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Celera Genomics Changes Name to Celera

Dec 04, 2006
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) — Celera Genomics has been renamed Celera, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing late last month.
The Applera unit will be formally called Celera Group. It had been known as Celera Genomics Group.
 
Shareholders approved the name change at the firm’s annual investor conference on Oct. 19. It became effective Dec. 1.
 
Celera will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the “CRA” ticker symbol. Stockholders will not be required to change out their share certificates.

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