Lulu Retail Holdings—a Middle East hypermarket chain founded by Indian billionaire M.A. Yusuff Ali—has priced its IPO at the top end of the price range, raising $1.7 billion in the United Arab Emirates’ biggest listing this year.

Lulu Retail Holdings Plc’s Abu Dhabi initial public offering is likely to price at the top end of a planned range and raise $1.43 billion, making it the United Arab Emirates’ biggest listing of the year.

Lulu Retail confirms the Final Offer Price for its ordinary shares (the “Shares”, each a “Share”) has been set at AED 2.04 per Share, pricing at the top of the previously announced Offer Price Range and implying a market capitalization of the Group at listing of AED 21.07 billion (c. $5.74 billion).

Lulu Retail Holdings Plc increased the number of shares on offer in its Abu Dhabi initial public offering, and now targets raising as much as $1.72 billion in the United Arab Emirates’ biggest listing of the year.

Lulu International Holdings plans to sell a 25 per cent stake or 2.58 billion shares in Lulu Retail Holdings public issue. The company expects to raise $1.43 billion from the listing, reported Bloomberg on Monday.