{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001628280-23-033551","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"DNA","cik":"0001830214","company_name":"Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.","filed_at":"2023-10-03T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:30.837358+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-10T05:37:19.422688+00:00","sec_items":["8.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"negative","materiality_score":0.7,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.7,"confidence":"high","headline":"Zymergen subsidiary files Chapter 11; Ginkgo to acquire IP assets as stalking horse bidder","bullets":["Zymergen Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ginkgo, filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions on October 3, 2023 in Delaware.","Neither Ginkgo nor its other subsidiaries filed for bankruptcy; Ginkgo remains well capitalized with $1.1B cash as of Q2 2023.","Ginkgo entered an asset purchase agreement as stalking horse bidder to acquire exclusive rights to substantially all Zymergen IP assets.","Bid includes $5M cash and assumption of up to $77M in future liabilities (lease, employee compensation and severance).","Existing non-exclusive license for Zymergen's databases, automation, and software remains unaffected by the bankruptcy process."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-033551","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-033551.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-033551.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-033551.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830214/000162828023033551/0001628280-23-033551-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830214/000162828023033551/dna-20231003.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-10T05:37:19.422688+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}