NASDAQ Halts UCBH Holdings Inc.

NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ Stock Market(R)
(Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced that trading was halted in UCBH Holdings Inc.
(Nasdaq:UCBH) today at 7:00:04 a.m., Eastern Time, for "additional information
requested" from the company at a last price of $0.84.

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

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company directly or check under the company's symbol using InfoQuotes(SM) on the
NASDAQ(R) Web site.

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