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09.02.2006: International ISPO exhibition was held in Munich International ISPO exhibition finished on the 1st of February in Munich, and BASK Co. traditionally has participated in it with its LMA brand. This year ISPO has held the new record of attendance and assembled more than 1800 exhibitors and 60000 visitors in its 14 halls. Their interest to this exhibition is nonrandom: the number of producers who take their brands to the European market increases every year, and ISPO gives them the chance to meet the retailers. The activity program was also very interesting: ISPO Vision, ISPO Brand New ceremony, Volvo Sports Design forum, the 10th ISPO Sports Sponsoring congress – all these actions have attracted the large auditory. Exhibition organizers retained the traditional exhibitors’ partition into the communities: outdoor, snowboard, winter sports, trekking, sports mass media. Three halls were consecrated to snowboarding. In one of them, A2 among the prominent European brands we were presenting the new LMA collection. At our booth there were the new models and the perfected last-year models.

18.09.2005: ISPO Russia took place in Moscow from the 14th till the 17th of September The largest exhibition of the Eastern Europe and the Central Asia took place in Moscow from the 14th till the 17th of September. BASK Company participated in it along with other eminent brands. ISPO Russia is the second creation beyond the bounds of Germany realized by the German organizers. Russian debut followed the Chinese one; both of them approach the world brands to retailers and distributors all over the world. 309 leading Russian and international brands were presented at the exhibition area of 13500 sq.m. “We are the witnesses of the transformation of Russian sports industry to the powerful and influential structure”, - said Manfred Wutslhofer, the president of Messe Munchen. According to the official reports, 6067 specialists were registered during 3 working days of exhibition. The representatives from 63 Russian regions, 15 countries of Eastern Europe and 24 world countries visited ISPO Russia. The next ISPO Russia Winter exhibition will take place in Moscow in the Crocus Expo Exhibition Center from the 20th till the 23th of February 2006.

12.08.2005: The new record of attendance is hold by the 12th Outdoor trade fair According to official returns, the Outdoor show has recorded a 7% increase in visitors and 13% - in exhibitors. The dates of Oudoor-2006 are already approved. Outdoor establishes itself as a truly international event. In spite of the slow growth of interest in the active rest and sport in many European countries, the trade fair in Friedrichshafen attracts more and more people being interested in it. Even more encouraging is the significant increase in visitors from outside Germany. In four days, a total of 15137 trade visitors from 78 countries (for reference: 2004 – 14130 visitors from 68 countries) flowed through the exhibition gates. The 12th international exhibition was a good platform for the main object - profitable business – achievement. “We are delighted we could extend the Outdoor show and provide and even bigger platform for the industry to present and communicate what’s new and exciting in the outdoor world” – said Rolf Mohne, Managing Director of the Friedrichshafen exhibition company. Outdoor was also a “great success” for exhibition partners, the European Outdoor Group (EOG) said Rolf G. Schmid. EOG Managing Director Marc Held described the atmosphere among the exhibitors as “wonderfully exciting”. The branch used all ten exhibition halls and the open area to present their companies. In addition there was an expanded “Extra” program which included trade lectures and a special show which was staged by the EuroTradeInstitute. The entertainment and social side wasn’t lacking either, with a fashion show, a Nordic Walking Track, several climbing competitions and the legendary Outdoor party. Many innovations of different companies were present during the exhibition including the BASK booth. New sleeping bags Kashgar (-60°C) and Yeti as well as new weatherproof shells and accessories collections were of interest of visitors who could also appreciate the hi-quality BASK down models at their true value.

25.07.2005: BASK Company is taking part in the Outdoor-2005 The international exhibition Outdoor-2005 yearly helded in Fridrichshafen (Germany) was carried out from July 21 till July 24, 2005. BASK Company is taking part in the Outdoor exhibition for the 5th time. The participation in the Outdoor exhibition became a good tradition and a great pride for BASK. For the few last years we had the excellent models to show at this exhibition. Still the only Russian company at the show, this time BASK attracted a lot of attention from the industry specialists by showing its' collection of sleeping bags. Tested using official European temperature rating standard these sleeping bags outperform all other competitors'. Some models keep you warm even at -60C! At the show BASK and UIAA reached an agreement about organising a mutual show in Russia on Autumn 2005 called "Russian Alpine Gold". This event is devoted to the fact that most extreme of the recent alpine projects were done by Russian alpinists and Russian sportsmen took 4 of the Piolet d'Or awards. As usual, the intensive work shedule of our representatives included many business meets. The Âask Company is representing the new collection of warm and weatherproof clothes, tents, packs and sleeping bags at the booth #A3-106.

