Contract Win

Embargoed Release: 07:00hrs Monday 18 June 2007

                                  Sopheon plc                                  

                                  ("Sopheon")                                  

        Church & Dwight Chooses Accolade® to Enhance Product Innovation        

                           and Portfolio Management                            

Sopheon Solution Favored for Ease-of-Use, Configurability,

and Availability of Hosting Services to MinimizeSupport Demands on Internal IT 

MINNEAPOLIS and LONDON June 18, 2007 Sopheon, the international software and
services company, announced today that Church & Dwight Co., Inc., manufacturer
of ARM & HAMMER® consumer, specialty and other products, has selected the
Accolade product life cycle management (PLM) system to enhance the company's
product innovation processes and strengthen its ability to meet rigorous
product delivery requirements. Church & Dwight is deploying Accolade to users
across brands and functions at its headquarters in Princeton, NJ, and at
operating locations in Europe and Asia.

Founded in 1846, Church & Dwight manufactures a broad range of deodorizing and
household cleaners and laundry and personal care products. It is perhaps best
known as the producer of ARM & HAMMER® baking soda. Other Church & Dwight
consumer lines include Brillo® cleaning pads, OxiClean® pre-wash laundry
additive, Xtra® laundry detergent, Arrid® antiperspirants, CLOSE-UP®
toothpastes and Trojan® condoms. Church & Dwight's adoption of Accolade will
enable the company to automate its global implementation of Stage-Gate®
product-development process methodology. The Sopheon system's capacity to
strengthen process governance is expected to reduce development cycle times and
help ensure that new products meet the stringent scheduling and delivery
requirements of large retail customers.

Church & Dwight's choice of Accolade was based on such advantages as the
solution's ease-of-use, simple configurability and strong alignment with
Stage-Gate®. Another important consideration was Sopheon's ability to host the
deployment, an arrangement that will minimize support demands on Church &
Dwight's internal IT resources, allowing them to remain focused on other
strategic priorities.

"We compared Sopheon's system to five other PLM solutions," said Paul Siracusa,
executive vice president of global research and development at Church & Dwight.
"Based on our requirements, we judged Accolade to be the strongest both
technically and functionally-excellent data integrity in a user-friendly
environment. The fact that they could also provide a secure web-based hosting
option was key to helping us surmount one of our principal implementation
challenges and positions us to accelerate time-to-value."

"Many of our clients and prospects are large, dynamic, global companies that
are looking for ways to reduce pressure on internal IT resources," said Paul
Heller, chief technology officer at Sopheon. "In response to their needs, we
have developed a hosting environment that blends state-of-the-art security and
protection of data with technology that allows the end-user to seamlessly and
cost-effectively shift IT support responsibilities for Accolade implementation
and maintenance to us. More than a third of new Sopheon clients during the past
12 months have opted for the hosted model because it significantly reduces the
resources and time required to get to production status. This is an important
trend, one that we are well-prepared to meet."

Accolade® is a registered trademark of Sopheon plc.

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

All other registered trademarks are the property of Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

About Church & Dwight

Church & Dwight Co., Inc., engages in the development, manufacture, and
marketing of a range of household, personal care, and specialty products in the
United States and internationally. The company's household products include ARM
& HAMMER®baking soda, ARM & HAMMER® Super Scoop Clumping Cat Litter, OxiClean®
pre-wash laundry additive, ARM & HAMMER® and Xtra® laundry detergent, Nice 'n
Fluffy® liquid fabric softener, and other cleaning products. The company's
personal care products include Trojan® condoms, Nair® depilatories,

First Response® home pregnancy and ovulation test kits, Arrid® antiperspirants,

ARM & HAMMER® toothpastes, and Spinbrush® battery-operated toothbrushes.

Church & Dwight's specialty products include sodium bicarbonate for use in
industrial and agricultural markets. The company was founded in 1846 and is
based in Princeton, New Jersey. For more information, please visit
www.churchdwight.com.

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.

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Barry Mence, Chairman   Sopheon plc                  Tel : + 44 (0) 1483 685   
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