Document:

Exhibit 10.5

                           EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

Agreement made as of January 7, 2000 between Standard Microsystems Corporation,
a Delaware corporation having an office at 80 Arkay Drive, Hauppauge, New York
11788 ("Company"), and Andrew  M. Caggia, residing at 126 Kensett Road,
Manhasset, New York 11030 ("Executive").

                             W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, Company desires to employ Executive as Company's Chief Financial
Officer, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter in this Agreement set forth,
and Executive desires to be so employed;

Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and
conditions contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.       Employment.
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Subject to the next sentence, the Company hereby agrees to employ the
Executive, and the Executive hereby accepts such employment, upon the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth.  This Agreement shall not be effective unless
approved by Company's Board of Directors at or before its February 7, 2000
meeting.

2.        Title and Duties.
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Company shall employ Executive as Company's Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer, effective as of February 15, 2000.  Executive will render
his services faithfully and to the best of his ability and devote his full
business time and attention to the services to be rendered by him hereunder.

3.       Term; Severance; Change in Control.
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a.       The term of employment under this Agreement (the "Employment Term")
shall commence as of February 15, 2000 and shall continue through
February 14, 2003.  Thereafter, the Employment Term shall be automatically
extended for one-year periods, unless either party shall give notice
("Contrary  Notice") as per section 9 (e) herein, at least six months prior to
the end of the Employment Term, that the Employment Term shall not be so
extended.

b.       Notwithstanding Section 3.a, the Employment Term shall terminate prior
to any date otherwise specified in Section 3.a, upon:

         (i)    Executive's death or disability ("disability" shall mean the
         physical or mental incapacity of the Executive which prevents
         Executive from performing the Executive's duties as herein provided
         for a continuous period of 60 days or an aggregate period of 90 days
         during any consecutive six-month period, and disability shall be
         deemed to have occurred as of the end of the applicable period);

         (ii)   Notice by Company of termination for cause, which shall mean
         Executive's (x) material dishonesty in the course of employment, (y)
         willful and material failure to perform his duties hereunder,
         following delivery of written notice thereof and a reasonable period,
         not to exceed 30 days from delivery of notice, to cure such failure,
         or (z) conduct, regardless whether in the course of employment,
         constituting a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude;

         (iii)  Notice by Company of termination other than for cause.
         Reduction of compensation or duties, OR requirement to relocate
         outside of Long Island (or more than 20 miles east of Hauppauge) OR
         other breach hereof and failure to cure within 30 days following
         delivery of written notice thereof by Executive to Company shall be
         considered notice of termination under this subsection; or

         (iv)   Notice of voluntary termination by Executive within six months
         after a change in control of Company (for purposes hereof, a "change
         in control of Company" shall mean an event that Company would be
         required to report as such pursuant to Securities and Exchange
         Commission ("SEC") Form 8-K).

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c.       Should Company terminate the Employment Term pursuant to clauses (i)
or (iii) of Section 3.b: (i) Company shall pay Executive, in lump sum on the
day of termination, an amount equal to one year's Base Salary, any vested or
unvested stock grants, any deferred compensation (if any deferred compensation
plan shall be adopted in the future), any accrued, unused vacation and
unreimbursed business expenses (including automobile, and tax gross up on such
automobile expenses);  (ii) Company shall pay any accrued, unpaid Bonus, as
hereinafter defined, (i.e., a pro-rated amount of the Bonus that Executive
would have earned if Executive remained employed through the then current
fiscal year of Company, to be based on the number of weeks employed during the
then current fiscal year), payable at the same time such Bonus would have been
paid for such fiscal year;  (iii) Company shall continue to provide paid
coverage for any Company-paid individual life insurance, and all group health
insurance plans under COBRA, provided by Company to Executive as of the date of
such termination, excluding group life and group disability plans, for a period
of 18 months from the date of termination of the Employment Term, or until
Executive shall have sooner obtained full-time employment;  (iv) insofar as any
stock option granted by Company to Executive would have, but for such
termination, become exercisable in accordance with its terms within 13 months
of the date of such termination, such option shall become exercisable as of
such termination  date, remain exercisable during such 13 month period, and
expire at the end of such 13 month period.  This Section 3.c sets forth
Company's entire obligation to Executive in case of termination of the
Employment Term on any basis referred to in this Section 3.c.

d.       Should Company terminate the Employment Term pursuant to clause 3.b
(ii), Company's obligations hereunder shall be fully satisfied upon payment by
the Company to the Executive of any unpaid Base Salary, accrued, unused
vacation time and unreimbursed business expenses through the date of
termination, provided, however, that such payment shall not prevent the Company
from seeking relief respecting any claim it might have against the Executive
hereunder or otherwise.

e.       In the event of a change in control of Company all stock options, all
stock grants and deferred compensation (if any deferred compensation plan shall
be adopted in the future) shall immediately vest, and, should Executive
terminate the Employment Term pursuant to clause 3.b. (iv), Executive shall be
entitled to the payments and insurance coverage referred to in clauses 3.c
(i), (ii) and (iii).

4.       Annual compensation.
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a.       In consideration of the services to be rendered by Executive
hereunder, the Company shall pay to the Executive:

         (i)    An annual base salary of $250,000, which may be increased, but
         not decreased without Executive's consent, from time to time,
         by Company's Board of Directors, based upon Compensation
         Committee review and  recommendation ("Base  Salary").  Base
         Salary will automatically increase to $275,000 upon the
         Company achieving sales of $250M over four consecutive
         quarters; and

         (ii)   A management incentive bonus ("Bonus") target, with respect to
         fiscal year 2001, equal to 50 percent of Base Salary,  i.e.,
         $125,000 (the "At Plan Bonus"), and any additional earned Bonus for
         fiscal year 2001 (under the plan described below) payable in cash,
         and a Bonus with respect to each succeeding fiscal year, both the At
         Plan Bonus and any additional bonus being determined in accordance
         with Company's EVC Plan payable within 75 days following the end of
         such fiscal year.  The Bonus plan is defined by the Board of Directors
         for each fiscal year, and, during the Company's fiscal year 2001, it
         shall be based on the Company achieving specific changes in economic
         profit generated or Economic Value Contributed ("EVC").  The fiscal
         year 2001 EVC plan for the Company will be provided in a separate
         document.  However, some of the major provisions of the plan provide
         for an EVC target, indexing Company EVC performance to the market, and
         additional  bonus payment for over target EVC performance not to
         exceed 50% of the At Plan Bonus amount, i.e., for fiscal year 2001
         not to exceed  $62,500 over the Bonus amount of $125,000 specified in
         4.a. (ii).  The target Bonus for Executive will remain at 50% of Base
         Salary for the Company's fiscal years 2002 and 2003; however, the
         basis on which  Bonus is earned may be modified by the Board of
         Directors.  Any Bonus plan approved by the Board of Directors for
         Executive will be consistent with the management incentive bonus plan
         for other Company executives.
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b.       Any Bonus payable respecting fiscal year 2002 shall be paid 75% in
cash, and the balance shall be paid in shares of Company restricted stock
having a total Market Value, as hereinafter defined, equal to 25% of the
amount of such Bonus.  Any Bonus payable respecting any subsequent fiscal year
shall be paid 50% in cash, and the balance shall be paid in shares of Company
restricted stock having a total Market Value equal to 50% of the amount of such
Bonus.  All restricted  stock so issued shall be subject to the same transfer
restrictions and forfeiture under the same conditions as shall apply generally
to Company bonus awards of Company restricted stock, except as otherwise
provided herein in paragraphs 3 and 6.  Executive shall have the right to
demand registration for all vested stock and Company shall use best effort to
cause such registration at Company expense to be effective.

c.       For purposes hereof, Market Value of a share of Company restricted
stock shall mean the closing sale price of such a share on the date that
Company's independent accountants shall have completed the audit for the
fiscal year respecting which the Bonus shall be paid.

5.       Benefits; Expenses.
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Executive shall be entitled to such benefits as are provided generally to
Company's senior executive officers.  In addition, Executive shall receive a
$950 per month car allowance, plus insurance, fuel and normal travel expenses
(i.e. tolls, parking, etc.).  All the preceding expenses (excluding the car
allowance) are fully tax protected.  Company shall furnish Executive with
individual supplemental life insurance coverage in the amount of $125,000 and
individual disability income coverage.  Company shall furnish and maintain
continuously directors and officers liability insurance coverage during
employment, and will continue to indemnify and advance legal expenses on behalf
of Executive, during Employment Term and after termination for actions
occurring during the Employment Term to the extent permitted by law.  Executive
shall accrue  vacation  time at a rate of twenty days per year.  Company  will
grant Executive, effective February 15, 2000, options to purchase 200,000
shares of Company Common Stock with  four-year (25% per year) vesting and
ten-year expiration.

If options granted to Executive during employment (including the option
referred to in the last sentence of the previous paragraph) do not achieve a
total potential value before taxes of at least $463,000 before 2/16/2004
(whether or not they are actually exercised), then the Company will pay the
Executive the amount by which $463,000 exceeds the total potential value in ten
equal installments over the subsequent ten fiscal quarters, on the last day of
each quarter.  "Potential  value" with respect to each option means the sum of
the maximum vested values of each option.  "Maximum vested value" means, as to
each portion of the option that becomes exercisable, (a) the difference between
(i) the maximum closing price of a share of the Company's common stock on at
least one day that Executive could exercise such portion of the option and
resell the common stock received on exercise under the Company's then in effect
trading policy and (ii) the exercise price of the option, multiplied by (b) the
number of shares as to which such portion is initially exercisable (as adjusted
for stock dividends, stock splits, or like changes to the outstanding common
stock and stock price).  In no event shall the maximum closing price in (a)(i)
herein be lower than the exercise price of the option and in no event will the
Executive ever be entitled to payments exceeding $463,000.  Should Company
terminate the Employment Term for cause, or should Executive terminate the
Employment Term voluntarily (other than on account of Company's material breach
hereof or pursuant to 3.b.(i) or 3.b.(iv)), in either case prior to receipt of
these payments, then these payments are forfeited.

Should any of Executive's stock options granted by his current employer expire,
because of his termination of employment, during a period in which, under the
"lockup" agreement Executive signed in connection with his current employer's
recent private placement under Rule 144A, thereby prohibiting Executive from
immediately reselling the shares issuable upon exercise of such option, Company
shall lend Executive the amount necessary to exercise such option, for a period
ending two weeks after such lockup agreement shall expire, such loan to be
secured by the stock received on exercise.

Executive's benefit under the Executive Retirement Plan shall vest 50% after
five years of service and pro-ratably over the next five years as to the
remaining 50%.

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6.       Signing Bonus.
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In first pay check after 15 February 2000 Company shall pay $50,000 cash, and
on 15 February 2000 issue to Executive 15,000 shares of Company common stock,
and use reasonable efforts to register the shares for resale by 30 July 2001.
Should Company terminate the Employment Term for cause, or should Executive
terminate the Employment Term voluntarily (other than on account of Company's
material breach hereof or pursuant to 3.b.(i) or 3.b.(iv)), in either case
prior to 15 February 2001, Executive shall, as liquidated damages, and not as
penalty, transfer to the Company cash equal to $50,000 multiplied by the
Forfeiture Fraction, and also transfer a number of shares of Company common
stock equal to 15,000 multiplied by the Forfeiture Fraction, or an amount equal
to the product obtained by multiplying 15,000 by the Forfeiture Fraction and
multiplying that amount by the mean of the closing sale prices of the Company
common stock on the first ten trading days following effectiveness  of the
registration of the shares for resale.  The Forfeiture Fraction is a fraction,
the numerator of which shall be the number of whole calendar days remaining in
the one-year period  starting February 15, 2000, and the denominator of which
shall be 366.

7.       Intellectual Property; Noncompetition.
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a.       Assignment of Inventions.

         (i)    Subject to paragraph (a)(ii) below, Executive hereby assigns
         and agrees to assign to Company, or to any business concern controlled
         by or under common control with Company ("Company Affiliate") as
         Company shall specify, all of Executive's right, title and interest
         in and to any inventions, formulas, techniques, processes, ideas,
         algorithms, discoveries, designs, developments and improvements which
         Executive may make, reduce to practice, conceive, invent, discover,
         design or otherwise acquire during Executive's employment by Company
         or any Company Affiliate, whether or not made during regular working
         hours, relating to the actual or anticipated business, products,
         research or development of Company or any Company Affiliate
         (collectively, "Inventions").

         (ii)   The foregoing shall not apply to, and Executive shall not be
         required to assign any of Executive's rights in, an invention that
         Executive developed entirely on Executive's own time without using any
         equipment, supplies, facilities, computer programs, or trade secret(s)
         and/or other proprietary and/or confidential information of Company or
         any Company Affiliate, except for those inventions that either:

                  (1)      Relate directly or indirectly at the time of
                           conception or reduction to practice of the
                           invention, to the business of Company or any Company
                           Affiliate, or to the actual or contemplated
                           products, research or development of Company or any
                           Company Affiliate, or

                  (2)      Result from any work performed by Executive for
                           Company or any Company Affiliate.

b.       Trade Secrets.  Executive shall regard and preserve as confidential:
(x) all trade secrets and/or other proprietary and/or confidential information
belonging to Company or any Company Affiliate; and (y) all trade secrets and/or
other proprietary and/or confidential information belonging to a third party
which have been confidentially disclosed to Company or any Company Affiliate,
which trade secrets and/or other proprietary and/or confidential information
described in (x) and (y) above (collectively, "Confidential Information") have
been or may be developed or obtained by or disclosed to Executive by reason of
Executive's employment.  Executive shall not, without written authority from
Company to do so, use for Executive's own benefit or purposes, or the benefit
or purpose of any person or entity other than Company or any Company Affiliate,
nor disclose to others, either during Executive's employment with Company or
thereafter, except as required in the course of employment with Company or any
Company Affiliate, or except as required by law, any Confidential Information
(Executive, as CFO, shall have the usual and customary discretion to determine
when disclosure is required for the benefit of Company).  This provision shall
not apply to Confidential Information that has been voluntarily disclosed to
the public by Company or any Company Affiliate, or otherwise entered the public
domain through lawful means.  Confidential Information shall include, but not
be limited to, all nonpublic information relating to any of the following
regarding Company or any Company Affiliate:  (1) business, research,
development and marketing plans, strategies and forecasts; (2) business; (3)
products (whether existing, in development, or being contemplated); (4)
customers' identities, usages, and requirements; (5) reports; (6) formulas; (7)
specifications; (8) designs, software and other technology; (9) research and
development programs; and (10) terms of contracts.

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c.       Works of  Authorship.  Executive agrees that any original works of
authorship, including, without limitation, all documents, blueprints, drawings,
mask works and computer programs (including, without limitation, all software,
firmware, object code, source code, documentation, specifications, revisions,
supplements, modules, and upgrades), conceived, created, performed or produced
during the term of Executive's employment with Company or any Company
Affiliate, and all foreign and domestic, registered and unregistered,
copyrights and mask work rights and applications for registrations therefor
related to any such work of authorship, in each case, whether or not made
during regular working hours, relating to the actual or anticipated business,
products, research or development of Company or any Company Affiliate
(collectively, "Works of Authorship") shall be the exclusive property of
Company or any Company Affiliate as Company shall specify.  To the extent that
Executive has or obtains any right, title or interest in or to any Works of
Authorship, Executive hereby assigns and agrees to assign to Company or any
Company Affiliate as Company shall specify, all of such right, title and
interest therein and thereto.  This paragraph does not include any publicly
available materials, unless such materials shall have become public in
violation of this Agreement.

d.       Disclosure.  Executive shall promptly and fully disclose any and all
Inventions and Works of Authorship to Company's General Counsel or other
official as Company's Board of Directors may designate for such purpose.

e.       Further Assistance.  Executive shall, during Executive's employment
with Company or any Company Affiliate and at any time thereafter, upon the
request of and at the expense of Company or such Company Affiliate, but at no
additional compensation to Executive: do all acts and things including, but not
limited to, making and executing documents, applications and instruments and
giving information and testimony, in each case, deemed by Company from time to
time, in its sole discretion, to be necessary or appropriate (1) to vest,
secure, defend, protect or evidence the right, title and interest of Company in
and to any and all Inventions, Works of Authorship and Confidential
Information; and (2) to obtain for Company, in relation to all such, letters,
patents, design registrations, copyright registrations and/or mask work
registrations, in the United States and any foreign countries, and/or any
reissues, renewals and/or extensions thereof.

f.       Previous Obligations.  Executive represents and warrants to Company
that Executive has no continuing obligation with respect to assignment of
inventions, developments or improvements to any previous employer(s),
respecting any invention, development, or improvement made prior to February
15, 2000, nor does Executive claim any existing title in any previous
unpatented inventions, developments or improvements within the scope of this
Section 7. except as may be set forth on an Exhibit hereto acknowledged on the
face thereof as an Exhibit hereto by an authorized representative of Company.

g.       Return of Documents.  All media on which any Inventions, Works of
Authorship or Confidential Information may be recorded or located, including,
without limitation, documents, samples, models, blueprints, photocopies,
photographs, drawings, descriptions, reproductions, cards, tapes, discs and
other storage facilities (collectively, "Documentation") made by Executive or
that come into Executive's possession by reason of Executive's employment are
the property of Company and shall be returned to Company by Executive upon
termination of employment.  Executive will not deliver, reproduce, or
in any way allow any Documentation to be delivered or used by any third party
without the written direction or consent of a duly authorized representative
of Company.

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8.       Competition.
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Executive covenants and agrees that (a) for so long as he shall be employed by
Company or any Company Affiliate, he shall not, directly or indirectly, as
principal, partner, agent, servant, employee, stockholder, or otherwise,
anywhere in the world (the "Territory"), engage or attempt to engage in any
business activity competitive with the business being conducted or, to the
knowledge of Executive prior to Notice of Termination or actual termination,
whichever is earlier, being  planned to be conducted by Company or any Company
Affiliate, and (b) for one year after termination, Executive shall not, in the
Territory, so engage or attempt to engage in any business activity competitive
with any business conducted or planned to be conducted by any of Company or any
Company affiliate within one year prior to termination.  The foregoing shall
not prohibit Executive, his affiliates, spouse, and children from owning
beneficially any publicly traded security, so long as the beneficial ownership
by all of them, when combined with the beneficial ownership of such publicly
traded security by any person (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act)
of which any of them is a member, constitutes less than 5% of the class of
such publicly traded security.  Executive recognizes that the foregoing
territorial and time limitations are reasonable and properly required for the
adequate protection of the business of Company and that in the event that any
such territorial or time limitation is deemed to be unreasonable in any
proceeding to enforce these provisions or otherwise, Executive agrees to
request, and to submit to, the reduction of said territorial or time limitation
to such an area or period as shall be deemed reasonable by the relevant
tribunal.  In the event that Executive shall be in violation of the foregoing
restrictive covenants, then the time limitation thereof shall be extended for a
period of time during which such breach or breaches shall occur.  The existence
of any claim or cause of action by Executive against Company, if any, whether
predicated upon this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to
the enforcement by Company of the foregoing restrictive covenants.

9.       Miscellaneous.
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a.       Executive agrees that a remedy at law for any breach or proposed or
attempted breach of the provisions of Sections 7 or 8 shall be inadequate and
that Company shall be entitled to injunctive relief with respect to such breach
or proposed or attempted breach, in addition to any other remedy it might have.
The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 shall be enforceable notwithstanding the
existence of any claim or cause of action of Executive against Company or any
Company Affiliate, whether predicated on such Section or otherwise.

b.       Except as otherwise provided herein, the agreements, assignments and
appointments made by Executive hereunder and the obligations of Executive
herein shall survive the termination of Executive's employment with Company,
whether by Executive or Company.

c.       This Agreement may be modified only by a written instrument duly
executed by the parties hereto.  No term or provision of this Agreement shall
be deemed waived, and no breach excused, unless such waiver or consent shall be
in writing and signed by the parties hereto.  The failure of either party or
any Company Affiliate at any time to enforce performance of any provision of
this Agreement shall in no way affect such person's rights thereafter to
enforce the same, nor shall the waiver by any such person of any breach of any
provision hereof be deemed to be a waiver of any other breach of the same or
any other provision hereof.

d.       If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of such
provision, is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement and the application
of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it
is held invalid shall not be affected thereby.

e.       Any notice authorized or required to be given hereunder shall be
deemed given or made, if in writing, upon personal delivery, by telecopier on
the date that transmission is confirmed electronically, if such confirmation
occurs by 4:00PM on such date and such date is a business day, or otherwise,
on the first business day thereafter, or three days after mailing by certified
or registered mail, return receipt requested, to the Company, at the address
set forth at the top of the first page, to the attention of Mr. Steven J.
Bilodeau, Chief Executive Officer, or to the Executive at the address to
which this letter is addressed, as set forth above, or such other address of
which either party shall give notice to the other.

f.       This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the state of New York,
applicable to an agreement negotiated, signed, and wholly to be performed in
such state.

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g.       Any dispute arising hereunder (including but not limited to
interpretation of performance) shall be resolved in New York NY by arbitration
before the American Arbitration Association, in accordance with its rules,
except that the arbitrator shall be an active member of the New York bar
specializing for at least 15 years in general corporate law and contracts
practice, who shall apply the terms of this agreement and make findings of
fact and conclusions of law in making his award.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this agreement on the dates
below as of the date first written above.

                                                STANDARD MICROSYSTEMS
                                                CORPORATION

By:  /S/ ANDREW M. CAGGIA                       By: /S/ STEVEN J. BILODEAU
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     Andrew M. Caggia                           Steven J. Bilodeau
                                                Chief Executive Officer

     Date:  January 7, 2000                     Date:  January 7, 2000THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.  IF YOU ARE IN
ANY DOUBT AS TO THE ACTION YOU SHOULD TAKE YOU ARE  RECOMMENDED  IMMEDIATELY  TO
SEEK YOUR OWN ADVICE FROM YOUR STOCKBROKER, BANK MANAGER, SOLICITOR,  ACCOUNTANT
OR OTHER  INDEPENDENT  ADVISER DULY AUTHORISED UNDER THE FINANCIAL  SERVICES ACT
1986.

IF YOU HAVE SOLD OR OTHERWISE  TRANSFERRED  all your Romtec  Shares  please send
this document and the accompanying Form of Acceptance and reply-paid envelope at
once to the purchaser or transferee or to the  stockbroker,  bank or other agent
through  whom  the  sale or  transfer  was  effected,  for  transmission  to the
purchaser or  transferee.  However,  such  documents  should not be forwarded or
transmitted in or into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan or into any
other jurisdiction if to do so would constitute a violation of the relevant laws
in such other jurisdiction.

The Offer (including the Loan Note  Alternative) is not being made,  directly or
indirectly,  in or  into,  or by the use of the  mails  of,  or by any  means of
instrumentality    (including,    without    limitation,    telephonically    or
electronically)  of  interstate or foreign  commerce of, or any  facilities of a
national securities exchange of, the United States,  Canada,  Australia or Japan
and the Offer  cannot be accepted  by any such use,  means,  instrumentality  or
facility, or from within any of those countries.  Accordingly, this document and
the  accompanying  Form of  Acceptance  are not being  mailed  and should not be
forwarded,  distributed  or sent in,  into or from any of those  countries.  All
persons (including,  without limitation,  nominees,  trustees or custodians) who
would, or otherwise intend to, forward this document and the  accompanying  Form
of  Acceptance  to any  jurisdiction  outside  the UK  should  read the  further
information  contained  on pages 30 to 33of  this  document  before  taking  any
action.

The Loan Notes to be issued  pursuant to the Offer,  if any, have not been,  and
will not be,  registered  under the  Securities Act 1933 of the United States or
under the  securities  laws of any  state or other  jurisdiction  of the  United
States, Canada,  Australia or Japan.  Accordingly,  unless an exemption from the
relevant laws is available,  the Loan Notes may not be offered,  sold, resold or
delivered or transferred,  directly or indirectly,  in or into the United States
or to, or for the  account  or benefit  of, US  persons,  or in or into  Canada,
Australia,  or Japan. This document does not constitute an offer to sell, or the
solicitation  of any offer to buy any Loan  Notes in any  jurisdiction  in which
such an offer or solicitation would be unlawful.

This  document  should  be read in  conjunction  with the  accompanying  Form of
Acceptance.
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                             RECOMMENDED CASH OFFER
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                                       by
                         CHARLES STREET SECURITIES, INC.
                                  on behalf of
                       TOTAL RESEARCH ACQUISITIONS LIMITED
                          a wholly owned subsidiary of
                           TOTAL RESEARCH CORPORATION
                                       for
                                   ROMTEC PLC
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A letter from the Chairman of Romtec containing the  recommendation of the Board
of Directors of Romtec is set out on pages 3 to 6.

ACCEPTANCES SHOULD BE DESPATCHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND, IN ANY EVENT, SO AS TO
BE RECEIVED BY PARK CIRCUS REGISTRARS LIMITED,  JAMES SELLAR'S HOUSE, 3RD FLOOR,
144 WEST GEORGE STREET, GLASGOW, G2 2HG, NO LATER THAN 3.00 p.m. ON 11 MAY 2000.
THE  PROCEDURE  FOR  ACCEPTANCE OF THE OFFER IS SET OUT ON PAGES 15 to 17 AND IN
THE ACCOMPANYING FORM OF ACCEPTANCE.

Charles  Street  Securities,  Inc.,  which is  regulated by The  Securities  and
Futures Authority  Limited in the conduct of its investment  business in the UK,
is acting exclusively for Total Research Acquisitions Limited and Total Research
Corporation  and is acting for no one else in connection with the Offer and will
not be responsible to anyone other than Total Research  Acquisitions Limited and
Total Research  Corporation for providing the protections  afforded to customers
of Charles  Street  Securities,  Inc.  nor for giving  advice in relation to the
Offer.

