Nasdaq Welcomes Calyxt (Nasdaq: CLXT) to The Nasdaq Stock Market

NEW YORK, July 20, 2017 -- Calyxt (Nasdaq:CLXT), a consumer-centric, food- and agriculture-focused company, visited the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square today in celebration of its initial public offering (IPO) on The Nasdaq Stock Market.

The Calyxt team celebrates their IPO at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square. The Calyxt team celebrates their IPO at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square.

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Calyxt seeks to bridge the divide between evolving consumer preferences and the historical approach by the large legacy companies in the agriculture supply chain. By combining its leading gene editing technology and technical expertise with its innovative commercial strategy, Calyxt is pioneering a paradigm shift to deliver healthier specialty food ingredients for consumers and agriculturally advantageous crop traits to farmers.

“As more and more food companies are looking for specialty ingredients that can help them to satisfy customers’ evolving needs and desire to lead healthier lifestyles, Calyxt is perfectly positioned to be an industry leader with the emergence of gene editing as a truly game-changing technology in the food space,” said Federico Tripodi, CEO, Calyxt. “Coupled with our innovative commercial strategy, this will allow Calyxt to meet the needs of today’s consumer preferences – all of the while helping to shape the landscape for the future of food as we know it.”

“Calyxt believes that the precision, specificity, cost-effectiveness and development speed of the company’s gene editing technologies will enable it to provide meaningful disruption to the food and agriculture industries. We are proud to welcome Calyxt to the Nasdaq family of innovators,” said Nelson Griggs, Executive Vice President, Head of Global Listings, Nasdaq.

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About Calyxt
Calyxt, Inc. is a consumer-centric, food- and agriculture-focused company. By combining its leading gene-editing technology and technical expertise with its innovative commercial strategy, Calyxt is pioneering a paradigm shift to deliver healthier food ingredients, such as healthier oils and high fiber wheat, for consumers and agriculturally advantageous crop traits, such as herbicide tolerance, for farmers. Calyxt is located in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cellectis.

For further information please visit our website: www.calyxt.com
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