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                                                                      EXHIBIT 11


                        MELITA INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
                   COMPUTATION OF PRO FORMA EARNINGS PER SHARE
             (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT FOR SHARE AND PER SHARE AMOUNTS)


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                                                                                            Six Months
                                                                                          Ended June 30,
                                                                                       1998           1997    
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                            DILUTED                                                                           
                            Weighted average common stock outstanding                 15,169          8,000   
                            Effect of the combination (1)                                 --          3,143   
                            Effect of issuance of shares in IPO                           --            529   
                            Dilutive effect of common stock equivalents                  870            395   
                            Cheap stock adjustment (2)                                    --             94   
                            Effect of shareholder distribution (3)                        --            597   
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                            Weighted average common and common equivalent shares      16,039         12,758  
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                            Net income after income tax                                5,280          6,048   
                            Earnings per share                                           .13            .47   
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                            Pro forma net income                                                      3,090   
                            Pro forma earnings per share                                                .24   
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(1)  Reflects pro forma issuance of 3,143 shares of Common Stock in
     connection with the combination of Melita International Corporation,
     Melita Europe Limited and Inventions, Inc.

(2)  Pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Accounting
     Bulletin No. 83, common stock and common stock equivalents issued at
     prices below the assumed initial public offering price per share
     ("cheap stock") during the twelve months immediately preceding the
     initial filing date of the Company's Registration Statement for its
     public offering have been included as outstanding for all periods
     presented.

(3)  Pursuant to Staff Accounting Bulletin 1B.3, pro forma earnings per
     share gives effect to the issuance by the Company of the numbers of
     shares that, of the assumed public offering price, would yield proceeds
     in the amount necessary to pay the shareholder distribution that is not
     covered by the earnings during the period.