Xugong Science & Technology Co. said in a statement that it plans to issue 340 million shares at 16.47 yuan (US$2.41) each to parent company Xugong Construction Machinery Group, paving the way for a full listing of China's biggest construction equipment producer, the official Shanghai Securities News reported Friday.

Xugong Construction Machinery Group (Xugong Machinery) will buy the 5.6 billion yuan (US$820.74 million) worth of shares and give Xugong Science a 90 percent stake in Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., 50 percent of Xuzhou Hydraulic Component Factory Co., a 60 percent stake in Xuzhou Xugong Specialized Automobile Ltd., a 90 percent stake in Xuzhou Truck-Mounted Crane Co., a 90 percent stake in Xuzhou Xugong Special Engineering Machinery Co. and full stake in Xuzhou Construction Machinery Import & Export Co..

On Wednesday, Xugong Science announced that Xugong Machinery dropped its plan to sell a 45 percent stake in the company to US private equity firm Carlyle Group after three years of negotiating and waiting for Chinese regulatory approval.

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(China.org.cn by Yan Pei, July 25, 2008)