It's About Time for Change at Coinstar

Business Wire, May 13, 2008

Shamrock Urges Coinstar (NASDAQ:CSTR) Stockholders to Vote for its Nominees

BURBANK, Calif. -- An Open Letter to Coinstar, Inc. Stockholders

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In connection with Coinstar, Inc.'s upcoming 2008 annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"), The Shamrock Activist Value Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Shamrock Activist Value Fund II, L.P., a Virginia limited partnership, and Shamrock Activist Value Fund III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (collectively, the "Shamrock Activist Value Fund"), has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a proxy statement (the "SAVF Proxy Statement") and related materials for the solicitation of proxies from Coinstar stockholders for use at the Annual Meeting. The Shamrock Activist Value Fund, its director nominees and certain of the Shamrock Activist Value Fund's affiliates are or may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies with respect to the Annual Meeting. Information regarding the Shamrock Activist Value Fund, its nominees and such participants is contained in the Schedule 14A and related materials filed by the Shamrock Activist Value Fund with the SEC. As a result of a clerical error, information in the SAVF Proxy Statement regarding Mr. Panettiere should have stated that his service on the Board of Directors of Gencor Industries ended in 2002. Coinstar stockholders should read the SAVF Proxy Statement and related materials filed with the SEC with respect to the Annual Meeting because they contain important information. These materials are available without charge at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Your vote is important, no matter how many or how few shares you own. To vote your shares, please sign, date and return the enclosed GOLD proxy card by mailing it in the enclosed envelope. You may also vote by phone or Internet by following the instructions on the enclosed proxy card. If you have any questions or need assistance voting your shares, please contact MacKenzie Partners, Inc., which is assisting us in this matter, toll-free at (800) 322-2885 or coinstarproxy@mackenziepartners.com