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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950103-07-002806
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20071120

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BBVA BANCO FRANCES SA
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000913059
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COMMERCIAL BANKS, NEC [6029]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		RECONQUISTA 199
		CITY:			1003 BUENOS AIRES AR
		STATE:			C1
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2127595576

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FRENCH BANK OF THE RIO DE LA PLATA
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19931005
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    <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Mr.
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      of
      the Division of Corporation Finance (the &#8220;Staff&#8221;) of the United States
      Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) on the annual report on
      Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2006 (the &#8220;2006 Form 20-F&#8221;) of BBVA
      Banco Franc&#233;s S.A. (&#8220;Banco Franc&#233;s&#8221;, also referred to in this letter as the
&#8220;company&#8221;, the &#8220;Bank&#8221;&#160;or &#8220;we&#8221;), which was filed with the Commission on May
      16, 2007.</font></div>
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      appreciate your understanding in allowing us the time necessary to prepare
      our
      responses, which we set forth in Annex A hereto. To facilitate the Staff&#8217;s
      review, we have reproduced the captions and numbered comments from the Staff&#8217;s
      comment letter in boldface text.</font></div>
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      acknowledge that:</font></div>
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                disclosure in its filings;</font></div>
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                comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments in
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                filings reviewed by the Staff do not foreclose the Commission from
                taking
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      are
      available to discuss any of our responses with you at your convenience. In
      that
      regard, please do not hesitate to contact Mart&#237;n Ezequiel Zarich in Buenos Aires
      at 011-54-4341-5083 or fax: 011-54-4341-5085; or our counsel, Michael J.
      Willisch of Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell, at 011-34-91-702-2741 or fax:
      011-44-207-710-4884.</font></div>
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                refer to the <em>Deferred Taxes</em> line item in the Argentine Banking
                GAAP to US GAAP reconciliation in Note 17.24 on page F-65 for reductions
                to US GAAP Net Income of 360.391 million pesos in 2006; 347.458 million
                pesos in 2005 and (4.526) million pesos in 2004, equal to 37%; 21%
                and
                0.5% of US GAAP net income for each year, respectively. Please tell
                us and
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                nature and amount of the Initial adjustments to net deferred tax
                assets of
                104.431 million pesos in 2006; 77.258 million pesos in 2005 and (218.641)
                million pesos in 2004 which account for 29%, 22% and 483%, respectively
                of
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      to
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      (AFIP Administraci&#243;n Federal de Ingresos P&#250;blicos de Argentina) in respect of
      Income Tax. Such amendments are made in order to adjust to regulations issued
      by
      the controlling body concerning tax aspects deriving from the effects of the
      financial crisis sustained by the country since the end of the 2001 fiscal
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      contemplated in the tax regulations in force at the date of submission of the
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      for Income Taxes&#8221;, these adjustments correspond to changes in the tax
      legislation occurred in the fiscal year where the Initial adjustment to net
      deferred tax assets is disclosed. These adjustments affect the initial balances
      of net operating losses considered in determining income tax under local
      accounting standards, and are disclosed under Initial adjustments to net
      deferred tax assets in order to segregate these concepts from those included
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      the
      purpose of clarifying the disclosures in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for
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      future financial statement filings made with the SEC that contain U.S. GAAP
      reconciliations (the 2007 Form 20-F, together with such other filings,
      collectively, the &#8220;Future Filings&#8221;), we propose to the Staff consideration of
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      struck through irrelevant information) to the table included in page F-51 in
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                Banco Central de la Rep&#250;blica Argentina, the Argentine financial system
                regulator.</font></div>
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      will
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      net&#8221;, as follows:</font></div>
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      items arising from Consolidated Subsidiaries, <em>and initial adjustments to the
      net deferred tax assets originated in changes that occurred in the tax
      legislation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.</em></font></div>
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                of
                determining the deferred tax valuation allowance under US
                GAAP.</strong></font></div>
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      affects net operating losses that are entirely provisioned, its impact in equity
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                refer to the <em>Allowances on deferred tax assets</em> line item in the
                Argentine Banking GAAP to US GAAP reconciliation in Note 17.24 on
                page
                F-65 which increases US GAAP Net Income through a recovery of the
                valuation allowances for 325.939 million pesos in 2006; 366.801 million
                pesos in 2005 and 509.158 million pesos in 2004, equal to 33%, 22%
                and 36%
                of US GAAP net income for each year, respectively. Please tell us
                and in
                future filings revise the summary table on page F-51 of Note 17.1
                to
                provide the following
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                for 2006, 2005 and 2004 that was used to determine the <em>Income tax
                (benefit) provision computed at statutory rate </em>in accordance with US
                GAAP for each of the three fiscal
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      amounts requested are incorporated in the summary table of Note 17.25. The
      Income before income tax in accordance with US GAAP amounted to 1,468,544
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      acknowledge your comment and in future filings, as mentioned in our comment
      to
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      in
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        A
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                the amount of <em>Income tax computed in accordance with BCRA rules
                </em>in the summary table on page F-51 of 23.000 million pesos for
                2006;
                (242.000) million pesos for 2005 and 67.497 million pesos for 2004
                with
                the <em>Income Tax and tax on minimum presumed income (loss) </em>of
                71.680 million pesos for 2006; 18.712 million pesos for 2005 and
                77.099
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                prepared in accordance with Argentine Banking GAAP on page
                F-9.</strong></font></div>
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      5.2.
      to the Consolidated Financial Statements indicates how tax on minimum presumed
      income (TOMPI) is determined, and Note 5.1. explains how to determine the income
      tax. The TOMPI is complementary to the income tax. The Bank&#8217;s tax obligation for
      each year will coincide with the highest of these taxes. However, if TOMPI
      exceeds income tax in a given year, the excess thereof may be computed as a
      payment on account of any income tax in excess of TOMPI that may occur in any
      of
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      such amounts are not liable to be reconciled.</font></div>
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      years 2006 and 2005, the amounts included on page F-9 correspond exclusively
      to
      the TOMPI. For 2004, from the amount included 9,602 thousands of pesos
      correspond to the TOMPI and 67,497 thousands of pesos to the income tax charge
      under the deferred tax method.</font></div>
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      addition to the above, as expressed in the table included on page F-51, the
      income tax determined as per the defferred tax method amounted to 23,000
      thousands of pesos for 2006, (242,000) thousands of pesos for 2005 and 67,497
      thousands of pesos for 2004. As mentioned above, the tax determined for 2004
      is
      included in the amount indicated under Income Tax and Tax on minimun presumed
      income of the Consolidated Statement of Operations. As for the amount
      corresponding to 2006, it is included under Other Expense, and that for 2005
      is
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      BCRA
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                in the summary table on page F-52 of 487.822 million pesos; 182.716
                million pesos and 281.622 million pesos for 2006, 2005 and 2004,
                respectively with the <em>Income tax</em> line item in the Consolidated
                Statement of Operation under US GAAP in Note 17.25 on page F-66 of
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      derive from: a) the effect of the Initial adjustment mentioned in point 1 of
      your comments; b) the tax effect of the components included under Other
      comprehensive income, and c) the effect of the Tax on minimun presumed income
      mentioned in the preceding point, which, according to BCRA standards, must
      be
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        A
        (cont.)</font></div>
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      order to segregate the Other, net item of the table on page F-51 would amount
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        A
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>We
                refer to the second paragraph on page F-52 which states that as a
                result
                of a <em>favorable evolution</em> in the Argentine economy during the
                three-year period ended December 31, 2006 the Company assessed all
                available evidence to determine the amount of the deferred tax valuation
                allowance and as a result they reversed the valuation allowance for
                479.934 million pesos; 805.873 million pesos and 1.172.674 million
                pesos
                for 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Considering these reversals
                of the
                allowance are 35%; 47% and 66% of the referred tax assets for each
                year,
                respectively, please tell us and provide us with the analysis of
                the
                positive and negative evidence you performed under paragraph 25 of
                SFAS
                109 to conclude that it is <em>more likely than not</em> that the deferred
                tax assets will be realized. Consider in your response how you assessed
                the following negative evidence under paragraph 23 of SFAS
                109:</strong></font></div>
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                as
                compared to 1.634.612 million pesos for 2005, equal to a 656.869
                million
                pesos or 40% decrease as compared to 2005. Refer to the consolidated
                statement of operation under US GAAP in Note 17.25 on page
                F-66.</strong></font></div>
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                Company had as of December 31, 2006 holdings of public sector debt
                totaling 7 billon pesos including recently restructured debt, equal
                to 39%
                of it assets under Argentine GAAP, which could have a material effect
                on
                the Company&#180;s financial condition if the federal or provincial governments
                fail to meet their obligations. Refer to the first risk factor on
                page
                11.</strong></font></div>
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                Company is among the banks in Argentina with the highest volume of
                asset
                and liabilities with mismatched and interest rates derived from the
                asymmetric conversion of foreign currency assets and liabilities
                into
                pesos, with a Ps.2.5 billion long CER position as of Decembre 31,
                2006,
                which could have an adverse effect if interest rates increase
                significantly. Refer to the second risk factor on page
                11.</strong></font></div>
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      respectfully advice the Staff that the second paragraph on page F-52 does not
      indicate that the company has reversed provisions for such amount. The said
      paragraph states that the Bank has evaluated all available evidence in order
      to
      determine the amount of the necessary provision on the deferred tax asset.
      The
      favorable evolution of the economy provides strong additional evidence to
      support the provision so determined. The amounts mentioned in your comment
      constitute the additional allowance that the Bank considers necessary on the
      amounts determined under US GAAP. We indicate below the deferred tax asset
      ammounts determined under US GAAP and as shown on the table of page
      F-52:</font></div>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            A
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      indicated in Note 5.1. to the Consolidated Financial Statements, the BCRA&#8217;s
      accounting standards do not admit the recognition of deferred tax assets. For
      that reason the Bank, under BCRA&#8217;s regulations, has recorded a deferred tax
      asset of 337,000 thousands of pesos in 2006, 360,000 thousands of pesos in
      2005
      and 118,000 thousands of pesos in 2004 and an allowance for the totality of
      such
      amounts. Therefore, for purposes of reconciliation between accounting balances
      according to BCRA&#8217;s standards and US GAAP, it is necessary to make an adjustment
      of 969,673 in thousands of pesos in 2006, 1,342,468 in thousands of pesos in
      2005 and 1,656,249 in thousands of pesos in 2004 in order to convert the
      deferred net tax asset amounts recorded by the Bank under BCRA regulations
      to
      the amounts determined under US GAAP, as well as an adjustment of the provisions
      on the said amounts for 479,934 thousands of pesos, 805,873 thousands of pesos
      and 1,172,674 thousands of pesos for the respective fiscal years therein, in
      order to convert the amounts provisioned by the Bank under BCRA&#8217;s regulations to
      those in agreement with US GAAP.</font></div>
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      our evaluation of the positive and negative evidence with respect to determining
      the deferred tax provision, we have considered among those positive: a) the
      future taxable income projected for the next three years, and b) the history
      of
      income in the last three years (2004 through 2006). In addition, the net
      operating losses not used as of December 31, 2006, were fully provisioned
      (negative evidence).</font></div>
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      Bank
      applied a prudent criterion and only recognized the tax loss that it would
      use
      in 2007. The tax loss included in the deferred tax assets as of December 31,
      2006 amounts to 562,780 thousands of pesos, of which the Bank has provisioned
      403,937 thousands of pesos and expects to use 158,843 thousands of pesos in
      the
      income tax return for the 2007 fiscal year.</font></div>
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      for the
      risk factors mentioned on page 11, we understand that the same do not qualify
      as
      unsettled circumstances which, if not favorably resolved, would adversely affect
      the future operations and profit levels on a continuing basis in future years,
      nor do they qualify as probable contingencies. Therefore, they did not have
      a
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      acknowledge your comment and in future filings, we will incorporate the
      following additional information at the bottom of the &#8220;Deferred tax assets
      (liabilities)&#8221; table included on page F-52, in order to clarify this
      disclosure:</font></div>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Note
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>We
                refer to the <em>Federal Government Loans</em> line item in the Argentine
                Banking GAAP to US GAAP reconciliation of net income and stockholders
                equity on page F-65 that increases US GAAP net income by 350.286
                million
                pesos in 2006, 912.300 million pesos in 2005 and 183.692 million
                pesos in
                2004, equal to 36%, 56% and 13% of US GAAP net income for these respective
                periods. We also refer to related disclosures in Note 17.18, &#8220;Transfers
                and servicing of financial assets and extinguishment of liabilities&#8221;.
                Please provide us with an detailed explanation of how in 2001 you
                accounted for under Argentine Banking GAAP and US GAAP, the swap
                of a
                portion of your holdings in federal government securities and loans
