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Issuer:     Zai Lab Ltd (ZLAB)
CIK:        0001704292
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-22-211271
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Zai Lab appoints Joshua Smiley as COO, effective August 1, 2022
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- Joshua Smiley appointed COO; previously Eli Lilly SVP and CFO since 1995.
- Annual base salary of $600,000; target annual bonus of 50% of base.
- Cash sign-on bonus of $400,000: $250,000 in Aug 2022 and $150,000 in Aug 2023 contingent on Boston relocation.
- Grant of option for 139,000 ADSs and RSUs for 79,500 ADSs, vesting annually over five years.
- Entered into employment agreement and standard indemnification agreement.

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