Zai Lab Announces Pricing of Public Offering of American Depositary Shares

On November 15, 2024 Zai Lab Limited ("Zai Lab" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ZLAB; HKEX: 9688), an innovative, commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, reported the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 7,843,137 American depositary shares ("ADSs"), each representing ten ordinary shares of the Company, at a price of US$25.50 per (Press release, Zai Laboratory, NOV 15, 2024, View Source [SID1234648445]) ADS.

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The gross proceeds to Zai Lab from the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $200 million. Subject to customary closing conditions, the underwriters expect to deliver the ADSs against payment to the purchasers on or about November 18, 2024, on a "T+2" basis. In addition, Zai Lab has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,176,470 ADSs at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. Zai Lab intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes.

Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., Jefferies and Leerink Partners are acting as joint book-running managers for the ADS offering.

The ADSs are offered pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3ASR, which became automatically effective upon filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on April 19, 2024 (the "Form S-3ASR"). The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and an accompanying base prospectus included in the Form S-3ASR. A final prospectus supplement relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC. The registration statement on Form S-3ASR and the prospectus supplement are available at the SEC’s website at: View Source Copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be obtained from: (i) Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, c/o Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY, facsimile: 212-902-9316 or by emailing [email protected], (ii) Jefferies LLC, c/o Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, by telephone at (877) 821-7388, or by email at [email protected], and (iii) Leerink Partners LLC, c/o Syndicate Department, 53 State Street, 40th Floor, Boston, MA 02109, by telephone at (800) 808-7525, ext. 6105, or by email at [email protected].

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy ADSs or any other securities, nor shall there be any sale of ADSs in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.