                to the
                federal government with a face value of US$3.292 billion for Guaranteed
                Loans totaling US$3.360 billion during fiscal year 2001. Please provide
                the following information:</strong></font></div>
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      of
      all we would like to clarify that Note 17.18 makes reference to swaps effected
      with Guaranteed Bonds 2018 (BOGAR 2018), the analysis of which must be made
      in
      relation to Note 17.5.2 to our Consolidated Financial Statements since the
      discussion here is about government</font></div>
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        A
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">securities,
      and not in relation to Note 17.4.3 which makes reference to Federal Goverment
      Secured Loans. Therefore, all matters discussed under this point are related
      to
      the exchange of government securities for Federal Goverment Secured Loans
      included in Note 17.4.3. to our Consolidated Financial Statements.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><u>Accounting
      of the swap under BCRA standards</u></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">On
      November 1, 2001, by Decree No. 1387/01, the National Executive Power instructed
      the Ministry of Economy to offer on a voluntary basis a swap of the national
      and
      provincial public debt for loans guaranteed by the National State or by the
      Trust Fund for Provincial Development. By Decrees No. 1387/01 and 1646/01 were
      established the basic characteristics for the secured loans, inter alia:
      conversion at face value plus accrued interest for the swapped obligation (one
      to one), issuance in the same currency as the swapped obligation (US dollars),
      use of the resources from the Tax on Current Account Debits and Credits and
      in
      general of all resources pertaining to the National State under the Federal
      Tax
      Coparticipation System, as guarantee for all capital and interest maturities
      corresponding to the secured loans. Furthermore, Decree No. 471/02 determined,
      inter alia, the conversion into pesos of all obligations of the National,
      Provincial and Municipal Public Sector denominated in foreign currency and
      whose
      applicable law was exclusively the Argentine law, at the rate of exchange of
      pesos 1.40 per US Dollar or its equivalent in other currencies, with adjustment
      by C.E.R. and the interest rate applicable to each kind of government security
      and guaranteed loan according to their average life and original currency of
      issuance.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      this
      connection, the Bank and its subsidiaries swaped part of their holdings of
      securities of the National Public Sector in force as of November 6, 2001, for
      a
      face value of 3,296,561 thousands, and received Secured loans for an amount
      of
      3,365,296 thousands of pesos. The initial value of the loans so received was
      coincident with the previous carryng value of the securities as at the date
      of
      the swap (valued at amortized cost) without this generating any income/loss
      for
      the recognition of the swap. As determined by Communications &#8220;A&#8221; 3366 and &#8220;A&#8221;
3385 of the BCRA, as of December 31, 2001 such secured loans are valued at
      the
      exchange values set forth by the Ministry of Economy as of November 6, 2001,
      plus interest accrued until the end of the fiscal year, and are recorded under
      Loans account for a total of 3,391,029 thousand pesos. In addition, as of
      December 31, 2001, the balance of such secured loans has been regularized for
      457,818 thousand pesos under &#8220;Swap Decree No. 1387/01&#8221;, whose balance reflects
      the positive difference between the face value of the secured loans received
      by
      the Entity and the carryng value of the securities and loans delivered in the
      swap as at November 6, 2001, net of the portion linearly accrued as of December
      31, 2001, according to the life of the secured loans received.</font></div>
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      Note
      4.4.3 to our Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31,
      2001).</font></div>
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      before the swap and in view of the economic crisis which affected Argentina
      at
      the time as set forth in paragraph 16 of SFAS 115 &#8220;Accounting for Certain
      Investments in Debt and Equity&#160;&#160;Securities&#8221;, a &#8220;non temporary
      impairment&#8221; affected the public securities to be swapped, which were accounted
      for at the time as held to maturity, so a loss was recorded equivalent to the
      difference between the book value and the fair value of the said public
      securities at the date of exchange (November 6, 2001). The new value of the
      securities was considered as their new cost value.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Once
      this
      loss was recognized the new value of the public securities to be swapped was
      used for establishing the cost value of the new secured loans received (which
      is
      below the face value of such loans). The quoted market price of the bonds at
      the
      date of the swap was the best estimate of fair value of the secured loans
      received, as the secured loans didn&#8217;t have market quoted prices given the
      contratual conditions of these loans and the economy crisis in Argentina at
      that
      time. Furthermore, the estimated cash flows of the secured loans were similar
      to
      the quoted market prices of the securities swapped. In addition, given that
      the
      Federal Government had publicly announced the swap, the market had considered
      in
      advance the effect of the swap in the quoted market prices of the securities
      to
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        A
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Later
      on,
      in 2002, such cost value under US GAAP was converted into pesos at the rate
      of
      pesos 1.4 per US Dollar (see the first bullet point to your comment number
      5) of
      this document). The difference between the face value of the secured loans
      and
      their cost value as per US GAAP is accreted using the interest method, according
      to the paragraph 5 of the SFAS 91, &#8220;Accounting for Nonrefundable Fees and Costs
      Associated with Originating or Acquiring Loans and Initial Direct Costs of
      Leases&#8221;.</font></div>
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                the nature and terms of the securities held and the principal amount,
                interest rate and repayment terms of the loans that were collectively
                swapped.</strong></font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Describe
                the terms of the secured loans that were received, including the
                nature,
                extent and value of the guarantee on the loans
                received.</strong></font></div>
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      response to your above comments, the main terms and conditions of the secured
      loans received are as follows:</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Guarantee:
                use of the resources from the Tax on Current Account Debits and Credits
                and in general of all resources pertaining to the National State
                under the
                Federal Tax Coparticipation System.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Conversion
                at face value plus accrued interest for swapped obligation (one to
                one),
                issuance in the same currency as the swapped obligation (US Dollars),
                then
                converted into pesos at the exchanged rate of pesos 1.40 per each
                US
                Dollar, plus adjustment by CER (benchmark stabilization
                coefficient).</font></div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt;" face="Symbol, serif">-</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Rate:
                in general terms fixed rate between 3% and 5% annual, applicable
                over
                principal adjusted by CER.</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Terms:
                in general terms, the expiration date in three years after the expiration
                of the securities swapped.</font></div>
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      in the attached Annex A.1. are the characteristics of each government securities
      delivered and of the secured loans received in exchange, converted into pesos
      according to Decree No. 471/02, as well as the guarantees set forth in respect
      thereof.</font></div>
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        A
        (cont.)</font></div>
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      face
      value of the securities delivered in swap by the company and the face value
      of
      the loans/bonds to be received in swap established for the National Goverment
      it
      is detailed below:</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">FLOATING
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                  AND
                  15.50% 2004-2008</font></div>
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              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">VARIABLE
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">FIXED
                  RATE SECURED LOAN GL 17</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">20</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GLOBAL
                  EXTERNAL BONDS OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC IN US DOLLARS 12%
                  2001-2031</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GE31</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">184</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">FIXED
                  RATE SECURED LOAN GL 31 MEGA</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">193</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr bgcolor="#d5eaea">
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GLOBAL
                  EXTERNAL BONDS OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC IN US DOLLARS 12.375%
                  2001-2012</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GF12</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">FIXED
                  RATE SECURED LOAN GL 12</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GLOBAL
                  EXTERNAL BONDS OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC 12.125% 1999-2019</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GF19</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">4</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">FIXED
                  RATE SECURED LOAN GL 19</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">4</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr bgcolor="#d5eaea">
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GLOBAL
                  EXTERNAL BONDS OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC IN US DOLLARS 12%
                  2000-2020</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GF20</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">FIXED
                  RATE SECURED LOAN GL 20</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GLOBAL
                  EXTERNAL BONDS OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC 11.75% 2000-2015</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GJ15</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">3</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">FIXED
                  RATE SECURED LOAN GL 15</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">3</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr bgcolor="#d5eaea">
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GLOBAL
                  EXTERNAL BONDS OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC IN US DOLLARS 12.25%
                  2001-2018</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GJ18</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">87</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">FIXED
                  RATE SECURED LOAN GL 18</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">84</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GLOBAL
                  EXTERNAL BONDS OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC IN US DOLLARS 12%
                  2001-2031</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GJ31</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">FIXED
                  RATE SECURED LOAN GL 31</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr bgcolor="#d5eaea">
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">BONDS
                  AT 13.25% WITH EXPIRATION ON 29 MARCH 2010. SERIES N&#186;7</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GPBX7</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">SECURED
                  BOND</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GLOBAL
                  EXTERNAL BONDS OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC 9.75% 1997-2027</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GS27</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">16</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">FIXED
                  RATE SECURED LOAN GL 27</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">16</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr bgcolor="#d5eaea">
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">PUBLIC
                  SECURITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF SAN JUAN SECURED BY THE ARGENTINE
                  REPUBLIC-13.25%</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GSAJ1</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">SECURED
                  BOND</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">SOCIAL
                  SECURITY DEBTS CONSOLIDATION BONDS IN US DOLLARS - 2ND
                  SERIES</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">PRE4</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">VARIABLE
                  RATE SECURED LOAN PRE 4</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr bgcolor="#d5eaea">
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">CONSOLIDATION
                  BONDS IN NATIONAL CURRENCY - 1ST SERIES</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">PRO1</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">FIXED
                  RATE SECURED LOAN PRO 1</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">CONSOLIDATION
                  BONDS IN US DOLLARS - 3RD SERIES</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">PRO6</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">VARIABLE
                  RATE SECURED LOAN PRO 6</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr bgcolor="#d5eaea">
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">FLOATING
                  RATE EURO BOND US$ 74 M 06 S22</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">PX22</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">3</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">SECURED
                  BOND</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">3</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GLOBAL
                  EXTERNAL BONDS OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC IN PESOS 10% 2001-2004
                  AND 12%
                  2004-2008</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">RA08</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">4</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">VARIABLE
                  RATE SECURED LOAN GL 08</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">4</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr bgcolor="#d5eaea">
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">BONDS
                  OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC WITH VARIABLE COUPON - DUE DATE
                  2005</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">RV05</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">FIXED
                  RATE SECURED LOAN FRAN</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">BONTES
                  9.9375%/2007</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">TS27</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">4</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">FIXED
                  RATE SECURED LOAN BONTE 27</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">4</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr bgcolor="#d5eaea">
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">BONTES
                  11.75% 2003</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">TY03</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">40</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">FIXED
                  RATE SECURED LOAN BONTE 03</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">40</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">BONTES
                  12.125% 2005</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">TY05</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">151</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">FIXED
                  RATE SECURED LOAN BONTE 05</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">151</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr bgcolor="#d5eaea">
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">BONTES
                  11.75% 2006</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">TY06</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">5</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">FIXED
                  RATE SECURED LOAN BONTE 06</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">5</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">FLOATING
                  RATE GOVERNMENT BONDS IN US DOLLARS SERIES I</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">VBA3</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">5</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">VARIABLE
                  RATE SECURED LOAN RADAR 1</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">5</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr bgcolor="#d5eaea">
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">FLOATING
                  RATE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT BONDS IN US DOLLARS</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">VBL6</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2</font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">VARIABLE
