WERNER ROBERT F. 4
4 · Twist Bioscience Corp · Filed Jun 10, 2026
Research Summary
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Twist Bioscience (TWST) Chief Accounting Officer Robert F. Werner Sells Shares
What Happened
- Robert F. Werner, Chief Accounting Officer of Twist Bioscience, disposed of a total of 1,359 shares on 2026-06-08 via two sales (open market / sell-to-cover) and made a separate 500-share gift.
- Sales breakdown: 232 shares at $69.84 for $16,204, and 1,127 shares at $69.07 for $77,842. The 500-share transfer was a gift (no proceeds).
Key Details
- Transaction date: 2026-06-08; Filing date (Form 4): 2026-06-10 (filed promptly).
- Sales totaled about $94,046; gift had no cash value to the filer.
- Footnotes: F1 = shares sold to satisfy tax withholding on RSU vesting ("sell-to-cover") and are not discretionary trades by the reporting person. F2 = bona fide gift to a charitable organization.
- Shares owned after the transactions: not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
Context
- The sales were largely routine tax-withholding "sell-to-cover" transactions tied to RSU vesting (per F1), which are mandated by the issuer and do not necessarily signal the insider's view of the stock.
- The 500-share gift (F2) is a charitable transfer and does not indicate market sentiment.
Insider Transaction Report
Form 4
WERNER ROBERT F.
Chief Accounting Officer
Transactions
- Sale
Common Stock
[F1]2026-06-08$69.84/sh−232$16,204→ 47,954 total - Sale
Common Stock
2026-06-08$69.07/sh−1,127$77,842→ 46,827 total - Gift
Common Stock
[F2]2026-06-08−500→ 46,327 total
Footnotes (2)
- [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]Represents a bona fide gift of shares to a charitable organization.
Signature
/s/ Kendra Fox, as Attorney-in-Fact for Robert F. Werner|2026-06-10