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Twist Bioscience Corp insiders sold $149M in the past 12 months. How much of their stake is that?

Insiders sold $149M in the past 12 months.81% was sold under disclosed trading plans, 15% to cover taxes, 4% with no plan disclosed. The largest seller, Emily Leproust (Chief Executive Officer, Director), sold $102M. 42% of these sales were shares from exercising options.Share-of-stake figures for this company are being verified and will be added when that check is finished. Why

Updated Oct 13, 2026 from SEC filings · covers Oct 14, 2025 to Oct 13, 2026
$5.7M
sold with no plan disclosed, past 12 months
81%
of sales were under disclosed trading plans, past 12 months
10 of 13
officers and directors sold shares, past 12 months
Is this normal? More than usual: about 4x the 5-year average. 10 insiders sold; the average is 8 a year. Year by year
Latest filing: Filed Oct 7 for a sale on Oct 5. Emily Leproust sold 4.5K shares ($919K) under a disclosed plan. Filing
SEC ownership filings: 149 filed in the 12 months to Oct 13, 2026; 1,004 on record since Oct 30, 2018 · See the evidence

What stands out

Paula Green sold $4.2M of stock with no disclosed trading plan. The filings don't state a reason.Largest such sale, Feb 17, 2026
Selling picked up in the last 90 days: officers and directors sold 806K shares, against an average of 176K per 90 days earlier in the period. Most of it was Emily Leproust (603K shares in the last 90 days) and Patrick Finn (113K shares in the last 90 days); 87% of these sales were under disclosed plans.Emily Leproust: largest recent sale, Sep 17, 2026 · Patrick Finn: largest recent sale, Oct 2, 2026

A share of stake is shown for 0 of the 10 officers and directors who sold. 13 are left out

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Left out: Emily Leproust, Patrick Finn, Paula Green, Dennis Cho, Keith Crandell, Adam Laponis, Robert Chess, Robert Werner, Nelson Chan, Robert Ragusa, Jan Johannessen, Melissa Starovasnik and Katryn Blake (share of stake is being verified).
Disclosed company stock is not an insider's whole wealth.

Who sold, and how much of their stake

Officers and directors, past 12 months. Their share of stake is being verified and is not shown yet; amounts and trading plans are below.

Emily Leproust
Chief Executive Officer, Director
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$102M95% planned, 5% to cover taxes
Patrick Finn
President and COO
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$21.6M65% planned, 35% to cover taxes
Dennis Cho
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$8.8M67% planned, 33% to cover taxes
Paula Green
SVP of Human Resources
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$7.3M42% to cover taxes 58% no plan disclosed
Adam Laponis
Chief Financial Officer
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$3.8M30% planned, 70% to cover taxes
All 10 sellers

Selling by month

Officers and directors, Oct 2025 to Oct 2026. Each sale is counted once: under a disclosed plan, else to cover taxes, else no plan disclosed.

Disclosed planTo cover taxesNo plan disclosedOne dollar scale for every month; the tallest bar is labeled
Oct 2025: $2.2M to cover taxesOctNov 2025: $524K to cover taxesNov 2025: $174K no plan disclosedNovDec 2025: $200K to cover taxesDecJan 2026: $1.1M under a disclosed planJan 2026: $204K to cover taxesJanFeb 2026: $4.4M under a disclosed planFeb 2026: $1.5M to cover taxesFeb 2026: $2.4M no plan disclosedFebMar 2026: $470K under a disclosed planMar 2026: $292K to cover taxesMarApr 2026: $1.1M under a disclosed planApr 2026: $271K to cover taxesAprMay 2026: $5.8M under a disclosed planMay 2026: $1.6M to cover taxesMay 2026: $956K no plan disclosedMayJun 2026: $3.1M under a disclosed planJun 2026: $467K to cover taxesJun 2026: $2.2M no plan disclosedJunJul 2026: $436K to cover taxesJulAug 2026: $37.7M under a disclosed planAug 2026: $3.5M to cover taxesAugSep 2026: $57.3M under a disclosed planSep 2026: $859K to cover taxes$58.1MSepOct 2026: $9.7M under a disclosed planOct 2026: $10.4M to cover taxesOct

