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Celera Registers Shares with Nasdaq on Eve of Split with ABI

Jun 30, 2008
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Celera, which is scheduled to officially split tomorrow from parent firm Applera and sister company Applied Biosystems, has registered to have its shares float on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
 
The firm’s shares currently trade as a tracking stock of Applera on the New York Stock Exchange. Its stock will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange when the split is finalized.
 
Celera had initially filed for the split in April. Under terms of the separation, shareholders of the Applera Group-Celera Group tracking stock will receive one share of new Celera Corporation shares for each share of the tracking stock they currently own. Upon completion of the deal, Celera will become an independent, publicly traded company.
 
 

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