Merger

Sopheon PLC
25 August 2000



                       SOPHEON PLC

SOPHEON AND TELTECH ANNOUNCE SEC REGISTRATION STATEMENT 
DECLARED EFFECTIVE AND COMPLETION TIMETABLE SET


Sopheon plc ('Sopheon') and Teltech Resource Network 
Corporation ('Teltech') today jointly announce that 
they expect the merger of Teltech into Sopheon to be 
completed on or about 15 September 2000.  
Teltech is calling a special meeting of shareholders 
to be held on 8 September 2000 at its offices 
in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Teltech shareholders 
are expected to approve the  merger at the
special meeting.  The merger itself will be completed 
within several business days following shareholder 
approval.

Teltech is mailing its proxy statement for the special 
meeting today.  The proxy statement also includes a 
prospectus relating to the Sopheon ordinary shares to 
be issued in the transaction. Sopheon's registration 
statement was declared effective by the SEC on 
24 August 2000.

In a joint letter to Teltech shareholders, Barry Mence 
and Joe Shuster, chairmen of Sopheon and Teltech 
respectively, said 'this merger will create a knowledge 
management software and services group with a substantial 
customer base in Europe and in the United
States.  Underpinned as it will be by the development 
capital raised by Sopheon in March of this year, we 
believe the merger will create a platform on which we 
will have the opportunity to build a truly global business 
in knowledge management.  The board of Teltech has endorsed 
the merger unanimously.

About Sopheon

Sopheon is a supplier of knowledge management software 
and services.  Its shares are quoted on the UK 
Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and on the Euro.NM in Amsterdam.  
Sopheon has operational headquarters in Guildford, UK, and 
has offices in the Netherlands and the USA.  Information on 
Sopheon's products is available on : www.sopheon.com.

About Teltech

Teltech Resource Network Corporation (www.teltech.com) is a
leading provider of business-to-business research and knowledge
management consulting services.  Its vertical research portals 
for business and technical professionals reduce unproductive 
Internet search time by as much as 50%.  Teltech's consulting 
services assist companies in the development of e-business 
strategies, and in the creation and implementation of portals 
for e-business applications.  Headquartered in Minneapolis, 
Minnesota, Teltech is privately  held.  Its client list 
includes half the Fortune 500.


For further information, please contact :

Barry Mence, Chairman ([e-mail]) 
[phone]

Richard Maddocks, Managing Director of Sopheon
([e-mail])                  
[phone]

Arif Karimjee, Finance Director of Sopheon
([e-mail])                     
[phone]

Steve Liebmann at Buchanan Communications 
([e-mail])
[phone]

Ronald Helgeson, Vice President, 
Corporate Communications of
Teltech ([e-mail])                  
[phone]


Sopheon has filed a registration statement with the SEC on 
Form F-4 in connection with its acquisition of Teltech.  
Teltech shareholders are urged to read the proxy 
statement/prospectus which is being mailed to them.  
Sopheon's registration statement will be available at no 
charge from the SEC's web site, www.sec.gov.