Shore Capital and Corporate  Limited,  which is regulated by The  Securities and
Futures Authority  Limited in the conduct of its investment  business in the UK,
is acting  exclusively  for Romtec  and is acting for no one else in  connection
with the Offer and will not be  responsible  to anyone  other  than  Romtec  for
providing the  protections  afforded to customers of Shore Capital and Corporate
Limited nor for giving advice in relation to the Offer.

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                                    CONTENTS

Part I   Letter from the Chairman of Romtec....................................3

Part II  Letter from Charles Street Securities, Inc............................6

APPENDIX I: CONDITIONS TO AND FURTHER TERMS OF THE OFFER......................19

APPENDIX II: PRINCIPAL TERMS OF THE LOAN NOTES................................39

APPENDIX III: INFORMATION ON TOTAL RESEARCH ACQUISITIONS LIMITED AND TOTAL
              RESEARCH CORPORATION............................................41

APPENDIX IV: INFORMATION ON ROMTEC............................................48

APPENDIX V: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION............................................53

APPENDIX VI: DEFINITIONS......................................................62

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                             [ON ROMTEC LETTERHEAD]
Part I

                       LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF ROMTEC

20 April 2000

To Romtec  Shareholders  and, for  information  only,  to option  holders in the
Romtec Executive Share Option Scheme

Dear Shareholder

                        RECOMMENDED CASH OFFER FOR ROMTEC

1.       INTRODUCTION
         ------------

         On 13  April  2000  the  Boards  of Total  Research  Corporation  (a US
         corporation)  and Romtec  announced  that agreement had been reached on
         the terms of a  recommended  cash  offer to be made by  Charles  Street
         Securities,  Inc. on behalf of Total Research  Acquisitions  Limited, a
         wholly owned subsidiary of Total Research  Corporation,  to acquire the
         whole of the issued and to be issued  ordinary share capital of Romtec.
         I am writing to explain the background to the Offer and the reasons why
         your Board,  which has been so advised by Shore Capital,  considers the
         terms  of  the  Offer  to be  fair  and  reasonable  and,  accordingly,
         unanimously   recommends   that  it  should  be   accepted   by  Romtec
         Shareholders.

2.       THE OFFER
         ---------

         The  formal  Offer  is set  out  in  the  letter  from  Charles  Street
         Securities, Inc. on pages 7 to 18 of this document.

         The Offer, which is subject to the conditions and further terms set out
         in Appendix I to this document, is made on the following basis:

         FOR EACH ROMTEC SHARE                                   91P IN CASH

         However I have agreed to waive my entitlement under the Offer to 11p of
         the cash  consideration  for each Romtec Share I hold,  and will accept
         the balance (of up to 80p per Romtec Share),  payable in three tranches
         over the two year period following the Offer becoming or being declared
         unconditional  in all respects.  Payment of the third tranche (of up to
         15p) is subject to Romtec's  annualised  profits and revenues over such
         two year period being at least equivalent to the respective figures for
         the financial year ended 31 January 2000 on a comparable basis.

         The  Offer  values  the  entire  issued  share  capital  of  Romtec  at
         approximately  (pound)4.3 million ((pound)4.79 million before my waiver
         described  above  and  approximately  (pound)4.5  million  if  all  the
         outstanding  options in the Romtec  Executive  Share Option  Scheme are
         exercised and the offer is accepted in respect of all those Shares).

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         The Offer  represents a premium of  approximately  21 per cent over the
         Closing  Price  of 75p per  Romtec  Share on 12 April  2000  (the  last
         dealing day before the announcement of the Offer). It also represents a
         multiple of 25.3 times  Romtec's  earnings per share for the year ended
         31 January  2000.  Romtec's  preliminary  results for the year ended 31
         January  2000,  which  were  announced  on 13 April 2000 are set out in
         Appendix IV.

         In  addition,  Romtec  Shareholders  on the  register  at the  close of
         business on 2 May 2000 will be entitled to receive an interim  dividend
         of 2p (net) per Romtec Share declared by the Romtec board in respect of
         the year  ended 31  January  2000,  which  will be paid on 19 May 2000.
         Acceptance  of the  Offer  will not  prevent  you from  receiving  this
         interim  dividend.  No  further  dividends  will be  payable  to Romtec
         Shareholders.

3.       THE LOAN NOTE ALTERNATIVE
         -------------------------

         Romtec  Shareholders,  other than certain  overseas  shareholders,  may
         elect to receive  Loan Notes to be issued as an  alternative  to either
         all or, if they so  elect,  any part of the cash  consideration  on the
         following basis:

         FOR EVERY(POUND)1 OF CASH CONSIDERATION UNDER THE OFFER
                                                  (POUND)1 NOMINAL OF LOAN NOTES

         Full details of the Loan Notes are set out in paragraph 3 of the letter
         from Charles Street  Securities,  Inc. on page 8 and 9 and  in Appendix
         II to this document on pages 39 and 40

4.       IRREVOCABLE UNDERTAKINGS
         ------------------------

         I have  irrevocably  undertaken  to accept  the Offer in  respect of my
         entire beneficial  holding of Romtec Shares,  amounting to an aggregate
         of 4,475,000 Romtec Shares,  representing approximately 85 per cent. of
         Romtec's current issued share capital.

         The terms of the  irrevocable  undertaking  require  acceptance  of the
         Offer even if a competing or higher offer is made by a third party.

5.       ROMTEC SHARE OPTION SCHEME
         --------------------------

         The Offer  extends  to any  Romtec  Shares  issued  or  unconditionally
         allotted upon the exercise of options under the Romtec  Executive Share
         Option Scheme during the Offer Period.

         HOLDERS  OF OPTIONS  UNDER THE ROMTEC  EXECUTIVE  SHARE  OPTION  SCHEME
         SHOULD  CONSIDER  WHETHER TO EXERCISE SUCH RIGHTS AS ARE EXERCISABLE IN
         ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT THE OFFER.

         To the extent that such options are not so exercised,  and if the Offer
         becomes or is declared  unconditional  in all respects,  it is intended
         that  Total  Research   Acquisitions   Limited  will  make  appropriate
         proposals to option holders in the Romtec Executive Share Option Scheme
         in due course.

6.       MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES
         ------------------------

         The Board of Total Research Corporation has confirmed that the existing
         employment  rights,  including  pension  rights,  of the management and
         employees  of  Romtec  will  be  fully  safeguarded.  I and  the  other
         directors of Romtec (except for Mark Vaygelt who has signed a letter of
         intent to enter into a service  agreement  with  Romtec),  have entered
         into new service  agreements  with Romtec,  on terms  approved by Total
         Research Corporation, which will become effective on the Offer becoming
         or being  declared  unconditional  in all respects.  The terms of these
         service  agreements  provide  for the issue of  options  over  ordinary
         shares in Total  Research  Corporation to the Romtec  directors.  Shore
         Capital

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         believes  that the terms of these  arrangements  so far as  myself  and
         Total Research Corporation are concerned are fair and reasonable in the
         context of the Offer.

         In order to help integrate  Romtec into the Total Research Group in the
         event of the Offer being declared  unconditional in all respects, it is
         Total  Research  Corporation's  intention  that I  will  be  offered  a
         position  as  Chairman  of the  Board of  Directors  of Total  Research
         Acquisitions  Limited and its holding company,  Total Research Holdings
         Limited.

7.       BACKGROUND TO AND REASONS FOR RECOMMENDING THE OFFER
         ----------------------------------------------------

         Total Research  Corporation provides marketing research and services in
         a wide range of  industries  principally  in the US but also in the UK.
         The  acquisition of Romtec will fulfil several major strategic goals of
         Total Research Corporation, including:

         1.       expanding   Total   Research   Corporation's   Internet   data
                  collection and delivery system in Europe;

         2.       allowing Total Research  Corporation to offer clients seamless
                  delivery of research and  marketing  services  between the two
                  continents;

         3.       expanding  Total Research  Corporation's  capabilities  in the
                  areas  of  database   marketing  and   e-marketing   services,
                  facilitating  its  evolution  from a  research  company  to an
                  integrated marketing services company;

         4.       broadening  Total  Research  Corporation's  core  business  by
                  offering  clients new syndicated and custom research  services
                  on a global basis; and

         5.       broadening the client list from which to sell products.

8.       TAXATION
         --------

         You  should  read  paragraph  14 of  the  letter  from  Charles  Street
         Securities,  Inc.  on  pages  13 to 15 as to the  tax  consequences  of
         accepting  the  Offer.  Whether or not you decide to elect for the Loan
         Note  Alternative   will  depend  on  your  individual   circumstances,
         including your tax position.

         IF YOU ARE IN ANY DOUBT AS TO YOUR TAX POSITION,  YOU SHOULD CONSULT AN
         APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL ADVISER.

9.       ACTION TO BE TAKEN
         ------------------

         Your attention is drawn to the letter from Charles  Street  Securities,
         Inc., the Appendices to this document, and the Form of Acceptance which
         set out the terms of the Offer and the procedure for its acceptance.

         IN ORDER TO ACCEPT  THE  OFFER,  YOU  SHOULD  COMPLETE  AND  RETURN THE
         ENCLOSED FORM OF ACCEPTANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS PRINTED
         ON IT,  SO AS TO BE  RECEIVED  BY  PARK  CIRCUS  REGISTRARS  AS SOON AS
         POSSIBLE, BUT IN ANY EVENT NOT LATER THAN 3.00 P.M. ON 11 MAY 2000.

10.      RECOMMENDATION
         --------------

         The  Directors  of Romtec  who have been so  advised  by Shore  Capital
         consider that the terms of the Offer are fair and reasonable and in the
         best  interests of Romtec  Shareholders.  In  providing  advice to your
         Directors,  Shore  Capital  has  taken  into  account  your  Directors'
         commercial   assessments.   Accordingly,   your  Directors  unanimously
         recommend  all  Romtec   Shareholders  to  accept  the  Offer.  I  have
         irrevocably  undertaken  to  accept  the  Offer  in  respect  of my own
         aggregate

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         beneficial    shareholdings   amounting   to  4,475,000  Romtec Shares,
         representing   approximately  85 per cent.  of the issued share capital
         of Romtec.

Yours faithfully

/s/Russell V. Nathan
Russell V. Nathan CBE

Chairman

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                                     Part II

                         CHARLES STREET SECURITIES, INC.
                               INVESTMENT BANKERS
                                MEMBER: NASD, SFA

                       1 Wilton Crescent, London SW1X 8RN
                               Tel: 020 7235 7642

                                                                   20 April 2000

         To Romtec  Shareholders and, for information only, to option holders in
         the Romtec Share Option Scheme

         Dear Sir or Madam

         RECOMMENDED  CASH  OFFER   FOR  ROMTEC  ON  BEHALF  OF  TOTAL  RESEARCH
         ACQUISITIONS LIMITED

1.       INTRODUCTION
         ------------

         On 13  April  2000  the  Boards  of Total  Research  Corporation  (a US
         corporation)  and Romtec  announced  that agreement had been reached on
         the terms of a  recommended  cash  offer to be made by  Charles  Street
         Securities,  Inc., on behalf of Total Research  Acquisitions Limited to
         acquire the whole of the issued and to be issued ordinary share capital
         of Romtec.  This letter  contains  the formal  Offer by Charles  Street
         Securities, Inc., on behalf of Total Research Acquisitions Limited, and
         also contains certain other information on Total Research  Corporation,
         Total Research Acquisitions Limited and Romtec.

         The Offer of 91p in cash for each Romtec Share, and with Russell Nathan
         agreeing  to waive his  entitlement  under the Offer to 11p of the cash
         consideration  for each Romtec Share he holds and accepting the balance
         (namely up to 80p per Romtec  Share)  values  the entire  issued  share
         capital  of Romtec at  approximately  (pound)4.3  million  ((pound)4.79
         million before the waiver and approximately  (pound)4.5  million if all
         the outstanding options in the Romtec Executive Share Option Scheme are
         exercised and the Offer is accepted in respect of all those Shares).

         Romtec  Shareholders on the register at the close of business on 02 May
         2000 will also be entitled to receive and retain an interim dividend of
         2p (net) per Romtec  Share  declared by the Romtec  Board in respect of
         the year ended 31 January 2000, which will be paid on 19 May 2000.

         YOUR  ATTENTION  IS DRAWN TO THE LETTER FROM THE  CHAIRMAN OF ROMTEC ON
         PAGES 3 TO 6 OF THIS  DOCUMENT  WHICH  SETS  OUT  THE  REASONS  WHY THE
         DIRECTORS  OF  ROMTEC,  WHO HAVE  BEEN SO  ADVISED  BY  SHORE  CAPITAL,
         CONSIDER  THE  TERMS  OF  THE  OFFER  TO BE  FAIR  AND  REASONABLE  AND
         UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMEND YOU TO ACCEPT THE OFFER.

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         Russell  Nathan,  the  Chairman  and  Managing  Director  of Romtec has
         irrevocably  undertaken  to accept  the Offer in  respect of his entire
         beneficial  holdings of Romtec  Shares,  amounting  to an  aggregate of
         4,475,000  Romtec  Shares,  representing  approximately  85 per cent of
         Romtec's  issued  share  capital.   The  terms  of  the   irrecoverable
         undertaking  require  acceptance  of the Offer even if a  competing  or
         higher offer is made by a third party.

2.       THE RECOMMENDED OFFER
         ---------------------

         On  behalf  of Total  Research  Acquisitions  Limited,  Charles  Street
         Securities,  Inc. hereby offers to acquire, on the terms and subject to
         the  conditions set out or referred to in this document and in the Form
         of Acceptance, all of the Romtec Shares on the following basis:

         FOR EACH ROMTEC SHARE                                 91P IN CASH

         Russell Nathan has agreed to waive his  entitlement  under the Offer to
         11p of the  cash  consideration  for  each  Romtec  Share,  and he will
         receive  payment of the  balance of up to 80p per Romtec  Share in cash
         and loan notes,  in three  tranches over the two year period  following
         the Offer  becoming or being  declared  unconditional  in all respects.
         Payment  of the  third  tranche  (of up to 15p) to  Russell  Nathan  is
         conditional upon certain financial targets being met.

         The Offer represents a premium of 21 per cent over the Closing Price of
         75p per Romtec  Share on 12 April 2000 (the last dealing day before the
         announcement of the Offer). It also represents a multiple of 25.3 times
         Romtec's earnings per share for the year ended 31 January 2000.

         In  addition,  Romtec  shareholders  on the  register  at the  close of
         business on 02 May 2000 will be entitled to receive an interim dividend
         of 2.0p (net) per Romtec Share  declared by the Romtec Board in respect
         of the year ended 31 January  2000,  which is expected to be paid on 19
         May 2000.

         The financial effects of acceptance of the Offer and the bases of these
         calculations are set out in paragraph 4 below.

         The  procedure  for  acceptance of the Offer is set out in paragraph 15
         below.  Acceptances  of the Offer  should be  received  by Park  Circus
         Registrars at the address(es) detailed in the Form of Acceptance by not
         later than 3.00 p.m. on 11 May 2000.

         Your  attention  is drawn to the  conditions  and further  terms of the
         Offer  set  out in  Appendix  I to  this  document  and in the  Form of
         Acceptance.  The  provisions  relating to acceptance and settlement are
         set out on pages 15 to 17 of this document and the Form of Acceptance.

3.       THE LOAN NOTE ALTERNATIVE
         -------------------------

         Romtec Shareholders other than certain overseas  shareholders may elect
         to receive  Loan Notes as an  alternative  to either all or, if they so
         elect,  any  part of the  cash  consideration  to be  issued  by  Total
         Research Acquisitions Limited on the following basis:

         FOR EVERY (POUND)1 OF CASH CONSIDERATION (POUND)1 NOMINAL OF LOAN NOTES

         The Loan Notes which will  constitute  unsecured  obligations  of Total
         Research  Acquisitions  Limited and which will be  guaranteed  by Total
         Research  Corporation  as its unsecured  obligation,  will be issued in
         multiples  of  (pound)1  nominal  and will bear  interest,  payable  on
         redemption  at an annual rate  equivalent to 12 month LIBOR on sterling
         deposits of (pound)1,000,000.  Interest on the Loan Notes (less any tax
         required by law to be deducted therefrom) will be payable from the date
         of issue to the date of redemption. The Loan

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         Notes will be redeemed for cash  at par in sterling on 10 April 2001 or
         if  requested  by that date in writing  by the applicable holder, on 10
         October 2001,  together with interest accrued.

         The Loan Notes will not be transferable (save on death or bankruptcy of
         a Noteholder  or by  operation of the law).  The Loan Notes will not be
         available  to  Romtec  Shareholders  in  the  United  States,   Canada,
         Australia or Japan.

         The Loan Notes  have not been,  and will not be,  registered  under the
         Securities Act 1933 of the United States or under the  securities  laws
         of any  state or  other  jurisdiction  of the  United  States,  Canada,
         Australia or Japan.  Accordingly,  unless an exemption  under  relevant
         securities laws is available,  the Loan Notes may not be offered, sold,
         resold,  delivered or distributed,  directly or indirectly,  in or into
         the United States, or to, or for the account or benefit of, US Persons,
         or  in  or  into  Canada,   Australia  or  Japan,  or  into  any  other
         jurisdiction  where this would not be lawful.  Romtec  Shareholders who
         are citizens or residents  of an overseas  jurisdiction  other than the
         United States,  Canada,  Australia or Japan who elect for the Loan Note
         Alternative  will only be issued with Loan Notes  where Total  Research
         Acquisitions  Limited is  satisfied  that to do so will not be unlawful
         under any relevant  securities  laws.  If Total  Research  Acquisitions
         Limited is not so  satisfied,  such  Romtec  Shareholders  will only be
         entitled to receive the cash  consideration  under the Offer, and their
         elections for the Loan Note Alternative will not be treated as valid.

         The Loan Note Alternative is conditional on the Offer becoming or being
         declared unconditional in all respects and will remain open for so long
         as the Offer remains open for acceptance.

         In the  opinion of Charles  Street  Securities,  Inc.,  based on market
         conditions  on 19  April  2000  (the  last  business  day  prior to the
         publication  of this  document),  if the Loan  Notes  had then  been in
         issue, the value of each (pound)1 nominal of Loan Notes would have been
         approximately 95.14p per (pound)1 nominal value.

         Further  details of the Loan Notes are set out in  Appendix  II to this
         document on pages 39 and 40.

4.       FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE OFFER
         --------------------------------------------

         On  the  bases  and  assumptions  set  out  in  the  notes  below,  for
         illustrative  purposes  only  and  assuming  the  Offer  becomes  or is
         declared  unconditional in all respects,  the following tables show the
         financial effects of acceptance of the Offer on capital value and gross
         income for a holder of one Romtec Share:

4.1      CAPITAL VALUE

                                                       NOTES

         Cash consideration                                           91p

         Market value of one Romtec Share               (i)           75p

         Increase                                                     16p

         REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY                21 per cent.

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4.2      Gross Income

                                                       NOTES

         Gross income from the cash consideration      (ii)          5.40p

         Gross income from one Romtec Share            (iii)         2.22p
                                                                 -------------
         Increase                                                    3.18p
                                                                 -------------

         REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF                               142.86 per
                                                                     cent.

         NOTES

         (i)      The market  value of one Romtec  Share is based on the Closing
                  Price of 75p per Romtec Share derived from the Daily  Official
                  List on 12  April  2000  (the  last  dealing  day  before  the
                  announcement of the Offer).

         (ii)     Gross  income  on the cash  consideration  under the Offer has
                  been calculated assuming that the cash is re-invested so as to
                  yield  5.93  per  cent.  per  annum  being  the  yield  on the
                  FT-Actuaries Medium Coupon Fixed Interest Index for securities
                  up to five  years'  maturity  on 18  April  2000  (the  latest
                  practicable  business  day  prior to the  publication  of this
                  document).

         (iii)    The gross  income from one Romtec  Share is based on the total
                  dividend of 2.0p (net) per Romtec Share paid in respect of the
                  year ended 31 January 2000 together with an assumed associated
                  tax credit of 10/90ths on such dividends.

5.       TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER
         ---------------------------------

         The Romtec  Shares  will be  acquired  by Total  Research  Acquisitions
         Limited,  fully  paid and free  from all  liens,  equitable  interests,
         charges,  encumbrances,  rights of pre-emption  and other interests and
         together with all rights now or hereafter attaching thereto,  including
         the right to receive and retain all dividends  and other  distributions
         declared,  made or paid hereafter save that Romtec Shareholders will be
         entitled to retain the interim dividend of 2p (net) per Romtec Share in
         respect of the year ended 31 January 2000, which will be paid on 19 May
         2000 to Romtec Shareholders on the register at the close of business on
         02 May 2000.

         The  conditions  to and  further  terms  of the  Offer  are  set out in
         Appendix I to this document and in the accompanying Form of Acceptance.

6.       IRREVOCABLE UNDERTAKINGS
         ------------------------

         Russell  Nathan,  the  Chairman  and  Managing  Director  of Romtec has
         irrevocably  undertaken  to accept  the Offer in  respect of his entire
         beneficial  holdings of Romtec  Shares,  amounting  to an  aggregate of
         4,475,000  Romtec  Shares,  representing  approximately  85 per cent of
         Romtec's  issued  share  capital.   The  terms  of  the   irrecoverable
         undertaking  require  acceptance  of the Offer even if a  competing  or
         higher offer is made by a third party.

         No member of the Total  Research  Group nor,  so far as Total  Research
         Acquisitions  Limited is aware, any party acting in concert (as defined
         in the City Code)  with Total

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         Research  Acquisitions  Limited  owns or controls any Romtec  Shares or
         holds  any  options  to  purchase  Romtec  Shares or has  received  any
         irrevocable  commitments  to  accept the Offer or has entered  into any
         derivative   contracts   referenced   to  Romtec  Shares  which  remain
         outstanding.

7.       ROMTEC EXECUTIVE SHARE OPTION SCHEME
         ------------------------------------

         The Offer  extends to any Romtec  Shares  unconditionally  allotted  or
         issued whilst the Offer remains open for acceptance (or by such earlier
         date as Total Research  Acquisitions  Limited may,  subject to the City
         Code,  decide)  including  those  unconditionally  allotted  or  issued
         pursuant to the exercise of options  under the Romtec  Executive  Share
         Option Scheme.

         Holders of options under the Romtec  Executive Share Option Scheme will
         need to consider whether to exercise such rights in order to be able to
         accept the Offer.

         To the extent  that such  options are not  exercised,  and if the Offer
         becomes or is declared  unconditional  in all respects,  it is intended
         that  Total  Research   Acquisitions   Limited  will  make  appropriate
         proposals to option holders in the Romtec Executive Share Option Scheme
         in due course.

8.       MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES
         ------------------------

         Total  Research  Corporation  looks forward to welcoming the management
         and  employees  of the  members  of the  Romtec  Group  into the  Total
         Research Group.  The Board of Total Research  Corporation has confirmed
         that the existing  employment rights,  including pension rights, of the
         management  and  employees  of the members of the Romtec  Group will be
         fully safeguarded.

         In order to help integrate Romtec into the Total Research Group, in the
         event of the Offer being declared  unconditional in all respects, it is
         Total  Research  Corporation's  intention  that Russell  Nathan will be
         offered a  position  as  Chairman  of the Board of  Directors  of Total
         Research  Acquisitions  Limited and Total  Research  Holdings  Limited.
         Russell  Nathan  and the other  directors  of Romtec  (except  for Mark
         Vaygelt  who has  signed a letter  of  intent  to enter  into a service
         agreement  with Romtec)  have also entered into new service  agreements
         with Romtec,  on terms  approved by Total Research  Corporation,  which
         will  become   effective  on  the  Offer  becoming  or  being  declared
         unconditional  in all respects.  The terms of these service  agreements
         provide for the issue of options over ordinary shares in Total Research
         Corporation to the Romtec  directors.  Shore Capital  believes that the
         terms of these arrangements so far as Russell Nathan and Total Research
         Corporation are concerned are fair and reasonable in the context of the
         Offer.

9.       FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS
         ----------------------

         It is estimated that full acceptance of the Offer in cash (assuming the
         full  exercise of options  under the Romtec Share Option  Scheme) would
         require the payment by Total Research Acquisitions Limited of a maximum
         amount of  approximately  (pound)4.5  million in cash.  Charles  Street
         Securities,  Inc. is satisfied that the necessary  financial  resources
         are available to Total  Research  Acquisitions  Limited to satisfy full
         acceptance of the Offer in cash.

         The funds  required to make the cash payment  under the Offer will come
         from a credit  facility  which Total  Research  Corporation  has put in
         place with Summit Bank.

         Neither  the  payment of  interest  on, nor the  repayment  of, nor the
         security for, any liability of Total Research Acquisitions Limited will
         depend to any significant extent on the business of Romtec.

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10.      BACKGROUND TO AND REASONS FOR THE OFFER
         ---------------------------------------

         Total Research  Corporation provides marketing research and services in
         a wide range of  industries  principally  in the US but also in the UK.
         The  acquisition of Romtec will fulfil several major strategic goals of
         Total Research Corporation, including:

         1.       expanding   Total   Research   Corporation's   Internet   data
                  collection and delivery system in Europe;

         2.       allowing Total Research  Corporation to offer clients seamless
                  delivery of research and  marketing  services  between the two
                  continents;

         3.       expanding  Total Research  Corporation's  capabilities  in the
                  areas  of  database   marketing  and   e-marketing   services,
                  facilitating  its  evolution  from a  research  company  to an
                  integrated marketing services company;

         4.       broadening  Total  Research  Corporation's  core  business  by
                  offering  clients new syndicated and custom research  services
                  on a global basis; and

         5.       broadening the client list from which to sell products.

