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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-037685"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DNA"
cik: "0001830214"
company_name: "Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-08-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T08:42:36.897402+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ginkgo Bioworks files 1-for-40 reverse stock split effective August 19, 2024

## Summary
- Reverse stock split of all common stock classes at a 1:40 ratio, effective August 19, 2024.
- Charter amended to add officer exculpation under new Article VIII.
- Removed legacy provisions related to Soaring Eagle merger and domestication process.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-037685
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DNA
- cik: 0001830214
- company_name: Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-08-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830214/000162828024037685/0001628280-24-037685-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830214/000162828024037685/dna-20240819.htm

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