NASDAQ Halts NewLead Holdings Ltd.

NEW YORK, July 17, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ Stock Market^® (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced that trading was halted today in NewLead Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq:NEWL) at 08:47:12 Eastern Time for "additional information requested" from the company at a last price of $5.88.

Trading will remain halted until NewLead Holdings Ltd. has fully satisfied NASDAQ's request for additional information.

For news and additional information about the company, please contact the company directly or check under the company's symbol using InfoQuotes^SM on the NASDAQ^® Web site.

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