11.      INFORMATION ON ROMTEC
         ---------------------

         Romtec is a public limited  company  incorporated  in England and whose
         shares  are  listed  on  AIM.  Romtec  is  a  provider  of  information
         technology and  telecommunications  business intelligence in Europe. At
         the core of  Romtec's  business  is the  assimilation  and  analysis of
         market information in the fields of computing and telecommunications.

         The results of Romtec for the year ended 31 January 2000 were announced
         on 13 April 2000. In the financial  year ended 31 January 2000,  Romtec
         reported turnover of (pound)4.1 million (1999 : (pound)3.9 million) and
         profit before tax of (pound)331,000  (1999 : (pound)274,000).  Earnings
         per share  amounted to 3.6p in the financial year ended 31 January 2000
         (1999:  2.4p) and dividends per Romtec Share were 2p  (1999:1.6p).  Net
         assets at 31 January 2000 were (pound)1,001,000 (1999: (pound)914,000).
         The  Chairman  noted "I am  pleased  to report  that the  upward  trend
         reported in my Interim Statement  continued strongly in the second half
         of the year".

         Further  information  on  Romtec  is set  out in  Appendix  IV to  this
         document.

12.      INFORMATION ON TOTAL RESEARCH CORPORATION
         -----------------------------------------

         Total Research Corporation was incorporated under the laws of the State
         of New  Jersey  in 1975 and was  reincorporated  under  the laws of the
         State of Delaware in 1986. Total Research Corporation is a full-service
         custom and  web-enabled  marketing  organisation  that provides  market
         research  and  marketing  services  to  its  clients.   Total  Research
         Corporation   provides   services  for  its  clients,   which   consist
         principally of Fortune 100  Corporations  by using  proprietary  market
         research  and  other  marketing   technologies  it  has  developed  and
         distributed throughout various mediums, including the Internet.

         In the financial year ended 30 June 1999,  Total  Research  Corporation
         achieved  turnover of $41.6 million  (1998:  $34.1  million) and profit
         before tax and exceptional  items of (pound)3.22  million (1998:  $1.89
         million).  Earnings per share amounted to $0.16 in 1999 (1998:  $0.10).
         Net assets as at 30 June 1999 were $9.1 million  (1998:  $5.1 million).
         In the unaudited financial statements of Total Research Corporation for
         the half  year  ended  31  December  1999  Total  Research  Corporation
         achieved   turnover  of  $25.9   million  and  profit

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         before  tax and exceptional  items of $2.04 million.  Reported earnings
         per share were $0.11.

         Further  information  on  Total  Research  Corporation  is  set  out in
         Appendix III to this document.

13.      INFORMATION ON TOTAL RESEARCH ACQUISITIONS LIMITED
         --------------------------------------------------

         Total  Research  Acquisitions  Limited  is a  private  limited  company
         recently  incorporated  in England for the purpose of acquiring  Romtec
         and holding Total Research  Corporation's other interests in the United
         Kingdom.   Total  Research  Acquisitions  Limited  is  a  wholly  owned
         subsidiary  of  Total  Research  Holdings  Limited  which  in turn is a
         wholly-owned subsidiary of Total Research Corporation.

14.      UK TAXATION
         -----------

         The following  paragraphs,  which are intended as a general guide only,
         are based on current UK  legislation  and  published UK Inland  Revenue
         practice and are therefore  subject to changes.  They summarise certain
         limited aspects of the UK taxation treatment of Romtec Shareholders who
         accept the Offer.  The  information  relates  only to the  position  of
         Romtec  Shareholders  who  hold  their  Romtec  Shares  as  investments
         (otherwise  than under a personal  equity  plan or  individual  savings
         account), are the absolute beneficial owners of their Romtec Shares and
         (except to the extent that express  reference to the position of non-UK
         residents is made) are resident and  ordinarily  resident in the United
         Kingdom for taxation purposes.

         IF YOU ARE IN ANY DOUBT AS TO YOUR TAX  POSITION  OR IF YOU ARE SUBJECT
         TO  TAXATION  IN ANY  JURISDICTION  OTHER THAN THE UNITED  KINGDOM  YOU
         SHOULD CONSULT AN APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL ADVISER WITHOUT DELAY.

14.1     TAXATION OF CAPITAL GAINS
         -------------------------

         Liability  to UK taxation on capital  gains  ("CGT") will depend on the
         individual  circumstances  of  Romtec  Shareholders  and on the form of
         consideration received.

         Cash

         To the extent that a Romtec Shareholder  receives cash under the Offer,
         this will constitute a disposal, or part disposal, of his Romtec Shares
         for CGT purposes.  Such a disposal, or part disposal, may, depending on
         the  Romtec  Shareholder's  individual  circumstances,  give  rise to a
         liability to CGT.

         Loan Notes

         (A)      "ROLL-OVER" AND "HOLD OVER"

                  A Romtec  Shareholder  should not be treated as having  made a
                  disposal of Romtec  Shares for CGT purposes to the extent that
                  he receives Loan Notes in exchange for his Romtec Shares under
                  the Loan Note Alternative.  Romtec Shareholders should instead
                  be able to  either  roll-over  or hold  over  any gain or loss
                  depending  on  whether  or not they are  within  the charge to
                  corporation tax as follows:

                  (1)      for a Romtec Shareholder other than a company subject
                           to  corporation  tax,  to the extent that such Romtec
                           Shareholder  receives  Loan  Notes,  any gain or loss
                           which  would  otherwise  have arisen on a disposal of
                           his Romtec Shares will be "rolled-over" into the Loan
                           Notes and the Loan  Notes will be treated as the same
                           asset as his Romtec Shares  acquired at the same time
                           and for the same  consideration  as he  acquired  his
                           Romtec Shares; and

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                  (2)      to the extent  that a Romtec  Shareholder  which is a
                           company  subject to  corporation  tax  receives  Loan
                           Notes,  any gain or loss which would  otherwise  have
                           arisen on a disposal  of its Romtec  Shares at market
                           value  will be "held  over" and deemed to accrue on a
                           subsequent  disposal  (including  redemption)  of the
                           Loan Notes.

                  The foregoing  provisions  apply  automatically  to any Romtec
                  Shareholder  who,  together with persons  connected  with him,
                  does not hold more than five per cent. of, or of any class of,
                  shares in or debentures of, Romtec.  The provisions also apply
                  to any other  persons  provided  that the Inland  Revenue  are
                  satisfied  that  the  transaction  does  not  have as its main
                  purpose, or one of its main purposes,  the avoidance of CGT or
                  corporation tax. Romtec  Shareholders should note that neither
                  Total Research  Corporation  nor Total  Research  Acquisitions
                  Limited has applied to the Inland Revenue under the provisions
                  of  s.138  Taxation  of  Chargeable  Gains  Tax Act  1992  for
                  clearance that they are so satisfied.

         (B)      DISPOSAL OF LOAN NOTES

                  The treatment of the Loan Notes for tax purposes  depends upon
                  whether the holder is a company  subject to  corporation  tax.
                  For  such  holders,  the Loan  Notes  will  constitute  a loan
                  relationship.   Accordingly,  except  to  the  extent  that  a
                  chargeable  gain or allowable loss  previously  "held over" in
                  respect of Romtec  Shares is deemed to accrue as  described in
                  paragraph  14.1(A)(2)  above,  gains  and  losses  arising  on
                  disposal  of the Loan Notes  will not give rise to  chargeable
                  capital gains or allowable capital losses for CGT purposes.

                  However, such Romtec Shareholders will generally be charged to
                  (or  obtain  relief  from) UK  corporation  tax on  income  in
                  respect of all  profits,  gains and losses  arising from their
                  holding  of  Loan   Notes,   on  either  an   accruals   or  a
                  mark-to-market  basis,  broadly in accordance with that Romtec
                  Shareholder's authorised accounting method.

                  For other  Romtec  Shareholders,  the Loan Notes should not be
                  qualifying  corporate  bonds.  A  subsequent  disposal of Loan
                  Notes may, therefore,  depending on individual  circumstances,
                  give  rise to a  liability  to CGT.  Assuming  that  the  gain
                  arising on the  disposal  of the Romtec  Shares can be "rolled
                  over"  into  the  Loan  Notes  received,  calculation  of  the
                  chargeable gain or allowable loss arising on a disposal of the
                  Loan Notes will be by reference to the allowable original cost
                  to the holder of acquiring the relevant Romtec Shares.

                  Indexation on that cost should be available when calculating a
                  chargeable  gain (but not an allowable loss) in respect of the
                  period of ownership of the Romtec  Shares up to 05 April 1998.
                  Taper  relief  may also be  available  to reduce the amount of
                  chargeable gain realised on the disposal of the Loan Notes.

                  Romtec  Shareholders  who are neither  resident nor ordinarily
                  resident in the UK for UK tax  purposes are not subject to CGT
                  unless  they  carry  on trade in the UK  through  a branch  or
                  agency  and  the  assets  disposed  of are  used in or for the
                  purposes  of the trade,  used or held for the  purposes of the
                  branch or agency,  or acquired  for use by or for the purposes
                  of the branch or agency.

14.2     TAXATION OF INTEREST ON THE LOAN NOTES

         (A)      WITHHOLDING TAX

                  Interest on the Loan Notes will be paid  subject to  deduction
                  of United  Kingdom income tax (currently at the rate of 20 per
                  cent) by Total  Research  Acquisitions  Limited  unless  Total
                  Research  Acquisitions Limited has previously been directed

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                   by  the Inland Revenue in relation to a particular  holder of
                   Loan Notes  to make a payment free of deduction or subject to
                   a reduced rate  of deduction by virtue of relief available to
                   the holder of those  Loan Notes  under an  applicable  double
                   taxation  treaty.  Such  a  direction  will  only  be  issued
                   following  a  prior  application   to the  relevant  overseas
                   taxing   authority  and  the  Inland   Revenue  made  in  the
                   appropriate  manner by the holder of those  Loan Notes. Total
                   Research  Acquisitions Limited will not gross  up payments of
                   interest on the Loan Notes to  compensate  for any  tax which
                   it is required to deduct at source.

         (B)      INDIVIDUALS

                  Subject to the above,  the gross amount of such  interest will
                  form part of the  recipient's  income for the  purposes  of UK
                  income  tax,  credit  being  allowed  for  the  tax  withheld.
                  Individuals  who are  taxable  only at the lower or basic rate
                  will have no further tax to pay in respect of the interest. In
                  certain cases, holders of Loan Notes may be able to recover an
                  amount in respect of the tax deducted at source.

                  In  particular,  Noteholders  not  resident  in  the UK may be
                  entitled  to a  repayment  of all or  part  of any  amount  so
                  deducted  by virtue of relief  available  under an  applicable
                  double taxation treaty.

                  Under the "accrued income scheme",  a charge to income tax may
                  arise on a transfer  of Loan Notes by a resident  of the UK in
                  respect of the  interest  on the Loan Notes  which has accrued
                  since the preceding interest payment date.

         (C)      CORPORATE SHAREHOLDERS

                  Romtec Shareholders within the charge to UK corporation tax in
                  respect  of the Loan  Notes  will  generally  be charged to UK
                  corporation  tax in  respect  of  interest  on the Loan  Notes
                  relating  to  the  relevant   accounting   period  broadly  in
                  accordance   with   that   Romtec   Shareholder's   authorised
                  accounting method.

14.3     STAMP DUTY AND STAMP DUTY RESERVE TAX ("SDRT")

         The comments below are intended as a guide to the general  position and
         do not relate to persons such as market  makers,  brokers,  dealers and
         persons connected with depositary  arrangements or clearance  services,
         to whom special rules apply.

         Acceptance of the Offer

         No stamp  duty or SDRT  will be  payable  by Romtec  Shareholders  as a
         result of accepting the Offer.

         Loan Notes

         Under current  Inland Revenue  practice,  no stamp duty or SDRT will be
         payable on the transfer on sale of (or an  agreement to transfer)  Loan
         Notes.

14.4     OTHER TAX MATTERS

         Special  tax  provisions  may  apply to  Romtec  Shareholders  who have
         acquired or acquire their Romtec Shares by exercising options under the
         Romtec Share Option Scheme,  including  provisions imposing a charge to
         UK income tax on the exercise of options.

15.      PROCEDURE FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE OFFER
         -------------------------------------

15.1     TO ACCEPT THE OFFER

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         To accept the Offer, you must complete Boxes 1 and 4 and if appropriate
         Box 5 and  Box 6. In all  cases  you  must  sign  Box 3 of the  Form of
         Acceptance  in the  presence  of a witness  who should  also  sign,  in
         accordance with the instructions printed on it.

15.2     TO ACCEPT THE OFFER IN RESPECT OF FEWER THAN ALL YOUR ROMTEC SHARES

         To accept the Offer in respect of fewer than all your Romtec Shares you
         must insert in Box 1 on the Form of  Acceptance  such lesser  number of
         Romtec  Shares in  respect  of which  you wish to  accept  the Offer in
         accordance  with the  instructions  printed  thereon.  You should  then
         follow the procedure set out in paragraph 15.1 above in respect of such
         lesser number of Romtec Shares. If you do not insert a number in Box 1,
         or you insert a number greater than your  registered  holding of Romtec
         Shares,  you will be deemed to have  accepted the Offer for your entire
         holding of Romtec Shares.

15.3     TO ELECT FOR THE LOAN NOTE ALTERNATIVE

         To  elect  for  the  Loan  Note   Alternative,   you  must  follow  the
         instructions in paragraph 15.1 or 15.2 to accept the Offer and you must
         also  complete  Box 2 of the Form of  Acceptance.  Unless an  exemption
         under the relevant laws is available,  the Loan Note Alternative is not
         available to certain  overseas  shareholders  or persons acting for the
         account or benefit of such  persons,  who will only  receive cash under
         the Offer. Please see paragraph 16 below for further information.

15.4     RETURN OF FORM(S) OF ACCEPTANCE

         To accept the  Offer,  the Form of  Acceptance  must be  completed  and
         returned. The duly completed and signed Form of Acceptance, accompanied
         by your share certificate(s)  and/or other document(s) of title, should
         be  sent by post or by hand  (during  normal  business  hours)  to Park
         Circus  Registrars at James Sellar's House,  3rd Floor, 144 West George
         Street, Glasgow G2 2HG, as soon as possible but, in any event, so as to
         be received by not later than 3.00 p.m. on 11 May 2000.

         No  acknowledgement  of  receipt  of  documents  will be given by or on
         behalf of Total Research Acquisitions Limited. The instructions printed
         on the Form of Acceptance form part of the terms of the Offer.

         Any Form of Acceptance received in an envelope postmarked in the United
         States,  Canada,  Australia  or Japan or  otherwise  appearing to Total
         Research  Acquisitions Limited or its agents to have been sent from any
         of those countries will not constitute a valid acceptance of the Offer.
         For further  information  for overseas  shareholders,  see paragraph 16
         below and paragraph 7 of Part B of Appendix I on pages 30 to 33 of this
         document.

15.5     SHARE CERTIFICATES NOT READILY AVAILABLE OR LOST

         If your share  certificate(s)  and/or other document(s) of title is/are
         not readily  available or is/are lost,  the Form of  Acceptance  should
         nevertheless be completed, signed and RETURNED AS STATED ABOVE SO AS TO
         ARRIVE NOT LATER THAN 3.00 P.M. ON 11 MAY 2000  together with any share
         certificate(s)   and/or  other  document(s)  of  title  that  you  have
         available, accompanied by a letter stating that the balance will follow
         or that you have lost one or more of your share  certificate(s)  and/or
         other  document(s)  of title.  You should then arrange for the relevant
         share certificate(s)  and/or other document(s) of title to be forwarded
         as soon as possible thereafter.

         If you have lost your share certificate(s)  and/or other document(s) of
         title, the Form of Acceptance should nevertheless be completed,  signed
         and  RETURNED AS STATED  ABOVE SO AS TO ARRIVE NOT LATER THAN 3.00 P.M.
         ON 11 MAY 2000  together  with any share  certificate(s)  and/or  other
         document(s)  of  title  that  you  have  available,  accompanied  by  a

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         completed  Indemnity for Lost Share  Certificate Form which is enclosed
         with the Form of Acceptance.

15.6     VALIDITY OF ACCEPTANCES

         Without  prejudice  to  Appendix  I to this  document,  Total  Research
         Acquisitions  Limited and Charles Street  Securities,  Inc. reserve the
         right, subject to the terms of the Offer and the City Code, to treat as
         valid  in  whole  or part  any  acceptance  of the  Offer  which is not
         entirely in order or which is not accompanied by the relevant  transfer
         to escrow or (as applicable) the relevant share  certificate(s)  and/or
         other document(s) of title. In that event, the consideration payable in
         respect  of such  acceptances  under the Offer  will not be paid  until
         after the  relevant  acceptance  has been  perfected  and the  relevant
         transfer to escrow has settled or (as  applicable)  the relevant  share
         certificate(s)   and/or  other  document(s)  of  title  or  indemnities
         satisfactory to Total Research Acquisitions Limited have been received.

16.      OVERSEAS SHAREHOLDERS
         ---------------------

         The attention of Romtec  Shareholders  who are citizens or residents of
         jurisdictions  outside  the UK is  drawn  to  paragraph  7 of Part B of
         Appendix I to this document on page 30 to 33 to the relevant provisions
         of the  Form of  Acceptance.  The  availability  of the  Offer  to such
         persons may be affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdictions.  The
         Offer (including the Loan Note Alternative) is not being made, directly
         or  indirectly,  in or into,  or by the use of the  mails of, or by any
         means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, telephonically
         or  electronically)  or  interstate  or  foreign  commerce  of,  or any
         facilities  of a national  securities  exchange of, the United  States,
         Canada, Australia or Japan and is not capable of acceptance from within
         the  United  States,  Canada,  Australia  or  Japan.  Accordingly,  any
         acceptors  who are unable to give the  warranties  set out in paragraph
         1(C)(1) of Part C of Appendix I to this  document will be deemed not to
         have validly accepted the Offer.

         OVERSEAS  SHAREHOLDERS  SHOULD INFORM  THEMSELVES ABOUT AND OBSERVE ANY
         APPLICABLE LEGAL OR REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. IF YOU ARE IN ANY DOUBT AS
         TO YOUR POSITION YOU SHOULD  CONSULT YOUR  PROFESSIONAL  ADVISER IN THE
         RELEVANT TERRITORY WITHOUT DELAY.

         IF  YOU  ARE  IN ANY DOUBT AS TO THE PROCEDURE FOR  ACCEPTANCE,  PLEASE
         CONTACT PARK CIRCUS  REGISTRARS BY TELEPHONE ON 0141 353 2620.

17.      SETTLEMENT
         ----------

         Subject to the Offer  becoming or being declared  unconditional  in all
         respects,   and   provided   that   the  Form  of   Acceptance,   share
         certificate(s)  and/or other document(s) of title are in order, (except
         as provided in paragraph 7 of Part B of Appendix I to this  document in
         respect of certain  overseas  Romtec  Shareholders)  settlement  of the
         consideration  to which any Romtec  Shareholder  is entitled  under the
         Offer will be effected:

         (A)      in the case of acceptances of the Offer received,  complete in
                  all  respects,  by the date on which the Offer  becomes  or is
                  declared unconditional in all respects, within 14 days of such
                  date; or

         (B)      in the case of acceptances of the Offer received,  complete in
                  all respects,  after the date on which the Offer becomes or is
                  declared  unconditional  in all  respects  but while the Offer
                  remains open for acceptance, within 14 days of such receipt

         in the following manner:

                  (1)    Cash

                         Cheques  for  any  cash   consideration   due  will  be
                         despatched by first-class post (or by such other method
                         as may  be  approved  by  the  Panel).  All  such

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                         cash payments will be made in pounds sterling by cheque
                         drawn on a town branch of a UK clearing bank.

                  (2)    Loan Notes

                         If a  Romtec  Shareholder  elects  for  the  Loan  Note
                         Alternative,  definitive  certificates  for Loan  Notes
                         will  be  despatched  (but  not in or into  the  United
                         States, Canada, Australia or Japan) by first-class post
                         (or by such  other  method  as may be  approved  by the
                         Panel).

         If  the  Offer   lapses,   or  does  not  become  or  is  not  declared
         unconditional   in  all  respects,   the  Form  of  Acceptance,   share
         certificate(s)  and/or other  document(s)  of title will be returned by
         post (or by such other  method as may be approved by the Panel)  within
         14 days of the Offer  lapsing  to the  person or agent  whose  name and
         address  outside the United States,  Canada,  Australia or Japan is set
         out in Box 6 of the Form of  Acceptance  or, if none is set out, to the
         first-named  holder at his address  outside the United States,  Canada,
         Australia or Japan.

         All documents and remittances sent by, to, or from Romtec  Shareholders
         or their appointed agents will be sent at their own risk.

18.      COMPULSORY ACQUISITION AND CANCELLATION OF AIM QUOTATION
         --------------------------------------------------------

         If Total Research  Acquisitions  Limited receives acceptances under the
         Offer in respect of, or  otherwise  acquires 90 per cent or more of the
         Romtec Shares,  Total Research  Acquisitions  Limited will exercise its
         rights  pursuant to Sections 428 to 430F of the  Companies Act 1985 (as
         amended)  to  acquire   compulsorily   the  remaining   Romtec  Shares.
         Furthermore, once the Offer becomes or is declared unconditional in all
         aspects,  Romtec will apply for the cancellation of quotation of Romtec
         Shares on AIM.

19.      FURTHER INFORMATION
         -------------------

         Your attention is drawn to the further  information in the  Appendices,
         which form part of this document. Appendix I contains further terms and
         conditions of the Offer,  and Appendix II contains the principal  terms
         of the Loan Notes.

20.      ACTION TO BE TAKEN
         ------------------

         ACCEPTANCES OF THE OFFER SHOULD BE DESPATCHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND,
         IN ANY EVENT, SO AS TO BE RECEIVED BY HAND OR BY POST BY NOT LATER THAN
         3.00 P.M. ON 11 MAY 2000.

Yours faithfully

/s/Gerard Mizrahi
Gerard Mizrahi

Authorised Signatory for Charles Street Securities, Inc.

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            APPENDIX I: CONDITIONS TO AND FURTHER TERMS OF THE OFFER

PART A: Conditions of the Offer

The  Offer  which  in this  Appendix  is  deemed  to  include,  where  relevant,
references to the Loan Note  Alternative  will comply with the applicable  rules
and  regulations  of the City Code,  will be governed by English law and will be
subject  to the  jurisdiction  of the  courts  of  England  and to the terms and
conditions set out below and in the Form of Acceptance.

