PRESS RELEASE No.58 dt. 12th February 2003. Results of the competition for the best personal names for the Be-103 and the Be-200 amphibious aircraft.

Dear Sirs!

The administration of BERIEV Aircraft Company informs that on July 21, 2001 in Moscow Centre of International Trade the rewarding ceremony of BERIEV Aircraft Company with a special prize - a symbol of reliability, stability and success "Golden Standard". The prize was instituted in the scope of the International Program "Partnership for the sake of Progress".

Simultaneously, Coordinating Committee of the Program "Partnership for the Progress" conferred on the title "Director of 2001 year" to the Director General of BERIEV Aircraft Company G.S. Panatov for evolving modern methods of business administration and awarded him with a Big Golden Medal and the Certificate of Degree.

The program "Partnership for the sake of Progress", which celebrated its fifth anniversary in February 2000. Program was created on some private German and France companies initiative to get into a direct contact with industrial enterprises.