB in NorthAmerica and we will continue to manufacture and sell ESTRASORB to Esprit for a lower price than what we previously sold ESTRASORB to ourdistributors. 2005 ESTRASORB net product sales includes sales to our distributors through the date of this agreement and to Esprit after this date.26 Contract research revenues in 2005 of $1.8 million were comparable to 2004 contract research revenues of $1.7 million. Royalties, milestone and licensingfees increased by $0.9 million from $0.1 million in 2004 to $1.0 million in 2005 primarily due to a $1.0 million license renewal fee received from IGI, Inc. fora ten year renewal on licensed technologies in specific fields. Revenues for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 were $8.3 million compared to $11.8 million in 2003. This represents a year-to-year decrease of$3.5 million, or 30%. Of the $3.5 million total revenue decrease from 2003 to 2004, a decline in product sales accounted for $3.8 million of that shortage.The product sales decrease was attributable to an overall decline in sales of our prenatal vitamin lines, Gynodiol and AVC Cream, as well as increased returnsfor these products from our wholesalers. In addition a non-recurring reserve of $1.3 million was taken in 2004 for anticipated returns of vitamins negativelyimpacted by generic competition. Contract research revenue increased $0.4 million from $1.3 million in 2003 to $1.7 million in 2004 primarily due to $0.8 million we received from an NIHgrant to develop a second generation AIDS vaccine, as well as, $0.5 million we received from an NIH contract that was cancelled in July 2004. This increasein contract research revenues was partially offset by the completion of several contracts in 2003. Royalties, milestone and licensing fees decreased$0.2 million from $0.3 million in 2003 to $0.1 million in 2004.Operating Costs and Expenses: 2005 2004 Operating costs and Change from Change from expenses: 2004 2003 2003 Cost of products sold $5,791 $2,301 66% $3,490 $1,433 70% $2,057 Excess inventory costs over market 1,519 1,519 100% –– –– –– –– Research and development 5,075 (2,294) -31% 7,369 (2,689) -27% 10,058 Selling 5,190 (5,791) -53% 10,981 3,423 45% 7,558 Marketing 1,730 (10,877) -86% 12,607 12,375 5334% 232 General and administrative 8,114 (602) -7% 8,716 782 10% 7,934 Facility exit costs 105 (618) -85% 723 723 100% –– Gain on sales of product assets (10,965) (10,965) -100% –– –– –– –– Gain on redemption of debt –– 11,162 100% (11,162) (11,162) -100% –– $16,559 $(16,165) -50% $32,724 $4,885 18% $27,839 Cost of Products Sold Cost of products sold, which includes fixed idle capacity costs at our manufacturing facility, increased to $5.8 million in 2005, compared to $3.5 millionin 2004 a 66% increase. Of the $5.8 million cost of products sold for 2005, $3.2 million was due to idle plant capacity costs at our manufacturing facilitycompared to $0.7 million in 2004. The remaining $2.6 million increase was primarily due to ESTRASORB, which accounted for 45% of net product sales in2005, as opposed to 28% of net product sales in 2004, and carries a much higher cost of product sold than our other products. ESTRASORB cost of productsold percentages have been and will continue to be high until we increase production volumes for both ESTRASORB and other manufactured products tooffset the fixed costs and depreciation related to the manufacturing facility, on-going facility costs and costs associated with the personnel required tomanufacture products at this facility. With the sale of vitamin and AVC lines, future cost of products sold will correspond to our ESTRASORB sales to Esprit,Gynodiol sales to distributors and manufacturing costs related to other products produced at our manufacturing facility. Until this facility reaches maximumcapacity fixed idle capacity costs will continue to be included in cost of products sold. Cost of products sold was $3.5 million in 2004, which includes fixed idle capacity costs at our manufacturing facility of $0.7 million, compared to 2003cost of products sold of $2.1 million, despite the decrease in product sales of $3.8 million. The $1.4 million increase was primarily due to the launch and saleof ESTRASORB in the second quarter of 2004 as well as the idle plant costs at our manufacturing facility of $0.7 million. ESTRASORB accounted for 28%of net product sales and carries a much higher cost of sales than our other products. A high volume of returns for our products, other than ESTRASORB, in2004 has also negatively affected our margins.Excess Inventory Costs over Market As part of the Esprit Transaction (see “Significant Transactions” ) we agreed to sell ESTRASORB at a price that was lower than our current inventorycarrying value and was below our manufacturing costs for the inventory manufactured and sold during the fourth quarter of 2005. This resulted in a writedown of $1.5 million at December 31, 2005. We anticipate these costs to be lower in 2006 as our manufacturing facility will be more fully utilizedmanufacturing ESTRASORB as well as fulfilling other manufacturing contracts.27 Research and Development Expenses Research and development costs decreased from $7.4 million in 2004 to $5.1 million in 2005. The decrease of $2.3 million or 31% was due tomanufacturing start-up costs in 2004 being accounted for in the research and development category until April 2004. The first quarter of 2004 manufacturingcosts totaling $1.7 million were incurred to prepare and validate the ESTRASORB facility for good manufacturing practices and FDA compliance and not tobuild inventory. Beginning in April 2004, manufacturing costs have been included in cost of sales and inventory. Vaccine contract research costs, which areincluded in total research and development expenses, decreased from $3.2 million in 2004 to $2.6 million in 2005. This decrease was due to higher costsrelated to a government contract in 2004, as well as a reduction in facility costs for 2005. Research and development expenses were $10.1 million in 2003, compared to $7.4 million for 2004. The decrease of $2.7 million, or 27%, was primarilydue to manufacturing start-up costs in being accounted for in the research and development category for all of 2003 and only until April 2004. This waspartially offset by $1.1 million increase in 2004 of research costs related to new product development and other unallocated costs.Reconciliation of Significant Research and Development Projects The following table reconciles the direct and indirect costs incurred to date for our major projects to our total research and development expense. Project 2005 2004 2003 ESTRASORB $172 $1,704 $5,417 ANDROSORB — 32 269 Vaccine contracts and research 2,592 3,183 3,001 Allocated project costs 2,764 4,919 8,697 New drug development and other unallocated costs 2,311 2,450 1,371 Total $5,075 $7,369 $10,058 Estimated Cost and Time to Complete Major Projects The expenditures that will be necessary to execute our business plan are subject to numerous uncertainties, which may adversely affect our liquidity andcapital resources. As of December 31, 2005, our proprietary product and vaccine candidates were in early stages of development. Due to the inherent nature ofproduct development, future market demand for products and factors outside of our control, such as clinical results and regulatory approvals, we are unable toestimate the completion dates and the estimated total costs for those product candidates. The duration and the cost of clinical trials may vary significantlyover the life of a project as a result of differences arising during clinical trial protocol, including, but not limited to, the following: • number of patients that ultimately participate in the trial; • duration of the patient follow-up that seems appropriate in view of the results; • number of clinical sites included in the trials; and • length of time required to enroll suitable patient subjects. In addition, we test our potential products and vaccines in numerous preclinical studies to identify, among other things, the daily dosage amounts. Wemay conduct multiple clinical trials to cover a variety of indications for each product candidate. As we obtain results for our trials we may elect todiscontinue clinical trials for certain product candidates or indications. We further believe that it is not possible to predict the length of regulatory approvaltime. Factors that are outside our control could significantly delay the approval and marketability of our product candidates. As a result of the uncertainties discussed above and other risks and uncertainties, the duration and completion costs of our research and developmentprojects are difficult to estimate and are subject to numerous variations. Our inability to complete our research and development projects in a timely mannercould significantly increase our capital requirements and could adversely impact our liquidity. These uncertainties could force us to seek external sources offinancing from time to time in order to continue pursuing our business strategy. For more discussion of the risks and uncertainties and our liquidity, seeItem 1A “Risk Factors” and see “Liquidity and Capital Resources”.28 Selling Expenses Selling expenses were $5.2 million in 2005 compared to $11.0 million in 2004. The decrease of $5.8 million, or 53%, was due to the reduction on the salesforce in March 2005 and the elimination of the remaining sales force in August 2005. This corresponded with our strategy of transitioning from a commercialbusiness model to that of one focused on our core competency of new product development. With the sale of our vitamin and AVC lines to Pharmelle andlicensing ESTRASORB in North America to Esprit, the only remaining product that we are selling directly to our distributors is Gynodiol. Gynodiol’s sellingexpenses going forward will be minimal. Selling expenses were $11.0 million in 2004 compared to $7.6 million in 2003. The increase of $3.4 million, or 45%, was primarily due to the hiring of 50of King’s sales personnel in conjunction with the termination of our co-promotion agreements with King in July 2004.Marketing Expenses Marketing expenses were $1.7 million in 2005 compared to $12.6 million in 2004. The decrease of $10.9 million or 86%, was due to the major marketinginvestment in 2004 for the initial launch of ESTRASORB as well as our strategy of transitioning from a commercial business model to that of one focused onour core competency of new product development. With the sale of our vitamin and AVC lines to Pharmelle and the licensing of ESTRASORB in NorthAmerica to Esprit, our ongoing marketing expenses will be minimal. Marketing expenses were $12.6 million in 2004 compared to $0.2 million in 2003. The increase of $12.4 million was due to the 2004 product launchadvertising and promotion for ESTRASORB, as well as increases in marketing personnel.General and Administrative General and administrative costs were $8.1 million in 2005 compared to $8.7 million in 2004. The $0.6 million decrease, or 7% is partially due toreceiving $0.4 million from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the reimbursement of certain costs incurred with the move to our corporate headquartersand product development activities to Malvern, Pennsylvania as well as cost saving measures implemented in 2004 and 2005. This decrease was partiallyoffset by increases in legal fees and business development costs, related to strategic initiatives. General and administrative costs were $8.7 million in 2004 compared to $7.9 million in 2003. The $0.8 million increase, or 10%, is primarily due toincreases in accounting and consulting fees related to the implementation of internal control evaluation and reporting procedures as required by theSarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as well as other increases in legal, insurance and facility expenses.Other A charge for facility exit costs of $0.7 million was recorded in 2004. As previously described, in September 2004 we moved to Malvern, Pennsylvania forthe consolidation and expansion of corporate headquarters and product development activities. We vacated our facility in Columbia, Maryland and recordeda liability of $0.2 million for contract termination costs and wrote-off the net value of the Columbia leasehold assets of $0.5 million. A further adjustment wasmade in 2005 of $0.1 million to the contract termination costs. The gain on the sales of product assets of $11.0 million recorded in 2005 includes a $10.1 million gain from the Esprit Transaction and $0.9 million gainfrom the Pharmelle Transaction (see “Significant Transactions”). The one time gain on the redemption of debt of $11.2 million we recorded in 2004 relates to the King Transaction.Interest Income/ (Expense): 2005 2004 Change from Change from 2004 2003 2003 Interest income (expense) Interest income $330 $12 -4% $318 $123 -63% $195 Interest expense (2,333) (489) 27% (1,844) (430) 30% (1,414) $(2,003) $(477) 31% $(1,526) $(307) 25% $(1,219)29 Net interest expense was $2.0 million in 2005, $1.5 million in 2004, and $1.2 million in 2003. Our interest expense relates primarily to the promissorynotes with King of $40.0 million in 2003 through July 2004, at which time those notes were redeemed and we issued new convertible notes totaling$35.0 million to a group of institutional investors. In October 2005, certain holders of $6.0 million face amount of the convertible notes exercised theiroptional conversion rights to convert their notes plus accrued interest into 1,070,635 shares of Novavax common stock. This reduced the aggregate principalamount of the convertible notes outstanding to $29.0 million. Included in interest expense for 2005 is a $0.3 million write-off of deferred financing costs thatcorresponds to the $6.0 million convertible debt. Also included in interest expense for 2005 and 2004 is $0.4 million and $0.2 million, respectively, ofamortization of deferred financing costs that corresponds to the convertible debt.Net Losses: 2005 2004 Change from 2004 Change from 2003 2003 Net loss $(11,174) $14,746 57% $(25,920) $(8,647) 50% $(17,273) Net loss per share $(0.26) $0.44 63% $(0.70) $(0.12) -21% $(0.58) Weighted shares outstanding 42,758,302, 36,926,034 29,852,797 Net loss for 2005 was $11.2 million or $(0.26) per share, as compared to $25.9 million or $(0.70) per share for 2004, a decrease of $14.7 million, or $0.44per share. The decreased loss was due to the gain on sales of product assets of $11.0 million, a decrease of $15.7 million in operating expenses and$0.6 million in facility exit costs, partially offset by the decrease in revenues of $0.9 million, the gain on redemption of debts of $11.2 million and anincrease of $0.5 million in interest expense, all previously discussed. Net loss for 2004 was $25.9 million, or $(0.70) per share, compared to $17.3 million, or $(0.58) per share for 2003 an increase of $8.6 million or $0.12 pershare. The increased loss was due to the gain on redemption of debt of $11.2 million, offset by a decrease in revenue of $3.5 million, $0.7 million for facilityexit costs and an increase in other operating expenses of $15.3 million, all previously discussed.Liquidity and Capital Resources Our capital requirements depend on numerous factors, including but not limited to the commitments and progress of our research and developmentprograms, the progress of preclinical and clinical testing, the time and costs involved in obtaining regulatory approvals, the costs of filing, prosecuting,defending and enforcing any patent claims and other intellectual property rights, competing technological and market developments, and manufacturingcosts related to ESTRASORB. We plan to have multiple products and vaccines in various stages of product development and we believe our research anddevelopment as well as general administrative expenses and capital requirements will continue to exceed our revenues. Future activities, particularly productdevelopment, are subject to our ability to raise funds through debt or equity financing, or collaborative arrangements with industry partners. Year ended December 31, 2005 (in thousands) Summary of Cash Flows: Net cash (used) provided by: Operating activities $(5,809)Investing activities (162)Financing activities 19,988 Net change in cash and cash equivalents 14,017 Beginning cash and cash equivalents 17,876 Ending cash and cash equivalents $31,893 30 In addition to revenues of $27.4 million from 2003 through December 31, 2005, we have financed our operations primarily from: Net proceeds (in millions) 2003 2004 2005 Total Sales of common stock in public offerings $25.9 $–– $20.7 $46.6 Sales of product assets –– –– 12.7 12.7 Issuance of convertible notes –– 32.9 –– 32.9 Uses associated with the King Transaction –– (15.0) –– (15.0) Sales of common stock in a private placement 16.6 4.7 –– 21.3 Exercise of stock options and warrants 1.6 0.4 0.4 2.4 $44.1 $23.0 $33.8 $100.9 Cash and cash equivalents were $31.9 million at December 31, 2005, an increase of $14.0 million from the December 31, 2004 balance of $17.9 million.The Esprit and Pharmelle Transactions and the two Equity Financings, as previously discussed, added over $33.4 million to our cash balance in 2005. TheFebruary 2006 equity financing (see “Significant Transactions”) further adds approximately $19.9 million to the year end cash position. Of the $14.0 millionof cash increase in 2005, $20.0 million was obtained from financing activities, offset by $5.8 million used in operating activities and $0.2 million forinvesting activities. Operating activities consisted of the net loss of $11.2 million, as previously discussed, and non-cash activities of $(6.2) million,including the $11.0 million gain on sales of product assets, $(1.1) million of net changes in balance sheet accounts and $12.7 million net proceeds from theEsprit and Pharmelle Transactions. Cash used in investing activities consisted primarily of general capital expenditures needs. Working capital was$32.7 million at December 31, 2005 compared to $15.4 million at December 31, 2004. The increase in working capital of $17.3 million, or 112% wasprimarily due to the cash flow activities described above. We intend to use the proceeds from the Esprit and Pharmelle and Equity Financing Transactions for general corporate purposes, including but not limitedto our internal research and development programs, such as preclinical and clinical testing and studies for our product candidates and the development ofnew technologies, capital improvement and general working capital. We will continue to pursue obtaining capital through product licensing, co-development arrangements on new products, or the public or private sale of securities of the Company. We have demonstrated our ability to obtain capital, asrequired; however, there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain additional capital or, if such capital is available, that the terms of any financingwill be satisfactory to the Company. Based on our assessment of the availability of capital and our business operations as currently contemplated, in theabsence of new financings, licensing arrangements or partnership agreements, we believe we will have adequate capital resources through 2007. If we are unable to obtain additional capital, we will continue to assess our capital resources and we may be required to delay, reduce the scope of, oreliminate one or more of our product research and development programs, downsize our organization, or reduce general and administrative infrastructure.Contractual Obligations and Commitments The following table summarizes our current obligations and commitments (in thousands) as of December 31, 2005: Less than 1 1 - 3 4 – 5 More than Commitments & Obligations Total Year Years Years 5 Years Convertible notes $29,000 $–– $–– $29,000 $–– Operating leases 5,021 897 1,344 1,117 1,663 Notes payable 1,393 715 446 232 –– Manufacturing facility lease 800 720 80 –– –– Total principal payments 36,214 2,332 1,870 30,349 1,663 Interest 4,948 1,410 2,780 758 –– Total commitments & obligations $41,162 $3,742 $4,650 $31,107 $1,663 Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements The Company is not involved in any off-balance sheet agreements that have or are reasonably likely to have a material future effect on its financialcondition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, or capital resources.31 Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk The Company is exposed to interest rate risk primarily through its investments in cash equivalents. The Company’s investment policy requiresinvestments in short-term, low-risk instruments. At December 31, 2005, the Company had $31.9 million in cash and cash equivalents. If interest rates fall,floating rate securities will generate less interest income. The Company does not believe that it is exposed to any material interest rate risk as a result of itsinvestments in cash equivalents. At December 31, 2005, the Company had a total debt of $30.5 million, most of which bears interest at fixed interest rates. The Company therefore does notbelieve that it is exposed to any material interest rate risk as a result of its borrowing activities. Information required under this section is also contained in Part I, Item IA of this report and in Item 8 of this report, and is incorporated herein by reference.Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data The financial statements and notes thereto listed in Item 15 – Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules, are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form10-K and are incorporated herein by reference. Supplementary data thereto included in Item 6 – Selected Financial Data, is incorporated herein by reference.Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure Not applicable.Item 9A. Controls and ProceduresEvaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures The Company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer have reviewed and evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of the end of the periodcovered by this annual report. Based on that review and evaluation, which included the participation of management and certain other employees of theCompany, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that the Company’s current disclosure controls and procedures, as designedand implemented, are reasonably adequate to ensure that such officers are provided with information relating to the Company required to be disclosed in thereports the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act and that such information is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the specifiedtime periods.Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in ExchangeAct Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and ChiefFinancial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004 based on theframework in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based onthat evaluation, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2005. Management’s assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005 has been audited by Ernst & YoungLLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which is included elsewhere herein.Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting The Company has taken all actions necessary to fully comply with all criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by theCommittee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria). The Company continuously reviews internal control overfinancial reporting and has tightened and/or increased controls as deemed necessary. None of the changes in our internal control over financial reportingmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.Item 9B. Other Information Not applicable.32 PART IIIItem 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant Certain of the information required by this item is set forth below. The remainder is contained in our definitive Proxy Statement for our 2006 AnnualMeeting of Stockholders to be held on April 26, 2006 (the “2006 Proxy Statement”) under the caption “Proposal I — Election of Class II Directors” and isincorporated herein by this reference. We expect to file the 2006 Proxy Statement within 120 days after the close of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005.Executive Officers of the Registrant Our executive officers hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the annual meeting of stockholders and until their successorsare duly chosen and qualified, or until they resign or are removed from office in accordance with our By-laws. The following table provides certain information with respect to our executive officers. Principal Occupation and Other BusinessName Age Experience During the Past Five YearsRahul Singhvi 41 President, Chief Executive Officer and director of Novavax since August 2005. SeniorVice President and Chief Operating Officer of Novavax from April 2005 toAugust 2005 and Vice President – Pharmaceutical Development and ManufacturingOperations from April 2004 to April 2005. For 10 years prior to joining the Company,served in several positions with Merck & Co., culminating as Director of the MerckManufacturing Division from 1999 to 2004. Dennis W. Genge 53 Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Novavax since October 2000. Raymond J. Hage 38 Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since August 2005. Vice Presidentof Marketing and Corporate Development of Novavax from January 2004 toAugust 2005. Prior to joining the Company, served in several positions including anindependent marketing consultant with CHS, Inc. in 2003, Director of Marketing withCephalon, Inc. from 2002 to 2003 and for 10 years held various marketing and salesroles at Eli Lilly and Company culminating as Director of US Women’s Health from2001 to 2002.Code of Ethics The Company has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics applicable to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, controller, andpersons performing similar functions, and has made the code an exhibit to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the 2003 Fiscal Year ended December 31,2003. The Code is also available, and the Company will file and post a current report on Form 8-K for amendments to and waivers of its Code for its principalexecutive and financial officers, on its website at www.novavax.com.Item 11. Executive Compensation The information required by this item is contained in the 2006 Proxy Statement under the captions “Executive Compensation” and “Proposal I – Electionof Class II Directors ” and is incorporated herein by reference.Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters Certain of the information required by this item is contained in the 2006 Proxy Statement under the captions “Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock”and “Executive Compensation – Stock Options” and is incorporated herein by reference.33 The following table provides the Company’s equity compensation plan information as of December 31, 2005. Under these plans, the Company’s commonstock may be issued upon the exercise of options. See also the information regarding stock options of the Company in Note 9, “Stock Options” to theConsolidated Financial Statements included herewith.Equity Compensation Plan Information Number of securities remaining available for future issuance Number of securities under equity to be issued Weighted-average compensation plans upon exercise of exercise price of (excluding securities outstanding options, outstanding options, reflected in columnPlan Category warrants and rights warrants and rights (a)) (a) (b) (c)Equity compensation plans approved by security holders (1) 5,394,086 $3.66 2,021,443 (1) Includes the Company’s 2005 Stock Option Plan, 1995 Stock Option Plan and 1995 Director Stock Option Plan.Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions The information required by this item is contained in the 2006 Proxy Statement under the caption “Proposal I – Election of Class II Directors – CertainRelationships and Related Transactions” and is incorporated herein by reference.Item 14. Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees and Services The information required by this item is contained in the 2006 Proxy Statement under the caption “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” andis incorporated herein by reference.34 PART IVItem 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules (a)(1) Financial Statements: Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. (a)(2) Financial Statement Schedules: Schedules are either not applicable or not required because the information required is contained in the financial statements or notes thereto.Condensed financial information of Novavax is omitted since there are no substantial amounts of restricted net assets applicable to Novavax’swholly-owned, consolidated subsidiary. (a)(3) Exhibits: Exhibits marked with a single asterisk (*) are filed herewith. Exhibits marked with a double plus sign (††) refer to management contracts, compensatory plans or arrangements. All other exhibits listed have previously been filed with the Commission and are incorporated herein by reference. 3.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Annual Reporton Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996, File No. 0-26770, filed March 21, 1997 (the “1996 Form 10-K”)), as amended bythe Certificate of Amendment dated December 18, 2000 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Company’s Annual Report onForm 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, File No. 0-26770, filed March 29, 2001 (the “2000 Form 10-K”)), as further amendedby the Certificate of Amendment dated July 8, 2004 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2004, File No. 0-26770, filed August 9, 2004 (the “2004 2Q Form 10-Q”)) 3.2 Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Qfor the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2001, File No. 0-26770, filed August 13, 2001 (the “2001 Q2 Form 10-Q”)) 4.1 Specimen stock certificate for shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’sRegistration Statement on Form 10, File No. 0-26770, filed September 14, 1995 (the “Form 10”)) 4.2 Rights Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2002, by and between the Company and Equiserve Trust Company, which includes the Form ofSummary of Rights to Purchase Series D Junior Participating Preferred Stock as Exhibit A, the Form of Right Certificate as Exhibit B and theForm of Certificate of Designation of Series D Junior Participating Preferred Stock as Exhibit C. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to theCompany’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed August 9, 2002) 4.3 Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 16, 2004, by and between the Company and the Buyers identified therein. (Incorporated byreference to Exhibit 4.7 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-118210, filed August 13, 2004) ††10.1 Novavax, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan, as amended (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statementfiled March 31, 2003 in connection with the Annual Meeting held on May 7, 2003) ††10.2 Novavax, Inc. 1995 Director Stock Option Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Form 10)35 ††10.3 Employment Agreement, dated January 1, 2002, by and between the Company and Dennis W. Genge (Incorporated by reference toExhibit 10.8 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, File No. 0-26770, filed March 15,2002 (the “2001 Form 10-K”)) ††10.4 Employment Agreement, dated August 7, 2003, by and between the Company and Nelson M. Sims (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003, File No. 000-26770, filed August 13, 2003) ††10.5 Separation Agreement, entered into as of August 8, 2005, by and between the Company and Nelson M. Sims (Incorporated by reference toExhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed August 10, 2005) ††10.6 Employment Agreement, dated as of November 9, 2005, by and between the Company and Rahul Singhvi (Incorporated by reference toExhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed November 15, 2005) ††10.7 Employment Agreement, dated as of November 9, 2005, by and between the Company and Raymond J. Hage, Jr. (Incorporated by reference toExhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed November 15, 2005) ††10.8 Change in Control Severance Benefit Plan, as adopted August 10, 2005 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s CurrentReport on Form 8-K, filed August 16, 2005) ††10.9 Form of Indemnity Agreement, as authorized August 10, 2005 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Current Report onForm 8-K, filed August 16, 2005) 10.10 Secured Promissory Note, dated March 21, 2002, by and between the Company and Mitchell J. Kelly (Incorporated by reference toExhibit 10.9 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, File No. 0-26770, filed March 28,2003 (the “2002 Form 10-K”)) 10.11 Pledge Agreement, dated March 21, 2002, by and between the Company and Mitchell J. Kelly (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 tothe 2002 Form 10-K) 10.12 Secured Promissory Note, dated March 21, 2002, by and between the Company and Denis M. O’Donnell, M.D. (Incorporated by reference toExhibit 10.11 to the 2002 Form 10-K) 10.13 Pledge Agreement, dated March 21, 2002, by and between the Company and Denis M. O’Donnell, M.D. (Incorporated by reference toExhibit 10.12 to the 2002 Form 10-K) 10.14 Guaranty of Account, dated April 29, 2002, by and between the Company and CIBC World Markets Corporation for Denis M. O’Donnell, M.D.