** Shares of China's lending co CLDC.O slump 30 pct to
$2.28 in active trading after it announces a $2 mln direct
placement with 2 institutional investors
** Stock top pct decliner on the Nasdaq
** Co to sell ~769,232 shares at $2.60/apiece, a 20 pct
discount to stock's last close
** Company to also issue to the investors Series A warrants,
which will have a 4 year term, to purchase up to 576,924 shares
at an exercise price of $2.60 per share urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nPn7kTr3da
** CLDC has 7.1 mln shares free float, per TR data
** More than ~924k shares traded, close to its 25-DMA
** Stock down 26.5 pct this year including session gains
(Reporting by Medha Singh in Bengaluru)
((medha.singh@thomsonreuters.com))