The Offer is subject to the following conditions:

1.       valid acceptances being received (and not, where permitted,  withdrawn)
         by not  later  than  3.00 p.m.  on 11 May 2000 (or such  later  time(s)
         and/or date(s) as Total Research  Acquisitions  Limited may, subject to
         the rules of the City Code,  decide) in respect of not less than 90 per
         cent.  (or such lesser  percentage  in excess of 50% as Total  Research
         Acquisitions  Limited may decide) in nominal  value of Romtec Shares to
         which  the  Offer  relates.  For the  purposes  of this  condition  the
         expression  "Romtec  Shares  to  which  the  Offer  relates"  shall  be
         construed in accordance  with sections 428 to 430F of the Companies Act
         1985 (as amended);

2.       there being no reference made to the Competition Commission in relation
         to the  Offer  or any  matter  arising  from it and if  there is such a
         reference  before  3.00pm  on 11 May 2000 or the time and date when the
         Offer is declared unconditional, if later, the Offer will lapse (unless
         otherwise  agreed  by  the  Panel  at the  request  of  Total  Research
         Acquisitions Limited and the Board of Romtec);

3.       no other government or governmental, quasi-governmental, supranational,
         statutory or regulatory or investigative body, court, or any other body
         or person in any  jurisdiction  (each a  "Relevant  Authority")  having
         decided  to  take,   institute,   implement  or  threaten  any  action,
         proceedings,  suit,  investigation  or  enquiry,  or made,  proposed or
         enacted any statute,  regulation, order or decision, or taken any other
         steps which would or might reasonably be expected to:

         (a)      make  the  Offer,  or  its  implementation,  or  the  proposed
                  acquisition   of  any   Romtec   Shares   by  Total   Research
                  Acquisitions  Limited  or  any  matter  arising  therefrom  or
                  relating  thereto,  void,  illegal or unenforceable  under the
                  laws of any relevant  jurisdiction  or otherwise,  directly or
                  indirectly,  restrain,  prohibit, restrict or delay the Offer,
                  its implementation or such proposed  acquisition by any member
                  of the Total Research Group or any matter arising therefrom or
                  relating   thereto   or  impose   additional   conditions   or
                  obligations  with respect thereto,  or otherwise  challenge or
                  interfere  therewith in any such case to a materially  adverse
                  extent;

         (b)      result in a material delay in the ability of any member of the
                  Total  Research  Group,  or  render  any  member  of the Total
                  Research  Group  unable,  to acquire all or some of the Romtec
                  Shares  or  require,  prevent  or delay a  divestiture  by any
                  member of the Total Research Group of any such Shares;

         (c)      require,  prevent or delay the  divestiture  by Total Research
                  Acquisitions Limited or any member of the Total Research Group
                  or by any  member of the Romtec  Group of all or any  material
                  portion of their respective  businesses,  assets or properties
                  or impose any  material  limitation  on the  ability of any of
                  them  to  conduct  all  or  any  material   portion  of  their
                  respective  businesses  or own all or any material  portion of
                  their respective assets or properties;

         (d)      impose  any  material  limitation  on  the  ability  of  Total
                  Research Acquisitions Limited or any other member of the Total
                  Research  Group or of the Romtec Group to

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                  acquire,  or  to  hold or  exercise  effectively,  directly or
                  indirectly,  any  rights  of ownership in respect of shares or
                  other  securities  (or  the  equivalent) in  any member of the
                  Romtec  Group  or to exercise  management  control over Romtec
                  or any other member of the Romtec Group;

         (e)      otherwise materially adversely affect the business, profits or
                  prospects of any member of the Romtec Group;

         and all  applicable  waiting and other time  periods  during  which any
         Relevant  Authority  could  decide  to take,  institute,  implement  or
         threaten any such action, proceeding,  suit, investigation,  enquiry or
         reference  or  otherwise  intervene  having  expired,  lapsed  or  been
         terminated;

4.       all  necessary filings and applications in connection with the Offer or
         its implementation  having  been made, all appropriate  waiting periods
         (including  extensions  thereof)  in   respect  of the Offer  under any
         applicable  legislation  or  regulations  of  any  jurisdiction  having
         expired,  lapsed or been  terminated and all  authorisations,   orders,
         consents,  licences,  and approvals ("Authorisations") deemed necessary
         or  appropriate  for or  in  respect  of the  Offer  and  the  proposed
         acquisition  of any  Romtec  Shares  by   Total  Research  Acquisitions
         Limited,  or  which are  necessary for Romtec to carry on its business,
         having been obtained  in terms and in a form reasonably satisfactory to
         Total  Research  Acquisitions  Limited  from all  appropriate  Relevant
         Authorities or other bodies with whom any  member of the Total Research
         Group or the Romtec  Group has entered into  contractual   arrangements
         which  are material in the context of the Romtec Group taken as a whole
         and  all such Authorisations  remaining in full force and effect at the
         time at  which   the  Offer  becomes  otherwise  unconditional  and all
         appropriate  waiting  periods (including  extensions thereof) under any
         applicable  legislation  and  regulations of any  jurisdiction  having
         expired,  lapsed or been  terminated  and there being no intimation or
         notice  of an  intention  to  revoke  or not to renew  any of the same
         having been  received,  in each case as may be necessary in connection
         with the Offer under the laws or regulations of any  jurisdiction  and
         all necessary  statutory or regulatory  obligations in connection with
         the Offer and its implementation in any relevant  jurisdiction  having
         been complied with;

5.       there  being  no  provision  of any  arrangement,  agreement,  licence,
         permit, franchise or other instrument to which any member of the Romtec
         Group  is a party or by or to which  any  such  member  or any of their
         assets  is or  are  or  may  be  bound,  entitled  or  subject  to  any
         circumstance  which, as a consequence of the making of the Offer or the
         acquisition or proposed acquisition by any member of the Total Research
         Group of some or all of the  share  capital  in Romtec  or  because  of
         change in control or management of Romtec or otherwise,  could or might
         reasonably  result in, to an extent which is material in the context of
         the Romtec Group, taken as a whole:

         (a)      any  monies  borrowed  by or  other  indebtedness  (actual  or
                  contingent)  of any  member of the Romtec  Group  which is not
                  already  repayable  on demand  being or becoming  repayable or
                  being capable of being declared repayable immediately or prior
                  to the stated  maturity date or repayment  date or the ability
                  of any such member to borrow monies or incur any  indebtedness
                  being withdrawn or inhibited;

         (b)      the  creation  of  any  mortgage,  charge  or  other  security
                  interest  over the whole or any material part of the business,
                  property  or assets of any member of the  Romtec  Group or any
                  such security  (whenever  arising or having  arisen)  becoming
                  enforceable;

         (c)      any such arrangement, agreement, licence, permit, franchise or
                  instrument,   being   terminated  or  adversely   modified  or
                  adversely affected or any action being taken or any obligation
                  arising thereunder;

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         (d)      otherwise than in the ordinary course of business,  any assets
                  or  interests  of any  member  of the  Romtec  Group  being or
                  falling to be  disposed  of or  charged  or any right  arising
                  under which any such asset or interest could be required to be
                  disposed of or charged;

         (e)      the  interest or business of any member of the Romtec Group in
                  or with any person, firm, company or body (or any arrangements
                  relating to such  interest or business)  being  terminated  or
                  adversely modified or affected;

         (f)      any member of the Romtec Group  ceasing to be able to carry on
                  business under any name under which it presently does so; or

         (g)      the value of or the financial or trading position or prospects
                  of  any  member  of  the  Romtec  Group  being  prejudiced  or
                  adversely affected;

6.       no member of the Romtec  Group  having since 31 January 2000 other than
         as disclosed  in the annual  report and accounts of Romtec for the year
         then  ended or as  publicly  announced  by  Romtec by  delivery  to the
         Company  Announcements Office of the London Stock Exchange prior to the
         press  announcement  of the Offer on 13 April  2000  (such  information
         being "publicly announced"):

         (a)      issued,   agreed  or  authorised  or  proposed  the  issue  of
                  additional  shares of any  class,  or  securities  convertible
                  into,  or rights ,  warrants  or options to  subscribe  for or
                  acquire,  any such shares or convertible  securities  (save as
                  between Romtec and its wholly owned  subsidiaries and save for
                  shares issued or options or other subscription  rights granted
                  under the Romtec Executive Share Option Scheme before 13 April
                  2000 or any  shares  issued  thereafter  pursuant  to any such
                  options or other rights);

         (b)      recommended,  declared, paid or made or proposed to recommend,
                  declare, pay or make any bonus, dividend or other distribution
                  other than to Romtec or a wholly owned subsidiary of Romtec;

         (c)      to an extent  which is  material  in the context of the Romtec
                  Group  taken as a whole,  merged  with any body  corporate  or
                  acquired or disposed of, or transferred,  mortgaged or charged
                  or created  any  security  interests  over,  any assets or any
                  right,  title or interest in any asset  (including  shares and
                  trade investments),  or authorised,  proposed or announced any
                  intention  to  propose  any  merger,  demerger,   acquisition,
                  disposal,  transfer,  mortgage,  charge or  security  interest
                  (other than in the ordinary course of business);

         (d)      issued,  authorised or proposed the issue of any debentures or
                  incurred or increased any indebtedness or contingent liability
                  in each case to an extent  which is material in the context of
                  the Romtec Group, taken as a whole;

         (e)      purchased,  redeemed or repaid or  announced  any  proposal to
                  purchase,  redeem  or  repay  any of its own  shares  or other
                  securities  or redeemed or reduced or made any other change to
                  any part of its share  capital in any case to an extent  which
                  is  material  in the  context of the Romtec  Group  taken as a
                  whole;

         (f)      entered into, or varied, or authorised,  proposed or announced
                  its intention to enter into or vary any contract, transaction,
                  arrangement  or  commitment  (whether  in  respect  of capital
                  expenditure or otherwise) which is of a long-term,  onerous or
                  unusual  nature  or  magnitude,  or  which  involves  or could
                  involve an obligation of a nature or magnitude  which,  in any
                  case, is material in the context of the Romtec Group, taken as
                  a whole;

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         (g)      implemented,  authorised,  proposed or announced its intention
                  to implement or enter into any  reconstruction,  amalgamation,
                  commitment,   scheme  or  other   transaction  or  arrangement
                  otherwise than in the ordinary course of business;

         (h)      other than as  disclosed  to any member of the Total  Research
                  Group or its  advisers  prior to 13 April 2000 entered into or
                  made an offer  (which  remains open for  acceptance)  to enter
                  into or vary the terms of any service  agreement  or any other
                  agreement  or   arrangement   with  any  directors  or  senior
                  executives  or any  connected  person  of any of  such  person
                  (within the meaning of section 346 of the  Companies  Act 1985
                  (as amended));

         (i)      waived  or  compromised  any  claim other than in the ordinary
                  course of business;

         (j)      been unable,  or admitted in writing that it is unable, to pay
                  its debts or having  stopped or suspended  (or  threatened  to
                  stop or suspend) payment of its debts generally,  proposed any
                  voluntary winding up or ceased or threatened to cease carrying
                  on all or a substantial part of its business;

         (k)      made or  authorised  or proposed or  announced an intention to
                  propose any change in its loan  capital to an extent  which is
                  material in the context of the Romtec Group, taken as a whole;

         (l)      entered into any contract, transaction or arrangement which is
                  or is likely to be  restrictive  in a material  respect on the
                  business  of any  member  of the Total  Research  Group or the
                  Romtec Group;

         (m)      made any  material alteration to its Memorandum or Articles of
                  Association or other incorporation documents; or

         (n)      entered  into  or  made  an  offer  (which  remains  open  for
                  acceptance) to enter into an agreement or commitment or passed
                  any  resolution or announced or made any proposal with respect
                  to any of the  transactions  or  events  referred  to in  this
                  paragraph 6;

7.       save as  publicly  announced  prior to the  announcement  of the Offer,
         since 31 January  2000 and  prior  to  the  date  when  the Offer would
         otherwise become unconditional in all respects:

         (a)      there having been no adverse change, no Director having ceased
                  or given notice they are ceasing their employment with Romtec,
                  and no other  circumstance  having arisen which would or might
                  be likely to result in any adverse  change,  in the  business,
                  assets,  financial or trading position or profits or prospects
                  of any  member  of the  Romtec  Group  to an  extent  which is
                  material in the context of the Romtec Group taken as a whole;

         (b)      there  not  having been  instituted  or remaining  outstanding
                  any  litigation,  arbitration   proceedings,   prosecution  or
                  other  legal   proceedings   to which any member of the Romtec
                  Group  is  a party  (whether  as  plaintiff  or  defendant  or
                  otherwise) and  no  such proceedings  having been announced or
                  threatened  in  writing  against   any   such  member  and  no
                  investigation     by    any   government   or    governmental,
                  quasi-governmental,   supranational,  statutory, regulatory or
                  investigative  body,   authority  or   court   (including  any
                  anti-trust   or   merger  control  authority)  against  or  in
                  respect of any such  member  or the business carried on by any
                  such member having been  threatened   in  writing,  announced,
                  instituted  or   remaining   outstanding  by,  against  or  in
                  respect  of any such  member,  the   effect  of which is or is
                  likely to be material  in the  context  of  the Romtec  Group,
                  taken as a whole;

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         (c)      there  having  been no  receiver,  administrative  receiver or
                  other  encumbrancer  appointed  over any of the  assets of any
                  member of the Romtec  Group or any  analogous  proceedings  or
                  steps  having  taken place under the laws of any  jurisdiction
                  and  there   having  been  no  petition   presented   for  the
                  administration  of any  member  of  the  Romtec  Group  or any
                  analogous  proceedings  or steps  having taken place under the
                  laws of any jurisdiction; and

         (d)      no  contingent  or other  liability  having  arisen  or become
                  apparent or having been  incurred  which might  reasonably  be
                  expected adversely to affect any member of the Romtec Group to
                  an extent  which is  material  in the  context  of the  Romtec
                  Group, taken as a whole;

8.       Total Research  Acquisitions  Limited not having  discovered  after the
         announcement  of the Offer  and prior to the date when the Offer  would
         otherwise become unconditional in all respects that:

         (a)      any financial,  business or other  information  concerning the
                  Romtec Group  publicly  disclosed  at any time is  misleading,
                  contains a misrepresentation  of fact or omits to state a fact
                  necessary  to  make  the  information  contained  therein  not
                  misleading  to an extent  which is  material in the context of
                  the  acquisition  of  Romtec  by Total  Research  Acquisitions
                  Limited; or

         (b)      any  member of the Romtec  Group is subject to any  liability,
                  contingent or otherwise, existing at 31 January 2000, which is
                  not  disclosed or reflected in the audited  accounts of Romtec
                  for the  financial  year  ended  on that  date  and  which  is
                  material in the context of the Romtec Group, taken as a whole;

9.       Total Research  Acquisitions  Limited not having  discovered  after the
         announcement  of the Offer  and prior to the date when the Offer  would
         otherwise  become  unconditional  in all respects  that there is, or is
         reasonably expected to be, any liability (whether actual or contingent)
         which is material in the context of the Romtec Group, taken as a whole,
         to make  good,  repair,  reinstate  or  clean  up any  property  now or
         previously owned, occupied or made use of by any past or present member
         of the Romtec Group under any  environmental  legislation,  regulation,
         notice,  circular or order of any Relevant  Authority or third party or
         otherwise.

Total Research  Acquisitions Limited reserves the right to waive, in whole or in
part,  all or any of conditions 2 to 9 inclusive,  provided that it cannot waive
any of them on or before 3 May 2000. If Total Research  Acquisitions  Limited is
required by the Panel to make an offer for Romtec Shares under the provisions of
Rule 9 of the City  Code,  Total  Research  Acquisitions  Limited  may make such
alterations to the above conditions,  including condition 1, as are necessary to
comply with the provisions of that Rule.

Except with the consent of the Panel,  the Offer will lapse unless  conditions 2
to 9 inclusive of the Offer are fulfilled  or, if capable of waiver,  waived or,
where appropriate,  have been determined by Total Research  Acquisitions Limited
to be or to remain  satisfied  by midnight on whichever is the later of the date
which is 21 days  after  the first  closing  date of the Offer and the date upon
which condition 1 is satisfied.

If the Offer  lapses,  the Offer will cease to be capable of further  acceptance
and Total Research  Acquisitions  Limited,  Charles Street  Securities  Inc. and
holders of Romtec Shares shall thereupon cease to be bound by prior acceptances.
Total  Research  Acquisitions  Limited  shall be under no obligation to waive or
treat as fulfilled or satisfied any of the conditions 2 to 9 inclusive, in whole
or in  part,  by a date  earlier  than  the  latest  date  specified  above  for
fulfilment or satisfaction thereof  notwithstanding that the other conditions of
the Offer may at such  earlier  date have been waived or  fulfilled or satisfied
and there are at such earlier  date no  circumstances  indicating  that any such
conditions may not be capable of fulfilment or satisfaction.

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PART B: Further terms of the Offer

The  following  further terms apply to the Offer.  Unless the context  otherwise
requires,  in this Appendix I and in the Form of Acceptance  references  to: (i)
the  "Offer"  shall  include any  revision,  variation  or  renewal,  thereof or
extension  thereto;  (ii) the "Offer becoming  unconditional"  shall include the
Offer being declared unconditional;  (iii) the "Offer being unconditional" shall
be construed as references to the Offer becoming or being declared unconditional
as to acceptances  in accordance  with Paragraph 1 of Part A of this Appendix I,
whether or not any other  condition of the Offer  remains to be  fulfilled;  and
(iv) the "acceptance  condition"  shall mean the condition as to acceptances set
out in Paragraph 1 of Part A of this Appendix I.

1.       ACCEPTANCE PERIOD
         -----------------

1.1      The  Offer will  initially be open for  acceptance  until no later than
         3.00 p.m.  on 11 May 2000.  Although no revision is  envisaged,  if the
         Offer  is revised it will remain open for acceptance for a period of at
         least  14 days  from  the date on  which  written  notification  of the
         revision is  despatched to Romtec Shareholders (or such other period as
         may be permitted  by the Panel).  Except with the consent of the Panel,
         no such written  notification of revision may be made or posted after 5
         June 2000 , or, if later,  the  date  falling 14 days prior to the last
         date on which the Offer can become unconditional.

1.2      The Offer,  whether  revised or not, shall not (except with the consent
         of the Panel) be capable of becoming unconditional after midnight on 19
         June 2000 (or any earlier time and/or date beyond which Total  Research
         Acquisitions  Limited has stated  that the Offer will not be  extended,
         and not, where permitted,  withdrawn such statement), nor of being kept
         open after that time  unless it has  previously  become  unconditional.
         However,  Total Research  Acquisitions Limited reserves the right, with
         the permission of the Panel, to extend the time for the Offer to become
         unconditional  to a later  time(s)  and/or  date(s).  Except  with  the
         consent of the Panel, Total Research  Acquisitions Limited may not, for
         the purpose of determining  whether the  acceptance  condition has been
         satisfied,  take into  account  acceptances  received or  purchases  of
         Romtec  Shares  made  after 1.00 p.m.  on 19 June 2000 (or any  earlier
         time(s) and/or date(s) beyond which Total Research Acquisitions Limited
         has stated that the Offer will not be extended  and in respect of which
         it has not where permitted,  withdrawn that statement) or, if the Offer
         is so extended,  any such later time(s) and/or date(s) as may be agreed
         with the  Panel.  If the  latest  time at which the  Offer  may  become
         unconditional is extended beyond midnight on 19 June 2000,  acceptances
         received and purchases made in respect of which the relevant  documents
         are received by Park Circus  Registrars after 1.00 p.m. on the relevant
         date may (except where the City Code  otherwise  permits) only be taken
         into account with the agreement of the Panel.

1.3      If the Offer  becomes  or is  declared  unconditional,  the Offer  will
         remain open for  acceptance  for not less than 14 days from the date on
         which  it  would  otherwise  have  expired.  If the  Offer  has  become
         unconditional  and it is  stated  by or on  behalf  of  Total  Research
         Acquisitions  Limited  that the Offer will  remain  open until  further
         notice,  then not less than 14 days'  notice in  writing  will be given
         prior to the closing of the Offer to those Romtec Shareholders who have
         not accepted the Offer.

1.4      If a competitive  situation  arises after Total  Research  Acquisitions
         Limited has given a "no increase" and/or a "no extension"  statement in
         relation to the Offer, Total Research  Acquisitions  Limited may (if it
         has specifically reserved the right to do so at the time such statement
         was made,  or otherwise  with the consent of the Panel)  withdraw  such
         statement  provided that it complies with the  requirements of the City
         Code and, in particular,  that (i) it announces such withdrawal as soon
         as  possible  and  in  any  event  within  four  business  days  of the
         announcement of the competing offer or competitive situation and Romtec
         Shareholders are informed in writing thereof (or, in the case of Romtec
         Shareholders  with  registered  addresses  outside the UK or whom Total
         Research  Acquisitions  Limited  knows

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         to  be nominees holding Romtec Shares for such persons, by announcement
         in the UK),  at  the  earliest  practicable  opportunity;  and (ii) any
         Romtec  Shareholders  who  accepted the Offer after the date of any "no
         increase"  and/or  "no  extension"  statement   are  given a  right  of
         withdrawal described in paragraph 3 below.

1.5      Total Research  Acquisitions  Limited may (if it has reserved the right
         to do so at the time a statement is made) choose not to be bound by the
         terms of a "no  increase"  and/or a "no  extension"  statement,  if the
         statement  would  otherwise  prevent  the  posting of an  increased  or
         improved Offer (as to the value or nature of the consideration  offered
         or  otherwise)  which is  recommended  for  acceptance  by the Board of
         Romtec or in any other circumstances permitted by the Panel.

1.6      Unless   otherwise   determined  by  the  Panel,  for  the  purpose  of
         determining  at any  particular  time  whether  or not  the  acceptance
         condition has been satisfied, Total Research Acquisitions Limited shall
         not be bound to take into  account  any Romtec  Shares  which have been
         unconditionally  allotted  or issued  before such  determination  takes
         place,  unless  Park  Circus  Registrars  on behalf  of Total  Research
         Acquisitions  Limited  has  received  written  notice  of the  relevant
         details of such allotment or issue (including the price thereof) before
         that time. Telex or facsimile  transmission  will not be sufficient for
         this purpose.

2.       ANNOUNCEMENTS
         -------------

2.1      By 8.30 a.m. on the business day (the "relevant day") following the day
         on  which  the  Offer  is due  to  expire  or  becomes  or is  declared
         unconditional  or is  revised or  extended  as the case may be (or such
         later  time  and  date  as  the  Panel  may  agree),   Total   Research
         Acquisitions   Limited  will  make  an  appropriate   announcement  and
         simultaneously  inform the London Stock Exchange of the position.  Such
         an  announcement  and  notification  will also state (unless  otherwise
         permitted  by the Panel) the total  number of Romtec  Shares and rights
         over Romtec Shares (as nearly as practicable):

         (A)      for which acceptances of the Offer have been received (showing
                  the  extent,  if any,  to which  such  acceptances  have  been
                  received  from persons  acting in concert with Total  Research
                  Acquisitions Limited within the meaning of the City Code);

         (B)      held by or on behalf of Total Research Acquisitions Limited or
                  any person  acting in concert  with it (within  the meaning of
                  the City Code) prior to the Offer Period; and

         (C)      acquired  or  agreed to be  acquired  by or on behalf of Total
                  Research  Acquisitions Limited or any person acting in concert
                  with it (within the meaning of the City Code) during the Offer
                  Period;

         and will specify the percentage of Romtec Shares represented by each of
         these figures.

         Except  with the  consent of the  Panel,  on 19 June 2000 or such other
         date beyond which Total Research  Acquisitions  Limited has stated that
         the Offer will not be extended,  Total  Research  Acquisitions  Limited
         shall make an announcement by 5.00 p.m. that same day as to whether the
         Offer is unconditional or has lapsed.  Such an announcement will, where
         practicable, include the information specified in (A) to (C) above, but
         in any event will include such of that information as is then available
         to Total Research Acquisitions Limited in the light of acceptances then
         counted.

         Any  decision to extend the time  and/or  date by which the  acceptance
         condition  has to be fulfilled  may be made at any time up to, and will
         be  announced  not later than 8.30 a.m.  on the  relevant  day (or such
         later time  and/or  date as the Panel may  agree) and the  announcement
         will  state  the  next   expiry   date   (unless   the  Offer  is  then
         unconditional,  in which case a statement  may instead be made that the
         Offer will remain open until further  notice).  In computing the number
         of Romtec Shares represented by acceptances and

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         purchases,  there  may at the discretion of Total Research Acquisitions
         Limited be included  or excluded for announcement purposes,  subject to
         paragraph 5.13 below,  acceptances and purchases which are not complete
         in all respects or which  are subject to  verification,  provided  that
         only  acceptances  and purchases  permitted  to be counted  towards the
         acceptance condition in accordance with paragraph  5.13 or 5.14 of this
         Part B shall (unless otherwise agreed by the Panel) be included.

2.2      In this Appendix 1,  references to the making of an  announcement by or
         on behalf of Total Research Acquisitions Limited include the release of
         an  announcement by public  relations  consultants or by Charles Street
         Securities,  Inc. to the press,  the  delivery by hand or  telephone or
         telex or facsimile or other electronic  transmission of an announcement
         to the London Stock  Exchange and the delivery of any  announcement  to
         Romtec  Shareholders  (except  those with  registered  addresses in the
         United  States,  Canada,  Australia  or Japan).  An  announcement  made
         otherwise   than  to  the  London  Stock   Exchange  will  be  notified
         simultaneously to the London Stock Exchange.

3.       RIGHTS OF WITHDRAWAL
         --------------------

3.1      If Total Research Acquisitions  Limited,  having announced the Offer to
         be unconditional,  fails to comply by 3.30 p.m. on the relevant day (or
         such later  time  and/or  date as the Panel may agree)  with any of the
         requirements  specified in  paragraph  2.1 above,  an accepting  Romtec
         Shareholder  (other than Russell Nathan) may,  (unless the Panel agrees
         otherwise)  immediately  thereafter  withdraw his acceptance by written
         notice  signed by such  shareholder  and received  either by post or by
         hand (during normal business hours) by Park Circus  Registrars at James
         Sellar's House,  3rd Floor,  144 West George Street,  Glasgow G2 2HG on
         behalf of Total Research Acquisitions Limited. Subject to paragraph 1.2
         above,  this right of withdrawal  may be terminated not less than eight
         days after the  relevant  day by Total  Research  Acquisitions  Limited
         confirming,  if such is the case, that the Offer is still unconditional
         and complying with the  requirements  specified in paragraph 2.1 above.
         If any such confirmation is given, the first period of 14 days referred
         to in paragraph  1.3 above will run from the date of such  confirmation
         and compliance.

3.2      If by 3.00 p.m.  on 1 June 2000 or such later time  and/or  date as the
         Panel may agree) the Offer has not become  unconditional,  an accepting
         Romtec  Shareholder  may withdraw his acceptance at any time thereafter
         by written notice  received by Park Circus  Registrars,  at the address
         and in the manner  referred  to in  paragraph  3.1 above,  on behalf of
         Total Research Acquisitions Limited, before the earlier of:

         (A)      the time when the Offer becomes unconditional; and

         (B)      the final time for lodgement of acceptances which can be taken
                  into account in accordance with paragraph 1.2 above.

3.3      If a "no extension" and/or a "no increase" statement has been withdrawn
         after a competitive  situation has arisen in accordance  with paragraph
         1.4 above,  any Romtec  Shareholder  who  accepts  the Offer after such
         statement is made may withdraw his acceptance  thereafter in the manner
         referred to in paragraph 3.1 above, not later than the eighth day after
         the date of posting of written  notice of withdrawal of such  statement
         to the Romtec Shareholders.

3.4      Except  as  provided  by  this paragraph  3  and  paragraph  4   below,
         acceptances and elections shall be irrevocable.

3.5      In  this  paragraph  3  "written  notice"   (including  any  letter  of
         appointment,  direction or authority)  means notice in writing  bearing
         the original  signature(s) of the relevant accepting Romtec Shareholder
         or his agent or attorney duly  appointed in writing  (evidence of whose
         appointment  in  a  form  reasonably  satisfactory  to  Total  Research
         Acquisitions Limited and/or Charles Street Securities, Inc. is produced
         with the notice).  Telex or

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         facsimile  transmissions or copies will not be sufficient to constitute
         written notice. No  notice which is postmarked in, or otherwise appears
         to Total Research  Acquisitions Limited or its agents to have been sent
         from, the United  States, Canada, Australia or Japan will be treated as
         valid.

