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Rosinter Restaurants Holding Announces its Trade Update for the Fourth Quarter 2007

MOSCOW, February 1 PRNewswire-FirstCall — OJSC Rosinter Restaurants Holding (Rosinter), the leading casual dining restaurants chain in Russia and CIS (RTS ticker: ROST), announces its trade update for the fourth quarter 2007 and for the period of 12 months of 2007.

During the 4th quarter we opened 30 restaurants (net)(1) and achieved 16.9% and 8.3% Same Store Sales Growth in US$ and local currency respectively. Cumulated figures for 12 months of 2007 are 58 net openings for a total of 232 restaurants and 13.5% and 6.9% Same Store Sales Growth in US$ and in local currency respectively.

Key operating statistics for the 4th quarter and 12 months of 2007: Growth Growth 4Q 2007 4Q 2006 Rate 12M 2007 12M 2006 Rate Number of 30 11 172.7% 58 27 114.8% outlets opened (net), including: corporate 24 5 380.0% 41 18 127.8% franchised 6 6 0.0% 17 9 88.9% Total number of 232 174 33.3% 232 174 33.3% outlets (end of the period), including corporate 169 140 20.7% 169 140 20.7% Franchised(2) 63 34 85.3% 63 34 85.3% 4Q 2007 4Q 2006 12M 2007 12M 2006 SSSG in US$ 16.9% 14.7% 13.5% 12.4% SSSG in local currency 8.3% 7.9% 6.9% 8.8% Increase in average transaction (US$) 11.3% 11.5% 10.5% 6.7% Increase in average transaction 3.2% 4.8% 4.0% 3.3% (local currency) Increase in transaction count 4.8% 2.8% 2.5% 5.2% The release is published at http://www.rosinter.com. Note to Editors:

OJSC Rosinter Restaurants Holding is the leading casual dining restaurant company in Russia and the CIS, which currently (December 31, 2007) operates 232 outlets, including 63 franchised restaurants. In 2006 it served approximately 12.5 million customers in Russia, the CIS and Central Europe, including Baltic countries. The Company offers Italian, Japanese, American and Russian cuisine under its proprietary brands IL Patio, Planet Sushi and 1-2-3 Cafe and its licensed brands T.G.I. Friday's and Sibirskaya Corona. Following the opening of its first restaurant in Moscow in 1990, the Company operates in 25 cities in Russia, the CIS and Central Europe, including Baltic countries. Rosinter reported consolidated revenues of US$ 218.6 million, in accordance with audited IFRS accounts, for the twelve months ended December 31, 2006. Rosinter Restaurants Holding is listed in RTS (http://www.rts.ru) under the stock ticker ROST.

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(1) Total number of opened restaurants net of closed restaurants

(2) 13 and 7 corporate restaurants were transferred to franchisees in 4th quarter of 2007 and in 2006 respectively

Investors and analysts enquiries: Press enquiries: Amin Muci Valeria Silina Head of Investor Relations PR director Alexey Denisov Ekaterina Korobkova Deputy Head of Investor Relations Press-secretary e-mail: ir@rosinter.ru e-mail: 2pr@rosinter.ru Office: +7-495-788-44-88 ext. 108, 175 tel: +7-495-788-44-88 ext.426

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