UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	46-2058888
(State of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

455 Mission Bay Boulevard South, Suite 545 San Francisco, CA	94158
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class to be so registered	Name of each exchange on which each class is to be registered
Common stock, par value $0.00001 per share	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. ☐

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:

333-227672

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

(Title of Class)

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

Twist Bioscience Corporation (the “Registrant”) hereby incorporates by reference the description of its common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, to be registered hereunder contained under the heading “Description of capital stock” in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-227672), as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on October 3, 2018, as subsequently amended (the “Registration Statement”), and in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement to be filed separately by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which prospectus shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2. Exhibits.

In accordance with the “Instructions as to Exhibits” with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed as part of this registration statement because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange A of 1934, as amended.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: October 25, 2018	TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORPORATION
	/s/ Mark Daniels
	Mark Daniels
	General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer