Contract Win

Embargoed Release: 07:00hrs Tuesday 22nd May 2007

                                  Sopheon plc                                  

                                  (`Sopheon')                                  

                     ColepCCL Uses Sopheon's Accolade® to                      

                     Enable and Manage Innovation Process                      

    Europe's Largest Contract Manufacturer Implements Group-wide Process to    

              Support Proactive Innovation on Behalf of Customers              

Sopheon plc, the international software and services company, is pleased to
announce that ColepCCL (` the company'), Europe's largest contract manufacturer
of personal and household care products and associated packaging solutions, has
selected Sopheon's Accolade product life cycle management (PLM) system to
support group-wide implementation of the company's innovation management
process. The system will be used by ColepCCL's newly instituted Innovation
Centre to provide the automated structure for deployment of the process across
plant locations in the UK, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Poland.

ColepCCL was formed in July 2004 as a result of the merger between Colep and
CCL Custom Manufacturing. The company consists of four product and packaging
divisions and employs approximately 2,100 people throughout Europe. Its
contract manufacturing operations produce items such as hair gels and sprays,
over-the-counter pharmaceutical preparations, oven cleaners, air fresheners,
car waxes and veterinary supplies, as well as a wide range of metal and plastic
cans, bottles and pumps associated with the packaging and use of these
products.

ColepCCL had historically derived the lion's share of its revenues from
manufacturing products and supplying tinplate and plastic packaging according
to customer specifications, and from then fulfilling product orders. In recent
years, as competitive pressure on both product and package manufacturing has
emerged from Asia and other regions, ColepCCL has shifted to a strategy of
proactive innovation. Based on this charter, the company's contracts
increasingly center on the development of new products and solutions, thereby
positioning ColepCCL as an integral partner in the customers' innovation
efforts.

In early 2006 ColepCCL established the Innovation Centre to foster creativity
and innovation. The Centre is run autonomously, reporting to the ColepCCL Board
and providing services to all divisions of the company. A central aspect of the
Centre's charter is to coordinate and support implementation of a common
innovation process across ColepCCL's geographically decentralized
infrastructure of business units. The Centre was assisted in the design and
implementation of the process, a variation of the widely used Stage-Gate®
methodology, by Lisbon-based Inogate. Inogate, a consultant that specializes in
enterprise innovation, is a Sopheon partner. It introduced Sopheon's Accolade
to ColepCCL as a support solution that would enable the company to automate and
more effectively manage its innovation system. Accolade was subsequently chosen
over competing solutions due to such considerations as its ease-of-use, the
speed and ease with which it can be implemented, and because of a broad mix of
advantages stemming from the fact that the Sopheon software is specifically
designed to support the process of innovation.

"ColepCCL is committed to reshaping the packaging industry," said Grant A.
Coupland, leader of the Innovation Centre. "Our strategy for achieving this
goal is to raise our value to customers by leading in the turnkey development
of innovative solutions and services. Accolade gives us a unified, sustainable
process structure that will enable our business units to effectively innovate
with a local focus, but also operate in alignment with the overarching
objectives and best practices of the group. Accolade is a cornerstone of
ColepCCL's foundation for innovation excellence."

"When ColepCCL came to us, they had a clear vision of the type of process they
wanted to support their innovation initiative," said Paulo Janeiro, chief
executive officer of Inogate. "Based on that vision, we completed the technical
validation, blue printing, installation and configuration of the system in less
than 60 days. Accolade's simplicity and technical integrity were key enablers
of the speed with which that implementation was executed. The resulting robust,
global innovation management process positions ColepCCL to assume a position of
innovation leadership within its industry for a long time to come."

Accolade® is a registered trademark of Sopheon plc.

Stage-Gate® is a registered trademark of the Product Development Institute.

All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the sole property of their
respective owners.

About ColepCCL

ColepCCL is part of the RAR Group, one of the largest economic groups in
Portugal, registering a turnover of 320 million euros and with approximately
2,100 employees in Europe. ColepCCL supplies its clients - some of the most
important consumer goods brands in the world - from its industrial units
situated in Portugal, Spain, UK, Poland and Germany. For more information,
please visit www.colepccl.com.

About Inogate

Inogate is a consulting firm in enterprise innovation, with offices in Lisbon
and Coimbra, Portugal. Inogate is dedicated to the improvement of its
customers' innovation performance. The firm's team of experts specializes in
the implementation, systematization and optimization of processes that increase
the ROI from innovation. Inogate developed the KIEL Modeltm , an approach to
innovation dynamism that ensures long-term process success. Inogate is the
exclusive representative of Sopheon and its Accolade software in Portugal. For
more information, please visit www.inogate.pt.

About Sopheon

Sopheon (LSE:SPE) is an international provider of software and services that
help organizations improve the business impact of product innovation. Sopheon's
Accolade system automates and governs the innovation process, enabling
companies to increase revenue and profits from new products. Sopheon is listed
on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange and on the Euronext in the
Netherlands. For more information, please visit www.sopheon.com.

For further information contact:

Barry Mence, Chairman   Sopheon plc                  Tel : + 44 (0) 1483 685   
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Arif Karimjee, CFO                                                             
                                                                               
Sarah Wharry, Nominated Seymour Pierce Limited       Tel: [phone] 
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Andrew Tan              Hansard Group                Tel : + 44 (0) 207 245    
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Floor van Maaren        Citigate First Financial     Tel : + 31 (0) 205 754 010