Ginkgo Bioworks Announces Nomination of Myrtle Potter and Ross Fubini to Board of Directors

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• , /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA), which is building the leading platform for cell programming and biosecurity, announced the nomination of Myrtle Potter and Ross Fubini for election as independent directors at Ginkgo's upcoming annual meeting, scheduled to be held on June 13, 2024.
• Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this press release, including but not limited to: (i) volatility in the price of Ginkgo's securities due to a variety of factors, including changes in the competitive and highly regulated industries in which Ginkgo operates and plans to operate, variations in performance across competitors, and changes in laws and regulations affecting Ginkgo's business, (ii) the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and to identify and realize additional business opportunities, (iii) the risk of downturns in demand for products using synthetic biology, (iv) the uncertainty regarding the demand for passive monitoring programs and biosecurity services, (v) changes to the biosecurity industry, including due to advancements in technology, emerging competition and evolution in industry demands, standards and regulations, (vi) the outcome of any pending or potential legal proceedings against Ginkgo, (vii) our ability to realize the expected benefits from and the success of our Foundry platform programs, (viii) our ability to successfully develop engineered cells, bioprocesses, data packages or other deliverables, and (ix) the product development or commercialization success of our customers.
• Important Additional Information Ginkgo, its directors, and certain executive officers may be deemed to be participants in a solicitation of proxies from Ginkgo's shareholders at its 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders in connection with the director nominations disclosed above.
• Information regarding Ginkgo's directors and executive officers and their respective interests in Ginkgo, by security holdings or otherwise, is set forth in Ginkgo's Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed with the SEC on April 29, 2024, and other reports filed by Ginkgo and ownership forms filed by the directors and executive officers with the SEC.

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