** U.S.-listed shares of Chinese paper products maker and
distributor ITP.A ITP.N slump 24.46% to 55 cents premarket
** Co's public offering of 26.2 mln shares priced at 55
cents apiece, representing a 24.4% discount to stock's last
close urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nPn4J923Sa
** Gross proceeds from the offer are expected to be ~$14.4
mln
** Offer is expected to close around Jan. 20
** Maxim Group LLC is acting as the sole placement agent for
the offer
** Co plans to use the net proceeds from the offer for
mainly working capital and general corp purposes
(Reporting by Rithika Krishna)
((Rithika.Krishna@thomsonreuters.com;))