4.       REVISED OFFER
         -------------

4.1      Although no such revision is  envisaged,  if the Offer (in its original
         or any previously revised form(s)) is revised in any way (either in its
         terms and  conditions  or in the  value or nature of the  consideration
         offered or  otherwise  and  whether or not the basic terms of the Offer
         (in their  original or in any  previously  revised  forms) are revised)
         which Total Research  Acquisitions Limited reserves the right to do and
         such  revision  represents  on the  date  on  which  such  revision  is
         announced  (on such  basis  as  Charles  Street  Securities,  Inc.  may
         reasonably consider appropriate) an improvement or no diminution in the
         value of the consideration of the Offer as so revised compared with the
         consideration or terms previously  offered,  the benefit of the revised
         Offer shall, subject to this paragraph 4 and 7 below, be made available
         to any Romtec Shareholder who has accepted the Offer in its original or
         previously  revised  form(s)  and who has not  validly  withdrawn  such
         acceptance (a "Previous Acceptor"). The acceptance by or on behalf of a
         Previous  Acceptor  of the  Offer  in its  original  or any  previously
         revised  form(s)  shall,  subject as provided  in this  paragraph 4 and
         paragraph  7,  below be  treated  as an  acceptance  of the Offer as so
         revised and shall also  constitute  the separate  appointment  of Total
         Research Acquisitions Limited and/or of Charles Street Securities, Inc.
         and/or  their  respective  Directors  or  agents  as his  agent  and/or
         attorney  with  authority to accept any such revised Offer on behalf of
         such  Previous  Acceptor  and, if any such  revised  Offer  includes an
         alternative form or forms of consideration,  to make such elections for
         and accept  such  alternative  form or forms of  consideration  in such
         proportions  as such agent and/or  attorney in his absolute  discretion
         thinks fit and to execute on behalf of and in the name of such Previous
         Acceptor all such further documents (if any) as may be required to give
         effect  to such  elections  and/or  acceptances.  In  making  any  such
         election and/or acceptance,  such agent and/or attorney shall take into
         account the nature of any previous elections and/or acceptances made by
         or on behalf of the  Previous  Acceptor and such other facts or matters
         as he may reasonably consider relevant.

4.2      The powers of attorney and  authorities  conferred by this  paragraph 4
         and any  election  for or  acceptance  of a revised  Offer  and/or  any
         election  pursuant  thereto shall be  irrevocable  unless and until the
         Previous  Acceptor  becomes  entitled to withdraw his acceptance  under
         paragraph 3 above and duly does so.

4.3      The deemed  acceptance  referred  to in  paragraph  4.1 above shall not
         apply,  and the  authorities  referred  to in such  paragraph  shall be
         ineffective  to the extent  that a Previous  Acceptor  shall lodge with
         Park Circus  Registrars,  within 14 days of the posting of the document
         pursuant to which the  revision of the Offer  referred to in  paragraph
         4.1 above is made available to Romtec Shareholders, (or such later date
         as  Total  Research  Acquisitions  Limited  may  determine),  a Form of
         Acceptance or some other form issued by or on behalf of Total  Research
         Acquisitions  Limited  in  which  he  validly  elects  to  receive  the
         consideration  receivable by him under such revised Offer in some other
         manner.

4.4      The deemed  acceptance  referred  to in  paragraph  4.1 above shall not
         apply and the  authorities  referred to in such paragraph  shall not be
         exercised if as a result the Previous  Acceptor would (on such basis as
         Charles Street Securities,  Inc. may reasonably  consider  appropriate)
         receive and/or retain less in aggregate in consideration  than he would
         have  received  as a result of  acceptance  of the Offer in the form in
         which it was previously  accepted by him, having regard to any previous
         elections  originally  made by him,  unless such Previous  Acceptor has
         previously   agreed  in   writing   to   receive   less  in   aggregate
         consideration. The authority conferred by paragraph 4.1 above shall not
         be  exercised in

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         respect of  any  election  available  under  the  revised Offer save in
         accordance with this paragraph 4.4.

4.5      Total Research Acquisitions Limited and Charles Street Securities, Inc.
         reserve  the  right to treat a valid  acceptance  of the  Offer (in its
         original or any previously  revised form(s)) which is received or dated
         on or after the announcement or issue of the Offer in any revised form,
         as a valid acceptance of the revised Offer and/or, where applicable,  a
         valid  election  for  or  acceptance  of  the   alternative   forms  of
         consideration  (if  any),  and such  acceptances  shall  constitute  an
         authority  in the terms of  paragraph  4.1 above  mutatis  mutandis  on
         behalf of the relevant Romtec Shareholder.

5.       GENERAL
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5.1      Except with the consent of the Panel,  the Offer will lapse  unless all
         its conditions have been satisfied or (if capable of waiver) waived or,
         where appropriate,  have been determined by Total Research Acquisitions
         Limited to be or remain  satisfied,  by  midnight  on 1 June 2000 or by
         midnight on the date which is 21 days after the date on which the Offer
         becomes  unconditional  (whichever is the later), or such later date as
         Total Research Acquisitions Limited may, with the consent of the Panel,
         determine.  In such a case  the  Offer  will  cease  to be  capable  of
         acceptance  and Romtec  Shareholders  and Total  Research  Acquisitions
         Limited and Charles Street Securities,  Inc. shall cease to be bound by
         prior acceptances.

5.2      The  expression  "Offer Period" when  used  in  this document means, in
         relation  to  the Offer,  the period  commencing on 13 April 2000 until
         whichever of the following dates shall be the latest:

         (A)      3.00 p.m. on 11 May 2000;

         (B)      the date on which the Offer becomes unconditional; and

         (C)      the date on which the Offer lapses.

5.3      The Offer  will  lapse  (unless  otherwise  agreed by the Panel) if, in
         relation  to the  Offer  or any  matter  arising  therefrom  there is a
         referral to the Competition Commission before the later of 3.00pm on 11
         May  April  2000 and the time and date  when the  Offer  becomes  or is
         declared  unconditional.  If the Offer so lapses,  it shall cease to be
         capable of further acceptance and Total Research  Acquisitions  Limited
         and Charles Street Securities,  Inc. and accepting Romtec  Shareholders
         shall  thereupon  cease to be bound  by Forms of  Acceptance  delivered
         before the time when the Offer so lapses.

5.4      Except with the consent of the Panel,  settlement of the  consideration
         to which any Romtec  Shareholder  is  entitled  under the Offer will be
         implemented  in full in accordance  with the terms of the Offer without
         regard to any lien,  right of set-off,  counterclaim or other analogous
         right to which Total  Research  Acquisitions  Limited or Charles Street
         Securities,  Inc. may otherwise be, or claim to be, entitled as against
         such  Romtec  Shareholder.  The  consideration  will  (except  with the
         consent of the Panel) be posted within 14 days of the later of the date
         on which the Offer becomes or is declared unconditional in all respects
         or the date of receipt of a valid and  complete  acceptance.  Where the
         Romtec Shares  concerned are in certificated  form, cash  consideration
         will be settled  in pounds  sterling  by way of cheque  drawn on a town
         branch of a UK clearing bank.

5.5      The Offer is made at 3 pm on 20 April 2000 and is capable of acceptance
         thereafter.  Copies of this  document,  the Form of Acceptance  and any
         related  documents  are  available  from Park Circus  Registrars at the
         address  set out in  paragraph  3.1 above from that time.  The Offer is
         being made by means of this document.

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5.6      The terms,  provisions,  instructions  and authorities  contained in or
         deemed to be incorporated in the Form of Acceptance  constitute part of
         the terms of the Offer. Words and expressions  defined in this document
         have the same meanings when used in the Form of Acceptance,  unless the
         context otherwise requires.

5.7      The Offer,  elections made thereunder,  all acceptances made thereof or
         pursuant  thereto,  this  document and the Form of  Acceptance  and all
         contracts  made pursuant  thereto and action taken or made or deemed to
         be taken or made under any of the  foregoing  shall be  governed by and
         construed in accordance with English law.

5.8      Any  reference in this document and in the Form of Acceptance to 11 May
         2000  shall,  except in  paragraph  5.2  above  and  where the  context
         otherwise  requires,  be  deemed,  if the  expiry  date of the Offer is
         extended, to refer to the expiry date of the Offer as so extended.

5.9      Any omission or failure (or decision  not) to despatch this document or
         the Form of  Acceptance  or any notice  required  to be given under the
         terms of the Offer to,  or any  failure  to  receive  the same by,  any
         person  to whom the  Offer is  made,  or  should  be  made,  shall  not
         invalidate  the Offer in any way or  create  any  implication  that the
         Offer has not been made to any such Romtec Shareholder.  Subject to the
         provisions  of  paragraph  7 below,  the Offer  extends  to all  Romtec
         Shareholders  to whom this  document,  the Form of  Acceptance  and any
         related documents may not be despatched or who may not receive any such
         documents,  and such  persons  may  collect  copies of those  documents
         during normal business hours from Park Circus Registrars.

5.10     If the Offer does not become unconditional in all respects the relevant
         Form(s) of Acceptance and any share  certificate(s) will be returned by
         Total Research Acquisitions Limited by post (or by such other method as
         may be approved by the Panel) within 14 days of the Offer  lapsing,  at
         the risk of the person entitled thereto or to the person or agent whose
         name and  address,  outside the United  States,  Canada,  Australia  or
         Japan,  is set out in the relevant box of the Form of Acceptance or, if
         none is set out, to the  first-named  holder at his registered  address
         outside  the  United  States,  Canada,  Australia  or  Japan.  No  such
         documents  will be sent to an  address in the  United  States,  Canada,
         Australia or Japan.

5.11     All powers of attorney,  appointment  of agents and  authorities on the
         terms  conferred by or referred to in this Appendix I or in the Form of
         Acceptance  are given by way of  security  for the  performance  of the
         obligations of the Romtec Shareholder  concerned and are irrevocable in
         accordance  with  s.4  Powers  of  Attorney  Act  1971  except  in  the
         circumstances where the donor of such power of attorney, appointment or
         authority is entitled to withdraw his  acceptance  in  accordance  with
         paragraph 3 above and duly does so.

5.12     No  acknowledgement  of  receipt  of  any  Form  of  Acceptance,  share
         certificate(s) and/or other document(s) of title will be given by or on
         behalf of Total Research Acquisitions Limited.

5.13     Without  prejudice to any other provision in this Part B of Appendix I,
         Total Research Acquisitions Limited and Charles Street Securities, Inc.
         reserve  the  right to treat  acceptances  of the Offer as valid if not
         entirely  in  order  or  not   accompanied   by  the   relevant   share
         certificate(s)  or if received by or on behalf of either of them at any
         place or places or in any manner determined by either of them otherwise
         than as set out in this document or in the Form of Acceptance.

5.14     Notwithstanding  the  right  reserved  by Total  Research  Acquisitions
         Limited  and  Charles  Street  Securities,   Inc.  to  treat  Forms  of
         Acceptance  as valid even  though not  entirely  in order as set out in
         paragraph 5.13 above, except as otherwise agreed with the Panel:

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         (A)      an  acceptance  of the  Offer  will  only be  counted  towards
                  fulfilling the  acceptance  condition if the  requirements  of
                  Note 4 and, if applicable,  Note 6 on Rule 10 of the City Code
                  are satisfied in respect of it;

         (B)      a purchase  of Romtec  Shares by Total  Research  Acquisitions
                  Limited or its nominees  (or, if Total  Research  Acquisitions
                  Limited is  required  by the Panel to make an offer for Romtec
                  Shares under the  provisions  of Rule 9 of the City Code) by a
                  person  acting in  concert  with Total  Research  Acquisitions
                  Limited (or its nominee)  will be counted  towards  fulfilling
                  the acceptance  condition only if the  requirements  of Note 5
                  and,  if  applicable,  Note 6 on Rule 10 of the City  Code are
                  satisfied in respect of it; and

         (C)      the Offer will not become or be declared  unconditional  until
                  Park  Circus  Registrars  has  issued a  certificate  to Total
                  Research  Acquisitions  Limited or Charles Street  Securities,
                  Inc.  which  states the number of Romtec  Shares in respect of
                  which   acceptances   have  been   received   which  meet  the
                  requirements  of Note 4 on Rule 10 of the  City  Code  and the
                  number of Romtec Shares otherwise  acquired (whether before or
                  during the Offer Period) which meet the requirements of Note 5
                  on Rule 10 of the City Code and, in each case, if  applicable,
                  Note  6 on  Rule  10 of  the  City  Code.  Copies  of  such  a
                  certificate  will  be sent to the  Panel  as soon as  possible
                  after it is issued.

5.15     All  communications,  notices,  certificates,  documents  of title  and
         remittances  to  be  delivered  by  or  sent  to  or  from  any  Romtec
         Shareholders  will be  delivered  by or sent to or from  them (or their
         designated agents) at their own risk.

5.16     Total Research Acquisitions Limited and Charles Street Securities, Inc.
         reserve  the right to notify  any matter  (including  the making of the
         Offer) to all or any Romtec  Shareholder(s)  with registered  addresses
         outside the UK or whom Total Research  Acquisitions  Limited or Charles
         Street Securities, Inc. know to be nominees, custodians or trustees for
         such persons by announcement or paid advertisement in a daily newspaper
         published  and  circulated  in  the  UK,  including  an  evening  paper
         circulated  in London in which case such notice shall be deemed to have
         been sufficiently given  notwithstanding any failure by any such Romtec
         Shareholders  to receive or see such notice and all  references in this
         document to notice or provision of  information  in writing (other than
         in paragraph 3 above) shall be construed accordingly.

6.17     References  in this  Appendix I to any statute or  statutory  provision
         shall   include  a  statute  or  statutory   provision   which  amends,
         consolidates or replaces it (whether before or after the date hereof).

6.       THE LOAN NOTE ALTERNATIVE
         -------------------------

6.1      Romtec  Shareholders,  other than certain  overseas  shareholders,  who
         validly accept the Offer may elect to receive Loan Notes instead of all
         or as they may elect, any part of the cash consideration  payable under
         the Offer on the basis of (pound)1 in nominal  amount of Loan Notes for
         every  (pound)1 in cash  consideration.  An election  for the Loan Note
         Alternative  can only be made in respect of Romtec Shares for which the
         Offer is validly accepted.

6.2      The  Loan  Note  Alternative  is  conditional  on  the  Offer  becoming
         unconditional  and  will  remain  available  for as long  as the  Offer
         remains open for acceptance.  The Loan Note  Alternative  will lapse if
         the Offer lapses or expires.

7.       OVERSEAS SHAREHOLDERS
         ---------------------

7.1      The making of the Offer in, or to persons  resident in or  nationals or
         citizens of jurisdictions outside the United Kingdom, or to persons who
         are,  or  were,  custodians,  nominees  of or  trustees  of,  citizens,
         residents or nationals of such jurisdictions  ("overseas  persons") may

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         be  prohibited  or affected by the laws of the  relevant  jurisdiction.
         Such persons should inform  themselves about and observe any applicable
         legal  requirements.  It is the  responsibility of any overseas persons
         wishing  to accept  the Offer  (whether  or not they elect for the Loan
         Note  Alternative)  to satisfy  themselves as to the full observance of
         the  laws  of  the  relevant   jurisdiction  in  connection  therewith,
         including the obtaining of any governmental,  exchange control or other
         consents which may be required,  or the compliance with other necessary
         formalities  and the payment of any issue,  transfer or other taxes due
         in such jurisdiction.  Each overseas person will be responsible for any
         such taxes and duties due in any  overseas  jurisdiction  in respect of
         his  acceptance of the Offer by  whomsoever  they are payable and shall
         indemnify  and  hold  harmless  Total  Research  Acquisitions  Limited,
         Charles  Street  Securities,  Inc. and all persons  acting on behalf of
         either of them in respect  of such  taxes and duties  which they may be
         required to pay. In particular,  the Loan Notes have not been, and will
         not be,  registered  under the Securities Act 1933 of the United States
         or under the securities laws of any state or other  jurisdiction of the
         United  States,  Canada,  Australia  or Japan.  Accordingly,  unless an
         exemption under relevant  securities laws is available,  the Loan Notes
         may not be offered, sold, resold, delivered or distributed, directly or
         indirectly,  in or into the United States, or to, or for the account or
         benefit of, US Persons,  or in or into Canada,  Australia or Japan,  or
         into any other  jurisdiction  where this  would not be  lawful.  Romtec
         Shareholders who are citizens or residents of an overseas  jurisdiction
         other than the United States, Canada,  Australia or Japan who elect for
         the Loan Note  Alternative  will only be issued  with Loan Notes  where
         Total Research Acquisitions Limited is satisfied that to do so will not
         be unlawful  under any  relevant  securities  laws.  If Total  Research
         Acquisitions Limited is not so satisfied, such Romtec Shareholders will
         only be entitled to receive the cash consideration under the Offer, and
         their  elections for the Loan Note  Alternative  will not be treated as
         valid.

7.2      In particular,  the Offer is not being made,  directly or indirectly in
         or into,  or by use of the mails of or by any means or  instrumentality
         (including,  without  limitation,  telephonically or electronically) of
         interstate  or  foreign  commerce  of, or any  facility  of a  national
         securities exchange of, the United States, Canada,  Australia or Japan.
         The Offer cannot be accepted by any such use, means, instrumentality or
         facility from or within the United States, Canada,  Australia or Japan.
         Copies of this  document  and the Form of  Acceptance  and any  related
         offering  documents  are not being and must not be mailed or  otherwise
         forwarded  distributed  or sent  in,  into or from the  United  States,
         Canada,  Australia or Japan including,  without  limitation,  to Romtec
         Shareholders  or  participants  in Romtec  Share  Option  Schemes  with
         registered addresses in the United States,  Canada,  Australia or Japan
         or to nominees,  custodians or trustees  holding Romtec Shares for such
         persons.   Persons   receiving  such  documents   (including,   without
         limitation,  nominees,  custodians and trustees) must not distribute or
         send them in,  into or from the United  States,  Canada,  Australia  or
         Japan or use the mails of the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan
         or any such means, instrumentality or facility for any purpose directly
         or  indirectly  related  to  acceptance  of the Offer and doing so will
         render invalid any related purported acceptance of the Offer.

         Envelopes  containing  Forms of Acceptance,  evidence of title or other
         documents  relating to the Offer should not be postmarked in the United
         States,  Canada,  Australia or Japan or otherwise  sent from the United
         States,  Canada,  Australia  or Japan and all  acceptors  must  provide
         addresses outside the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan for the
         receipt  of the  consideration  or  for  the  return  of  the  Form  of
         Acceptance,  Romtec share certificates  and/or other documents of title
         in relation to the Romtec Shares.

7.3      A Romtec Shareholder  will, subject  to  paragraph 7.5 below, be deemed
         not to have validly accepted the Offer if:

         (A)      he puts "No" in Box 5 of the Form of  Acceptance  and  thereby
                  does not  give  the  representation  and  warranty  set out in
                  paragraph  1(C)(1) of Part C of this  Appendix I to the effect
                  that he has not received or sent copies of this document,  the
                  Form of

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                  Acceptance or any related offering  documents in, into or from
                  the  United  States,  Canada,   Australia or Japan and has not
                  otherwise utilised  in connection with the Offer,  directly or
                  indirectly,   the   use   of   mails   of,  or  any  means  or
                  instrumentality  (including,  without  limitation,   facsimile
                  transmission,  telex and  telephone)  of interstate or foreign
                  commerce of, or any facility of a national securities exchange
                  of, the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan;

         (B)      having  completed  Box 4 of  the  Form  of  Acceptance  with a
                  registered address in the United States, Canada,  Australia or
                  Japan he does not  insert  in Box 6 of the Form of  Acceptance
                  the name and  address of a person or agent  outside the United
                  States,  Canada,  Australia  or  Japan to whom he  wishes  the
                  consideration  to which he is  entitled  under the Offer to be
                  sent;

         (C)      he  inserts  in Box 6 of the Form of  Acceptance  the name and
                  address  of a person or agent in the  United  States,  Canada,
                  Australia  or Japan to whom he  wishes  the  consideration  to
                  which he is entitled under the Offer to be sent; or

         (D)      in any  case,  the  Form of  Acceptance  received  from him is
                  received  in an  envelope  postmarked  in, or which  otherwise
                  appears to Total Research  Acquisitions  Limited or its agents
                  to have been sent from, the United States,  Canada,  Australia
                  or Japan.

         Total Research  Acquisitions  Limited  reserves the right,  in its sole
         discretion,  to investigate,  in relation to any acceptance whether the
         representation  and warranty set out in paragraph  1(C)(1) of Part C of
         this Appendix I could have been truthfully given by the relevant Romtec
         Shareholder and, if Total Research  Acquisitions Limited cannot satisfy
         itself that such representation and warranty was true and correct, such
         acceptance shall not be valid.

7.4      If, in  connection  with the making of the Offer,  notwithstanding  the
         restrictions described above, any person (including without limitation,
         nominees, custodians or trustees), whether pursuant to a contractual or
         legal obligation or otherwise, sends, forwards or otherwise distributes
         this document,  the relevant Form of Acceptance or any related offering
         documents,  in, into or from the United  States,  Canada,  Australia or
         Japan or uses the mails of, or any means or instrumentality (including,
         without  limitation,  facsimile  transmission,  telex and telephone) of
         interstate  or  foreign  commerce  of, or any  facility  of a  national
         securities exchange of, the United States,  Canada,  Australia or Japan
         in connection with such action, such person should:

         (A)  inform the recipient of such fact;

         (B)  explain  to the  recipient  that such  action may  invalidate  any
              purported acceptance by the recipient; and

         (C) draw the attention of the recipient to this paragraph 7.

7.5      Notwithstanding  the  restrictions   described  above,  Total  Research
         Acquisitions  Limited  will  retain the right to permit the Offer to be
         accepted  if  in  its  sole  discretion,   it  is  satisfied  that  the
         transaction   in  question  is  exempt  from  or  not  subject  to  the
         legislation or regulation giving rise to the restriction in question.

7.6      Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  the  provisions  of this  paragraph 7
         and/or any other terms of the Offer  relating to overseas  shareholders
         may  be  waived,   varied  or  modified  as  regards   specific  Romtec
         Shareholders  or on a  general  basis  by Total  Research  Acquisitions
         Limited in its absolute discretion.

7.7      References  in  this  paragraph  7  to  a  Romtec  Shareholder  include
         references to the person or persons executing a Form of Acceptance and,
         in the event of more than one person

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         executing  the Form of  Acceptance,  the provisions of this paragraph 7
         shall apply  to them jointly and  severally.  Subject as aforesaid  the
         provisions of  this  paragraph 7 supersede any terms of the Offer which
         are  inconsistent   herewith.   Total   Research  Acquisitions  Limited
         reserves the right to treat any acceptance  of the Offer as invalid and
         to reject any election for the Loan Note Alternative  made or purported
         to be made in any  manner  contrary  to this  paragraph  7  where  such
         acceptance   or  election  would,  in the  opinion  of  Total  Research
         Acquisitions  Limited,  constitute a breach of the laws of the relevant
         jurisdiction.

7.8      Neither  Total  Research   Acquisitions   Limited  nor  Charles  Street
         Securities,   Inc.  nor  any  agent  or  director  of  Total   Research
         Acquisitions  Limited  nor any  person  acting on behalf of any of them
         shall have any  liability  to any  person for any loss or alleged  loss
         arising  from any  decision as to the  treatment of the Offer on any of
         the bases set out above or otherwise in connection therewith.

         OVERSEAS  SHAREHOLDERS  SHOULD INFORM  THEMSELVES ABOUT AND OBSERVE ANY
         APPLICABLE  LEGAL OR REGULATORY  REQUIREMENTS.  IF YOU ARE IN ANY DOUBT
         ABOUT YOUR POSITION YOU SHOULD CONSULT YOUR PROFESSIONAL ADVISER IN THE
         RELEVANT TERRITORY.