Recent activity

Past 30 days, Sep 14, 2026 to Oct 13, 2026
Oct 5, 2026Emily Leproust sold 4.5K shares ($919K) under a disclosed trading plan.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Emily Leproust
Chief Executive Officer, Director
4,548$202.15n/an/aOct 5, 2026Oct 7, 2026
Oct 2, 20266 executives sold 101K shares ($19.0M) to cover taxes on vesting stock.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Emily Leproust
Chief Executive Officer, Director
Also under a disclosed plan
45,736$188.88n/an/aOct 2, 2026Oct 5, 2026
Patrick Finn
President and COO
25,714$188.88n/an/aOct 2, 2026Oct 5, 2026
Paula Green
SVP of Human Resources
10,088$188.88n/an/aOct 2, 2026Oct 5, 2026
Dennis Cho
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
9,514$188.88n/an/aOct 2, 2026Oct 5, 2026
Adam Laponis
Chief Financial Officer
8,057$188.88n/an/aOct 2, 2026Oct 5, 2026
Robert Werner
Chief Accounting Officer
1,482$188.88n/an/aOct 2, 2026Oct 5, 2026
Oct 1, 2026Emily Leproust sold 655 shares ($131K) under a disclosed trading plan.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Emily Leproust
Chief Executive Officer, Director
655$200.00n/an/aOct 1, 2026Oct 5, 2026
Sep 24, 2026Emily Leproust sold 5.2K shares ($923K) under a disclosed trading plan.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Emily Leproust
Chief Executive Officer, Director
5,203$177.38n/an/aSep 24, 2026Sep 25, 2026
Sep 21, 20263 executives sold 2.3K shares ($385K) to cover taxes on vesting stock.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Emily Leproust
Chief Executive Officer, Director
1,687$165.49n/an/aSep 21, 2026Sep 23, 2026
Dennis Cho
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
348$165.49n/an/aSep 21, 2026Sep 23, 2026
Paula Green
SVP of Human Resources
294$165.49n/an/aSep 21, 2026Sep 23, 2026
Show all 6 events
Sep 17, 2026Emily Leproust sold 357K shares ($56.3M) under a disclosed trading plan. 209K shares came in from vesting or option exercises the same day, so the holding fell by 148K net.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Emily Leproust
Chief Executive Officer, Director
356,546$157.99n/an/aSep 17, 2026Sep 21, 2026

"% of total stake" is the shares in an event against all the vested shares the person held that day, across every share class and holding entity, after that day's vesting. "n/a" means the person's holdings are not confirmed, or the row is a purchase. "Holdings record incomplete" means more shares were sold than the filings show the person held that day, so a percentage would be wrong.

Outside holders, reported separately

Keith Crandell reported no open-market sales in the past 12 months. Large shareholders and the funds or companies that board members represent are not part of management, so they are left out of the figures above.

Details

Common questions

Is the Twist Bioscience Corp CEO selling stock?

Yes. Emily Leproust sold 773K shares ($102M) in the past 12 months, 95% of it under a trading plan disclosed in the filings.

Why are Twist Bioscience Corp insiders selling?

Filings rarely give a reason, and we don't guess at one. What they show is how the sales were made: 81% of sales by value ran under 10b5-1 trading plans disclosed in the filings, 15% were to cover taxes and 4% had no disclosed plan. A trading plan schedules sales in advance.

Are any Twist Bioscience Corp insiders buying?

No. Officers and directors reported no purchases in the past 12 months.

The evidence

Who sold10 officers and directors: amount, % of holdings, trading plan
Who soldAmount% of holdingsTrading plan
Emily Leproust
Chief Executive Officer, Director
$102M
773K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
95% under a disclosed plan, 5% to cover taxes
Patrick Finn
President and COO
$21.6M
254K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
65% under a disclosed plan, 35% to cover taxes
Dennis Cho
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
$8.8M
91K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
67% under a disclosed plan, 33% to cover taxes
Paula Green
SVP of Human Resources
$7.3M
97K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
42% to cover taxes 58% no plan disclosed
Adam Laponis
Chief Financial Officer
$3.8M
49K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
30% under a disclosed plan, 70% to cover taxes
Robert Chess
Director
$2.6M
31K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
96% under a disclosed plan, 4% to cover taxes
Robert Werner
Chief Accounting Officer
$1.5M
23K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
55% to cover taxes 45% no plan disclosed
Jan Johannessen
Director
$953K
21K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
11% to cover taxes 89% no plan disclosed
Melissa Starovasnik
Director
$282K
4.5K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
Disclosed plan
Katryn Blake
Director
$275K
2.2K shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
To cover taxes

Board members representing outside shareholders, reported separately: Keith Crandell. Details

The full ownership picture0 of 13 officers and directors confirmed

Vested shares across all share classes, held directly and through trusts, LLCs and family members, as reported on SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5. Unvested awards and options are never counted as owned shares.

