Brazil's PicPay prices New York IPO at $19 per share, top of indicated range

SAO PAULO, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Brazilian digital bank PicPay priced its U.S. initial public offering on Wednesday at $19 per share, at the top of the indicated price range, the company said.

PicPay said it sold about 22.9 million Class A shares in the offering, raising about $434 million.

Underwriters have a 30-day period to exercise the option to purchase an extra 3.4 million shares, which could potentially raise the deal to approximately $500 million, PicPay said.

The digital bank, backed by Brazilian billionaire brothers Wesley and Joesley Batista's J&F Investimentos, had previously pursued a U.S. listing in 2021 but dropped that plan due to market headwinds.

Citigroup C.N, Bank of America BAC.N and RBC Capital Markets acted as global coordinators for the offering, with Mizuho, Wolfe and Nomura Alliance, Bradesco BBI, BB Securities, BTG Pactual BPAC3.SA and XP XP.O also serving as bookrunners.

Reuters reported earlier on Wednesday, citing a source, that PicPay was set to price its IPO at the top of the indicated price range of $16 to $19 per share.