'Candy Crush' Creator Files For IPO

'Candy Crush' Creator Files For IPO
A man plays at Candy Crush Saga on his Iphone on January 25, 2014 in Rome. Candy Crush is one of the top online games developped by King.com. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)
A man plays at Candy Crush Saga on his Iphone on January 25, 2014 in Rome. Candy Crush is one of the top online games developped by King.com. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

(Reuters) - Mobile gamemaker King Digital Entertainment Plc, best known for the hit puzzle game Candy Crush Saga, said it planned to raise up to $500 million in an initial public offering.

The Dublin-based company had filed confidentially for an IPO with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in September.

JP Morgan, Credit Suisse and BofA Merrill Lynch are among the lead underwriters for the IPO.

(Reporting by Avik Das in Bangalore; Editing by Ted Kerr)

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