(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the 2002 Form 10-K) 10.15 Agreement of Lease, dated September 25, 1996, by and between the Company and Rivers Center Associates Limited Partnership (Incorporatedby reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the 1996 Form 10-K) 10.16 Facilities Reservation Agreement, dated as of February 11, 2002, by and between the Company and Packaging Coordinators, Inc. (Incorporatedby reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the 2001 Form 10-K) 10.17 Lease Agreement, dated as of July 15, 2004, between Liberty Property Limited Partnership and the Company (Incorporated by reference toExhibit 10.1 to the 2004 2Q Form 10-Q) 10.18 Lease, commencing April 1, 2005, by and between United Health Care Services, Inc. and the Company (Incorporated by reference toExhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, File No. 0-26770, filed August 9, 2005) 10.19 License Agreement between IGEN, Inc. and Novavax, Inc. (formerly Micro-Pak, Inc.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to theCompany’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, File No. 0-26770, filed April 1, 1996)36 10.20 Note, dated December 20, 2002, by and between the Company and PIDC Local Development Corporation (Incorporated by reference toExhibit 10.35 to the 2002 Form 10-K) 10.21 Security Agreement, dated December 20, 2002, by and between the Company and PIDC Local Development Corporation (Incorporated byreference to Exhibit 10.36 to the 2002 Form 10-K) 10.22 Note, dated December 20, 2002, by and between the Company and PIDC Local Development Corporation (Incorporated by reference toExhibit 10.37 to the 2002 Form 10-K) 10.23 Security Agreement, dated December 20, 2002, by and between the Company and PIDC Local Development Corporation (Incorporated byreference to Exhibit 10.38 to the 2002 Form 10-K) 10.24 Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 17, 2003, by and among the Company and the purchasers named therein(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Current Report on form 8-K, filed February 25, 2003) 10.25 HIV Vaccine Design and Development Agreement, effective September 26, 2003, by and between the Company and the National Institute ofAllergy and Infectious Diseases, a component of the National Institutes of Health, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (as amended) for the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2004, File No. 0-26770, filed March 15, 2005) 10.26 Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 16, 2004 between the Company and Joseph R. Gregory. (Incorporated by reference toExhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 19, 2004) 10.27 Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 16, 2004, between the Company and Smithfield Fiduciary LLC, SF Capital Partners LTD,Portside Growth and Opportunity Fund, Winchester Global Trust Company Limited as Trustee for Caduceus Capital Trust, Caduceus Capital II,L.P., UBS Eucalyptus Fund, L.L.C., PW Eucalyptus Fund, LTD., HFR SHC Aggressive Fund, Finsbury Worldwide Pharmaceutical Trust andDeutsche Bank AG London. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 19, 2004) 10.28 Form of Senior Convertible Note (Incorporated by reference to Exhibits 99.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 19,2004) 10.29 Exchange Agreement, dated July 16, 2004, between the Company, King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Parkedale Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 19, 2004) 10.30 Termination Agreement, dated as of July 16, 2004 among King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Parkedale Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and the Company(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.6 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 19, 2004) 10.31 Placement Agent Agreement, dated June 30, 2005, by and between the Company and Lane Capital Markets, LLC (Incorporated by reference toExhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed July 5, 2005) 10.32 Asset Purchase Agreement, dated and entered into as of September 22, 2005, by and among the Company, Fielding Pharmaceutical Companyand Pharmelle, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed September 28, 2005) *10.33 License Agreement by and between the Company and Esprit Pharma, Inc., dated October 18, 2005. Confidential information has been omittedfrom this exhibit and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatment request. *10.34 Supply Agreement by and between the Company and Esprit Pharma, Inc., dated October 18, 2005. Confidential information has been omittedfrom this exhibit and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatment request.37 10.35 Agreement, dated November 1, 2005, by and between the Company and Rodman & Renshaw, LLC (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 tothe Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed November 2, 2005) 10.36 Form of Securities Purchase Agreement dated November 1, 2005 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Reporton Form 8-K, filed November 2, 2005) 14 Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscalyear ended December 31, 2003, filed March 15, 2004) *21 List of Subsidiaries *23 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm *31.1 Certification of principal executive officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 *31.2 Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 *32.1 Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, by Rahul Singhvi,President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company *32.2 Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, by Dennis W. Genge,Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company38 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on itsbehalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. Date: March 6, 2006 NOVAVAX, INC. By: /s/ Rahul Singhvi President and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrantand in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Name Title Date /s/ RAHUL SINGHVI President and Chief Executive March 6, 2006Rahul Singhvi Officer and Director /s/ DENNIS W. GENGE Vice President and Chief Financial March 6, 2006Dennis W. Genge Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) /s/ GARY C. EVANS Director March 6, 2006Gary C. Evans /s/ MITCHELL J. KELLY Director March 6, 2006Mitchell J. Kelly /s/ J. MICHAEL LAZARUS, M.D. Director March 6, 2006J. Michael Lazarus, M.D. /s/ JOHN O. MARSH, JR. Director March 6, 2006John O. Marsh, Jr. /s/ MICHAEL A. MCMANUS Director March 6, 2006Michael A. McManus /s/ DENIS M. O’DONNELL, M.D. Director March 6, 2006Denis M. O’Donnell, M.D. 39 INDEX TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTSYears ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003Contents Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-2 Consolidated Financial Statements: Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 F-4 Consolidated Statements of Operations for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2005 F-5 Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2005 F-6 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2005 F-7 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements F-8 F-1 REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRMThe Board of Directors and Shareholders ofNovavax, Inc.We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Novavax, Inc. as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the related consolidated statementsof operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2005. These financial statements are theresponsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require thatwe plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includesexamining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accountingprinciples used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our auditsprovide a reasonable basis for our opinion.In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Novavax, Inc. atDecember 31, 2005 and 2004, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,2005, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the effectiveness of Novavax,Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued bythe Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated March 3, 2006 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon./s/ Ernst & Young LLPMarch 3, 2006Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaF-2 REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRMThe Board of Directors and Shareholders ofNovavax, Inc.We have audited management’s assessment, included in Item 9A. Controls and Procedures; Management’s Report on Internal Control over FinancialReporting, that Novavax Inc. maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, based on criteria established in InternalControl—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria). Novavax Inc.’smanagement is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal controlover financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s assessment and an opinion on the effectiveness of the company’sinternal control over financial reporting based on our audit.We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require thatwe plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all materialrespects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment, testing andevaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances.We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reportingand the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal controlover financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairlyreflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permitpreparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are beingmade only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention ortimely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation ofeffectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliancewith the policies or procedures may deteriorate.In our opinion, management’s assessment that Novavax Inc. maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, is fairlystated, in all material respects, based on the COSO criteria. Also, in our opinion, Novavax Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal controlover financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, based on the COSO criteria.We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheetsof Novavax Inc. as of December 31, 2005 and 2004 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of thethree years in the period ended December 31, 2005 of Novavax, Inc. and our report dated March 3, 2006 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon./s/ Ernst & Young LLPMarch 3, 2006Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaF-3 NOVAVAX, INC.CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS(in thousands, except share information) December 31, 2005 2004 ASSETS Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $31,893 $17,876 Accounts and other receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $429 and $752 as of December 31, 2005and 2004 3,571 827 Inventory 800 3,464 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 1,347 1,770 Total current assets 37,611 23,937 Property and equipment, net 11,589 14,147 Goodwill 33,141 33,141 Other intangible assets, net 1,110 5,048 Other non-current assets 931 1,720 Total assets $84,382 $77,993 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY Current liabilities: Accounts payable $1,426 $3,242 Accrued expenses 2,597 4,140 Current portion of notes payable 715 1,071 Current portion of facility exit costs 138 123 Total current liabilities 4,876 8,576 Convertible notes 29,000 35,000 Deferred rent 176 166 Non-current portion of notes payable 678 892 Non-current portion of facility exit costs –– 78 Stockholders’ equity: Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 2,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding –– –– Common stock, $.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 50,259,494 issued and 50,005,646 outstanding atDecember 31, 2005, and 39,807,724 issued and 39,553,876 outstanding at December 31, 2004 503 398 Additional paid-in capital 195,361 167,496 Unearned compensation (425) –– Notes receivable from directors (1,480) (1,480)Accumulated deficit (141,894) (130,720)Treasury stock, 253,848 shares, cost basis, at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively (2,413) (2,413)Total stockholders’ equity 49,652 33,281 Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $84,382 $77,993 See accompanying notes.F-4 NOVAVAX, INC.CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS(in thousands, except share and per share information) For the years ended December 31, 2005 2004 2003 Revenues: Net product sales $4,549 $6,397 $10,209 Contract research and development 1,798 1,738 1,301 Royalties, milestone and licensing fees 1,041 125 275 Total revenues 7,388 8,260 11,785 Operating costs and expenses: Cost of products sold 5,791 3,490 2,057 Excess inventory costs over market 1,519 –– –– Research and development 5,075 7,369 10,058 Selling and marketing 6,920 23,588 7,790 General and administrative 8,114 8,716 7,934 Facility exit costs 105 723 –– Gain on sales of product assets (10,965) –– –– Gain on redemption of debt –– (11,162) –– Total operating costs and expenses 16,559 32,724 27,839 Loss from operations (9,171) (24,464) (16,054)Interest expense, net (2,003) (1,526) (1,219)Other Income –– 70 –– Net loss $(11,174) $(25,920) $(17,273) Basic and diluted loss per share $(0.26) $(0.70) $(0.58) Basic and diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding 42,758,302 36,926,034 29,852,797 See accompanying notes.F-5 NOVAVAX, INC.CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITYFor the Years Ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003(in thousands, except share information) Additional Notes Total Common Stock Paid-in Unearned Receivable Accumulated Treasury Stockholder’s Shares Amount Capital Compensation From Directors Deficit Stock Equity Balance, December 31,2002 25,222,110 $252 $102,361 $— $(1,480) $(87,527) $(5,533) $8,073 Exercise of stock options 506,000 5 1,816 — — — (212) 1,609 Shares retired (5,927) — (31) — — — 31 — Sales of common stock 9,250,000 92 42,385 — — — — 42,477 Shares issued to King andother non-cash expense — — (2,242) — — — 3,300 1,058 Net loss — — — — — (17,273) — (17,273)Balance, December 31,2003 34,972,183 $349 $144,288 — $(1,480) $(104,800) $(2,413) $35,944 Exercise of stock options 107,550 1 368 — — — — 369 Stock options issued ascompensation –– –– 53 — — — — 53 Shares issued for KingTransaction 3,775,610 38 18,085 — — — — 18,123 Sale of common stock 952,381 10 4,990 — –– –– –– 5,000 Financing costs allocatedto raising additionalcapital –– –– (288) — — — — (288)Net loss –– –– –– — –– (25,920) –– (25,920)Balance, December 31,2004 39,807,724 $398 $167,496 $— $(1,480) $(130,720) $(2,413) $33,281 Exercise of stock options 342,654 3 392 — — — — 395 Issuance of common stockfor prior services 300,000 3 252 — — — — 255 Restricted stock issued ascompensation 552,434 6 570 (425) — — — 151 Conversion of convertibledebt 1,070,635 11 6,070 — — — — 6,081 Sales of common stock 8,186,047 82 21,918 — –– –– –– 22,000 Financing costs allocatedto raising additionalcapital –– –– (1,337) — — — — (1,337)Net loss –– –– –– — –– (11,174) –– (11,174)Balance, December 31,2005 50,259,494 $503 $195,361 $(425) $(1,480) $(141,894) $(2,413) $49,652 See accompanying notes.F-6 NOVAVAX, INC.CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS(in thousands) For the years ended December 31, 2005 2004 2003 Operating Activities Net loss $(11,174) $(25,920) $(17,273)Reconciliation of net loss to net cash used by operating activities: Retirement of capital assets 65 58 129 Amortization 681 776 656 Depreciation 2,794 2,277 530 Provision for bad debts 4 413 183 Deferred financing 662 166 –– Deferred rent 10 12 64 Deferred revenue –– (125) (275)Non-cash expense –– –– 258 Non-cash stock compensation 406 53 –– Non-cash facility exit costs 105 723 –– Gain on redemption of debt –– (11,162) –– Gain on sales of product assets (10,965) Net proceeds from sales of product assets 12,733 –– –– Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Accounts and other receivables (248) 720 (261)Inventory 2,102 (2,609) (222)Prepaid expenses and other assets 852 (1,128) 51 Accounts payable and accrued expenses (3,866) 5,436 (1,387)Facility exit costs (168) (51) –– Other non-current assets 198 262 –– Net cash used by operating activities (5,809) (30,099) (17,547) Investing activities Capital expenditures (230) (1,608) (2,018)Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment 68 –– 100 Net cash used in investing activities (162) (1,608) (1,918) Financing activities Net proceeds from issuance of convertible notes –– 32,943 — Net payments associated with King Transaction –– (15,010) –– Borrowing of long-term debt –– –– 226 Principal payment of capital lease obligations and notes payables (1,070) (1,064) (219)Net proceeds from sales of common stock 20,663 4,712 42,477 Proceeds from the exercise of stock options and warrants 395 369 1,609 Net cash provided by financing activities 19,988 21,950 44,093 Net change in cash and cash equivalents 14,017 (9,757) 24,628 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 17,876 27,633 3,005 Cash and cash equivalents at end of year $31,893 $17,876 $27,633 Non-cash transactions Conversion of convertible debt and accrued interest to common stock $6,081 $–– $–– Equipment purchases included in accounts payable $139 $101 $330 Financed insurance premiums $501 $862 $844 Cashless stock option exercises $–– $–– $181 Treasury stock reissued for accrued interest to King $–– $–– $800 See accompanying notes.F-7 NOVAVAX, INC.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTSDecember 31, 2005, 2004 and 20031. Organization Novavax, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Novavax” or the “Company”), was incorporated in 1987, and is a biopharmaceutical company focused on theresearch, development and commercialization of proprietary products utilizing its proprietary drug delivery and biological technologies for large andgrowing markets. The Company’s drug delivery technologies include the micellar nanoparticle (“MNP”) technology, which is the basis for the developmentof the Company’s first Food and Drug Administration approved product ESTRASORB®. In addition to MNP, the Company’s drug delivery technologiesinclude Novasomes® (paucillamellar non-phospholipid liposomes) and Sterisomes®. The Company’s vaccine technologies include its virus-like particle(“VLP”) manufacturing utilizing the baculovirus expression system in insect cells as well as novel vaccine adjuvants based on Novasomes and dendrimertechnologies. The Company plans to continue leveraging its technologies to develop other new product candidates to be sold or licensed to pharmaceuticalcompanies In October 2006, the Company entered into License and Supply Agreements for ESTRASORB. Under the agreements, the Company will continue tomanufacture ESTRASORB and the licensee, Esprit Pharma, Inc., which was granted an exclusive license, will sell ESTRASORB in North America. The products currently under development or in clinical trials by the Company will require significant additional research and development efforts,including extensive preclinical and clinical testing and regulatory approval, prior to commercial use. There can be no assurance that the Company’s researchand development efforts will be successful or that any potential products will prove to be safe and effective in clinical trials. Even if developed, theseproducts may not receive regulatory approval or be successfully introduced and marketed at prices that would permit the Company to operate profitably. TheCompany also recognizes that the commercial launch of any product is subject to certain risks including, but not limited to, manufacturing scale-up andmarket acceptance. No assurance can be given that the Company can generate sufficient product revenue to become profitable or generate positive cash flowfrom operations at all or on a sustained basis.2. Summary of Significant Accounting PoliciesBasis of Presentation The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary. All significant intercompanyaccounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain amounts appearing in the prior year’s footnote disclosure have been re-classified toconform to the current year’s presentation.Use of Estimates The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requiresmanagement to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities atthe date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from thoseestimates.Cash and Cash Equivalents The Company considers all highly liquid investments with insignificant interest rate risk and original maturities of three months or less from the date ofpurchase to be cash equivalents. Substantially all cash equivalents are held in short-term money market accounts with banks and brokerage accounts withlarge, high-quality financial institutions.Financial Instruments and Concentration of Credit Risk Financial instruments, which possibly expose the Company to concentration of credit risk, consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, accountsreceivable and convertible notes payable. The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalents in bank and brokerage accounts with high-quality financialinstitutions. The balances, at times, may exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses on such accounts and managementbelieves the risk of loss to be minimal. The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable approximates their fair value based on theirshort-term maturities at December 31, 2005 and 2004. The fair values of convertible notes approximate their carrying value as of December 31, 2005 and2004 based on rates currently available to the Company for debt with similar terms and remaining maturities.F-8 NOVAVAX, INC.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)December 31, 2005, 2004 and 20032. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)Accounts and Other Receivables Accounts receivables are reported in the consolidated balance sheets as outstanding principal less any charge-offs and the allowance for doubtfulaccounts. The Company charges off uncollectible receivables when the likelihood of collection is remote. Generally, the Company considers receivables pastdue 30 days subsequent to the billing date. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and generally extends credit withoutrequiring collateral. The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts that is determined based on historical experience and management’sexpectations of future losses. In 2004, losses were above management’s expectations due to a high volume of returns as a result of generic competition. As ofDecember 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company had an allowance for doubtful accounts of approximately $429,000 and $752,000, respectively. Included in other receivables as of December 31, 2005 is $2,500,000 due from Esprit Pharma, Inc. related to the License Agreement with Esprit (see Note 3Summary of Significant Transactions) and is due in October 2006. As of December 31, 2005 and 2004, three customers accounted for 80% and 81% of the Company’s gross product sales and 98% and 74% of theCompany’s product sales accounts receivable, respectively.Inventories Inventories are priced at the lower of cost or market using the first-in-first-out method and consist of the following at December 31: 2005 2004 (in thousands) Raw materials $358 $351 Work-in-progress 38 700 Finished goods 404 2,413 $800 $3,464 During the year ended December 31, 2005, the Company implemented SFAS No. 151, Inventory Costs- an amendment of ARB No. 43, Chapter 4 (“SFASNo. 151”). Under SFAS No. 151, the Company allocated fixed production overheads to inventories based on the anticipated normal capacity of themanufacturing facility at that time. Included in cost of products sold for the year ended December 31, 2005 is $3,198,000, $(.03) per share, of idle capacitycosts which represents the excess of fixed production overhead over that allocated to inventories. During the year ended December 31, 2005, $1,519,000 of inventory costs in excess of market value were included in the accompanying consolidatedstatement of operations and related to the Supply Agreement with Esprit (see Note 3 Summary of Significant Transactions). Under the terms of this agreementthe Company sells ESTRASORB at a price that was lower than its current inventory carrying value and was below its manufacturing costs for the inventorymanufactured and sold during the fourth quarter of 2005. The Company anticipates these costs to be lower in 2006 as our manufacturing facility will be morefully utilized manufacturing ESTRASORB as well as fulfilling other manufacturing contracts.Property and Equipment Property and equipment are recorded at cost. Depreciation of furniture, fixtures and equipment is provided under the straight-line method over theestimated useful lives of the assets, generally three to 10 years. Amortization of leasehold improvements is provided over the shorter of the estimated usefullives of the improvements or the term of the lease. Repairs and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.F-9 NOVAVAX, INC.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)December 31, 2005, 2004 and 20032. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – (Continued)Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets Goodwill originally results from business acquisitions. Assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recorded at their fair values; the excess of the purchaseprice over the identifiable net assets acquired is recorded as goodwill. Other intangible assets are a result of product acquisitions, non-compete arrangements,and internally-discovered patents. In accordance with SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (“SFAS No. 142”), goodwill and intangible assetsdeemed to have indefinite lives are not amortized but are subject to impairment tests annually, or more frequently should indicators of impairment arise. TheCompany utilizes a discounted cash flow analysis that includes profitability information, estimated future operating results, trends and other information inassessing whether the value of indefinite-lived intangible assets can be recovered. Under SFAS No. 142, goodwill impairment is deemed to exist if thecarrying value of a reporting unit exceeds its estimated fair value. In accordance with the requirements of SFAS No. 142, the Company initially tested itsgoodwill for impairment as of January 1, 2002 and determined that no impairment was present. The Company thereafter performed the required annualimpairment test as of December 31 of each year on the carrying amount of its goodwill, which indicated the Company’s estimated fair value of goodwillexceeded its carrying value, therefore, no impairment was identified during December 31, 2004 or 2005. Other intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives, ranging from five to 17 years. Goodwill and other intangible assets consist of the following at December 31: 2005 2004 Accumulated Accumulated Gross Amortization Net Gross Amortization Net (in thousands) Goodwill Goodwill-Company acquisition $33,141 $— $33,141 $33,141 $— $33,141 Other intangible assets, net ESTRASORB rights $— $— $— $2,514 $(136) $2,378 AVC-Product acquisition — — — 3,332 (1,904) 1,428 Patents 2,525 (1,415) 1,110 2,525 (1,283) 1,242 Total other intangible assets, net $2,525 $(1,415) $1,110 $8,371 $(3,323) $5,048 Amortization expense was $681,000, $776,000 and $656,000 for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Estimated futureamortization expenses for intangible assets as of December 31, 2005 are as follows: Amortization Year Expense 2006 $132 2007 132 2008 132 2009 132 2010 132 Thereafter 450 $1,110 The Company evaluates the recoverability of the carrying value of its long-lived assets and identifiable intangibles periodically and whenever events orchanges in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable. Examples of events or changes in circumstances that indicatethat the recoverability of the carrying value of an asset should be assessed include but are not limited to the following: a significant decrease in the marketvalue of an asset, a significant change in the extent or manner in which an asset is used, a significant physical change in an asset, a significant adverse changein legal factors or in the business climate that could affect the value of an asset, an adverse action or assessment by a regulator, an accumulation of costssignificantly in excess of the amount originally expected to acquire or construct an asset, a current period operating or cash flow loss combined with a historyof operating or cash flow losses, and/or a projection or forecast that demonstrates continuing losses associated with an asset used for the purpose of producingrevenue. The Company considers historical performance and anticipated future results in its evaluation of potential impairment. Accordingly, whenindicators of impairment are present, the Company evaluates the carrying value of these assets in relation to the operating performance of the business andfuture discounted and undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use of these assets. Impairment losses are recognized when the sum of expectedfuture cash flows is less than the assets’ carrying value. No such impairment losses have been recognized to date, with the exception of the leasehold assetswritten off in relation to the facility exit mentioned in Note 4 Long-term Lease and Accounting for Facility Exit Costs.F-10 NOVAVAX, INC.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)December 31, 2005, 2004 and 20032. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies — (Continued)Revenue Recognition and Allowances The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with the provisions of Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, Revenue Recognition (“SAB No. 104”). Forproduct sales, revenue is recognized when all of the following criteria are met: persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, theseller’s price to the buyer is fixed or determinable and collectibility is reasonably assured. The Company recognizes these sales net of allowances for returns,rebates and chargebacks. A large part of the Company’s product sales are to distributors or to Esprit who resell the products to their customers. The Companyprovides rebates to members of certain buying groups who purchase from the Company’s distributors, to distributors that sell to their customers at pricesdetermined under a contract between the Company and the customer and to state agencies that administer various programs such as the federal Medicaid andMedicare programs. Rebate amounts are usually based upon the volume of purchases or by reference to a specific price for a product. The Company estimatesthe amount of the rebate that will be paid, and records the liability as a reduction of revenue when the Company records our sale of the products. Settlementof the rebate generally occurs from three to 12 months after sale. The Company regularly analyzes the historical rebate trends and makes adjustments torecorded reserves for changes in trends and terms of rebate programs. In a similar manner, the Company estimates amounts for returns based on historicaltrends, distributor inventory levels, product prescription data and generic competition and makes adjustments to the recorded reserves for changes in trendsand competition. Under the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement with Pharmelle, LLC (see Note 3 Summary of Significant Transactions) the Company no longer hasresponsibility for rebates or returns related to AVC™ Cream and Suppositories, NovaNatal and NovaStart as of the date of the sale of such assets. Under theLicense and Supply Agreements with Esprit Pharma, Inc. (see Note 3 Summary of Significant Transactions) the Company no longer has responsibility forrebates related to ESTRASORB 90 days subsequent to entering into the License Agreement and no longer has responsibility for returns related toESTRASORB sales made subsequent to entering into the License Agreement. The shipping and handling costs the Company incurs are included in cost of products sold in its statements of operations. For upfront payments and licensing fees related to contract research or technology, the Company follows the provisions of SAB No. 104 in determining ifthese payments and fees represent the culmination of a separate earnings process or if they should be deferred and recognized as revenue as earned over thelife of the related agreement. Milestone payments are recognized as revenue upon achievement of contract-specified events and when there are no remainingperformance obligations. In 2005, 2004 and 2003, revenue earned under current biological technologies research contracts was recognized per the terms and conditions of suchcontracts for invoicing of costs incurred and defined milestones. In 2005, revenue earned under a drug development contract was recognized on thepercentage-of-completion method, whereby revenue was recognized in proportion to the estimated cost-to-complete the contract. In 2005, revenue earnedunder the renewal of the IGI agreement (see Note 3 Summary of Significant Transactions) was recognized completely upon receipt of payment. Also in 2005,revenue earned under the License Agreement with Esprit Pharma, Inc. (see Note 3 Summary of Significant Transactions) was recognized at the time of theagreement since the Company had no further performance obligations related to the license agreement.Net Loss per Share Basic loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss available to common shareholders (the numerator) by the weighted average number of commonshares outstanding (the denominator) during the period. Shares issued during the period and shares reacquired during the period are weighted for the portionof the period that they were outstanding. The computation of diluted loss per share is similar to the computation of basic loss per share except that thedenominator is increased to include the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the dilutive potential common shares hadbeen issued (e.g. upon exercise of stock options). Potentially dilutive common shares are not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share if theyare anti-dilutive. Net loss per share as reported was not adjusted for potential common shares, as they are anti-dilutive.F-11 NOVAVAX, INC.