NASDAQ STOCKHOLM WELCOMES C-RAD TO THE MAIN MARKET

Stockholm, December 16, 2014 — Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announced that C-RAD AB (short name: CRAD B), a Small Cap company within the Health care sector, has started trading of its shares on the main market of Nasdaq Stockholm. C-RAD was previously listed on First North and is, including switches, the 24th company to list at Nasdaq’s Nordic main markets in 2014 (Nasdaq Stockholm; Helsinki; Copenhagen; and Iceland).

C-RAD develops innovative solutions for use in advanced radiation therapy. The company offers products and solutions for patient positioning, tumor localization and radiation treatment systems. End users are radiation therapy clinics worldwide. All product development is located in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 2004, C-RAD’s business originates from research and development at Karolinska Institutet in Solna, Sweden. For more information, please visit www.c-rad.com.

“With our products and competences we have the mission to help to cure more cancer patients all around the world.” said Tim Thurn, CEO, C-RAD. “Our products are specifically used when high accuracy and safety are of importance for cancer centers. Currently our main focus is to strengthen our global footprint and support more cancer centers in offering the benefits of C-RAD products to their patients. The logical next step for C-RAD is to move to the main market to open up for institutional investors as well as to get more international attention for the C-RAD share.”

“We welcome C-RAD to our main market on Nasdaq Stockholm where they will make a valuable addition to our health care segment,” said Adam Kostyál, senior vice president and head of European listings at Nasdaq. “C-RAD is the fifth company this year to make the move from First North. Since First North’s inception in 2006, close to 40 companies have moved up to our main market, thus proving the strength of our Nordic listing model.”

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