Cellectis plant sciences, Inc., a Minnesota-based Company focusing on developing healthier food products, announced today that it has changed its corporate name to Calyxt, Inc. The company will use this new name as of today.

The new name reflects the Company’s exclusive focus and expertise in developing improved agricultural products using advanced gene editing technologies.

“We believe the new name expresses our Company vision of bringing healthier benefits of plants to consumers,” commented Luc Mathis, Chief Executive Officer of Calyxt, Inc. “Calyxt was elected to assert our own identity and to reflect our expertise in driving innovations for the food and agriculture industries. The colors were chosen to reflect our focus on bringing healthier characteristics to plants.”

About Calyxt

Founded in 2010, Calyxt, Inc. (previously Cellectis plant sciences, Inc.) is based in New Brighton, Minnesota (USA). The company aims to create healthier crop products such as low trans fat soybean oil, cold storable potato, gluten reduced wheat and low saturated canola oil for the food and agriculture industries. Calyxt is developing a network of partnerships in order to secure accessibility of its food products to consumers.

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

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