Robert Flexon, Board Chair, to Serve as
Interim Chief Executive Officer Following Darren Jamison’s
Resignation
Capstone Green Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: CGRN), announced that
Darren Jamison has resigned as President and CEO, and board member
of Capstone Green Energy, effective August 22, 2023. The board will
be initiating a search process to identify a permanent President
and CEO. Robert C. Flexon, Capstone Board Chair, was appointed as
Executive Chairman of the board effective August 9, and was also
appointed to serve as Interim President and CEO, from the effective
date of Mr. Jamison’s resignation until a successor is named. In
connection with Mr. Flexon’s transition to Executive Chairman,
Denise M. Wilson was appointed Lead Independent Director of the
board. John J. Juric, who joined Capstone as Chief Financial
Officer in March 2023, will continue to provide financial
leadership for the company.
“The board thanks Darren for his 16 years of service at
Capstone. As we support the company and employees during this
transition period, we are grateful to be able to tap into Bob’s
leadership and industry experience,” said Denise Wilson, Capstone
Lead Independent Director.
“I am looking forward to engaging with the team during the
transition period while working with the rest of the board to
recruit and retain a leader who will guide Capstone in the years
ahead. The dedicated team at Capstone, with its unmatched
technology, intends to continue to deliver on our commitments to
customers, and build on the milestone of 50 megawatts under
contract in the Energy-as-a-Service business that the company
reached earlier this year,” said Robert Flexon, Executive Chairman.
“My immediate focus will be improving the Company’s financial
health to better and more consistently serve our customers,
suppliers and other key stakeholders of Capstone.”
Mr. Flexon brings years of industry experience to his interim
role. He is currently Chair of the Board of PG&E Corporation
and also serves on the ERCOT Board of Directors. Prior to focusing
on board service, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of
Dynegy Inc. for seven years. Before Dynegy, he served at UGI
Utilities as CFO, CEO of Foster Wheeler, a global engineering and
construction firm, and CFO and COO of independent power producer
NRG. Along with expertise in finance and accounting in the energy,
chemicals and oil and gas sectors, he brings experience in safety,
workforce organization, and turnarounds, having led both Dynegy's
2011 bankruptcy and its culture transformation and M&A growth
following the restructuring. Mr. Flexon has served on the Capstone
board since 2018 and served as non-executive Chairman since January
2021.
About Capstone Green Energy
Capstone Green Energy (NASDAQ: CGRN) is a leading provider of
customized microgrid solutions, and on-site energy technology
systems focused on helping customers around the globe meet their
environmental, energy savings, and resiliency goals. Capstone Green
Energy focuses on four key business lines. Through its Energy as a
Service (EaaS) business, it offers rental solutions utilizing its
microturbine energy systems and battery storage systems,
comprehensive Factory Protection Plan (FPP) service contracts that
guarantee life-cycle costs, as well as aftermarket parts. Energy
Generation Technologies (EGT) are driven by the Company's
industry-leading, highly efficient, low-emission, resilient
microturbine energy systems offering scalable solutions in addition
to a broad range of customer-tailored solutions, including hybrid
energy systems and larger frame industrial turbines. The Energy
Storage Solutions (ESS) business line designs and installs
microgrid storage systems, creating customized solutions using a
combination of battery technologies and monitoring software.
Through Hydrogen & Sustainable Products (H2S), Capstone Green
Energy offers customers a variety of hydrogen products, including
the Company's microturbine energy systems.
To date, Capstone has shipped over 10,000 units to 83 countries
and estimates that in FY22, it saved customers over $213 million in
annual energy costs and approximately 388,000 tons of carbon. Total
savings over the last four years are estimated to be approximately
$911 million in energy savings and approximately 1,503,100 tons of
carbon savings.
For customers with limited capital or short-term needs, Capstone
offers rental systems; for more information, contact:
rentals@CGRNenergy.com.
For more information about the Company, please visit
www.CapstoneGreenEnergy.com. Follow Capstone Green Energy on
Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements as defined in
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including the
statement regarding delivering on commitments and other statements
regarding the Company's expectations, beliefs, plans, intentions,
and strategies. The Company has tried to identify these
forward-looking statements by using words such as "expect,"
"anticipate," "believe," "could," "should," "estimate," "intend,"
"may," "will," "plan," "goal" and similar terms and phrases, but
such words, terms and phrases are not the exclusive means of
identifying such statements. Actual results, performance and
achievements could differ materially from those expressed in, or
implied by, these forward-looking statements due to a variety of
risks, uncertainties and other factors, including, but not limited
to, the following: the impact of the CEO transition on
relationships with customers, vendors, distributors, employees and
investors and the ability of the new CEO to execute on the
Company’s strategies; the availability of credit and compliance
with the agreements governing the Company's indebtedness, including
as to the Company’s obligation to enter into a transaction support
agreement; the effects and outcome of ongoing reviews and
investigations of financial reporting and other matters; the
Company's ability to develop new products and enhance existing
products; product quality issues, including the adequacy of
reserves therefor and warranty cost exposure; intense competition;
financial performance of the oil and natural gas industry and other
general business, industry and economic conditions; the Company's
ability to adequately protect its intellectual property rights; and
the impact of pending or threatened litigation. For a detailed
discussion of factors that could affect the Company's future
operating results, please see the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including the disclosures under
"Risk Factors" in those filings. Except as expressly required by
the federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation
to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, changed circumstances or future events
or for any other reason.
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