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RANCHO CORDOVA, CA., July 10, 2000 — DST Innovis,announced today that it has signed contracts to provide the CUSTIMA™ Customer Information System (CIS) totwo joint ventures of British Gas International (BG International) - Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) in India and Nile Valley Company in Egypt. The contracts expand DST Innovis' relationship with BG International, which began with a strategic alliance in 1996 and the implementation of CUSTIMA at Phoenix Natural Gas in Belfast, a joint venture of BG International and KeySpan Energy.

MGL and Nile Valley are developing green fuel offerings in new markets and experiencing rapidly growing customer bases. CUSTIMA will provide full customer management solutions as the companies grow and begin offering varied services.
"We are excited about our continued work with BG International and its subsidiaries," said Mike McGrail, president of DST Innovis. "It is exciting to be part of the new energy movement and provide our CUSTIMA system to Support the startup companies through their surging growth."

"As a company, BG International is proud to invest in expanding markets and assist in the introduction of green energy to these areas," said Douglas Reid, Director of Finance for BG India. "We are confident that the CUSTIMA system will provide all the customer management needs from the initial startup phase through a successful and large utility operation."
CUSTIMA is a highly functional and open system, scalable toeight million customers, implemented at 55 sites on four continents, in fifteen countries and is currently used toissue more than 25 million bills each year. The CUSTIMA suite includes an extensive customer relationship management (CRM) offering, electronic billing, end-user Internet tools and a full financials system.

Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) is a 50:50 joint venture owned by Gas Authority of India and BG International. MGL was established toconstruct the gas distribution system in Mumbai, (formerly Bombay), India's commercial capital. The project involves laying 113 kms of steel pipeline and 2 700 kms of polyethylene pipe toconnect commercial, industrial and domestic customers. By May 1999, MGL had connected 240 commercial, 17 industrial and 23,000 domestic customers.

Approximately 13,000 taxis, representing more than 25 percent of the city's petrol taxi population, have been converted torun on compressed natural gas (CNG) supplied by MGL. These are serviced through 13 dispensing stations throughout the city. Under a pilot project, MGL currently supplies CNG to10 buses of the public transport company. The trials could lead to the addition of 700 CNG buses to the city's transport fleet during the next five years.

About the Nile Valley Gas Company:
BG International and its partners have signed a franchise agreement with EGPC for the exclusive right to develop the gas market in Upper Egypt, involving a major extension to the Egyptian gas transmission and distribution system. BG International and its partners have formed a new company, the Nile Valley Gas Company, in which BG International will be the lead participant, toundertake the development of the gas market and infrastructure.
The 25-year franchise agreement provides for the project to be undertaken in a series of phases. The first phase has extended the gas transmission network from south of Kuriamat to beni Suef, with first gas deliveries achieved in March 1999. This will provide gas toindustrial consumers and more than 20,000 domestic customers. The second phase will extend the transmission network through construction of a 370-km pipeline toAsyut. Two further phases, 260 kms from Asyut toQena, and 270 kms from Qena toAswan, may be developed, subject toagreement with EGPC.

BG International was founded on May 1, 1999, integrating the Exploration & Production and International Downstream business units of British Gas (BG). BG International reinforces BG's competitive advantage in the development and supply of new gas markets through integrated projects. BG International is involved in gas and oil exploration and production, gas transportation, distribution and power generation in some 19 countries. The integration of the two business units builds on the progress already made in delivering successful integrated projects in the UK, Asia, the former Soviet Union and Middle East.

About DST Innovis, Inc.
DST Innovis, Inc. leverages 30 years as a market leader to provide innovative customer management and open billing solutions to the global communications and utility industries. DST Innovis' business solutions transform typical billing and customer care tasks intovaluable and efficient communications, resulting in loyal customers, increased revenues and decreased expenses.

DST Innovis, named for its innovation and vision, remains on the technological forefront and continues to be an industry leader by providing the latest customer management and billing solutions. The company maintains a strong network of alliances with industry leaders to ensure its systems are fully functional and continue to meet customers' needs. Headquartered in Rancho Cordova, Calif., the company has ten offices worldwide.

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