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		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COMPUWARE CORPORATION
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000859014
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 [7372
]		IRS NUMBER:				382007430
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MI
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				STREET 1:		31440 NORTHWESTERN HWY
				CITY:			FARMINGTON HILLS
				STATE:			MI
				ZIP:			48334-2564
				BUSINESS PHONE:		2487377300
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 10-K

          (Mark One)

              [ X ] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                    For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000

                                       OR

              [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                        For the transition period from            to
                                                       ----------   ----------
                         Commission File Number: 0-20900

                              COMPUWARE CORPORATION
              ----------------------------------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


            MICHIGAN                                       38-2007430
            --------                                       ----------
(State or other jurisdiction of                         (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                      Identification No.)

           31440 NORTHWESTERN HIGHWAY, FARMINGTON HILLS, MI 48334-2564
           -----------------------------------------------------------
           (Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (248) 737-7300

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: NONE

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: COMMON STOCK, PAR
VALUE $.01 PER SHARE


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.

                              Yes [X]               No [ ]

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of the registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information
statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any
amendment to this Form 10-K. [ ]

There were 363,012,752 shares of $.01 par value common stock outstanding as of
June 09, 2000. The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by
non-affiliates of the registrant, based upon the closing sales price of the
common stock on June 09, 2000 of $13.8125 as reported on the Nasdaq Stock
Market, was approximately $4,549,024,386.

                       DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the Proxy Statement for the Registrant's 2000 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders are incorporated by reference in Part III.


                The Exhibit Index is located on pages 43 and 44.


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                     COMPUWARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                    FORM 10-K
                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Item
Number                                                                                                    Page
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<S>                                                                                                       <C>
                                     PART I

1.     Business                                                                                              3

2.     Properties                                                                                           10

3.     Legal Proceedings                                                                                    10

4.     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders                                                  10

                                     PART II

5.     Market for the Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder
       Matters                                                                                              11

6.     Selected Consolidated Financial Data                                                                 12

7.     Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
       Results of Operations                                                                                13

7a.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk                                            20

8.     Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data                                             21

9.     Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and
       Financial Disclosure                                                                                 39

                                    PART III

10.    Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant                                                   40

11.    Executive Compensation                                                                               41

12.    Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management                                       41

13.    Certain Relationships and Related Transactions                                                       41

                                     PART IV

14.    Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedule and Reports on Form 8-K                                       42

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                                     PART I


ITEM 1

BUSINESS

We provide software products and professional services designed to increase the
productivity of the information technology departments of our target market, the
20,000 largest enterprises worldwide. In the early years of our company, we
focused first on the testing and implementation environment in the mainframe
market, where we gained extensive experience and established long-term customer
relationships. Over the past several years, we have expanded our presence into
the distributed and web systems markets, offering products and professional
services in the application development, integration, testing and performance
management areas.

We were incorporated in Michigan in 1973. Our executive offices are located at
31440 Northwestern Highway, Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2564, and our
telephone number is (248) 737-7300.

OUR BUSINESS STRATEGY

Our focus is to provide products and professional services to improve the
productivity of mainframe, distributed and web developers, testers and
operations staff in our target market, the 20,000 largest users of information
technology worldwide. These companies invest substantial resources to build and
maintain large, complex, mission-critical applications. As a result, this target
market can benefit most from our product and services offerings.

We believe that the applications process includes four primary categories: 1)
the application development environment in which software code is created,
integrated with existing applications and modified over time 2) the testing
phase, in which application software is executed, debugged, tested and
maintained in a series of repetitive, ongoing cycles for the life of the
application; 3) the performance testing phase, when an application is tested
under simulated production conditions to ensure it will function well once
implemented and 4) the production environment in which the performance of
operating systems, databases, servers, applications and networks is monitored
and managed.

PRODUCTS DIVISION

MAINFRAME MARKET

We believe that the market for mainframe products is well-defined, and will
continue to thrive as the drive to e-business continues to emphasize the need
for reliable, high-volume servers.

We will remain focused on developing, marketing and supporting high-quality
software tools to support both traditional uses of the mainframe and to enhance
the efforts of IT staff who are working to web-enable their legacy applications
portfolio. We believe that our long-standing customer relationships and brand
equity in this arena will help us continue to improve the benefits our customers
receive from our mainframe products. In addition, we are actively pursuing
product integration to enhance the synergy among the functional groups working
on key application projects, and make the entire process more streamlined,
automated and repeatable.




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MAINFRAME TESTING TOOLS

We currently offer testing and implementation software products that focus on
improving the productivity of programmers and analysts in application testing,
test data preparation, error analysis and maintenance of systems running on IBM
and IBM-compatible mainframes.

Our testing and implementation products are functionally rich, focused on user
needs and require minimal user training. We strive to ensure a common look and
feel across our products and emphasize ease of use in all aspects of product
design and functionality. Most products can be used immediately without
modification of customer development practices and standards, can be quickly
integrated into day-to-day testing, debugging, and maintenance activities and
provide demonstrable benefits soon after installation.

Our mainframe testing and implementation products are grouped into the following
four product families:

File and Data Management. The File-AID products provide a consistent, familiar
and secure method for IT professionals to access data across all strategic
environments in order to automate the creation of test data, move and convert
large volumes of data between platforms, quickly resolve production data
problems and manage ongoing changes to data and databases.

Fault Management. Our Abend-AID products assist programmers in more quickly and
accurately analyzing and diagnosing software errors that occur during testing
and implementation. These errors, which result in the abnormal end of the
application execution, must be corrected before the program at fault can be
restarted.

Interactive Analysis and Debugging. Our XPEDITER interactive debugging products
enable programmers to identify and resolve errors in complex software
efficiently and accurately, to ensure that all of the software code actually has
executed during a test run, and to help web-enable legacy applications by
identifying and converting presentation and programming code.

Automated Testing. Our QAHiperstation product simulates the on-line systems
environment, allowing programmers to test on-line applications under production
conditions without requiring actual users at terminals. These products capture
actual production transactions, allow test data to be created by modification of
these transactions, and then execute application programs using the test data in
a simulated on-line environment. QASolutions is a complete line of testing
services that supplements our testing products.

MAINFRAME APPLICATION MANAGEMENT TOOLS

Compuware mainframe application management tools address the critical problem of
business application performance. Compuware Application Performance Management
(APM) software enables enterprise IT organizations to develop and deliver
efficient and responsive applications and to maintain high standards of
application performance throughout the life of the application.

Compuware STROBE MVS Application Performance Measurement System and APMPOWER
Application Performance Analysis System product lines work together to help
clients locate and eliminate sources of excessive resource demands during every
phase of an application's life cycle. Features in both product lines support an
extensive array of subsystems, databases and languages. Customers can take
advantage of Compuware services offerings to learn how to get the most from
these products and to get help in planning and implementing an APM program.





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DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS AND WEB MARKETS

In contrast to the mainframe market, the distributed systems market is
characterized by multiple hardware, software and network configurations.
Combined with the more recent push to "webify," IT organizations find themselves
under increasing pressure to rapidly create reliable, top-performing e-business
applications, despite this geometric increase in environment complexity. We
believe our distributed and web products address these challenges and that we
are well-positioned to successfully market distributed development, integration,
functional and performance testing and application management software to our
target markets.

In the last six years, we have developed products and made acquisitions in the
requirements management, development, testing and application management
categories of the distributed and web applications markets. We believe we have
made substantial progress in penetrating all of these markets because of the
quality and visibility of our UNIFACE, EcoSYSTEMS, QACenter and DevPartner
Studio products.

DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

Our distributed systems application development toolset, UNIFACE, is designed to
assist software developers in the creation, integration, deployment and
maintenance of complex distributed applications. UNIFACE enables software
developers to create applications that are not tied to any specific hardware
platform, operating system, database management system or graphical user
interface. Application objects are captured in a central repository, which
permits their re-use in the development of technology-independent applications
and allows for easier management and maintenance of applications. In addition,
UNIFACE insulates application development and deployment from the individual
technical components that comprise a computing environment. This reduces
development and maintenance costs and allows e-business applications to be
developed rapidly using existing, proven legacy code.

DISTRIBUTED AND WEB TESTING TOOLS

Our distributed and web applications toolset is rapidly evolving to improve the
productivity of programmers and analysts who work in the various distributed
systems computing platforms. Similar to their mainframe counterparts, these
products can be used immediately without modification of customer development
practices and standards, can be quickly integrated into day-to-day testing,
debugging and maintenance activities and provide demonstrable benefits soon
after installation.

Our distributed systems testing and implementation products are grouped into the
following four product lines:

File and Data Management. File-AID/CS is a test data management tool designed to
save time and reduce the level of expertise required to manipulate data during
the development, testing and support of distributed systems applications. Users
can age, reformat, generate, convert, copy, compare, modify and view data
without being an expert in numerous database environments. File-AID/CS
eliminates the need to write programs, scripts or SQL or use multiple utilities.

NuMega. Our DevPartner Studio product suite accelerates team development of
multi-language components for Windows and Internet applications. DevPartner
Studio SmartDebugging tools automatically detect, diagnose and facilitate
resolution of software errors and performance problems.

Interactive Analysis and Debugging. Our XPEDITER/SQL provides interactive
analysis and resolution of SQL program errors in stored procedures.


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Automated Testing. Our line of QACenter products addresses the growing demand
for automated testing solutions for distributed systems and web applications.
QARun is our enterprise-wide script development and test execution tool for
distributed systems applications. QADirector provides test management. QALoad is
used for server load and performance testing. These products are augmented by
QASolutions, a complete line of testing services.

