0001628280-24-023517.txt : 20240618 0001628280-24-023517.hdr.sgml : 20240618 20240515154635 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001628280-24-023517 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240515 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001830214 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836] ORGANIZATION NAME: 03 Life Sciences IRS NUMBER: 872652913 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 27 DRYDOCK AVENUE STREET 2: 8TH FLOOR CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02210 BUSINESS PHONE: (877) 442-5362 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 27 DRYDOCK AVENUE STREET 2: 8TH FLOOR CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02210 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Soaring Eagle Acquisition Corp. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20210210 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Spinning Eagle Acquisition Corp. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20201027 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Document

Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.
27 Drydock Avenue
8th Floor
Boston, MA 02210
May 15, 2024
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention:Tim Buchmiller
Re:Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-279280)
Request for Acceleration
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby requests that the effective date for the registration statement referred to above be accelerated so that it will be declared effective at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 17, 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter. The Company hereby authorizes Marko Zatylny of Ropes & Gray LLP, counsel to the Company, to orally modify or withdraw this request for acceleration.
Please contact Marko Zatylny (marko.zatylny@ropesgray.com) / telephone: (617) 951-7980 of Ropes & Gray LLP as soon as the registration statement has been declared effective.
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Very truly yours,
GINKGO BIOWORKS HOLDINGS, INC.
By:/s/ Mark Dmytruk
Name:Mark Dmytruk
Title:Chief Financial Officer
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