                  RATE SECURED LOAN RADAR 3</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">2</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="51%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">FLOATING
                  RATE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT BONDS IN US DOLLARS</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">VBS5</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="6%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">0</font></div>
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          A
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Describe
                how you determined the fair value of the securities and debt instruments
                involved in the swap under US GAAP, including your source for the
                quoted
                market values and exchanges these debt instruments were traded
                on.</strong></font></div>
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      market
      values of the public securities handed over in exchange were obtained
      multiplying the face value of each security by its listed value at the close
      of
      November 5, 2001. The listed value was obtained from the Mercado Abierto
      Electr&#243;nico (&#8220;MAE&#8221;). The MAE is the primary Argentine market where financial
      entities trade their government securities, the prices listed by such market
      constitute quoted marked price available in active markets, according to SFAS
      115, &#8220;Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities&#8221;,
      paragraph 137.</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Discuss
                how you determined the gain or loss under US GAAP, on the securities
                /
                loan for guaranteed debt swaps transaction, citing the specific
                authoritative US sources of GAAP you relied
                on.</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">As
      described in the sixth paragraph (&#8220;Accounting treatment under US GAAP&#8221;) of our
      response to your comment 4, the swap of public securities for Federal Government
      Secured Loans caused no gain/loss under US GAAP.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Prior
      to
      the swap and according to the paragraph 16 of the SFAS 115 &#8220;Accounting for
      Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities&#8221; a &#8220;other than temporary
      impairment&#8221; affected the public securities to be swapped, which were accounted
      for at the time as held to maturity, so a loss was recorded equivalent to the
      difference between the book value and the fair value of the said public
      securities at the date of exchange (November 6, 2001). The new value of the
      securities was considered as their new cost value.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Once
      this
      loss was recognized the new value of the public securities to be exchanged
      was
      used for establishing the cost value of the new secured loans received. The
      quoted market price of the bonds at the date of the swap was the best estimate
      of fair value of the secured loans receivedas the secured loans didn&#8217;t have
      market quoted prices. Furthermore, the estimated cash flows of the secured
      loans
      were similar to the quoted market prices of the securities swapped. In addition,
      given that the Federal Government had publicly announced the swap, the market
      had considered in advance the effect of the swap in the quoted market prices
      of
      the securities to be swapped.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Later
      on,
      and according to Decree No. 471/02, which affected the public sector obligations
      denominated in foreign currency whose applicable law was the Argentine law,
      such
      cost was converted to Argentine pesos at the rate of pesos 1.4 per US Dollar.
      The effects of the conversion into pesos of the secured loans were recorded
      as a
      2002 event. (Please refer to AICPA International Practices Task Force document
      issued on May 23, 2002 &#8211; Appendix B- Page B-4).</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Based
      on
      the above and thereafter, the Bank recognizes the income for each fiscal year
      using the accretion interest method, as previously mentioned, according to
      the
      paragraph 5. of SFAS 91, &#8220;Accounting for Nonrefundable Fees and Costs Associated
      with Originating or Acquiring Loans and Initial Direct Costs of
      Leases&#8221;.</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>In
                addition to the losses recorded for SFAS 115 other-than-temporary
                impairments on securities held please tell us how you determined
                the gain
                or loss on the restructuring of your loan portfolio based on the
                swap of
                your loans held for secured loans. Consider in your response the
                requirements of SFAS 15 with respect to accounting for a troubled
                debt
                restructurings.</strong></font></div>
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      respect to this particular issue, it must be pointed out that, even though
      the
      first paragraph of Note 17.4.3. to our Consolidated Financial Statements as
      December 31, 2006 states that, as indicated by Decree No. 1387/01, the exchange
      affects both to federal government securitiers and loans, the swap effected
      by
      the Bank on November 6, 2001 only included holdings of securities of the Bank.
      Acordingly, the swap did not include loans.</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Explain
                how these securities / loan for guaranteed loan swaps that occurred
                in
                2001 have impacted the Argentine Banking GAAP to US GAAP reconciliation
                for the three-year period ended December 31,
                2006.</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">&#160;In
      2001, under BCRA standards, as explained in the third paragraph &#8220;Accounting of
      the swap under BCRA&#8217;s standards&#8221; of this point, the swap generated no
      income/loss since the securities were converted into secured loans at their
      face
      value plus interest accrued for the exchanged obligation (one to
      one).</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Under
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      GAAP the cost of the secured loans received was equal to the listed value of
      the
      securities given in exchange, which in turn was much lower than the accounting
      value under BCRA&#8217;s standards. This is due to the fact that prior to the swap a
&#8220;other than temporary impairment&#8221; was accounted for the securities to be
      delivered, which as mentioned in the preceding paragraph was not accounted
      for
      under BCRA standards. The difference between the valuation of these secured
      loans under both standards was recorded in the reconciliation for the fiscal
      year ended December 31, 2001. Such adjustment caused a decrease in the
      shareholders equity and in the income/loss in Argentine pesos amounting to
      1,759,117 thousands. In the fiscal years for 2004, 2005 and 2006 the Bank&#8217;s
      equity was adjusted according to the difference between the valuation of the
      holdings of these assets at the close of each year under both US and Argentine
      Banking GAAP, as detailed below:</font></div>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="8%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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      effected. The impact of these sales in the reconciliation is important since
      the
      portfolio value under US GAAP is less than the value recorded in our books
      under
      Argentine Banking GAAP; each sale causes a small gain under local standards
      but
      releases a portion of the adjustment made at the beginning of 2001 under US
      GAAP
      as mentioned in preceding paragraphs. To a lesser extent the portfolio balance
      is affected by the accretion of the holdings during the period being
      reported.</font></div>
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                respect to the subsequent accounting for these securities/loans to
                guaranteed loan swaps during the three-year period ended December
                31, 2006
                please tell us the
                following:</strong></font></div>
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                us why the values of the US$ denominated Guaranteed Loans received
                in 2001
                swap were calculated starting in 2004 as converted into pesos and
                discuss
                any resulting gain or loss on foreign exchange conversion under US
                GAAP.</strong></font></div>
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      convertion into pesos of the secured loans was not carried out in 2004, as
      mentioned in your comment.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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      as
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      issued on May 23, 2002 &#8211; Appendix B- Page B-4).</font></div>
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      mentioned in the third paragraph of our comments included in point 4, the
      secured loans received in swap for public securities during 2001 were converted
      into pesos (only once) at the rate of pesos 1.4 per US Dollar during fiscal
      year
      2002 as determined by Decree No. 471/02, complementary to a Decree No. 214
      dated
      February 3, 2002, which affected all public sector obligations denominated
      in
      foreign currency where the Argentine law was applicable. According to the
      above-mentioned decree, the debts would in future be adjusted by the CER
      coefficient, accruing interest on the adjusted capital considering the average
      life and the original currency of issuance of each guaranteed loan.</font></div>
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                in detail how you accounted for the interest accretion on these
                restructured secured loans during the three-year period ended December
                31,
                2006 under Argentine and US
                GAAP.</strong></font></div>
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      following values: 1) present value discounted at rates set forth by the BCRA;
      2)
      accounting value of the loans at February 2003 plus interest accrued and less
      collections received as from the said date. Accordingly, income recognized
      under
      Argentine Banking GAAP is not equal to the interest accrued on these
      loans.</font></div>
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      in
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      CER adjustment, and 2) face value plus CER and interest adjustment; is accreted
      using the interest method.</font></div>
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                how the 2004 income statement was affected by <em>the allowance recovery
                recorded under BCRA rules (loss)</em> and how this allowance recovery
                affected the Argentine to US GAAP
                reconciliation.</strong></font></div>
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      company only recorded allowances on the secured loans under BCRA regulations.
      Under US GAAP the company recorded no allowances for bad debts on the secured
      loans, and has therefore not considered any income/loss for recovery of
      allowances under US GAAP. The recovery of allowances under BCRA standards causes
      the BCRA values for such loans to be above those previously recorded, and
      therefore causes the reconciliation adjustment under US GAAP to increase for
      the
      said reason.</font></div>
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      loans is well below the values considered under BCRA&#8217;s regulations.</font></div>
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                in detail the timing, nature and amount of the sale of an <em>important
                part</em> of the stock of these assets transactions that occurred during
                2005 and 2006 wich resulted in revenues that ended at market values
                significantly higher than under US
                GAAP.</strong></font></div>
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      attach
      hereto a detail of the sales of secured loans made during fiscal years 2005
      and
      2006. Such sales were made to third parties under normal market conditions
      and
      were collected under Cash and Banks. Such transactions qualify as sales in
      terms
      of SFAS 140, &#8220;Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and
      Extinguishments of Liabilities&#8221;, paragraph 9, that is to say, they are not
      subject to any condition nor are they in any way guaranteed by the
      Bank.</font></div>
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      BCRA
      regulations the loss or gain from sales (the difference between the value at
      which these secured loans are valued and the sales price) is charged to
      income/loss at the time of the sale.</font></div>
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      GAAP,
      so the sale thereof originated a significant gain under US GAAP.</font></div>
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      informed under point 4 of your comments, under US GAAP a loss was recorded
      in
      November 2001 in relation to an &#8220;other than temporary impairtment&#8221; for value of
      the securities that were later on delivered in exchange for the secured loans.
      Such loss recongnized under US GAAP was not recorded under Argentine Banking
      GAAP, and therefore the US GAAP values for the guaranteed loans are
      substantially lower than the values under local regulations. In such connection,
      at the time of sale of each guaranteed loan the company acknowledged the
      corresponding gain under US GAAP since it is recorded against a counterpart
      under Cash and Banks.</font></div>
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      both standards, and their respective gain/loss.</font></div>
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                how revenue and gain recognition was determined under US GAAP and
                describe
                the specific US GAAP accounting literature you relied on to record
                any
                revenue and gain on the sale of these
                assets.</strong></font></div>
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      the
      characteristics of the sale of secured loans, namely: to unrelated third
      parties, without gurantee, without repurchase agreement, with counterpart under
      cash and banks, the income so generated was an income obtained under US GAAP,
      and qualifies as a sale in terms of SFAS 140, &#8220;Accounting for Transfers and
      Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities&#8221;, paragraph 9.
      The table disclosed at the previous bullet point shown the gain (difference
      between the sale price and US GAAP value) determined under US GAAP.</font></div>
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                if these sales were on a non-recourse, limited or full recouse basis
                and
                disclose the amount of any recourse liabilities recorded under SFAS
                140,
                if any.</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">As
      previously mentioned, these sales have no guarantee or recourse against the
      Bank, nor is there any commitment of the Bank regarding their collectibility
      or
      repurchase &#8211; they are made on a non-recourse basis.</font></div>
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                in detail how the above transactions have resulted in reductions
                to US
                GAAP Stockholders&#8217; equity of 559.214 million pesos in 2006, 909.500
                million pesos in 2005 and 1.821.800 million pesos in 2004, equal
                to 46%,
                370% and 137% for each year
                respectively.</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Note
      17.4.3. explains that it is the effects of the adjustment required to state
      such
      amounts in accordance with US GAAP that generates stockholders&#8217; equity
      reductions. In particular, these sales transactions did not generate a
      stockholders&#8217; equity reduction in terms of US GAAP but generated gain, and
      therefore reduced the stockholders&#8217; equity adjustment during the period
      2004-2006.</font></div>
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                similar disclosure regarding how you accounted for under Argentine
                Banking
                GAAP and US GAAP the swaps in April and August of 2004 of Secured
                Bonds
                due in 2018 for Government Bonds wich resulted in a decrease in net
                income
                under US GAAP for 2004 of 104.337 million pesos for the April transaction
                and an increase of 107.955 million pesos for the August transaction.
                Please also:</strong></font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Cite
                in your response the specific US GAAP authoritative guidance that
                you used
                to record these
                transactions.</strong></font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Refer
                to Note 17.18, Transfers and servicing of financial assets and
                extinguishment of liabilities, page
                F-63.</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">During
      2001 and 2002 the Federal Executive Power imposed severe restrictions on the
      withdrawal of money from the financial institutions. Later on, a series of
      regulations were implemented which established a schedule of reprogrammed
      maturities for deposits in the financial system. The BCRA, through a number
      of
      communications, set forth the dates of the schedule for the reimbursement of
      deposits according to their currency and amount.</font></div>
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          A
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">On
      the
      other hand, the Federal Executive Power issued a number of decrees which
      established the general conditions and procedure applicable for the holders
      of
      rescheduled deposits to be able to recover them in National Government Bonds
      (Swaps I and II). The financial entities would cancel such liabilities in their
