SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BSD Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: BSDM) (Company or BSD) (www.BSDMedical.com), a leading provider of medical systems that utilize heat therapy to treat cancer, announced today that it has filed a universal shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the issuance of up to $50 million in mixed securities. Once declared effective by the SEC, the registration statement will allow for the issuance of common stock, preferred stock, warrants, senior debt, subordinated debt and units up to an aggregate of $50 million. This registration statement was filed to replace a similar, expiring registration statement. Although BSD has no current plans to do so, it may periodically offer one or more of these securities in amounts, prices and on terms to be announced when and if the securities are offered.
Pursuant to a prior shelf registration statement declared effective by the SEC in October 2009, BSD completed four stock offerings during calendar year 2010, receiving total net proceeds of approximately $16.2 million.
About BSD Medical Corporation
BSD Medical Corporation develops, manufactures, markets and services systems to treat cancer and benign diseases using heat therapy delivered using focused radiofrequency (RF) and microwave energy. BSD’s product lines include both hyperthermia and ablation treatment systems. BSD’s hyperthermia cancer treatment systems, which have been in use for several years in the United States, Europe and Asia, are used to treat certain tumors with heat (hyperthermia) while increasing the effectiveness of other therapies such as radiation therapy. BSD’s microwave ablation system has been developed as a stand-alone therapy to ablate and destroy soft tissue. The Company has developed extensive intellectual property, multiple products in the market and well established distribution in the United States, Europe and Asia. Certain of the Company’s products have received regulatory approvals in the United States, Europe and China. For further information visit BSD Medical's website at www.BSDMedical.com.
Statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements, as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which such statements are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events or circumstances arising after such date.