APPLICATION PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT TOOLS

EcoSYSTEMS is our suite of products for improving service level management of
enterprise and e-commerce networks, servers, distributed databases and
distributed systems applications in a variety of environments. EcoTOOLS
simplifies troubleshooting by allowing users to monitor vital service level
metrics, as well as the ability to automatically initiate corrective actions to
help prevent application downtime. EcoSCOPE gathers and monitors data for
managing distributed application performance. EcoPROFILER provides response time
analysis capabilities for distributed applications before they are deployed on
the network. EcoPREDICTOR is a performance prediction tool that depicts the
effects of traffic or topology changes on the network before they happen. COMNET
III accurately predicts LAN, WAN, and enterprise network performance, enabling
users to reduce risk by experimenting with diverse network alternatives before
implementing their plans.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DIVISION

We believe that the demand for professional services will continue to be driven
by the need to control costs, the significant level of resources necessary to
support complex and rapidly changing hardware, software and communication
technologies, the need for a larger technical staff for ongoing maintenance, and
the ongoing talent shortage in the IT industry.

We offer a broad range of professional services, including e-business analysis,
design and programming, staff supplementation, and services that enhance the
value provided by our software products. Our business approach to professional
services delivery emphasizes hiring experienced staff, extensive ongoing
training, high staff utilization and immediate, productive deployment of new
personnel at client accounts.

The need to modify applications systems for e-commerce has created demand for
professional services and consulting to assist customers in designing,
integrating, testing and managing their e-commerce applications. Our Digital
Design Centers provide business-to-business and business-to-consumer e-commerce
services ranging from web site strategy, conceptualization, creation and design
to back-office architecture, legacy integration and load testing. We believe we
are gaining a competitive advantage in this market by combining our products and
services offerings in order to provide clients with comprehensive, efficient
e-commerce solutions.

Our objective in the professional services division is to create long-term
relationships with clients in which our professional staff joins with the
client's information technology organization to plan, design, program, implement
and maintain technology-based solutions that achieve client business goals.
Typically, the professional services staff is integrated with the client's
development team on a specific application or project. Professional services
staff work primarily at client sites or at our 45 professional services offices
located throughout North America. We also have professional services operations
in many of our international locations.





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CUSTOMERS

Our products and professional services are used by the information systems
departments of a wide variety of large commercial and government organizations.

None of our customers accounted for 10% or more of our total revenues during any
of the last three fiscal years.

SALES AND MARKETING

We market software products primarily through a direct sales force in the United
States, Canada, Europe, Japan, Asia/Pacific, Brazil, and South Africa as well as
through independent distributors in over 29 other countries. Our combined
products sales and marketing staff as of March 31, 2000 numbered 1,265 in the
United States (including headquarters support for international sales), 41 in
Canada, 908 in Europe, 99 in Japan, 257 in Asia/Pacific, 62 in Brazil, 24 in
Mexico and 24 in South Africa, for a total of 2,680 worldwide.

We market our professional services primarily through account managers located
in offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific and Brazil. Senior
professional services executives support branch marketing efforts by identifying
new business opportunities and making joint sales calls. This marketing
structure enables us to keep abreast of, and respond quickly to, the changing
needs of our clients and to call on the actual users of our professional
services on a regular basis.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURING

We have been successful in developing acquired products and technologies into
marketable software for our distribution channels. We believe that our future
growth lies in part in continuing to identify promising technologies from all
potential sources, including independent software developers, customers, small
startup companies and internal research and development.

Our product development staff consisted of 759 employees as of March 31, 2000.
Product development is performed primarily at our headquarters in Farmington
Hills, Michigan, and at our offices in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, Campbell, California, and in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Total research and development costs incurred internally by Compuware were $95.6
million, $76.8 million and $65.0 million during fiscal 2000, 1999 and 1998,
respectively. Of these amounts, $14.5 million, $11.9 million and $10.6 million
were capitalized during the same periods, respectively. Capitalization of
internally developed software products begins when technological feasibility of
the product is established. Software product development expense in the
statement of income includes all expenditures for research and development net
of amounts capitalized.

Our software products are distributed as object code on standard magnetic
cartridges, diskettes and CD-ROM, together with printed documentation. We
purchase cartridges, diskettes, CDs and documentation printing from outside
vendors. The product duplication, packing and distribution to our customers is
performed at our production center in West Bloomfield, Michigan.

PRODUCT MAINTENANCE AND CUSTOMER SUPPORT

We believe that effective support of our customers and products during both the
trial period and for the license term is a substantial factor in product
acceptance and subsequent new product sales. We believe our installed base is a
significant asset and intend to continue to provide high levels of customer
support and periodic product upgrades to assure a continuing high level of
customer satisfaction. In fiscal year 2000, we continued to



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experience a high customer maintenance renewal rate. We had 207 employees as of
March 31, 2000 devoted to maintenance and customer support services.

All customers who subscribe to our maintenance and support services are entitled
to receive technical support and advice, including problem resolution services
and assistance in product installation, error corrections and any product
enhancements released by us during the maintenance period. Maintenance and
support services are provided online, through our FrontLine technical support
web site, by telephone access to technical personnel located in Farmington
Hills, Michigan, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Campbell, California, Nashua, New
Hampshire, and in the offices of our foreign subsidiaries and distributors.

Licensees have the option of renewing their maintenance agreements each year for
an annual fee of approximately 15% of the then current list price of the
licensed product. They also have the option of committing to maintenance for
longer terms, generally up to five years on a contractual basis. For fiscal
years 2000, 1999 and 1998, maintenance fees represented approximately 19.4%,
20.4% and 21.4%, respectively, of our total revenues.

COMPETITION

The markets for our software products are highly competitive and characterized
by continual change and improvement in technology. Our competitors include BMC
Software, Inc., Computer Associates International, Inc., Informix Corporation,
Mercury Interactive Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Rational Software
Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Sybase, Inc. None of these competitors
competes in all of our product lines. Although we believe our mainframe products
are generally complementary to those marketed by IBM, IBM does offer some
products that are directly competitive and there can be no assurance that IBM
will not choose to offer significant competing products in the future. The
principal competitive factors affecting the market for our software products
include: responsiveness to customer needs, functionality, performance,
reliability, ease of use, quality of customer support, vendor reputation and
price. We believe, based on our current market position, that we have competed
effectively in the software products marketplace. Nevertheless, a variety of
external and internal events and circumstances could adversely affect our
competitive capacity. Our ability to remain competitive will depend, to a great
extent, upon our performance in product development and customer support. To be
successful in the future, we must respond promptly and effectively to the
challenges of technological change and our competitors' innovations by
continually enhancing our own product offerings.

The market for professional services is highly competitive, fragmented and
characterized by low barriers to entry. Our principal competitors in
professional services include Andersen Consulting, Computer Sciences
Corporation, Electronic Data Systems Corporation, IBM Global Services, Analysts
International Corporation, Keane, Inc. and numerous other regional and local
firms in the markets in which we have professional services offices. Several of
these competitors have substantially greater financial, marketing, recruiting
and training resources than we do. In the e-business arena, we also face
competition from smaller organizations that are focused primarily on web site
development and implementation. The principal competitive factors affecting the
market for our professional services include responsiveness to customer needs,
breadth and depth of technical skills offered, availability and productivity of
personnel and the ability to demonstrate achievement of results and price.

PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

We regard our products as proprietary trade secrets and confidential
information. We rely largely upon a combination of trade secret, copyright and
trademark laws together with our license agreements with customers and our
internal security systems, confidentiality procedures and employee agreements to
maintain the trade secrecy of our products. We typically provide our products to
users under nonexclusive, nontransferable licenses. Under the general terms and
conditions of our standard product license agreement, the licensed software may
be used solely for the licensee's own internal operations on designated
computers at specific sites. Under certain


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limited circumstances, Compuware may be required to make source code for our
products available to our customers under an escrow agreement, which restricts
access to and use of the source code. Although we take steps to protect our
trade secrets, there can be no assurance that misappropriation will not occur.
In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect our proprietary
rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States.

In addition to trade secret protection, we seek to protect our software,
documentation and other written materials under copyright law, which affords
only limited protection. We also assert trademark rights in our product names.
We have been granted ten patents and have nine patent applications pending for
certain product technology and have plans to seek additional patents in the
future. However, because the industry is characterized by rapid technological
change, we believe that factors such as the technological and creative skills of
our personnel, new product developments, frequent product enhancements, name
recognition and reliable product maintenance are more important to establishing
and maintaining a technology leadership position than the various legal
protections of our technology.

There can be no assurance that third parties will not assert infringement claims
against us in the future with respect to current and future products or that any
such assertion may not require us to enter into royalty arrangements or result
in costly litigation.

EMPLOYEES

As of March 31, 2000, we employed 15,356 people worldwide, with 2,680 in
products sales, sales support and marketing; 759 in research and development;
207 in product maintenance and customer support; 10,562 in professional services
marketing and delivery; and 1,148 in other general and administrative functions.
None of our domestic employees is represented by a labor union. We have
experienced no work stoppages and believe that our relations with our employees
are good. Our success will depend in part on our continued ability to attract
and retain highly qualified personnel in a competitive market for experienced
and talented software developers, professional services staff and sales and
marketing personnel.



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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

Our executive offices, research and development, principal marketing, primary
professional services office, customer service and support facilities are
located in approximately 225,000 square feet that we own in an executive office
park in Farmington Hills, Michigan. We also lease approximately 80,000 square
feet in the same office park. In addition, we own approximately 40,000 square
feet in nearby West Bloomfield, Michigan which houses our production,
distribution and additional services facilities.

We lease approximately 120 professional services and sales offices, including 4
remote product research and development facilities, with a presence in 46
countries.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We currently are not a party to any material legal proceedings.

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

No matters were submitted to a vote of the Company's security holders during the
fourth quarter of the fiscal year covered by this report.




