RBC SOFT is ranked among the leaders in the first rating of companies operating on the Russian IT market. The rating is a joint project by the Kommersant-Dengi economic weekly and iOne. Information Technologies.

Moscow, December 1, 2003 - RBC SOFT, a company within OAO RBC Information Systems (RTS, MICEX:RBCI), participated in the first rating of IT companies operating in Russia. The rating is a joint project by the Kommersant-Dengi economic weekly and iOne. Information Technologies.

According to methodology employed by the rating organizers, all companies were compared using a non-dimensional index that characterized the scale of their business. The scale is mainly determined by revenues (with a 0.9 multiplier) received by companies over the first three quarters of 2003. A company's staff, client diversity (amount that is equal to the number of clients per operational employee), and a branch network also contribute to the index. For software developers, income from IT services connected with the implementation and support of their products, as well as license sales, are taken into account. The efficiency of a business is characterized by the amount that corresponds to revenues per operational employee. The ranking of software developers is given in Table 1.

Table 1. Software developers

Ratingv	Company	Note	Scale index	Efficiency index (against the average on the market)
1	Microsoft (the Russian and CIS office)	Including the indices of Microsoft Business Solutions	943	- (no developers in Russia)
2	Cognitive Technologies (OOO Kognitivnye Technologii)	48% of revenue comes from custom programming	364	+2.505
3	1C	Sales from software dealership are not taken into account	215	+1.885
4	ZAO Korporatsiya Parus	-	211	-0.356
5	ZAO Diasoft	Banking computerization systems	124	-0.26
6	ZAO Korporatsiya Galaktika	-	116	0.0
7	EPAM Systems	Offshore programming	112	-0.31
8	ZAO RBC Soft	-	96	+0.524
9	Luxsoft (the IBS group of companies)	Offshore programming	80	-0.394
10	ASKON (St. Petersburg)	-	57.2	-0.486
11	Aplana Software Services (the IT group of companies)	-	56.8	+1.191
12	OOO Programbank	Banking computerization systems	52	+0.038
13	ZAO Prognoz (Perm)	Custom programming	28.7	+0.09
14	OOO Infin	Accounting systems	27.9	-0.391
15	OOO Reksoft (St. Petersburg)	Custom programming	23.7	-0.489
16	ZAO Alladin R.D.	70% of revenue comes from distribution	10.2	0,543 (distribution revenues not taken into account)

It is obvious that without Oracle and SAP (according to their corporate policies, Russian offices of these international companies could not disclose local figures) Microsoft's regional office looks the leader. Among Russian companies, Cognitive Technologies, 1C and RBC SOFT are the most noticeable.

"We are a public company and always ready to provide necessary financial information for public analysis," RBC SOFT General Director Alexey Kuzovkin said. "I would like to point out that our sales data was confirmed by our official auditor KPMG. Demand for business solutions is constantly growing and our IT revenue and client base are stably increasing as well," Kuzovkin added.

About RBC SOFT. The company (www.rbcsoft.ru) specializes in the implementation of large IT projects. RBC SOFT is a successful and rapidly developing company. Revenues from programming and IT services were around $14 million in 2002. RBC SOFT's solutions have been implemented at state organizations, large banks, manufacturing companies and other institutions. Among RBC SOFT's clients are the Russian Railroad Ministry, the Russian Telecommunications Ministry, the Emergencies and Crisis Center of the Russian Atomic Energy Ministry, ROSNO, Gazprom, Tetra Pak, PHILIPS, Finnair, Metro Cash & Carry, GUM, and the Bolshoi Theater. The company employs over 350 people, of which many have scientific degrees. The high quality of RBC SOFT's services is ensured by the quality management system certified in accordance with the requirements of the ISO 9001:2000 international standard.

Media contact:
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Investor contact: Natalia Makeeva
Tel: +7 (095) 363-1111 (ext. 1369), e-mail: ir@rbc.ru, Web: www.rbcinfosystems.com.