ADVISORY/Active Power, Inc. IPO TradingEvent.

News/Assignment Editors

ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Aug. 8)

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WHO: Active Power, Inc., 11525 Stonehollow Dr., Ste. 135,

Austin, TX, 512/836-6464, Fax: 512/836-4511

WHAT: A management-employee celebration of its first day of

WHEN: 4:30 p.m. (CDT), Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2000

DIRECTIONS: IH35 to the Braker Lane exit. Go west on Braker

for 2.5 miles and turn right on Metric. Take the next left

onto Stonehollow. Take the last driveway to the right

before the "island" in the middle of Stonehollow.

COMPANY: Active Power designs, manufactures and markets power

quality products that provide the consistent, reliable

electric power required by today's digital economy. It is

the first company to commercialize a flywheel energy

storage system that provides a highly reliable, low-cost

and non-toxic replacement for lead-acid batteries used in

conventional power quality installations. By leveraging

the company's expertise in flywheel technology and

partnering with Caterpillar Inc., Active Power has

developed a battery-free power quality system marketed

under the Caterpillar brand name. The company has about

130 employees currently.

DETAILS: CEO and company Founder Joe Pinkerton is in New York

City. However, David Gino, Chief Financial Officer, and

Jim Balthazar, VP-Marketing, will be available for

comments, along with employees. Media will be permitted to

tour the plant. Photographers, videographers and "Live at

Five" camera crews are welcome. A media kit will be

available, and more information on the company is

immediately available at the Web site:

www.activepower.com.

CONTACT: For more information, or special needs, please

contact, Preston F. Kirk, APR, Senior Associate, PR Tek,

Inc., Austin Office, 830/693-4447; F 9898;

mailto:preston@prtek.com