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                                     PART II


ITEM 5.  MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER
         MATTERS

Our Common Stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol CPWR. As
of June 9, 2000, there were approximately 5,152 shareholders of record of
Compuware Common Stock. We have not paid any cash dividends on our Common Stock
since fiscal 1986, and we anticipate that for the foreseeable future, we will
continue to retain our earnings for use in our business. In March 1999, we
effected a two-for-one stock split by means of a 100% stock dividend payable to
shareholders of record as of January 26, 1999. The following table sets forth
the range of high and low trading sale prices for our Common Stock for the
periods indicated, all as reported by Nasdaq. The information presented below
has been restated for the stock split.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2000                                           HIGH                  LOW
<S>                                                                      <C>                  <C>
  First quarter                                                          $32.50               $16.38
  Second quarter                                                          36.38                24.25
  Third quarter                                                           40.00                23.88
  Fourth quarter                                                          37.81                20.00

<CAPTION>
FISCAL YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 1999                                           HIGH                  LOW
<S>                                                                      <C>                  <C>
  First quarter                                                          $26.69               $20.56
  Second quarter                                                          31.50                21.50
  Third quarter                                                           39.91                17.94
  Fourth quarter                                                          39.13                20.88
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ITEM 6.  SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

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                                                                      Year Ended March 31,
                                            -------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                2000            1999            1998           1997          1996
                                            -------------   -------------    -----------    -----------    ----------
                                                        (In thousands, except earnings per share data)
<S>                                         <C>             <C>              <C>            <C>            <C>
STATEMENT OF INCOME DATA:
Revenues:
  Software license fees                     $    819,247    $    683,354     $  467,251     $  318,907     $  226,690
  Maintenance fees                               432,707         334,371        244,273        209,521        184,039
  Professional services fees                     978,674         620,720        427,794        284,468        203,630
                                            -------------   -------------    -----------    -----------    -----------
     Total revenues                            2,230,628       1,638,445      1,139,318        812,896        614,359
                                            -------------   -------------    -----------    -----------    -----------
Operating expenses:
  Cost of software license fees                   30,739          28,097         22,874         20,881         20,146
  Cost of maintenance                             45,367          37,286         31,203         27,278         26,867
  Cost of professional services                  946,710         506,765        365,948        250,405        174,215
  Software product development                    81,133          64,957         54,416         44,494         42,792
  Sales and marketing                            467,060         418,019        325,793        256,139        204,403
  Administrative and general                      90,386          78,333         58,965         48,233         38,537
  Purchased research and development              17,900           4,350          3,160         21,790         24,943
  Restructuring and merger-related costs                                          3,606 (2)                    10,688 (1)
                                            -------------   -------------    -----------    -----------    -----------
     Total operating expenses                  1,679,295       1,137,807        865,965        669,220        542,591
                                            -------------   -------------    -----------    -----------    -----------
Income from operations                           551,333         500,638        273,353        143,676         71,768
Interest and investment income, net               10,443          29,403         17,417          5,710          7,015
                                            -------------   -------------    -----------    -----------    -----------
Income before income taxes                       561,776         530,041        290,770        149,386         78,783
Income tax provision                             209,800         180,178         96,826         51,950         34,541
                                            -------------   -------------    -----------    -----------    -----------
Net income                                  $    351,976    $    349,863     $  193,944     $   97,436     $   44,242
                                            =============   =============    ===========    ===========    ===========

Basic earnings per share (3 and 4)          $       0.98    $       0.95     $     0.55     $     0.29     $     0.13
Diluted earnings per share (3 and 4)                0.91            0.87           0.50           0.27           0.12

Shares used in computing net income per
  share(4):
Basic earnings per share                         358,560         366,734        352,274        340,770        347,516
Diluted earnings per share                       384,691         402,036        387,426        359,740        358,950


BALANCE SHEET DATA (AT PERIOD END):
Working capital                             $    391,801    $    550,586     $  362,324     $  179,508     $  141,842
Total assets                                   2,415,907       1,676,683      1,072,640        755,407        555,726
Long-term debt, less current maturities          450,000               -          6,956          6,068              -
Total shareholders' equity                     1,203,872       1,079,522        708,296        445,636        318,985
</TABLE>



(1)    Reflects merger costs incurred in connection with the acquisition,
       restructuring and integration of Uniface Holding B.V.

(2)    Reflects merger costs incurred in connection with the acquisition,
       restructuring and integration of NuMega Technologies, Inc.

(3)    See notes 1 and 7 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and
       Exhibit 11.1 for the basis of computing earnings per share.

(4)    See note 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS

This discussion contains certain forward looking statements within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are identified by the use of
the words "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "will," "contemplates," "would"
and similar expressions that contemplate future events. Numerous important
factors, risks and uncertainties affect the Company's operating results,
including without limitation those contained in this report, and could cause the
Company's actual results to differ materially from the results implied by these
or any other forward looking statements made by, or on behalf of, the Company.
There can be no assurance that future results will meet expectations.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain operational
data from the Company's consolidated statements of income as a percentage of
total revenues and the percentage change in such items compared to the prior
period:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          Percentage of                  Period-to-Period
                                                         Total Revenues                       Change
                                               ------------------------------------   -----------------------
                                                        Fiscal Year Ended                1999        1998
                                                            March 31,
                                                                                          to          to
                                               ------------------------------------
                                                  2000         1999        1998          2000        1999
                                               -----------  ----------  -----------   ----------  -----------
<S>                                            <C>          <C>         <C>           <C>         <C>
Revenues:
   Software license fees                           36.7%        41.7%       41.0%         19.9%      46.2%
   Maintenance fees                                19.4         20.4        21.4          29.4       36.9
   Professional services fees                      43.9         37.9        37.6          57.7       45.1
                                               -----------  ----------  -----------
       Total revenues                             100.0        100.0       100.0          36.1       43.8
                                               -----------  ----------  -----------

Operating expenses:
   Cost of software license fees                    1.4          1.7         2.0           9.4       22.8
   Cost of maintenance                              2.0          2.3         2.7          21.7       19.5
   Cost of professional services                   42.4         30.9        32.1          86.8       38.5
   Software product development                     3.6          3.9         4.8          24.9       19.4
   Sales and marketing                             20.9         25.5        28.6          11.7       28.3
   Administrative and general                       4.2          4.8         5.2          15.4       32.8
   Purchased research and development               0.8          0.3         0.3         311.5       37.7
   Merger-related costs                                                      0.3                   (100.0)
                                               -----------  ----------  -----------
       Total operating expenses                    75.3         69.4        76.0          47.6       31.4
                                               -----------  ----------  -----------

Income from operations                             24.7         30.6        24.0          10.1       83.1
                                               -----------  ----------  -----------

Other Income (Expense):
   Interest and investment income                   1.6          1.8         1.6          15.7       62.5
   Interest expense                                (1.1)                    (0.1)          *        (32.7)
                                               -----------  ----------  -----------
       Total other income                           0.5          1.8         1.5         (64.5)      68.8
                                               -----------  ----------  -----------

Income before income taxes                         25.2         32.4        25.5           6.0       82.3

Income tax provision                                9.4         11.0         8.5          16.4       86.1
                                               -----------  ----------  -----------

Net income                                         15.8%        21.4%       17.0%          0.6%      80.4%
                                               ===========  ==========  ===========

*- Calculation is not meaningful.
</TABLE>
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The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain operational
data as a percentage of total revenues and the percentage change in such items
as compared to prior periods after excluding special charges for purchased
research and development, merger-related costs and amortization of intangible
assets acquired as a result of acquisitions:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                          Percentage of                 Period-to-Period
                                                         Total Revenues                      Change
                                               ------------------------------------  ------------------------
                                                        Fiscal Year Ended               1999         1998
                                                            March 31,                    to           to
                                               ------------------------------------
                                                  2000        1999         1998         2000         1999
                                               ----------  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
<S>                                            <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>
Income from operations                             27.0%       31.2%        25.1%        17.9%       78.7%
Other income                                        0.5         1.8          1.5        (64.5)       68.8
                                               ----------  -----------  -----------
   Income before taxes                             27.5        33.0         26.6         13.4        78.1
Income tax provision                                9.9        11.2          8.8         20.6        82.1
                                               ----------  -----------  -----------
   Net income                                      17.6%       21.8%        17.8%         9.8%       76.2%
                                               ==========  ===========  ===========
</TABLE>


The Company operates in two business segments in the software industry: products
and professional services.

PRODUCTS REVENUE

The Company's products are designed to support four key activities within the
application development process: building, testing, performance testing and
managing the application to optimize performance in production. Products revenue
consists of software license fees and maintenance fees and comprised 56.1%,
62.1% and 62.4% of total Company revenue during fiscal years 2000, 1999 and
1998, respectively. S/390 product revenue (mainframe revenue) increased $201.0
million or 24.2% during fiscal 2000 and $253.2 million or 43.9% during fiscal
1999. Revenue from distributed software products increased $33.2 million or
17.7% during fiscal 2000 and $53.0 million or 39.4% during fiscal 1999. These
increases occurred across all product lines and reflect an increase in
enterprise license agreements (ELAs) which are defined as multi-year
transactions that generally consist of existing product, new product,
maintenance, growth capacity for a three to five year term and is greater than
$500,000.

The contract price is allocated between maintenance for the term of the deal and
license revenue. All license revenue associated with ELAs is recognized when the
customer commits unconditionally to the transaction and the software has been
shipped to the customer. ELAs often include multi-year payment terms for our
clients. When the license portion is paid over a number of years, the license
portion of the payment stream is discounted to its net present value. Interest
income is recognized over the payment term. The maintenance associated with all
sales is deferred and recognized over the applicable maintenance period.

For more than five years the Company has supported clients with product
transactions covering multiple years and allowing deferred payment terms.
However, over the past year, the volume of ELAs has shown significant growth as
the practice expanded internationally and as the Company added additional sales
representatives focused exclusively on doing these types of transactions. In the
fourth quarter, and during fiscal year 2000, ELAs were approximately 66% and 63%
of license fee revenue, respectively.

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During December 1999, the Company completed the acquisition of certain assets of
CACI Products Company from CACI International Inc. for $42.1 million. This
acquisition introduces three new products within the EcoSYSTEMS suite of
application performance management solutions: EcoPROFILER, EcoPREDICTOR and
COMNET III.