InsiderHeld Oct 13, 2025SoldHeld Oct 13, 2026Still held
Emily Leproust
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Emily Leproust are complete.
Chief Executive Officer, Director
n/a−773Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Emily Leproust

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Emily Leproust are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options heldStrike priceExpiresIntrinsic value (estimate)
131,290$23.33Oct 23, 2029$24.2M
64,950$67.85Aug 31, 2030$9.1M
24,360$5.95Sep 28, 2025$4.9M
150,879$8.82Sep 28, 2027$30.0M
149,269$8.82Sep 28, 2027$29.7M
141,208$8.82Sep 28, 2027$28.0M
116,926$8.82Sep 28, 2027$23.2M

Estimate: options held × ($207.46 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Oct 5, 2026), not a market close.

Patrick Finn
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Patrick Finn are complete.
President and COO
n/a−254Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Patrick Finn

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Patrick Finn are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options heldStrike priceExpiresIntrinsic value (estimate)
18,705$23.33Oct 23, 2029$3.4M
18,052$23.33Oct 23, 2029$3.3M

Estimate: options held × ($207.46 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Oct 5, 2026), not a market close.

Paula Green
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Paula Green are complete.
SVP of Human Resources
n/a−97Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Paula Green

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Paula Green are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Dennis Cho
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Dennis Cho are complete.
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
n/a−91Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Dennis Cho

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Dennis Cho are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Keith Crandell
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Keith Crandell are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Keith Crandell

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Keith Crandell are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Adam Laponis
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Adam Laponis are complete.
Chief Financial Officer
n/a−49Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Adam Laponis

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Adam Laponis are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Robert Chess
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Robert Chess are complete.
Director
n/a−31Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Robert Chess

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Robert Chess are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Robert Werner
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Robert Werner are complete.
Chief Accounting Officer
n/a−23Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Robert Werner

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Robert Werner are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

−2.5Kgifted (net of own trusts)
Nelson Chan
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Nelson Chan are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Nelson Chan

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Nelson Chan are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Robert Ragusa
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Robert Ragusa are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Robert Ragusa

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Robert Ragusa are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Jan Johannessen
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Jan Johannessen are complete.
Director
n/a−21Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Jan Johannessen

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Jan Johannessen are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

Stock options (not counted as shares):

Options heldStrike priceExpiresIntrinsic value (estimate)
10,304$14.00Oct 30, 2018$2.0M

Estimate: options held × ($207.46 − strike price), using the most recent insider trade price on Form 4 (Oct 5, 2026), not a market close.

Melissa Starovasnik
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Melissa Starovasnik are complete.
Director
n/a−4.5Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Melissa Starovasnik

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Melissa Starovasnik are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Katryn Blake
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Katryn Blake are complete.
Director
n/a−2.2Kn/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Katryn Blake

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Katryn Blake are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

Holdings and share of stake for Twist Bioscience Corp are being verified, so no balances, unit counts or percentages are shown. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status, titles and dates come straight from individual filings.

What explains the selling$149M of sales by plan status, purpose, seller and month

Officer and director open-market sales: $149M across 1,344,840 shares. Plan status and stated purpose are separate questions, and a sale can have both.

By plan status

The lighter segment is sales with no plan disclosed in the filing ($28.2M), including tax-related sales outside a plan.

No plan disclosed · $5.7M

Sales with no 10b5-1 plan and no tax reference in the filing. $4.2M of it is Paula Green. No plan disclosed is a statement about the filing, not about why the sale happened. Largest such sale: Paula Green, Feb 17, 2026

Taxes

$31.1M of sales (20.9%) cite tax obligations in their footnotes, $8.6M of them also under a plan. Example: Robert Werner, Oct 2, 2026

Charitable gifts · 2.5K shares

Gifts the filings describe as charitable. Gifts are not sales and are not included in the sale totals.

