NewLead Holdings
Ltd., a Bermuda-registered company that owns a fleet of dry bulk
carriers and double-hull product tankers
and
trades on the Nasdaq capital markets (Nicholas
Fistes,
chairman), announced that a 1-for-12 reverse stock
split of its common shares
par value of USD 0.01 per
share has been
approved by the company's board of directors and by written consent of a
majority of shareholders, effective upon the opening of the
markets on August 3, 2010.