During September 1999, the Company acquired substantially all the assets and
certain liabilities of Programart Corporation for $126.2 million. This
acquisition introduces two new products, Strobe MVS Application Performance
Measurement System and APMpower Application Performance Analysis System, to the
Compuware Corporation suite of products. In-process research and development
associated with Programart is being incorporated into future product offerings
in the mainframe application performance management product line.

During May 1999, the Company acquired all outstanding common stock of Reliant
Data Systems for $10.1 million. The technology acquired is being used to enhance
existing and future product offerings in the file and data management product
line for distributed systems.


PROFESSIONAL SERVICES REVENUE

The Company offers a broad range of information technology professional
services, including business systems analysis, design and programming, software
conversion and system planning and consulting. Revenue from professional
services increased $358.0 million or 57.7% during fiscal 2000 and $192.9 million
or 45.1% during fiscal 1999. The Company's North American operations generated
92.3%, 88.3% and 89.8% of total professional services revenue during fiscal
years 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively. Combined international services revenue
increased $3.1 million or 4.2% during fiscal 2000 and $29.0 million or 66.8%
during fiscal 1999.

In accordance with Compuware's growth strategy, the Company completed the
following acquisitions during fiscal year 2000. During the second quarter, the
Company acquired Data Processing Resources Corporation (DPRC) and Livernois
Staffing Services, LLC. During the fourth quarter, the Company acquired High
Plains Solutions, LLC, a consulting company, and BlairLake, Inc., a provider of
Internet consulting and web development services.


OPERATING PROFIT

The Company evaluates the performance of its segments based primarily on
operating profit before corporate expenses, purchased research and development
expense, other income and income taxes.

Financial information for the Company's products segment is as follows (in
thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               YEAR ENDED MARCH 31,
                                            -----------------------------------------------------------
                                                   2000                1999                 1998
                                            ------------------- ------------------- -------------------
<S>                                         <C>                 <C>                 <C>
   Revenue                                  $      1,251,954    $      1,017,725    $       711,524
   Operating expenses                                624,299             548,359            434,286
                                            ------------------- ------------------- -------------------
   Products operating profit                $        627,655    $        469,366    $       277,238
                                            =================== =================== ===================
</TABLE>

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Products revenue by geographic location is presented in the table below (in
thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               YEAR ENDED MARCH 31,
                                            -----------------------------------------------------------
                                                   2000                1999                 1998
                                            ------------------- ------------------- -------------------
<S>                                         <C>                 <C>                 <C>
   United States                            $        833,365    $        654,011    $       441,643
   European subsidiaries                             285,158             252,964            179,950
   Other international operations                    133,431             110,750             89,931
                                            ------------------- ------------------- -------------------
   Total products revenue                   $      1,251,954    $      1,017,725    $       711,524
                                            =================== =================== ===================
</TABLE>

The products segment generated operating margins of 50.1%, 46.1% and 39.0%
during fiscal years 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively. Products expenses include
cost of software license fees, cost of maintenance, software product development
costs, and sales and marketing expenses. The increase in the operating margins
year over year is primarily a result of economies associated with larger
transactions, more sales representatives in the field with increased sales
productivity, additional product offerings and increased market penetration of
our distributed software products.

Cost of software license fees includes amortization of capitalized software, the
cost of preparing and disseminating products to customers and the cost of author
royalties. The increase in these costs is due primarily to an increase in
amortization of capitalized software products, the majority of which relates to
the Programart acquisition. Increases in author royalties were offset, in part,
by decreased packaging and distribution costs. As a percentage of software
license fees, cost of software license fees were 3.8%, 4.1% and 4.9% in fiscal
2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively.

Cost of maintenance consists of the cost of maintenance programmers and product
support personnel and the computing, facilities and benefits costs allocated to
such personnel. The increase in cost of maintenance was due primarily to the
increase in maintenance and support staff in order to support the worldwide
growth of the installed base. As a percentage of maintenance fees, these costs
were 10.5%, 11.2% and 12.8% for fiscal years 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively.

Software product development costs consist of the cost of programming personnel,
the facilities, computing and benefits costs allocated to such personnel and the
costs of preparing user and installation guides for the Company's software
products, less the amount of software development costs capitalized during the
fiscal year. The increase in these costs was due primarily to an increase in
software development staff needed to meet the demand for new and enhanced
products. While continuing to support and enhance its traditional S/390
products, the Company has significantly increased the resources allocated to
developing and enhancing its distributed software products. Before the
capitalization of internally developed software products, total research and
development expenditures for fiscal 2000 increased $18.8 million, or 24.5%, to
$95.6 million from $76.8 million in fiscal year 1999. In fiscal 1999, total
research and development costs increased $11.8 million, or 18.2%, to $76.8
million from $65.0 million in fiscal 1998. The major development projects that
achieved technological feasibility during fiscal 2000 included 15 new
interactive analysis and debugging products, two new fault management products,
seven new file and data management products, 13 new automated testing products,
13 new systems management products, three new application development products,
three new application performance management products and 15 new Windows
development tools.

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Sales and marketing costs consist of the sales and marketing expenses associated
with the Company's products business, which include costs of direct sales, sales
support and marketing staff, the facilities and benefits costs allocated to such
personnel and the costs of marketing and sales incentive programs. The increase
in sales and marketing costs was largely attributable to the expansion of the
worldwide sales force, higher sales commissions associated with increased
product sales, and increased allocations of costs of corporate systems, offset,
in part, by decreased advertising expenditures. The direct sales and sales
support staff increased by 619 to 2,680 people at the end of fiscal 2000, as
compared to 2,061 at the end of fiscal 1999 and 1,816 at the end of fiscal 1998.

Financial information for the Company's professional services segment is as
follows (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                  YEAR ENDED MARCH 31,
                                                 -------------------------------------------------------
                                                        2000               1999             1998
                                                 ----------------- -------------------------------------
<S>                                              <C>               <C>               <C>
   Revenue                                       $       978,674   $       620,720   $       427,794
   Operating expenses                                    946,710           506,765           365,948
                                                 ----------------- ------------------ ------------------
   Professional services operating profit        $        31,964   $       113,955   $        61,846
                                                 ================= =====================================
</TABLE>

Professional services revenue by geographic location is presented in the table
below (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                 YEAR ENDED MARCH 31,
                                                 ------------------------------------------------------
                                                        2000               1999            1998
                                                 ----------------- ------------------------------------
<S>                                              <C>               <C>               <C>
   United States                                 $       903,146   $       548,255   $       384,346
   European subsidiaries                                  66,269            63,429            37,528
   Other international operations                          9,259             9,036             5,920
                                                 ----------------- ------------------ -----------------
   Total professional services revenue           $       978,674   $       620,720   $       427,794
                                                 ================= ====================================
</TABLE>


The professional services segment generated operating margins of 3.3%, 18.4% and
14.5% during fiscal years 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively. During fiscal year
2000, the professional services operating margin was 14.0%, 9.1%, 2.0% and a
negative 8.4%, during the first, second, third and fourth quarters,
respectively. The decrease in the professional services operating margin is
primarily attributable to billable staff currently off assignment, increased use
of subcontractors for special services and increased allocations of costs of
corporate systems. While off assignment, billable staff are participating in
training programs focused on e-commerce and distributed software systems to
better meet anticipated client needs in the future. Cost of professional
services includes all costs of the Company's professional services business,
including the personnel costs of the professional, management and administrative
staff of the Company's services business and the facilities and benefits costs
allocated to such personnel. The increase in these expenses was due primarily to
an increase of 3,328 professional billable staff, primarily associated with the
DPRC acquisition, to 9,606 in fiscal 2000 from 6,278 people at the end of fiscal
1999. This compares to an increase of 1,723 billable people in fiscal 1999 from
4,555 people at the end of fiscal 1998.

Administrative and general expenses increased 15.4% during fiscal 2000 and 32.8%
during fiscal 1999. However, as a percentage of total revenue, these expenses
have been steadily decreasing at 4.2%, 4.8% and 5.2% of total revenue during
fiscal years 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively. These decreases are primarily a
result of increased revenues with significantly smaller increases in corporate
expenditures and to allocations of costs of corporate systems to

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the respective operating groups, offset by increased amortization of goodwill
associated with various acquisitions.

During fiscal year 2000, the Company recognized $17.9 million of expense for
purchased research and development costs associated with the acquisition of
products from Programart Corporation. During fiscal year 1999, the Company
recognized $4.4 million of expense for purchased research and development costs
associated with the acquisition of products from Centerline Software, Inc.,
Vireo Software, Inc. and Cardume Software Limited. During fiscal 1998, the
Company incurred special charges of $3.2 million related to purchased research
and development incurred in connection with the acquisition of UnderWare, Inc.
Since the research and development in process had not reached technological
feasibility, these amounts were expensed in accordance with Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 2. During fiscal 1998, the Company also
incurred $3.6 million of merger-related costs in connection with the merger and
integration of NuMega Technologies, Inc.

Net interest and investment income for fiscal 2000 was $10.4 million as compared
to $29.4 million in fiscal 1999 and $17.4 million in fiscal 1998. This decrease
in net interest and investment income is primarily attributable to interest
expense associated with debt outstanding under the $900 million Senior Credit
Facility discussed in the Liquidity and Capital Resources section below, offset
by a gain on sale of investments during the third quarter of fiscal 2000.

The Company's provision for income taxes was $209.8 million in fiscal 2000,
which represents an effective tax rate of 37.3%. This compares to a tax
provision of $180.2 million in fiscal 1999, which represents an effective tax
rate of 34.0%, and an income tax provision of $96.8 million in fiscal 1998,
which represents an effective tax rate of 33.3%. The fiscal 2000 and fiscal 1999
increases in the effective tax rate were due to the growth in pre-tax earnings,
which dilutes the effect of tax credits on the effective tax rates,
nondeductible goodwill amortization associated with certain acquisitions and a
shift of our state apportionment to states with higher corporate income tax
rates.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

As of March 31, 2000, the Company had approximately $266.5 million in cash and
investments, which is the level the Company has committed to maintaining while
utilizing the $900 million Senior Credit Facility. During fiscal 2000, 1999 and
1998, Compuware generated $165.4 million, $479.3 million and $210.6 million,
respectively, in operating cash flow. During these periods, the Company had
capital expenditures that included property and equipment, capitalized research
and software development, and purchased software of $50.6 million, $38.5 million
and $41.8 million, respectively.

