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Level: 8 – From: 8 – Thursday, August 9, 2007 – 2:17 pm – mac5 – 3776 Intro : 3776 IntroThis Base Prospectus comprises a base prospectus for the purposes of Article 5.4 of Directive2003/71/EC (the Prospectus Directive).The Issuer and NIG accept responsibility for the information contained in this Base Prospectus. Tothe best of the knowledge of each of the Issuer and NIG (each having taken all reasonable care toensure that such is the case) the information contained in this Base Prospectus is in accordancewith the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.This Base Prospectus should be read and construed together with any amendments orsupplements hereto and, in relation to any Series of Trust Certificates, should be read andconstrued together with the applicable Final Terms.Copies of Final Terms will be available from the registered office of the Issuer and the specifiedoffice set out below of the Principal Paying Agent (as defined below) save that, if the relevant TrustCertificates are neither admitted to trading on a regulated market in the European Economic Areanor offered in the European Economic Area in circumstances where a prospectus is required to bepublished under the Prospectus Directive, the applicable Final Terms will only be obtainable by aCertificateholder holding one or more Trust Certificates and such Certificateholder must produceevidence satisfactory to the Issuer or, as the case may be, the Principal Paying Agent as to itsholding of such Trust Certificates and identity.The Dealers and the Delegate have not independently verified the information contained herein.Accordingly, no representation, warranty or undertaking, express or implied, is made and noresponsibility or liability is accepted by the Dealers and the Delegate as to the accuracy orcompleteness of the information contained in this Base Prospectus or any other informationprovided by the Issuer or NIG in connection with the Programme. No Dealer nor the Delegateaccepts any liability in relation to the information contained in this Base Prospectus or any otherinformation provided by the Issuer and NIG in connection with the Programme.No person is or has been authorised by the Issuer or NIG to give any information or to make anyrepresentation not contained in or not consistent with this Base Prospectus or any otherinformation supplied in connection with the Programme or the Trust Certificates and, if given ormade, such information or representation must not be relied upon as having been authorised bythe Issuer, NIG, the Trustee, the Delegate or any of the Dealers.Neither this Base Prospectus nor any other information supplied in connection with theProgramme or any Trust Certificates (a) is intended to provide the basis of any credit or otherevaluation or (b) should be considered as a recommendation by the Issuer, NIG, the Trustee, theDelegate or any of the Dealers that any recipient of this Base Prospectus or any other informationsupplied in connection with the Programme or any Trust Certificates should purchase any TrustCertificates. Each investor contemplating purchasing any Trust Certificates should make its ownindependent investigation of the financial condition and affairs, and its own appraisal of thecreditworthiness, of the Issuer and NIG. Neither this Base Prospectus nor any other informationsupplied in connection with the Programme or the issue of any Trust Certificates constitutes anoffer or invitation by or on behalf of the Issuer, NIG, the Trustee, the Delegate or any of the Dealersto any person to subscribe for or to purchase any Trust Certificates.No comment is made or advice given by the Issuer, NIG, the Trustee, the Delegate or the Dealersin respect of taxation matters relating to any Trust Certificates or the legality of the purchase ofTrust Certificates by an investor under applicable or similar laws.EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR IS ADVISED TO CONSULT ITS OWN TAX ADVISER, LEGALADVISER AND BUSINESS ADVISER AS TO TAX, LEGAL, BUSINESS AND RELATED MATTERSCONCERNING THE PURCHASE OF TRUST CERTIFICATES.Neither the delivery of this Base Prospectus nor the offering, sale or delivery of any TrustCertificates shall in any circumstances imply that the information contained herein concerning theIssuer or NIG is correct at any time subsequent to the date hereof or that any other information2
Level: 8 – From: 8 – Thursday, August 9, 2007 – 2:17 pm – mac5 – 3776 Intro : 3776 Introsupplied in connection with the Programme is correct as of any time subsequent to the dateindicated in the document containing the same. The Delegate and the Dealers expressly do notundertake to review the financial condition or affairs of the Issuer or NIG during the life of theProgramme or to advise any investor in the Trust Certificates of any information coming to theirattention.The Trust Certificates have not been and will not be registered under the United States SecuritiesAct of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). Subject to certain exceptions, Trust Certificates maynot be offered, sold or delivered within the United States or to U.S. persons, see “Subscriptionand Sale”.This Base Prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy anyTrust Certificates in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make the offer orsolicitation in such jurisdiction. The distribution of this Base Prospectus and the offer or sale ofTrust Certificates may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. The Issuer, NIG, the Trustee, theDelegate and the Dealers do not represent that this Base Prospectus may be lawfully distributed,or that any Trust Certificates may be lawfully offered, in compliance with any applicable registrationor other requirements in any such jurisdiction, or pursuant to an exemption available thereunder,or assume any responsibility for facilitating any such distribution or offering. In particular, no actionhas been taken by the Issuer, NIG, the Trustee, the Delegate or the Dealers which is intended topermit a public offering of any Trust Certificates or distribution of this Base Prospectus in anyjurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Accordingly, no Trust Certificates may beoffered or sold, directly or indirectly, and neither this Base Prospectus nor any advertisement orother offering material may be distributed or published in any jurisdiction, except undercircumstances that will result in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations. Persons intowhose possession this Base Prospectus or any Trust Certificates may come must informthemselves about, and observe, any such restrictions on the distribution of this Base Prospectusand the offering and sale of Trust Certificates. In particular, there are restrictions on the distributionof this Base Prospectus and the offer or sale of Trust Certificates in the United States, theEuropean Economic Area (including the United Kingdom), Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, theKingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom of Bahrain, Dubai International Financial Centre, Malaysia,Hong Kong and the Cayman Islands, see ‘’Subscription and Sale’’.This Base Prospectus includes forward-looking statements. All statements other than statementsof historical facts included in this Base Prospectus may constitute forward-looking statements.Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology.such as “may”, “will”, “expect”, “intend”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “continue” or similarterminology. Although NIG believes that the expectations reflected in its forward-lookingstatements are reasonable at this time, there can be no assurance that these expectations willprove to be correct.Certain Publicly Available InformationCertain statistical data and other information appearing in this Base Prospectus have beenextracted from independent public sources identified in this Base Prospectus. Each of the Issuerand NIG confirms that such information has been accurately reproduced and that, so far as it isaware and is able to ascertain from information published by the relevant sources, no facts havebeen omitted which would render the reproduced information inaccurate or misleading.All references in this document to US dollars, US$ and $ are to the lawful currency of the UnitedStates of America, references to £ and Sterling are to the lawful currency of the United Kingdomand references to KD and Kuwaiti dinar are to the lawful currency of Kuwait. All references toeuro and € refer to the currency introduced at the start of the third stage of European economicand monetary union pursuant to the Treaty establishing the European Community, as amended.3
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