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PART C: Form of Acceptance

1.       Each  Romtec  Shareholder  by  whom,  or on whose  behalf,  the Form of
         Acceptance is executed and received by Park Circus  Registrars or by or
         on behalf of Total  Research  Acquisitions  Limited or  Charles  Street
         Securities,  Inc.,  irrevocably  undertakes,  represents,  warrants and
         agrees to and with Total Research Acquisitions Limited,  Charles Street
         Securities,  Inc. and Park Circus Registrars (in its capacity as escrow
         agent)  so as to  bind  him and his  personal  representatives,  heirs,
         successors and assigns to the effect that:

         (A) the  execution of the Form of  Acceptance  whether or not any boxes
             are completed shall constitute:

                  (1)      subject to paragraph 7 of Part B of this  Appendix I,
                           an  acceptance  of the Offer in respect of the number
                           of Romtec Shares inserted or deemed to be inserted in
                           Box 1 of the Form of  Acceptance  and if no number of
                           Romtec  Shares  is  inserted  in Box 1,  or a  number
                           greater  than  the  relevant   Romtec   Shareholder's
                           holding  of Romtec  Shares is there  inserted,  there
                           shall be deemed to have  been  inserted  in Box 1 the
                           greater of:

                          (a)       the  relevant  Romtec  Shareholder's  entire
                                    holding of Romtec Shares as disclosed by the
                                    register of members  made  available to Park
                                    Circus  Registrars  prior  to the  time  the
                                    relevant  Form of Acceptance is processed by
                                    them; and

                          (b)       the  relevant  Romtec  Shareholder's  entire
                                    holding of Romtec Shares as disclosed by the
                                    register of members  made  available to Park
                                    Circus  Registrars  prior to the latest time
                                    for receipt of the Form of Acceptance  which
                                    can be taken  into  account  in  determining
                                    whether the Offer is unconditional;

                  (2)      subject to paragraph 7 of Part B of this  Appendix I,
                           an election for the Loan Note  Alternative in respect
                           of the number of Romtec Shares  inserted or deemed to
                           be inserted in Box 2 of the Form of Acceptance and if
                           a greater  number of Romtec Shares is inserted in Box
                           2 than is inserted,  or deemed to be inserted, in Box
                           1, there shall be deemed to have been inserted in Box
                           2 the number of Romtec  Shares  inserted or deemed to
                           have been inserted in Box 1;

                  (3)      an undertaking  to execute any further  documents and
                           give any further  assurances which may be required to
                           enable Total Research  Acquisitions Limited to obtain
                           the full  benefit  of the terms of this Part C and/or
                           perfect  any   authorities   expressed  to  be  given
                           thereunder; and

                  (4)      a   representation   and  warranty  that  he  is  the
                           beneficial  owner  of the  number  of  Romtec  Shares
                           inserted  or  deemed to be  inserted  in Box 1 of the
                           Form  of  Acceptance  or,  if he is  not,  that he is
                           irrevocably and unconditionally  entitled to transfer
                           such Romtec Shares and the entire beneficial interest
                           therein  will be  acquired  under the Offer with full
                           title guarantee;

                  on and subject to the terms and conditions set out or referred
                  to in this  document  and the  Form of  Acceptance  and  that,
                  subject  to  paragraph  3 and  paragraph  4 of  Part B of this
                  Appendix  I,  such   acceptance   and/or   election  shall  be
                  irrevocable;

         (B)      the Romtec Shares in respect of which the Offer is accepted or
                  deemed to be  accepted  are sold  fully  paid with full  title
                  guarantee  and  free  from  all  liens,  equitable  interests,
                  charges,  encumbrances  pre-emption rights and other interests
                  and rights of  whatsoever  nature and together with all rights
                  now or hereafter  attaching  thereto  (including  the right to
                  receive all dividends and other distributions)  declared, made

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                  or paid after 13 April 2000 save that a Romtec  Shareholder on
                  the  register  at the close of business on 02 May 2000 will be
                  entitled  to receive  the  interim  dividend of 2.0p (net) per
                  Romtec  Share  declared by the Romtec  board in respect of the
                  year ended on 31 January 2000;

         (C)

                  (1)      unless   "No"  is  put  in  Box  5  of  the  Form  of
                           Acceptance, such shareholder has not received or sent
                           copies or  originals  of this  document,  the Form of
                           Acceptance or any related offering documents in, into
                           or from the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan
                           and has not otherwise utilised in connection with the
                           Offer,  directly or indirectly,  the use of mails of,
                           or any means or instrumentality  (including,  without
                           limitation,   facsimile   transmission,   telex   and
                           telephone) of  interstate or foreign  commerce of, or
                           any  facility of a national  securities  exchange of,
                           the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan and was
                           outside  the United  States,  Canada,  Australia  and
                           Japan when the Form of Acceptance was sent and at the
                           time of accepting  the Offer;  and is not an agent or
                           fiduciary acting on a  non-discretionary  basis for a
                           principal,  unless  such  agent  or  fiduciary  is an
                           authorised   employee  of  such   principal  or  such
                           principal has given all instructions  with respect to
                           the Offer from  outside  the United  States,  Canada,
                           Australia  and Japan and if such  Romtec  Shareholder
                           has made an  election  of the Loan Note  Alternative,
                           such  Shareholder  is not a person in, or resident in
                           Japan, Australia, Canada or the United States or a US
                           Person, does not hold any Romtec Shares in respect of
                           which he has elected for the Loan Note Alternative on
                           behalf of any such person and is not acting on behalf
                           of any such person and that he will not,  directly or
                           indirectly, hold or acquire such Loan Notes to or for
                           the  account or benefit of any such  person or with a
                           view to the  offer,  sale or  delivery,  directly  or
                           indirectly,  of any Loan  Notes in or into the United
                           States,  Canada,  Australia  or  Japan or to any such
                           person;

                  (2)      if such accepting Romtec  Shareholder is not resident
                           in the UK he has  observed  the laws of all  relevant
                           territories,  obtained any requisite  governmental or
                           other   consents,   complied   with   all   requisite
                           formalities  and paid any  issue,  transfer  or other
                           taxes  due  from  him,   in   connection   with  such
                           acceptance,  in any  territory  and  that  he has not
                           taken or omitted to take any action which will or may
                           result  in  Total  Research   Acquisitions   Limited,
                           Charles Street  Securities,  Inc. or any other person
                           acting  in   breach   of  the  legal  or   regulatory
                           requirements  of any territory in connection with the
                           Offer or his acceptance thereof;

         (D)      the  execution  of the Form of Acceptance constitutes, subject
                  to the  Offer   becoming   unconditional  in all  respects  in
                  accordance   with  its  terms  and to the  relevant  accepting
                  Romtec   Shareholder   not   having   validly   withdrawn  his
                  acceptance,   the  irrevocable separate appointment of each of
                  Total Research  Acquisitions  Limited and/or of Charles Street
                  Securities,  Inc.  and/or any of their respective Directors or
                  agents  as  such Romtec  Shareholder's  agent and/or  attorney
                  and  an  irrevocable  instruction   and  authorisation  to the
                  agent   and/or  attorney to   complete  and execute all or any
                  form(s)  of  transfer and/or other  document(s)  whatsoever at
                  the agent and/or attorney's  discretion  in relation to Romtec
                  Shares  referred  to in  paragraph  1(A)  above  in respect of
                  which   an   accepting  Romtec  Shareholder  has  not  validly
                  withdrawn his  acceptance  (the "Acceptance Shares") in favour
                  of   Total   Research   Acquisitions  Limited  or  such  other
                  person(s) as  Total  Research  Acquisitions Limited may direct
                  and  to  deliver   such  form(s)   of  transfer  and/or  other
                  document(s) at  the   discretion of the agent and/or  attorney
                  together    with   the  share   certificate(s)   and/or  other
                  document(s) of title  relating  to such Acceptance Shares, for
                  registration   within  six  months  of   the   Offer  becoming
                  unconditional  in  all  respects

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                  and  to   execute  all such  other  documents  and do all such
                  other acts  and  things as may,  in the  opinion of such agent
                  and/or attorney,  be  necessary  or expedient for the purposes
                  of, or  in  connection  with,  the acceptance of the Offer and
                  to  vest  in  Total   Research   Acquisitions  Limited  or its
                  nominee(s) the Acceptance Shares;

         (E)      the  execution of the Form of  Acceptance  and its delivery to
                  Park  Circus  Registrars  constitutes,  subject  to the  Offer
                  becoming  unconditional in all respects in accordance with its
                  terms  and  to an  accepting  Romtec  Shareholder  not  having
                  validly withdrawn his acceptance, an irrevocable authority and
                  request:

                  (1)      subject to the provisions of paragraph 7 of Part B of
                           this  Appendix  I to Romtec or its  agents to procure
                           registration of the transfer of the Acceptance Shares
                           pursuant  to the Offer and the  delivery of the share
                           certificate(s)  and/or other  document(s) of title in
                           respect   thereof  to  Total  Research   Acquisitions
                           Limited or as it may direct;

                  (2)      subject to the provisions of paragraph 7 of Part B of
                           this  Appendix  I  to  Total  Research   Acquisitions
                           Limited or its agents to procure the despatch by post
                           (or  such  other  method  as may be  approved  by the
                           Panel) of a cheque for any cash to which such  Romtec
                           Shareholder  is entitled at the risk of such  holder,
                           to the person  whose name and  address  (outside  the
                           United  States,  Canada,  Australia and Japan) is set
                           out in Box 6 of the Form of Acceptance or, if none is
                           set out, to the  first-named  holder set out in Box 4
                           of the Form of Acceptance with an address outside the
                           United States, Canada, Australia or Japan;

                  (3)      to Total Research  Acquisitions Limited or its agents
                           to procure  that such  Romtec  Shareholder's  name is
                           entered   on   the   register   of   Total   Research
                           Acquisitions Limited in respect of the Loan Notes (if
                           any)  to  which  such  Romtec   Shareholder   becomes
                           entitled  under the Offer and to procure the despatch
                           by post of the  documents  of title  for the  nominal
                           amounts of such Loan Notes at the risk of such Romtec
                           Shareholder  to the person  whose name and address is
                           set out in Box 6 of the  Form of  Acceptance  or,  if
                           none is set out, to the first-named holder set out in
                           Box 4 of the  Form  of  Acceptance  with  an  address
                           outside  the United  States,  Canada,  Australia  and
                           Japan; and

                  (4)      to Total Research  Acquisitions Limited or its agents
                           to record and act upon, in relation to the Loan Notes
                           to which such  Romtec  Shareholder  becomes  entitled
                           under the  Offer,  any  instructions  with  regard to
                           payments or notices  which have been  recorded in the
                           records  of  Romtec  in   respect   of  such   Romtec
                           Shareholder's holding(s) of Romtec Shares;

         (F)      the execution of the Form of Acceptance constitutes a separate
                  authority  to any  Director  of  Total  Research  Acquisitions
                  Limited and/or any Director of Charles Street Securities, Inc.
                  and/or their respective agents within the terms of paragraph 4
                  of Part B of this  Appendix  I in  respect  of the  Acceptance
                  Shares and an  authority  to such person or persons to execute
                  any further documents and give any further assurance which may
                  be required in connection with the foregoing;

         (G)      after the Offer becomes  unconditional  (or if the Offer would
                  become unconditional in all respects or lapse immediately upon
                  the outcome of the  resolution  in question) and in such other
                  circumstances  as  Total  Research  Acquisitions  Limited  may
                  request and the Panel may permit and pending registration:

                  (1)      Total  Research  Acquisitions  Limited  or its agents
                           shall be entitled to direct the exercise of any votes
                           attaching to any Romtec Share in respect of which the
                           Offer  has been  accepted  or is  deemed to have been
                           accepted  and such  acceptance  has not been  validly
                           withdrawn and any and all other rights and

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                           privileges attaching  to  such   Acceptance   Shares,
                           including the right  to  requisition   the  convening
                           of a  general meeting  or  separate  class meeting of
                           Romtec;

                  (2)      Romtec be  authorised  by the  holder  of  Acceptance
                           Shares  to  send  any  notice,   circular,   warrant,
                           document or other communication which may be required
                           to be sent to him as a Romtec  Shareholder  including
                           any share  certificate or other  document(s) of title
                           issued to Total Research  Acquisitions Limited at its
                           registered office;

                  (3)      Total  Research  Acquisitions  Limited  or its agents
                           irrevocably   be   authorised   by  such   holder  of
                           Acceptance  Shares to sign any  documents and do such
                           things as may in the opinion of the agent or attorney
                           seem  necessary or desirable in  connection  with the
                           exercise of such votes or other privileges  including
                           without limitation,  any consent to short notice of a
                           general  meeting  or  separate  class  meeting on his
                           behalf  and/or  execute  a form of  proxy  or,  where
                           appropriate,  any appointment pursuant to section 375
                           of the  Companies Act 1985 (as amended) in respect of
                           such   Acceptance   Shares   appointing   any  person
                           determined by Total Research  Acquisitions Limited to
                           attend  general  meetings and separate class meetings
                           of  Romtec  or its  members  or any of them  (and any
                           adjournment   thereof)  and  to  exercise  the  votes
                           attaching  to such  Acceptance  Shares on his behalf,
                           where  relevant  such  votes  to be  cast  so  far as
                           possible to satisfy any outstanding  condition of the
                           Offer; and

                  (4)      will also  constitute  the  agreement  of such Romtec
                           Shareholder  not  to  exercise  any  of  such  rights
                           without  the consent of Total  Research  Acquisitions
                           Limited  and  the  irrevocable  undertaking  of  such
                           Romtec   Shareholder   not  to  appoint  a  proxy  or
                           corporate  representative  for or to  attend  general
                           meetings or separate class meetings of Romtec;

                  but the  authorities  conferred  by this  paragraph  (G) shall
                  cease to be valid if the acceptance is withdrawn in accordance
                  with paragraph 3 of Part B of this Appendix 1;

         (H)      the terms and  conditions  of this Offer shall be deemed to be
                  incorporated  in,  and form part of,  the Form of  Acceptance,
                  which shall be read and construed accordingly;

         (I)      if he accepts  the Offer and does not  validly  withdraw  such
                  acceptance,  he shall do all such  acts and  things  as in the
                  opinion  of  Total  Research  Acquisitions  Limited  shall  be
                  necessary or expedient to vest in Total Research  Acquisitions
                  Limited or its nominee(s) the Acceptance  Shares; and all such
                  acts and things as may be  necessary  or  expedient  to enable
                  Park  Circus  Registrars  to perform its  functions  as escrow
                  agent for the purposes of the Offer;

         (J)      he  agrees to  ratify  each and  every act or thing  which may
                  lawfully be done or effected  by Total  Research  Acquisitions
                  Limited  or by  Charles  Street  Securities,  Inc.  or by Park
                  Circus  Registrars or their  respective  Directors,  agents or
                  attorneys  or by Romtec or its agents,  as the case may be, in
                  the proper  exercise of any of his powers  and/or  authorities
                  hereunder  (and to  indemnify  each such  person  against  any
                  losses arising therefrom);

         (K)      if any  provision  of this  Part C shall be  unenforceable  or
                  invalid or shall not  operate so as to afford  Total  Research
                  Acquisitions  Limited and Charles Street  Securities,  Inc. or
                  Park Circus  Registrars  and/or their respective  Directors or
                  agents  the full  benefit  of the  authorities  and  powers of
                  attorney  expressed  to be given in this  Appendix I, he shall
                  with all  practicable  speed do all such acts and  things  and

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                  execute all such  documents as may be required to enable Total
                  Research    Acquisitions   Limited   and/or   Charles   Street
                  Securities, Inc. or Park Circus Registrars and/or any of their
                  respective  Directors or agents to secure the full benefits of
                  such authorities and powers of attorney; and

         (L)      the  execution  of the  Form  of  Acceptance  constitutes  his
                  submission,  in  relation  to all  matters  arising out of the
                  Offer and the Form of Acceptance,  to the  jurisdiction of the
                  courts of England and his  agreement  that nothing shall limit
                  the  right  of  Total  Research  Acquisitions  Limited  and/or
                  Charles Street Securities, Inc. and/or any of their respective
                  Directors  or agents to bring any action,  suit or  proceeding
                  arising out of or in connection with the Offer and the Form of
                  Acceptance  in any other manner  permitted by law or any court
                  of competent jurisdiction.

2.       References  in  this  Part  C to a  Romtec  Shareholder  shall  include
         references to the person or persons executing a Form of Acceptance and,
         in the event of more than one person  executing  a Form of  Acceptance,
         the  provisions  of  this  Part C  shall  apply  to  them  jointly  and
         severally.  On execution the Form of Acceptance  shall take effect as a
         deed.

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                 APPENDIX II: PRINCIPAL TERMS OF THE LOAN NOTES

The Loan Notes will be  constituted  by a loan note  instrument  (the "Loan Note
Instrument") executed by Total Research Acquisitions Limited, and Total Research
Corporation which will contain provisions, inter alia, to the following effect:

1.       FORM AND STATUS AND GUARANTEE
         -----------------------------

1.1      The Loan Notes  will be issued in amounts  and  integral  multiples  of
         (pound)1  nominal and will  constitute  unsecured  obligations of Total
         Research  Acquisitions Limited but will be guaranteed by Total Research
         Corporation as its unsecured obligation.  The Loan Note Instrument does
         not  contain any  restrictions  on  borrowing,  charging or disposal of
         assets.

2.       INTEREST
         --------

2.1      Interest  (less any  applicable  tax) will be payable on the  principal
         amount  of the  Loan  Notes  from  the  date of  issue  to the  date of
         redemption  at an  annual  rate  equal  to 12 month  LIBOR on  sterling
         deposits of (pound)1,000,000.

2.2      To the extent that tax is deducted  from any  interest,  neither  Total
         Research  Acquisitions,  nor the Guarantor nor any  substituted  entity
         shall increase its payments to the Noteholders.

2.3      Interest  shall  accrue  from day to day and shall be calculated on the
         basis of a 365 day year.

3.       REDEMPTION
         ----------

3.1      All Loan Notes will be redeemed for cash at par in sterling on 10 April
         2001 (or at the written  request of the  applicable  holder before that
         date, on 10 October  2001)  together  with accrued  interest  (less any
         applicable tax) up to (but excluding) the applicable redemption date.

3.2      On the occurrence of any of a number of standard events of default each
         Noteholder  shall be entitled,  by a notice addressed to Total Research
         Acquisitions  Limited, to require all or part (being (pound)100 nominal
         amount or any integral  multiple thereof) of the Loan Notes held by him
         to be  immediately  repaid at par in  sterling,  together  with accrued
         interest (subject to any requirement to deduct income tax therefrom).

3.3      If, at any time, the nominal amount of all Loan Notes outstanding is 25
         per cent or less of the total  nominal  amount of Loan Notes which have
         been  issued  up to that  time,  or is less than  (pound)10,000,  Total
         Research  Acquisitions  Limited  shall  have the right on giving to the
         remaining Noteholders not less than 30 days' notice in writing expiring
         on or after the date  which is six months and one day after the date of
         issue of the relevant  Loan Notes to redeem at par in sterling all (but
         not some only) of the outstanding  Loan Notes by payment of the nominal
         amount  thereof  together  with  accrued   interest   (subject  to  any
         requirement to deduct income tax  therefrom) up to (but  excluding) the
         date of redemption.

3.4      Total  Research   Acquisitions  Limited  may  also,  on  the  death  or
         bankruptcy of a Noteholder, redeem at par in sterling all (but not some
         only) of the  Loan  Notes  held by such  Noteholder  (whether  alone or
         jointly with other  persons) on the terms set out in  paragraph  3.3 by
         giving not less than 30 days notice to the personal  representatives of
         a deceased Noteholder or to the trustee in bankruptcy or the Noteholder
         himself in the case of a bankrupt Noteholder expiring at any time after
         the first  anniversary  of the date of the  death or the  making of the
         bankruptcy order.

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4.       PURCHASE AND CANCELLATION
         -------------------------

4.1      Total Research  Acquisitions  Limited may at any time purchase any Loan
         Notes at any price by tender or by  private  treaty at any  price.  All
         Loan  Notes so  purchased,  or  redeemed  under  paragraph  3,  will be
         cancelled and shall not be available for reissue.

5.       MODIFICATION
         ------------

5.1      The  provisions  of the Loan  Note  Instrument  and the  rights  of the
         holders will be subject to modification,  abrogation or compromise with
         the sanction of an extraordinary  resolution of the holders of the Loan
         Notes as provided in the Loan Note  Instrument and the consent of Total
         Research Acquisitions Limited.

6.       REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND MARKETABILITY
         ----------------------------------------

6.1      The Loan Notes will be evidenced by certificates, will be in registered
         form  and  will  not be  transferable  (save  in the  case of  death or
         bankruptcy  of  the   Noteholder  or  by  operation  of  the  law).  No
         application  has  been  made or is  intended  to be  made to any  stock
         exchange for the Loan Notes to be listed or otherwise publicly traded.

6.2      The  Loan  Notes  will  not be available to Romtec Shareholders  in the
         United States, Canada, Australia or Japan.

6.3      The Loan Notes  have not been,  and will not be,  registered  under the
         Securities Act 1933 of the United States or under the  securities  laws
         of any  state or  other  jurisdiction  of the  United  States,  Canada,
         Australia or Japan.  Accordingly,  unless an exemption  under  relevant
         securities laws is available,  the Loan Notes may not be offered, sold,
         resold,  delivered or distributed,  directly or indirectly,  in or into
         the United States, or to, or for the account or benefit of, US Persons,
         or  in  or  into  Canada,   Australia  or  Japan,  or  into  any  other
         jurisdiction  where this would not be lawful.  Romtec  Shareholders who
         are citizens or residents  of an overseas  jurisdiction  other than the
         United States,  Canada,  Australia or Japan who elect for the Loan Note
         Alternative  will only be issued with Loan Notes  where Total  Research
         Acquisitions  Limited is  satisfied  that to do so will not be unlawful
         under any relevant  securities  laws.  If Total  Research  Acquisitions
         Limited is not so  satisfied,  such  Romtec  Shareholders  will only be
         entitled to receive the cash  consideration  under the Offer, and their
         elections for the Loan Note Alternative will not be treated as valid.

7.       RIGHT TO ADDITIONAL LOAN NOTES
         ------------------------------

         Each registered  holder of Loan Note(s)  ("Noteholder")  shall have the
         right to  acquire  (by  subscription  at par of a  nominal  amount  not
         exceeding the nominal amount of such Noteholder's holding of Loan Notes
         then  remaining  outstanding,  such  amount  to be  payable  in full on
         subscription)  additional  loan notes to be issued by a United  Kingdom
         subsidiary of the Guarantor other than the Company ("Additional Notes")
         on terms and conditions  substantially  the same as those applicable to
         the Loan Notes, except as follows:

         (A)      the rate of interest on the Additional  Notes shall be one per
                  cent below the rate per annum referred to in paragraph 2.1;

         (B)      the Additional Notes shall not  carry  any  right  to  acquire
                  additional securities; and

         (C)      the Additional Notes shall not be guaranteed.

8.       GOVERNING LAW
         -------------

         The Loan Notes and the Loan Note  Instrument  shall be  governed by and
construed in accordance with English law.

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 APPENDIX III: INFORMATION ON TOTAL RESEARCH ACQUISITIONS LIMITED AND TOTAL
                              RESEARCH CORPORATION

1.       TOTAL RESEARCH ACQUISITIONS LIMITED
         -----------------------------------

Total Research  Acquisitions Limited is a  newly-incorporated  company which has
been formed for the purposes of the Offer. To date, Total Research  Acquisitions
Limited  has  engaged  in no  activities  other  than  those  incidental  to its
organisation and the making of the Offer.

(a)      Directors and secretary

         (i)      The directors of Total Research Acquisitions Limited are:

                  David Brodsky
                  Al Angrisani
                  Howard L. Shecter

         (ii)     The secretary of Total Research Acquisitions Limited is Gareth
                  Davies.

(b)      Incorporation

         Total Research  Acquisitions  Limited was  incorporated  in England and
         Wales as a  private  limited  company  under  the name  Total  Research
         Acquisitions  Limited on 16 March 2000. The registered  office of Total
         Research  Acquisitions  Limited is Watermans  Park,  40-52 High Street,
         Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 OBB and its registered number is 3953021.

(c)      Share capital

         The authorised share capital of Total Research  Acquisitions Limited as
         at the date of posting of this  document is  (pound)1,000  divided into
         1000  ordinary  shares of  (pound)1  each.  All of the issued  ordinary
         shares  are  held  by  Total  Research  Holdings   Limited,   a  direct
         wholly-owned subsidiary of Total Research Corporation.

(d)      Financial Information and activities

         Total  Research  Acquisitions  Limited has not traded since the date of
         its  incorporation  nor  entered  into any  obligations  other  than in
         connection with the Offer.

2.       TOTAL RESEARCH CORPORATION
         --------------------------

(a)      Directors and secretary

         (i)      The directors of Total Research Corporation are:

                  David Brodsky, Chairman
                  Al Angrisani, President and Chief Executive Officer
                  Howard L. Shecter, Vice Chairman
                  Lorin Zissman, Chairman Emeritus
                  George Lindemann, Non-executive
                  J. Edward Shrawder, Non-executive
                  John Freeman, Non-executive

         (ii)     The secretary of Total Research Corporation is Jane Giles.

(b)      Share capital

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         The authorised  common share capital of Total  Research  Corporation at
         the date of this document is 50 million units of common stock of $0.001
         par value each, of which 12,397,462 are issued and outstanding.

(c)      Company details

         The  registered   office  of  Total   Research   Corporation  is  at  5
         Independence Way, Princeton, NJ 08543, USA.

3.       FINANCIAL INFORMATION
         ---------------------

The  financial  information  for the three years ended 30 June 1999  relating to
Total  Research  Corporation  contained in this section of the document has been
extracted from the audited  financial  statements of Total Research  Corporation
for each of these years  contained in its Annual  Report on Form 10-K (the "Form
10-K") filed with the United States Securities and Exchange  Commission  ("SEC")
under the U.S.  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (the "Exchange Act").
The  financial  information  for the six months ended 31 December  1999 has been
extracted from the unaudited financial  statements of Total Research Corporation
for that period  contained  in its  Quarterly  Reports on Forms 10-Q for the two
quarters ended 30 September 1999 and 31 December 1999,  (the "Forms 10-Q") filed
with the SEC under the  Exchange  Act.  Total  Research  Corporation  accounting
policies  conform  to US  GAAP.  There  are no  known  material  changes  in the
financial or trading  position of Total Research  Corporation  subsequent to the
last published audited accounts.

