Twist Bioscience Corp

In 2022, our Board amended our bylaws to permit a stockholder, or group of up to 20 stockholders, owning in the aggregate at least 3% of our outstanding common stock continuously for at least three years and who continue to own such minimum shares through the date of the Annual Meeting, to nominate and include in our proxy materials director nominees constituting up to the greater of two individuals or 20% of the board of directors, provided that the nominating holders and the nominees satisfy the requirements specified in the bylaws, including providing us with advance notice of the nomination.

Communications with the Board of Directors

Stockholders and other interested parties may communicate with our Board of Directors as a whole, the Chair of the Board, Lead Independent Director or the independent directors as a group, by writing to our Board of Directors c/o Secretary, Dennis Cho, Twist Bioscience Corporation, 681 Gateway Boulevard, South San Francisco, California 94080. All mail received will be opened and communications that relate to matters that are within the scope of the responsibilities of our Board of Directors will be forwarded to the Chair of the Board, the Lead Independent Director or the independent directors as a group, as applicable. If the correspondence is addressed to our Board of Directors, the Chair of the Board will share it with the other board members if the Chair determines it is appropriate for our Board of Directors to review such correspondence.