Twist Bioscience Announces Pricing of an Upsized $250 Million Public Offering of Common Stock

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Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST) has priced an upsized public offering of 4,545,454 shares at $55.00 each, aiming for gross proceeds of approximately $250 million. The offering is set to close around February 15, 2022, subject to customary conditions. Proceeds will fund R&D investments, including pharmaceutical biologics drug discovery and DNA data storage, as well as scaling operations and supporting global expansion. The underwriters are granted a 30-day option to buy an additional 681,818 shares.

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• Gross proceeds of approximately $250 million from the offering.
• Focused investment in R&D for pharmaceutical biologics and DNA data storage.
• Expansion of NGS operations and commercial organization.
• Potential acquisition of complementary businesses or products.

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• Shareholder dilution from the public offering.

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon platform, today announced the pricing of an upsized, underwritten public offering of 4,545,454 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $55.00 per share. The gross proceeds of the offering to Twist before deducting the underwriting discount and commissions and estimated offering expenses, and assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares from the Company, will be approximately $250 million. Twist has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 681,818 shares of common stock at the public offering price, less the underwriting discount and commissions. The offering is expected to close on or about February 15, 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

Twist intends to use the net proceeds of the offering, along with its existing cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments to scale its investment in its research and development organization, which includes investing in pharmaceutical biologics drug discovery and in DNA data storage, to increase its investment in its commercial organization to support the growth of its NGS, synbio, pharmaceutical biologics drug discovery programs and its global expansion, to scale its NGS operations and to expand its capacity, and for the remainder to fund working capital and general corporate purposes. Twist may also use a portion of the net proceeds to in-license, acquire or invest in complementary businesses or products.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Cowen and Company, LLC and William Blair & Company, L.L.C. are acting as joint book-running managers.

The securities described above are being offered by Twist pursuant to an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 that was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 3, 2020. The offering will be made only by means of a written prospectus and a prospectus supplement that form a part of the registration statement. A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering has been filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. When available, copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may also be obtained by request from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by telephone at (866) 803-9204, or by email at prospectus-eq_fi@jpmchase.com, or from Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, Attn: Prospectus Department, by telephone at (866) 471-2526, or by email at prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com, or from Cowen and Company, LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, Attn: Prospectus Department, by email at PostSaleManualRequests@broadridge.com or by telephone at (833) 297-2926.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation, or sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained herein, including without limitation statements regarding expected net proceeds to be received by Twist in the offering, expected use of proceeds by Twist, and the timing of the closing of the offering, are forward-looking statements reflecting the current beliefs and expectations of management made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other important factors that may cause Twist Bioscience’s actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the risks and uncertainties set forth in Twist Bioscience’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 9, 2022, the preliminary prospectus supplement related to the public offering and subsequent filings with the SEC. Any of these risks and uncertainties could materially and adversely affect Twist Bioscience’s results of operations, which would, in turn, have a significant and adverse impact on Twist Bioscience’s stock price. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof, and Twist Bioscience specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Twist Media Contact:

Angela Bitting

925-202-6211

abitting@twistbioscience.com

Source: Twist Bioscience Corporation

FAQ

What is the share price for Twist Bioscience's recent public offering?

Twist Bioscience priced its public offering at $55.00 per share.

How much money is Twist Bioscience aiming to raise in its public offering?

The company is aiming to raise approximately $250 million.

What will Twist Bioscience use the proceeds from the offering for?

Proceeds will be used to invest in R&D, expand operations, and support global growth.

When is the anticipated closing date for the Twist Bioscience offering?

The offering is expected to close on or about February 15, 2022.

What is the stock symbol for Twist Bioscience Corporation?

The stock symbol for Twist Bioscience is TWST.