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Issue of Equity - Sopheon

Written by Sopheon | September 30, 2016

Sopheon, the international provider of software, expertise, and best practices for Enterprise Innovation Management, announces today that it has issued and allotted 17,000 ordinary shares of 20 pence each in the capital of the Company (“Ordinary Shares”) in connection with the exercise of share options by an employee.

Application has been made for the total of 17,000 new Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM, and dealings are expected to commence on 5 October 2016. The new Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the Company's existing Ordinary Shares.

The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue following Admission will be 7,319,696. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury. Accordingly, the figure of 7,319,696 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For Further Information Contact:

Barry Mence, Chairman
Arif Karimjee, CFO
Sopheon plc + 44 (0) 1276 919 560
Ed Frisby / Carl Holmes (corporate finance)
Mia Gardener (corporate broking)
finnCap + 44 (0) 20 7220 0500
About Sopheon
Sopheon (LSE: SPE) partners with customers to provide complete enterprise innovation management solutions including software, expertise, and best practices, that enable them to achieve exceptional long-term revenue growth and profitability. Sopheon’s Accolade solution provides unique, fully-integrated coverage for the entire innovation management and new product development lifecycle, including strategic innovation planning, roadmapping, idea and concept development, process and project management, portfolio management and resource planning. Sopheon’s solutions have been implemented by over 200 customers with over 60,000 users in over 50 countries. Sopheon is listed on AIM, operated by the London Stock Exchange.