The Guangdong-based company plans to sell 1.463 billion shares, representing 5.66% of the enlarged share capital, to third-party investors at HK$2.68 apiece, it said in a filing to the Hong Kong bourse.

The issue price represents a 17.79% discount to Monday's close of HK$3.26 per share. UBS and J.P. Morgan are the placing agents.

($1 = 7.8364 Hong Kong dollars)

(Reporting by Donny Kwok; Editing by Edmund Klamann)