Revlon Adopt Sopheon Product

Sopheon PLC
02 December 2003


Embargoed Release: 07:00hrs 2nd December 2003


                                  Sopheon Plc
                                  ('Sopheon')

              Sopheon Product Development System Adopted by Revlon


MINNEAPOLIS and LONDON 3/4 Dec. 2nd, 2003 3/4 Sopheon, the international
software and services company, announced today that Revlon Consumer Products
Corporation, a globally known mass-market leader in cosmetics, skin care,
fragrances and personal care products, has entered into an agreement with
Sopheon pursuant to which Revlon has licensed Sopheon's Accolade product
development system.


'There are many benefits associated with Accolade's growing market momentum,'
said Andy Michuda, chief executive officer of Sopheon. 'One of the greatest is
the fact that it creates opportunities for us to work with global industry
leaders such as Revlon. Increasingly, we are also teaming with leading advisory
firms such as Deloitte Consulting, experts at helping companies build product
strategies that can drive sustained organic growth and a partner in the Revlon
implementation. Of course, the real winner in this kind of collaboration is the
client. We believe that the product development system Revlon has put in place
is among the best in the industry.'


Sopheon's Accolade is the industry's first product development system that
integrates human- based decision-support services and process-enabling
technology for the comprehensive management of product and technology
portfolios. In addition to automating the product development process, Accolade
offers such features as an idea management and screening module that captures,
tracks and enables objective evaluation of product ideas; portfolio management
tools that allow the early identification of the most commercially promising
product development concepts; and a knowledge network that facilitates the
transfer of information and know-how across value chains to improve the speed
and effectiveness of decision making.






About Revlon

Revlon (NYSE: REV) is a worldwide cosmetics, skin care, fragrance, and personal
care products company. The Company's vision is to become the world's most
dynamic leader in global beauty and skin care. Websites featuring current
product and promotional information, as well as corporate investor relations
information, can be reached at www.revlon.com, www.almay.com and
www.revloninc.com. The Company's brands, which are sold worldwide, include
Revlon(R), Almay(R), Ultima II(R), Charlie (R), Flex (R), and Mitchum(R).



About Sopheon

Sopheon (LSE: SPE) is an international provider of software and services that
help organizations improve the business impact of product development. The
Sopheon Accolade(R) product development system automates gate-or phase-based
product development processes and provides strategic decision support that
allows companies to improve innovation, cut product development spending waste
and shorten time to market. Sopheon's Monitor software operates as a 'reading
robot' that automatically reviews, filters, analyzes and pushes relevant content
to healthcare and engineering professionals to enable effective compliance with
protocols, standards and regulations. 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.





Further Information:

Barry Mence, Chairman    Sopheon plc                 Tel: + 44 (0) 1483 685 735
Arif Karimjee, CFO

Adam Reynolds            Hansard Communications      Tel: + 44 (0) 207 245 1100
Andrew Tan                                                + 44 (0) 7957 203 685

Barbara Jansen           Citigate First Financial    Tel: + 31 (0) 205 754 010
                       


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