      clients&#8217; deposits with National Government Bonds which were subscribed by
      delivering different types of assets (see Note 1.3 to our Consolidated Financial
      Statements as of December 31, 2004).</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Under
      US
      GAAP, the authoritative guidance used was SFAS 140, &#8220;Accounting for Transfers
      and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities&#8221;
(paragraphs 9 and 16).</font></div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">i)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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                I (December 2003 and April 2004
                transaction)</u></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Decrees
      No. 494/02, 620/02 and 905/02 established the general conditions and procedure
      through which the holders of deposits in pesos and foreign currency would be
      able to make use of Swap I with respect to their deposits in the financial
      system. The different options were set forth according to the characteristics
      of
      deposits and depositors, and consisted of the reception of &#8220;National Government
      Bonds in US Dollars LIBOR 2005&#8221;, &#8220;National Government Bonds in US Dollars LIBOR
      2012&#8221; and &#8220;National Government Bonds in Pesos 2% 2007&#8221;. Such option expired in
      July 2002.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">On
      April
      26, 2004, the Bank handed over to the National Government Secured Bonds due
      in
      2018, which it kept in its assets in order to subscribe the above-mentioned
      bonds which would be delivered to depositors in cancellation of their
      liabilities with the Bank, thus completing the Swap I of deposits for National
      Government Bonds. These bonds were accepted by the National Government at their
      face value. Under BCRA rules, this swap did not generate significant income/loss
      because the Secured Bonds due in 2018 that the Bank had recorded in its assets
      were recorded at a value very close to the face value as per Communication
&#8220;A&#8221;
3911 (see Note 4.4.2 &#8220;Unlisted Government Securities&#8221; to our Consolidated
      Financial Statements as at December 31, 2003 and 2004).</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      transaction was agreed upon and consummated in December 2003. Once the swap
      transaction had taken place in 2003, the National Government proceeded to
      implement the physical swap of certificates in early 2004 and therefore the
      delivery process of such certificates was only perfunctory in April
      2004.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Under
      US
      GAAP, as of December 31, 2003, the Secured Bonds due in 2018 were registered
      at
      their fair value calculated on the basis of their present values. However,
      as on
      such date it was certain that part of these bonds had to be transferred to
      the
      National Government at their face value (the delivery occurred in April 2004
      but
      the transaction was agreed in 2003), it was decided to recognize this greater
      value of the secured bonds (a difference between their fair and face values)
      as
      an income of fiscal year 2003 for 104,337 thousands of pesos. This 2003 gain
      is
      stated separately in the reconciliation note, both in equity and in income
      (gain
      on extinguishment of liabilities, footnote 37.18), while the valuation of the
      bonds (securities valuation adjustment, footnote 37.5) is maintained at fair
      value. During fiscal year 2004, when the swap of deposits for bonds took place,
      this gain reverts from the concept of Note 37.18 (gain on extinguishment of
      liabilities) and is recognized in Note 37.5 (securities valuation adjustment-
      income) as the stock of Secured Bonds due 2018 is reduced). The adjustment
      to
      shareholders&#8217; equity for this concept in 2004 equals zero.</font></div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">ii)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">By
      Decrees
      No. 1836/02 and 2167/02, the National Government established the bases for
      the
      Swap II of Deposits in the Financial System, which regulated the choices open
      for the holders of such deposits. In accordance with the rules mentioned above,
      the holders of Rescheduled Deposit Certificates originally constituted in
      foreign currency could choose to receive in payment for such certificates,
      &#8220;National Government Bonds in US Dollars 2013&#8221;. The term for exercising the swap
      option expired on May 23, 2003.</font></div>
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      August
      17, 2004, the Bank handed over Secured Bonds due 2018 which it had kept among
      its assets in order to subscribe the bonds that would be handed over to the
      depositors in cancellation for their liabilities with the Bank, thus completing
      the Swap II of deposits for National Government Bonds. These Bonds were accepted
      by the National Government at their face value.</font></div>
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      previously mentioned, under US GAAP the Secured Bonds due in 2018 were
      registered at their fair value and these bonds had to be transferred to the
      National Government at their face value.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Consequently,
      this generates an income of 107,955 thousands of pesos under US GAAP equal
      to
      the difference between the face value of the Secured Bonds due 2018 and their
      fair value.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Note
      17.4.4. Loans &#8211; Non-Financial Provincial Governmental Sector and other
      government sector agencies, page F-56</u></strong></font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>We
                refer to the <em>Provincial Government loans</em> line item in the
                Argentine Banking GAAP to US GAAP reconciliation on page F-65 for
                149.012
                pesos in 2006; 26.298 million pesos in 2005 and 153.298 million pesos
                in
                2004. Please tell us the following
                information:</strong></font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Provide
                a chronology of the events that led to the default on the public
                debt and
                the rescheduling of the Federal Government&#8217;s debt and quantify how this
                rescheduling affected the Company&#8217;s valuation of the Company&#8217;s Provincial
                Government loan portfolio. Refer to Risk Factors on page
                11.</strong></font></div>
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      of events that led to the debt swap.</font></div>
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            </td>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
                National Government sets forth the bases for the voluntary debt swap
                for
                loans and/or secured bonds, thus originating the rescheduling of
                the debt
                existing at that moment (November
                2001).</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
                National Government suspends the payment of the debt not included
                in the
                rescheduling mentioned above (December
                2001).</font></div>
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            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
                <em>pesification</em> (conversion into pesos) of debts in foreign currency
                is established at a rate of exchange of pesos 1.4 per US dollar plus
                adjustment according to CER and interest applicable to each type
                of public
                security and guaranteed loan, considering their average life and
                original
                currency of issuance. An agreement between the Nation and the Provinces
                is
                entered into establishing, among other things, the possibility that
                the
                provinces entrust the Federal Government to renegotiate their debts
                under
                the same guidelines affecting the national public debt (February
                2002).</font></div>
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            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">By
                Decree No. 1579/02, the National Executive Power instructs the Trust
                Fund
                for Provincial Development to assume the provincial debts implemented
                in
                the form of public securities, bonds, treasury bills or loans which
                may be
                converted into secured bonds on a voluntary basis (August
                2002).</font></div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">5.</font></div>
            </td>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">During
                the second half of 2004, the Bank receives Secured Bonds due 2018
                in
                exchange for part of the obligations of the provincial public
                sector.</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">During
                2005, by Decree No. 977 the Trust Fund for Provincial Development
                is
                ordered to issue the Secured Bonds due 2020 (BOGAR 2020) required
                in order
                to carry out the conversion of its debt into corporate bonds, and
                the
                conditions therefore are
                determined.</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">During
                2006, the Bank receives Secured Bonds due 2020 in exchange for Corporate
                Bonds issued by the Trust Fund for Provincial Development, thus completing
                the restructuring of the debt initiated during November
                2001.</font></div>
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      must be
      noted that all capital and interest services of the securities received in
      exchange for the debt in existence as of November 6, 2001, as mentioned above,
      have been paid up to this date in accordance with the conditions originally
      agreed upon by the National Government. The risk factor included on page 11
      of
      our Form 20-F as at December 31, 2006 makes reference to the high level of
      exposure of the public securities and national government loans; in the
      hypothetical case that such debt were to be once again renegotiated, the Bank
      might have its financial condition seriously affected, in spite of the fact
      that
      it was paid in due time until this date.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      Bank
      has significantly reduced its debt since 2002 until this date. Its present
      exposure is 25% below the amount at that date (it fell from 9.5 billion as
      of
      December 31, 2002 to 7.1 billion as of December 31, 2006).</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Describe
                the specific terms of the swap of 812.165 million pesos of Provincial
                Development Trust Fund Corporate Bonds for the BOGAR 2020 in 2003,
                how
                they were valued and how the gain or loss on the swap was determined
                in
                accordance with Argentine and US GAAP. Cite the specific authoritative
                US
                GAAP accounting guidance you relied on to determine the valuation
                and the
                gain or loss on the restructuring
                swap.</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Under
      BCRA&#8217;s rules, corporate bonds issued by the Provincial Development Trust Fund
      were valued as follows:</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">As
      of
      December 31, 2001, they were valued at their face value plus interest accrued
      at
      the end of the fiscal year. During fiscal year 2002, these accretions were
      converted into pesos at a rate of pesos 1.4 per US Dollar and adjusted according
      to CER plus interest accrued until the end of the fiscal year.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">From
      2003
      through 2005, they were valued at their present value according to the
      provisions of Communication "A" 3911 of the BCRA. The present value was
      calculated by discounting the cash flows contractually agreed upon at the rates
      determined in such Communication according to the following detail: As of
      December 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005, 3%, 3.5% and 4%, respectively. During 2006,
      public securities received by rescheduling (BOGAR 2020), registered as unlisted
      public securities, were valued at their present value according to the
      provisions of the said Communication.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Under
      US
      GAAP, the Provincial Development Trust Fund Corporate Bonds were registered
      at
      their fair value calculated according to a methodology of discounted cash flows
      based on a market rate from 2001 through 2005, taking into consideration the
      provisions of SFAS 115, &#8220;Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity
      Securities&#8221;, paragraph 137 &#8211; Appendix C, and SFAS 107, &#8220;Disclosures about Fair
      Value of Financial Instruments&#8221;, paragraphs 11 and 24. During 2006, the Bonds
      received during the restructuring period were valued also at their market value
      and were recorded as available for sale, considering as cost value the fair
      value of the Provincial Development Trust Fund Corporate Bonds at the time
      of
      the swap. This fair value did not differ from the fair value of the bond
      received, which was calculated on the basis of present values as they were
      not
      listed. The Bank has considered in this particular case the guidelines of EITF
      94-8 &#8220;Accounting for Conversion of a Loan into a Debt Security in a Debt
      Restructuring&#8221;.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Therefore,
      the above-mentioned swap did not generate results under US GAAP. Additionally,
      in every year the value determined under US GAAP was below that determined
      by
      Argentine Banking GAAP.</font></div>
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      of
      December 31, 2006, the reconciliation adjustment to US GAAP deriving from the
      BOGAR 2020 securities amounts to 76,307 thousands of pesos (reduction of net
      equity) according to the following detail, included in Note 17.5.1. Therefore,
      the gain included in Note 17.4.4. for 149,012 thousands of pesos is offset
      with
      the adjustment included in Note 17.5.1.</font><br></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Note
      17.5. Government and private valuation, page F-57</u></strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>We
                refer to the <em>Government Securities</em> line item that resulted in an
                increase to US GAAP net income in the Argentine Banking GAAP to US
                GAAP
                reconciliation in Note 17.24 on page F-65 for 55.710 million pesos
                in
                2006, 395.795 million pesos in 2005 and 531.630 million pesos in
                2004.
                Please provide us with the following
                information:</strong></font></div>
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            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Tell
                us what was the total amount and terms of the specific defaulted
                Government debt held by the Company during 2005 that was restructured
                in
                which you received Dollar-denominated Discount bond for US$26.083
                million
                and Peso-denominated Discount Bonds for 146.818 million
                pesos.</strong></font></div>
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      follows detailed information on the conditions of the public securities swapped
      for the bonds received as mentioned above in your comment:</font></div>
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          A
          (cont.)</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Conditions
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of expiration</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">11/05/2004</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
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                  OF
                  SURVEY). TO BE FIXED AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH INTEREST PERIOD.
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">IN
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                  ON
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>LE90</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">TREASURY
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              </td>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
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              </td>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">3/16/2001</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">3/15/2002</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
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              </td>
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              </td>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">ISSUED
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>GL30</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GLOBAL
                  EXTERNAL BONDS OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC IN US DOLLARS 10.25%
                  2000-2030</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">07/21/2000</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of expiration</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">07/21/2030</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Dollars</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Interest</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">INTEREST
                  RATE AT 10.25% PER ANNUM, PAID SEMIANNUALLY PER PAST DUE PERIODS
                  ON THE
                  21ST OF JANUARY AND THE 21ST OF JULY OF EACH YEAR</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Form
                  of amortization</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">TOTAL
                  AT EXPIRATION</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div><br></div>
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        <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="100%">