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)December 31, 2005, 2004 and 20032. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies — (Continued)Stock-Based Compensation The Company currently applies the principles of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees (“APB No. 25”),in accounting for stock options issued to its employees APB No. 25 generally does not require that options granted to employees be expensed. Had theCompany applied the fair value principles of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (“SFASNo. 123”) as amended by Financial Accounting Standards No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation-Transition and Disclosure (“SFAS No. 148”),for its employee options, its net loss for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 would have increased as follows: Year Ended December 31, (in thousands, except per share data) 2005 2004 2003 Net loss, as reported $(11,174) $(25,920) $(17,273)Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value-basedmethod for all awards (1) (5,334) (4,131) (6,254)Pro forma net loss $(16,508) $(30,051) $(23,527) Net loss per share: Basic and diluted — as reported $(0.26) $(0.70) $(0.58)Basic and diluted — pro forma $(0.39) $(0.81) $(0.79) (1) Does not include restricted stock compensation expense which is reported in the consolidated statement of operations. These pro forma amounts are not necessarily indicative of future effects of applying the fair value-based method due to, among other things, the vestingperiod of the stock options and the fair value of the additional stock options issued in future years. During the year ended December 31, 2005, the Company granted 552,434 shares of restricted Common Stock under the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan totaling$576,000 in value at the date of grant to various employees, officers and a board member of the Company, which vest over periods of up to three years. Inaccordance with APB No. 25 and using the straight-line method of amortization, for the year ended December 31, 2005, $150,000 of non-cash stockcompensation expense was included in total operating costs and expenses related to this restricted stock and additional paid-in capital was increasedaccordingly. In September 2004, the Company granted stock options to purchase an aggregate 26,450 shares to two consultants as compensation for services throughthe end of October 2004. For the year ended December 31, 2004, $53,000 of non-cash stock compensation expense was included in sales and marketingexpense, which represents the fair value of the grants as of that date.Advertising and Promotion Costs All costs associated with advertising and promotions are expensed as incurred. Advertising and promotion expense was $1,730,000 in 2005, $12,607,000in 2004, and were insignificant in 2003.Research and Development Costs Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Research and development costs include salaries and benefits, outside services, materials andsupplies, facility costs and allocations of certain support costs. The Company is part of a consortium that received a NIAID project program grant to develop another set of HIV vaccine candidates. The Company expectsto receive approximately $2,200,000 through February 2008 for its participation in this grant effort.F-12 NOVAVAX, INC.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)December 31, 2005, 2004 and 20032. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies — (Continued)Income Taxes The Company’s income taxes are accounted for using the liability method. Under the liability method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the futuretax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basisand operating loss carry forward. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the year inwhich those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect of changes in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuationallowance is established when necessary to reduce net deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. The Company has provided a full valuationallowance against its net deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2005 and 2004.Comprehensive Loss Under SFAS No. 130, Reporting Comprehensive Income, the Company is required to display comprehensive loss and its components as part of itsconsolidated financial statements. Comprehensive loss is comprised of the net loss and other comprehensive income (loss), which includes certain changes inequity that are excluded from the net loss. Comprehensive loss for the Company was the same as net loss for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and2003.Segment Information The Company currently operates in one business segment, which is the research, development and commercialization of proprietary products utilizing itsproprietary drug delivery and biological technologies. The Company is managed and operated as one business. A single management team that reports to theChief Executive Officer comprehensively manages the entire business. The Company does not operate separate lines of business with respect to its productsor product candidates. Accordingly, the Company does not have separately reportable segments as defined by SFAS No. 131, Disclosure about Segments ofan Enterprise and Related Information.Recent Accounting Pronouncements In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement No. 123 (revised) Share-Based Payment (“SFAS No. 123R”), which is a revision of Statement No. 123,Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (“SFAS No. 123”). SFAS No. 123R supersedes APB No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, andamends SFAS No. 95, Statement of Cash Flows. Generally, the approach in SFAS No. 123R is similar to the approach described in SFAS No. 123. However,SFAS No. 123R requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the income statement basedon their fair values. Pro forma disclosure will no longer an alternative. As permitted by SFAS No. 123, the Company currently accounts for share-based payments to employees using the intrinsic value method permitted byAPB No. 25 and, as such, generally recognizes no compensation cost for employee stock options. The Company will adopt SFAS No. 123R using the modified prospective method beginning with the first quarter of 2006. The impact of adoption of SFASNo. 123R cannot be predicted at this time because it will depend on levels of share-based payments granted in the future. The adoption of SFAS No. 123R’sfair value method will have a significant impact on the Company’s results of operations, although it will have no impact on the Company’s overall financialposition. Had the Company adopted SFAS No. 123R in prior periods, the impact of that standard would have approximated the impact of SFAS No. 123 as describedin the disclosure of pro forma net income and earnings per share in this Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements. SFAS No. 123R also requires thebenefits of tax deductions in excess of recognized compensation cost to be reported as a financing cash flow, rather than as an operating cash flow as requiredunder current literature. This requirement will reduce net operating cash flows and increase net financing cash flows in periods after adoption. For the yearsended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, the Company did not pay any taxes, therefore, there was no effect on operating cash flows for such excess taxdeductions.F-13 NOVAVAX, INC.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)December 31, 2005, 2004 and 20032. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies — (Continued)Recent Accounting Pronouncements (continued) In March 2005, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 47 Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations, an Interpretation of FASB StatementNo. 143 (“FIN 47”). FIN 47 clarifies the term “conditional asset retirement obligation” used in FASB Statement No. 143, Accounting for Asset RetirementObligations, and refers to a legal obligation to perform an asset retirement activity in which the timing and (or) method of settlement are conditional on afuture event that may or may not be within the control of the Company. The obligation to perform the asset retirement activity is unconditional even thoughuncertainty exists about the timing and (or) method of settlement. Accordingly, FIN 47 requires the Company to recognize a liability for the fair value of aconditional asset retirement obligation if the fair value of the liability can be reasonably estimated. The fair value of a liability for the conditional assetretirement obligation is to be recognized when incurred. FIN 47 became effective for the Company with the year ended December 31, 2005. The adoption ofFIN 47 did not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. In May 2005, the FASB issued Statement No. 154 Accounting Changes and Error Corrections — a Replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASBStatement No.3 (“SFAS No. 154”). SFAS No. 154 changes the requirements for the accounting for, and reporting of, a change in accounting principle. SFASNo. 154 requires that a voluntary change in an accounting principle be applied retrospectively with all prior period financial statements presented using thenew accounting principle. SFAS No. 154 is effective for accounting changes and corrections or errors in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. TheCompany will apply the requirement of SFAS No. 154 on any changes in principle made on or after January 1, 2006.3. Summary of Significant TransactionsLicense agreement renewal with IGI, Inc. In December 2005, The Company received a $1,000,000 payment from IGI, Inc. in accordance with an option in a licensing agreement signed between theCompany and IGI in December 1995. This payment gives IGI a ten year renewal on licensed technologies in specific fields and was included in royalties,milestone and licensing fees on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2005.License and Supply Agreements with Esprit Pharma, Inc. In October 2005, the Company entered into License and Supply agreements for ESTRASORB with Esprit Pharma, Inc. Under the License Agreement,Esprit obtained exclusive rights to market ESTRASORB in North America and under the Supply Agreement the Company will continue to manufactureESTRASORB. In consideration for the rights granted, Esprit will pay the Company a minimum cash consideration of $12,500,000: $2,000,000 which was paid at closing,$8,000,000 which was paid in December 2005, and the remaining $2,500,000 is included in accounts receivable and other receivables as of December 31,2005 and is due on the first anniversary date of the License Agreement. The Company will also receive a royalty on all net sales of ESTRASORB as well asmilestone payments based on specific pre-determined net sales levels of ESTRASORB. The Company wrote off $2,175,000, the remaining net balance of itsintangible asset for ESTRASORB rights (see Cancellation of King Pharmaceuticals Agreements below), at the date of the transaction. As part of the SupplyAgreement, Esprit paid the Company $273,000 for inventory and sales and promotional materials for which the Company had a book value of $437,000. TheCompany incurred $200,000 of fees related to this transaction and recorded a gain of $10,125,000, which is included in gain on sales of product assets on theaccompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2005.Asset Purchase Agreement with Pharmelle, LLC In September 2005, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Pharmelle, LLC for the sale of assets related to the AVC Cream andSuppositories, NovaNatal and NovaStart products, as well as assets relating to certain formerly-marketed products Vitelle, Nestabs, Gerimed, Irospan andNessentials. The assets sold included, but were not limited to, intellectual property, the New Drug Application for AVC products, inventory and sales andpromotional materials. In connection with the sale, Pharmelle agreed to assume those liabilities and obligations arising after the closing date of thetransaction in connection with the performance by Pharmelle of certain assumed contracts, those liabilities and obligation arising after the closing date inconnection with products sold by Pharmelle after the closing date or the operation of the business relating to such products or the assets after such date(including any product liability claims associated with such products), and all liability and responsibility for returns of the products made after the closingdate, regardless of when such products were produced, manufactured or sold.F-14 NOVAVAX, INC.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)December 31, 2005, 2004 and 20033. Summary of Significant Transactions — (Continued)Asset Purchase Agreement with Pharmelle, LLC — continued In consideration for the sale of these assets, Pharmelle paid the Company $2,500,000 in cash and assumed the liabilities noted above. In addition, theCompany is entitled to royalties on AVC for a five year period if net sales exceed certain levels. The Company wrote off $1,082,000, the net balance of itsintangible assets related to the AVC product acquisition and $289,000 of inventory, recorded a $289,000 liability for future obligations and recorded a gainon the transaction of $840,000. This gain is included in gain on sales of product assets on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for theyear ended December 31, 2005.Restructuring of the Sales Force From March through August 2005, the Company implemented measures to reduce costs associated with its commercial operations by downsizing its salesforce to correspond with the Company’s strategy of transitioning from a commercial business model to that of one focused on the Company’s corecompetency of new product development. The March restructuring reduced the Company’s sales force numbers significantly while the August restructuringeliminated the remaining sales force. Included in sales and marketing expenses in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year endedDecember 31, 2005 is $444,000 related to these two restructurings. Included in this amount are (i) one-time termination benefits of $305,000, all of whichwere paid as of December 31, 2005, (ii) auto lease contract termination costs of approximately $125,000, of which $2,000 is still included in accruedexpenses as of December 31, 2005, and (iii) $14,000 of other associated costs, all of which were paid as of December 31, 2005.Opportunity Grant Funds In July 2005, the Company received $400,000 from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the reimbursement of certain costs incurred with the move ofour corporate headquarters and product development activities to Malvern, Pennsylvania. These funds were included as an offset to general andadministrative expenses included in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2005.Cancellation of King Pharmaceuticals Agreements In January 2001, the Company entered into a co-promotion agreement with King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for the Company’s topical estrogen therapy,ESTRASORB, in the United States and Puerto Rico (the “Territory”). The Company also entered into a license agreement with King for many countriesoutside the United States. The co-promotion and license agreements (the “Agreements”) granted King the right to share equally in the revenues and expensesfor manufacturing and marketing ESTRASORB in the Territory and exclusive rights to many countries outside the United States. The Agreements alsoentitled the Company to up to $5,000,000 in milestone payments from King for achievement of milestones outlined in the Agreements. In June 2001, the Company amended the Agreements (the “Amended Agreements”). The Amended Agreements clarified the terms of two milestonepayments totaling $5,000,000. The Amended Agreements also granted King exclusive rights to promote, market and distribute ESTRASORB in Canada,Switzerland, Greece, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands, the only countries excluded from the original license agreement. In addition, the Amended Agreementsincluded the co-promotion and license of ANDROSORB™, a topical testosterone therapy for testosterone deficient women, that was in development. In July 2004, King and the Company mutually agreed to terminate the Amended Agreements, among others, (the “King Transaction”). The KingTransaction included the return to Novavax of all rights worldwide for ESTRASORB and ANDROSORB, as well as all rights to other women’s healthproducts that the Company may successfully develop utilizing the MNP technology. The transaction also included the redemption of $40.0 million of theCompany’s convertible notes held by King. Additionally, Novavax hired 50 members of King’s women’s health sales force to provide competitive sales forcecoverage. As part of the King Transaction, the Company paid King a net of $14.0 million in cash and issued King 3,775,610 shares of common stock, whichat the time of closing were valued at approximately $18,123,000.F-15 NOVAVAX, INC.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)December 31, 2005, 2004 and 20033. Summary of Significant Transactions — (Continued)Cancellation of King Pharmaceuticals Agreements — continued The King Transaction resulted in a gain on the redemption of the convertible notes held by King of $11,162,00, which is included in gain on redemptionof debt on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2004. This gain was determined based on the fair valueof the convertible notes plus accrued interest as of the transaction date compared to the notes’ total book value. In addition, an intangible asset forESTRASORB rights of $2,514,000 was recorded, which represents the difference between assets and liabilities acquired or written off, the net cash paid in thetransaction, the common stock issued and transaction fees and expenses. The recorded intangible was determined to be a fair value for the rights re-acquiredbased on the sales levels of ESTRASORB, the status of obtaining approval outside the United States and the deferred further development of ANDROSORB.Included in the assets and liabilities written off were deferred financing costs of $351,000 relating to the convertible notes held by King, and remainingdeferred revenue of $2,250,000 relating to previous licensing fees for ESTRASORB, mentioned above.4. Long-term Lease and Accounting for Facility Exit Costs In December 2003, the Company prepared for the consolidation of warehousing and distribution functions for all its products by closing its distributionfacility in Maryland Heights, Missouri. The Company entered into a service arrangement with Cardinal Health in Nashville, Tennessee for customer service,warehousing and product shipment to distribute current and future products. Prior to this restructuring, the Company purchased its prenatal vitamins in bulkand packaged the vitamins at the Missouri facility. As part of the restructuring, the Company also entered into an agreement with a third-party packager forthe vitamin line of products. One time costs associated with this restructuring included moving costs of approximately $15,000, along with transition payments to 10 production andsupport employees of approximately $75,000 in the aggregate were included in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidatedstatement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2003. In addition, the Company held an auction, selling off most of the fixed assets that were locatedat the facility. The auction resulted in a loss on disposal of assets of approximately $129,000. As of December 31, 2004, all costs associated with therestructuring had been paid. In July 2004, the Company entered into a long-term agreement to lease a 32,900 square foot facility in Malvern, Pennsylvania for the consolidation andexpansion of corporate headquarters and product development activities. The lease, with a commencement date of September 15, 2004, has an initial term of10 years with two five-year renewal options. Standard annual escalation rental rates are in effect during the initial lease term. With six months advance notice,the Company also has an option to lease adjoining space of 17,000 square feet, which could be built out for future manufacturing needs. In June 2005, the Company renewed a long-term agreement to lease a 11,700 square foot facility in Rockville, Maryland for contract vaccine research,development and manufacturing of Phase I products. The lease, with a commencement date of April 1, 2005, has a 5 year term. A 3% annual escalation rentalincrease is in effect during the lease term. The Company applied the principles of SFAS No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities, in accounting for contracttermination costs and associated costs that will continue to be incurred under the operating lease expiring on October 31, 2006 related to its former corporateoffices located in Columbia, Maryland. For the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, $105,000 and $252,000, respectively, was included in facility exitcosts line in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations, which represents the difference between the fair value of the remaining lease payments,reduced by current estimated sublease rentals that could be reasonably obtained.A roll-forward of facility exit cost liability is as follows: Current Non-Current (in thousands) Original amount expensed and set up as a liability $151 $101 Lease payments applied to the liability (28) (23)Balance as of December 31, 2004 123 78 Lease payments applied to the liability (30) (138)Adjustment to original estimate 45 60 Balance as of December 31, 2005 $138 $— F-16 NOVAVAX, INC.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)December 31, 2005, 2004 and 20034. Long-term Lease and Accounting for Facility Exit Costs — (Continued) The Company applied the principles of SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, and APB No. 20, AccountingChanges, in writing off the remaining useful lives of the leasehold assets relating to the Columbia facility. For the year ended December 31, 2004, $471,000or ($0.01) per share, was included in the facility exit costs line item in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations associated with the moving ofcorporate offices.5. Supplemental Financial DataAllowance for Doubtful Accounts A roll-forward of the allowance for doubtful accounts is as follows: (in thousands) Balance, December 31, 2002 $193 Provision for bad debts 257 Write off bad debts (74)Balance, December 31, 2003 $376 Provision for bad debts 413 Other adjustments (37)Balance, December 31, 2004 $752 Provision for bad debts 4 Write off bad debts (327)Balance, December 31, 2005 $429 Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets Prepaid expenses and other current assets consist of the following at December 31: 2005 2004 (in thousands) Prepaid insurance $593 $898 Current portion of deferred financing 341 411 Non-trade receivables 75 218 Interest on shareholders notes 284 209 Other current assets 54 34 $1,347 $1,770 Property and Equipment Property and equipment is comprised of the following at December 31: 2005 2004 (in thousands) Machinery and equipment 11,275 11,471 Leasehold improvements 6,201 6,048 Computer software and hardware 320 480 17,796 17,999 Less accumulated depreciation (6,207) (3,852) $11,589 $14,147 Depreciation expense was approximately $2,794,000, $2,277,000, and $530,000 for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.F-17 NOVAVAX, INC.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)December 31, 2005, 2004 and 20035. Supplemental Financial Data — (Continued)Accrued Expenses Accrued expenses consist of the following at December 31: 2005 2004 (in thousands) Sales return allowance $282 $1,274 Sales rebate allowance 18 45 Employee benefits and compensation 754 1,427 Operating expenses 917 638 Interest 626 756 $2,597 $4,140 Sales Return Allowance A roll-forward of the sales return allowances is as follows: (in thousands) Balance, December 31, 2002 $44 Provision for returns for 2003 sales 359 Additional provision for returns for sales prior to 2003 952 Returns received for 2001 sales (699)Returns received for 2002 sales (498)Balance, December 31, 2003 158 Provision for returns for 2004 sales 885 Additional provision for returns for 2003 sales 771 Additional provision for returns for 2002 sales 463 Returns received for 2002 sales (447)Returns received for 2003 sales (556)Balance, December 31, 2004 1,274 Provision for 2005 sales 95 Additional provision for 2004 sales 98 Additional provision for 2003 sales 341 Returns received from 2003 sales (926)Returns received from 2004 sales (600)Balance, December 31, 2005 $282 F-18 NOVAVAX, INC.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)December 31, 2005, 2004 and 20036. Long-term debtNotes Payable Notes payable consist of the following at December 31: 2005 2004 (in thousands) Note payable; bears interest at 3.00% per annum; principal and interest due in monthly installments of $6,600 throughDecember 2009 $287 $356 Note payable; bears interest at 2.850% per annum; principal and interest due in monthly installments of $6,573 throughJanuary 2010 303 373 Note payable; bears interest at 2.38% per annum; principal and interest due in monthly installments of $6,468 throughJanuary 2010 302 372 Note payable; insurance financing; bears interest at 5.09% per annum; principal and interest due in monthlyinstallments of $56,868 through September 2006 501 — Note payable; insurance financing; bears interest at 4.69% per annum; principal and interest due in monthlyinstallments of $88,035 through October 2005 — 862 Total 1,393 1,963 Less current portion (715) (1,071)Long-term portion $678 $892 The notes (except for the notes payable for financing insurance premiums) are secured by $2.4 million of the Company’s machinery and equipmentlocated in the Company’s manufacturing site in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Convertible Notes From 2000 to 2002, the Company entered into a series of note purchase agreements with King totaling $40,000,000. All of the notes would have maturedon December 19, 2007 with interest payable in semi-annual installments on June 30 and December 31. As part of the King Transaction, the Companyredeemed these notes on July 19, 2004. For the six months ended June 30, 2004, the Company accrued interest of $800,000 relating to the King notes. Thisaccrued interest was written off as part of the King Transaction and included in the resulting gain on the redemption of the convertible notes held by King(see Note 3 Summary of Significant Transactions). For the year ended December 31, 2003, the Company made cash interest payments of $1.6 million for theKing notes. For the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company made cash interest payments of $600,000 and accrued an additional $800,000 for interestexpense at year-end for which King agreed to accept payment in common stock. In February 2003, the Company issued King 307,692 shares of commonstock to satisfy the accrued interest payable. For the year ending December 31, 2003, the Company capitalized $386,717 for interest incurred on debt used tofinance the build-out of its manufacturing facility. Concurrent with the King Transaction, in July 2004 the Company also entered into definitive agreements for the private placement of $35,000,000aggregate principal amount of senior convertible notes to a group of institutional investors. The notes carry a 4.75% coupon, payable semi-annually, maturein five years and are currently convertible into shares of common stock at $5.56 per share. From the third anniversary of the issue date of the notes, andsubject to certain conditions, the Company shall have the right to effect a mandatory conversion of the notes if the weighted average price of the commonstock exceeds 175% of the then conversion price for each of 15 trading days out of any 30 consecutive trading days. Note holders shall have the right torequire the Company to redeem all or a portion of the notes if the weighted average price of the common stock for each of 30 trading days out of 40consecutive trading days prior to either the third or fourth anniversary of the issue date of the notes is less than the then applicable conversion price of theCompany’s common stock, provided, that a holder’s right to effect this optional redemption will not apply if certain revenue targets for ESTRASORB areachieved. The notes are also redeemable upon the occurrence of specified events of default as well as a “change of control” (as that term is defined in thenotes) of Novavax. At December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company had accrued interest of $626,000 and $756,000, respectively, relating to these notes.F-19 NOVAVAX, INC.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)December 31, 2005, 2004 and 20036. Long-term debt — (Continued)Convertible Notes — continued In October 2005, certain holders of $6,000,000 face amount of the Company’s senior convertible notes exercised their optional conversion right to converttheir notes plus accrued interest of $81,000 into 1,070,635 shares of Novavax common stock, at the per share conversion price then in effect of $5.68. Thisreduces the aggregate principal amount of such notes outstanding from $35,000,000 to $29,000,000. As a result of both of the financing and the King Transaction, the Company incurred $3,355,000 of transaction expenses, which increased the intangibleasset for ESTRASORB rights by $1,010,000 (included in the total intangible asset for ESTRASORB rights of $2,514,000), decreased additional paid-incapital by $288,000, and increased deferred financing costs by $2,057,000. The deferred financing costs are being amortized over the life of the convertiblenotes. During the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, $400,000 and $184,000, respectively, of deferred financing costs amortization was included ininterest expense on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Concurrent with the conversion of the Company’s $6,000,000 seniorconvertible debt (mentioned above), the Company wrote off $262,000 of deferred financing costs that corresponds to the $6,000,000 of senior convertibledebt, which is included interest expense on the accompanying statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2005. Convertible notes consist of the following on December 31: 2005 2004 (in thousands) Note payable; 4.75% senior convertible, issued July 19, 2004, due July 15, 2009, currently convertible into 5,215,827shares of Novavax common stock at $5.56 per share $29,000 $35,000 Aggregate future minimum principal payments on debt at December 31, 2005 are as follows: Year Amount (in thousands) 2006 $715 2007 220 2008 226 2009 29,219 2010 13 $30,393 Total cash interest payments for the three years December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 were $1,719,000, $54,000 and $1,700,000 respectively.7. Sale of Common Stock In February 2003, the Company completed the private placement of 4,750,000 shares of common stock at $3.50 per share to an accredited investor, for netproceeds of $16,600,000. The shares were issued in reliance on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. A resale registration statement wasfiled with the Commission in April 2003, and was declared effective in May 2003. In May 2003, the Company received net proceeds of approximately $1,500,000 from the exercise of 400,000 common stock options at $3.63 per share. In November 2003, the Company completed an offering of 4,500,000 shares of common stock at $6.15 per share. The stock was offered and sold pursuantto an existing shelf registration statement. Net proceeds after deducting underwriter fees of approximately $1,700,000, as well as legal, accounting and othermiscellaneous fees, were approximately $25,900,000. During 2004, the Company received net proceeds of $369,000 from the exercise of 107,550 common stock options at a range of $3.24 to $4.30 per share.F-20 NOVAVAX, INC.