24.03.2004: RUSSIAN BOULDERING CHAMPIONSHIP in the Sport Activities – OUTDOOR exhibition 8-11 the Festival “Sport Activities – OUTDOOR” welcomes its participants and visitors on the grounds of the All-Russian Exhibition Centre (VVTs), the most famous exhibition site of the country. Exhibition participants and visitors may take part in sport - entertainment contests. RUSSIAN BOULDERING CHAMPIONSHIP: Bouldering is an overcoming of the several short routes of maximum difficulty for the limited amount of time. Its high popularity can be also explained by the simultaneous performance of the several sportsmen, one per each route. The maximum route height in bouldering — 4 metres, and the sportsmen use no stand-by equipment, which put the audience in thrill. The sportsmen are not far from the audience (comparing with other types of mountaineering), and this allows to audience to see the sportsmen’s emotions, to get charged from their energy. The decision is taken to hold the Russian 2004 Bouldering Championship as a part of the first international exhibition «ACTIVE REST — OUTDOOR» on the purposefully constructed cliffdrome. More

11.02.2004: Sport Activities – OUTDOOR” Festival On the first days of April, 8-11 the Festival “Sport Activities – OUTDOOR” welcomes its participants and visitors on the grounds of the All-Russian Exhibition Centre (VVTs), the most famous exhibition site of the country. The increasing growth of interest to outdoor sports and market in Russia attracts the attention of amateurs and professionals. According to the preliminary calculations, over 25 000 people from all over Russia will visit the festival. The festival enables to unite all the people involved in outdoor activities either sportsmen, consumers, manufactures and distributors. Within the framework of the festival the following events take place: · Rock Climbing Championship (bouldering); · Kayak competitions «flat water freestyle», in the pool before the pavilion; · Ice Climbing competitions – Ice Masters Cup of Russia; · Moscow Bike Trial Cup event; · “City Challenge”; · Skyserfing competitions; · “Adventure park”; · Extreme films festival; · exhibition “Sport Activities – OUTDOOR” Exibition “Sport Activities – OUTDOOR” For the first time in the history of the sportive exhibitions in Russia the Outdoor theme has become independent. The domestic and foreign manufacturers of the equipment for all the trends in the contemporary Outdoor will arrange their expositions on one exhibition site (over 5,500 m2). The visitors of the exhibition « Sport Activities - OUTDOOR» will have the opportunity to see the up-to-date technologies and the latest developments in all types of the extreme sport, sportive and amateur tourism, mountaineering, diving and other activities. The attractive feature of this exhibition will be the «tent city» with total square of 1,200 m2 inside the pavilion. The exhibitors can place their collections of full-size tents, not there models, as usual. The visitors will be able to evaluate their design and construction features. Traditional OUTDOOR expositions will be of much interest as well: · Equipment for tourism and mountaineering · Sportswear, sports shoes, accessories · Equipment for camping · Goods for travelling · Equipment and accessories for diving · Equipment for extreme sports Russian Rock-Climbing Championship (bouldering) The decision is taken to hold the Russian Rock-Climbing Championship 2004 – Bouldering as a part of the festival “Sport Activities – Outdoor” on the climbing construction. Kayaking The competitions in “flat water freestyle” is one of the kinds of water freestyle, the most difficult one! Freestyle in the kayak is the set of the technically complicated elements in the optional program, which shows the mastery and technique of the sportsmen. It`s amazing. Ice-climbing The competitions will be held on the routes with both fixed and mobile obstacles. Ice-climbers have to clinch to the rocking rope-hung ice blocks. Multi-sport race “City Challenge” The rout of the race will be laid on the territory of the VVTs and include various stages: running, bike riding, climbing, water obstacles. Sky surfing. Sky diving Sky surfing is one of the most exiting sports. The series of the acrobatic elements in free flight enchant the audience. The Russian sportsmen, world champions in this sport, will take part in the show. Parachute jumps in the city is an outstanding event. The spectators will see the sky divers flying down with immense speed and maneuvering between gates. Adventure Park The visitors of the festival get a wonderful possibility to plunge into the atmosphere of adventures and challenges. The “Adventure park” that is 3000 ì2 (three thousand square meters!!!) will consist of different attractions both on the ground and in the air. You can see climbing walls, artificial lianas, pendant bridges, labyrinths and lots more that comes far beyond your imagination. Overcoming fear the visitors can fly, climb, jump, shoot, ride and get unforgettable impressions. Extreme Film Festival “Terra Incognita” In the movie pavilion the visitors can see the program of “Extreme Film Festival” which includes best professional and amateur films about traveling, adventures, different kinds of extreme sports and sportsmen. ------------------------------------------------------------ Please write or telephone if we can provide further information. Tatyana Subbotina Osennyaya str., 4/1 Moscow, 121609 Phone: (095) 780-6479 Phone/fax: (095) 739-6123 e-mail: russia@activexpo.ru web: www.activexpo.info

