825 Industrial Road, Suite 300 San Carlos, California 94070 USA vaxcyte.com POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Andrew Guggenhime, Mikhail Eydelman, Elvia Cowan, Robert Bitman and Peter Efremenko, representatives of Vaxcyte, Inc. (the “Company”), as well as Raquel Fox, James Rapp and Jeongu Gim, legal professionals of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, legal counsel to the Company (“Skadden”), signing individually, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents to: 1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer, director and/or more than 10% stockholder of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; 2. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and 3. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted (the “Purpose”), as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This Power of Attorney supersedes any and all powers of attorney granted by the undersigned for the same or substantially similar Purpose and shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest to occur of (a) the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, (b) revocation by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact or (c) as to any attorney-in-fact individually, until such attorney- in-fact is no longer employed by the Company or Skadden. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 7th day of June, 2024. /s/ Heath Lukatch ________________________________ Heath Lukatch

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