New Generation Biofuels Holdings Announces Capital Raise of $0.5 Million

New Generation Biofuels Holdings, Inc. NGBF announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with several institutional investors for a registered direct offering of 3,557,692 shares of previously unissued common stock at a price of $0.13 per share with total gross proceeds of $462,500. In addition to the issuance of common shares, New Generation will issue to the investors warrants exercisable for three common shares for every four common shares purchased with an exercise price of $0.15 per share. The warrants will expire 5 years from the closing date. The common shares sold, the warrants and the shares underlying the warrants are to be issued under New Generation's Form S-3 shelf registration statement that was previously declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 27, 2009.