SellerShares soldProceedsUnder a disclosed planShare of totalSales dates
Emily Leproust
Chief Executive Officer, Director
773K$102M95%68%Oct 30, 2025 to Oct 5, 2026
Patrick Finn
President and COO
254K$21.6M65%14%Oct 23, 2025 to Oct 2, 2026
Dennis Cho
Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
91K$8.8M67%6%Oct 30, 2025 to Oct 2, 2026
Paula Green
SVP of Human Resources
97K$7.3M0%5%Oct 30, 2025 to Oct 2, 2026
Adam Laponis
Chief Financial Officer
49K$3.8M30%3%Oct 30, 2025 to Oct 2, 2026
Robert Chess
Director
31K$2.6M96%2%Feb 13, 2026 to Aug 7, 2026
Robert Werner
Chief Accounting Officer
23K$1.5M0%1%Oct 30, 2025 to Oct 2, 2026
Jan Johannessen
Director
21K$953K0%0.6%Nov 18, 2025 to May 12, 2026
Melissa Starovasnik
Director
4.5K$282K100%0.2%Apr 1, 2026 to May 28, 2026
Katryn Blake
Director
2.2K$275K0%0.2%Aug 12, 2026 to Aug 12, 2026

Sales by month

MonthSale proceedsDisclosed planTo cover taxesNo plan disclosed
Oct 2025$2.2M$0$2.2M$0
Nov 2025$699K$0$524K$174K
Dec 2025$200K$0$200K$0
Jan 2026$1.3M$1.1M$204K$0
Feb 2026$8.3M$4.4M$1.5M$2.4M
Mar 2026$762K$470K$292K$0
Apr 2026$1.4M$1.1M$271K$0
May 2026$8.3M$5.8M$1.6M$956K
Jun 2026$5.7M$3.1M$467K$2.2M
Jul 2026$436K$0$436K$0
Aug 2026$41.2M$37.7M$3.5M$0
Sep 2026$58.1M$57.3M$859K$0
Oct 2026$20.1M$9.7M$10.4M$0
Board members representing outside shareholders (1)Listed and sourced; not part of the management totals or the answer line

Directors whose reported holdings sit mostly in an investment fund or a corporate shareholder they represent, not in their own name, with beneficial ownership disclaimed except for their own financial interest. Listed and sourced here; not part of the management totals or the answer line. Shares a fund hands to its own investors are distributions, not sales.

Board memberHeld Oct 13, 2025SoldHeld Oct 13, 2026Still held
Keith Crandell
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Keith Crandell are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Keith Crandell

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Keith Crandell are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Is this normal? Selling year by year5 earlier years to compare with

More than usual: about 4x the 5-year average. 10 insiders sold; the average is 8 a year.

12 months endingShares soldInsiders who soldProceeds
Oct 13, 2026
Latest 12 months
1.34M10$149M
Oct 13, 2025
1 year earlier
289K7$11.0M
Oct 13, 2024
2 years earlier
83K8$3.4M
Oct 14, 2023
3 years earlier
5.4K3$142K
Oct 14, 2022
4 years earlier
234K8$20.5M
Oct 14, 2021
5 years earlier
931K12$123M

Open-market sales (Form 4 code S) by people who were officers or directors, in split-adjusted shares. Earlier years include people who have since left. A sale that an outside holder also reports (a family trust, a fund) is counted with outside holders in every year. Shares, not dollars, are compared, so a change in the stock price doesn't look like a change in selling. Years the filings don't fully cover are shown but left out of the average.

Known gaps and uncertainty13 officers and directors not confirmed

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Balances, unit counts and every share-of-stake figure for Twist Bioscience Corp are held back until that check is finished. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status, titles and dates come straight from individual filings and are complete.

External context: we only cite outside events when a documented connection exists. None is shown for this period.

Sources and methodology1,004 filings on record, 149 filed in the 12-month period, and how we read them

All 1,004 Forms 3, 4 and 5 on record for Twist Bioscience Corp (SEC CIK 1581280), filed from Oct 30, 2018 to Oct 7, 2026; 149 of them were filed in the 12 months this page covers, retrieved from SEC EDGAR on Oct 13, 2026. Prices are the ones reported in each filing, often weighted averages.

Holdings. Each holding line (a share class plus an owner, such as a trust or LLC) carries its last reported balance forward. Entities first reported during the period start at zero, so transfers between an insider's own trusts don't count as selling. Lines not reported for three years or more are listed separately and left out of totals.

Sales. A sale counts as under a 10b5-1 plan if its footnote cites one or the filing's Rule 10b5-1 box is checked, and as tax-related if its footnote cites tax obligations or sell-to-cover. Shares withheld by the company for taxes are listed separately. Sales with neither attribute are labeled "no plan disclosed".

Full methodology

Former or inactive filers (14)No filing in 18 months; last reported balances, not in any total

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