** U.S.-listed shares of Chinese auto tech provider Ecarx Holdings ECX.O down 22.6% premarket to $1.75, a seven-week low, after follow-on priced
** Co sells 25 mln shares at $1.80 for total deal size of $45 mln
** Offering price represents 20.4% discount to stock's last sale on Thurs
** Co plans to use net proceeds for R&D, establishment of overseas supply chain networks, general purposes
** With ~345.7 mln shares outstanding, co has ~$781 mln market cap
** Deutsche Bank and CICC (China International Capital Corporation) are jt bookruners for the offering
** ECX shares fell nearly 7% on Thurs following roughly 16% drop on Weds. YTD, stock up 7%
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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