UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
July 18, 2008 (July 15, 2008)
CAPSTONE TURBINE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 001-15957 95-4180883
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) file number) Identification No.)
21211 Nordhoff Street, Chatsworth, California 91311
(Address of principal executive offices)
(818) 734-5300
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On July 15, 2008, a director of sales of Capstone Turbine Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), gave a sales presentation that could
indicate that orders for the Company's 200-kilowatt ("C200") microturbine have
shipped and stated that more than 5,000 microturbine production units have been
sold since the Company's inception. As of March 31, 2008 the Company had shipped
over 4,000 systems and had 426 systems in backlog. As of the date of this
report, no commercial C200 microturbine orders have shipped. The first
commercial C200 microturbines are scheduled to be shipped in September 2008 and
as of March 31, 2008, the Company had 60 units or 12 megawatts in total backlog
of C200 microturbines. More information on the sales and scheduled shipments of
the C200 microturbines can be found in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended March 31, 2008 under the heading "Business." In addition, a
corrected version of the sales presentation has been included on the Company's
website, www.capstoneturbine.com, in the section titled "Investor Relations -
Presentations."
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CAPSTONE TURBINE CORPORATION
Date: July 18, 2008 By: /s/ Edward Reich
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Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer