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Monday, July 25, 2022

Ginkgo to Acquire Zymergen

 

  • Acquisition is expected to accelerate the development of Ginkgo's innovative horizontal synthetic biology platform

  • Expect integration of Zymergen's complementary automation, software, and data science tools as well as biological assets to significantly enhance the capacity, capabilities, and efficiency of Ginkgo's platform for its diverse customer base and enable new growth opportunities across many end markets

  • Zymergen's core technical team is expected to help fill significant planned hiring by Ginkgo across its cell engineering, automation, digital technology, and data teams, accelerating scaling efforts while minimizing incremental run-rate operating expenses following integration of the acquisition

  • Ginkgo's platform serves customers across industries as an enabling platform and Ginkgo will support Zymergen's plans to evaluate strategic alternatives for their Advanced Materials and Drug Discovery businesses

  • Zymergen stockholders will own 5.25% of the pro forma combined company following the transaction

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