Zai Lab Announces Proposed Public Offering of American Depositary Shares

On November 13, 2024 Zai Lab Limited ("Zai Lab" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ZLAB; HKEX: 9688), an innovative, commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, reported that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of $200.0 million of American depositary shares ("ADSs"), each representing ten ordinary shares of the Company with a par value of $0.000006 per share (Press release, Zai Laboratory, NOV 13, 2024, View Source [SID1234648310]). All ADSs will be offered by Zai Lab. Zai Lab expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the ADSs sold in the public offering 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.

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Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., Jefferies and Leerink Partners are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. The offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed.

The offering will be made 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. A preliminary prospectus supplement related to the proposed ADS offering is being filed with the SEC.

Copies of the registration statement on Form S-3ASR, the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be obtained from: (i) Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 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.