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)December 31, 2005, 2004 and 20037. Sale of Common Stock — (Continued) Concurrent with the King Transaction, in July 2004 the Company issued 952,381 shares of common stock at $5.25 per share, for gross proceeds of$5.0 million to an accredited investor in reliance on Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. A resale registration statementwas filed and declared effective for such shares in August 2004. In July 2005, the Company completed an agent-led offering of 4,000,000 shares of common stock at $1.00 per share for gross proceeds of $4,000,000. Thestock was issued pursuant to an existing shelf registration statement. Net proceeds after deducting underwriter, legal, accounting and other miscellaneous feeswere approximately $3,631,000. In August 2005, the Company issued 250,000 shares of common stock in a private placement to its former Chief Executive Officer for prior services, whichhad a fair market value of $215,000 at the time of issuance. In August 2005, the Company approved the issuance of 50,000 shares of common stock to a director in a private placement for prior services and for hisagreement to pledge such shares to a brokerage firm to secure the debt guarantee by the Company (see Note 13 Related Party Transactions). The fair value atthe time of the approval of these shares was $37,000 and they were issued in December 2005. In November 2005, the Company completed an offering of 4,186,047 shares of common stock at $4.30 per share. The stock was offered and sold pursuantto an existing shelf registration statement. Net proceeds after deducting underwriter fees, legal and other miscellaneous fees were approximately $17,032,000. During 2005, the Company received net proceeds of $395,000 for the exercise of 342,654 common stock options at a range of $.01 to $3.75 per share.8. Stockholders’ Equity On August 7, 2002, the Company adopted a Shareholder Rights Plan which provides for the issuance of rights to purchase shares of Series D JuniorParticipating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Shares”), of the Company. Under the Shareholder Rights Plan, the Companydistributed one preferred share purchase right (a “Right”) for each outstanding share of common stock, par value $.01 (the “Common Shares”), of theCompany. The Rights were distributed to stockholders of record on August 16, 2002. Each Right entitles the holder to purchase from the Company one-thousandth of a Preferred Share at a price of $40, subject to adjustment. The rightsbecome exercisable, with certain exceptions, 10 business days after any party, without prior approval of the Board of Directors, acquires or announces an offerto acquire beneficial ownership of 15% or more of the Company’s Common Shares. In the event that any party acquires 15% or more of the Company’scommon stock, the Company enters into a merger or other business combination, or if a substantial amount of the Company’s assets are sold after the timethat the Rights become exercisable, the Rights provide that the holder will receive, upon exercise, shares of the common stock of the surviving or acquiringcompany, as applicable, having a market value of twice the exercise price of the Right. The Rights expire August 7, 2012, and are redeemable by the Company at a price of $0.00025 per Right at any time prior to the time that any partyacquires 15% or more of the Company’s Common Shares. Until the earlier of the time that the Rights become exercisable, are redeemed or expire, theCompany will issue one Right with each new Common Share issued.9. Stock Options Under the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2005 Plan”), approved in May 2005 by the stockholders of the Company, options may be granted to officers,employees, consultants and advisors to Novavax and any present or future subsidiary to purchase a maximum of 2,000,000 shares of Novavax common stockand an additional 565,724 shares of common stock that had been held in reserve under the Company’s 1995 Stock Option Plan (the “1995 Plan”), wereunused and were transferred to the Company 2005 Plan. In addition, a maximum 5,746,468 shares of common stock subject to existing options under the1995 Plan may revert to and become issuable under the 2005 Plan if such existing options granted under the 1995 Plan should for any reason expire orotherwise terminate. Under the 2005 Plan, the 1995 Plan and the 1995 Director Stock Option Plan (the “1995 Director Plan”) incentive stock options, having a maximum termof 10 years, can be or were granted at no less than 100% of the fair market value of Novavax’s stock at the time of grant and are generally exercisable incumulative increments over several years from the date of grant. Both incentive and non-statutory stock options may be granted under these plans. There isno minimum exercise price for non-statutory stock options.F-21 NOVAVAX, INC.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)December 31, 2005, 2004 and 20039. Stock Options — (Continued) The exercise price is the fair market value per share of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. Options granted to eligible directors areexercisable in full beginning six months after the date of grant and expire 10 years from the grant date. All options available under the 1995 Director Planhave been granted. Such options cease to be exercisable at the earlier of their expiration or three years after an eligible director ceases to be a director for anyreason. In the event that an eligible director ceases to be a director on account of his or her death, any outstanding options (whether exercisable or not on thedate of death) may be exercised within three years after such date (subject to the condition that no such option may be exercised after the expiration of10 years from its date of grant). Activity under the 2005 Plan, 1995 Plan and Director Plan was as follows: 1995 Director Stock 2005 Stock Option Plan 1995 Stock Option Plan Option Plan Weighted Weighted Weighted Average Average Average Stock Exercise Stock Exercise Stock Exercise Options Price Options Price Options Price Balance, December 31, 2002 3,601,796 $6.10 300,000 $4.01 Granted 2,091,000 5.16 — — Exercised (506,000) 4.30 — — Expired or canceled (975,153) 7.93 (30,000) 3.85 Balance, December 31, 2003 4,211,643 5.61 270,000 4.03 Granted 1,308,150 5.46 — — Exercised (107,550) 3.43 — — Expired or canceled (350,275) 7.69 — — Balance, December 31, 2004 5,061,968 5.48 270,000 4.03 Granted 2,192,775 $1.22 486,825 2.13 — — Exercised — — (312,654) 0.96 (30,000) 3.15 Expired or canceled (88,850) 1.46 (2,115,978) 5.64 (70,000) 4.61 Balance, December 31, 2005 2,103,925 $1.21 3,120,161 $5.30 170,000 $3.95 Shares exercisable at December 31,2003 — $— 2,180,439 $5.32 270,000 $4.03 Shares exercisable at December 31,2004 — $— 2,683,195 $5.40 270,000 $4.03 Shares exercisable at December 31,2005 354,165 $1.31 2,220,857 $5.71 170,000 $3.95 Available for grant at December 31,2005 2,021,443 The weighted-average fair value of the stock options outstanding as of December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 is estimated as $3.17, $3.32, and $3.10 pershare, respectively. The fair value of awards was estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions: Year Ended December 31 2005 2004 2003Risk-free interest rate 4.0% 3.0% 3.5%Dividend yield 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%Volatility 129.0% 59.0% 72.0%Expected life (in years): Employees 6.0 6.0 6.0 Directors 3.0 3.0 3.0 F-22 NOVAVAX, INC.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)December 31, 2005, 2004 and 20039. Stock Options — (Continued) The following table provides certain information with respect to stock options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2005: Weighted Weighted Weighted Number of Average Average Number of Average Options Remaining Exercise Options Exercise Outstanding Contractual Life Price Exercisable Price Options issued at market value: $0.00 - $1.17 710,000 9.6 $0.87 79,165 $1.03 $1.17 - $2.33 1,706,363 9.4 1.51 305,938 1.45 $2.33 - $3.50 276,450 4.4 3.30 276,450 3.30 $3.50 - $4.66 1,082,645 5.9 4.00 858,437 4.01 $4.66 - $5.83 267,000 3.9 5.45 240,500 5.42 $5.83 - $6.99 683,983 8.0 6.03 322,687 6.06 $6.99 - $8.16 233,334 2.0 7.43 233,334 7.43 $8.16 - $9.32 267,825 5.3 8.84 267,825 8.84 $9.32 - $10.49 131,486 5.5 9.54 125,686 9.50 $10.49- $11.65 35,000 4.9 10.98 35,000 10.98 5,394,086 7.4 $3.66 2,745,022 $5.04 10. Employee Benefits The Company maintains a defined contribution 401(k) retirement plan, pursuant to which employees who have completed 90 days of service may elect tocontribute up to 15% of their compensation on a tax deferred basis up to the maximum amount permitted by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Company currently matches 25% of the first 6% of the participants’ deferral. Contributions to the 401(k) plan vest equally over a three-year period.The Company has expensed approximately $77,000, $96,000, and $73,000 in 2005, 2004, and 2003, respectively.11. Income Taxes Deferred tax assets (liabilities) consist of the following at December 31: 2005 2004 (in thousands) Net operating losses $46,213 $40,706 Research tax credits 2,725 2,667 Disqualifying stock options — 673 Alternative-minimum tax credit 94 94 Intangibles from acquisition 152 506 Allowance for doubtful accounts 166 290 Accrued vacation pay 66 115 Accrued bonuses 209 — Deferred rent 68 64 Facility exit costs 54 78 Restricted stock grants 36 — Other 15 18 Total deferred tax assets 49,798 45,211 Deferred patent costs (433) (485)ESTRASORB rights — (546)Depreciation (744) (49)State taxes (2) (2)Total deferred tax liabilities (1,179) (1,082)Net deferred tax assets 48,619 44,129 Less valuation allowance (48,619) (44,129)Deferred tax assets, net $— $— F-23 NOVAVAX, INC.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)December 31, 2005, 2004 and 200311. Income Taxes — (Continued) The differences between the United States federal statutory tax rate and the Company’s effective tax rate are as follows: 2005 2004Statutory federal tax rate (34)% (34)%State income taxes, net of federal benefit (5)% (4)%Research and development credit (0)% (1)%Other (1)% 1%Change in valuation allowance 40% 38% —% —% Realization of net deferred tax assets is dependent on the Company’s ability to generate future taxable income, which is uncertain. Accordingly, a fullvaluation allowance was recorded against these assets as of December 31, 2005 and 2004. Novavax has recorded no net benefit for income taxes in 2005, 2004 and 2003 in the accompanying consolidated financial statements due to theuncertainty regarding ultimate realization of certain net operating losses and other tax credit carryforwards. Federal net operating losses and tax credits available to the Company are as follows: 2005 (in thousands)Federal net operating losses expiring through the year 2025 $119,661 State net operating losses expiring through the year 2025 119,661 Research tax credits expiring through the year 2025 2,725 Alternative-minimum tax credit (no expiration) 94 Utilization of the net operating loss carryforwards and credit may be subject to a substantial annual limitation due to the ownership change limitationsprovided by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and similar state provisions. The Company has not performed a detailed analysis to determinewhether an ownership change under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code occurred. The effect of an ownership change would be the imposition of anannual limitation on the use of net operating loss carryforwards attributable to periods before the change.12. Commitments and ContingenciesLitigation The Company is a defendant in a lawsuit filed in December 2003 by a former director alleging that the Company wrongfully terminated the formerdirector’s stock options. Management believes that the termination and cancellation of the options were in accordance with the terms of the optionagreements following his termination for cause by a former parent company, IGI, Inc., and also believes the lawsuit is without merit and we are vigorouslydefending the claim. The lawsuit is scheduled to go to trial in April 2006 in Atlantic County, New Jersey. Management cannot reasonably estimate theliability, if any, related to this claim, or the likelihood of an unfavorable settlement. Accordingly, no liability related to this contingency is accrued in theconsolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2005; however, an unfavorable settlement may have a material adverse impact on future operating results.F-24 NOVAVAX, INC.NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)December 31, 2005, 2004 and 2003Operating Leases Novavax leases manufacturing, laboratory and office space and machinery and equipment under non-cancelable operating lease agreements expiring atvarious dates through September 2014. Several of these leases contain renewal options at the Company’s option and standard annual escalation rental rates.Future minimum rental commitments under non-cancelable leases as of December 31, 2005 are as follows: Operating Year Leases (in thousands) 2006 $1,617 2007 772 2008 652 2009 665 2010 452 Thereafter 1,663 Total minimum lease payments $5,821 Aggregate rental expenses approximated $2,307,000, $3,199,000, and $3,940,000 in 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.13. Related Party Transactions On March 21, 2002, pursuant to the Plan, the Company approved the payment of the exercise price of options by two of its directors, through the deliveryof full-recourse, interest-bearing promissory notes in the aggregate amount of $1,480,000. The borrowings accrue interest at 5.07% per annum and are securedby an aggregate of 261,667 shares of common stock owned by the directors. The notes are payable upon the earlier to occur of the following: (i) the date onwhich the director ceases for any reason to be a director of the Company, (ii) in whole, or in part, to the extent of net proceeds, upon the date on which thedirector sells all or any portion of the pledged shares or (iii) payable in full on March 21, 2007. As of December 31, 2005 and 2004, accrued interestreceivable related to the borrowing was $284,000 and $209,000, respectively. In addition, in April 2002, the Company executed a conditional guaranty of a brokerage margin account for a director, in the amount of $500,000. Prior todemanding payment from the Company, the brokerage firm must first make demand for payment to the director and then liquidate the account. Thereafter, ifthere remains a shortfall, they may demand payment from the Company. As of December 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company has not recorded any liability onits balance sheet related to this guarantee as the Company believes the possibility of required payment by the Company to be unlikely. In August 2004, the Company approved the payment of $75,000 to the employer of one of its directors as compensation for services as an advisor for theKing Transaction and related financing. The King Transaction may also be deemed to be a related party transaction.14. Subsequent Event In February 2006, the Company completed an offering of 4,597,700 shares of common stock at $4.35 per share. The stock was offered and sold pursuant toan existing shelf registration statement. Net proceeds after deducting legal and miscellaneous fees were approximately $19.9 million.F-25 Exhibit 10.33THE REGISTRANT HAS APPLIED FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OFTHIS EXHIBIT WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THE CONFIDENTIAL PORTIONS OFTHIS EXHIBIT ARE MARKED WITH ASTERISKS (*****) AND HAVE BEEN OMITTED. THE OMITTED PORTIONS OFTHIS EXHIBIT WILL BE FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TOA REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT.LICENSE AGREEMENT This agreement (“Agreement”) entered into this 18th day of October, 2005 by and between NOVAVAX, INC., a Delaware corporation having an address at508 Lapp Road Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355 (hereinafter referred to as “NOVAVAX” or “Party”) and ESPRIT Pharma, Inc, having an address at 2 TowerCenter Boulevard, East Brunswick, NJ 08816, (hereinafter referred to as “ESPRIT” or “Party”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shallhave the meanings ascribed in Article 1.W I T N E S S E T H WHEREAS, NOVAVAX currently markets an estradiol-containing drug product called ESTRASORB and is the owner of a New Drug Application relatingto ESTRASORB as well as U.S. Patent No. 5,629,021, Canadian Patent No. 2,211,262, and other patents and patent applications relating to micellarnanoparticle technology. WHEREAS, ESPRIT wishes to acquire an exclusive license under such patents and patent applications from NOVAVAX, and NOVAVAX is willing togrant such license to ESPRIT under the terms and conditions of this Agreement. WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties have entered into the Supply Agreement relating to themanufacture of Licensed Product and the provision of related services and technology by NOVAVAX to ESPRIT. WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Supply Agreement, ESPRIT has executed and delivered toNOVAVAX the Promissory Note relating to $8.0 million of the consideration for this Agreement. WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Supply Agreement and the Promissory Note, *****. WHEREAS, the parties intend that this Agreement, other than Sections 3(a), 3(b), and 3(c) hereof which will be effective on the date of this Agreement, willnot be effective until the Business Day immediately following the satisfaction in full of ESPRIT’s obligations to pay principal and interest under thePromissory Note on the Maturity Date (as defined therein). NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above premises and the covenants contained herein, the parties agree as follows: * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.  ARTICLE 1 — DEFINITIONS As used in this Agreement, the following terms, when used with initial capital letters, shall have the following meanings, the singular shall include theplural and vice-versa: “Affiliate” means any entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a Party, and for such purpose“control” shall mean (i) directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding more than fifty percent (50%) of the securities or other ownership interestsrepresenting the equity, the voting stock or general partnership interest in an entity or (ii) the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause thedirection of the management or the policies of the entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. Any such corporation,entity or business structure shall only be considered an Affiliate for so long as such ownership or control exists. “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday, holiday or any other day on which banks in New York, New York are permitted or requiredto be closed. Unless otherwise specified herein, “day” will mean calendar day. “Calendar Quarter” means each of the periods of time between January and March, April and June, July and September, and October and December. “Calendar Year” means the period of time commencing on 1 January and ending on the following December 31. “Commercial Sale” and words of similar import means, an arm’s length transaction and shipment by ESPRIT, its Affiliates or each of its sublicensees ofa Licensed Product to an independent third party in a country of the Territory. “Commitment to Fund” means the agreement by each of the Private Equity Investors to fund ESPRIT with the principal amount due under thePromissory Note within ten (10) Business Days of such default for the express purpose of satisfying ESPRIT’s obligations under the Promissory Note. “Confidential Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1. “Dollar” means the legal currency of the U.S. “Effective Date” means, (a) with respect to ESPRIT’s obligations under Section 3.1(a), 3.1(b), and 3.1(c), the date of this Agreement and (b) with respectto all other terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Business Day immediately following the satisfaction in full of ESPRIT’s obligations to pay principaland interest under the Promissory Note on the Maturity Date (as defined therein). “ESPRIT Improvement” means any and all Improvements created, conceived or first reduced to practice by ESPRIT, or its Affiliates, agents,subcontractors or sublicensees, alone or with others (excluding NOVAVAX). “ESPRIT Improvement Intellectual Property” means Intellectual Property included in ESPRIT Improvements.2 “ESPRIT Improvement Patents” means patents and patent applications that describe and claim ESPRIT Improvements. “ESPRIT Sole Technology” means Intellectual Property that is first conceived and first reduced to practice during the term of this Agreement solely bypersonnel employed by or on behalf of ESPRIT. “FDA” means the United States Food and Drug Administration and successor bodies or corresponding foreign administrative bodies. “Field” means the use, manufacture or sale of topically- or transdermally-administered products containing no active ingredient other than17ß estradiol(excluding contraceptive products, Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators and products administered vaginally, orally, nasally, through the gum or byinjection) which utilize NOVAVAX’s micellar nanoparticle technology in the field of women’s health in products that are marketed under NOVAVAX’s NDA#21-371. “First Commercial Sale” means, with respect to any Licensed Product, the first Commercial Sale. “Fiscal Year” means the period of time commencing on the Monday following the Sunday closest to the end of the calendar month of December andterminating on the Sunday closest to the end of the immediately succeeding December. “GAAP” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied. “Improvement” means any change, improvement, development, or modification of a Licensed Product with respect to formulation technology, anycomponent/material utilized in the formulation technology, or the method or process of making or using a Licensed Product utilizing the formulationtechnology, that (a) is made, conceived of or reduced to practice by either Party or their Affiliates, agents, subcontractors or sublicensees, alone or with others,or as a result of work performed on a Licensed Product during the term of this Agreement and (b) is covered by or derived or resulting from the practice ofLicensed Patents, patents, patent applications and other Intellectual Property rights in or that cover any of the foregoing. “Improvement Patent” means patents and patent applications that describe and claim Improvements. “IND” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3(c). “Intellectual Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1. “Joint Improvement” means any and all Improvements created, conceived or first reduced to practice during the term of this Agreement by NOVAVAX,or its Affiliates, agents, subcontractors or sublicensees, and ESPRIT, or its Affiliates, agents, subcontractors or sublicensees. Joint Improvement shall notinclude any Improvement that is a NOVAVAX Improvement or an ESPRIT Improvement.3 “Joint Improvement Intellectual Property” means Intellectual Property included in Joint Improvements. “Joint Improvement Patents” means patents and patent applications that describe and claim Joint Improvements. “Launch” means the date of the First Commercial Sale of any Licensed Product. “Licensed Know-How” means, to the extent relating and necessary to the manufacture of a Licensed Product, all information or special knowledge onthe part of NOVAVAX as of the Effective Date not generally known to the public, including but not limited to inventions, discoveries, reports, protocols,processes, apparati, techniques, methods, models, screens, assays, products, regulatory submissions, and technical information, together with all experience,data, formulas, procedures and results, and including all chemical, pharmacological, toxicological, clinical, analytical, quality control, and safety data(including but not limited to data from use of the Licensed Product), and any other materials or compositions relating to the manufacture of a LicensedProduct or being useful in the manufacture, use, sale or Registration of a Licensed Product as reasonably determined by NOVAVAX; except to the extent thatthe disclosure of such information or special ability is prohibited by law, rule, regulation, order, treaty, contract, agreement or other obligation. LicensedKnow-How also includes the NOVAVAX Improvement Intellectual Property as set forth in section 5.2.4 hereof to the extent not disclosed in any patent orpatent application of the Licensed Patents. Licensed Know-How shall constitute Confidential Information of NOVAVAX in accordance with Section 6. “Licensed Patent” means U.S. Patent No. 5,629,021, Canadian Patent No. 2,211,262, including any other of their respective counterparts in theTerritory, as well as all continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, renewals, reissues, reexaminations, extensions, and patents of addition and patents ofimportation of the foregoing containing a Valid Claim that would be infringed by the use or sale of a Licensed Product by ESPRIT, its affiliates or itspermitted sublicensees, in the Territory but for the licenses granted herein. In addition, Licensed Patents shall include NOVAVAX Improvement Patents,NOVAVAX’s interests in Joint Improvement Patents and any other patents owned by NOVAVAX that are necessary for ESPRIT to practice the patentsdescribed in the preceding sentence. “Licensed Product” means any topically- or transdermally-administered product containing no other active ingredient other than 17ß estradiol whichis marketed under NOVAVAX’s NDA #21-371, the use, sale or manufacture of which would, but for a license, infringe a Valid Claim of a Licensed Patent oran Improvement Patent in the country in which it is sold. Licensed Products include Improvements made by NOVAVAX related to formulation and forLicensed Product packaging. “Licensed Technology” means Licensed Patents and Licensed Know-how. “NDA” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.3(c).4 “Net Sales” means, on a country-by-country basis (a) for any bona fide arm’s length transaction in which Licensed Products are Commercially Soldseparately by ESPRIT, its Affiliates, and its permitted sub-licensees to independent third parties (rather than bundled with any other products or services), theamount invoiced for the sale of Licensed Products in finished packaged form, and (b) for all other transactions in which Licensed Products are sold, used orotherwise disposed of by ESPRIT, its Affiliates and its permitted sublicensees (including in barter or similar transactions, or transactions that are not at arm’slength to a third party, or transactions in which Licensed Products are not sold separately), the total sales price for Products in such transactions; less, in thecase of clause (a) and (b) above (i) all normal and customary trade and quantity discounts, (ii) allowances, chargebacks, wholesaler fees and deductions,retailer fees and deductions, rebates, including government and managed care rebates, and credits determined in accordance with GAAP, and returns andreplacements determined in accordance with GAAP, less any freight charges paid by third parties for delivery and less excise, value added and other taxes andor/duties applicable to sales of Licensed Products which the selling party has to pay or absorb on such sales. Further, Net Sales shall not include normal andcustomary promotional samples, including, subject to the foregoing, any samples affixed to or accompanying other products of ESPRIT or any of itsAffiliates, coupons or other promotional incentives. “NOVAVAX Improvement” means any and all Improvements created, conceived or first reduced to practice by NOVAVAX, or its Affiliates, agents,subcontractors or sublicensees, alone or with others (excluding ESPRIT). “NOVAVAX Improvement Intellectual Property” means Intellectual Property included in NOVAVAX Improvements. “NOVAVAX Improvement Patents” means patents and patent applications that describe and claim NOVAVAX Improvements. “Promissory Note” means that certain $8.0 million promissory note due December 30, 2005 issued and delivered on the date hereof by ESPRIT toNOVAVAX. “Registration” means a filing with a governmental authority for the purpose of obtaining legal and regulatory approval to conduct clinical trials for aproduct or to commence making, using, and/or selling a product, including an NDA filing or its equivalent in the Territory. “Supply Agreement” means a separate agreement to be executed and delivered concurrently with this Agreement under which NOVAVAX shall supplyLicensed Product to ESPRIT. “Territory” means the United States (including Puerto Rico), Mexico and Canada. “Trademarks” means all registered and unregistered trademarks listed on Schedule 1 attached hereto. “Valid Claim” means a claim or pending claim in any unexpired, enforceable, issued patent within the Licensed Patent or Improvement Patent whichhas not been held invalid by a non-appealed or unappealable decision by a court or other appropriate body of competent jurisdiction, and which is notadmitted to be invalid through disclaimer or dedication to the public.5 “Year” shall mean the period of time commencing on the calendar day of the First Commercial Sale of a Licensed Product and ending three hundredand sixty four (364) days thereafter.ARTICLE 2 — GRANT OF RIGHTS 2.1 Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, NOVAVAX hereby grants to ESPRIT, commencing on the Effective Date, an exclusive license under theLicensed Patents and Licensed Know-how to make and have made, import, use, sell, offer for sale, and have sold Licensed Product (including under theTrademark) in the Territory in the Field. 2.2 Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, NOVAVAX hereby grants to ESPRIT, commencing on the Effective Date, an exclusive license to theNOVAVAX Improvement Intellectual Property to make and have made, import, sell, offer to sell, and have sold Licensed Product in the Territory in the Field. 2.3 ESPRIT shall have the right to sublicense commencing on the Effective Date the rights granted under Sections 2.1 and Section 2.2 of this Agreementon terms substantially similar to those contained herein to a controlled Affiliate of ESPRIT and to non-Affiliated third parties, provided that any suchsublicense to non-Affiliated third parties would require the prior written approval of NOVAVAX which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; andprovided, further that ESPRIT shall require its permitted sublicensees to comply with all of the obligations of ESPRIT contained in this Agreement andESPRIT shall be responsible for the performance by such sublicensees of such obligations. 2.4 ESPRIT hereby grants to NOVAVAX an exclusive, perpetual, worldwide paid up royalty-free license, with rights to sublicense, under ESPRITImprovement Intellectual Property and ESPRIT’s interests in Joint Improvement Intellectual Property for use outside the Field. 2.5. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, under no circumstances shall a Party hereto, as a result of this Agreement, obtain anyownership interest or license in or other right to any technology, know-how, patents, patent applications, products, or biological materials of the other Party,including, but not limited to, items owned, controlled or developed by the other Party, at any time pursuant to this Agreement. This Agreement does notcreate, and shall under no circumstances be construed or interpreted as creating, an obligation on the part of either Party to grant any license to the other Partyother than as expressly set forth herein. Any further contract or license agreement between the Parties shall be in writing. 