The decrease in operating cash flow reflects the increase in ELAs during the
current fiscal year. These transactions often include extended payment terms
that are reflected in the increase of long-term accounts receivable from $145.8
million at March 31, 1999 to $399.9 million at March 31, 2000. A portion of
these receivables represents license fee revenue that is recognized in the
period when the transaction is completed. The remaining portion of these
receivables is related to the maintenance revenue and interest income, which is
recognized ratably over the term of the contract.

In addition to the growth in long-term accounts receivable, the cash flow from
operations has been adversely affected by the decrease in utilization of
professional services staff.

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Professional services staff who are off assignment are not generating revenue
and cash flow, but are still paid while being retrained.

As of March 31, 2000 the Company had $450.0 million in long-term debt
representing borrowings under the $900 million Senior Credit Facility entered
into on August 31, 1999. This reflects net payments of $73.5 million during the
fourth quarter of fiscal 2000. Borrowings were used to help fund the
acquisitions discussed below. As of March 31, 1999 the Company had no long-term
debt. (See Note 5 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.)

In accordance with Compuware's strategic growth plans, the Company completed the
following acquisitions during fiscal 2000:

Acquisitions associated with professional services included Data Processing
Resources Corporation ($495.1 million), BlairLake, Inc. ($18.5 million), High
Plains Solutions, LLC ($3.1 million) and Livernois Staffing Services, LLC ($1.5
million).

Product related acquisitions included certain assets or outstanding stock of
Programart Corporation ($126.2 million), CACI Products Company ($42.1 million),
Reliant Data Systems ($10.1 million) and Autotester ($2.8 million).

On May 10, 2000 the Company acquired Nomex, Inc., a privately held provider of
web design and development services located in Montreal, Canada, for $8.2
million. The Company continues to evaluate business acquisition opportunities
that fit the Company's strategic plans.

In March 1999, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had approved a
stock repurchase program, pursuant to which the Company was authorized to
purchase up to $500 million of outstanding Company stock. The Company purchased
approximately 21.5 million shares representing the entire $500 million
authorized by the Board for this program. These shares were purchased from March
through May 1999.

The Company plans to build an office tower with an estimated cost of $350.0
million within the city of Detroit. Funds expended to date are approximately
$2.2 million. Cash outlays over the next 12 months are expected to be $150.0
million, with the funds coming from the Senior Credit Facility.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In June 1998, the FASB issued SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities." The Company is required to adopt this
statement for the year ending March 31, 2002. SFAS 133 establishes methods of
accounting for derivative financial instruments and hedging activities related
to those instruments as well as other hedging activities. The Company has not
determined the effect, if any, that adoption will have on its financial position
or results of operations.

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ITEM 7A.   QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK

INTEREST RATE RISK

The Company's exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relate
primarily to the Company's cash investments and revolving credit facility.
Derivative financial instruments are not a part of the Company's investment
strategy. The Company places its investments with high quality issuers and
preserves its invested funds by limiting default and market risk. In addition,
the Company has classified all its marketable debt securities and long term debt
investments as "held to maturity" which does not expose the consolidated
statement of income or balance sheet to fluctuations in interest rates.
Information about the Company's investment portfolio is set forth in Note 3 of
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

At March 31, 2000 the Company's outstanding variable rate debt was $450.0
million. Each 25 basis point increase or decrease in the level of interest rates
would have $1.1 million effect on variable rate debt interest based on the
balance of such debt at March 31, 2000. Information about the Company's
investment portfolio is set forth in Note 5 of Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements.

FOREIGN CURRENCY RISK

The Company has entered into forward foreign exchange contracts primarily to
hedge amounts due from select subsidiaries denominated in foreign currencies
(mainly in Europe and Asia-Pacific) against fluctuations in exchange rates. The
Company has not entered into forward foreign exchange contracts for speculative
or trading purposes. The Company's accounting policies for these contracts are
based on the Company's designation of the contracts as hedging transactions. The
criteria the Company uses for designating a contract as a hedge include the
contract's effectiveness in risk reduction and one-to-one matching of derivative
instruments to underlying transactions. Gains and losses on forward foreign
exchange contracts are recognized in income in the same period as gains and
losses on the underlying transactions. If the underlying hedged transaction is
terminated earlier than initially anticipated, the offsetting gain or loss on
the related forward foreign exchange contract would be recognized in income in
the same period. In addition, since the Company enters into forward contracts
only as a hedge, any change in currency rates would not result in any material
net gain or loss, as any gain or loss on the underlying foreign currency
denominated balance would be offset by the gain or loss on the forward contract.
The Company operates in certain countries in Latin America and Asia-Pacific
where there are limited forward currency exchange markets and thus the Company
has unhedged transaction exposures in these currencies. At March 31, 2000, the
Company had contracts maturing through April 2000 to sell $39.3 million in
foreign currencies, with a fair value of $39.4 million. Information about the
Company's foreign currency forward exchange contracts is set forth in Note 1 of
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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ITEM 8. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

REFERENCE SHOULD BE MADE TO ITEM 14 (A) 1 FOR AN INDEX TO THE CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of Compuware Corporation:

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Compuware
Corporation and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related
consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each
of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2000. These consolidated
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial
statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted
in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of Compuware Corporation and its
subsidiaries as of March 31, 2000 and 1999, and the results of their operations
and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31,
2000 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America.



DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Detroit, Michigan
May 1, 2000

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COMPUWARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF MARCH 31, 2000 AND 1999
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE DATA)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ASSETS                                                                   NOTES       2000        1999
                                                                       ---------- ----------- ------------

<S>                                                                    <C>        <C>         <C>
CURRENT ASSETS:
   Cash and cash equivalents                                                      $   30,480  $  193,128
   Investments                                                             3         157,030     309,787
   Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful
     accounts of $15,466 and $12,152                                                 728,629     526,469
   Deferred tax asset, net                                                 8          24,346      16,727
   Income taxes refundable                                                            22,125
   Prepaid expenses and other current assets                                          25,248      25,979
                                                                                  ----------- ------------

                  Total current assets                                               987,858   1,072,090
                                                                                  ----------- ------------

INVESTMENTS                                                                3          78,944     175,689
                                                                                  ----------- ------------

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, LESS ACCUMULATED
   DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION                                           4         114,409      94,786
                                                                                  ----------- ------------


CAPITALIZED SOFTWARE, LESS ACCUMULATED
   AMORTIZATION OF $109,405 AND $88,793                                               98,464      48,095
                                                                                  ----------- ------------

OTHER:
   Accounts receivable                                                               399,911     145,793
   Deferred tax asset, net                                                 8                      11,347
   Excess of cost of investment over fair value of net
     assets acquired, less accumulated amortization
     of $39,944 and $14,692                                                2         659,391      87,713
   Other assets                                                                       76,930      41,170
                                                                                  ----------- ------------

                  Total other assets                                               1,136,232     286,023
                                                                                  ----------- ------------





TOTAL ASSETS                                                                      $2,415,907  $1,676,683
                                                                                  =========== ============
</TABLE>


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY                                    Notes         2000         1999
                                                                      ---------- -----------  ------------

<S>                                                                   <C>         <C>         <C>
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
   Accounts payable                                                               $   67,173  $   71,129
   Accrued expenses                                                                  135,129     101,705
   Income taxes payable                                                                           27,153
   Accrued bonuses and commissions                                                    64,153      66,549
   Deferred revenue                                                                  329,602     254,968
                                                                                  ----------- -----------

                  Total current liabilities                                          596,057     521,504

LONG TERM DEBT                                                             5         450,000

DEFERRED REVENUE                                                                     152,947      75,657

DEFERRED INCOME TAXES                                                      8          13,031
                                                                                  ----------- ----------

                  Total liabilities                                                1,212,035     597,161
                                                                                  ----------- ----------

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
   Preferred stock, no par value -  authorized
     5,000,000 shares
   Common stock, $.01 par value - authorized
     1,600,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding
     361,621,234 and 367,926,388 shares in 2000
     and 1999, respectively                                                6           3,616       3,679
   Additional paid-in capital                                              6         556,150     304,825
   Retained earnings                                                                 654,976     777,318
   Accumulated other comprehensive loss                                              (10,870)     (6,300)
                                                                                  ----------- ----------

                  Total shareholders' equity                                       1,203,872   1,079,522
                                                                                  ----------- ----------



TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY                                        $2,415,907  $1,676,683
                                                                                  =========== ==========
</TABLE>



See notes to consolidated financial statements.



