Coinstar Celebrates 10th Anniversary as Public Company.

From Coin Counting Roots to 4th Wall[TM] Provider

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSTR), the leading 4th Wall[TM] provider for retail front-end services, including self-service coin counting, e-payment services, entertainment services and DVD rental kiosks, celebrates its 10th anniversary as a publicly traded company.

When Coinstar became a public company in the summer of 1997, founder Jens Molbak's original idea of networked self-service coin counting machines was acknowledged as a viable consumer service with significant potential. Ten years later, Coinstar is a multi-national company, the leader in self-service coin counting and provides a range of consumer products and services for the front of retail stores or 4th Wall area.

A Decade of Innovation

From the beginning and certainly over the past 10 years, Coinstar has focused on continuous innovation and execution. The company's 4th Wall program, which encompasses all of its product lines, has provided retailers with a new way to generate foot traffic and profits at the front of the store. The introduction and success of the program secured Coinstar the Progressive Grocer Category Captain Award for the front-of-store perimeter in 2006. In addition to category leadership awards, Coinstar has been awarded more than 65 U.S. and foreign patents for its coin counting, coin cleaning and networking technologies.

As an extension of its coin counting service, Coinstar introduced its Coin to Card[TM] program in 2005, a key innovation for the company's coin business. This service allows consumers to convert their change to a gift card or eCertificate from national retailers and pay no coin counting fee.

With the rapid growth and increasing demand for stored value products such as gift cards and prepaid debit cards, Coinstar seized the opportunity to include these services in its 4th Wall product portfolio. Coinstar's various e-payment services are offered through more than 14,000 point-of-sale terminals, 400 stand-alone e-payment kiosks and 8,900 e-payment-enabled coin counting machines. As the program grew, Coinstar became the first provider to offer a gift card program to major retailers in the United Kingdom. In addition, with money transfer being one of the top services requested by retailers, Coinstar added money transfer to its e-payment offerings in 2006.

Other products and services that enhance a retailer's 4th Wall line-up include skill crane machines and bulk vending equipment that are part of Coinstar's entertainment business. DVD rental kiosks -- including Redbox that is jointly owned by Coinstar, Inc. and McDonald's Ventures, LLC -- have been very well received by both consumers and retailers and today more than 4,900 kiosks are installed across the United States.

"It's been an incredible decade for Coinstar," said Dave Cole, chief executive officer of Coinstar, Inc. "Ten years ago we couldn't have fully imagined what the company would look like and how we would serve consumers, but we continued to innovate and drive the business. I'm very proud of Coinstar's accomplishments and the proof of our performance can be seen in the company's financial growth, retail expansion and customer satisfaction."

Coinstar pioneered self-service coin counting at retail in the early 1990s and to date the company has processed more than $15 billion in change in over 435 million consumer transactions. Building on this expertise, the company added three lines of business for the retail front-end and in the past decade has expanded its presence to more than 140 countries and grown from 3,200 retail locations to more than 60,000.

Ten Year Snapshot 

                         >                >               1997

2007
Lines of business        >                >                  1

4
Revenue                  >                >        $25 million

$534.4 million(a)
Employees                >                >                313

2,000+
Retail channels          >                >                  1

7+
Retail locations         >                >              3,200

60,000+
Countries served         >                >                  1

140+
Coin transaction volume  >                >       $333 million

$2.6 billion(a)
Coins that Count volume  >                >           $162,000

$20 million(b)

(a) For fiscal year 2006 (latest fiscal year data available)

(b) Cumulative since Coins that Count[TM] donation program started in 1997

About Coinstar, Inc.

Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSTR) is a multi-national company offering a range of 4th Wall[TM] solutions for the retailers' front of store consisting of self-service coin counting, electronic payment solutions, money transfer, entertainment services and self-service DVD rental. The company's products and services can be found at more than 60,000 retail locations including supermarkets, drug stores, mass merchants, convenience stores, and financial institutions. For more information, visit www.coinstar.com.