2.6 All rights and interests not expressly granted to ESPRIT are reserved by NOVAVAX (the “Reserved Interests”) for itself, its Affiliates and partners(other than ESPRIT) and other licensees and sublicensees, including, but not limited to, the rights to use and grant licenses under the Licensed Technology orany other technology owned or controlled by NOVAVAX to make, have made, use, offer to sell, sell, have sold and import products6 (other than a license under Licensed Technology for Licensed Products in the Field, for so long as ESPRIT has an exclusive license under LicensedTechnology for Licensed Products in the Field). It shall not be a breach of this Agreement for NOVAVAX, acting directly or indirectly, to exploit its ReservedInterests in any manner anywhere in the Territory, provided, however, that under no circumstances shall NOVAVAX utilize its Reserved Interests to make,have made, use, offer to sell, sell, have sold or import Licensed Products or related Improvements in the Territory in the Field.ARTICLE 3 — PAYMENTS 3.1 In consideration of the license granted hereunder, ESPRIT shall make the following payments in Dollars to NOVAVAX as follows: (a) Upon the Business Day immediately following the date of this Agreement, ESPRIT shall pay NOVAVAX an amount equal to Two Million Dollars($2,000,000) in cash by wire transfer. (b) Upon the Business Day immediately following the date of this Agreement, ESPRIT shall pay NOVAVAX an amount equal to Eight Million Dollars($8,000,000) in the form of the Promissory Note. (c) Upon the first anniversary of the date of this Agreement, ESPRIT shall pay NOVAVAX an amount equal to Two Million Five Hundred ThousandDollars ($2,500,000) in cash by wire transfer. (d) ESPRIT will, or will cause its designated Affiliates to, pay NOVAVAX the following one-time sales milestone payments (each a “Milestone Payment”)within ***** ( ***** ) days after the first satisfaction of the following sales milestones (each a “Milestone”): Milestone Milestone Payment 1. Upon reaching an annual Net Sales level of ***** Dollars ($*****), a one-time payment during the period in which this ***** Dollarssales level is first reached ($*****)2. Upon reaching an annual Net Sales level of ***** Dollars ($*****), a one-time payment during the period in which this ***** Dollarssales level is first reached ($*****)3. Upon reaching an annual Net Sales level of ***** Dollars ($*****), a one-time payment payable during the period in ***** Dollarswhich this sales level is first reached ($*****)4. Upon reaching an annual Net Sales level of ***** Dollars ($*****), a one-time payment payable during the period in ***** Dollarswhich this sales level is first reached ($*****)5. Upon reaching an annual Net Sales level of ***** Dollars ($*****), a one-time payment payable during the period in ***** Dollarswhich this sales level is first reached ($*****) * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.7 The Net Sales levels shall not be cumulative from annual Net Sales period to annual Net Sales period. The parties understand that more than one paymentmay be made during any single annual Net Sales period. The annual Net Sales shall be calculated in the following two ways: (1) on December 31st of eachCalendar Year (commencing with the first Calendar Year following Launch) for the previous twelve (12) months; and (2) on July 1 of each Calendar Year(commencing with the first Calendar Year following Launch) for the previous twelve (12) months. If, according to at least one of the foregoing calculations,the annual Net Sales level reaches a Milestone as specified in the above table, ESPRIT or its Affiliates shall pay NOVAVAX a specified Milestone Paymentduring the period in which the Milestone is first reached. For example, if the Net Sales in calendar year 2006 is $ *****, then no Milestone Payment wouldbe made. If by July 1, 2007, the Net Sales for the twelve months prior to July 1, 2007 equals or exceeds $ *****, ESPRIT or its Affiliates would payNOVAVAX a $ ***** in Payments with respect to such Period.ARTICLE 4 — ROYALTIES 4.1 ESPRIT will, or will cause its designated Affiliates to, pay NOVAVAX quarterly royalties on the sales of Licensed Products in the Territory in anamount equal to ***** percent (*****%) of the Net Sales in any Calendar Quarter commencing in the first Calendar Year following Launch. 4.2 No royalties due under this Article shall be payable on sales transactions as among ESPRIT, any of its Affiliates and sublicensees. The final vendee saleto a third party alone shall be used for the purposes of determining the royalty payments due hereunder. Only one royalty payment shall be payable on thesale of each Licensed Product, and the amount of such royalty will be provided in accordance with this Article 4 and the sales date of the Licensed Product toan independent third party. Licensed Products shall be sold only for cash consideration and there shall be no discounting of price to the disadvantage of theprice of Licensed Products that are included in or made part of any bundling of Licensed Products with any existing or future ESPRIT or Affiliate product(s)as part of a sale to independent third parties. 4.3 ESPRIT shall not be obligated to pay any royalty payments based upon sales of a given Licensed Product in a country of the Territory after theexpiration of the last to expire Licensed Patent or Improvement Patent having at least one (1) Valid Claim that would be infringed by the sale of thatLicensed Product by ESPRIT, its Affiliates or its sublicensees in that country but for the licenses granted herein. 4.4 All royalties shall be calculated and payable on a Calendar Quarter basis as of the end of the each Calendar Quarter, and royalties shall be paid within***** (*****) days following the end of such Calendar Quarter. All royalties shall be calculated on a Licensed Product by Licensed Product basis. Eachroyalty payment and Milestone Payment shall be accompanied by a written report indicating the amount of Net Sales during such Calendar quarter orapplicable period together with a calculation of the royalties and Sales Milestone Payments due. ESPRIT shall deliver the written report for each suchCalendar Quarter or applicable period, regardless of whether when any royalty payments or Milestone Payments are required to be paid in that CalendarQuarter or applicable period, commencing in the first Calendar Year following Launch. * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.8 4.5 NOVAVAX shall have the right, at its own expense, for the period during which a royalty or Milestone Payment is due to NOVAVAX, to have a firm ofindependent certified public accountants, to whom ESPRIT has no reasonable objection and subject to customary confidentiality restrictions, solely toexamine the relevant books and records of account of ESPRIT relating to the Licensed Product during reasonable business hours and no more than *****during each Fiscal Year, to determine whether appropriate payment (including, without limitation, payment pursuant to Sections 3.1(c), 4.1 and 5.1) has beenmade by ESPRIT hereunder. The accountant shall disclose to NOVAVAX only information relating to the accuracy of the royalty and Sales MilestonePayment reports and the royalty payments and Milestone Payments made according to this Agreement. The information received by the accountant, exceptfor information necessary for disclosure to NOVAVAX to establish the accuracy of such reports, shall be held confidential. If such accounting firm correctlyconcludes that additional royalties or Milestone Payments were owed during such period, ESPRIT shall pay the additional royalties within thirty (30) days ofthe date NOVAVAX delivers to ESPRIT such accounting firm’s written report so correctly concluding. If the amount of such additional royalties or MilestonePayments owed exceeds ***** percent (*****%) of the amount of royalty payments or Sales Milestone Payments actually made by ESPRIT for such period,ESPRIT shall reimburse NOVAVAX for the commercially reasonable fees and expenses of the accounting firm incurred in the conduct of the applicable audit. 4.6 The remittance of Milestone Payments or royalties payable on sales outside the U.S. will be payable to NOVAVAX in Dollars according to the officialrate of exchange of the currency of the country from which the royalties are payable as quoted by The Wall Street Journal, New York edition, for the last dayof the Fiscal Quarter or other applicable period for which the royalty payment is made. If the transfer or the conversion into U.S. Dollars in any such instanceis not lawful or possible, the payment of such part of the Milestone Payment of royalties as is necessary shall be made by the deposit thereof, in whatevercurrency is allowable and acceptable by NOVAVAX, to the credit and account of NOVAVAX or its nominees in any commercial bank or trust company of itschoice located in that country. ESPRIT shall give prompt notice of such deposit to NOVAVAX. 4.7 All royalties, Milestone Payments and other payments required hereunder shall be paid in accordance with the instructions provided by NOVAVAX inimmediately available funds by wire transfer to a bank or other institution designated in writing by NOVAVAX from time to time.ARTICLE 5 — LICENSED PRODUCT MANUFACTURE; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; REGULATORY MATTERS 5.1 Intellectual Property. Any intellectual property rights, including without limitation, patents, patent applications, inventions, and know-how(hereinafter referred to as “Intellectual Property”) owned or controlled by either Party prior to the parties entering into this Agreement shall remain theproperty of such Party, subject only to the rights and licenses granted herein. * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.9 5.1.1 Any Intellectual Property that is first conceived and first reduced to practice during the term of this Agreement solely by personnel employed by oron behalf of NOVAVAX shall remain the property of NOVAVAX, subject to the rights and licenses granted herein.5.1.2 Any Intellectual Property that is first conceived and first reduced to practice during the term of this Agreement solely by personnel employed by oron behalf of ESPRIT shall remain the property of ESPRIT, subject to the rights and licenses granted herein (“ESPRIT Sole Technology”).5.1.3 Any Intellectual Property that is first conceived or first reduced to practice during the term of this Agreement by personnel employed by or onbehalf of ESPRIT and personnel employed by or on behalf of NOVAVAX (other than the Intellectual Property described in Section 5.1.1 andSection 5.1.2) shall be and shall remain the joint property of NOVAVAX and ESPRIT, subject to the rights and licenses granted herein (“JointIntellectual Property”). The parties agree to keep the Joint Intellectual Property in confidence on a basis consistent with Article 6 and not to publiclydisclose the same except in accordance with Article 6.5.1.4 NOVAVAX Improvement Intellectual Property shall constitute Licensed Technology throughout the term of this Agreement to the extent that suchIntellectual Property is relevant to the use, sale or Registration of a Licensed Product and to the extent that the licensing of such Intellectual Property byNOVAVAX to ESPRIT pursuant to the terms of this Agreement would not be prohibited by law, rule, regulation, order, treaty, contract, agreement, orother obligation. 5.2 Transfer of NDA and IND. The Parties agree and acknowledge that within 20 days after the Effective Date and receipt of ESPRIT’s written request,NOVAVAX shall provide ESPRIT with a letter addressed to the FDA authorizing and requesting that each NDA and IND owned by NOVAVAX andpertaining to the Licensed Product in the Territory, as the case maybe, be transferred, in its entirety, to the name of ESPRIT. NOVAVAX shall provide ESPRITwith a copy of the letter and ESPRIT shall promptly send a letter to the FDA accepting the NDA and IND. NOVAVAX will be entitled to copy and referencethe NDA and IND, and any safety database or other safety information related to the Licensed Product, outside the Territory freely as it determines. Each partywill notify the other immediately by telephone (with prompt written follow-up) of any inquiry, contact or communication received from any governmentalregulatory agency or other official body (within or outside of the Territory) which relates to the Licensed Product or any component or ingredient thereof, andwill promptly furnish the other party with copies of all written communications relating thereto sent to or received from such regulatory agency. ESPRIT shallconsult with NOVAVAX prior to making a material modification to the NDA or IND pertaining to the Licensed Product, and shall consider in good faithNOVAVAX’s views with respect to the impact any such modification may have on the marketing and commercialization of the Licensed Product outside ofthe Territory. ESPRIT shall provide, at NOVAVAX’s expense, such cooperation as may be reasonably to assist NOVAVAX in referencing the NDA or INDpertaining to Licensed Product or safety information related to Licensed Product in connection with regulatory applications and approvals for LicensedProduct outside of the Territory made by NOVAVAX or NOVAVAX’s licensees; provided that, in ESPRIT’s reasonable judgment, such assistance is notunduly burdensome to ESPRIT’s senior management. NOVAVAX hereby retains and10 ESPRIT hereby grants to NOVAVAX the perpetual exclusive, fully paid up right to use with the right to sublicense ((i) outside the Field and (ii) in the Fieldbut outside the Territory) all data created by under or in connection with the NDA and the IND. 5.3 Maintenance of NDA. ESPRIT shall bear responsibility for, and shall bear all costs related thereto, to take such actions as may be necessary, inaccordance with accepted business practices and legal requirements, to obtain and maintain the authorization and/or ability to market the Licensed Productin the Territory. Without limiting the generality of effect of the foregoing, ESPRIT shall be responsible for all of the PDUFA fees, including, withoutlimitation, establishment fees and product fees, associated with NDA. The establishment fees will be allocated on a pro rata basis agreed upon by the partiesin the event other FDA approved product(s) are manufactured by Novavax at the Cardinal facility. 5.4 Communications with Regulatory Authorities. ESPRIT shall have the responsibility, and shall bear all costs related to, communications with anygovernment agencies to satisfy its requirements regarding the authorization and/or continued authorization to market the Licensed Product in commercialquantities in the Territory. NOVAVAX shall promptly notify ESPRIT of any inquiry or other communication that it receives from the FDA concerning theLicensed Product. ESPRIT shall handle all communications with the FDA concerning the Licensed Product (other than with respect to the manufacturethereof which will be handled by NOVAVAX), including but not limited to reporting adverse reactions and responding to any inquiries concerningadvertising or promotional materials, and shall provide copies of all such communication to NOVAVAX. NOVAVAX, however, shall be able to communicatewith such governmental agency regarding the Licensed Product if: (a) Such communication is necessary to comply with the terms of this Agreement or the requirements of any law, governmental order or regulation; or (b) NOVAVAX, if practical, made a request of such agency to communicate with ESPRIT instead, and such agency refused such request; (c) Such communication relates to the CMC Section of the NDA for the Licensed Product, manufacturing specifications related to the Licensed Product; (d) provided, however, that before making any communication under (a), (b) or (c) of this Section, NOVAVAX shall give ESPRIT notice as soon aspossible of NOVAVAX’s intention to make such communication, and ESPRIT shall be permitted to accompany NOVAVAX, take part in any suchcommunications and receive copies of all such communications. 5.5 Medical Inquiries. ESPRIT shall respond to medical questions or inquiries relating to the Licensed Product and shall instruct its sales force to directmedical inquiries either to its own medical personnel or to the ESPRIT toll-free number referred to in Section 5.6, within a reasonable time from the EffectiveDate. ESPRIT shall designate an individual to serve as medical liaison in order to ensure consistency in the handling of medical inquiries. The medicalliaison will regularly review Licensed Product inquiries and responses and will also be available for responding to non-routine inquiries should these arise. 5.6 Toll-Free Number. ESPRIT shall maintain a toll-free telephone number to provide information in response to inquiries from health care professionalsand consumers. This number shall be noted in all appropriate advertising and promotional materials, except that NOVAVAX may, at its own option, use adifferent number in advertising and promotional materials that it develops for use outside of the Territory.11 5.7 Adverse Reactions; Recalls. Except as otherwise set forth in the Supply Agreement, ESPRIT shall be responsible for handling all complaints fromcustomers in the Territory relating to adverse reaction reports, adverse events, and recall activities with respect to the Licensed Product. NOVAVAX shallpromptly transfer and notify ESPRIT of any such complaints, and shall cooperate with ESPRIT as necessary to resolve or address the situation, including,without limitation, by providing detailed distribution records to ESPRIT. 5.8 NDC Number. The Parties acknowledge and agree that (a) the Licensed Product may be distributed initially for up to 90 days under the National DrugCode number for the Licensed Product assigned to NOVAVAX and (b) ESPRIT shall be responsible, at its expense, for complying with on NOVAVAX’sbehalf, or assisting NOVAVAX in its compliance, with all FDA and other obligations or requirements (including without limitation adverse reaction reports,adverse events, and recall activities) applicable to NOVAVAX as a result of any and all distribution of the Licensed Product under the National Drug Codenumber for the Licensed Product assigned to NOVAVAX. 5.9 Withdrawal of NDA. ESPRIT will not take any action or omit to take any action that could reasonably be expected to result in withdrawal of the NDA. 5.10 Recall. In the event that either Party determines that an event, incident or circumstance has occurred which may result in the need for a recall or otherremoval of any Licensed Product, or any lot or lots thereof, from the market, it shall promptly advise and consult with the other Party with respect thereto. Theparties shall jointly make the final determination to recall or otherwise remove a Licensed Product or any lot or lots thereof from the market. ESPRIT shall beresponsible for the costs of any recall except if such recall is solely the result of any failure of NOVAVAX to manufacture Licensed Product in accordancewith written specifications agreed upon by the parties under the Supply Agreement. 5.11 Commercially Reasonable Efforts. ESPRIT agrees that it will and will cause its sublicensees and Affiliates to use commercially reasonable efforts tomarket and sell the Licensed Product. 5.12 LED Studies. The costs and expenses of any lowest effective dose study relevant to Licensed Product (an “LED Study”) will be borne as follows:(a) the first $***** by ESPRIT and (b) any amount in excess of $***** by ESPRIT subject to reimbursement by NOVAVAX of *****% of such excess (suchreimbursement not to exceed $***** in any single Calendar Year) if and only to the extent that Milestone Payments have been made in accordance with thisAgreement. Without limiting the generality or effect of the foregoing, NOVAVAX will be entitled to review and approve protocols relating to any LEDStudy.ARTICLE 6 — CONFIDENTIALITY AND PUBLICITY 6.1 All information disclosed by one Party to the other(s) or developed by the parties pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (the “ConfidentialInformation”) shall be maintained strictly confidential and used only for the purposes of this Agreement in accordance with this Article 6 (“Purposes”). EachParty may also disclose the other’s information to an Affiliate, * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.12 agent or consultant, who is under a written obligation of confidentiality and non-use at least substantially equivalent to the obligations of this Article 6, withthe exceptions that (i) ESPRIT may disclose such information to its Affiliates who agree to maintain such information in confidence and to use suchinformation only for the Purposes and (ii) the Parties shall each be free to disclose the existence of this Agreement and the nature of the licenses grantedhereunder to its Affiliates and other prospective licensees and sub-licensees, investors or prospective investors, lenders and other potential funding sources,or to a third party in connection with a merger or acquisition or proposed merger or acquisition, subject to an obligation of confidentiality and non-use,provided that such Party shall have used commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a written confidentiality agreement from such third party contemplated bythis sentence. Each Party shall guard any confidential information of the other Party with the same level of diligence as it normally guards any of its owninternal confidential, proprietary information. Each Party shall be responsible for the breach of any of the provisions of this Article 6 by a person or entity towhom such Party discloses information contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Party shall be relieved of the confidentiality and limiteduse obligations of this Agreement if: (a) the information was previously known to the receiving Party as evidenced by the prior written records of such Party without disclosure by thedisclosing Party; (b) the information is or becomes generally available to the public through no fault of the receiving Party; (c) the information is acquired in good faith in the future by the receiving Party from a third party not under an obligation of confidence to thedisclosing Party with respect to such information; or (d) the information is independently developed by the receiving Party without reliance on, reference to, or knowledge of, the information disclosed bythe disclosing Party.The parties understand and agree that it shall be the receiving Party’s burden of proof to show the applicability of any of the exceptions set forth in clauses(a), (b) (c) or (d) above. 6.2 Notwithstanding the above obligations of confidentiality and non-use a Party may: (a) disclose information to a regulatory agency that is necessary to obtain regulatory approval in a particular jurisdiction; or (b) disclose information to a government agency if the disclosure is necessary to protect the health and safety of the Party’s workers or the public or asrequired by law; or (c) disclose information as and to the extent required to comply with applicable laws and regulations, including the rules and regulations of the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission. In making such disclosures as set forth in this Section 6.2, the disclosing Party shall use reasonable efforts to promptly first notify the owner of theconfidential information so as to allow the owner of the confidential information an opportunity to seek a protective order or otherwise limit any suchdisclosure. In any event, the disclosing Party shall use reasonable efforts to only disclose such information as is required to be disclosed pursuant to the law,regulation, rule or order, and shall use its reasonable efforts to obligate the recipient to secrecy on the same terms as set forth herein. Each Party shall restrictthe disclosure of confidential information of the other so that only the persons that need to know it shall be informed and the disclosure be limited to onlysuch portions as necessary for the purposes of this Agreement.13 6.3 Each Party shall not state or imply, in any publication, advertisement, sales promotional material, or other medium: a) the name of the other Party or the name(s) of any employee(s) of the other Party; or b) the name of any Affiliate of the other Party or the name(s) of any employee(s) of such Affiliatewithout the prior written consent of the other Party. 6.4 Except for the filing of a copy of this Agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other securities commission of such otherjurisdictions whose laws may apply to either Party to the extent required by law and such other public announcements as may hereafter become required bylaw, regulation or rule due to changes from the facts and circumstances in existence as of the Effective Date, no Party hereunder shall disclose this Agreementor make any public announcement or filing concerning this Agreement or the subject matter hereof without the prior written consent of the other. In the eventthat pursuant to the foregoing a Party shall file a copy of this Agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other securities commission ofsuch other jurisdictions whose laws may apply to either Party, it shall use reasonable efforts seek confidential treatment for all portions thereof reasonablyrequested by the other Party. Any proposed announcement or filing by a Party shall be made available to the other Party in advance of publication or filing,as the case may be, for review and comment. If a Party decides to make an announcement or disclosure required by law or as otherwise permitted under thissection of this Agreement, it will provide the other Party with at least ten (10) Business Days, where possible, advance written notice of the text of any suchwritten announcement or disclosure or content of any non-written disclosure or announcement, except to the extent applicable law requiring disclosurewould not permit such advance notice (such as in the case of certain securities filings), in which case the disclosing Party will give the maximum noticepossible under the circumstances, so that the other Party will have an opportunity to comment upon the announcement or disclosure. 6.5 Except for permissible publications under this Article 6, neither Party will publish any information based upon or derived from the work performedunder this Agreement without the prior review and consent of the Parties pursuant to this Section 6.5. 6.6 With respect to information disclosed on or after the Effective Date between ESPRIT and NOVAVAX under the provisions of this Agreement, theprovisions of this Agreement shall govern and prevail. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and any other pending confidentiality agreementbetween ESPRIT and NOVAVAX, with respect to information disclosed on or after the Effective Date, the terms of this Agreement shall govern and prevail.ARTICLE 7 — PATENT PROSECUTION AND MAINTENANCE 7.1 Subject to Section 7.4 of this Agreement, NOVAVAX shall have sole authority and agrees to prosecute or cause to be prosecuted to allowance or finalrejection the patent applications (including any reissue patent applications or reexamination patent applications) included in the Licensed Patents that areowned or controlled by NOVAVAX, in whole or in part, including the Joint Improvement Intellectual Property (hereinafter collectively “PatentApplications”), in the countries in which the Licensed Patents are being prosecuted or maintained as of the Effective Date. NOVAVAX shall issue as a patenteach such Patent Application prosecuted to allowance at NOVAVAX’s sole expense. NOVAVAX shall pay all attorneys fees and other costs associated withthe preparation, filing, and prosecution of such Patent Applications in the Territory included in the Licensed Patents.14 7.2 NOVAVAX agrees to promptly provide (if not already provided and on an ongoing basis, as the case may be) ESPRIT with copies of: (a) All Patent Applications included in the Licensed Patents; (b) All prior art searches it has performed (or has had performed) related to such Patent Applications; and (c) All correspondence to and from the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office and foreign patent offices relating to such Patent Applications. 7.3 ESPRIT shall have the right to consult with NOVAVAX from time to time and on a reasonable basis regarding the content of the Patent Applicationsincluded in the Licensed Patents, as well as the prior art searches and correspondence related thereto, and to comment thereon. NOVAVAX shall consider allsuch comments offered by ESPRIT, it being agreed, however, that all final decisions respecting conduct of the prosecution of said patent applications shallrest solely in the discretion of NOVAVAX. 7.4 NOVAVAX shall promptly notify ESPRIT in the event NOVAVAX decides at any time to abandon or discontinue prosecution of any one or more ofthe Patent Applications included in the Licensed Patents. Such notification will be given as early as possible which in no event will be less than forty-five(45) days prior to the date on which such Patent Application(s) will become abandoned. ESPRIT shall have the option, exercisable upon written notificationto NOVAVAX, to assume full responsibility for the prosecution of the affected Patent Application(s), in which event such affected Patent Application(s) shall,at ESPRIT’s option, be promptly exclusively licensed royalty-free to ESPRIT and its sublicensees to make and have made, import, sell, offer to sell, and havesold Licensed Product in the Territory in the Field. 7.5 NOVAVAX shall pay all official taxes, annuities and fees required to keep in force all Patent Applications and patents, which are included in theLicensed Patents, and shall submit evidence, upon written request, to ESPRIT that said government fees have been timely paid. In the event NOVAVAXdecides not to pay the maintenance fee due on any one or more of said patents or Patent Applications, NOVAVAX will give ESPRIT written notice of suchdecision at least sixty (60) days in advance of the payment date. ESPRIT shall thereupon have the option to pay the maintenance fees due on the affectedpatents or Patent Applications, in which case the affected Patent(s) or Patent Application(s) shall, at ESPRIT’s option, be promptly exclusively licensed on anexclusive, royalty free, perpetual and fully paid up basis to ESPRIT to make and have made, import, sell, offer to sell, and have sold Licensed Product in theTerritory in the Field. 7.6 Each Party shall promptly disclose to the other any Improvements made, conceived or reduced to practice by the disclosing Party or its Affiliates,agents, subcontractors or sublicensees.ARTICLE 8 — COMPETING PRODUCTS AND INFRINGEMENT 8.1.1 If, during the term of this Agreement, NOVAVAX or ESPRIT becomes aware of infringing sales of product competitive with Licensed Products by athird party in a given15 Calendar Quarter in a country of the Territory that are greater than ***** percent (*****%) of ESPRIT’s Commercial Sales of such Licensed Products, byDollar or equivalent legal currency of the given country in the Territory, of Licensed Products in the Field in the same country of the Territory and in thesame Calendar Quarter that constitute infringement by a third party of any issued patent (except for a patent relating to ESPRIT Sole Technology) included inthe Licensed Patents, that Party shall promptly notify the other Party in writing to that effect. ESPRIT shall have the right, but not the obligation, to bring suitagainst any infringer of a patent relating to ESPRIT Sole Technology at its own cost and expense. 8.1.2 NOVAVAX shall have the initial right, but not the obligation, to initiate or prosecute an infringement or other appropriate suit or action against anythird party infringer of a Licensed Patent at its own expense. ESPRIT has the right to join such suit or action at its own expense. If, (a) after the expiration ofninety (90) days from said notice, NOVAVAX has not obtained a discontinuance of such infringement or brought suit against the third party infringer, and(b) the infringing product is competitive with Licensed Products, ESPRIT shall have the right, but not the obligation, to bring suit (at ESPRIT’s sole expense)against such third party infringer, provided that if NOVAVAX is joined to the suit, NOVAVAX will pay for its own litigation expenses. 8.1.3 If, prior to the expiration of ninety (90) days from given notice under Section 8.1.1, NOVAVAX obtains a discontinuance of such infringement orbrings suit against the third party infringer, and ESPRIT does not join the suit, then NOVAVAX shall retain all damages or other monies awarded or receivedin settlement of such suit. ESPRIT will cooperate with NOVAVAX in any such suit and shall have the right to consult with NOVAVAX and be represented byits own counsel at its own expense. 8.1.4 If, prior to the expiration of ninety (90) days from given notice under Section 8.1.1, NOVAVAX brings suit against the third party infringer, andESPRIT exercises its right to join the suit, then each Party shall have the right to be represented by independent counsel in such litigation at its own expenseand neither Party shall incur any liability to the other Party as a consequence of such litigation or any unfavorable decision resulting therefrom, includingany decision holding the patent invalid or unenforceable. Furthermore, any amounts recovered as a result of any infringement action taken by the Partieshereunder shall be split equally. 8.1.5 If, after the expiration of said ninety (90) days from the date of given notice under Section 8.1.1, NOVAVAX has not obtained a discontinuance ofsuch infringement or brought suit against the third party infringer, and ESPRIT decides to exercise its right, after such ninety (90) notice period, to bring suitagainst such infringer and join NOVAVAX as a party plaintiff, then NOVAVAX will reasonably cooperate with ESPRIT in any suit for infringement of apatent of the Licensed Patents brought by ESPRIT against a third party, and shall have the right to consult with ESPRIT and to participate in and berepresented by independent counsel in such litigation at its own expense. Neither Party shall incur any liability to the other as a consequence of suchlitigation or any unfavorable decision resulting therefrom, including any decision holding the patent invalid or unenforceable. Furthermore, any amountsrecovered as a result of any infringement action taken by the Parties hereunder shall be split equally. 