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COMPUWARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 NOTES          2000             1999             1998
                                                                          --------------- ---------------- ----------------
<S>                                                              <C>      <C>             <C>              <C>
REVENUES:
   Software license fees                                                     $  819,247   $     683,354    $     467,251
   Maintenance fees                                                             432,707         334,371          244,273
   Professional services fees                                                   978,674         620,720          427,794
                                                                          --------------- ---------------- ----------------

       Total revenues                                                         2,230,628       1,638,445        1,139,318
                                                                          --------------- ---------------- ----------------

OPERATING EXPENSES:
   Cost of software license fees                                                 30,739          28,097           22,874
   Cost of maintenance                                                           45,367          37,286           31,203
   Cost of professional services                                                946,710         506,765          365,948
   Software product development                                                  81,133          64,957           54,416
   Sales and marketing                                                          467,060         418,019          325,793
   Administrative and general                                                    90,386          78,333           58,965
   Purchased research and development                              2             17,900           4,350            3,160
   Merger-related costs                                            2                                               3,606
                                                                          --------------- ---------------- ----------------

       Total operating expenses                                               1,679,295       1,137,807          865,965
                                                                          --------------- ---------------- ----------------

INCOME FROM OPERATIONS                                                          551,333         500,638          273,353
                                                                          --------------- ---------------- ----------------

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
   Interest and investment income                                                34,927          30,175           18,564
   Interest expense                                                             (24,484)           (772)          (1,147)
                                                                          --------------- ---------------- ----------------
       Total other income                                                        10,443          29,403           17,417
                                                                          --------------- ---------------- ----------------

INCOME  BEFORE INCOME TAXES                                                     561,776         530,041          290,770


INCOME TAX PROVISION                                               8            209,800         180,178           96,826
                                                                          --------------- ---------------- ----------------

NET INCOME                                                                $     351,976      $  349,863       $  193,944
                                                                          =============== ================ ================

Basic earnings per share                                           7      $        0.98   $        0.95    $        0.55
                                                                          =============== ================ ================
Diluted earnings per share                                         7      $        0.91   $        0.87    $        0.50
                                                                          =============== ================ ================
</TABLE>
 See notes to consolidated financial statements.



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COMPUWARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE DATA)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                                                Accumulated
                                                           Common Stock            Additional                      Other
                                                   -----------------------------    Paid-In       Retained     Comprehensive
                                                      Shares         Amount         Capital       Earnings          Loss
                                                   -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ---------------
<S>                                                <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>
BALANCE AT APRIL 1, 1997                             343,727,080  $      3,438   $    210,413   $     232,630  $        (845)
    Net income                                                                                        193,944
    Foreign currency translation, net of tax                                                                          (2,784)

         Comprehensive income

    NuMega acquisition (Note 2)                        6,683,206            66          3,734             881
    Issuance of common stock                           1,450,616            14         12,731
    Acquisition tax benefits                                                            6,485
    Exercise of employee stock options
       and related tax benefit (Note 11)               8,481,044            85         47,504
                                                   -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ---------------
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 1998                            360,341,946         3,603        280,867         427,455         (3,629)
    Net income                                                                                        349,863
    Foreign currency translation, net of tax                                                                          (2,671)

         Comprehensive income

    MISI acquisition (Note 2)                          1,021,864            10         31,089
    Issuance of common stock                           1,367,818            14         24,457
    Purchase and retirement of common stock           (6,200,000)          (62)      (151,555)
    Acquisition tax benefits                                                            6,707
    Exercise of employee stock options
       and related tax benefit (Note 11)              11,394,760           114        113,260
                                                   -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ---------------
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 1999                            367,926,388         3,679        304,825         777,318         (6,300)
    Net income                                                                                        351,976
    Foreign currency translation, net of tax                                                                          (4,570)

         Comprehensive income

    Issuance of common stock                           1,325,761            13         33,764
    Purchase and retirement of common stock          (15,335,259)         (153)       126,098        (474,318)
    Acquisition tax benefits                                                            7,219
    Exercise of employee stock options
       and related tax benefit (Note 11)               7,704,344            77         79,844
    Other                                                                               4,400
                                                   -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- ---------------
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2000                            361,621,234  $      3,616  $     556,150   $     654,976  $     (10,870)
                                                   ============== ============== ============== ============== ===============

<CAPTION>

                                                                 Total
                                                             Shareholders'     Comprehensive
                                                                 Equity            Income
                                                            ---------------- -------------------
<S>                                                         <C>              <C>
BALANCE AT APRIL 1, 1997                                    $     445,636
    Net income                                                    193,944    $          193,944
    Foreign currency translation, net of tax                       (2,784)               (2,784)
                                                                             -------------------
         Comprehensive income                                                $          191,160
                                                                             ===================
    NuMega acquisition (Note 2)                                     4,681
    Issuance of common stock                                       12,745
    Acquisition tax benefits                                        6,485
    Exercise of employee stock options
       and related tax benefit (Note 11)                           47,589
                                                            ----------------
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 1998                                         708,296
    Net income                                                    349,863    $          349,863
    Foreign currency translation, net of tax                       (2,671)               (2,671)
                                                                             -------------------
         Comprehensive income                                                $          347,192
                                                                             ===================
    MISI acquisition (Note 2)                                      31,099
    Issuance of common stock                                       24,471
    Purchase and retirement of common stock                      (151,617)
    Acquisition tax benefits                                        6,707
    Exercise of employee stock options
       and related tax benefit (Note 11)                          113,374
                                                            ----------------
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 1999                                       1,079,522
    Net income                                                    351,976    $          351,976
    Foreign currency translation, net of tax                       (4,570)               (4,570)
                                                                             -------------------
         Comprehensive income                                                $          347,406
                                                                             ===================
    Issuance of common stock                                       33,777
    Purchase and retirement of common stock                      (348,373)
    Acquisition tax benefits                                        7,219
    Exercise of employee stock options
       and related tax benefit (Note 11)                           79,921
    Other                                                           4,400
                                                            ----------------
BALANCE AT MARCH 31, 2000                                   $   1,203,872
                                                            ================
</TABLE>

See notes to consolidated financial statements.




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COMPUWARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2000, 1999 AND 1998
(IN THOUSANDS)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                     2000           1999           1998
                                                                                 -------------- -------------- --------------
<S>                                                                              <C>            <C>            <C>
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
   Net income                                                                    $    351,976   $    349,863   $    193,944
   Adjustments to reconcile net income  to cash provided by
       operations:
       Purchased research and development                                              17,900          4,350          3,160
       Depreciation and amortization                                                   71,510         41,537         36,504
       Tax benefit from exercise of stock options                                      45,962         91,083         30,402
       Issuance of common stock to Employee Stock Ownership Trust                       6,496          4,558          3,500
       Acquisition tax benefits                                                         7,219          6,707          6,485
       Deferred income taxes                                                           (5,758)        (1,015)        (6,108)
       Gain on sale of marketable securities                                          (10,918)
       Other                                                                              994            160            240
       Net change in assets and liabilities, net of effects from
        acquisitions:
           Accounts receivable                                                       (385,102)      (214,293)      (104,702)
           Prepaid expenses and other current assets                                    2,962        (18,215)        (2,118)
           Other assets                                                               (27,716)       (21,759)        (6,255)
           Accounts payable and accrued expenses                                      (19,222)        99,522         22,582
           Deferred revenue                                                           137,954        107,014         26,206
           Income taxes                                                               (28,858)        29,744          6,765
                                                                                 -------------- -------------- --------------
                  Net cash provided by operating activities                           165,399        479,256        210,605
                                                                                 -------------- -------------- --------------

CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
   Purchase of:
       Businesses                                                                    (700,266)       (12,629)        (5,198)
       Property and equipment                                                         (34,922)       (26,370)       (28,006)
       Capitalized software                                                           (15,698)       (12,173)       (13,823)
   Investments:
       Proceeds from maturity                                                         471,932        446,221         85,682
       Proceeds from sales of securities                                               14,194
       Purchases                                                                     (230,554)      (774,350)      (172,865)
                                                                                 -------------- -------------- --------------
                  Net cash used in investing activities                              (495,314)      (379,301)      (134,210)
                                                                                 -------------- -------------- --------------

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
   Proceeds from long term debt                                                       533,000
   Payment of long term debt                                                          (83,000)        (3,692)        (3,890)
   Net proceeds from sale of common stock                                              31,681         19,913          9,245
   Repurchase of common stock                                                        (348,373)      (151,617)
   Net proceeds from exercise of stock options                                         33,959         22,291         17,187
                                                                                 -------------- -------------- --------------
                  Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities                 167,267       (113,105)        22,542
                                                                                 -------------- -------------- --------------

NET (DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS                                 (162,648)       (13,150)        98,937
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR                                        193,128        206,278        107,341
                                                                                 -------------- -------------- --------------
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR                                         $     30,480   $    193,128   $    206,278
                                                                                 ============== ============== ==============
</TABLE>

See notes to consolidated financial statements.


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COMPUWARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2000, 1999 AND 1998
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Business - Compuware Corporation develops, markets and supports an integrated
set of systems software products designed to improve the productivity of data
processing professionals in application development, implementation and
maintenance. In addition, the Company's professional services division offers
business systems analysis, design, programming and implementation as well as
software conversion and systems planning and consulting. The Company's products
and services are offered worldwide across a broad spectrum of technologies,
including mainframe and distributed systems platforms.

Basis of Presentation - The consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of Compuware Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries after
elimination of all significant intercompany balances and transactions. The
financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to
make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets,
liabilities and the disclosure of contingencies at March 31, 2000 and 1999 and
the results of operations for the years ended March 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998.
While management has based their assumptions and estimates on the facts and
circumstances known at March 31, 2000, final amounts may differ from estimates.

Revenue Recognition - Revenue from licensing of software products is recognized
upon shipment of the products, provided that no significant obligations remain
and collection of the related receivable is deemed probable. The portion of
license fees associated with maintenance and enhancements is deferred and
recognized ratably over the maintenance period. Revenue from software
transactions that are financed are discounted to present value. Product
maintenance renewal fees are recognized as revenue ratably over the maintenance
term. Professional services fees are recognized in the period the services are
performed. The Company adopted American Institute of Certified Public
Accountant's (AICPA) Statement of Position (SOP) 98-9, which modified SOP 97-2
with respect to certain transactions, during the year ended March 31, 2000. The
adoption of SOP 98-9 did not have a material effect on the Company's financial
statements.

Cash and Cash Equivalents - For the purpose of the statement of cash flows, the
Company considers all investments with an original maturity of three months or
less to be cash equivalents.

Investments consist of municipal obligations, U.S. Government agencies and
tax-free and tax advantage auction rate securities. All are classified as
held-to-maturity and carried at amortized cost. Those investments that mature
within one year from the balance sheet date are classified as short-term. The
amortization of bond premiums and discounts is included in interest and
investment income.

Property and Equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is provided using the
straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets.

