China Linen Textile Industry Announces Completion of Convertible Note Financing

LANXI COUNTY, China, Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Linen Textile Industry, Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: CTXIF, "China Linen" or the "Company"), a China-based company engaged in the production and sale of linen yarn and various types of linen fabric, today announced that it has consummated a private placement to a group of institutional and accredited investors for approximately $7 million of 7.5% notes that are convertible into the Company's ordinary shares. The offering will result in gross proceeds of approximately $6.4 million to the Company.  

The 7.5% note carries a fixed conversion price of $1.52, which is equal to 115% of the 10-day volume weighted average price prior to November 3, 2010, and carries a 2-year term. Assuming full conversion of the notes issued to investors, the company would expect to issue approximately 4,634,869 ordinary shares. There were no warrants issued in this offering. The total outstanding ordinary shares of the Company after conversion and exercise would be approximately 24,849,872 shares. Net proceeds from the offering are expected to fund the acquisition of Lanxi Tianxianfang Linen Co., Ltd, which includes a 23,358 square foot building in Lanxi Town, China, a spinning production line with an annual capacity of approximately 620 tons of linen yarn, and a bleaching factory with annual capacity to bleach 10 million meters of linen fabric., which the Company is currently leasing.

Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, a subsidiary of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: RODM), acted as placement agent for the transaction.

About China Linen Textile Industry, Ltd.

China Linen Textile Industry, Ltd. ( http://www.chinalinen.cc/ ) is principally engaged in the production and sale of linen yarn and various types of linen fabric. The Company is also involved in consultation and R&D related to linen technology and linen products. The Company carries on all of its business activities through its subsidiary, Heilongjiang Lanxi Sunrise Linen Textile Industry Co., Ltd. ("Lanxi Sunrise"), established in June 2002 and located in Lanxi County, the "Homeland of Flax in China," near Harbin City in China. Lanxi Sunrise has one yarn-spinning factory and two fabric weaving factories in its 28,000 square meters of building area with a staff of 1,500 and 310 sets of world-class, advanced production machinery. Annual production capacity totals approximately 1,600 tons with 50 different types of yarn and 8 million meters of fabric with 110 types. Approximately 55 percent of its products are exported to more than 10 countries.

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SOURCE China Linen Textile Industry, Ltd.