8.1.6 Neither NOVAVAX nor ESPRIT may agree to settle pursuant to Section 8.1.4 or Section 8.1.5 without the prior written consent of the other Party,which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.16 8.1.7 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, royalties, Milestone Payments and all other payments hereunder shall continue unabatedin accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreements during the pendancy (including all appeals) of any action contemplated by Section 8. 1. 1through and including Section 8.1.7. 8.2.1 In the event NOVAVAX or ESPRIT receive notice or otherwise become actually aware of any facts that that ESPRIT’s making, using or selling of aLicensed Product in the Field infringes, will infringe or is alleged by a third party to infringe a third party patent, the Party becoming aware of same shallpromptly notify the other. NOVAVAX and ESPRIT shall thereafter attempt to agree upon a course of action, which may include: (a) modifying of a LicensedProduct or its use and manufacture so as to be non-infringing; or (b) obtaining a license or assignment from said third party. 8.2.2 ESPRIT and NOVAVAX shall have the right to negotiate with said third party for such license or assignment to the third party patent. In the eventthat such negotiation results in a consummated agreement, then ESPRIT shall pay any lump sum payment and/or royalties to be paid thereunder providedNOVAVAX has had an opportunity to review and consent to such license agreement, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Any of such lumpsum payments or royalties to be paid by ESPRIT and its sublicensees under such ESPRIT negotiated agreement shall be creditable against royalties then dueNOVAVAX hereunder. In no event shall ESPRIT be entitled to credit against any royalty payments owed to the extent that any infringement claim by a thirdparty is not based solely upon a Licensed Product described in the above-mentioned NDA (#21-371) or where the infringement claim is not based solely onESPRIT’s use of the Licensed Technology. 8.2.3. In the event that ESPRIT is charged with patent infringement by a third party as a result of ESPRIT’s making, using, and/or selling a LicensedProduct and it cannot settle or has not settled such infringement pursuant to the terms above, ESPRIT shall have the right to defend against such charge ofinfringement. NOVAVAX shall have the opportunity to fully participate in such defense at its own expense. If as a result of a final unappealable judgment inthe litigation or settlement thereof with the third party as described in the immediately preceding two sentences, ESPRIT is required to pay royalties or othermonies to such third party (“Third Party Payment”), ESPRIT may thereafter offset such Third Party Payment (including running royalties and any and alllump sum payments) against any royalties due but not yet paid hereunder to NOVAVAX, unless such infringement claim by a third party is not based solelyupon a Licensed Product described in the above-mentioned NDA or where the infringement claim is not based solely on ESPRIT’s use of the LicensedTechnology. Any damages or other monies awarded or received in settlement of such litigation against such adverse party shall be shared in accordance withSections 8.1.4 and 8.1.5. 8.2.4. Other than as expressly set forth to the contrary in Section 8.2.3, royalties and all other payments hereunder shall continue unabated in accordancewith the terms and conditions of this Agreements during the pendancy (including all appeals) of any action contemplated by Section 8.2.1. through andincluding Section 8.2.4.17 ARTICLE 9 — WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 9.1.1 NOVAVAX expressly warrants and represents that (a) it exclusively owns all of the rights, title and interest in and to the Licensed Patents as definedherein existing as of the date hereof and (b) it has the full corporate right and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out the transactionscontemplated herein. NOVAVAX further represents and warrants that no academic institution, member of an academic institution, corporation, local, state orfederal government, or any other third party holds any property rights in the Licensed Patents, or to its knowledge other Licensed Technology, that pertainsto a Licensed Product existing as of the date hereof. Further, NOVAVAX represents that the patent applications and patents of Schedule A are all the currentexisting Licensed Patents reasonably relevant to the Licensed Product In the Territory having the formulation described on Schedule B attached hereto (the“Formulation”). 9.1.2 NOVAVAX expressly warrants and represents that, there are no outstanding encumbrances or agreements, either written, or to its knowledge if oral orimplied, on the Licensed Technology that are inconsistent with the obligations undertaken by NOVAVAX herein, and that it has not granted and will notgrant during the term of this Agreement or any renewal hereof, any license or other privilege under the Licensed Technology with respect to the exclusiverights granted hereunder for a Licensed Product in the Territory in the Field which conflicts, or which could reasonably be expected to conflict, with the termsand conditions of this Agreement. 9.1.3 NOVAVAX expressly warrants and represents that, to its knowledge, it has disclosed to ESPRIT all reasonably relevant and material regarding pre-clinical and clinical studies and the Licensed Product in its possession or control which NOVAVAX is not otherwise prohibited from disclosing pursuant tolaw, regulation, order, treaty, agreement, contract or other obligation. NOVAVAX expressly warrants and represents that, at the time of execution of thisAgreement, to its knowledge, it does not know of any third party patents or pending applications that would prohibit NOVAVAX’s ability to obtain andenforce its patent protection for Licensed Patents existing as of the date hereof in the Territory to the extent necessary for a Licensed Product having theFormula which has not otherwise been cited in any patent filings by NOVAVAX with the relevant patent offices. NOVAVAX further represents and warrantsthat as of the date hereof, to NOVAVAX’s knowledge as of the Effective Date, there have been no public uses or public disclosures of the inventions claimedin the patents and patent applications of the Licensed Patents prior to the earliest filing date of each such respective patent or patent application. 9.1.4 NOVAVAX expressly warrants and represents that it is not required to obtain the consent of any third party to grant the rights granted herein toESPRIT. NOVAVAX further expressly warrants and represents that the rights granted herein do not conflict with any existing or pending written agreement(or to its knowledge, any existing or pending oral or implied agreement) of NOVAVAX with a third party pertaining to use of the Licensed Technology for aLicensed Product in the Territory. 9.1.5 NOVAVAX expressly warrants and represents that: a) it has not been notified in writing of any claims of infringement from any third party withrespect a Licensed Products as they currently exist, and, to its knowledge, no third party has threatened to make any such claim; and b) that, to its knowledge,it solely owns all of the data and results from any and all preclinical and clinical development and testing of Licensed Products that it conducted or18 authorized to have conducted prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement, and that NOVAVAX has used reasonable efforts to disclose all of the data fromsuch preclinical and clinical development and testing to ESPRIT in connection with this Agreement. NOVAVAX represents that it has not received writtennotice of any issued patent owned by a third party which would be infringed by the making, using, and selling of a Licensed Product having the Formula inthe countries of the Territory utilizing the Licensed Patents of NOVAVAX as currently in existence as of the date hereof in any in those countries of theTerritory. 9.1.6 NOVAVAX represents and warrants that, to its knowledge, it has undertaken all necessary legal and factual steps to ensure that NOVAVAX is able tolicense the Licensed Technology to ESPRIT in accordance with this Agreement to ESPRIT. 9.1.7 NOVAVAX represents and warrants that (i) Schedule 9.1.7 attached hereto represents a true, complete and accurate report of its sales of the Productinto each distribution channel and the Product returns it has received for the 12 month period ending September 30, 2005 broken out by month;(ii) March 31, 2005 , NOVAVAX has conducted its manufacturing and sales activities to third parties regarding the Product in the ordinary course of businessconsistent with past practice, and (iii) since March 31, 2005 through the date of hereof, NOVAVAX has not offered any extraordinary rebates, extraordinarydiscounts, or any other extraordinary promotional or marketing incentives relating to the Product and has not had sales or returns at levels higher than thosehistorically obtained in accordance with its ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. 9.2 ESPRIT expressly warrants and represents that (a) it has the full corporate right and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out thetransactions contemplated herein; (b) it is not required to obtain the consent of any third party to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement;(c) its entry into and performance of this Agreement do not conflict with any existing or pending written agreement (or to its knowledge, any existing orpending oral or implied agreement) of ESPRIT with a third party pertaining the subject matter contained herein; (d) it is not aware of any fact or circumstancewhich would indicate that NOVAVAX is in breach of any of the representations in Sections 9.1.1 through and including 9.1.2; and (e) that the voting equityof ESPRIT is owned by each of the Private Equity Investors as set forth in Schedule 9.2(e) attached hereto. 9.3. THE FOREGOING WARRANTIES OF EACH PARTY ARE IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,VALIDITY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, ALL OF WHICH ARE HEREBY SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED AND DISCLAIMED. 9.4. EXCEPT FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE OBLIGATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 11 ARISING OUT OF THIRD PARTY CLAIMS, SUITS OR DEMANDS,NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR ANY PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR INDIRECT DAMAGES UNDER ANYCONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THISAGREEMENT OR ITS SUBJECT MATTER.19 ARTICLE 10 — TERM AND TERMINATION 10.1 The term of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall expire upon the expiration of the last-to-expire Licensed Patent or whenterminated in accordance with any of the provisions herein. Upon expiration of the term of this License Agreement, ESPRIT shall have a fully paid-up licenseto make, have made, use and sell Licensed Products under the Licensed Technology in the Territory. 10.2 Termination for Breach: Upon any breach of, or default under, any material provision of this Agreement by a Party, including, without limitation,nonpayment of amounts owed hereunder by ESPRIT for any reason whatsoever except as specifically provided for in this Agreement, the other Party mayterminate this Agreement in whole or in part by giving ninety (90) days’ written notice (the “Notice Period”) to the breaching Party; provided however, thatthe breaching Party shall have seventy-five (75) days to cure any such breach prior to the commencement of the Notice Period. Said notice shall becomeeffective at the end of such Notice Period, unless during said Notice Period the breaching Party shall cure such breach or default within the applicable cureperiod. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, payment defaults will have a notice and cure period of five (5) days. Notwithstandinganything to the contrary contained herein, this Agreement will terminate at the option of NOVAVAX (without notice to ESPRIT or any other precondition onthe part of NOVAVAX) upon breach by ESPRIT of any of its obligations under the Promissory Note. 10.3 Effect of Termination for Breach by ESPRIT: Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, upon termination by NOVAVAX under Section 10.2:a) all licenses granted to ESPRIT hereunder shall cease and all such licensed rights shall revert to NOVAVAX;b) ESPRIT shall, and it hereby does effective only upon termination by NOVAVAX as set forth above in 10.2, grant to NOVAVAX an exclusive (even asto ESPRIT), worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, fully-paid up license, under ESPRIT Improvements and ESPRIT’s interest in the Joint Improvements, withthe right to grant sublicenses, to make and have made, import, use, sell, offer for sale, and have sold Licensed Product in the Field.c) ESPRIT shall promptly deliver to NOVAVAX all of the following documents: (1) all confidential information and materials related to any LicensedProduct provided by NOVAVAX pursuant to this Agreement, and (2) any New Drug Application (as defined in 21 C.F.R. Part 314) (“NDA”), any otherfiling with any governmental or regulatory authority worldwide in connection with any Licensed Product, and all related data, documents, reports, files(including the related drug master file), filings and correspondence with any governmental or regulatory authority, adverse event reports, clinical trialresults, any investigative new drug applications and supporting data and information (“IND”), and all other documents or information, in whatever form,relating to the manufacture, use and sale of the Licensed Products;d) if ESPRIT has applied for or obtained any regulatory approvals in any country for any Licensed Product, then ESPRIT shall, to the extent legallypermissible, take all additional action reasonably necessary to assign all of its right, title and interest in and transfer possession and control toNOVAVAX of such applications or regulatory approvals; ande) any regulatory filings for any Licensed Product which have been submitted in ESPRIT’s name, subject to FDA approval, will be transferred toNOVAVAX’s name; and20 10.4 Effect of Termination for Breach by NOVAVAX: Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, upon termination by ESPRIT under Section 10.2:a) ESPRIT shall be free of any obligation to make any further, unaccrued payments to NOVAVAX relating to the terminated license pursuant to Articles3, 4 or 5; andb) NOVAVAX shall promptly deliver to ESPRIT all confidential information of ESPRIT, including, confidential information relating to ESPRITImprovements, then in NOVAVAX’s possession and materials related to any Licensed Product provided by ESPRIT to NOVAVAX pursuant to thisAgreement. 10.5 Termination for Bankruptcy: NOVAVAX or ESPRIT may terminate this Agreement should the other Party commit an act of bankruptcy, be declaredbankrupt, voluntarily file or have filed against it a petition for bankruptcy or reorganization unless such petition is dismissed within sixty (60) days of filing,enter into a procedure of winding up to dissolution or should a trustee or receiver be appointed for its business assets or operations. All rights and licensesgranted under or pursuant to this Agreement are, and shall otherwise be deemed to be, for the purposes of Section 365(n) of Title 11, U.S. Code (“BankruptcyCode”) license rights to “intellectual property” as defined under Section 101 (35A) of the Bankruptcy Code. The parties agree that ESPRIT, as a licensee ofsuch right, under this Agreement, shall retain and may fully exercise all of its rights and elections under the Bankruptcy Code. 10.6 Certain Effects of Termination; Payments and Dispute Resolution: In the event of termination of this Agreement by NOVAVAX under Section 10.2,ESPRIT shall not be relieved of the duty and obligation to pay in full, payments due, accrued, and unpaid at the effective date of such termination, nor shallany such termination relieve either Party of any obligation arising hereunder prior to such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, from the date eitherParty notifies the other Party that it wishes to commence a proceeding in accordance with the dispute resolution procedures set forth in Article 12 until thedate such proceeding has been concluded, the running of the time period referred to in this paragraph for curing a breach shall be suspended with respect tothe subject matter of the dispute, claim or controversy. 10.7 Upon termination of any license granted herein, in part or in whole as to any Licensed Product, ESPRIT shall have the right to sell off any of suchLicensed Product in its inventory provided ESPRIT pays to NOVAVAX any royalties otherwise calculated in accordance with this Agreement. 10.8. Survival of Provisions Upon Termination. (a) In the event of termination of this Agreement by NOVAVAX under Section 10.2, the provisions ofSection 2.4 and the provisions listed in subsection (b) below shall survive the termination of this Agreement to the extent provided for herein, and (b) thefollowing provisions shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement to the extent of any claims thereunder arising out of facts or circumstancesarising or existing prior to the date of such termination of expiration : Articles 6, 11, 12 and 13, and Sections 9.3, 9.4, 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8.21 ARTICLE 11 — INDEMNIFICATION 11.1 NOVAVAX and ESPRIT will each defend as the case maybe (each an “Indemnifying Party”) , at its own expense, indemnify and hold harmless theother Party and its Affiliates from and against any and all damages, liabilities, losses, costs, and expenses, including attorneys fees, arising out of any claim,suit or proceeding brought against the other Party to the extent such claim, suit, or proceeding is based upon a claim arising out of or relating to (i) anybreach or violation of, or failure to perform, any covenant or agreement made by such indemnifying Party in this Agreement, unless waived in writing by theindemnified Party; (ii) any breach of the representations or warranties made by such indemnifying Party in this Agreement; or (iii) the negligence or willfulmisconduct of the indemnifying Party, except, under clause (ii), to the extent arising out of the breach, violation, failure, negligence or willful misconduct ofthe indemnified Party. Each Party agrees that it shall promptly notify the other in writing of any such claim or action and give the indemnifying Party fullinformation and assistance in connection therewith. The indemnifying Party shall have the sole right to control the defense of any such claim or action andthe sole right to settle or compromise any such claim or action, except that the prior written consent of the other Party shall be required in connection withany settlement or compromise which could (i) place any obligation on or require any action of such other Party; (ii) admit or imply any liability orwrongdoing of such other Party; or (iii) adversely affect the goodwill or public image of such other Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnifiedParty may participate therein through counsel of its choice, but the cost of such counsel shall be borne solely by the indemnified Party. Except as otherwiseprovided herein, NOVAVAX will defend, at its own expense, indemnify and hold harmless the other ESPRIT and its Affiliates from and against any and alldamages, liabilities, losses, costs, and expenses, including attorneys fees, arising out of any claim, suit or proceeding brought against the ESPRIT or any suchAffiliate to the extent such claim, suit, or proceeding is based upon a claim arises out of a third party claim or suit or demand based on bodily injury orproperty damage resulting from the manufacture, use or sale of Licensed Product in the Field by NOVAVAX or its Affiliates or sublicensees pursuant to thisAgreement other than in accordance with specifications as provided in the Supply Agreement, unless such claim is due to the negligent, grossly negligent orintentional act or omission of ESPRIT. 11.2 In the event that any Party hereunder seeks indemnification under this Article 11, such Party shall: (a) promptly inform the Indemnifying Party of anyclaim, suit or demand threatened or filed, and (b) cooperate as requested (at the expense of the Indemnifying Party) in the defense of such claims. 11.3 An Indemnifying Party’s (including sublicensees) obligations under this Article 11 shall not extend to any claims, suits or demands for liability,damages, losses, costs and expenses arising from the Indemnified Party’s failure to comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement or arising from thenegligence, gross negligence, intentional wrongful act or omission of the Indemnified Party, its agents or employees.ARTICLE 12 — ARBITRATION 12.1 Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be resolved by arbitration before a panel of three arbitrators in accordancewith the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) then pertaining (available at www.adr.org), except where those rulesconflict with this provision, in which case this provision controls. Any court with jurisdiction shall enforce this clause and enter judgment on any award. Thearbitrators shall be selected within twenty Business Days from filing of a22 demand for arbitration from the AAA’s National Roster of Arbitrators pursuant to agreement or through selection procedures administered by the AAA.Within 45 days of filing of a demand for arbitration, the parties shall reach agreement upon and thereafter follow procedures, including limits on discovery,assuring that the arbitration will be concluded and the award rendered within no more than eight months from selection of the arbitrators or, failingagreement, procedures meeting such time limits will be designed by the AAA and adhered to by the parties. The arbitration shall be held in New York, NewYork, Borough of Manhattan and the arbitrators shall apply the substantive law of New York, except that the interpretation and enforcement of thisarbitration provision shall be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act. Prior to commencement of arbitration, emergency relief is available from any court toavoid irreparable harm. THE ARBITRATOR SHALL NOT AWARD EITHER PARTY PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, MULTIPLIED OR CONSEQUENTIALDAMAGES, OR ATTORNEYS FEES OR COSTS. Prior to commencement of arbitration, the parties must attempt to mediate their dispute using a professionalmediator from AAA, the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, or like organization selected by agreement or, absent agreement, through selection proceduresadministered by the AAA. Within a period of 45 days after the request for mediation, the parties agree to convene with the mediator, with businessrepresentatives present, for at least one session to attempt to resolve the matter. In no event will mediation delay commencement of the arbitration for morethan 45 days absent agreement of the parties or interfere with the availability of emergency relief.ARTICLE 13 — MISCELLANEOUS 13.1 Any delays in or failures of performance by a Party under this Agreement shall not be considered a breach of this Agreement if and to the extentcaused by acts of God; acts, regulations or laws of any government; strikes or other concerted acts of workers; fires; floods; explosions; riots; wars; rebellions;and sabotage (a “Force Majeure Event”); and any time for performance hereunder shall be extended by the actual time of delay caused by such occurrence.In the event that a Party’s performance of payment obligations is suspended for more than one hundred and twenty (120) days because of a Force MajeureEvent, the other Party has the right to terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the non-performing Party. 13.2 This Agreement, or any of the rights and obligations created herein ,including but not limited to the licenses granted under Article 2, shall not beassigned or transferred, in whole or in part, by either Party hereto without the prior written consent of the other Party which will not be unreasonably withheldor delayed; provided, however, that either Party may, without such consent, assign the Agreement and its rights and obligations hereunder (A) to a whollyowned operating Affiliate of such Party or (B) in connection with the transfer or sale of all or substantially all of its assets to a third party so long as: (i) eachParty will provide the other Party with at least ten (10) days prior written notice thereof; and (ii) in the event of such a transfer by NOVAVAX, any permittedassignee shall assume all obligations of its assignor under the Agreement in a writing delivered to the other Party. Any attempted assignment or transfer ofsuch rights or obligations without such consent, except as provided herein, shall be void. This Agreement shall binding upon any purchaser of all orsubstantially all of the assets of the either Party, as the case may be. This Section 13.2 shall not be deemed to otherwise prohibit or otherwise apply to achange in control of NOVAVAX (whether by merger of sale of capital stock or otherwise) at the shareholder or Board of Director levels or otherwise.23 13.3 The waiver by a Party, whether express or implied, of any provisions of this Agreement, or of any breach or default of a Party, shall not be construed tobe a continuing waiver of such provision, or of any succeeding breach or default or of a waiver of any other provisions of this Agreement. 13.4 All matters affecting the interpretation, validity, and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, U.S.A.,without regard to its choice or conflict of law principles. 13.5 Any provision hereof which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of suchprohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any otherjurisdiction. The parties shall replace such ineffective provision for such jurisdiction with a valid and enforceable provision which most closely approachesthe NOVAVAX, intent, and purpose of this Agreement, and in particular, the provision to be replaced. 13.6 ESPRIT and NOVAVAX are independent contractors and shall not be deemed to be partners, joint venturers or each other’s agents, and neither shallhave the right to act on behalf of the other except as expressly provided hereunder or otherwise expressly agreed to in writing. 13.7 It is the mutual desire and intent of the parties to provide certainty as to their future rights and remedies against each other by defining the extent oftheir mutual undertakings as provided herein. The parties have in this Agreement incorporated all representations, warranties, covenants, commitments andunderstandings on which they have relied in entering into this Agreement and, except as provided for herein, neither Party has made any covenant or othercommitment to the other concerning its future action. Accordingly, this Agreement (together with the schedules attached hereto (i) constitute the entireagreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the matters contained herein, and there are no promises, representations, conditions,provisions or terms related thereto other than those set forth in this Agreement, and (ii) supersede all previous understandings, agreements and representationsbetween the parties, written or oral relating to the subject matter hereof. The parties hereto may from time to time during the continuance of this Agreementmodify, vary or alter any of the provisions of this Agreement, but only by written agreement of all parties hereto. 13.8 All communications, reports, payments and notices required by this Agreement shall be addressed to the Partied(s) at their respective address(s) setforth below or to such other address as requested by a Party by notice in writing to the other parties. If to NOVAVAX: Attention: Chief Executive Officer NOVAVAX, Inc. 508 Lapp Road Malvern, PA 19355 With a copy to: Ropes & Gray LLP 45 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10111 Attention: Sanford B. Kaynor, Jr.24 If to ESPRIT: Attention: Chief Executive Officer Esprit Pharma, Inc. Two Tower Blvd. East Brunswick, NJ 08816 With a copy to: Steven M. Bosacki, General Counsel Esprit Pharma, Inc. Two Tower Blvd. East Brunswick, NJ 08816 All such notices, reports, payments and communications shall be made by First Class mail; postage prepaid, and shall be considered made as of the date ofdeposit with the United States Post Office. 13.9 This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing executed by both parties hereto. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein,neither party will have any rights of setoff or to withhold the performance of any obligation (including with respect to any payment otherwise required to bemade) hereunder. 13.10. Unless otherwise expressly provided for herein (i) financial and accounting terms will have the meaning ascribed to such terms in accordance withGAAP, (ii) the word, “including”, will mean “including but not limited to” and the word “day” will mean “calendar day”, (iii) references to the singular willinclude the plural and vice versa, (iv) the use of any pronoun will include the neuter and both genders, and (v) references to Sections, Articles, Schedules andExhibits will be references to Sections, Articles, Schedules and Exhibits to this Agreement and the word, “herein” and words of similar import will beconstrued to refer to this Agreement, (vi) the word “knowledge” will mean actual knowledge after reasonably diligent inquiry of executive officers of therelevant entity, and (vii) headings and titles of Sections and Articles herein will be construed to be descriptive only and without any substantive orinterpretive effect. 13.11 If at any time during the term of this Agreement and prior to *****, NOVAVAX receives a bona fide proposal from a third party to enter into anexclusive license agreement to market a product containing ***** in NOVAVAX’s ***** for the treatment of *****. NOVAVAX shall promptly notifyESPRIT in writing. ESPRIT may, but shall not be obligated to deliver to NOVAVAX within in ***** (*****) days of receipt of such notice, a letter statingthat ESPRIT wishes to enter into an exclusive license for any of the products herein as the case may be, on substantially the same terms and conditionsreceived in its most favorable third party proposal. The parties hereto agree to diligently negotiate in good faith to complete the transaction contemplatedherein. In the event the parties are not able to consummate an agreement ***** (*****) days of receipt of such notice, NOVAVAX shall be entitled tonegotiate a transaction with respect to the foregoing product on terms acceptable to NOVAVAX * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.25 ARTICLE 14 — TAXES 14.1 ESPRIT will make all payments to NOVAVAX under this Agreement without deduction or withholding for taxes except to the extent that any suchdeduction or withholding is required by law in effect at the time of payment. 