PASADENA, Calif. – June 21, 2022 — Heliogen, Inc. (“Heliogen”), a leading provider of AI-enabled concentrated solar energy technology, is set to join the broad-market Russell 3000Ò Index at the conclusion of the 2022 Russell indexes annual reconstitution, effective after the US market opens on June 27, according to a final list of index additions posted June 17.
Membership in the US all-cap Russell 3000® Index, which remains in place for one year, means automatic inclusion in the large-cap Russell 1000Ò Index or small-cap Russell 2000Ò Index as well as the appropriate growth and value style indexes. FTSE Russell determines membership for its Russell indexes primarily by objective, market-capitalization rankings and style attributes.
“The inclusion of Heliogen in the Russell indexes is further evidence of our company’s growth and progress since our public listing in December,” said Bill Gross, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Heliogen. “The Heliogen team looks forward to continually increasing our market presence, and speaking with an ever broadening range of investors interested in decarbonizing heavy industry worldwide.”
Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors for index funds and as benchmarks for active investment strategies. Approximately $12 trillion in assets are benchmarked against Russell’s US indexes. Russell indexes are part of FTSE Russell, a leading global index provider.
For more information on the Russell 3000® Index and the Russell indexes reconstitution, go to the “Russell Reconstitution” section on the FTSE Russell website.
About Heliogen:
Heliogen is a renewable energy technology company focused on eliminating the need for fossil fuels in heavy industry and powering a sustainable future. The company’s AI-enabled, modular concentrated solar energy technology aims to cost-effectively deliver near 24/7 carbon-free energy in the form of heat, power, or green hydrogen fuel at scale – for the first time in history. Heliogen was created at Idealab, the leading technology incubator founded by Bill Gross in 1996. For more information about Heliogen, please visit heliogen.com.
About FTSE Russell:
FTSE Russell is a global index leader that provides innovative benchmarking, analytics and data solutions for investors worldwide. FTSE Russell calculates thousands of indexes that measure and benchmark markets and asset classes in more than 70 countries, covering 98% of the investable market globally.
FTSE Russell index expertise and products are used extensively by institutional and retail investors globally. Approximately $20 trillion is currently benchmarked to FTSE Russell indexes. For over 30 years, leading asset owners, asset managers, ETF providers and investment banks have chosen FTSE Russell indexes to benchmark their investment performance and create ETFs, structured products and index-based derivatives.
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Heliogen Investor Contact:
Louis Baltimore
VP, Investor Relations
Heliogen Media Contact:
Cory Ziskind
ICR, Inc.