Capitalized Software includes the costs of purchased and internally developed
software products and is stated at the lower of unamortized cost or net
realizable value. Net purchased software included in capitalized software at
March 31, 2000 and 1999 is $60,029,000 and $12,396,000, respectively.
Capitalized software at March 31, 2000 includes $56,500,000 from the CACI and
Programart acquisitions



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(see Note 2). Capitalization of internally developed software products begins
when technological feasibility of the product is established. Software product
development includes all expenditures for research and development, net of
amounts capitalized. Total software development costs incurred internally by the
Company were $95,629,000, $76,831,000 and $65,015,000 in fiscal 2000, 1999 and
1998, respectively, of which $14,496,000, $11,874,000 and $10,599,000,
respectively, were capitalized.

The amortization for both internally developed and purchased software products
is computed on a product-by-product basis. The annual amortization is the
greater of the amount computed using (a) the ratio that current gross revenues
for a product bear to the total of current and anticipated future revenues for
that product or (b) the straight-line method over the remaining estimated
economic life of the product, including the period being reported on.
Amortization begins when the product is available for general release to
customers. The amortization period for capitalized software is generally five
years. Capitalized software amortization is included in "cost of software
license fees" in the consolidated statements of income.

Excess of Cost Over Fair Value of Net Assets Acquired ("goodwill") is being
amortized over periods ranging from 10 to 20 years using the straight-line
method. The Company regularly evaluates the period of amortization to determine
whether later events and circumstances warrant revised estimates of useful
lives. Goodwill amortization expense was approximately $25,252,000, $4,857,000
and $4,419,000, for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998,
respectively. These amounts are included in "administrative and general" in the
consolidated statements of income.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments - The carrying value of cash equivalents,
current accounts receivable and accounts payable approximated fair values due to
the short-term maturities of these instruments. At March 31, 2000, the fair
value of long term receivables is approximately $371,145,000 compared to the
carrying amount of $399,911,000. The fair value of noncurrent accounts
receivable is estimated by discounting the future cash flows using the current
rate at which the Company would finance a similar transaction.

Income Taxes - The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and
liability approach. Deferred income taxes are provided for the differences
between the tax bases of assets or liabilities and their reported amounts in the
financial statements.

Foreign Currency Translation - The Company's foreign subsidiaries use the local
currency as the functional currency. Accordingly, assets and liabilities in the
consolidated balance sheets have been translated at the rate of exchange at the
respective balance sheet dates, and revenues and expenses have been translated
at average exchange rates prevailing during the year the transactions occur.
Translation adjustments have been excluded from the results of operations and
are reported as accumulated other comprehensive loss.

Foreign Currency Transactions and Derivatives - Gains and losses from foreign
currency transactions are included in the determination of net income. To offset
the risk of future currency fluctuations on receivables due from foreign
subsidiaries, the Company enters into foreign exchange contracts to sell or buy
currencies at specified rates on specific dates. Market value gains and losses
on these contracts are recognized, offsetting foreign exchange gains or losses
on foreign receivables. The Company does not use foreign exchange contracts to
hedge anticipated transactions. The net foreign currency transaction loss was
$464,000, $2,944,000 and $627,000 for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2000,
1999 and 1998, respectively. These amounts are included in "sales and marketing"
in the consolidated statements of income.

At March 31, 2000, the Company had contracts maturing through April 2000 to sell
$39,286,000 in foreign currencies. At March 31, 1999, the Company had contracts
maturing through May 1999 to sell $27,993,000 in foreign currencies.



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Earnings Per Share - Basic EPS is computed by dividing earnings available to
common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding
for the period. Diluted EPS assumes the issuance of common stock for all
potentially dilutive equivalent shares outstanding.

Business Segments - The Company's two principal operating segments are products
and services. The Company provides software products and professional services
to the world's largest IT organizations that help information technology
professionals efficiently develop, implement and support the applications that
run their businesses.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements - In June 1998, the FASB issued SFAS
No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities," which
was subsequently amended by SFAS 137. The Company is required to adopt this
statement for the year ending March 31, 2002. SFAS 133 establishes methods of
accounting for derivative financial instruments and hedging activities related
to those instruments as well as other hedging activities. The Company has not
determined the effect, if any, that adoption will have on its financial position
or results of operations.

2.  ACQUISITIONS

Fiscal 2000 Acquisitions:

During fiscal 2000, the Company completed the acquisition of certain
professional services companies for a combined total of $518,200,000 net cash
expended. The companies purchased were Data Processing Resources Corporation
($495,100,000), BlairLake, Inc ($18,500,000), High Plains Solutions LLC
($3,100,000), and Livernois Staffing Services, LLC ($1,500,000). The total
purchase amount includes third party expenses of approximately $2,400,000 in
addition to $115,000,000 of Data Processing Resources Corporation subordinated
debt that was paid by Compuware. All of the acquisitions were accounted for as
purchases and, accordingly, assets and liabilities acquired have been recorded
at fair value as of their respective acquisition dates. The aggregate amount by
which the acquisition cost exceeded the fair value of the net assets acquired
was approximately $493,500,000 and is being amortized on a straight-line basis,
principally over 20 years.

The Company also completed four product-related acquisitions during the year. It
acquired certain assets of CACI Products Company for $42,100,000, Autotester for
$2,750,000 and Programart Corporation for $126,200,000 and all of the
outstanding stock of Reliant Data Systems for $10,100,000. This amount includes
third party expenses of approximately $160,000. The acquisitions have been
accounted for as purchases and, accordingly, assets and liabilities acquired
have been recorded at fair value as of the date of acquisition. Of the total
purchase price, $56,500,000 was capitalized as purchased software and
$11,200,000 was allocated to other intangible assets. The aggregate amount by
which the acquisition cost exceeded the fair value of the net assets acquired
was approximately $102,700,000 and is being amortized over periods ranging from
15 to 20 years on a straight-line basis. Of the total purchase price for
Programart, $17,900,000 was allocated to in-process research and development
based upon an independent valuation by Valuation Counselors of the expected
future cash flows of the future product, less costs to complete development. In
accordance with SFAS No. 2 "Accounting for Research and Development Costs," this
amount was expensed as of the purchase date.


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     The following pro forma unaudited consolidated results of operations assume
     the acquisitions occurred as of the beginning of each of the periods
     presented (in thousands, except per share amounts):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                     Year Ended
                                                                      March 31,
                                                         ------------------------------------
                                                               2000               1999
                                                         ------------------ -----------------

<S>                                                       <C>                <C>
                  Revenues                               $2,394,482         $ 2,030,594
                  Net income                                341,508             327,171
                  Diluted earnings per share                   0.89                0.81
</TABLE>

     The pro forma results include the amortization of the goodwill and interest
     expense on debt assumed to finance these purchases. These amounts do not
     reflect any benefit from the reduction in costs for certain corporate
     functions from combined operations. The pro forma results are not
     necessarily indicative of what actually would have occurred if the
     acquisitions had been completed as of the beginning of each of the fiscal
     years presented, nor are they necessarily indicative of future consolidated
     results.

     Fiscal 1999 Acquisitions:

     In March 1999, the Company acquired M.I.S. International, Inc. a
     professional services firm, for approximately $31,100,000 in Compuware
     stock. The acquisition has been accounted for as a purchase and,
     accordingly, assets and liabilities acquired have been recorded at fair
     value as of the date of acquisition. The amount by which the acquisition
     cost exceeded the fair value of the net assets acquired was approximately
     $30,569,000 and is being amortized over a 15-year period on a straight-line
     basis.

     During fiscal 1999, the Company completed the acquisition of certain
     software products for an aggregate cost of approximately $9,250,000 in cash
     and notes payable that are due within one year. The companies from which
     the software was purchased were Centerline Software ($2,900,000), Vireo
     Software ($4,100,000) and Cardume Software ($2,250,000). The aggregate
     amount by which the acquisition cost exceeded the fair value of the net
     assets acquired was approximately $1,319,000 and is being amortized over a
     15-year period on a straight-line basis. Of the total purchase price,
     $4,350,000 was allocated to in-process research and development based upon
     an independent valuation by Valuation Counselors of the expected future
     cash flows from the future product, less costs to complete development. In
     accordance with SFAS No. 2 this amount was expensed as of the purchase
     date.

     Fiscal 1998 Acquisitions:

     In March 1998, the Company acquired UnderWare, Inc. a privately held
     software product company for approximately $3,500,000 cash. The acquisition
     has been accounted for as a purchase and, accordingly, assets and
     liabilities acquired have been recorded at fair value as of the date of
     acquisition. The amount by which the acquisition cost exceeded the fair
     value of the net assets acquired was approximately $141,000 and is being
     amortized over a 15-year period on a straight-line basis. Of the total
     purchase price, $3,160,000 was allocated to in-process research and
     development based upon an independent valuation by Valuation Counselors of
     the expected future cash flows, less costs to complete the development. In
     accordance with SFAS No. 2 this amount was expensed as of the purchase
     date.

     In December 1997, the Company issued approximately 6,683,000 shares of its
     common stock in exchange for all of the outstanding common stock of NuMega
     Technologies, Inc. (NuMega). In addition, options to acquire approximately
     1,776,000 shares of the Company's common stock were exchanged for all
     outstanding NuMega options. The merger has been accounted for by the
     pooling of interests method, and accordingly, the assets and liabilities of
     NuMega were combined with those of the Company at their book value. The
     financial results of NuMega have been included in the accompanying
     financial statements since October 1, 1997. Due to the immaterial size of
     NuMega when compared with the


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     Company, prior periods were not restated to include the financial results
     of NuMega. The Company also incurred approximately $3,606,000 of special
     charges related to the merger and integration of NuMega. Such costs
     consisted primarily of financial advisory fees and professional fees.