28.01.2004: BASK is taking a new challenge on ISPO'04 with the LMA range! Second time BASK is taking part in the major European sport and outdoor Trade Show ISPO, which will take place in Munich, Germany February 1st to 4th. This is the 11th International Exhibition in which BASK is taking part. Now we are bringing to ISPO'04 our brand new snowboard brand collection LMA for winter 2004-2005. The boardsports community gathers at ISPO with all major brands and indie small labels to showcase the creative lifestyle spectrum driving this segment. In fact this year more than 1600 exhibitors are taking part in ISPO at the Munich Messe centre. Having achieved decent results with LMA collection for this season and using all supreme BASK technologies we are moving forward with expanding the range of clothing and accessories for LMA in the new collection. It will include down and Thermolite insulated jackets and vests, shell clothing, ultra moderrn and stylish denim wear, new hats and visors, backpacks and much much more. ISPO Exhibitors

08.10.2003: BASK company took part in the biggest annual outdoor trade show in UK – “Go Outdoors!” The traditional annual Outdoor Trade Show took part from 28th to 30th September 2003 in Harrogate, United Kingdom. This show is the main and the biggest in UK’s outdoor market, inasmuch as it determines the mainstream and the latest tendencies of the development of this segment. This is an exclusively trade show for the specialists, therefore it is the main and the last place for the retailers to place orders for their coming season’s collection. It was not the first time for BASK to come to England for the trade show, however it was the first time to take part in Harrogate exhibition. BASK became the only one Russian company exhibitor. It is remarkable that this trade show was the 10th international trade show in which BASK took part. Thanks to the excellent work of British dealer, BASK appeared to be a cognate company, which in it’s turn raised the amount of orders for BASK products. The major attention was pointed to the Ultimate down overall manufactured with Pertex Endurance. Similar garments are the main production of RAB company which traditionally has very strong positions on UK outdoor market, but as a result of the trade show and after some comparative analysis made it can be stated that no analogues to the BASK production could be found at Harrogate. Major outdoor brands took part in this trade show which in it’s turn proves the concernment of this exhibition for UK market and once again we can come to conclusion that BASK was leading in price-quality index especially with it’s down collection. Also taking advantage of staying in England BASK representatives visited Perseverance Mills, known by it’s Pertex brand. In the meeting with Keith Chapman CEO it was confirmed the strategic partnership between Pertex and BASK. Also it was decided that BASK will become the only consignee for all Pertex fabrics coming to Russia.

25.07.2003: Bask Company in the Outdoor - 2003 Outdoor-2003 exhibition is taking place in Fridrichshafen (Germany) from 24th till 27th of July. Bask Company is taking part in 10th Outdoor exhibition in Fridrichshafen. Bask is representing the new collection of warm and weatherproof clothes, tents, packs, special equipment and garments with eiderdown at the booth #A3-310. Maybe, nowadays BASK is the sole company in the world, that produces extremely lightweight and very warm garments (from jackets and suits to mittens and hats) from 100% eiderdown. Come and see!

