iCAD,
Inc. (Nasdaq: ICAD), a leading provider of advanced imaging and
radiation therapy technologies for the detection and treatment of
cancer, today announced that the Company will join the Russell Microcap®
Index when Russell Investments reconstitutes its comprehensive set
of U.S. and global equity indexes on June 28, 2013, according to a
preliminary list of additions posted June 14, 2013 on www.russell.com/indexes.
Membership in the Russell Microcap Index, which remains in place for one
year, means automatic inclusion in the appropriate growth and value
style indexes. Russell determines membership for its equity indexes
primarily by objective, market-capitalization rankings and style
attributes.
“We are pleased to be included in the Russell Microcap Index as it
should broaden our investor base and enhance shareholder awareness of
iCAD,” said Ken Ferry, President and Chief Executive Officer of iCAD.
“We believe the addition to this index reflects the growing market
adoption of our cancer therapy platform, the Xoft® Axxent®
Electronic Brachytherapy System®, for the intraoperative
radiation treatment of early-stage breast cancer, skin cancer and
gynecological cancers.”
Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional
investors for index funds and as benchmarks for both passive and active
investment strategies. Russell calculates more than 700,000 benchmarks
daily covering approximately 98 percent of the investable market
globally, 80 countries and more than 10,000 securities. Approximately
$4.1 trillion in assets are benchmarked to the Russell Indexes.
Annual reconstitution of Russell Indexes captures the 4,000 largest U.S.
stocks as of the end of May, ranking them by total market capitalization
to create the Russell 3000® Index and Russell Microcap Index.
These investment tools originated from Russell's multi-manager
investment business in the early 1980s when the company saw the need for
a more objective, market-driven set of benchmarks in order to evaluate
outside investment managers.
Total returns data for the Russell Microcap and other Russell Indexes is
available at http://www.russell.com/indexes/data/US_Equity/Russell_US_Index_returns.asp.
About Russell
Russell Investments (Russell) is a global asset manager and one of only
a few firms that offers actively managed multi-asset portfolios and
services that include advice, investments and implementation. Russell
stands with institutional investors, financial advisors and individuals
working with their advisors—using the firm’s core capabilities that
extend across capital market insights, manager research, portfolio
construction, portfolio implementation and indexes to help each achieve
their desired investment outcomes.
Russell has more than $173 billion in assets under management (as of
3/31/2013) and works with over 2,500 institutional clients, independent
distribution partners and individual investors globally. As a consultant
to some of the largest pools of capital in the world, Russell has $2.6
trillion in assets under advisement (as of 12/31/2012). It has four
decades of experience researching and selecting investment managers and
meets annually with more than 2,200 managers around the world. Russell
traded more than $1.4 trillion in 2012 through its implementation
services business.
About iCAD, Inc.
iCAD is a leading provider of advanced image analysis, workflow
solutions and radiation therapies for the early identification and
treatment of common cancers. iCAD offers a comprehensive range of
high-performance, upgradeable CAD solutions for mammography and advanced
image analysis and workflow solutions for Magnetic Resonance Imaging,
for breast and prostate cancers and Computed Tomography for colorectal
cancer. iCAD’s Xoft System offers radiation treatment for early-stage
breast cancer that can be administered in the form of intraoperative
radiation therapy or accelerated partial breast irradiation. The Xoft
System is also cleared for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer,
endometrial and cervical cancers. For more information, call
877-iCADnow, or visit www.icadmed.com.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995
Certain statements contained in this News
Release constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
forward-looking statements involve a number of known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different
from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but
are not limited to, the Company’s ability to defend itself in litigation
matters, the risks relating to the Company’s acquisition of Xoft
including, the expected benefits of the acquisition may not be achieved
in a timely manner, or at all; the Xoft business operations may not be
successfully integrated with iCAD’s and iCAD may be unable to achieve
the expected synergies, business and strategic objectives following the
transaction, the risks of uncertainty of patent protection; the impact
of supply and manufacturing constraints or difficulties; product market
acceptance; possible technological obsolescence; increased competition;
customer concentration; and other risks detailed in the Company’s
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The words
“believe”, “demonstrate”, “intend”, “expect”, “estimate”, “will”,
“continue”, “anticipate”, “likely”, and similar expressions identify
forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on those forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the
date the statement was made. The Company is under no obligation to
provide any updates to any information contained in this release. For
additional disclosure regarding these and other risks faced by iCAD,
please see the disclosure contained in our public filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, available on the Investors section
of our website at http://www.icadmed.com
and on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
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