OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS LOAN NUMBER 8706-AR Guarantee Agreement (Metropolitan Buenos Aires Urban Transformation Project - Autonomous City of Buenos Aires) between ARGENTINE REPUBLIC and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT Dated bOCM 0eX Z ,2011 LOAN NUMBER 8706-AR GUARANTEE AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, dated belfe ) bf 14 , 201j entered into between ARGENTINE REPUBLIC ("Guarantor") and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT ("Bank") ("Guarantee Agreement") in connection with the Loan Agreement of same date between the Bank and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ("Borrower") ("Loan Agreement"). The Guarantor and the Bank hereby agree as follows: ARTICLE I - GENERAL CONDITIONS; DEFINITIONS Section 1.01. The General Conditions (as defined in the Appendix to the Loan Agreement) constitute an integral part of this Agreement. Section 1.02. Unless the context requires otherwise, the capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings ascribed to them in the General Conditions or in the Loan Agreement. ARTICLE II - GUARANTEE Section 2.01. The Guarantor declares its commitment to the objective of the Project. To this end, without limitation or restriction upon any of its other obligations under the Guarantee Agreement, the Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees, as primary obligor and not as surety merely, the due and punctual payment of all Loan Payments payable by the Borrower pursuant to the Loan Agreement. ARTICLE III -REPRESENTATIVE; ADDRESSES Section 3.01. The Guarantor's Representative is its Minister of Finance. Section 3.02. The Guarantor's Address is: Ministry of Finance Hip6lito Yrigoyen 250 C 1086 AAB, Buenos Aires Argentina Cable: Telex: Facsimile: MINISTERIO DE FINANZAS 121942-AR (5411) 4349-8815 Section 3.03. The Bank's Address is: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20433 United States of America Cable: Telex: Facsimile: INTBAFRAD 248423 (MCI) or (202) 477-6391 Washington, D.C. 64145 (MCI) AGREED at h"10S POfor h Ne4VoS( as of the day and year first above written. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC By AuthorizJd Representative Name: LUIS MdcSSe Oto Title: £hCC INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT By 1 ut rized Representative Name: 483 k itsche Title: A \e C -2-