* Early price talk of 5-yr sukuk at 6.25 pct
* DB, Emirates NBD, Goldman among sukuk arrangers
* First global bond from company since 2010
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DUBAI, May 20 (Reuters) - Saudi real estate developer Dar Al Arkan
The company plans to raise at least $500 million from the five-year sukuk, which will be marketed to global investors from Monday onwards, arranging banks said. Early price guidance for the deal was for a yield of 6.25 percent, they said in a statement sent to investors.
"Dar Al Arkan's upcoming sukuk should receive adequate demand in the 6.25 percent area, given its rarity premium and the company's recent deleveraging and strong track record with creditors," said Gus Chehayeb, director of Middle East and Africa corporate research at Exotix in Dubai.
However, Chehayeb cautioned that the pricing could have been higher as there was some concern in the market that Dar Al Arkan will follow up the issuance with a generous dividend.
Shares in Dar Al Arkan rose 14.4 percent in the first two days of trading this week, taking year-to-date gains to 15.8 percent.
Dar Al Arkan last tapped markets for a five-year U.S. dollar sukuk in 2010 when it priced a $450 million deal at 10.75 percent. The transaction, the first ever bond from a Saudi entity available to investors in the United States, came at the height of a regional property slowdown and Dubai's credit crisis, which affected sentiment across the region.
Since then however, a recovery in the sector, boosted by prospects for the implementation of a new mortgage law in Saudi, as well as rising demand for regional debt, has allowed Dar to substantially lower its funding costs.
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Earlier this month, Standard & Poor's changed the outlook on its B+ rating on Dar Al Arkan to positive.
Bahrain-based Bank Al Khair, Deutsche Bank
(Reporting by Mala Pancholia and David French; Writing by Rachna Uppal; Editing by Patrick Graham)
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