            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>TS27</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">BONTES
                  9.9375% /2027</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">9/19/1998</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of expiration</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">9/19/2027</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Dollars</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Interest</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">ANNUAL
                  FIXED RATE AT 9.9375%. SEMIANNUAL PAYMENT ON 19 MARCH AND 19 SEPTEMBER
                  OF
                  EACH YEAR</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Form
                  of amortization</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">TOTAL
                  AT EXPIRATION</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div align="left">
        <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="100%">

            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>PRE3</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">SOCIAL
                  SECURITY DEBTS CONSOLIDATION BONDS IN NATIONAL CURRENCY - 2ND.
                  SERIES</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">01/09/1992</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of expiration</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">01/09/2002</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Pesos</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Interest</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">VARIABLE
                  INTEREST RATE. INTEREST ARE CAPITALIZED ON THE FIRST 72 MONTHS,
                  THEN PAID
                  ON A MONTHLY BASIS TOGETHER WITH AMORTIZATION
                  INSTALLMENTS</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Form
                  of amortization</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">MONTHLY.
                  48 INSTALLMENTS: 47 AT 2.08% AND 1 AT 2.24% OF THE ISSUED AMOUNT
                  PLUS
                  CAPITALIZED INTEREST</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div align="left">
        <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="100%">

            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>PRE4</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">SOCIAL
                  SECURITY DEBTS CONSOLIDATION BONDS IN US DOLLARS - 2ND
                  SERIES</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">01/09/1992</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of expiration</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">01/09/2002</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Dollars</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Interest</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">LIBO
                  RATE AT 30 DAYS. INTEREST ARE CAPITALIZED DURING THE FIRST 72 MONTHS,
                  THEN
                  PAID ON A MONTHLY BASIS TOGETHER WITH AMORTIZATION
                  INSTALLMENTS</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Form
                  of amortization</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">MONTHLY
                  IN 48 INSTALLMENTS: 47 AT 2.08% AND 1 AT 2.24% OF THE ISSUED AMOUNT
                  PLUS
                  CAPITALIZED INTEREST</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div align="left">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">

            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>PRO2</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">CONSOLIDATION
                  BONDS IN US DOLLARS - 1ST SERIES</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">01/04/1991</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of expiration</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">01/04/2007</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Dollars</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Interest</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">LIBO
                  RATE AT 30 DAYS AS DETERMINED BY BCRA ON THE AVERAGE OF RATES REPORTED
                  BY
                  CORRESPONDENT BANKS. INTEREST ARE MONTHLY CAPITALIZED DURING THE
                  FIRST&#160;&#160;72 MONTHS AND ARE PAID TOGETHER WITH THE
                  AMORTIZATION</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Form
                  of amortization</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">MONTHLY.
                  120 INSTALLMENTS: 119 AT 0.84% AND 1 AT 0.04% OF THE AMOUNT ISSUED
                  PLUS
                  CAPITALIZED INTEREST</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
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            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>PRO4</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">CONSOLIDATION
                  BONDS IN US DOLLARS - 2ND SERIES</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">12/28/1994</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of expiration</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">12/28/2010</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Dollars</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Interest</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">IT
                  ACCRUES LIBO RATE AT 30 DAYS. INTEREST ARE CAPITALIZED DURING THE
                  FIRST 72
                  MONTHS AND THEN MONTHLY PAID WITH AMORTIZATION
                  INSTALLMENTS</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Form
                  of amortization</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">120
                  MONTLY INSTALLMENTS: 119 AT 0.84% AND THE LAST ONE AT 0.04%. PAYMENT
                  BEGINS TOGETHER WITH INTEREST</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div><br></div>
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          <div style="WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">-
            18
            -</font></div>
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          <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Annex
            A
            (cont.)</font></div>
          <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
        </div>
      </div>
      <div>
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">

            <tr>
              <td valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Securities
                  delivered in swap</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Conditions
                  <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 7pt;"><sup>(1)</sup></font></font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
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        <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="100%">

            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>PRO6</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">CONSOLIDATION
                  BONDS IN US DOLLARS - 3RD SERIES</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1/15/1999</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of expiration</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">4/15/2007</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Dollars</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Interest</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">LIBO
                  RATE FOR EURO DOLLAR DEPOSITS AT 3 MONTHS TERM. QUATERLY PAYMENT
                  ON 15
                  JANUARY, 15 APRIL, 15 JULY AND 15 OCTOBER OF EACH YEAR</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Form
                  of amortization</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">25
                  EQUAL AND CONSECUTIVE QUATERLY INSTALLMENTS, EQUIVALENT TO 4% OF
                  THE
                  ISSUED AMOUNT, PAID WITH INTEREST INSTALLMENTS AS
                  FROM&#160;&#160;4/15/2001</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div><br></div>
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        <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="100%">

            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>PRO1</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">CONSOLIDATION
                  BONDS IN NATIONAL CURRENCY - 1ST SERIES</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">01/04/1991</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of expiration</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">01/04/2007</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Pesos</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Interest</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">VARIABLE
                  RATE. INTEREST ARE CAPITALIZED ON THE FIRST 72 MONTHS AND THEN
                  PAID ON A
                  MONTHLY BASIS WITH THE AMORTIZATION INSTALLMENTS.</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Form
                  of amortization</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">MONTHLY.
                  120 INSTALLMENTS: 119 AT 0.84% AND 1 AT 0.04% OF THE AMOUNT ISSUED
                  PLUS
                  CAPITALIZED INTEREST</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
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            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>PRO5</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">CONSOLIDATION
                  BONDS IN NATIONAL CURRENCY - 3RD SERIES</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">1/15/1999</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of expiration</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">4/15/2007</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Pesos</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Interest</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">VARIABLE
                  RATE. QUATERLY PAYMENTS ON 15 JANUARY, 15 APRIL, 15 JULY AND 15
                  OCTOBER OF
                  EACH YEAR.</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Form
                  of amortization</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">IN
                  25 EQUAL AND CONSECUTIVE QUATERLY INSTALLMENTS, EQUIVALENT TO 4%
                  OF THE
                  ISSUED AMOUNT</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div><br></div>
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        <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="100%">

            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>PRO9</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">CONSOLIDATION
                  BONDS IN NATIONAL CURRENCY - 5TH SERIES</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">4/15/2001</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of expiration</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">4/15/2007</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Pesos</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Interest</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">BCRA
                  INTEREST RATE, COMMUNICATION "A" 1828, QUATERLY PAID</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Form
                  of amortization</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">16
                  QUATERLY INSTALLMENTS AT 6.25%</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 7pt;"><sup>(1)</sup></font>&#160;Source:
        Buenos Aires Stock Exchange</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Following
      is an explanation of the conditions of the bonds received in swap:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div>
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">

            <tr>
              <td valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Securities
                  delivered in swap</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Conditions
                  <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 7pt;"><sup>(1)</sup></font></font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
      <div align="left">
        <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="99%">

            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>DICP</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">DISCOUNT
                  SECURITIES IN PESOS GOVERNED BY THE ARGENTINE LAW EXPIRING IN
                  DECEMBER&#160;&#160;2033</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">12/31/2003</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of expiration</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">12/31/2033</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Pesos</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Interest</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Securities
                  will accrue interest, calculated on one year of 360 days formed
                  by 12
                  months of 30 days each, from and including 12.31.03, until, but
                  not
                  including, 12.31.33, at 5.83%. One part of the interest accrued
                  before
                  12.31.13 will be paid in cash and the other part will be capitalized.
                  This
                  means that on the pertinent payment date, the portion of interest
                  that is
                  capitalized is not paid in cash but is added to the amount of capital
                  of
                  the Discount Securities, and future interest calculations are based
                  on
                  this amount of adjusted capital. Payments in cash will be made
                  in the
                  currency of denomination of the corresponding Discount Securities.
                  Interest Payment dates for Discount Securities are 30 June and
                  31 December
                  of each year.</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Form
                  of amortization</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">In
                  20 semiannual installments on 30 June and 31 December of each year,
                  commencing on 30 June 2024. Each of the 20 semiannual payments
                  will
                  include the capitalized amounts accrued before the first repayment
                  date.</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div><br></div>
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        <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" width="100%">

