Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
Registration No. 333-267743
The information in this preliminary prospectus supplement is not complete and may be changed. A registration statement relating to our common stock has become effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are not an offer to sell these securities, and we are not soliciting an offer to buy these securities, in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
Subject to completion, dated November 15, 2022
Preliminary prospectus supplement
(To prospectus dated October 14, 2022)
$100,000,000
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Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.
Class A Common Stock
We, Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc., are offering shares of our Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A common stock”), with an aggregate public offering price of approximately $100,000,000.
We intend to use the net proceeds of this offering to offset the cash used to finance the acquisition (the “Bayer Acquisition”) of certain of the assets and liabilities of Bayer CropScience LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Bayer”), as described herein, and for other general corporate purposes.
Our Class A common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbol “DNA.” On November 11, 2022, the last reported sale price of our Class A common stock was $2.85 per share.
The underwriter has agreed to purchase the shares of Class A common stock from us at a price of $ per share. We have granted the underwriter an option for 30 days from the date of this prospectus supplement to purchase up to additional shares of our Class A common stock. We estimate that the proceeds to us in this offering will be approximately $ , or approximately $ if the underwriter exercises in full its option to purchase additional shares, in each case before deducting estimated offering expenses payable by us. The underwriter proposes to offer the shares of Class A common stock from time to time for sale in one or more transactions on the NYSE, in the over-the-counter market, through negotiated transactions or otherwise, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices, subject to its right to reject any order in whole or in part.
We have agreed to reimburse the underwriter for certain expenses incurred in this offering. See “Underwriting” for additional information regarding underwriting compensation.
Investing in our Class A common stock involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-5 of this prospectus supplement, page 3 of the accompanying prospectus and the “Risk Factors” disclosure included in the documents that are incorporated by reference therein.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus supplement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
You should carefully read this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, together with the documents we incorporated by reference, before you invest in our Class A common stock.
The shares of Class A common stock will be ready for delivery on or about November , 2022.
The date of this prospectus supplement is November , 2022