** Shares of China vaping device maker Smoore International
Holdings Ltd 6969.HK jump 15.8% to HK$39.95, biggest daily
percentage gain since July 2020
** Stock set for fourth straight session of gains; second
biggest percentage gainer in Hang Seng Composite Index .HSCI
** Smoore says its major shareholder EVE Energy Co Ltd
300014.SZ has issued $350 mln Secured Guaranteed Exchangeable
Bonds due 2026 with the co's shares as the underlying (https://bit.ly/3krU0jO)
** Says major shareholder's unit EVE Battery Investment Ltd
has issued the exchangeable bonds, which are exchangeable into
58.54 mln shares, or 0.97% of Smoore's issued share capital, at
HK$46.58 per share
** The board does not expect the deal to have any
significant impact on its business operations - Smoore
** Shenzhen shares of EVE Energy gains 0.2%
** Hang Seng consumer goods and services index .HSCGSI
rises 1.2% and Hang Seng Composite Index .HSCI climbs 0.4%
** The benchmark index .HSI gains 0.1%
** Smoore stock had fallen 42.4% this year as of last close
(Reporting by Donny Kwok)
((donny.kwok@thomsonreuters.com))