Capstone Turbine Announces Equity Offering; 22.55M Shares at $1.11

Capstone Turbine Corporation® CPST today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with institutional investors to sell an aggregate of 22,550,000 units at a negotiated price of $1.11 per unit, with each unit consisting of (i) one share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock") and (ii) one warrant to purchase one additional share of Common Stock in a registered direct offering for gross proceeds of approximately $25.0 million. The net proceeds to the Company from the offering, after deducting the placement agent's fees and other estimated offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $23.1 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the transaction to fund working capital requirements and for other general corporate purposes. The warrants have an exercise price of $1.55 per share and are exercisable beginning on the date that is six months and one day from the date of original issuance and ending on October 31, 2013. Additionally, the Company has the right, subject to certain conditions, to require the investors to purchase up to an aggregate maximum of 19.0 million additional shares of Common Stock during two option exercise periods, the first such option exercise period beginning in approximately six months and the second such option exercise period beginning in approximately 12 months from the date of the closing of the offering. The sale price for the additional shares will be based on a fixed 6% discount to the lesser of the closing bid price of the Common Stock and a volume weighted average price (VWAP) measurement at the time the Company exercises an additional sale option. The Company cannot require the Investors to purchase more than an aggregate of $50 million of additional shares.