News Release

Allison Transmission to Attend Investor Conferences

May 6, 2013 at 4:45 PM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ALSN), the largest global provider of commercial duty fully-automatic transmissions and hybrid-propulsion systems, today announced that it will attend the following investor conferences during May and June 2013:

Oppenheimer Industrials Growth Summit - New York
Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Presenters: Lawrence E. Dewey, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and David S. Graziosi, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

KeyBanc Capital Markets 2013 Automotive & Industrial ConferenceBoston
Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Presenter: David S. Graziosi, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

J.P. Morgan Diversified Industries ConferenceNew York
Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Presenters: Lawrence E. Dewey, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and David S. Graziosi, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Deutsche Bank Industrials ConferenceChicago
Date: Thursday, June 13, 2013
Presenters: Lawrence E. Dewey, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and David S. Graziosi, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

The specific presentation times as well as materials and webcasts will be available on the Allison Transmission website at http://ir.allisontransmission.com/. A replay of the webcasts will remain available on the company's website for 90 days.

About Allison Transmission
Allison Transmission is the world's largest manufacturer of fully-automatic transmissions for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, medium- and heavy-tactical U.S. defense vehicles and hybrid-propulsion systems for transit buses. Allison transmissions are used in a variety of applications including on-highway trucks (distribution, refuse, construction, fire and emergency), buses (primarily school and transit), motor homes, off-highway vehicles and equipment (primarily energy and mining) and defense vehicles (wheeled and tracked). Founded in 1915, the Allison business is headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind., USA and employs approximately 2,800 people. Allison has manufacturing facilities and customization centers located in China, The Netherlands, Brazil, India and Hungary. With a global presence, serving customers in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, and Africa, Allison also has over 1,400 independent distributor and dealer locations worldwide. More information about Allison is available at www.allisontransmission.com.

Forward-Looking Statements   
This press release may contain forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this press release are forward-looking statements, including all statements regarding future financial results. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "expect," "plans," "project," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "intend," "forecast," "could," "potential," "continue" or the negative of these terms or other similar terms or phrases. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks. Factors which may cause the actual results to differ materially from those anticipated at the time the forward-looking statements are made include, but are not limited to: risks related to our substantial indebtedness; our participation in markets that are competitive; the highly cyclical industries in which certain of our end users operate; the failure of markets outside North America to increase adoption of fully-automatic transmissions; the concentration of our net sales in our top five customers and the loss of any one of these; future reductions or changes in government subsidies for hybrid vehicles, U.S. defense spending; general economic and industry conditions; the discovery of defects in our products, resulting in delays in new model launches, recall campaigns and/or increased warranty costs and reduction in future sales or damage to our brand and reputation; our ability to prepare for, respond to and successfully achieve our objectives relating to technological and market developments and changing customer needs; risks associated with our international operations; and labor strikes, work stoppages or similar labor disputes, which could significantly disrupt our operations or those of our principal customers. Although we believe the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that the expectations will be attained or that any deviation will not be material. All information is as of the date of this press release, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in expectations.

SOURCE Allison Transmission Holdings Inc.

Investor Relations, (317) 242-3078, ir@allisontransmission.com or Media Relations, (317) 242-5000, media@allisontransmission.com