Mr. Chris Witty reports

HYDROGENICS ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER CONFERENCE CALL AND ANNUAL MEETING ON MAY 12, 2017

Hydrogenics Corp. will host a conference call at 1 p.m. Eastern Time on May 12, 2017, to review the fiscal first quarter ended March 31, 2017, following the company's annual shareholder meeting at 10 a.m. that same day. Earnings will be issued before the market opens and the filing of the company's results with the appropriate regulatory bodies will follow.

The annual meeting will take place at Hydrogenics's corporate headquarters, at 220 Admiral Blvd., Mississauga, Ont. During the earnings call, at 1 p.m., Daryl Wilson, president and chief executive officer, and Bob Motz, chief financial officer, will review the company's first quarter financial results. The telephone number for the earnings conference call is 877-307-1373 or, for international callers, 678-224-7873. A live webcast of the call will be available on the company's website.

About Hydrogenics Corp.

Hydrogenics is a world leader in engineering and building the technologies required to enable the acceleration of a global power shift. Headquartered in Mississauga, Ont., Hydrogenics provides hydrogen generation, energy storage and hydrogen power modules to its customers and partners around the world. Hydrogenics has manufacturing sites in Germany, Belgium and Canada, and service centres in Russia, Europe, the United States and Canada.