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equirement to publish a prospectus for offers of Notes. Accordingly any person making or intending to makean offer in that Relevant Member State of Notes which are the subject of an offering contemplated in thisOffering Circular as completed by Final Terms in relation to the offer of those Notes may only do so (i) incircumstances in which no obligation arises for the Issuer or any Dealer to publish a prospectus pursuant toArticle 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the ProspectusDirective, in each case, in relation to such offer, or (ii) if a prospectus for such offer has been approved by thecompetent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another RelevantMember State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member State and (in either case)published, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, provided that any such prospectus hassubsequently been completed by final terms which specify that offers may be made other than pursuant toArticle 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive in that Relevant Member State and such offer is made in the periodbeginning and ending on the dates specified for such purpose in such prospectus or final terms, as applicable.Except to the extent sub-paragraph (ii) above may apply, neither the Issuer nor any Dealer have authorised,nor do they authorise, the making of any offer of Notes in circumstances in which an obligation arises for theIssuer or any Dealer to publish or supplement a prospectus for such offer.The Issuer maintains its financial books and records and prepares its financial statements in euro inaccordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the European Commission,which differ in certain important respects from generally accepted accounting principles in the United States(U.S. GAAP).All figures in this Offering Circular have not been audited, unless stated otherwise, and are internal figures ofRabobank Nederland or Rabobank Group. The financial data in this Offering Circular has been extracted fromthe audited consolidated financial statements of Rabobank Group, the annual report of Rabobank Group forthe year 2007 or the interim report of Rabobank Group for the year 2008, unless stated otherwise.All references in this document to “U.S.$ ”, “U.S. dollars” and “USD” are to the lawful currency of the UnitedStates of America, to “GBP” are to the lawful currency of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland and to “€ ”, “euro” and “EUR” are to the lawful currency of the member states of the European Unionthat have adopted the single currency in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community, asamended by the Treaty on the European Union (the “EC Member States”).From time to time the credit rating agencies may revise outlooks on their ratings of the Issuer or the Issuer’ssecurities. Unless required by applicable law, the Issuer might not prepare a supplement to this OfferingCircular or publish a new Offering Circular for use in connection with any subsequent offer of the Notes in theevent that one or more of these credit rating agencies revise their ratings outlook on the Issuer or the Issuer’ssecurities.In connection with the issue of any Tranche of Notes, the Dealer(s) (if any) named as the StabilisingManager(s) (or persons acting on behalf of any Stabilising Manager(s)) in the relevant Final Terms may overallotNotes or effect transactions with a view to supporting the market price of the Notes at a level higher thanthat which might otherwise prevail. However, there is no assurance that the Stabilising Manager(s) (or personsacting on behalf of a Stabilising Manager) will undertake stabilisation action. Any stabilisation action maybegin on or after the date on which adequate public disclosure of the terms of the offer of the relevant Trancheof Notes is made and, if begun, may be ended at any time, but it must end no later than the earlier of 30 daysafter the issue date of the relevant Tranche of Notes and 60 days after the date of the allotment of the relevantTranche of Notes. Any stabilisation action or over-allotment must be conducted by the relevant StabilisingManager(s) (or persons acting on behalf of any Stabilising Manager(s)) in accordance with all applicable lawsand rules.TO NEW HAMPSHIRE RESIDENTS: NEITHER THE FACT THAT A REGISTRATION STATEMENTOR AN APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE HAS BEEN FILED UNDER CHAPTER 421-B OF THE NEWHAMPSHIRE REVISED STATUTES ANNOTATED (RSA) WITH THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRENOR THE FACT THAT A SECURITY IS EFFECTIVELY REGISTERED OR A PERSON IS LICENSED31