SEC FORM 4

SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Fallon Marie E.

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O GINKGO BIOWORKS HOLDINGS, INC.

27 DRYDOCK AVENUE

(Street)

BOSTON

02210

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. [ DNA ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chief Accounting Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/16/2021

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Class B Common Stock	⁽¹⁾	09/16/2021		A		58,894		⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	Class A Common Stock	58,894	⁽²⁾	58,894⁽³⁾	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares of the Class B Common Stock may be converted into shares of Class A Common Stock, on a one-to-one basis, at the option of the holder at any time and have no expiration date.

2. 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.

3. 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.

Remarks:

	/s/ Karen Tepichin, Attorney-in-fact	09/20/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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