03.04.2003: BASK Company took part in the Wildlife Exhibition in Stockholm (SWEDEN) Recently BASK Company took part in the Wildlife Exhibition in Stockholm (SWEDEN) together with our distributor in Scandinavian countries – AKZO Company. This Exhibition already exists for many years in Sweden and it’s very popular among the Swedish people – the end customers. It’s not only the exhibition where people can find out about new collections of the major brands, but also the place where they can participate in extreme festival. In the exhibition were so many competitions, contests, educational programs. Everything was very well organized and every part of it served to the one purpose to give chance to the people to be more close to the nature, to understand it better, to live in harmonious relationship with it. Parents were coming together with their children and it was very nice to see as the young generation learns how to take care of nature and not to damage it. We started our cooperation with our Scandinavian distributor just in the end of the last year, and despite of it professionals already know us very well. For example the Swedish national snowboarding team highly evaluated our LMA collection; especially they had nice feed back about Research Suit. In fact the champion of the Sweden in Half Pipe and Freestyle of this year Rickard Sandling got the first prize performing in LMA Research suit. Another snowboarder Oskar Långström was number 1 in Cross in Trofeo Topolini Snowboard championship (Italy). The main judge of the Swedish championship Mattias Hägglund was judging in our Hi-Performance down jacket Khan-Tengri, Also there were few sportsmen in northern part of Sweden in Åre who tested our warm down clothing and sleeping bags in three days dog sledding competition in the mountains. Again our gear got the highest estimations. There are plans to support big expedition to Himalaya which will start soon in the end of April. Already big outdoor magazines such as “SPORTFACK”, “FRI LUFTS LIV” will print the articles about BASK in Sweden, those who know Swedish can read this articles here. (You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader. It is available for download for almost any platforms such as MacOS, Windows, Pocket PC, PalmOS and so on. Just follow this link). Bringing to the final point I’d like to mention that BASK always strive to best quality and best functioning gear. Based on it we could gain leading positions on the Russian outdoor market, now we come to the point when people from the other countries can experience and appreciate our products. We will fight for the best positions on the worldwide outdoor market as well. We don’t know yet how long it will take, but results of Wildlife exhibition and reaction of the people in Sweden convincing us that we are on the right way.

26.02.2003: Manchester, England The first exhibition in the United Kingdom has been well received and the English press have been most interested to see for the first time Russian produced outdoor clothing on the UK market. A lot of enquires have been taken and it is hope that soon BASK will be a well known name in this market. There is still one day to go and the BASK staff have been enjoying watching English football in England! Manchester 3 - Juventus 0!!!

23.05.2002: BASK at ‘Textile-Expo 2002’ – hits of the season 18th Federal wholesale textile trade fair takes place at All-Russian exposition center on the 26-29th of March. As usual, company BASK participates in it. The largest international textile exhibition takes place twice a year and this time it occupies six big pavilions (with numbers 20, 26, 55, 57, 69, 70) at All-Russian exposition center. A rich assortment of goods includes more than 60 trade groups, such as clothes, knitted wear, footwear, leather goods, textile for industrial and personal use. Expositions of textile manufacturers and trade companies spread for 40, 000 sq. metres. Companies of 17 countries participate in spring-2002 exhibition, and three-quarter of them are Russian. Leading Russian outdoor and sport producer BASK as usual take active part in the event. In this season we present about 100 models of our great collection. At BASK show-bench one may see the most up-to-date samples: spring clothes, light and insulated weatherproof jackets and pants, summer outdoor collection, best examples of trekking footwear and backpacks. Thanks to efforts of one of organizers – closed corporation ‘Textile-Expo’, for the first time in history of such exhibitions visitors may enjoy a fashion show of technical clothes. Of course, BASK takes part in these shows, which are supported by world-famous Russian couturiers Vyacheslav Zaitzev and Ludmila Ivanova. We invite all visitors of Textile-Expo 2002 to call in the 70th pavilion at 11:00 on the 27th of March. There, on the spotlighted stage, professional models will demonstrate latest BASK outdoor, sport and active rest collections.

21.05.2002: BASK trophies of `Russian hunting and fishing’ exhibition On the 18th of February (the last day of 11th Moscow International `Russian hunting and fishing’ exhibition) results of “Russian producers’ goods contest” were announced. As usual, thanks to its organizers – company `Expo-design’, this popular exhibition went in high style. 10,000 sq. metres’ exposition included more than 350 show-benches presented by Russian and foreign participants. Visitors could enjoy not only Russian hunting and fishing goods but production from Germany, France, Poland and even South-African countries (for the first time!) as well. The exhibition, overcrowded with happy visitors, looked more like a subway during rush hours. At the most conservative estimate, for the five days more than half of million people had attended `Russian hunting and fishing’. It’s half as much against the previous, tenth, exhibition `Venatic paradise’. One may only be pleased with the increasing number of Russian participants. According to organizers and visitors, domestic manufactures with every passing year make themselves more and more known while Russian goods successfully compete with foreign counterparts. `Russian producers’ goods contest’ became one of the most spectacular events during the exhibition. About 60 companies were competing in eight categories, related with hunting and fishing equipment, sport and collection firearms and accessories. Company BASK, which traditionally takes part in these exhibitions, had already several times won the compete. This time we took some `trophies’ too. We’ve submitted to Jury approval the following clothes: Polartec® suit `Valley’, popular arctic jacket `Makalu’ and our last innovation – universal man’s jacket `Camelot’. Though our best award is the keen interest of visitors, who had highly appreciated our production.