Versiya (Sovershenno Sekretno) (Version, Top Secret), No. 8, February 24, 2003

RosBusinessConsulting, which has been operating on the market of business information and high technologies, has drawn up the preliminary results for the year 2002. The company's successes have considerably exceeded analysts' forecasts. RBC revenue advanced by 62 percent to $27m. The increase in the management efficiency of the company led to a 51-percent gain in the company's net income, which amounted to $9.5m in 2002. Last year the company successfully implemented the first Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the Russian stock market. Financial resources totaling more than $13m were attracted as a result of the placement of 16 percent of shares on MICEX and at the RTS.

In 2002 RBC was on the top 100 of the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 2002 European Technology Fast 500, which is a rating of the most rapidly developing technological companies.

Further outlooks for the company's growth are bound with the launch of RBC TV, the first Russian business television. The launch of the new television is scheduled for the second quarter of 2003.