Coinstar, Inc. Announces Additional $250 Million Stock Repurchase Authorization

BELLEVUE, Wash., July 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) today announced that the company's board of directors has authorized the repurchase of an additional $250 million, plus the amount of cash proceeds received by the company from the exercise of stock options by its officers, directors and employees, of Coinstar's common stock under an additional share repurchase program.

With this authorization and the $12.5 million remaining under the already existing stock repurchase authorization, the company's total current share repurchase authorization is $262.5 million. Between January 2010 and the end of the second quarter of 2011, Coinstar repurchased approximately 2.4 million shares of its common stock for approximately $112.6 million.

"Coinstar has a proven record of returning capital to our shareholders through stock repurchases," said J. Scott Di Valerio, chief financial officer of Coinstar, Inc. "Today's increased authorization demonstrates Coinstar's solid financial position and our confidence in our future growth prospects."

The repurchase program authorizes the company to purchase its common stock from time to time through open market purchases, negotiated transactions or other means, including accelerated share repurchases and 10b5-1 trading plans in accordance with applicable securities laws and other restrictions. The additional share repurchase program will continue until the amount of Coinstar common stock authorized is repurchased, the board of directors determines to discontinue or otherwise modify the additional share repurchase program, or the new credit facility agreement separately announced today is terminated.

About Coinstar, Inc.

Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) is a leading provider of automated retail solutions offering convenient services that make life easier for consumers and drive incremental traffic and revenue for retailers. The company's core automated retail businesses include the well-known redbox® self-service DVD rental and Coinstar® self-service coin-counting brands. The company has approximately 31,800 DVD kiosks and 18,800 coin-counting kiosks in supermarkets, drug stores, mass merchants, financial institutions, convenience stores, and restaurants. For more information, visit www.coinstarinc.com.

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