Company: ZLAB
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-018384
Chunk: 28

Company: Zai Lab Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 28
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 to vote at general meetings to requisition an extraordinary general meeting of our shareholders in accordance with the Current Articles. Additionally, the Current Articles provide that any vacancy on the Board of Directors, including a vacancy resulting from an enlargement of the Board of Directors, may be filled by ordinary resolution or by vote of a simple majority of our remaining directors present and voting at a meeting of the Board of Directors.

#### Director Nominations
The Board of Directors is responsible for nominating and recommending director candidates to the Company’s shareholders for election at the annual general meeting or for appointing directors to the Board to fill a vacancy or as an addition to the existing Board between annual general meetings. The Board of Directors has delegated to the

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Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee the responsibility to identify, evaluate, and recommend director candidates to the Board of Directors for their consideration, as deemed appropriate. From time to time, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee utilizes third-party search firms to identify director candidates.

The Board of Directors has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines that include, among other things, the criteria that the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider in recommending candidates to the Board of Directors and that the Board of Directors will consider in nominating and recommending candidates to the Company’s shareholders for election. The Board of Directors has delegated to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee the responsibility for reviewing, on an annual basis, the qualification criteria for the Board of Directors as a whole and its individual members and recommending any changes to the Board of Directors for approval. In identifying director candidates, the Board of Directors and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may consider any factors that they deem appropriate in the context of the needs of the Board of Directors and the overall diversity and composition of the Board of Directors. Such factors may include, but are not limited to, the candidate’s qualifications, skills, expertise, experience, integrity, independence (including any actual or perceived conflicts of interest), and time availability in light of other commitments, including service on other boards. Diversity may be considered across multiple dimensions, including diversity in experiences, perspective, and skills as well as diversity with respect to other background characteristics such as gender, age, culture, ethnicity, and nationality. Overall, the Board of Directors and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will be guided to select and recommend director candidates that they determine are best suited to meet the needs of the Board of Directors and further the interests of our shareholders through their established record of professional accomplishment, ability