            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>DICY</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">DISCOUNT
                  SECURITIES IN US DOLLARS GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF NEW YORK EXPIRING
                  IN
                  DECEMBER 2033</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">12/31/2003</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                  of expiration</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">12/31/2033</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
                  of issuance</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Dollars</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Interest</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Securities
                  will accrue interest at 8.28% per annum, calculated over a year
                  of 360
                  days formed by 12 months of 30 days each, from and including 12.31.03,
                  until but not including 12.31.33. One part of the accrued interest
                  before
                  12.31.13 will be paid in cash and the other part will be capitalized.
                  This
                  means that on the pertinent payment date the portion of interest
                  that is
                  capitalized is not paid in cash but, on the contrary, it is added
                  to the
                  capital amount of the Discount Securities, and future interest
                  calculations are based in the adjusted capital amount. Portion
                  to be
                  capitalized: From 12.31.03 up to but excluding 12.31.08: 2.51%.
                  Interest
                  payment dates for Discount Securities are 30 June and 31 December
                  of each
                  year. The portion of interest that should have been paid in cash
                  on
                  6.30.04 and 12.31.04 will be paid in cash on the Settlement
                  Date</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="30%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Form
                  of amortization</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="70%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">In
                  20 semiannual installments on 30 June and 31 December of each year,
                  commencing on 30 June 2024. Each of the 20 semiannual payments
                  will
                  include the capitalized amounts accrued before the first date of
                  amortization. The installments of securities denominated in US
                  dollars
                  will be the same.</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div>
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 7pt;"><sup>(1)</sup></font>&#160;Source:
          Buenos Aires Stock Exchange</font></div>
      </div>
    </div>
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        <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Annex
          A
          (cont.)</font></div>
        <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right">&#160;</div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Following
      are the BCRA and US GAAP valuations of bonds handed over and received in
      swap:</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Bond
                  handed over in swap</strong></font></div>
              </div>
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                the Argentine Banking GAAP to US GAAP
                reconciliation.</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">According
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      valued as follows:</font></div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">i)</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Argentine
                Republic External Bills in US dollars &#8220;Survey + 4.95% 2001-2004&#8221; and
                Treasury Bills Series 90 were valued at the lesser of the book value
                as of
                December 31, 2003, and the value that is obtained by applying to
                the face
                values at that date the percentage that results by application of
                the
                present net value method with respect to the Secured Bonds due 2018,
                in
                terms of Communication &#8220;A&#8221; 4084 of the
                BCRA.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">ii)</font></div>
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Holdings
                  for trading transactions and instruments issued by the BCRA were
                  valued
                  according to the listed prices in force for each security. Differences
                  in
                  quotations were charged to results of each fiscal
                  year.</font></div>
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                    <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">iii)</font></div>
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                      <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Unlisted
                        public securities were valued at the lesser of their present
                        value or
                        their face value (including adjustments and interest accrued),
                        according
                        to the provisions of Communication &#8220;A&#8221; 3911 as amended by
                        BCRA.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      new
      securities received by swap, that is to say the Dollar-denominated Discount
      Bonds and the Peso-denominated Discount Bonds were valued according to BCRA
      GAAP
      at the time of effecting the swap, at the book value of the swapped instruments
      less the interest services received during 2004 and the first half of 2005.
      Therefore, no income/loss was recorded under BCRA rules at the time the swap
      took place. As of December 31, 2005, the Dollar-denominated Discount Bonds
      were
      recorded by decision of the Bank at their quotation value and the
      Peso-denominated Discount Bonds at the above-mentioned swap value; such
      valuation would be reduced in the amount of the services to be received, without
      any application of updates or interest accrued.</font></div>
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      swap
      did not generate income/loss under US GAAP taking into account that at the
      beginning of 2005, the securities swapped were classified as available for
      sale
      and valued at their fair value. Likewise, the bonds received in swap were also
      classified as available for sale, and the cost value was considered to be the
      fair value of the bonds handed over during the swap, similar to the quoted
      market prices of the new bonds. Note that<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt;">&#160;</font>given that the Federal
      Government had publicly announced the swap, the market had considered in advance
      the effect of the swap in the quoted market prices of the securities to be
      swapped. The difference between the cost of theses available for sale securities
      and their fair value is recorded in Other comprehensive income, according to
      SFAS 115, &#8220;Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity
      Securities&#8221;.</font></div>
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        A
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Provide
                similar disclosure for the swap in 2006 of the Provincial Development
                Trust Fund Corporate Bonds into Secured Bonds due in 2020 with a
                face
                value of 551,231 million
                pesos.</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Please
      refer to our comment to the second bullet point of your comment number 7. The
      551.231 million correspond to the face value of the swapped Provincial
      Development Trust Fund Corporate Bonds for which BOGAR 2020 secured bonds were
      received with a face value of 812.165 million. The BOGAR 2020 secured bonds
      so
      received were accounted for under US GAAP as available for sale, and were
      recorded as from that moment at their fair value. The book value of these
      securities as at December 31, 2006 under BCRA amounted to 828,792 thousands
      of
      pesos while the book value under US GAAP was 752,485 thousands of
      pesos.</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Tell
                us what is the nature of the relationship between the loan swaps
                described
                in Note 15.5 and the two loan swap in 2004 described in Note 17.18
                on page
                F-63 in which Secured Bonds due in 2018 were swapped for Government
                Bonds.</strong></font></div>
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      swaps
      mentioned in Note 17.18 are considered in our answers to the first two bullet
      point of your comment 6. There is no relationship between the debt swap
      mentioned in Note 15.5 and the swaps mentioned in Note 17.18. Note 17.18 is
      referred to swaps effected for canceling rescheduled deposits and Note 15.5
      to
      swaps made with public securities in default.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Note
      17.14. Variable-income investment, page F-59</u></strong></font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>We
                refer to the statement that the Consolidar Group has variable-income
                investment for which under US GAAP its fair value would be determined
                by
                mathematical models such as the Black-Scholes model. Please tell
                us and in
                future filings to:</strong></font></div>
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            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Describe
                in greater detail what you mean by <em>variable-income investment</em> and
                refer to the specific authoritative US GAAP guidance you relied on
                to
                estate that these type of investments are valued using mathematical
                models
                such as Black-Scholes.</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Consolidar
      Group has carried out investments in public securities with variable income
      whose fair value under US GAAP is estimated considering mathematical models
      in
      accordance with SFAS 107, &#8220;Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial
      Instruments&#8221;, paragraph 25. As described in Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial
      Statements (F-27), the Bank maintains Peso-denominated GDP-related securities
      for 20,476 thousands and 40,074 thousands as of December 31, 2006 and 2005,
      respectively. These have been issued by the National Government as a consequence
      of the national public debt swap and its yield is associated with the Gross
      Domestic Product of Argentina. The Bank considers that these figures of theses
      securities holdings are not material and that the effect of reconciliation
      adjustment between BCRA and US GAAP is not material.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Taking
      into account that theses securities holdings and the effect of reconciliation
      adjustment are not material, we will eliminate this disclosure in future
      filings.</font></div>
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                you are referring to the reporting requirements of FIN46R, please
                describe
                how the Company determined that the Black-Scholes model is an appropriate
                model for valuing variable-income
                investments.</strong></font></div>
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      is
      not applicable to the investments mentioned above as such investments consist
      of
      Public Securities issued by the National Government, whose yield is linked
      to
      the Gross Domestic Product of Argentina.</font></div>
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    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Note
      17.21. Accounting for derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, page
      F-63</u></strong></font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>We
                refer to your description of the reporting requirements for derivatives
                under SFAS 133 and your statement that management believes the derivative
                instruments used by the bank as detailed in Note 16.18 on page F-48
<em>do
                not have a material impact on the Company&#8217;s financial condition of result
                of operations. </em>Please tell us and disclose in future filings, for
                each derivative instrument describe in Note
                16.18:</strong></font></div>
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                they qualify in accordance with SFAS 133 as fair value hedges, cash
                flow
                hedges or foreign currency hedges or economic
                hedges</strong></font></div>
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      stated
      in Note 16.7, &#8220;The Bank enters into spot, forward, repurchase and reverse
      repurchase agreements, to buy or sell foreign currency (principally U.S.
      dollars) and Government securities&#8221;.</font></div>
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      are the notional and fair values (in thousands of pesos) of such transactions
      as
      of December 31, 2006:</font></div>
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      the volume of outstanding transactions and does not represent the potential
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      market risk of derivatives arises from the potential for changes in value due
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      forth by the BCRA in relation to the technical ratio of the Net Global Position
      in foreign currency and to reduce fluctuations risks in the rates of exchange.
      However, such transactions do not qualify as foreign exchange hedge in terms
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      Activities&#8221;.</font></div>
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      thousand pesos. This transaction qualifies as cash flow hedge and corresponds
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        A
        (cont.)</font></div>
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    </div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt;" face="Symbol, serif"><strong>&#183;</strong></font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>How
                the accounting for these derivative transactions as required by SFAS
                133
                affects the Argentine Banking GAAP to US GAAP reconciliation of net
                income
                and stockholders&#180; equity.</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">These
      transactions are valued at fair value under BCRA&#8217;s regulations, there being no
      differences with the US GAAP. Therefore, the income and the net stockholders&#8217;
equity are not affected by these transactions.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">As
      expressed in Note 17.11 (F-59), &#8220;in general entities would not recognize a
      receivable or payable but would recognize the differences arising from changes
      in the market price of securities or currency to be received or delivered if
      the
      transaction did not qualify as a hedge&#8221;. In such Note it is also indicated that
      the effect of applying the US GAAP only determines assets and liabilities
      reductions of the same amount: &#8220;the Bank&#8217;s assets and liabilities would have
      decreased by approximately 71,868 and 84,523 at December 31, 2006 and 2005,
      respectively&#8221;.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 54pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">It
      is also
      mentioned that the same effect would be disclosed in the Balance Sheet
      disclosure requirements in accordance with Regulation S-X (see Note
      16.18.).</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>General</u></strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>11.</strong></font></div>
            </td>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Please
                revise Note 17 in future filings to describe for each reconciling
                item in
                the Argentine Banking to US GAAP reconciliation the specific US GAAP
                authoritative guidance you are using for determining the differences
                between Argentine Banking GAAP and US GAAP
                accounting.</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">For
      the
      purpose of clarifying the disclosures in our future filings, we propose to
      the
      Staff consideration the following changes in the following notes:</font></div>
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            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Loan
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      second
      paragraph:</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strike>U.S.
      GAAP</strike><em> SFAS No. 114, &#8220;Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a
      Loan&#8221;,</em> requires that an allowance for loan losses be maintained to cover
      estimated losses inherent in the loan portfolio. Under this concept, the
      specific allowances identified for individual loans or pools of loans are
      supplemented by an amount provided for inherent loan losses estimated to have
      been incurred but which are not identified based on individual loan reviews.
      The
      amount of inherent loss for loans not specifically provided is estimated based
      upon evaluation of historical write-off experience, mix of loans and other
      factors.</font></div>
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            </td>
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                recognition&#8212;non-accrual
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      the Bank suspends the accrual of interest generally when the related loan is
      non-performing and the collection of interest and principal is in doubt. Accrued
      interest remains on the Banks books and is considered a part of the loan
      balance. It allowances in its whole when the Bank determined the reserve for
      credit losses. <strike>U.S. GAAP</strike><em>SFAS No. 114,</em><em>&#8220;Accounting
      by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan&#8221;,</em> requires that such accrued interest
      be charged off to income.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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      Bank
      recognizes interest income on a cash basis for non-accrual loans. <strike>U.S.
      GAAP</strike><em>SFAS No. 114</em>, requires that if the collectibility of the
      principal of the non-accrual loan is in doubt, cash payments should be applied
      to reduce the principal to the extent necessary to remove such doubt. Management
      believes that the effect of this difference in interest recognition is not
      material to the Bank&#8217;s consolidated income statements taken as a
      whole.</font></div>
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        A
        (cont.)</font></div>
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            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Federal
                Government Secured Loans</strong></font></div>
            </td>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      third
      paragraph:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">As
      of
      December 31, 2001, the above mentioned debt swap was subject to the provisions
      of SFAS No. 115, &#8220;Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt <em>and Equity
</em>Securities&#8221;. According to SFAS No. 115 <strike>a non</strike>- <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times, serif;"><em>an
</em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times, serif;">&#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times, serif;"><em>other
      than</em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times, serif;">&#160;</font>temporary
      impairment affects the swapped obligations and therefore requires that, in
      the
      event of such obligations having been classified as &#8220;held to maturity&#8221;, a loss
      be recorded for the difference between the book value of the obligation so
      swapped and its quotation at the date of the swap, as such quotation is
      understood to be the best measure for recognizing the above-mentioned
      impairment. Once this impairment is recognized in the accounting, the new book
      value of the obligations to be swapped will constitute the initial value of
      the
      new loans received. As from such date, the Bank considered the mentioned value
      plus the related CER adjustment accrued. <em>According to SFAS No. 91,
</em><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt;"><em>&#8220;A</em></font><em>ccounting
      for
      Nonrefundable Fees and Costs Associated with Originating or Acquiring Loans
      and
      Initial Direct Costs of Leases, the Bank recognizes the income for each fiscal
      year using the accretion interest method.</em></font></div>
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            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Loans&#8212;Non-Financial
                Provincial Governmental Sector and other governmental sector
                agencies</strong></font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      third
      paragraph:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Considering
      the issues mentioned above, impairment does affect such credit facilities and
      a
      loss must therefore be recorded according to U.S. GAAP for the difference
      between their accounting value and the expected value of their future cash
      flows, <em>taking into consideration the provision of SFAS No 115, &#8220;Accounting
      for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities&#8221;.</em></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Government
                and private securities&#8212;Trading
                Account</strong></font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      first
      paragraph:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Under
      U.S.
      GAAP, the Bank classified as trading securities, its holdings booked in
      investment accounts under BCRA&#8217;s rules, basically BODEN 2012 and other
      securities. The Bank carries these Government and private securities in
      accordance with BCRA (see Note 3.4.2.). Under U.S. GAAP for trading securities,
      <em>taking into consideration the provision of SFAS No 115, &#8220;Accounting for
      Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities&#8221;, </em>a fair valuation
      methodology should be used to value the securities for accounting
      purposes.</font></div>
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            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Investment
                in other companies</strong></font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      second
      paragraph:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      addition, there are a number of companies which are under 20% and they were
      valued by the equity method in accordance with Argentine Central Bank&#8217;s rules.
      Under <strike>U.S. GAAP</strike><em>SFAS No. 115</em>, <em>&#8220;Accounting for
      Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities&#8221;, </em>such investments, which
      are non-marketable securities, would have been valued at cost. Had U.S. GAAP
      been applied, the Bank&#8217;s assets would have decreased by 20,638, 16,970 and
      13,400 at December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.</font></div>
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            </td>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>17.9.</strong></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Vacation
                expense</strong></font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      first
      paragraph:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      cost
      of vacations earned by employees is generally recorded by the Bank when paid.
      <strike>U.S. GAAP</strike><em>SFAS No. 43, &#8220;Accounting for Compensated
      Absences&#8221;,</em> requires that this expense be recorded on an accrual basis as
      the vacations are earned.</font></div>
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        A
        (cont.)</font></div>
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    </div>
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            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Technical
                Valuation &#8211; Inflation
                adjustments</strong></font></div>
            </td>
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      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">A
      technical revaluation (inflation adjustments) of the Bank&#8217;s properties was made
      in 1981 to eliminate relative price distortions generated by the hyper inflation
      then prevailing in Argentina. This revaluation was recorded in the &#8220;Adjustments
      to stockholders&#8217; equity&#8221; caption. Under BCRA&#8217;s rules, when an asset which had
      been revalued is sold at a loss, the loss is recorded directly to &#8220;Adjustments
      to stockholders&#8217; equity&#8221; to the extent of the original revaluation. Under
<strike>U.S. GAAP</strike><em>SFAS No. 52</em>, <em>&#8220;Foreign Currency
      Translation&#8221;, </em>the technical valuation (inflation adjustments) is considered
      to be a permanent addition to equity and, accordingly, any loss on the sale
      of
      an asset which was revalued would be reflected in net income. There has been
      no
      sale of revalued assets during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006, 2005
      and 2004. Consequently, the balance related to the previously mentioned
      revaluation included in the &#8220;Adjustments to Stockholders&#8217; Equity&#8221; caption has
      not been modified.</font></div>
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            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Provision
                related to insurance
                activities</strong></font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      third
      paragraph:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      effects of adjustments required to state such amounts in accordance with US.
      GAAP, <em>under SFAS No. 60</em>, <em>&#8220;Accounting and Reporting by Insurance
      Enterprises&#8221;,</em> would have decreased stockholders&#8217; equity by 230,194, 209,039
      and 172,930 as of December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Technical
                Commitments</strong></font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      second
      paragraph:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      effects of adjustments required to state such amounts in accordance with US.
      GAAP, <em>under SFAS No. 60</em>, <em>&#8220;Accounting and Reporting by Insurance
      Enterprises&#8221;,</em> would have decreased liabilities by 30,150 and 10,114 as of
      December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, and would have increased liabilities
      by 36,783 as of December 31, 2004. On the other hand, income for the fiscal
      years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 would have increased by 20,036,
      46,897 and 4,574, respectively.</font></div>
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            </td>
            <td align="left">
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Allowance
                for other contingencies</strong></font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      second
      paragraph:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      effects of adjustments required to state such amounts in accordance with
<strike>US. GAAP</strike><em>SFAS No. 5, &#8220;Accounting for Contingencies&#8221;,</em>
      would have decreased Allowances for other contingencies by 44,818 as of December
      31, 2006. On the other hand, income for the fiscal year ended December 31,
      2006
      would have increased by 44,818.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      following Annex details the characteristics of each government securities
      delivered (left column) and of the secured loans received in exchange (right
      column), converted into pesos according to Decree No. 471/02, as well as the
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                        THRU 04/09/02
                        AND ARE PAID MONTHLY.</font></div>
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                        TO 4 % OF
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                        INSTALLMENTS</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of issuance</font></div>
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                        of expiration</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                        of expiration</font></div>
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                        of issuance</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                        AND 30 SEPTEMBER OF EVERY YEAR</font></div>
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                        adjustment after 3 Feb 2002</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Form
                        of amortization</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">19
                        BIANNUAL INSTALLMENTS: THE FIRST 7 AT 1%, THE 8TH AT 5% AND
                        FROM 9TH
                        THROUGH 19TH AT 8%. FIRST SERVICE ON 03/31/1996.</font></div>
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                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                        RATE 3 % ANNUALLY, PAYABLE MONTHLY</font></div>
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                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
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                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                        of amortization</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
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                        BIANNUAL INSTALLMENTS (6 AT 14.286% AND 1 AT 14.284%) STARTING
                        ON
                        03/31/2005</font></div>
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                  </tr>
                  <tr>
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                    <td valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td valign="bottom" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>GD08</strong></font></div>
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                        2001-2004 AND
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>PG
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                  <tr>
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                    </td>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of issuance</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">11/06/2001</font></div>
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                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of expiration</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">12/19/2008</font></div>
                    </td>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of expiration</font></div>
                    </td>
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                        of issuance</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
                        of issuance</font></div>
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                        AND
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">SIX
                        CONSECUTIVE BIANNUAL INSTALLMENTS, THE FIRST FIVE AT 16.66%
                        AND THE LAST
                        ONE AT 16.7% STARTING 06/19/06</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Interest</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
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                        of amortization</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
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                        ON
                        06/19/2009</font></div>
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                    <td valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                    <td valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td valign="bottom" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GLOBAL
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>PG
                        GE17</strong></font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid">
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of issuance</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of issuance</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">11/06/2001</font></div>
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                  <tr>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of expiration</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">01/30/2017</font></div>
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                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of expiration</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid">
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                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                        of issuance</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Dollars</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
                        of issuance</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Pesos</font></div>
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                  <tr>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Interest</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">FIXED
                        RATE 11.375 % ANNUALLY, PAYMENT BIANNUALLY ON 30 JANUARY
                        AND 30 JULY OF
                        EVERY YEAR</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">CER
                        adjustment after 3 Feb 2002</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Yes</font></div>
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                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Form
                        of amortization</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">TOTAL
                        ON EXPIRATION</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Interest</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">FIXED
                        RATE 5 % ANNUALLY, PAYABLE MONTHLY</font></div>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
                    </td>
                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Form
                        of amortization</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">TOTAL
                        ON EXPIRATION</font></div>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td valign="bottom" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>GE31</strong></font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GLOBAL
                        EXTERNAL BONDS OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC IN US DOLLARS 12%
                        2001-2031</font></div>
                    </td>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>PG
                        GE31</strong></font></div>
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                        RATE SECURED LOAN GL 31 MEGA</font></div>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                    </td>
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                        of issuance</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
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                        of expiration</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of expiration</font></div>
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                        of issuance</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">TOTAL
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Interest</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
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                        of amortization</font></div>
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                          entered for swapping</strong></font></div>
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                          <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt;"><sup>(2)
                          (3)</sup></font></font></div>
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                        GF19</strong></font></div>
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                        of issuance</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of issuance</font></div>
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                        of expiration</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of expiration</font></div>
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                        of issuance</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Dollars</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
                        of issuance</font></div>
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                        AND 25 AUGUST OF
                        EVERY YEAR.</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">CER
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                        of amortization</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">TOTAL
                        ON EXPIRATION</font></div>
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                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Interest</font></div>
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                        RATE 5 % ANNUALLY, PAYABLE MONTHLY</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
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                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Form
                        of amortization</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">TOTAL
                        ON EXPIRATION</font></div>
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                    <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td valign="top" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>GF20</strong></font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GLOBAL
                        EXTERNAL BONDS OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC IN US DOLLARS 12%
                        2000-2020</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>PG
                        GF20</strong></font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of issuance</font></div>
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                    </td>
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                    </td>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Pesos</font></div>
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                        1 AUGUST OF EVERY
                        YEAR</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">CER
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                  <tr>
                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
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                    <td valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                    <td valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td valign="bottom" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>GJ18</strong></font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">GLOBAL
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                        06/19/06</font></div>
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                        CAPITAL AND INTEREST ACCRUED UNTIL 06/19/06 WILL BE PAID
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                        06/19/16</font></div>
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                        EQUAL BIANNUAL INSTALLMENTS STARTING 06/19/2016</font></div>
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                    <td valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                    <td valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>GJ31</strong></font></div>
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                        GJ31</strong></font></div>
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                        of issuance</font></div>
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                        of issuance</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                        of expiration</font></div>
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                        of expiration</font></div>
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                        BE CAPITALIZED
                        BIANNUALLY ON 06/19 AND 12/19, FROM 12/19/01 THRU 06/19/06.
                        INTEREST WILL
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">THE
                        CAPITAL AND INTEREST ACCRUED UNTIL 06/19/06 WILL BE TOTALLY
                        PAID ON
                        EXPIRATION</font></div>
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                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Interest</font></div>
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                        RATE 5 % ANNUALLY, PAYABLE MONTHLY</font></div>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
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                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
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                  <tr>
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                    <td valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                    <td valign="bottom" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>NF18</strong></font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
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                        29 SEPTEMBER OF
                        EVERY YEAR</font></div>
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                        THRU 04/09/02
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                        AT 0.98%
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                    <td valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                    <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td valign="top" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>GS27</strong></font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>PG
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                        of issuance</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of issuance</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">11/06/2001</font></div>
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                        of expiration</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">09/19/2027</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of expiration</font></div>
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                        of issuance</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Dollars</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
                        of issuance</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                        SEPTEMBER OF
                        EVERY YEAR</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Form
                        of amortization</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">TOTAL
                        ON EXPIRATION</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Interest</font></div>
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                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
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                        of amortization</font></div>
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                A.1
                (cont.)</font></div>&#160;

