Atlassian priced its initial public offering higher than expected Wednesday evening, even after raising expectations earlier this week. The Australian software firm priced its debut shares at $21, after earlier increasing its projected range from $16-$18 to $19-$20. By selling 22 million shares, the company raised $462 million and established a market valuation of nearly $4.4 billion. The amount raised is the 5th largest for a U.S. IPO this year and third largest for a tech company, behind First Data Corp and Fibit Inc. , Renaissance Capital reported.
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