Twist Bioscience (TWST) CEO Form 4: 4,887 shares sold at $32.0794
Twist Bioscience (TWST) CEO and director Emily M. Leproust reported a Form 4 transaction: she sold 4,887 shares of common stock on 11/03/2025 at $32.0794 per share.
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Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Twist Bioscience (TWST) CEO and director Emily M. Leproust reported a Form 4 transaction: she sold 4,887 shares of common stock on 11/03/2025 at $32.0794 per share.
According to the footnote, the sale was a mandated “sell to cover” to satisfy tax withholding upon RSU vesting, and not a discretionary trade. Following the transaction, she beneficially owns 733,922 shares directly.
She also holds employee stock options, including 266,539 at $26.66 expiring 11/18/2028 and 150,879 at $8.82 expiring 09/28/2027.
Insider Trade Summary
| Type | Security | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sale | Common Stock | 4,887 | $32.0794 | $157K |
| holding | Employee Stock Option (right to buy) | -- | -- | -- |
| holding | Employee Stock Option (right to buy) | -- | -- | -- |
| holding | Employee Stock Option (right to buy) | -- | -- | -- |
| holding | Employee Stock Option (right to buy) | -- | -- | -- |
| holding | Employee Stock Option (right to buy) | -- | -- | -- |
Footnotes (6)
- F1. Represents the number of shares required to be sold by the Reporting Person to cover tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of Restricted Stock Units. These sales are mandated by the Issuer's election under its equity incentive plans to require the satisfaction of a tax withholding obligation to be funded by a "sell to cover" transaction and do not represent discretionary trades by the Reporting Person.
- F2. The option is immediately exercisable. 25% of the shares subject to the option vested on September 1, 2016 and 1/48th of the shares subject to the option vest on each monthly anniversary thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continuous service through each vesting date.
- F3. The option is immediately exercisable. 10% of the shares subject to the option vested on September 28, 2017, 15% of the shares subject to the option vested on September 28, 2018, and 1/48th of the shares subject to the option vest on each monthly anniversary thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continuous service through each vesting date.
- F4. 20% of the shares subject to the option vested and became exercisable on October 31, 2019 and 1/60th of the shares subject to the option vest and become exercisable on each monthly anniversary thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continuous service through each vesting date.
- F5. 25% of the shares subject to the option vested on October 24, 2020, and 1/48th of the shares subject to the option vest on each monthly anniversary thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continuous service through each vesting date.
- F6. Represents performance stock options granted to the reporting person on September 1, 2020, that vested and became exercisable on December 19, 2022 as a result of the reporting person having met the applicable performance criteria.
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