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                      <td valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Securities
                          entered for swapping</strong></font></div>
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                        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Conditions
                          <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt;"><sup>(1)</sup></font></font></div>
                      </td>
                      <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Loan/Bond
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                        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Conditions
                          <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt;"><sup>(2)
                          (3)</sup></font></font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>GSAJ1</strong></font></div>
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                        OF THE PROVINCE OF SAN JUAN GUARANTEED BY THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
                        -
                        13.25%</font></div>
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                        of expiration</font></div>
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                        of expiration</font></div>
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                        DECEMBER OF EVERY
                        YEAR</font></div>
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                        THRU 04/09/02
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                        AT 0.98%
                        AND ONE INSTALLMENT AT 1.14% OF THE CAPITAL ADJUSTED BY THE
                        REFERENCE
                        STABILIZATION COEFFICIENT</font></div>
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                    <td valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                        of issuance</font></div>
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                        of expiration</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                        of expiration</font></div>
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                        of issuance</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                        THEREAFTER THEY WILL BE PAID MONTHLY WITH THE MONTHLY AMORTIZATION
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                        AMOUNT PLUS
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                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
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                        THEREAFTER THEY
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                        AMOUNT PLUS
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                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
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                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
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                    <td valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td valign="bottom" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>PG
                        PRO6</strong></font></div>
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                        of issuance</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of issuance</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">11/06/2001</font></div>
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                        of expiration</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of expiration</font></div>
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                        of issuance</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
                        of issuance</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Pesos</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                        FOR DEPOSITS EN EURODOLLARS AT 3 MONTHS. QUARTERLY PAYMENTS
                        ON 15 JANUARY,
                        15 APRIL, 15 JULY AND 15 OCTOBER OF EVERY YEAR</font></div>
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                        of amortization</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">25
                        EQUAL AND CONSECUTIVE QUARTERLY INSTALLMENTS, EQUIVALENT
                        TO 4% OF THE
                        ISSUED AMOUNT, PAYABLE WITH INTEREST INSTALLMENTS AS FROM
                        04/15/2001</font></div>
                    </td>
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                A.1
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                        of issuance</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
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                    <td valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of issuance</font></div>
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                        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">11/06/2001</font></div>
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                        of expiration</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of expiration</font></div>
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                        of issuance</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Dollars</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
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                  <tr>
                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Form
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                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
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                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
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                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Form
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                    <td valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td valign="bottom" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>VBL6</strong></font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                        RATE GOVERNMENT BONDS IN US DOLLARS</font></div>
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                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>PG
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                        RATE SECURED BOND RADAR 3</font></div>
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                  <tr>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of issuance</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">07/24/2001</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of issuance</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
                        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">11/06/2001</font></div>
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                  <tr>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of expiration</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">07/24/2006</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of expiration</font></div>
                    </td>
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                        of issuance</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Dollars</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
                        of issuance</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Pesos</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">BASIS
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                        BE THE AVERAGE
                        OF THE LAST 10 BUSINESS DAYS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE START
                        OF EACH
                        INTEREST PERIOD OF THE BCRA SURVEY RATE FOR FIXED TERM DEPOSITS
                        IN USS AT
                        30 TO 35 DAYS FOR PRIVATE BANKS (BADLAR). PAYABLE BIMONTHLY
                        ON THE 24TH OF
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">CER
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                  <tr>
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                    </td>
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                        of issuance</font></div>
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                        of expiration</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of expiration</font></div>
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                        of issuance</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
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                        BASIC RATE PLUS
                        A MARGIN OF 400 BASIS POINTS. PAYABLE BY EXPIRED PERIOD,
                        BASED ON THE DAYS
                        EFFECTIVELY ELAPSED ON A 365-DAY ANNUAL PERIOD. THE BASIC
                        RATE WILL BE THE
                        AVERAGE OF THE LAST 10 PUBLISHED BUSSINESS DAYS IMMEDIATELY
                        PRECEDING THE
                        START OF EACH INTEREST PERIOD OF THE SURVEY RATE PUBLISHED
                        BY THE BCRA,
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                        of amortization</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                        ON EXPIRATION</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Interest</font></div>
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                  <tr>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
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                        ON EXPIRATION</font></div>
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            <div>&#160;</div>
            <div>&#160;</div>
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                  29
                  -</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Annex
                A.1
                (cont.)</font></div>&#160;