14.2 Any tax required to be withheld on amounts payable under this Agreement will promptly be paid by ESPRIT on behalf of NOVAVAX to theappropriate governmental authority, and ESPRIT will furnish NOVAVAX with proof of payment of such tax. 14.3 ESPRIT and NOVAVAX will cooperate with respect to all documentation required by any taxing authority or reasonably requested by ESPRIT tosecure a reduction in the rate of applicable withholding taxes.26 NOVAVAX, INC. ESPRIT PHARMA, INC. By: By: Name: Name: Title: President and Chief Executive Officer Title:Date: Date: 27 LICENSE AGREEMENTSchedule A — Patents and Patent Applications Country Status Application No. Patent No. Issue Date ExpirationUnited States Granted 08/380942 5629021 05/13/1997 01/31/2015Mexico Granted 975663 198438 09/04/2000 01/29/2016Canada Granted 2211262 2211262 08/30/2005 01/29/201628 LICENSE AGREEMENTSchedule B — Formulation For Existing Estrasorb®Licensed ProductFormulation (NOVAVAX-033/2) Ingredient Description Percent w/w17 b -Estradiol USP/Ph. Eur. *****Soybean Oil USP *****Polysorbate 80 NF *****190 Proof Ethyl Alcohol USP *****Purified Water USP ***** * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.29 LICENSE AGREEMENTSchedule 1 — Trademarks Application No. Registration Status / DateESTRASORB 75/833622 2784534 Registered 18-Nov-2003 Class 5 Goods: pharmaceuticals, namely topical hormone preparations International Class: 005 First Use Date: 2003-03-03 First Use in Commerce Date: 2003-03-03 Basis: 1(a)www.estrasorb.com30 LICENSE AGREEMENTSchedule 9.1.7 — Product Sales and ReturnsNovavax, Inc. Estrasorb Sales by Month Gross Sales Returns Units Dollars Units Dollars $ Oct-04 ***** ***** ***** ***** Nov-04 ***** ***** Dec-05 ***** ***** Jan-05 ***** ***** Feb-05 ***** ***** Mar-05 ***** ***** Apr-05 ***** ***** ***** ***** May-05 ***** ***** ***** ***** Jun-05 ***** ***** Jul-05 ***** ***** Aug-05 ***** ***** ***** ***** Sep-05 ***** ***** Totals ***** ***** ***** * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.31 LICENSE AGREEMENTSchedule 9.2(e) — Voting Equity of ESPRIT Fully Diluted Voting EquityPrivate Equity Investor Percentage***** *****%***** *****%***** *****% * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.32 Exhibit 10.34THE REGISTRANT HAS APPLIED FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OFTHIS EXHIBIT WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THE CONFIDENTIAL PORTIONS OFTHIS EXHIBIT ARE MARKED WITH ASTERISKS (*****) AND HAVE BEEN OMITTED. THE OMITTED PORTIONS OFTHIS EXHIBIT WILL BE FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TOA REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT.SUPPLY AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, (this “Agreement”) is dated as of October 18, 2005 by and between Novavax, Inc., a Delaware corporation having its principal place ofbusiness at 508 Lapp Road, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355, (“Novavax” or “Supplier”) and Esprit Pharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation having its principalplace of business at 2 Town Center Boulevard, East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816 (“Esprit” or “Buyer”). Supplier and Purchaser may be referred toindividually as a “Party” or collectively as the “Parties.” WHEREAS, Supplier has been engaged in the of development, manufacture, and supply of a product to be marketed, distributed and sold under theEstrasorb® brand by Supplier; WHEREAS, on the date hereof, Buyer and Supplier also entered into a license agreement for the license by Supplier to Buyer of certain intellectualproperty enabling the manufacture sale and use by Purchaser of topically- or transdermally-administered product containing no active ingredient otherthan17ß estradiol (excluding contraceptive products, Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators and products administered vaginally, orally, nasally, throughthe gum or by injection) which utilize Supplier’s micellar nanoparticle technology in the field of women’s health in product that is marketed under Supplier’sNDA #21-371 (the “License Agreement”); WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the License Agreement, ESPRIT has executed and delivered toNOVAVAX an $8.0 million promissory note due December 30, 2005 constituting a portion of the consideration for the License Agreement (the “PromissoryNote”); WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the License Agreement and the Promissory Note, New Enterprise Associates,Domain Associates, LLC and Apax Partners, or certain of their affiliates (the “Private Equity Investors”) have executed and delivered to NOVAVAX anagreement to fund Esprit with the principal amount due under the Promissory Note within ten (10) business days of Esprit’s default of any of its obligationsthereunder for the express purpose of satisfying ESPRIT’s obligations under the Promissory Note; and WHEREAS, Buyer desires to have Supplier manufacture Product (as defined in Article 1 below) under the Estrasorb® brand for sale by Buyer or itsdesignee.1 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuableconsideration, the receipt and efficiency of which are hereby acknowledge, the parties hereto agree as follows:ARTICLE 1DEFINITIONS As used throughout this Agreement, each of the following terms shall have the respective meaning set forth below: “Affiliate” of a Party shall mean any entity which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such entity, and forsuch purpose “control” shall mean (i) directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding more than fifty percent (50%) of the securities or other ownershipinterests representing the equity, the voting stock or general partnership interest in an entity or (ii) the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct orcause the direction of the management or the policies of the entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. Any suchcorporation, entity or business structure shall only be considered an Affiliate for so long as such ownership or control exists. “cGMP” shall mean good manufacturing practices according to 21 CFR Parts 210 and 211. “CPI” shall mean United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, All Urban Consumers, United States City Average,All Items, (1982-84=100) excluding the food and energy components, or the successor index that most closely approximates the CPI. “Cardinal” shall mean Cardinal Health Inc. as the contract manufacturer of the Product pursuant to the Cardinal Agreement. “Cardinal Agreement” shall mean the letter agreement between Cardinal, Supplier and Buyer of even date herewith. “Cardinal Facility” shall mean Cardinal’s manufacturing facility for the Product located at 3001 Red Lion Rd., Philadelphia, Pa. 10014 “Damages” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 16.01. “FDA” means the United States Food and Drug Administration and successor bodies. “Intellectual Property Rights” shall mean the intellectual property, trade secrets, know-how, technology and information, whether or not protected bypatents, to the extent required in the reasonable judgment of Supplier to manufacture the Product.2 “License Agreement” shall mean the license agreement referred to in the second recital of this Agreement. “Net Sales “ has the meaning ascribed to such term in the License Agreement. “Permitted Raw Materials Inventory” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 8.03(b). “Product” shall mean Estrasorb, as more fully described on Schedule A to this Agreement, manufactured and packaged in accordance with theSpecifications (hereinafter defined). “Raw Materials” shall mean the materials, components, and packaging required to manufacture and package the Product in accordance with theSpecifications. “Specifications” shall mean the specifications for the design, composition, product safety assurance, manufacture, packaging, and/or quality control of theProduct, as set forth on Schedule B attached hereto and made a part hereof, as the same may hereafter be modified by mutual agreement of the parties inwriting. “Supply Year” shall mean each consecutive 365-day period (or 366-day period in the event of a leap year) during the Term, commencing on the date ofthis Agreement. “Territory” shall mean the United States, Mexico and Canada. “Term” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Article 6. “Unit of Product” means a month of therapy of Product for an individual end user.ARTICLE 2SUPPLY OF PRODUCT During the Term, Supplier shall supply Buyer with those quantities of Product as ordered by Buyer pursuant to this Agreement, subject to the orderingprocedures set forth in Article 4 below. Supplier shall sell Product exclusively to Buyer for sale in the Territory . Each Product sold hereunder will conform tothe Specifications for such Product. Subject to the terms and conditions herein, Supplier will provide the facility, equipment , labor, and supervisionnecessary for the production of the Product in sufficient quantities as required herein.ARTICLE 3PRICES FOR PRODUCT 3.01 Transfer Price. The transfer price of Product from Novavax to Esprit during any Supply Year will be equal to (i) $***** per Unit of Product for thefirst $***** of Net Sales in such Supply Year and (ii) $***** per Unit of Product for the excess over the first $***** of Net * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.3 Sales for such Supply Year. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the transfer price of Product from Novavax to Esprit (a) thatconstitutes samples (including current sample inventory) as designated by Novavax, will be $***** per week of therapy of Product for an individual end userof Product and (b) that constitutes short-dated trade inventory (in stock for equal to or less than one year from the date of packaging) as designated byNovavax and as set forth on Schedule 3.01 attached hereto will be $***** per Unit of Product. All transfer prices referred to in this Section 3.01 shall beincreased (on a compounded basis) on ***** and ***** by and amount equal to the product of (i) the then current transfer price and (ii) *****. For theremainder of the Term, the transfer price of Product from Novavax to Esprit will be *****% of Novavax’s fully burdened manufacturing cost. The partiesagree that the aggregate amount contemplated by clause (b) above will be paid in cash by wire transfer on the date of this Agreement. 3.02 Payment Terms. Payment terms on all orders shall be ***** (*****) days from the date of invoice. Invoicing shall occur upon shipment.ARTICLE 4FORECASTS, CAPACITY; ORDERS 4.01 Forecasts; Capacity; Capital Expenditures. At the beginning of each calendar quarter during the Term, Buyer shall provide Supplier with a bindingwritten forecast of Buyer’s requirements for Product for the shorter of the following 12 months or the remainder of the Term (each, a “Rolling 12 MonthForecast”). Each Rolling 12 Month Forecast will be binding within a range of + *****% of the stated amount within such Rolling 12 Month Forecast;provided that the first three months of the each Rolling 12 Month Forecast will be binding without reference to the foregoing range. Attached hereto asAppendix 1 is an initial binding forecast for Product to be purchased pursuant to this Agreement between the date of this Agreement and the placement ofsubsequent purchase orders for Product in accordance with Section 4.02, below. Appendix 2 sets forth the capacity expectation for Buyer’s requirementsduring the Term on a monthly basis (“Capacity”). The parties understand and agree that any capital expenditures, incurred by Supplier in connection withthe performance of its obligations under this Agreement will be borne by Supplier, it being understood that Supplier and Buyer will consult in good faithregarding any such capital expenditure prior to its incurrence. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties understand and agreethat up to $***** of incremental expenses related to increasing manufacturing Capacity shall be borne by Buyer. The parties further understand that theforegoing forecasts and Capacity shall include both sample and trade quantities of Product. Supplier will use commercially reasonable efforts to meet Buyersdemand for Product. 4.02 Change Orders. Quarterly requirements contained in any 12 Month Rolling Forecast may be changed with ***** days prior written notice fromBuyer to Supplier provided that Supplier consents to such change order in writing (which consent may be withheld by Supplier in its sole discretion) * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.4 4.03 Example. For illustrative purposes only, assuming execution and delivery of this Agreement on September 30, 2005, Buyer will deliver (i) its first 12Month Rolling Forecast on October 1, 2005 for the succeeding 12 month period and (ii) its second 12 Month Forecast on December 31, 2005 for thesucceeding 12 month period. Quarterly requirements contained in the forecasts will be binding, subject to change in accordance with Section 4.01 andSection 4.02. 4.04 Conflicts. To the extent of any conflict or inconsistency between this Agreement and any purchase order, purchase order release, confirmation,acceptance or any similar document, the terms of this Agreement shall govern.ARTICLE 5ADDITIONAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE PARTIES 5.01 Other Affiliates. If any other Affiliate of Buyer desires to purchase the Product from Supplier under the terms of this Agreement, then, upon theexecution of a copy of this Agreement by such Affiliate, Supplier shall accord such Affiliate all of the benefits hereof and treat such affiliate as a “Buyer” forthe purposes of this Agreement; provided, however, that this section will not be construed to relieve Esprit of any of its obligations hereunder 5.02 Exclusive Rights. During the Term, Supplier shall supply Buyer, on an exclusive basis, with the Product for sale in the Territory and neither Suppliernor any of its Affiliates shall sell or distribute the Product. 5.03 Metered Dose Delivery. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties understand and agree that Supplier is developingdeveloped a metered dose bottle for the administration of Estrasorb (“Metered Dose Delivery”) and that the parties will, commencing on the date hereof,initiate the development and implementation of Metered Dose Delivery. The parties understand and agree that costs and expenses of the development andimplementation of Metered Dose Delivery will be borne as follows: (a) the first $***** by Esprit and (b) any amount in excess of $***** by Novavax. Allsuch costs and expenses will be paid by the applicable Party as such costs and expenses are incurred. The parties will work together in good faith to launchMetered Dose Delivery by *****. 5.04 Insurance. Each of Supplier and Buyer agrees to procure and maintain in full force and effect during the Term valid and collectible insurance policiesof a type and coverage amount consistent with Supplier’s and Buyer’s past practice prior to the date hereof. Should Supplier require additional insurance tobe carried by Buyer, any incremental cost will be for the account of Buyer. Buyer’s and Supplier’s existing policies are listed on Schedule D attached hereto.Upon Buyer’s request, Supplier shall provide to Buyer a certificate of coverage or other written evidence reasonably satisfactory to Buyer of such insurancecoverage. Upon Supplier’s request, Buyer shall provide to Supplier a certificate of coverage or other written evidence reasonably satisfactory to Supplier ofsuch insurance coverage. * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.5 5.05 Personnel. During the Term, Supplier shall maintain a workforce of appropriate size, training and experience sufficient in the reasonable judgment ofSupplier for manufacturing the Product in an amount not to exceed Capacity. If Buyer requires additional personnel for maintaining its equipment andfacilities and otherwise necessary to fulfill Supplier’s other obligations hereunder, the incremental cost thereof will be borne solely by Buyer. The partiesagree that the personnel requirements associated with the performance of Buyer’s obligations hereunder are set forth on Appendix 3 attached hereto. 5.06 Product Returns. All Product returns and all costs and expenses associated therewith (a) for Products sold prior to the date hereof will be for theaccount of Supplier; (b) for Products sold on or after the date hereof will be for the account of Buyer; and (c) for partial lot #092304T17 will be for theaccount of Supplier. Medicaid chargebacks and rebates (a) occurring within the first ***** days after the date hereof will be for the account of Supplier and(b) occurring thereafter will be for the account of Buyer.ARTICLE 6TERM; EFFECTIVE DATE The term of this Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and remain in effect until ***** (the “Expiration Date”), unless sooner terminated asexpressly provided under this Agreement (the “Term”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Agreement will be effective asfollows: with respect to Esprit’s obligation under the last sentence of Section 3.01 and under Section 5.03, the date of this Agreement and (b) with respect toall other terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Business Day immediately following the satisfaction in full of Esprit’s obligations to pay principal andinterest under the Promissory Note on the Maturity Date (as defined therein).ARTICLE 7TERMINATION 7.01 Breach. This Agreement may be terminated, prior to the Expiration Date, by either Party by giving 90 days written notice of its intent to terminate andstating the grounds therefor if the other Party shall materially breach or materially fail in the observance or performance of any representation, warranty,guarantee, covenant or obligation under this Agreement. The Party receiving the notice shall have 75 days from the date of receipt thereof to cure the breachor failure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, payment defaults will have a ten (10) day cure period. In the event such breach orfailure is cured, the notice shall be of no effect. 7.02 Termination of License Agreement. Subject to earlier expiration or termination, this Agreement will terminate simultaneously with the termination ofthe License Agreement. * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.6 7.03 Insolvency, Etc. This Agreement may be terminated, prior to the Expiration Date, upon 30 days written notice by either Party: (i) in the event that theother Party hereto shall (a) apply for or consent to the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator of itself or ofall or a substantial part of its property, (b) make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (c) commence a voluntary case under the United StatesBankruptcy Code, as now or hereafter in effect (the “Bankruptcy Code”), (d) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any law (the “Bankruptcy Laws”)relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding-up, or composition or readjustment of debts, or (e) take any corporate action for the purpose ofeffecting any of the foregoing; or (ii) if a proceeding or case shall be commenced against the other Party hereto in any court of competent jurisdiction,seeking (a) its liquidation, reorganization, dissolution or winding-up, or the composition or readjustment of its debts, (b) the appointment of a trustee,receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like of the Party or of all or any substantial part of its assets, or (c) similar relief under any Bankruptcy Laws, or an order,judgment or decree approving any of the foregoing shall be entered and continue unstayed for a period of 60 days; or (iii) an order for relief against the otherParty hereto shall be entered in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code. 7.04 Effect of Termination. Notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement for any reason, each Party hereto shall be entitled to recover any and allDamages which such Party shall have sustained by reason of the breach by the other Party hereto of any of the terms of this Agreement. Termination of thisAgreement for any reason shall not release either Party hereto from any liability which at such time has already accrued or which thereafter accrues from abreach or default prior to such expiration or termination, nor affect in any way the survival of any other right, duty or obligation of either Party hereto whichis expressly stated elsewhere in this Agreement to survive such termination. In the case of a termination under Section 7.01 above, the non-defaulting Partymay pursue any remedy available in law or in equity with respect to such breach, subject to the terms of Section 17.01. (a) In the event that this Agreement expires or is terminated for any reason (other than Supplier’s material breach, gross negligence or willful misconduct),Buyer shall be responsible for purchasing from Supplier (at Supplier’s cost) such Permitted Raw Materials Inventory conforming with the Specifications tothe extent such Permitted Raw Materials Inventory has not been fully utilized prior to the expiry or earlier termination of this Agreement, provided that suchPermitted Raw Materials Inventory has a shelf life of not more 365 days. Buyer shall accept delivery of any such Permitted Raw Materials Inventory withinfive days after such expiration or termination at the location designated by Buyer. If Buyer instructs Supplier to scrap any such Permitted Raw MaterialInventory, Buyer shall pay for such Permitted Raw Materials Inventory as provided in the immediately preceding sentence plus reimburse Supplier’sincremental expenses directly related to the proper disposition of the scrapped Permitted Raw Materials Inventory.7 ARTICLE 8DELIVERY; INVENTORY. 8.01 Delivery. All charges for packing, hauling, storage, bar coding, and transportation to point of delivery are not included in the Transfer Price andTransfer Price shall be F.O.B. Cardinal Facility (i.e., Buyer will pay for shipment). All shipments must be accompanied by a packing slip which describes thearticles, states the purchase order number and shows the shipment’s destination. Supplier agrees to promptly forward the original bill of lading or othershipping receipt for each shipment in accordance with Buyer’s instructions. Supplier further agrees to promptly render, after delivery of goods or performanceof services, correct and complete invoices to Buyer, and to accept payment by check or at Buyer’s discretion, other cash equivalent (including electronictransfer of funds). 8.02 Shipment. The risk of loss with respect to Product shall remain with Supplier until the point at which any such Product is delivered to the loadingdock at the Cardinal Facility. Supplier will pack all Product ordered hereunder in a manner suitable for shipment and sufficient to enable the Product towithstand the effects of shipping, including handling during loading and unloading. 8.03 Inventory. (a) Supplier will maintain inventory of Product on a first-in, first-out basis. In no event shall Supplier be required to, and Supplier will not,order more than ***** months’ Raw Materials at Capacity and Supplier will use commercially reasonable efforts to manage such inventory as efficiently aspossible. (b) To shorten lead times hereunder and to support variations in demand, as and if necessary, Supplier shall during the Term maintain such inventory ofRaw Materials as are reasonably required to manufacture and package Product in accordance with the Specifications in a quantity equivalent to *****(*****) month of Buyer’s forecasted purchase volume (the foregoing amount of inventory which conforms to the Specifications being hereinafter referred tocollectively as the “Permitted Raw Material Inventory”) or such other specific amount of Permitted Raw Material Inventory as may be agreed to by bothparties in writing in advance. Supplier’s purchase price and the cost of carrying Permitted Raw Material Inventory shall be for the account of Buyer. Thequantity of Permitted Raw Material Inventory shall be adjusted by Supplier as needed based upon Buyer’s average monthly purchase volume as forecasted inBuyer’s rolling forecast. In the event that Buyer’s requirements for Product materially exceed Buyer’s current forecasted needs, Supplier shall draw from thePermitted Raw Material Inventory to meet such excess requirements. Supplier shall then replenish the Permitted Raw Material Inventory within ***** days. * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.8 ARTICLE 9INSPECTION Buyer shall have the right, upon reasonable notice to Supplier and during regular business hours, to inspect and audit not more than ***** per *****month period the facilities being used by Supplier for production and storage of the Product to assure compliance by Supplier with cGMP and applicableFDA and other rules and regulations and with other provisions of this Agreement. Supplier shall notify Buyer as promptly as practicable of any audit, reviewor inspection by any regulatory authority relating, directly or indirectly, to the Product, and shall in any event notify Buyer of any such audit, review orinspection within 24 hours of Supplier’s first being informed of any such event. Supplier and Buyer will work together to remedy or cause the remedy of anydeficiencies which may be noted in any such audit or, if any such deficiencies can not reasonably be remedied within such seven day period, develop awritten plan to remedy such deficiencies as soon as possible; and the costs of such remedy shall be borne by the Supplier.ARTICLE 10DEFECTIVE PRODUCT/INSPECTIONS/TESTING 10.01 Disposition of Defective Product. Buyer shall notify Supplier of the existence and nature of any non-compliance or defect and Supplier shall have areasonable opportunity, not to exceed ***** days from receipt of notification, to inspect such defective Product and provide Buyer with detailed writteninstructions to return or dispose of such defective Product. Buyer shall have no obligation to pay for any Product that is subject to such a claim of non-compliance or defect. If Supplier fails to so inspect and instruct Buyer as to the disposition of such defective Product, Buyer may dispose of such defectiveProduct as it sees fit and Supplier shall promptly (i) reimburse Buyer for all direct, out-of-pocket costs incurred by Buyer in such disposition, and (ii) replacesuch defective Product at its own cost and expense. 10.02 Independent Testing. If, after Supplier’s inspections of such Product, the parties disagree as to the Product’s conformance to the Specifications orwhether the Product has such a defect, either Party may deliver the Product to an independent third-Party laboratory, mutually and reasonably acceptable toboth parties, for analytical testing to confirm the Product’s conformance to the Specifications or the presence or absence of defects. All costs associated withsuch third-Party testing shall be at Supplier’s expense. No inspection or testing of or payment for Product by Buyer or any third-Party agent of Buyer shallconstitute acceptance by Buyer thereof, nor shall any such inspection or testing be in lieu or substitution of any obligation of Supplier for testing, inspectionand quality control as provided in the Specifications or under applicable local, state, or federal laws, rules, regulations, standards, codes or statutes. 10.03 Reports. Promptly after Buyer’s reasonable written request, Supplier shall provide Buyer written reports relating to any aspects of the Product thatare identified in the Specifications. 10.04 Complaint Handling. Supplier shall promptly convey to and inform Buyer of any customer or user complaints received by Supplier in connectionwith Product. * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.9 10.05 Quality Control. Prior to each shipment of Product to Esprit, Novavax shall conduct or have conducted quality control testing of Product inaccordance with the Specifications and such other Novavax approved quality control testing procedures that are consistent with FDA cGMPs. Novavax shallretain or have retained accurate and complete records pertaining to such testing. Novavax shall notify Esprit in writing at least ten (10) days prior to anychange in the testing methods and shall provide Esprit a copy of the revised testing methods within ten (10) days of implementation of the changes. Eachshipment of Product hereunder shall be accompanied by a certificate of analysis for each lot of Licensed Product therein.ARTICLE 11FAILURE TO SUPPLY; FORCE MAJEURE 11.01 Force Majeure Events. If either Party is prevented from performing any of its obligations hereunder due to any cause which is beyond the non-performing Party’s reasonable control, including fire, explosion, flood, or other acts of God; acts, regulations, or laws of any government; war or civilcommotion; strike, lock-out or labor disturbances; or failure of public utilities or common carriers (a “Force Majeure Event”), such non-performing Partyshall not be liable for breach of this Agreement with respect to such non-performance to the extent any such non-performance is due to a Force MajeureEvent. Such non-performance will be excused for six (6) months or as long as such event shall be continuing (whichever occurs sooner), provided that thenon-performing Party gives prompt written notice to the other Party of the Force Majeure Event. Such non-performing Party shall exercise all commerciallyreasonable efforts to eliminate the Force Majeure Event and to resume performance of its affected obligations as soon as practicable. 11.02 Failure to Supply. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11.01, in the event that Supplier shall be unable or unwilling or shall fail to supplyany Product in such quantities as Buyer shall request and in compliance with the delivery periods set forth in Section 4.02 (whether due to the occurrence of aForce Majeure Event, following the commencement of a case by or against Supplier under the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise (hereinafter referred to as a“Failure to Supply”), then Buyer shall be permitted (after the expiration of a ***** day cure period following written notice from Buyer to supplier of suchFailure to Supply and such Failure to Supply has not been cured by Supplier) to (i) obtain Product directly from Cardinal, (ii) to obtain such Product fromanother supplier, or (iii) to use, sell, and make Product itself either in the Cardinal Facility or at another location. In this regard, Supplier shall (at no cost toSupplier) take all actions and provide all such cooperation and support reasonably necessary and reasonably within its control to give Buyer the right toenter, upon reasonable notice and during regular business hours, and shall be given access to, the Cardinal Facility (or any other location where theEquipment is used or stored) so that Buyer may use or retrieve all records maintained in connection with the manufacturing equipment. Supplier’sobligations under this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement for a period of ***** months. Upon the occurrence of any such Failure toSupply and through and until such time as Supplier fully resumes its supply obligations hereunder: (a) Supplier shall (at no cost to Supplier) take allreasonable actions within its control, execute and deliver all documents, and provide all such assistance as Buyer reasonably requests to enable Buyer toobtain Product directly from Cardinal; (b) Supplier shall (at no cost to Supplier) make available to Buyer or its designee access to any and all Intellectual * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.10 Property Rights (to the extent not already granted pursuant to the License Agreement) and any other technical and proprietary materials, information andtechniques necessary or helpful for Buyer to procure required Raw Materials or produce or arrange an alternative supplier of Product; (c) Supplier shall (at nocost to Supplier) provide advice and consultation in connection therewith; (d) Buyer shall purchase Product from Supplier once Supplier has cured the failureto supply; and (e) Buyer shall terminate any contractual arrangements contemplated by clause (a) of this sentence once Supplier has cured the failure tosupply. As soon as reasonably practicable after an uncured Failure to Supply, Supplier shall furnish Buyer with Licensed Know-How (as defined in theLicense Agreement) which is necessary to enable Buyer to manufacture or have manufactured Product as contemplated by this Agreement.ARTICLE 12LABELING; ARTWORK; PROPRIETARY RIGHTS Buyer shall have the right to determine the appearance and text of any labeling, packaging and promotional material used in connection with the Productor any finished product containing or contained in the Product (“Packaging and Promotional Material”). Buyer will, on or before the Effective Date,change all Packaging and Promotional Material to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, including changes to National Drug Codes, and shall,by time the first lot of Product is manufactured under this Agreement, have made all desired changes to Packaging and Promotional Material. Supplier shallcooperate with and provide such support as is reasonably requested by Buyer (at no additional cost to Supplier) in the implementation of any artwork or otherPackaging and Promotional Material component changes. All costs and expenses relating to Packaging and Promotional Material used in connection withthe Product will be borne by Buyer.ARTICLE 13CONFIDENTIALITY 13.01 All information disclosed by one Party to the other(s) or developed by the parties pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (the “ConfidentialInformation”) shall be maintained strictly confidential and used only for the purposes of this Agreement in accordance with this Article 13 (“Purposes”).Each Party may also disclose the other’s information to an Affiliate, agent or consultant, who is under a written obligation of confidentiality and non-use atleast substantially equivalent to the obligations of this Article 13, with the exceptions that the Parties shall each be free to disclose the existence of thisAgreement and the nature of the Product being manufactured hereunder and the terms to its prospective licensees and sub-licensees, investors or prospectiveinvestors, lenders and other potential funding sources, or to a third party in connection with a merger or acquisition or proposed merger or acquisition,subject to an obligation of confidentiality and non-use, and provided that such Party shall have used commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a writtenconfidentiality agreement from such third Party contemplated by this sentence. Each Party shall guard any confidential information of the other Party withthe same level of diligence as it normally guards any of its own internal11 confidential, proprietary information. Each Party shall be responsible for the breach of any of the provisions of this Article 13 by a person or entity to whomsuch Party discloses information contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Party shall be relieved of the confidentiality and limited useobligations of this Agreement if: (a) the information was previously known to the receiving Party as evidenced by the prior written records of such Party without disclosure by thedisclosing Party; (b) the information is or becomes generally available to the public through no fault of the receiving Party; (c) the information is acquired in good faith in the future by the receiving Party from a third Party not under an obligation of confidence to the disclosingParty with respect to such information; or (d) the information is independently developed by the receiving Party without reliance on, reference to, or knowledge of, the information disclosed by thedisclosing Party. The parties understand and agree that it shall be the receiving Party’s burden of proof to show the applicability of any of the exceptions setforth in clauses (a), (b) (c) or (d) above. 