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Assured Guaranty Corp. (the "Bond Insurer") will issue a financial guaranty insurance policy for each series of the Bonds that will unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee to pay that portion of principal of and interest on the Bonds that becomes due for payment but shall be unpaid by reason of nonpayment by the Issuer, each of which will be issued concurrently with the delivery of the Bonds, by. See "BOND INSURANCE" herein. [LOGO OF BOND INSURER] NEITHER THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT NOR THE TAXING POWER OF THE ISSUER, THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF SHALL IN ANY EVENT BE PLEDGED TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF, PREMIUM, IF ANY, OR INTEREST ON THE BONDS OR FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY PLEDGE, MORTGAGE, OBLIGATION OR AGREEMENT OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER THAT MAY BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE ISSUER. NEITHER THE BONDS NOR ANY OF THE AGREEMENTS OR OBLIGATIONS OF THE ISSUER SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO CONSTITUTE AN INDEBTEDNESS OF THE ISSUER, THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF WITHIN THE MEANING OF ANY CONSTITUTIONAL OR STATUTORY LIMITATIONS. The Bonds are offered when, as and if issued and received by Piper Jaffray & Co. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (the "Underwriters ''), subject to prior sale, withdrawal or modifications of the offer without any notice, and to the approval of legality of the Bonds by Dorsey & Whitney LLP, bond counsel. Certain legal matters will be passed upon for the Borrower by its General Counsel, for the Bond Insurer by , and for the Underwriters by their counsel, Jones Day, Chicago, Illinois. It is expected that the Bonds will be available for delivery to the Underwriters via The Depository Trust Company in New York, New York ("DTC'') on or about , 2008. Piper Jaffray & Co. Goldman, Sachs & Co. The date of this Official Statement is _,2008. C'rl '::-.,':O()O.,l