Marijn E. Dekkers - Sep 16, 2021 Form 4 Insider Report for Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. (DNA)

Role
Director
Signature
/s/ Karen Tepichin, Attorney-in-fact
Stock symbol
DNA
Transactions as of
Sep 16, 2021
Transactions value $
$0
Form type
4
Date filed
9/20/2021, 09:44 PM
Previous filing
Jun 14, 2021
Next filing
Sep 28, 2021

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction DNA Class A Common Stock Award +375K 375K Sep 16, 2021 Direct F1, F2
transaction DNA Class A Common Stock Award +5.78M 5.78M Sep 16, 2021 By Novalis LifeSciences Investments I, L.P. F2, F3, F4, F5
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 Reflects earn-out shares that will vest in four substantially equal installments if the Issuer's Class A Common Stock achieves a price per share for any period of 20 trading days out of 30 consecutive trading days prior to September 16, 2026 that equals or exceeds the following thresholds: $12.50, $15.00, $17.50 and $20.00.
F2 Pursuant to the business combination of Soaring Eagle Acquisition Corp. and Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. ("Legacy Ginkgo"), as contemplated by an agreement and plan of merger, dated May 11, 2021 as amended on May 14, 2021 (the "Merger Agreement"), each share of Class A common stock of Legacy Ginkgo, each share of Class B common stock of Legacy Ginkgo, each option of Legacy Ginkgo under Legacy Ginkgo's stock incentive plans, each award of restricted common stock of Legacy Ginkgo under Legacy Ginkgo's stock incentive plans, and each award of restricted stock units of Legacy Ginkgo under Legacy Ginkgo's stock incentive plans, in each case outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the business combination, received a proportional amount of the approximately 188.7 million earn-out shares.
F3 Includes 619,309 earn-out shares that will vest in four substantially equal installments if the Issuer's Class A Common Stock achieves a price per share for any period of 20 trading days out of 30 consecutive trading days prior to September 16, 2026 that equals or exceeds the following thresholds: $12.50, $15.00, $17.50 and $20.00.
F4 Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (a) each share of Class A common stock of Legacy Ginkgo outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the business combination was converted into approximately 49.080452 shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock; and (b) each share of Class B common stock of Legacy Ginkgo outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the business combination was converted into approximately 49.080452 shares of the Issuer's Class B Common Stock.
F5 The Reporting Person is the manager of the general partner of Novalis LifeSciences Investments I, L.P. ("Novalis LifeSciences"), and as such, has sole voting and dispositive power over the shares held by Novalis LifeSciences and, as a result, may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the shares held by Novalis LifeSciences.