BANCO DE LA NACION ARGENTINA LONDON RETIREMENT BENEFITS SCHEME

Notice is hereby given pursuant to section 27 of the Trustee Act 1925 that all persons having any claim or demands upon or against the assets of the above-named Scheme which is in the process of being wound up by the Trustees of the Scheme, are hereby required to send written particulars of their claims by registered post to the Trustees, prior to 20 June 2003. Notice is hereby also given that after the date the Trustees will proceed to distribute the remaining assets of the fund in accordance with the provisions of the Scheme amongst the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to such claims of which they shall have then have had notice, and that they will not be responsible for the assets, or any part thereof, so distributed, to any person whose claim they shall not then have had notice. This notice concerns only those persons who have not received correspondence or notification of the winding-up from the Trustees of the Scheme. Those that have received correspondence or notification need not re-apply. The Trustees of the Banco de la Nacion Argentina London Retirement Benefits Scheme c/o Lawrence Graham Trust Corporation, 190 Strand, London WC2R 1JN. 16 April 2003.