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                        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Securities
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                      </td>
                      <td valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Conditions
                          <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt;"><sup>(1)</sup></font></font></div>
                      </td>
                      <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
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                        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Loan/Bond
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                        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Conditions
                          <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt;"><sup>(2)
                          (3)</sup></font></font></div>
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                    </tr>

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            <div>&#160;</div>
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                    </td>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>PG
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">VARIABLE
                        RATE SECURED BOND RADAR 2</font></div>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of issuance</font></div>
                    </td>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">05/28/2001</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of issuance</font></div>
                    </td>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">11/06/2001</font></div>
                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of expiration</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">VARIABLE
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>PG
                        VE02</strong></font></div>
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                        of issuance</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of issuance</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
                        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">11/06/2001</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of expiration</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">08/22/2002</font></div>
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                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Date
                        of expiration</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">08/22/2005</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
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                        of issuance</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Dollars</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Currency
                        of issuance</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Pesos</font></div>
                    </td>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Interest</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">VARIABLE
                        RATE, THE GREATER OF: A) PASSIVE INTEREST RATE FOR FIXED-TERM
                        DEPOSITS IN
                        US$ AS REPORTED BY BCRA PLUS MARGIN OF 330 BASIC POINTS AND
                        B) TOTAL
                        INDEBTEDNESS COST ACCORDING TO LAST ISSUE PRIOR TO DETERMINING
                        OF INTEREST
                        RATE FOR LETES AT 91 DAYS. PAYABLE MONTHLY ON THE 22ND OF
                        EACH
                        MONTH</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">CER
                        adjustment after 3 Feb 2002</font></div>
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                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Yes</font></div>
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                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Form
                        of amortization</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">TOTAL
                        ON EXPIRATION</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Interest</font></div>
                    </td>
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                    </td>
                  </tr>
                  <tr>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="34%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
                    </td>
                    <td width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">&#160;</font></td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">Form
                        of amortization</font></div>
                    </td>
                    <td align="left" valign="top" width="35%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 0.5pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;">TOTAL
                        ON EXPIRATION</font></div>
                    </td>
                  </tr>

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        <div>&#160;</div>
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                <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="32%">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.55; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt;"><sup>(1)</sup></font>Source:
                    Buenos Aires Stock Exchange</font></div>
                </td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="32%">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.55; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt;"><sup>(2)</sup></font>Source:
                    Resolution No. 50 from the Ministry of
                    Economy</font></div>
                </td>
              </tr>

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              <tr>
                <td align="left" colspan="2" valign="bottom" width="95%">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.55; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt;"><sup>(3)</sup></font>As
                    per point
                    FIVE of the Guaranteed Loan Agreement it was set forth
                    that:</font></div>
                </td>
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              <tr>
                <td colspan="5" rowspan="8" valign="bottom" width="187%">
                  <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt;"><strong><em>"Guarantee
                    and payment
                    of services of Secured Loans</em></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt;"><em>:
                    In guarantee of the services
                    of Capital and Interest and with charge to the payment of the
                    interest
                    services of Secured Loans, the Argentine Republic irrevocably
                    assigns in
                    guarantee for this act to the Creditors in particular the rights
                    on the
                    resources of the Credit and Debit Tax in&#160;&#160;Bank Account as set
                    forth by Law 25,413, as amended by Law 25,453, and following
                    modifications, and in general all recourses that may correspond
                    to the
                    former according to the Federal Tax Coparticipation System, from
                    which are
                    excluded those recourses that correspond to the Provinces and
                    the Social
                    Security (the "Assignment"), for up to the amount that may result
                    necessary to settle the totality of expirations of Capital and
                    Interest
                    thereof, under the conditions set forth in the following articles.
                    The
                    Assignment does not imply, nor it must be construed as a cancellation,
                    novation and/or modification of the Secured Loans, nor limit
                    in any manner
                    the full responsibility of the Argentine Republic with respect
                    to the
                    Creditors, nor be considered as a Datio in Solutum of Secured
                    Loans nor
                    cancel them in any manner. Creditors accept that the granting
                    of
                    guarantees by the Argentine Republic in compliance with Titles
                    II, III and
                    IV of Decree 1,387/2001 of the National Executive Power with
                    respect to
                    Secured Loans or securities representing Domestic Public Debt
                    and Foreign
                    Public Debt in force on the date of granting hereof, and which
                    in future
                    are made or issued for Capital cancellation thereof carried out
                    under
                    conditions pari passu with the guarantee granted to Creditors
                    by this
                    article. The Argentine Republic may&#160;&#160;freely dispose of,
                    including without limitation to affect under guarantee, their
                    right over
                    the surplus of the recourses affected in guarantee by the present
                    article
                    that are not necessary to cover the totality of the expirations
                    of Capital
                    and Interest of Secured Loans".</em></font></font></div>
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