Exhibit 99.1
Zai Lab Announces Pricing of Public Offering of American Depositary Shares
SHANGHAI & CAMBRIDGE, Mass., November 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Zai Lab Limited (Zai Lab or the Company) (NASDAQ:
ZLAB; HKEX: 9688), an innovative, commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced 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 ADS.
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 SECs website at: http://www.sec.gov. 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 Prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com, (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 Prospectus_Department@Jefferies.com, 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 syndicate@leerink.com.
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.
About Zai Lab
Zai Lab (NASDAQ: ZLAB; HKEX: 9688) is an innovative, research-based, commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company based in China and the United States. Zai Lab
is focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing innovative products that address medical conditions with significant unmet needs in the areas of oncology, immunology, neuroscience, and infectious disease. The Companys goal is to
leverage its competencies and resources to positively impact human health in China and worldwide.
Zai Lab Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements about future expectations, plans, and prospects for Zai Lab, including, without limitation, statements
relating to our ability to successfully complete the offering on the timeline and with the terms and conditions satisfactory to us, the anticipated use of proceeds therefrom, the possible adverse impact on the market price of our ADSs and ordinary
shares due to the dilutive effect of the securities to be sold in the offering, capital market risks, and the impact of general economic or industry conditions. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this press release
are forward-looking statements and can be identified