4.       PROFIT  INFORMATION FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS ENDED 30 JUNE 1999 AND THE
         PERIOD ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1999
         -----------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                            6mths to             Year to            Year to            Year to
                                            Dec-1999             June 1999          June 1998          June 1997
                                            $                   $                  $                  $
<S>                                         <C>               <C>                 <C>               <C>

Turnover                                    25,903,242         41,561,835         34,057,084         29,443,302

Net Profit                                   2,049,810          3,220,557          1,885,267          1,128,150

Tax                                           (778,793)        (1,244,820)          (760,450)          (489,955)

Profit after tax                             1,271,017          1,975,737          1,124,817            638,195

Dividend                                             0                  0                  0                  0

Basic Earnings per Share                          0.11               0.17               0.11               0.06

Diluted Earnings per share                        0.10               0.16               0.10               0.06

</TABLE>

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5.       DETAILS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AS AT 30 JUNE 1998
         AND 30 JUNE 1999
         ----------------
<TABLE>

<CAPTION>
ASSETS                                                                                   Year to                Year to
                                                                                        June 1999              June 1998
CURRENT ASSETS                                                                              $                      $
<S>                                                                                         <C>                  <C>
Cash and cash equivalents                                                                    5,203,383            2,097,347
Accounts  receivable,  less  allowance  for doubtful  accounts of $110,000 at June           7,068,199            6,451,545
30, 1999 and June 30, 1998
Cost and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted                             3,248,270            1,201,265
Contracts
Deferred taxes                                                                                 330,000              243,000
Prepaid expenses and other current assets                                                      585,262              715,376
                                                                                    -------------------     ----------------
Total current assets                                                                        16,435,114           10,708,533
FIXED  ASSETS,  less  accumulated   depreciation  of  $4,553,729  and  $3,923,493,           2,609,152            2,110,914
respectively
Goodwill, net of accumulated amortisation of $379,181 and $301,337, respectively             1,644,696            1,722,540
Deferred Taxes                                                                                 264,000              361,100
OTHER ASSETS                                                                                   763,767              566,071
                                                                                    ===================     ================
                                                                                            21,716,729           15,469,158
                                                                                    ===================     ================

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

CURRENT LIABILITIES
Revolving line of credit                                                                       282,027             -
Accounts payable                                                                             4,038,566            3,385,709
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities                                               3,512,938            2,834,060
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings                                           3,373,665            3,394,545
Income taxes payable                                                                           714,059              293,171
                                                                                    -------------------     ----------------
Total current liabilities                                                                   11,921,255            9,907,485
OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES                                                                    716,605              484,207

                                                                                    -------------------     ----------------
                                                                                            12,637,860           10,391,692

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Common stock authorised  20,000,000  shares $0.001 par value,  11,761,608 shares
issued at June 30, 1999 and 10,476,108 shares issued
at June 30, 1998                                                                                11,762               10,476
Additional paid-in capital                                                                   6,627,782            4,172,904
Retained earnings                                                                            3,134,938            1,159,201
Accumulated other comprehensive income                                                        (35,925)               22,602
                                                                                    -------------------     ----------------
                                                                                             9,738,557            5,365,183

Less: Treasury Stock, at cost                                                                (659,688)            (287,717)
                                                                                    -------------------     ----------------
Total Stockholders' equity                                                                   9,078,869            5,077,466

                                                                                    ===================     ================
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity                                                  21,716,729           15,469,158
                                                                                    ===================     ================

</TABLE>

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6.       Cash flow statement for the years ended 30th June 1998 and 1999
         ---------------------------------------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                            Year to               Year to
                                                                                           June 1999            June 1998
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES                                                           $                 $
<S>                                                                                           <C>              <C>
           Net income                                                                          1,975,737        1,124,817

           Adjustments  to  reconcile  net income to net cash  provided by  operating
           activities
                 Depreciation                                                                    776,371          588,937
                 Amortisation                                                                    343,250          237,844
                 Deferred tax benefit                                                             10,100         (93,320)

           Changes in operating assets and liabilities
                 Accounts receivable                                                           (616,654)      (1,349,949)
                 Cost and  estimated  earnings  in excess of billing  on  uncompleted        (2,047,005)           39,587
                 contracts
                 Prepaid expenses and other current assets                                       130,114        (147,591)
                 Other assets                                                                  (463,103)            5,845
                 Accounts payable                                                                652,857        1,279,154
                 Accrued expenses and other current liabilities                                  678,878          187,830
                 Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings                             (20,880)        (492,827)
                 Income taxes payable                                                            420,888          126,697
                 Other long-term liabilities                                                     232,398          205,189

                                                                                       ================== ================
           Net cash provided by operating activities                                           2,072,951        1,712,213
                                                                                       ================== ================

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
           Purchases of equipment and lease improvements                                     (1,274,609)        (383,221)

                                                                                       ================== ================
           Net cash used in investing activities                                             (1,274,609)        (383,221)
                                                                                       ================== ================

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
           Increase (decrease) in revolver                                                       282,027        (214,575)
           Proceeds from issuance of common stock                                              2,084,194          309,073
                                                                                       ------------------ ----------------
           Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities                                 2,366,221           94,498

           Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash                                      (58,527)          (4,493)

                                                                                       ================== ================
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS                                                      3,106,036        1,418,997
                                                                                       ================== ================

           Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of year                                       2,097,347          678,350
           Cash and cash equivalents  - end of year                                            5,203,383        2,097,347

           Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
                 Income taxes paid                                                               493,310           54,750
                 Interest paid                                                                    43,789           17,759

           Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing  activity (treasury stock)
                 Exchange of common stock as payment for  exercised stock options                371,971          287,717

</TABLE>

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7.       SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
         ------------------------------------------

(a)      REVENUE RECOGNITION

Total Research  Corporation (the "Company") employs the percentage of completion
method of accounting to report its revenues on its single-client  studies, while
on multi-client studies it recognises revenues when the results are delivered to
its clients.  Clients are generally  billed in accordance  with the terms of the
applicable  contracts,  which  are not  necessarily  indicative  of the stage of
completion of the project.

For  single-client  studies,  the stage of  completion  and earned  revenues are
determined for each project for the applicable  period.  The amount by which the
work completed  exceeds billings to clients is carried as a current asset on the
Company's balance sheet and is shown as "costs and estimated  earnings in excess
of billings" on uncompleted contracts. Where billings exceed work completed, the
amounts are carried on the Company's  balance  sheet as a current  liability and
are shown as "billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings.

(b)      PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION

The consolidated  financial  statements  include the accounts of the Company and
its  subsidiary,   Total  Research   Limited,   after  elimination  of  material
intercompany accounts and transactions.

(c)      USE OF ESTIMATES

The  preparation  of the  financial  statements  in  conformity  with  generally
accepted  accounting  principles  requires  management  to  make  estimates  and
assumptions  that  affect  the  reported  amount of assets and  liabilities  and
disclosure of  contingent  assets and  liabilities  at the date of the financial
statements  and the  reported  amounts  of  revenues  and  expenses  during  the
reporting period.
Actual results could differ from those estimates.

(d)      CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

For the  purpose  of the  statement  of cash  flows,  cash  equivalents  include
certificates  of deposit and all highly  liquid debt  instruments  with original
maturities of three months or less.

(e)      FIXED ASSETS

Fixed  assets  are  stated  at  cost.   Depreciation   is  computed   using  the
straight-line  method over the estimated useful lives of the assets: three years
for  transportation  equipment  and five to ten years for office  equipment  and
furnishings.  Leasehold  improvements  are  amortised  over the  shorter  of the
economic lives or the underlying lease term.  Repairs and maintenance,  which do
not extend the useful lives of the related assets, are expensed as incurred.

(f)      DEFERRED RENT

The excess of lease  payments on a  straight-line  basis over the actual monthly
payments is recorded as deferred  rent,  which will  reverse in future  periods.
Included  in other  long-term  liabilities  is  deferred  rent of  approximately
$484,000 and $309,000 as of June 30, 1999 and 1998, respectively.

(g)      GOODWILL

Goodwill has been recorded in relation to the excess of the purchase  price over
the fair  values  of the  identified  assets  acquired.  The  Company  amortises
goodwill over 25 years. The carrying value of goodwill is evaluated periodically
in relation to the operating  performance and future undiscounted net cash flows
of the underlying business.  Investment  adjustments will be recorded if the sum
of expected future net cash flows is less than the book value of the goodwill.

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(h)      INCOME TAXES

The provision for income taxes includes Federal, foreign, state and local income
taxes currently  payable and receivable and those deferred  because of temporary
differences  between  the  financial  statement  and tax  basis  of  assets  and
liabilities.  The unremitted  earnings of the Company's  foreign  subsidiary are
considered to be  permanently  reinvested and are not expected to be remitted to
the parent company.

(i)      IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS

The Company records impairment losses on long-lived assets used in operations or
expected to be disposed when events and  circumstances  indicate that the assets
might be impaired and the  undiscounted  cash flows estimated to be generated by
those assets are less than the carrying amounts of those assets.

(j)      STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

As permitted by FASB Statement No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,
the Company has elected to follow  Accounting  Principal  Board  Opinion No. 25,
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees (APB 25) and related interpretations in
accounting for its employee option plans. Under APB 25, no compensation  expense
is recognised at the time of option grant if the exercise price of the Company's
employee  stock option equals or exceeds the fair market value of the underlying
common stock on the date of grant.

(k)      EARNINGS PER SHARE

In 1997,  the Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board issued  Statement No. 128,
Earnings Per Share.  Statement 128 replaced the calculation of primary and fully
diluted  earnings per share with basic and diluted  earnings  per share.  Unlike
primary  earnings  per share,  basic  earnings  per share  excludes any dilutive
effects of options,  warrants and convertible  securities.  Diluted earnings per
share is very similar to the  previously  reported  fully  diluted  earnings per
share.  All earnings per share amounts for all periods have been presented,  and
where appropriate, restated to conform to the Statement 128 requirements.

(l)      COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

As  of  July  1,  1998,  the  Company  adopted  Statement  No.  130,   Reporting
Comprehensive Income.  Statement 130 establishes new rules for the reporting and
display  of  comprehensive  income  and its  components.  Since  this  Statement
requires only  additional  disclosure,  there will be no effect on the Company's
results of operations  or financial  position.  Statement  130 requires  foreign
currency  translation  adjustments,   which  prior  to  adoption  were  reported
separately  in  stockholders'  equity,  to be  included  in other  comprehensive
income. Prior year financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the
requirements of Statement 130.

(m)      SEGMENTS

Effective July 1, 1998, the Company adopted Statement No. 131, Disclosures about
Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information. Statement 131 superceded FASB
Statement No. 14,  Financial  Reporting  for Segments of a Business  Enterprise.
Statement 131 establishes standards for the way that public business enterprises
report information about operating  segments in annual financial  statements and
requires that those  enterprises  report  selected  information  about operating
segments in interim financial reports.  Statement 131 also establishes standards
for related disclosures about products and services, geographic areas, and major
customers. The adoption of Statement 131 did not affect results of operations or
financial position, but did affect the disclosure of segment information.
See Note 11.

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(n)      FOREIGN OPERATIONS

The assets and liabilities of Total Research  Limited  operations are translated
at current exchange rates,  and income statement  accounts are translated at the
weighted average rates during the period.  The related  translation  adjustments
are recorded as a separate component of other comprehensive income.

8.       NATURE OF THE BUSINESS

The  Company  is  a  leading  full-service  custom  and  web-enabled   marketing
organisation that provides  marketing  research and marketing services to assist
its  clients  with the  pricing and  positioning  of new or  existing  products,
customer   loyalty   measurements,   brand   equity   and   e-commerce   issues,
organisational  structure and other  marketing  concerns.  The Company  provides
services for its clients by using propriety  market research and other marketing
technologies  developed  by  the  Company  and  distributed  throughout  various
mediums, including the Internet.

9.       CONTRACTS

There were no contracts,  other than those ordinarily entered into in the normal
course of business, noted that had a material impact on the business.

10.      CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING POLICY
         ---------------------------

There were no significant changes to the accounting policies.

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                       APPENDIX IV: INFORMATION ON ROMTEC

1.       Chairman's Statement from Romtec's Annual Report for the year ending 31
         January 2000
         ------------

Set out below is the text of the Chairman's  statement from the Annual Report of
Romtec for the year ending 31 January 2000, as released on 13 April 2000:-

I am pleased to report that the upward  trend  reported in my interim  statement
continued strongly in the second half of the year. The benefit is evident in the
result for the year as a whole which showed significant growth in:

Profit before tax          +21%         (pound)331k           (1999:(pound)274k)
Net assets                 +10%         (pound)1,001k         (1999:(pound)914k)
Cash                       +30%         (pound)1,010k         (1999:(pound)776k)
Earnings per share         +50%               3.6p            (1999: 2.4p)

Revenues  increased  strongly  in the second half with a 22.3% rise on the first
half,  signalling a distinct upswing in business volume.  The market monitoring,
customer satisfaction studies, CATI fieldwork and Database lines of service each
contributed  well.  In  particular  our  leading  position  as an  internet  and
e-commerce  research led  consultancy  was recognised  when Romtec was awarded a
major multinational contract by the DTI to benchmark e-commerce performance over
the next three years.

Our  investment  aimed  at  establishing  Romtec  as  a  market  leader  in  the
application  of internet  technology for market  research is  progressing  well.
Development  and  installation of a base capability are completed and we are now
in  discussion  with  prospective  clients and  partners.  Previously I reported
investment in our Universal  Database to underpin our e-research and e-marketing
capability as well as expansion of our database business.  This advance has been
recognised  in our  signing  of a  strategic  alliance  with Dun and  Bradstreet
concerning Europe the Middle East and Africa.

We have  declared  an interim of 2.0p  (net) for the year  which  represents  an
increase of 0.4p over last year's final  dividend of 1.6p (net).  Payment of the
interim  dividend will be made on 19 May 2000 to shareholders on the register at
2 May 2000.

As  shareholders  will be aware, we have continued to seek  partnerships,  which
enhance our  performance  and  increase our  competitiveness.  I am delighted to
announce with these results the Board's  recommendation for acceptance of a cash
offer for the  ordinary  shares in Romtec  from Total  Research  Corporation,  a
US-based  group whose  shares are traded on the NASDAQ  National  Market.  Total
Research  Corporation  is a  leading  US  full-service  custom  and  web-enabled
marketing  organisation,  which provides  marketing research and services to its
clients,  which consist  mainly of Fortune 100  corporations  in a wide array of
industries.  We  believe  that this  offer  represents  an  attractive  deal for
shareholders  and an  excellent  opportunity  for the  development  of  Romtec's
business  within a larger  organisation  offering a wider range of products  and
services,  including a recently introduced web-based data collection methodology
for  collection of data over the Internet.  We will also be well  positioned for
further expansion of the enlarged business within Europe.

/s/RV Nathan
RV Nathan

Chairman

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2.       NATURE OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION
         -------------------------------

The  financial  information  contained  in this  Appendix  does  not  constitute
statutory  accounts  within the meaning of section 240 of the Companies Act. The
information  for each of the  periods  ended 31 January  1998,  1999 and 2000 is
extracted without material  adjustment from the published  audited  consolidated
financial  statements of Romtec.  Audited statutory accounts for each of the two
periods ended 31 January 1998 and 1999 on which  unqualified  audit reports (not
containing a statement  under section  237(2) or (3) of the Companies  Act) have
been given by the auditors of Romtec,  have been  delivered to the  Registrar of
Companies.

3.       PROFIT INFORMATION FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS
         ENDING 31 JANUARY
         -----------------

                                               2000          1999          1998
                                             (pound)       (pound)       (pound)

Turnover                                    4,101,237    3,900,572    4,217,440

Net profit                                    330,642      273,934      310,718

Tax                                            82,000       66,273       92,600

Profit after tax                              248,642      207,661      218,118

Equity minority interests in subsidiary        56,759       81,545        2,748

Profit for the financial year                 191,883      126,116      215,370

Dividends                                     105,359       84,240       83,240

Retained profit for the year                   86,524       41,876      132,130

Basic earnings per share                         3.6p         2.4p         4.1p
Diluted earnings per share                       3.6p         2.3p         4.0p

Audited  statutory  accounts  for the period  ended 31 January  2000 on which an
unqualified audit report (not containing a statement under section 237(2) or (3)
of the  Companies  Act)  has been  given  by the  auditors  of  Romtec,  will be
delivered to the Registrar of Companies.

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4.       BALANCE SHEETS AS AT 31 JANUARY 2000 AND 31 JANUARY 1999
         --------------------------------------------------------

                                                           2000         1999
                                                        (pound)      (pound)
FIXED ASSETS
       Intangible assets                                 15,905       21,223
       Tangible assets                                  284,804      293,813
                                                   ============= ============
                                                        300,709      315,036
                                                   ============= ============

CURRENT ASSETS
       Stock                                             20,093       22,693
       Debtors                                        1,231,363      811,306
       Cash                                           1,009,806      775,837
                                                   ============= ============
                                                      2,261,262    1,609,836
                                                   ============= ============

                                                   ============= ============
CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR        1,550,683    1,000,365
                                                   ============= ============

NET CURRENT ASSETS                                      710,579      609,471
                                                   ------------- ------------

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES                 1,011,288      924,507

PROVISION FOR DEFERRED TAXATION                          10,013       10,013

                                                   ------------- ------------
NET ASSETS                                            1,001,275      914,494
                                                   ------------- ------------

CAPITAL & RESERVES

       Called up share capital                           52,668       52,650
       Share premium account                             17,535       17,296
       Profit and loss account                          931,023      844,499
                                                   ------------- ------------
       Equity shareholders' funds                     1,001,226      914,445
       Equity minority interest in subsidiary                49           49
                                                   ============= ============
                                                      1,001,275      914,494
                                                   ============= ============

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5.       CONSOLIDATED  CASH FLOW  STATEMENT  FOR THE TWO YEARS  ENDED 31 JANUARY
         1999 AND 2000
         -------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                      2000           1999
                                                                     (pound)        (pound)

<S>                                                                   <C>           <C>
NET CASH INFLOW FROM CONTINUING OPERATING ACTIVITIES                    501,824       109,637

RETURNS ON INVESTMENTS AND SERVICING OF FINANCE
Interest received                                                        35,451        46,261
Dividends paid to minority interests                                   (71,254)      (40,479)
                                                                 =============== =============
                                                                       (35,803)       (5,782)
                                                                 =============== =============

TAXATION
Corporation tax paid                                                   (38,350)     (113,399)

CAPITAL EXPENDITURE AND FINANCIAL INVESTMENT
Receipts from sale of fixed assets                                        4,582        16,250
Payments to acquire tangible fixed assets                             (114,278)      (98,783)
                                                                 =============== =============
                                                                      (109,696)      (82,533)
                                                                 =============== =============

ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSALS
Sale of shares in subsidiary                                           -               33,948

EQUITY DIVIDENDS PAID                                                  (84,263)      (83,240)

                                                                 --------------- -------------
NET CASH OUTFLOW BEFORE USE OF LIQUID RESOURCES AND FINANCING           233,712     (129,805)

MANAGEMENT OF LIQUID RESOURCES
Cash placed on short term deposit                                       300,000     (300,000)

FINANCING
Issue of share capital                                                      257         5,562

                                                                 =============== =============
DECREASE IN CASH IN THE YEAR                                            533,969     (424,243)
                                                                 =============== =============
</TABLE>

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6.   SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

(a)  The  financial  statements  are  prepared  in  accordance  with  applicable
     Accounting Standards in the UK.

(b)  Basis of accounting - the financial  statements  are prepared in accordance
     with the historical cost convention.

(c)  Basis of  consolidation  - The  consolidated  profit and loss  account  and
     balance  sheet  include  the  financial  statements  of the company and its
     subsidiary  undertaking  made  up  to  31  January  2000.  The  results  of
     subsidiaries  acquired or sold are included in the consolidated  profit and
     loss account from, or up to, the date control passes. Intra group sales and
     profits are eliminated fully on consolidation.

(d)  Goodwill - is capitalised  and amortised over its useful economic life. The
     carrying  value of Goodwill is reviewed  for  impairment  at the end of the
     first full year after the acquisition  and at other times if  circumstances
     indicate that it may not be recoverable.

(e)  Tangible  fixed assets - Fixed  assets are stated at cost less  accumulated
     depreciation.  The cost of fixed  assets,  less  their  estimated  residual
     values,  is written off on a straight line basis over their expected useful
     lives as follows:

         Office furniture - 7 years

         Other office equipment - 6 years

         Computer equipment and databases - 5 years

         Motor Vehicles - 5 years

         The carrying  value of tangible  assets are reviewed for  impairment if
         circumstances indicate that they may not be recoverable.

(f)  Stocks  and work in  progress  - are  stated  at the  lower of cost and net
     realisable value.

(g)  Turnover  -  represents  fees,  sales  and  expenses  re-charged,   net  of
     discounts,  excluding  Value Added Tax, and after adjusting for accrued and
     deferred income.

(h)  Deferred  taxation - Provision  is made for  deferred  taxation,  using the
     liability method, on timing  differences which are not expected to continue
     for the foreseeable future.

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                       APPENDIX V: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

1.   RESPONSIBILITY
     --------------

     (A)  The  Directors  of Total  Research  and  Total  Research  Acquisitions
          Limited,  whose names are set out in  paragraphs  2(A) and 2(B) below,
          accept  responsibility for the information  contained in this document
          other than that relating to Romtec Group,  the Directors of Romtec and
          members of their  immediate  families,  related  trusts and controlled
          companies. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the Directors of
          Total Research  Corporation  and Total Research  Acquisitions  Limited
          (who have taken all reasonable  care to ensure that such is the case),
          the  information  contained  in  this  document  for  which  they  are
          responsible is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything
          likely to affect the import of such information.

     (B)  The  Directors of Romtec,  whose names are set out in  paragraph  2(C)
          below,  accept  responsibility  for the information  contained in this
          document relating to Romtec, the Romtec Group, the Directors of Romtec
          and members of their immediate families, related trusts and controlled
          companies. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the Directors of
          Romtec (who have taken all reasonable  care to ensure that such is the
          case),  the information  contained in this document for which they are
          responsible is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything
          likely to affect the import of such information.

2.   DIRECTORS
     ---------

     (A)  The Directors of Total Research Corporation are:

          David Brodsky             Chairman
          Al Angrisani              President and Chief Executive Officer
          Howard L. Shecter         Vice Chairman
          Lorin Zissman             Chairman Emeritus
          George Lindemann          Non-Executive Director
          J. Edward Shrawder        Non-Executive Director
          John Freeman              Non-Executive Director

          The business address of each of such directors is 5 Independence  Way,
          Princeton, NJ 08543 USA

     (B)  The Directors of Total Research Acquisitions Limited are:

          David Brodsky             Non-Executive
          Al Angrisani              Non-Executive
          Howard L. Shecter         Non-Executive

          The business  address of each of such  directors  is  Watermans  Park,
          40-52 High Street, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 OBB

     (C)  The Directors of Romtec are:

          Russell Vernon Nathan CBE         Chairman and Managing Director
          Janet Christine Weldon            Client Services Director
          Maureen Valentine Burke           Operations Director
          Mark Stephen Fernyhough Vaygelt   Managing Director Romtec-GFK Limited
          Christopher Lee Gilbert           Finance Director

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          The  business  address  of each of such  directors  is  Vanwall  Road,
          Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 4UB

3.   IRREVOCABLE UNDERTAKING
     -----------------------

3.1  Russell  Nathan,   the  Chairman  and  Managing   Director  of  Romtec  has
     irrevocably  undertaken  to  accept  the  Offer in  respect  of his  entire
     beneficial  holdings  of  Romtec  Shares,  amounting  to  an  aggregate  of
     4,475,000 Romtec Shares, representing approximately 85 per cent of Romtec's
     issued share capital.  The terms of the irrecoverable  undertaking  require
     acceptance  of the Offer even if a competing  or higher  offer is made by a
     third party.

4.   SHAREHOLDINGS AND DEALINGS
     --------------------------

4.1  Interests and dealings in Securities in Total Research Acquisitions Limited
     and Total Research Corporation

         (A)      As at the close of business on the  disclosure  date,  neither
                  Romtec nor any of the  Directors of Romtec was  interested  in
                  Securities  in Total  Research  Acquisitions  Limited or Total
                  Research Corporation.

         (B)      Neither  Romtec  nor any of the  Directors  of Romtec  nor any
                  member of their  immediate  families has during the disclosure
                  period  dealt for value in any  Securities  in Total  Research
                  Acquisitions Limited or Total Research Corporation.

4.2  Interests and dealings in Securities in Romtec

         (A)      Save  as  disclosed in this  document,  neither Total Research
                  Group nor any  of  the Directors of Total  Research  Group nor
                  any member of their  immediate  families nor any person acting
                  in concert  with any of those  companies  nor any  person who
                  has  given  an  irrevocable  undertaking  to accept  the Offer
                  owns, controls  or  is interested,  directly or indirectly, in
                  Securities in Romtec  nor  has any such person dealt for value
                  in any Securities in Romtec during the disclosure period.

