Capstone Turbine Announces Webcast of Annual Meeting of Stockholders

CHATSWORTH, Calif., Aug. 28, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (Nasdaq:CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, today announced that its annual meeting of stockholders will be webcast live from Chatsworth, California on Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. PDT (12:00 p.m. EDT).

There will be a question and answer period at the end of the meeting where questions submitted from stockholders in attendance and via Ask Management on the company's website at http://www.capstoneturbine.com/investor/ask-management.asp may be answered.

The live webcast will be accessible through Capstone Turbine's website at www.capstoneturbine.com, located under the Investor Relations section. An archived copy of the webcast will be available for replay at the same site for 30 days following the meeting.

About Capstone Turbine Corporation

Capstone Turbine Corporation (www.capstoneturbine.com) (Nasdaq:CPST) is the world's leading producer of low-emission microturbine systems, and was the first to market commercially viable microturbine energy products. Capstone Turbine has shipped over 6,500 Capstone MicroTurbine(R) systems to customers worldwide. These award-winning systems have logged millions of documented runtime operating hours. Capstone Turbine is a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Combined Heat and Power Partnership, which is committed to improving the efficiency of the nation's energy infrastructure and reducing emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases. A UL-Certified ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004 certified company, Capstone is headquartered in the Los Angeles area with sales and/or service centers in the New York Metro Area, Mexico City, Nottingham, Shanghai and Singapore. The Capstone Turbine Corporation logo is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=6212

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