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CHINA Textile Machinery has signed an underwriting agreement with Swiss Bank Corp and Shanghai Shenyin Securities on its convertible bond issue, the Shanghai Securities Exchange says.

Agreement on the five-year convertible bond, the first for a mainland firm, was signed yesterday in Zurich, the exchange said.

The Shanghai-listed weaving machine maker is to issue convertible bonds worth 35 million Swiss francs (about HK$180 million), which will carry a one per cent yearly interest rate.

Bondholders can convert their bonds into China Textile's B shares at a conversion price of 43 US cents from January 1.

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