Meta Platforms Delays Ticker Swap Two Days Before Effective Date

  • New symbol won’t be adopted until first quarter of 2022
  • The former Facebook’s rebranding has sowed some confusion

Meta Platforms signage outside the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California.

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Meta Platforms Inc., the company known as Facebook until a name change last month, postponed the adoption of a new ticker that was set to take effect this week.

The new symbol -- previously announced as MVRS -- won’t be become effective until the first quarter of 2022, the company said in a statementBloomberg Terminal Monday, without giving a reason for the delay. The change was set to start on Dec. 1.