TWST Twist Bioscience Corporation

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$127.22

Twist Bioscience Corporation (TWST) Insider Activity

What the officers, directors and large holders did with their own shares. Only open-market purchases and sales count toward the totals — grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax are compensation mechanics, not decisions, and they're listed separately below.

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Insider signal Bearish Selling ran elevated versus TWST's own trailing one-year pace, with 86% of sale value under a prearranged plan.
Cluster activity 0 buyers in the last 30 days 0 buyers in the last 90 days 8 sellers in the last 90 days
Insiders buying
0
0 transactions
Insiders selling
8
43 transactions
Purchases
$0
0 shares
Sales
$47.5M
399,795 shares
Net activity
-$47.5M
purchases less sales

How much of that selling was preplanned? 86% planned / 14% discretionary

10b5-1 plan sales $40.7M 19 transactions · 333,107 shares
Discretionary sales $6.8M 24 transactions · 66,688 shares

Largest single sale: $14.2M.

Where they traded

Buy Sell Dot area is proportional to transaction value.

No open-market insider purchase on record.

Recent open-market activity

Date Insider Role Action Shares Price Value Held after
Leproust Emily M. Chief Executive Officer Sell 2,302 $122.62 $282.3K 768,427 −0.3% of holding
Green Paula SVP of Human Resources Sell 907 $122.62 $111.2K 117,014 −0.8% of holding
Cho Dennis See Remarks Sell 412 $122.62 $50.5K 73,651 −0.6% of holding
WERNER ROBERT F. Chief Accounting Officer Sell 238 $122.62 $29.2K 44,399 −0.5% of holding
Leproust Emily M. 5 fills Chief Executive Officer Sell 10b5-1 41,570 $151.98 $6.3M 799,651 −4.9% of holding
WERNER ROBERT F. Chief Accounting Officer Sell 854 $140.77 $120.2K 44,637 −1.9% of holding
Leproust Emily M. Chief Executive Officer Sell 6,639 $139.07 $923.3K 812,299 −0.8% of holding
Finn Patrick John President and COO Sell 4,046 $139.07 $562.7K 210,802 −1.9% of holding
Laponis Adam Chief Financial Officer Sell 1,965 $139.07 $273.3K 108,633 −1.8% of holding
Cho Dennis See Remarks Sell 1,598 $139.07 $222.2K 74,063 −2.1% of holding
Green Paula SVP of Human Resources Sell 1,360 $139.07 $189.1K 117,921 −1.1% of holding
WERNER ROBERT F. Chief Accounting Officer Sell 669 $139.07 $93.0K 45,491 −1.4% of holding
Cho Dennis See Remarks Sell 10b5-1 14,205 $129.75 $1.8M 75,661 −15.8% of holding
Finn Patrick John 7 fills President and COO Sell 10b5-1 78,355 $117.64 $9.2M 259,679 −23.2% of holding
Leproust Emily M. Chief Executive Officer Sell 10b5-1 19,952 $125.08 $2.5M 818,938 −2.4% of holding
BLAKE KATRYN Director Sell 2,240 $122.88 $275.3K 17,208 −11.5% of holding
Leproust Emily M. Chief Executive Officer Sell 10b5-1 113,318 $125.16 $14.2M 818,938 −12.2% of holding
CHESS ROBERT Director Sell 10b5-1 18,417 $110.89 $2.0M 21,084 −46.6% of holding
Cho Dennis See Remarks Sell 10b5-1 14,205 $109.75 $1.6M 89,866 −13.6% of holding
Leproust Emily M. Chief Executive Officer Sell 5,101 $85.32 $435.2K 818,938 −0.6% of holding
Finn Patrick John President and COO Sell 2,888 $85.32 $246.4K 269,678 −1.1% of holding
Green Paula SVP of Human Resources Sell 1,133 $85.32 $96.7K 119,281 −0.9% of holding
Cho Dennis See Remarks Sell 1,070 $85.32 $91.3K 104,071 −1% of holding
WERNER ROBERT F. Chief Accounting Officer Sell 167 $85.32 $14.2K 46,160 −0.4% of holding
Finn Patrick John President and COO Sell 2,238 $93.89 $210.1K 272,566 −0.8% of holding
Laponis Adam Chief Financial Officer Sell 2,399 $94.33 $226.3K 110,276 −2.1% of holding
Leproust Emily M. Chief Executive Officer Sell 10b5-1 18,880 $95.00 $1.8M 824,039 −2.2% of holding
Cho Dennis See Remarks Sell 10b5-1 14,205 $89.75 $1.3M 105,141 −11.9% of holding
Leproust Emily M. Chief Executive Officer Sell 1,688 $87.32 $147.4K 842,919 −0.2% of holding
Cho Dennis See Remarks Sell 346 $87.32 $30.2K 119,346 −0.3% of holding
Green Paula SVP of Human Resources Sell 291 $87.32 $25.4K 120,414 −0.2% of holding
Green Paula 2 fills SVP of Human Resources Sell 26,137 $81.67 $2.1M 122,733 −17.6% of holding

Form 4s are due within two business days of a transaction, so this is close to real time — unlike the quarterly 13F data on the Institutional tab. A single large sale often reflects a prearranged 10b5-1 plan rather than a fresh view, so read a pattern of sales rather than any one of them.