         (B)      As  at  the close of  business  on the  disclosure  date,  the
                  interests  of  the   Directors  of Romtec and their  immediate
                  families  and  connected  persons   (within   the  meaning  of
                  section  346  of the  Companies  Act) in the share  capital of
                  Romtec, which  have  been notified to Romtec pursuant to s.324
                  and  s.328  Companies  Act  1985  as   shown  in the  register
                  required to be kept under the  provisions  of  that Act, were,
                  and  particulars  of options over Romtec Shares granted to the
                  Directors of Romtec are, as follows:

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<TABLE>

NAME OF DIRECTOR       NUMBER OF SHARES    NUMBER OF SHARES      DATE GRANTED         EXERCISE PERIOD          EXERCISE
                          IN ROMTEC        IN ROMTEC UNDER                                                    PRICE (P)
                                                OPTION
<S>                       <C>                   <C>                <C>                   <C>                       <C>
R.V. Nathan               4,475,000
M. Vaygelt                    -                 30,000                3 June 1999            3 June 2002           63.5
                                                                                            -3 June 2009
                                                15,000               9 April 1996           9 April 1999           14.3
                                                                                           -9 April 2006
M.V. Burke                    -                 20,000                3 June 1999            3 June 2002           63.5
                                                                                            -3 June 2009
                                                25,000             14 August 1995         14 August 1998            8.9
                                                                                         -14 August 2005
                                                25,000              9 August 1991          9 August 1994            8.9
                                                                                          -9 August 2001
J. C. Weldon                  -                 20,000                3 June 1999            3 June 2002           63.5
                                                                                            -3 June 2009
                                                                                                                    8.9
                                                50,000             14 August 1995         14 August 1998
                                                                                         -14 August 2005
C. L. Gilbert                 -                 20,000                3 June 1999            3 June 2002           63.5
                                                                                            -3 June 2009
</TABLE>

         (C)        There have been no  dealings  for value in Romtec  Shares by
                    Directors of Romtec or their  immediate  families during the
                    disclosure period.

         (D)        Save as disclosed in this document, neither:

                    (1)   any of the  Directors  of  Romtec  nor any  member  of
                          their immediate families; nor

                    (2)   any subsidiary  of  Romtec,  any  bank,   stockbroker,
                          financial  or other  professional  adviser (other than
                          an  exempt  market-maker)  to Romtec or any subsidiary
                          or any  associated  company of Romtec,  nor any person
                          controlling , controlled by, or under the same control
                          as  such  bank,    stockbroker,   financial  or  other
                          professional  adviser,  nor any pension fund of Romtec
                          or any of its subsidiaries; nor

                    (3)   any  person  whose  investments  are  managed   on   a
                          discretionary  basis  by fund   managers  (other  than
                          exempt fund managers) connected with Romtec;

                    owns, controls or is interested, directly or indirectly,  in
                    any Securities in Romtec nor has any such  person  dealt for
                    value therein during the disclosure period.

         (E)      Shore  Capital  Stockbrokers  Limited,  a  subsidiary of Shore
                  Capital Group plc, and which is a (non-exempt) market-maker in
                  Romtec Shares has engaged in the following  dealings in Romtec
                  Shares since 13 April 1999:

DATE        TRANSACTION     NUMBER OF ROMTEC SHARES   PRICE PER ROMTEC SHARE (P)

09.08.99        Purchase               1,800                     61
17.12.99        Purchase               4,500                    103
17.12.99        Purchase               10,000                   103

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12.01.00        Purchase               1,000                     95
31.01.00        Purchase               3,000                     93
16.02.00        Purchase               3,500                     92
24.02.00        Purchase               1,000                     93
03.03.00        Purchase               2,000                     93
17.11.99        Disposal               3,000                     67
22.11.99        Disposal               2,934                     70
13.12.99        Disposal               1,000                    118
13.12.99        Disposal               1,000                     87
17.12.99        Disposal               10,000                   108
07.01.00        Disposal               1,000                    103
31.01.00        Disposal               2,000                    100
08.02.00        Disposal               2,500                    100
16.02.00        Disposal               1,000                    100
17.02.00        Disposal               4,875                    101
14.04.00        Disposal               2,509                     91

4.3  References in this paragraph 4 to:

         (A)      "acting  in  concert"  means  persons  who,  pursuant  to   an
                   agreement  or  understanding  (whether  formal or  informal),
                   actively co-operate,  through  the acquisition by any of them
                   of shares in a company,  to obtain  or consolidate control of
                   such company, and associates of Total  Research  Acquisitions
                   Limited  are  presumed  to be acting in   concert  with Total
                   Research  Acquisitions  Limited for the purposes  of the City
                   Code  (other    than  any   associates   of  Total   Research
                   Acquisitions  Limited  which  control,  are  controlled by or
                   under  the same  control   as an  adviser  to Total  Research
                   Acquisitions  Limited and are  exempt market-makers or exempt
                   fund managers under the City Code);

         (B)       "associate" mean   subsidiaries  and associated  companies of
                   Romtec  and  companies  of  which  any such  subsidiaries  or
                   associated companies are associated companies;

         (C)       "bank"  does not apply to a bank whose sole relationship with
                   Romtec, or  a company which is an associate, is the provision
                   of normal commercial  banking  services or such activities in
                   connection with the Offer as  handling  acceptances and other
                   registration work;

         (D)       "disclosure  date"  means  19 April  2000,  being the  latest
                   practicable date prior to the posting of this document;

         (E)       "disclosure  period" means the period  commencing on 13 April
                   1999  (being the date 12 months prior to the  commencement of
                   the Offer  Period) and ending on the disclosure date;

         (F)       ownershipor control of 20 per cent.  or  more  of the  equity
                   share   capital  of a  company  is  regarded  as the  test of
                   associated  company status and "control" means a holding,  or
                   aggregate  holdings  of shares  carrying 30 per cent. or more
                   of the voting  rights  attributable  to  the share capital of
                   the company  which are  currently  exercisable   at a general
                   meeting,  irrespective  of whether  the  holding  or holdings
                   gives de facto control; and

         (G)       "Securities" in  a  company are to shares in that company and
                   include  any securities convertible into, rights to subscribe
                   for or options  in respect of or  derivatives  referenced  to
                   those shares.

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5.   MARKET QUOTATIONS
     -----------------

5.1  The following  table shows the Closing Price for Romtec Shares on the first
     business  day of each of the six months  immediately  before the posting of
     this document,  on 19 April 2000 (being the latest  practicable date before
     the posting of this document) and on 12 April 2000 (being the last business
     day prior to the Offer Period):

               DATES             MIDDLE MARKET CLOSING PRICE PER ROMTEC SHARE(P)

          1 November 1999                              63.5
          1 December 1999                              67.5
           4 January 1999                               103
          1 February 1999                              98.5
            1 March 2000                               96.5
            3 April 2000                                84
           12 April 2000                                75
           19 April 2000                                90

6.   MATERIAL CONTRACTS
     ------------------

         (A)      TOTAL RESEARCH GROUP

                  The following  contracts,  not being contracts entered into in
                  the ordinary course of business, which are or may be material,
                  have been entered into by Total  Research Group within the two
                  years  immediately  preceding  the  commencement  of the Offer
                  Period on 13 April 2000:

                  (1)    Stock Purchase Agreement

                         On 01 July 1998,  Total  Research  Corporation  entered
                         into an  agreement  with a  number  of  investors  (the
                         "Investors"), pursuant to which among other things, the
                         Investors purchased an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of
                         Total Research Corporation's Common Stock at a price of
                         $2.25 per share, and Total Research  Corporation issued
                         options,  exercisable at any time within five (5) years
                         from the issuance thereof,  to purchase an aggregate of
                         250,000 shares of Total Research  Corporation's  Common
                         Stock at an exercise price of $2.25 per share.

                         The terms of the Stock  Purchase  Agreement  include an
                         undertaking   by   the    Investors,    under   certain
                         circumstances  to assist Total Research  Corporation in
                         obtaining  $25,000,000 in debt or equity  financing for
                         acquisitions or other projects approved by the Board of
                         Directors of Total Research Corporation .

                  (2)    Loan Note Instrument

                         The principle terms of the Loan Note  Instrument  which
                         was entered into by Total Research Acquisitions Limited
                         and Total  Research  Corporation  on 13 April  2000 are
                         summarised at Appendix II of this document.

                  (3)    Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

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                         On 21 March 2000,  Total Research  Corporation  entered
                         into a Second  Amended and  Restated  Credit  Agreement
                         with Summit  Bank (the  "Second  Amended  and  Restated
                         Credit Agreement").

                         Under  the terms of the  Second  Amended  and  Restated
                         Credit  Agreement,  Summit Bank agrees to make a series
                         of term loans to Total  Research  Corporation up to $10
                         million in aggregate.  The loans shall bear interest as
                         set  out in the  Second  Amended  and  Restated  Credit
                         Agreement.

                         The  liabilities  and  obligations  of  Total  Research
                         Corporation   to   Summit   Bank  are   secured   by  a
                         first-priority  security  interest  in,  lien  on,  and
                         assignment  of all the  properties  and assets of Total
                         Research Corporation, existing owned or acquired in the
                         present or in the future,  guarantees  given by all the
                         UK subsidiaries of Total Research Corporation to Summit
                         Bank,  and  charges  over  all  the  shares  of  the UK
                         subsidiaries  of  Total  Research  Corporation  and all
                         shares to be acquired in Romtec plc.

                  (4)    Irrevocable Undertaking

                         Russell  V.  Nathan  has  entered  into an  irrevocable
                         undertaking  dated 13 April  2000 with  Total  Research
                         Acquisitions Limited and Charles Street Securities Inc,
                         under   which   Russell  V.   Nathan  has   irrevocably
                         undertaken to accept the Offer in respect of his entire
                         beneficial  holding of Romtec  Shares  amounting  to an
                         aggregate  of  4,475,000  Romtec  Shares,  representing
                         approximately  85 per cent of Romtec's  current  issued
                         share capital. The terms of the irrevocable undertaking
                         require  acceptance of the offer even if a competing or
                         higher offer is made by a third party.

                         Under the terms of the irrevocable  undertaking Russell
                         Nathan  has agreed to waive his  entitlement  under the
                         Offer to 11p of the cash  consideration  in  respect of
                         his Romtec Shares and will accept the balance (of up to
                         80p per Romtec  Share)  payable in three  tranches over
                         the two year  period  following  the Offer  becoming or
                         being declared unconditional in all respects. The first
                         two  tranches,  namely  of 35p in cash  for each of his
                         Romtec Shares and loan notes with the principal  amount
                         thereof  equal to the  aggregate  of 30p for his Romtec
                         Shares,  are  payable  within  14  days  of  the  Offer
                         becoming  or  being  declared   unconditional   in  all
                         respects.  The  final  instalment  (of  up to  15p)  is
                         subject to Romtec's  annual  profits and revenues  over
                         the two year period  being at least  equivalent  to the
                         respective  figures  for the  financial  year  ended 31
                         January  2000  on  a  comparable   basis  and  will  be
                         satisfied  by the issue of loan notes.  In the event of
                         his death or dismissal from employment  (otherwise than
                         by reason of gross misconduct or other cause justifying
                         summary  dismissal at common law) the final  instalment
                         of  15p  shall  become  immediately  due  and  payable.
                         Russell  Nathan  has  also  given  certain  non-compete
                         covenants.

         (B)      ROMTEC

                  There are no contracts,  not being  contracts  entered into in
                  the ordinary course of business, which are or may be material,
                  which have been  entered  into by the Romtec  Group within the
                  two years immediately  preceding the commencement of the Offer
                  Period on 13 April 2000.

7.   SERVICE CONTRACTS
     -----------------

7.1  There are no service  agreements of the directors of Romtec which have more
     than twelve months to run.

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7.2  The  following  Directors  have  entered into new service  agreements  with
     Romtec which are conditional on the Offer becoming  unconditional and which
     will replace the existing service contracts, on the following terms:

         (A)      Russell  V.  Nathan will enter into a service  contract  for a
                  fixed  two  year  period  and be  entitled  to a salary at the
                  rate of (pound)76,005  payable  monthly in arrears. Russell V.
                  Nathan will  receive a annual bonus  on  a  commissions  basis
                  conditional on the average  turnover  and  average  profits of
                  Romtec   exceeding   set  limits.  Russell V.  Nathan  will be
                  granted share options  in  Total  Research  Corporation  which
                  will vest on a yearly basis, the  final  share options vesting
                  only  after  the expiry of restrictive  covenants contained in
                  the service agreement. Russell  V.  Nathan will be entitled to
                  a car, a pension and medical and life insurance.

         (B)      Janet Weldon will be entitled to a salary of (pound)63,000 per
                  annum   payable   monthly in arrears.  After an initial  fixed
                  period of 12 months  the  contract  will be  terminable  on 12
                  months  notice.  The salary  will  to  be  reviewed on 01 July
                  2000.  Janet  Weldon  will  receive  share  options  in  Total
                  Research  Corporation  that will vest over a five year period.
                  A bonus  scheme will be  arranged   for  Janet  Weldon.  Janet
                  Weldon  will  also be  entitled  to a car,  a  pension,  life
                  insurance, and medical insurance.

         (C)      Maureen Burke will be entitled to  a salary  at  the  rate  of
                  (pound)54,500  per annum payable monthly in arrears.  After an
                  initial  fixed  period  of 12  months  the  contract  will  be
                  terminable on 12 months  notice.  This salary will be reviewed
                  on 01 July  2000.  Maureen  Burke  will be  entitled  to share
                  options in Total Research  Corporation  which will vest over a
                  five year period.  A bonus scheme will be arranged for Maureen
                  Burke.  Maureen  Burke is entitled  to a car, a pension,  life
                  insurance and medical insurance.

         (D)      Christopher Gilbert will be employed by Romtec and be entitled
                  as  of  01 July 2000 to a salary at the rate of  (pound)68,000
                  per annum  payable  monthly in arrears. After an initial fixed
                  period of 12 months the  contract  will  be  terminable  on 12
                  months notice.  Christopher Gilbert will  be  paid a bonus for
                  meeting   and   exceeding  profitability  plans.   Christopher
                  Gilbert  will  receive   share   options  in  Total   Research
                  Corporation  which  will  vest  over   a   five  year  period.
                  Christopher  Gilbert   will   also  be  entitled  to a car,  a
                  pension, life insurance, and medical insurance.

7.3  Mark  Vaygelt has entered into a letter of intent dated 13 April 2000 to be
     employed  as managing  director  of Romtec.  Under the letter of intent the
     employment  agreement will be negotiated  around the following  parameters:
     Mark  will be  entitled  to a  salary  in the  range  of  (pound)60,000  to
     (pound)70,000 per annum. Mark will also be entitled to a car, pension, life
     insurance,  medical,  and a bonus relating to meeting  profitability plans.
     Mark will also receive share  options in Total  Research  Corporation  that
     will vest over a five year period.

7.4  There are no service  agreements with Romtec Directors which have more than
     12 months to run and which have been  entered  into or  amended  within six
     months of this document.

7.5  Save as disclosed in this document,  there are no service  agreements  with
     Romtec  Directors  which have more than  twelve  months to run or which are
     terminable on more than 12 months' notice.

7.6  Save as disclosed in this document,  it is not proposed to amend any of the
     service agreements of Romtec Directors.

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8.   OTHER INFORMATION
     -----------------

8.1  Save as disclosed in this document,  neither  Total  Research  Acquisitions
     Limited, Total Research Corporation,  nor any person acting in concert with
     Total Research Acquisitions Limited or Total Research Corporation,  nor any
     associate  of  Total  Research   Acquisitions  Limited  or  Total  Research
     Corporation,  nor Romtec nor any associate of Romtec has any arrangement in
     relation to relevant securities.  For this purpose,  "arrangement" includes
     any indemnity or option arrangement, any agreement or understanding, formal
     or  informal,  of whatever  nature  which may be an  inducement  to deal or
     refrain from dealing.

8.2  Save as referred to in this document, there is no agreement, arrangement or
     understanding  (including  any  compensation   arrangement)  between  Total
     Research  Corporation  or any  person  acting  in  concert  with it for the
     purposes  of  the  Offer  and  any  of  the  Directors,  recent  Directors,
     shareholders or recent  shareholders of Romtec having any connection  with,
     or dependence upon, or which is conditional on, the outcome of the Offer.

8.3  There is no agreement, arrangement or understanding  whereby the beneficial
     ownership of any of the Romtec Shares to be acquired  pursuant to the Offer
     will  be  transferred  to  any  other  person,  save  that  Total  Research
     Acquisitions  Limited  reserves  the right to  transfer  such shares to any
     other member of the Total Research Group.

8.4  The  principal place  of business of  Total Research Corporation  is  at  5
     Independence Way, Princeton, New Jersey 08543 USA.

8.5  The principal  place of business and  registered  office of Total  Research
     Acquisitions  Limited is at Watermans Park,  40-52 High Street,  Brentford,
     Middlesex, TW8 OBB.

8.6  The  principal  place of  business  and  registered  office of Romtec is at
     Vanwall Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 4UB.

8.7  Charles  Street  Securities,  Inc. and Shore Capital and Corporate  Limited
     have each given and not withdrawn their respective  written consents to the
     issue of this document with the references to their respective names in the
     form and context in which they appear. Charles Street Securities,  Inc. and
     Shore Capital and Corporate  Limited are each  regulated by The  Securities
     and Futures Authority Limited.

8.8  Save as  disclosed  in this  document,  so far as the  Directors  of  Total
     Research  Corporation are aware, there have been no material changes in the
     financial  or trading  position of the Total  Research  Group since 30 June
     1999 the date to which its last published audited accounts were prepared.

8.9  Save as disclosed in this  document,  so far as the Directors of Romtec are
     aware,  there have been no  material  changes in the  financial  or trading
     position  of  Romtec  since 31  January  2000,  the date to which  its last
     published audited accounts were prepared.

8.10 During the period  commencing 12 months prior to the press  announcement of
     the  Offer  on 13  April  2000,  and  ending  on 19 April  2000  (the  last
     practicable  date  prior to the  posting of this  document)  Romtec has not
     redeemed or purchased any of its Shares.

8.11 The expenses of, or incidental to, the  preparation and  implementation  of
     the Offer will be paid by Total Research Group, if the Offer is successful,
     or each party in respect of its own  respective  expenses,  if the Offer is
     unsuccessful.

8.12 No proposal  exists in connection  with the Offer that any payment or other
     benefit be made or given to any director of Romtec as compensation for loss
     of office or as consideration for or in connection with his retirement from
     office.

8.13 All times referred to in this document are London times.

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9.   SOURCES AND BASES
     -----------------

9.1  Unless otherwise stated,  financial  information relating to Total Research
     Corporation  has been extracted from its audited annual report and accounts
     for the  financial  year  ended 30 June  1999 on Form  10K,  and  financial
     information  relating to Romtec has been  extracted from its audited annual
     report and accounts for the financial year ended 31 January 2000.

9.2  Reference  to the  market  capitalisation  of Romtec is based on the Romtec
     Shares  in issue as at 19 May (the  latest  practicable  date  prior to the
     posting of this document).

10.DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION
   ----------------------------------

10.1 Copies of the following documents will be available for inspection,  during
     normal  business  hours  on any  weekday  (Saturdays,  Sundays  and  public
     holidays  excepted) at the offices of Simmons & Simmons,  21 Wilson Street,
     London, EC2M 2TX while the Offer remains open for acceptance:

         (A)      the  Articles  of Incorporation and Bye-laws of Total Research
                  Corporation  and  the  Memorandum and  Articles of Association
                  of Total Research Acquisitions Limited;

         (B)      the  audited   consolidated   accounts   of   Total   Research
                  Corporation  for the financial  years  ended  30 June 1998 and
                  30 June 1999;

         (C)      the  audited consolidated accounts of Romtec for the financial
                  years ended 31 January 1999 and 31 January 2000;

         (D)      the  irrevocable  undertaking  referred to  in  paragraph  3.1
                  above;

         (E)      the material contracts referred to in paragraph 6 above;

         (F)      the service  contracts  of the  Directors  of Romtec  referred
                  to in  paragraph  7.2 and the letter of intent  referred to in
                  paragraph 7.3;

         (G)      the letters of consent referred to in paragraph 8.7 above.

         (H)      the  valuation  of the Loan Notes by Charles Street Securities
                  Inc referred to on page 9; and

         (I)      this Offer Document and the Form of Acceptance.

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                            APPENDIX VI: DEFINITIONS

The following  definitions  apply  throughout this document,  unless the context
requires otherwise:

"AIM"                                                 the Alternative Investment
                                                      Market of the London Stock
                                                      Exchange

"Charles Street Securities, Inc."                     Charles Street Securities,
                                                      Inc. of 1 Wilton Crescent,
                                                      London SW1X 8RN  which  is
                                                      regulated      by      the
                                                      Securities   and   Futures
                                                      Authority Limited

"City Code" or "Code"                                 The City Code on Takeovers
                                                      and Mergers

"Closing                                              Price" the  middle  market
                                                      price of a Romtec Share at
                                                      the close of  business  on
                                                      the  day  to  which   such
                                                      price   relates,   derived
                                                      from the AIM List for that
                                                      day

"Directors"                                           Russell  V.  Nathan   CBE,
                                                      Janet G.  Weldon,  Maureen
                                                      V.   Burke,     Mark  S.F.
                                                      Vaygelt  and   Christopher
                                                      L.  Gilbert  being all the
                                                      Directors of Romtec

"Form of Acceptance"                                  the  form   of  acceptance
                                                      and   authority   relating
                                                      to the  Offer accompanying
                                                      this document

"Indemnity for Lost Share Certificate Form"           the  indemnity  for   lost
                                                      share    certificate  form
                                                      enclosed with the Form  of
                                                      Acceptance.

"LIBOR"                                               the rate per  annum of the
                                                      offered    quotation   for
                                                      deposits    in    sterling
                                                      currency  in  the  sum  of
                                                      (pound)1,000,000   for   a
                                                      period  of  twelve  months
                                                      which  appears on Telerate
                                                      Page   3750  or  3740  (as
                                                      appropriate)  at or  about
                                                      11:00   am  on  the   date
                                                      immediately  preceding the
                                                      date  of   issue  of  Loan
                                                      Notes   (or  if  not  then
                                                      shown    on    the    last
                                                      preceding  day  when it is
                                                      so shown).

"Loan                                                 Note    Alternative"   the
                                                      alternative   under  which
                                                      Romtec Shareholders (other
                                                      than   certain    overseas
                                                      shareholders)  who validly
                                                      accept  the  Offer,  while
                                                      the  alternative   remains
                                                      open, may elect to receive
                                                      Loan  Notes in lieu of all
                                                      or   part   of  the   cash
                                                      consideration   to   which
                                                      they would  otherwise have
                                                      been  entitled  under  the
                                                      Offer

"Loan                                                 Notes"   the    guaranteed
                                                      unsecured  loan  notes  of
                                                      Total             Research
                                                      Acquisitions  to be issued
                                                      pursuant  to the Loan Note
                                                      Alternative, the principal
                                                      terms of which are set out
                                                      in  Appendix 2 on pages 39
                                                      and 40and on pages 8 and 9
                                                      of this document

"London Stock Exchange"                               London   Stock    Exchange
                                                      Limited

"Noteholders"                                         means the  several persons
                                                      for the time being entered
                                                      in   the   register     of
                                                      noteholders as the holders
                                                      of the Loan Notes

"Offer"                                               the  recommended  offer by
                                                      Charles Street Securities,
                                                      Inc.,  on  behalf of Total
                                                      Research      Acquisitions
                                                      Limited, to acquire Romtec
                                                      Shares   subject   to  the
                                                      terms  and the  conditions
                                                      set out in  this  document
                                                      including  the

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                                                      Loan Note Alternative and,
                                                      where the context  admits,
                                                      any subsequent   revision,
                                                      variation,   extension  or
                                                      renewal  thereof or of the
                                                      Loan Note Alternative

"Offer Period"                                        the  period  during  which
                                                      the  Offer  is  open   for
                                                      acceptance

"overseas shareholders"                               Romtec        Shareholders
                                                      resident  in or  nationals
                                                      or        citizens      of
                                                      jurisdictions  outside the
                                                      UK or  who  are   nominees
                                                      of,    or      custodians,
                                                      trustees or guardians for,
                                                      citizens  or  nationals of
                                                      such other jurisdictions

"Panel"                                               the Panel on Takeovers and
                                                      Mergers

"Park Circus Registrars" or "Receiving Agents"        Park   Circus   Registrars
                                                      Limited of James  Sellar's
                                                      House, 3rd Floor, 144 West
                                                      George  Street, Glasgow G2
                                                      2HG

"Romtec Executive Share Option Scheme"                the Romtec Executive Share
                                                      Option Scheme

"Romtec Group"                                        Romtec and its subsidiary,
                                                      Romtec-GfK Limited

"Romtec plc" or "Romtec"                              Romtec   Public    Limited
                                                      Company

"Romtec Shareholders"                                 holders of Romtec Shares

"Romtec Shares" or "Shares"                           ordinary   shares   of  1p
                                                      each   in  Romtec in issue
                                                      or to be issued during the
                                                      Offer Period and the terms
                                                      "Romtec  Share" or "Share"
                                                      shall    be      construed
                                                      accordingly

"Shore                                                Capital" Shore Capital and
                                                      Corporate  Limited of Bond
                                                      Street House,  14 Clifford
                                                      Street,   London  W1X  1RE
                                                      which is  regulated by the
                                                      Securities   and   Futures
                                                      Authority Limited and is a
                                                      subsidiary     of    Shore
                                                      Capital Group plc

"Total Research Corporation"                          Total Research Corporation

"Total  Research  Acquisitions  Limited"  or          Total             Research
Total Research Acquisitions"                          Acquisitions Limited

"Total                                                Research    Group"   Total
                                                      Research Corporation,  its
                                                      subsidiary    undertakings
                                                      and             associated
                                                      undertakings,   as   those
                                                      respective    terms    are
                                                      defined  in the  Companies
                                                      Act 1985 (as amended)

"UK"                                                  United  Kingdom  of  Great
                                                      Britain  and      Northern
                                                      Ireland

"United States" or "US"                               the  United  States     of
                                                      America,  its  territories
                                                      and    possessions,    any
                                                      state    of   the   United
                                                      States of America  and the
                                                      District of Columbia,  and
                                                      all other areas subject to
                                                      its jurisdiction.

"US Person"                                           a US person as defined  in
                                                      Regulation S of the United
                                                      States Securities Act 1933
                                                      as amended

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