REFILE-Brazil retailer Grupo Mateus plans $ 1.2 bln IPO - filing

(Adds IPO amount in headline)

SAO PAULO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Grupo Mateus SA, a Brazilian operator of supermarkets and discount warehouse-style stores, is planning an initial public offering of up to 6.25 billion reais ($1.16 billion), according to a securities filing.

It set the price range for its shares between 8.97 reais and 11.66 each. The final price will be set on Oct. 8.

Although the offering is mainly intent on raising proceeds to expand the business, Grupo Mateus's shareholders are also planning to partially sell their stakes.

Both the company and its shareholders will sell 397,286,822 shares in the IPO, but the total amount may reach 536,337,209 shares including overallotments.

Investment banking units of XP Inc, Banco Bradesco SA, Banco BTG Pactual SA, Banco Safra, Banco do Brasil SA, Banco Santander Brasil SA and Itau Unibanco Holding SA will manage the offering.

($1 = 5.3895 reais) (Reporting by Carolina Mandl, editing by Louise Heavens)