Nasdaq Halts Trading of The Carbide/Graphite Group Inc. and Requests Additional Information from Company

Washington, D.C.—The Nasdaq Stock Market^SM announced that trading was halted in The Carbide/Graphite Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CGGI), today at 7:56 a.m., Eastern Time, for "additional information requested" from the company at a last price of $ 0.12. Trading will remain halted until The Carbide/Graphite Group Inc. has fully satisfied Nasdaq's request for additional information.

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