13.02 Notwithstanding the above obligations of confidentiality and non-use a Party may: (a) disclose information to a regulatory agency that is necessary to obtain regulatory approval in a particular jurisdiction; or (b) disclose information to a government agency if the disclosure is necessary to protect the health and safety of the Party’s workers or the public or asrequired by law; or (c) disclose information as and to the extent required to comply with applicable laws and regulations, including the rules and regulations of the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission. In making such disclosures as set forth in this Section 13.2, the disclosing Party shall use reasonable efforts to promptly first notify the owner of theConfidential Information so as to allow the owner of the confidential information an opportunity to seek a protective order or otherwise limit any suchdisclosure. In any event, the disclosing Party shall use reasonable efforts to only disclose such information as is required to be disclosed pursuant to the law,regulation, rule or order, and shall use its reasonable efforts to obligate the recipient to secrecy on the same terms as set forth herein. Each Party shall restrictthe disclosure of confidential information of the other so that only the persons that need to know it shall be informed and the disclosure be limited to onlysuch portions as necessary for the purposes of this Agreement. 13.03 Neither Party shall state or imply, in any publication, advertisement, sales promotional material, or other medium (a) the name of the other Party orthe name(s) of any employee(s) of the other Party; or (b) the name of any Affiliate of the other Party or the name(s) of any employee(s) of such Affiliatewithout the prior written consent of the other Party.12 13.04 Except for the filing of a copy of this Agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other securities commission of such otherjurisdictions whose laws may apply to either Party to the extent required by law and such other public announcements as may hereafter become required bylaw, regulation or rule due to changes from the facts and circumstances in existence as of the date hereof, no Party hereunder shall disclose this Agreement ormake any public announcement or filing concerning this Agreement or the subject matter hereof without the prior written consent of the other. In the eventthat pursuant to the foregoing a Party shall file a copy of this Agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other securities commission ofsuch other jurisdictions whose laws may apply to either Party, it shall use reasonable efforts seek confidential treatment for all portions thereof reasonablyrequested by the other Party. Any proposed announcement or filing by a Party shall be made available to the other Party in advance of publication or filing,as the case may be, for review and comment. If a Party decides to make an announcement or disclosure required by law or as otherwise permitted under thissection of this Agreement, it will provide the other Party with at least ten days, where possible, advance written notice of the text of any such writtenannouncement or disclosure or content of any non-written disclosure or announcement, except to the extent applicable law requiring disclosure would notpermit such advance notice (such as in the case of certain securities filings), in which case the disclosing Party will give the maximum notice possible underthe circumstances, so that the other Party will have an opportunity to comment upon the announcement or disclosure. 13.05 Except for permissible publications under this Article 13 neither Party will publish any information based upon or derived from the work performedunder this Agreement without the prior review and consent of the Parties pursuant to this Article 13. 13.06 With respect to information disclosed on or after the date hereof between Buyer and Supplier under the provisions of this Agreement, the provisionsof this Agreement shall govern and prevail. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and any other pending confidentiality agreement betweenBuyer and Supplier, with respect to information disclosed on or after the date hereof, the terms of this Agreement shall govern and prevail.ARTICLE 14CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS 14.01 Product Warranties. Supplier warrants to Buyer that all Product supplied in connection with this Agreement shall be of merchantable quality, fit forthe purpose intended by this Agreement and shall be manufactured and provided in accordance and conformity with the Specifications. 14.02 Execution and Performance of Agreement. Each of Supplier and Buyer represents to the other that (i) it has full right, power and authority to enterinto and perform its obligations under this Agreement; (ii) the entry into and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed anddelivered by it; and (iii) this Agreement is the valid binding obligation of it enforceable against it in accordance with its terms subject to bankruptcy,insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting13 creditors’ rights and to general principles of equity. Supplier and Buyer further represent and warrants to the other that the performance of its obligationsunder this Agreement will not result in a violation or breach of, and will not conflict with or constitute a default under any agreement, contract, commitmentor obligation to which such Party or any of its Affiliates is a Party or by which it is bound. 14.03 Cardinal. Supplier represents and warrants that, pursuant to the agreements and understandings it has or may during the Term have with Cardinal inconnection with the manufacture and packaging of the Product, Buyer has or will have access to the Cardinal Facility and the manufacturing equipment usedto manufacture the Product to the extent contemplated by the Cardinal Agreement. Supplier shall use commercially reasonable efforts to enable Buyer tocontinue to have such access and rights during the Term, it being understood that that Cardinal and Supplier will negotiate in good faith the extension of theCardinal Agreements for a term at least commensurate with the Term. In addition, Supplier will also use commercially reasonable efforts to assure supply ofLicensed Product during the Term should Supplier and Cardinal be unable to consummate the extension of the Cardinal Agreements contemplated above,including consideration of an alternative manufacturing site and building inventory of finished Product. 14.04. THE FOREGOING WARRANTIES OF EACH PARTY ARE IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,VALIDITY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, ALL OF WHICH ARE HEREBY SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED AND DISCLAIMED. 14.05 EXCEPT FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE OBLIGATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 11 ARISING OUT OF THIRD PARTY CLAIMS, SUITS OR DEMANDS,NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER FOR ANY PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR INDIRECT DAMAGES UNDER ANYCONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THISAGREEMENT OR ITS SUBJECT MATTER.ARTICLE 15COMPLIANCE Supplier agrees to comply with the applicable provisions of any Federal or state law and all executive orders, rules and regulations issued thereunder,whether now or hereafter in force, including Executive Order 11246, as amended, Chapter 60 of Title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended,prohibiting discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex or national origin; Section 60-741.1 ofChapter 60 of 41 Code of Federal Regulations, as amended, prohibiting discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because ofphysical or mental handicap; Section 60.250.4 of Chapter 60 of 41 Code of Federal Regulations, as amended, providing for the employment of disabledveterans and veterans of the Vietnam era; Chapter 1 of Title 48 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as Amended, Federal Acquisition Regulations; Sections 6,7 and 12 of the Fair14 Labor Standards Act, as amended, and the regulations and orders of the United States Department of Labor promulgated in connection therewith. Supplieragrees that it shall comply with all present and future statutes, laws, ordinances and regulations relating to the manufacture and supply of the Product beingprovided hereunder, including, without limitation, those enforced by the FDA (including compliance with good manufacturing practices) and InternationalStandards Organization Rules 9,000 et seq.ARTICLE 16INDEMNIFICATION 16.01 Indemnification by Supplier. Supplier shall indemnify and hold harmless Buyer and its directors, officers and employees from and against any andall damages, liabilities, claims, costs, charges, judgments and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) claimed by third parties (collectively“Damages”) that may be sustained, suffered or incurred by Buyer or its directors, officers and employees, arising directly from or by reason of (i) the breachby Supplier of any warranty, representation, covenant or agreement made by Supplier in this Agreement; (ii) the negligence or willful misconduct of Supplierand (iii) any claim, suit, or proceeding brought by a third party wherein it is alleged that any property damage, personal injury or death has been caused bythe Product; provided that Supplier shall not be liable for any product liability or personal injury claims by third parties arising from the sale, distribution oruse of any Product which meets the Specifications and is not otherwise defective. 16.02 Indemnification by Buyer. Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless Supplier and its directors, officers and employees from and against any and allDamages, that may be sustained, suffered or incurred by Supplier and its directors, officers and employees arising directly from or by reason of (i) the breachby Buyer of any warranty, representation, covenant or agreement made by Buyer in this Agreement, or (ii) the negligence or willful misconduct of Buyer. 16.03 Claims. If any claim (a “Third Party Claim”) is made against a party entitled to indemnification hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”) that, ifsustained, would give rise to Damages to a party (the “Indemnifying Party”) under this Agreement, the Indemnified Party shall promptly cause notice of theclaim to be delivered to the Indemnifying Party along with all of the facts, information or materials relating to such claim of which the Indemnified Party isaware; provided, however, that failure to give such notification shall not affect the indemnification provided for hereunder except to the extent that theIndemnifying Party shall have been actually prejudiced as a result of such failure. The Indemnified Party shall deliver to the Indemnifying Party, within fivedays after the Indemnified Party’s receipt thereof, copies of all notices and documents (including court papers) received by the Indemnified Party relating tosuch Third Party Claim. If a Third Party Claim is made against an Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party will be entitled to participate in the defensethereof and, if it so chooses, to assume the defense thereof with counsel selected by the Indemnifying Party and reasonably satisfactory to the IndemnifiedParty. Should the Indemnifying Party so elect to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim, the Indemnifying Party will not be liable to the Indemnified Partyfor legal expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense15 thereof, unless the Third Party Claim involves potential conflicts of interest or substantially different defenses for the Indemnified Party and the IndemnifyingParty. If the Indemnifying Party assumes such defense, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to participate in the defense thereof and to employ counsel,at its own expense (except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence), separate from the counsel employed by the Indemnifying Party, it beingunderstood that the Indemnifying Party shall control such defense. The Indemnifying Party shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of counselemployed by the Indemnified Party for any period during which the Indemnifying Party has not assumed the defense of any Third Party Claim that, ifsustained, would give rise to a Liability of the Indemnifying Party under this Agreement. The parties shall cooperate in the defense or prosecution of anyThird Party Claim. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the Indemnifying Party’s request) the provision to the Indemnifying Party ofrecords and information that are reasonably relevant to such Third Party Claim, and reasonable efforts to make employees available on a mutually convenientbasis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder. Whether or not the Indemnifying Party shall have assumed thedefense of a Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall not admit any Liability with respect to, or settle or compromise a Third Party Claim without theIndemnifying Party’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). The Indemnifying Party may pay, settle or compromise aThird Party Claim (i) with the written consent of the Indemnified Party, not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed or (ii) without the written consent of theIndemnified Party, so long as such settlement includes (A) an unconditional release of the Indemnified Party from all Liability in respect of such Third PartyClaim and (B) does not subject the Indemnified Party to any injunctive relief or other equitable remedy. In the event an Indemnified Party has a claim againstan Indemnifying Party that does not involve a Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall promptly cause notice of such claim to be delivered to theIndemnifying Party. If the Indemnifying Party disputes such claim, the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall attempt in good faith for a periodof 10 days to settle any such dispute. If the parties are unable to resolve such dispute, the Indemnified Party may pursue any and all courses of actionavailable against the Indemnifying Party.ARTICLE 17MISCELLANEOUS 17.01 Arbitration. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the validity, inducement, or breach thereof, shall besettled by arbitration before a panel of three arbitrators in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association(“AAA”) then pertaining (available at www.adr.org), except where those rules conflict with this provision, in which case this provision controls. Any courtwith jurisdiction shall enforce this clause and enter judgment on any award. The arbitrators shall be selected within twenty Business Days from filing of ademand for arbitration from the AAA’s National Roster of Arbitrators pursuant to agreement or through selection procedures administered by the AAA.Within 45 days of filing of a demand for arbitration, the parties shall reach agreement upon and thereafter follow procedures, including limits on discovery,assuring that the arbitration will be concluded and the award rendered within no more than eight months from selection of the arbitrators or, failingagreement, procedures meeting such time limits will16 be designed by the AAA and adhered to by the parties. The arbitration shall be held in New York, New York, Borough of Manhattan and the arbitrators shallapply the substantive law of New York, except that the interpretation and enforcement of this arbitration provision shall be governed by the FederalArbitration Act. Prior to commencement of arbitration, emergency relief is available from any court to avoid irreparable harm. THE ARBITRATOR SHALLNOT AWARD EITHER PARTY PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, MULTIPLIED OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ATTORNEYS FEES OR COSTS. Prior tocommencement of arbitration, the parties must attempt to mediate their dispute using a professional mediator from AAA, the CPR Institute for DisputeResolution, or like organization selected by agreement or, absent agreement, through selection procedures administered by the AAA. Within a period of45 days after the request for mediation, the parties agree to convene with the mediator, with business representatives present, for at least one session toattempt to resolve the matter. In no event will mediation delay commencement of the arbitration for more than 45 days absent agreement of the parties orinterfere with the availability of emergency relief. 17.02 Relationship of the Parties. The relationship of Buyer and Supplier established by this Agreement is that of independent contractors, and nothingcontained herein shall be construed to (i) give either Party any right or authority to create or assume any obligation of any kind on behalf of the other or(ii) constitute the parties as partners, joint venturers, co-owners or otherwise as participants in a joint or common undertaking. 17.03 Entire Agreement. It is the mutual desire and intent of the parties to provide certainty as to their respective future rights and remedies against eachother by defining the extent of their mutual undertakings as provided herein. The parties have, in this Agreement, incorporated all representations, warranties,covenants, commitments and understandings on which they have relied in entering into this Agreement, and, except as provided for herein, neither Partymakes any covenant or other commitment to the other concerning its future action. Accordingly, this Agreement and the License Agreement (i) constitute theentire agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and there are no promises, representations, conditions,provisions or Terms related thereto other than those set forth in this Agreement and (ii) supersede all previous understandings, agreements and representationsbetween the parties, written or oral. No modification, change or amendment to this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing signed by each of the partieshereto. 17.04 Construction. Unless otherwise expressly provided for herein (i) financial and accounting terms will have the meaning ascribed to such terms inaccordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, (ii) the word, “including”, will mean “including but not limited to” andthe word “day” will mean “calendar day”, (iii) references to the singular will include the plural and vice versa, (iv) the use of any pronoun will include theneuter and both genders, and (v) references to Sections, Articles, Schedules and Exhibits will be references to Sections, Articles, Schedules and Exhibits tothis Agreement and the word, “herein” and words of similar import will be construed to refer to this Agreement, and (vi) headings and titles of Sections andArticles herein will be construed to be descriptive only and without any substantive or interpretive effect.17 17.05 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing. All notices hereunder of an Indemnity Claim, a Force Majeure Event,default or breach hereunder, or, if applicable, Termination or renewal of the Term hereof, or any other notice of any event or development material to thisAgreement taken as a whole, shall be delivered personally, or sent by national overnight delivery service or postage pre-paid registered or certified U.S. mail,and shall be deemed given: when delivered, if by personal delivery or overnight delivery service; or if so sent by U.S. mail, three business days after depositin the mail, and shall be addressed:If to Supplier:Chief Executive OfficerNovavax, Inc.508 Lapp RoadMalvern, Pa. 10355If to Buyer:Chief Executive OfficerEsprit Pharma, Inc.Two Tower Blvd.East Brunswick, New Jersey 08816or to such other place as either Party may designate by written notice to the other in accordance with the Terms hereof. 17.06 Failure to Exercise. The failure of either Party to enforce at any time for any period any provision hereof shall not be construed to be a waiver of suchprovision or of the right of such Party thereafter to enforce each such provision, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy hereunderpreclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. Remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of anyremedies provided at law.18 17.07 Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned by either Party without the prior written consent of the other which will not be unreasonablywithheld or delayed, except that either Party may assign its rights and/or obligations hereunder to any of its wholly-owned Affiliates or to a successor to itsbusiness in a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of such Party. Subject to the foregoing sentence, this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit ofthe parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Section 17.07 shall not be deemed to prohibit or otherwise apply to a change in control ofSupplier (whether by merger of sale of capital stock or otherwise) at the shareholder or Board of Director levels or otherwise. 17.08 Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions (or any part thereof) contained in this Agreement or in any other instrument referredto herein, shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, then to the maximum extent permitted by law, such invalidity,illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement or any other such instrument. Any Term or provision of this Agreementwhich is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, to the extent the economic benefits conferred by this Agreement to both parties remainsubstantially unimpaired, not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of any of the Terms or provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. 17.09 Further Assurances. Upon reasonable request from Buyer therefor, Supplier shall provide to Buyer, promptly, any product samples, manufacturinginformation and other information as is necessary for Buyer to complete or obtain U.S. or foreign registration (including reimbursement arrangements) orapproval in any territory where Buyer is allowed to sell product or use technology. 17.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which togethershall constitute one and the same instrument. 17.11 Expenses. Each Party shall pay all of its own fees and expenses (including all legal, accounting and other advisory fees) incurred in connection withthe negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the arrangements contemplated hereby. 17.12 Survival. Sections 7.04 and 11.02 and Articles 12, 13, 16, and 17 shall survive the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the respectiveTerms thereof.19 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized respective representatives as of the dayand year first above written. ESPRIT PHARMA, INC. By: Name: Title: NOVAVAX, INC. By: Name: Title:  SUPPLY AGREEMENTSchedule A — ProductESTRASORB a topically- or transdermally-administered product marketed under Seller’s NDA 21-37 of the following formulation: Ingredient Description Percent w/w17 b -Estradiol USP/Ph. Eur. *****Soybean Oil USP *****Polysorbate 80 NF *****190 Proof Ethyl Alcohol USP *****Purified Water USP ***** * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.  SUPPLY AGREEMENTSchedule B — Specifications1. Formula Formula Percent w/wPolysorbate 80, NF *****Soybean Oil, USP *****190 Proof Ethyl Alcohol, USP *****Purified Water, USP *****17 b -Estradiol, USP *****2. Specifications Specifications LimitsAppearance *****Submicron particle sizing *****pH *****Estradiol Identity *****Estradiol Assay and Related Substances Stability indicating Assay Ethanol Assay- *****Viscosity *****Content Uniformity USP <905>(packaged product only) *****In-Vitro Release of Estradiol Assay (bulk only) *****Microbial Limits *****Crystal Analysis *****Quantitative Crystal Analysis *****3. Compounding Formula Raw Materials *****kgPolysorbate 80, NF *****kgSoybean Oil, USP *****kg190 Proof Ethyl Alcohol, USP *****kgPurified Water, USP *****kg17 b -Estradiol, USP *****kg * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.  4. Packaging SpecificationsFoil-Laminated Pouch 1000kg 1000kgDescription ***** *****Equipment ***** *****Dimension ***** *****PMS Colors ***** *****Manufacturer ***** *****Printer ***** *****Primary Carton Pouch (Pouch carton) Description *****Material Color Ink Thickness Style Dimension *****Supplier *****4. Packaging Specifications (cont.)Secondary Carton Pouch (Packer) Description *****Material Color Ink Thickness Style Dimension *****Supplier ***** * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.  Insert Type of Insert Prescribing Insert Patient InformationMaterial ***** ***** Paper Basic Weight ***** *****Style ***** *****Flat Size ***** *****Folded Size Font Size Font Printing Ink (both side) Manufacturer/Supplier ***** *****5. Package Specification Weight: Equipment Bartelt KlockerWeight (Target fill weight) ***** *****Foil Weight ***** *****Component Specifications*****Current Master Label***** * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.  SUPPLY AGREEMENTSchedule D — Insurance LIMIT OF POLICY POLICYTYPE OF POLICY INSURANCE INSURER POLICY NUMBER TERM PREMIUM***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** Policy No. From Term To Company Amount Limits Coverage Premium Remarks***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.  SUPPLY AGREEMENTAppendix 1 — Initial Forecast Revised***** Esprit PharmaForecasted Material Requirements for Estrasorb2006Per Novavax, Inc.Estrasorb Inventory Purchased at ClosingAs of ***** (before release of shipments on *****)Finished Product Expiration Lot # Date # of MOTS***** ***** ***** At SPS***** ***** ***** At SPS***** ***** ***** At SPS***** ***** ***** At SPS ***** ***** lots due before ***** ***** est.***** lots due before ***** ***** est.Total commitment as of***** *****Scenario #1: ***** Oct. 19- 31-Dec 2006$ ***** 2005 Jan Feb March April May June July August Sept Oct Nov Dec TotalForecasted Demand in $ $***** $***** $***** $***** $***** $***** $***** $***** $***** $***** $***** $***** $***** $*****% of year *****% *****% *****% *****% *****% *****% *****% *****% *****% *****% *****% *****% MOTS sold $ ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** Beginning inventory ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****Requested delivery from Novavax ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****Ending inventory (***** month safety stock) ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ********** * Confidential information has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatmentrequest.  Exhibit 21LIST OF SUBSIDIARIESFielding Pharmacuetical Company, a Delaware Corporation Exhibit 23CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRMWe consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of Novavax, Inc. of our report dated March 3, 2006, with respect to theconsolidated financial statements of Novavax, Inc., included in the 2005 Annual Report to Shareholders of Novavax, Inc.We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements:(1) Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-22685) of Novavax, Inc., and (2) Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-118181) of Novavax, Inc., and (3) Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-118210) of Novavax, Inc., and (4) Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-130568) of Novavax, Inc., and (5) Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-80277) pertaining to the Employee Benefit Plans of Novavax, Inc., and (6) Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-80279) pertaining to the Employee Benefit Plans of Novavax, Inc., and (7) Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-77611) pertaining to the Employee Benefit Plans of Novavax, Inc., and (8) Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-46000) pertaining to the Employee Benefit Plans of Novavax, Inc., and (9) Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-97931) pertaining to the Employee Benefit Plans of Novavax, Inc., and (10) Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-110401) pertaining to the Employee Benefit Plans of Novavax, Inc., and (11) Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-130990) pertaining to the Employee Benefit Plans of Novavax, Inc.;of our report dated March 3, 2006, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Novavax, Inc. incorporated herein by reference and our reportdated March 3, 2006, with respect to Novavax, Inc. management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and theeffectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Novavax, Inc., included herein./s/ Ernst & Young LLPMarch 3, 2006 Exhibit 31.1CERTIFICATIONI, Rahul Singhvi, certify that: 1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Novavax, Inc; 2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make thestatements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; 3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects thefinancial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; 4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))for the registrant and we have: a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, toensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within thoseentities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under oursupervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for externalpurposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluations; and d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recentfiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materiallyaffect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and 5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to theregistrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonablylikely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controlover financial reporting. Date: March 6, 2006 By: /s/ Rahul Singhvi President and CEO  Exhibit 31.2CERTIFICATIONI, Dennis W. Genge, certify that: 1. I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Novavax, Inc; 2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make thestatements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; 3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects thefinancial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; 4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))for the registrant and we have: a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, toensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within thoseentities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under oursupervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for externalpurposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluations; and d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recentfiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materiallyaffect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and 5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to theregistrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonablylikely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controlover financial reporting. Date: March 6, 2006 By: /s/ Dennis W. Genge Vice President and CFO  Exhibit 32.1CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO18 U.S.C. §1350,AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TOSECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 In connection with the Annual Report of Novavax, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 as filed with theSecurities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Rahul Singhvi, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify,pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that: 1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and 2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of theCompany. By: /s/ Rahul Singhvi Name: Rahul Singhvi Title: President and CEO March 6, 2006  Exhibit 32.2CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO18 U.S.C. §1350,AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TOSECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 In connection with the Annual Report of Novavax, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 as filed with theSecurities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Dennis W. Genge, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company,certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that: 1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and 2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of theCompany. By: /s/ Dennis W. Genge Name: Dennis W. Genge Title: Vice President and CFO March 6, 2006 

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