按照中兴通讯的最新公告，证监会核准公司定向增发不超过6.87亿股新股，批复自核准发行之日起6个月内有效。请看本报周五的报道：

ZTE Corp. is looking to raise 11.51 billion yuan (US$1.7 billion) from a private placement of A shares and it plans to use the proceeds for research and development (R&D) of 5G networks as well as working capital.

The Shenzhen-based telecom equipment maker said Thursday it planned to issue 381.098 million A shares, or 8.27 percent of the total issued share capital on completion of the deal, to independent third party investors at 30.21 yuan apiece.

That represents a discount of 18.2 percent to ZTE’s A-share closing price of 36.92 yuan in Shenzhen on Wednesday.

报道中的private placement就是“定向增发”，即已上市的公司向特定投资者发行新股，区别于面向所有投资者的公开增发。