     In April 1997, the Company acquired Vine Systems Company Ltd., a
     professional services firm, for approximately 3,100,000 pounds sterling
     (approximately $5,022,000). Of the total purchase price approximately
     $566,000 was paid in cash. The Company issued notes for the remaining
     $4,456,000, all of which were paid as of June 1999. The acquisition has
     been accounted for as a purchase and, accordingly, assets and liabilities
     acquired have been recorded at fair value as of the date of acquisition.
     The amount by which the acquisition cost exceeded the fair value of the net
     assets acquired was approximately $4,841,000 and is being amortized over a
     15-year period on a straight-line basis.

     3. INVESTMENTS

     A summary of securities classified as held to maturity at March 31, 2000
     and 1999 is set forth below (in thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               Gross           Gross
                                           Amortized         Unrealized      Unrealized          Fair
                                             Cost              Gains           Losses            Value
                                           ---------         ----------      ----------        ---------
<S>                                        <C>               <C>             <C>               <C>
     March 31, 2000:
     Municipal Obligations                 $ 195,374            $   3             $ 769        $ 194,608
     Tax Advantage Auction
       Rate Securities                        29,450                                              29,450
     Tax Free Auction
       Rate Securities                        11,150                                              11,150
                                           ---------         ----------      ----------        ---------
     Securities Classified as
       Held to Maturity                    $ 235,974            $   3             $ 769        $ 235,208
                                           =========         ==========      ==========        =========

     March 31, 1999:
     Municipal Obligations                 $ 305,451            $ 857             $ 324        $ 305,984
     Tax Advantage Auction
       Rate Securities                       102,000                                             102,000
     Tax Free Auction
       Rate Securities                        52,554                                  4           52,550
     US Government Agencies                   25,471               26                             25,497
                                           ---------         ----------      ----------        ---------
     Securities Classified as
       Held to Maturity                    $ 485,476            $ 883             $ 328        $ 486,031
                                           =========         ==========      ==========        ==========
</TABLE>

     Scheduled maturities of securities classified as held to maturity at March
     31, 2000 were as follows (in thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    Amortized         Fair
                                                      Cost            Value
                                                    ---------       ---------
<S>                                                <C>              <C>
     Due in:
           2001                                    $ 157,030        $ 156,804
           2002                                       76,695           76,208
           2003                                        2,249            2,196
                                                    ---------       ---------
     Total                                         $ 235,974        $ 235,208
                                                    ---------       ---------
</TABLE>

     Marketable Securities - During fiscal 2000, the Company sold securities
     that had been classified as available-for-sale for approximately $14.2
     million. The gain realized on this transaction was approximately $10.9
     million. The Company uses the specific identification method as a basis for
     determining cost and calculating realized gains.


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     4.   PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

     Property and equipment, summarized by major classification, is as follows
     (in thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          March 31,
                                                 -------------------------
                                                     2000          1999
                                                 ----------     ----------
<S>                                         <C>            <C>
     Land                                        $    1,776     $    1,776
     Buildings                                       31,007         28,788
     Leasehold improvements                          23,794         17,492
     Furniture and fixtures                          50,083         38,519
     Computer equipment and software                 93,940         69,368
                                                 ----------     ----------
                                                    200,600        155,943
     Less accumulated depreciation and
       amortization                                  86,191         61,157
                                                 ----------     ----------
     Total                                       $  114,409     $   94,786
                                                 ==========     ==========
</TABLE>


     5.   LONG TERM DEBT

     Senior Credit Facility - In fiscal 2000, the Company entered into a $900
     million unsecured Senior Credit Facility (credit facility) maturing in
     August 2003. The credit facility provides the Company the option of
     borrowing at a spread over the base rate (as defined) for base rate loans
     or the Adjusted London Interbank Offer Rate (LIBOR) for Eurodollar loans.
     The Company currently pays a commitment fee of .25% per annum for any
     unused portion of the credit facility. During fiscal 2000, the maximum
     borrowings under the credit facility were $533 million; average borrowings
     were $428 million and at March 31, 2000, there was $450 million
     outstanding. The weighted average interest rate for the year was 7.25%.

     The total commitment under the credit facility of $900 million will be
     permanently reduced on the second, third and fourth anniversaries of the
     closing date in the amounts of $100 million, $100 million and $700 million,
     respectively. The terms of the credit facility contain, among other
     provisions, certain financial covenants including minimum interest coverage
     and minimum net worth requirements, and specific limitations on additional
     indebtedness, liens and merger activity.

     As a result of the variable nature of the credit facility's interest rate,
     the fair value of the Company's revolving credit debt approximates its
     carrying value.

     Cash paid for interest totaled approximately $21,861,000, $687,000 and
     $810,000 for the years ended March 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively.

     6.   COMMON STOCK AND ADDITIONAL PAID-IN CAPITAL

     On April 3, 1997 the Company's shareholders approved an increase in the
     Company's authorized shares of common stock from 80,000,000 to 200,000,000
     shares to permit a two-for-one stock split which was previously approved by
     the Board of Directors. The stock split was effected by means of a 100%
     stock dividend as of April 14, 1997 to holders of record April 4, 1997. In
     August 1997, the Company's shareholders approved an increase in the
     Company's authorized shares of common stock from 200,000,000 to 400,000,000
     shares. In October 1997, the Company's Board of Directors approved a
     two-for-one stock split, payable as a 100% stock dividend to shareholders
     of record on October 22, 1997.


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     On February 25, 1999 the Company's shareholders approved an increase in the
     Company's authorized shares of common stock from 400,000,000 to
     1,600,000,000 shares to permit a two-for-one stock split which was
     previously approved by the Board of Directors. The stock split was effected
     by means of a 100% stock dividend as of March 1, 1999 to holders of record
     January 26, 1999.

     All references throughout the consolidated financial statements to number
     of shares, per share amounts and stock option data reflect the stock
     splits.

     7.   EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE

     Earnings per common share ("EPS") data were computed as follows (in
     thousands, except for per share data):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         Year Ended March 31,
                                                              ----------------------------------------
                                                                  2000           1999           1998
                                                                  ----           ----           ----
<S>                                                           <C>            <C>            <C>
      BASIC EPS:
      Numerator:  Net income                                  $  351,976     $  349,863     $  193,944
                                                              ----------     ----------     ----------
      Denominator:
        Weighted-average common shares outstanding               358,560        366,734        352,274
                                                              ----------     ----------     ----------
      Basic EPS                                               $     0.98     $     0.95     $     0.55
                                                              ==========     ==========     ==========

      DILUTED EPS:
      Numerator: Net income                                   $  351,976     $  349,863     $  193,944
                                                              ----------     ----------     ----------
      Denominator:
        Weighted-average common shares outstanding               358,560        366,734        352,274
        Dilutive effect of stock options                          26,131         35,302         35,152
                                                              ----------     ----------     ----------
        Total shares                                             384,691        402,036        387,426
                                                              ----------     ----------     ----------
      Diluted EPS                                             $     0.91     $     0.87     $     0.50
                                                              ==========     ==========     ==========
</TABLE>



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     8.   INCOME TAXES

     Temporary differences and carryforwards which give rise to a significant
     portion of deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in
     thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           March 31,
                                                                  -----------------------------
                                                                     2000             1999
                                                                  ------------     ------------
<S>                                                               <C>              <C>
     Deferred tax assets:
         Accrued vacation                                         $     4,915      $     3,314
         Deferred maintenance                                           4,582            1,776
         Purchased software                                            16,433           10,593
         Allowance for doubtful accounts                                4,636            3,277
         Net operating loss carryforwards                              31,964           31,130
         Other                                                         23,990           14,861
                                                                  ------------     ------------
                                                                       86,520           64,951
         Less valuation allowance                                       5,877            4,612
                                                                  ------------     ------------
             Net deferred tax assets                                   80,643           60,339
         Current portion                                               26,676           19,204
                                                                  ------------     ------------
         Long term portion                                        $    53,967      $    41,135
                                                                  ============     ============
     Deferred tax liabilities:
         Capitalized research and development costs               $    10,278      $     9,536
         Depreciation                                                   3,891            2,681
         Other                                                         55,159           20,048
                                                                  ------------     ------------
             Total deferred tax liabilities                            69,328           32,265
         Current portion                                                2,330            2,477
                                                                  ------------     ------------
         Long term portion                                        $    66,998      $    29,788
                                                                  ============     ============
</TABLE>

     The income tax provision (benefit) includes the following (in thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                       Year Ended March 31,
                                                         -----------------------------------------------
                                                              2000             1999            1998
                                                         --------------   --------------  --------------
<S>                                                      <C>              <C>             <C>
    Current:
        Federal                                          $    181,664     $    160,192    $     96,629
        Foreign                                                 9,268            6,210           4,316
        State                                                  24,626           14,790           5,800
                                                         --------------   --------------  --------------
    Total current tax provision                               215,558          181,192         106,745
                                                         --------------   --------------  --------------
    Deferred:
        Federal                                                (4,120)          (4,131)          1,309
        Foreign                                                (1,638)           3,117         (11,228)
                                                         --------------   --------------  --------------
    Total deferred tax benefit                                 (5,758)          (1,014)         (9,919)
                                                         --------------   --------------  --------------
    Total income tax provision                           $    209,800     $    180,178    $     96,826
                                                         ==============   ==============  ==============
</TABLE>


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     The Company's income tax expense differed from the amount computed on
     pre-tax income at the U.S. federal income tax rate of 35% for the following
     reasons (in thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                        Year Ended March 31,
                                                           --------------------------------------------
                                                               2000           1999            1998
                                                           -------------  --------------  -------------
     <S>                                                   <C>            <C>             <C>
       Federal income tax at statutory rates               $    196,622   $    185,514    $    101,769
       Increase (decrease) in taxes:
          Foreign Sales Corporation subsidiary                   (9,537)        (8,643)         (6,462)
          State income taxes, net                                16,007          9,613           2,925
          Other, net                                              6,708         (6,306)         (1,406)
                                                           -------------  --------------  -------------
       Provision for income taxes                          $    209,800   $    180,178    $     96,826
                                                           =============  ==============  =============
</TABLE>

     At March 31, 2000 the Company has net operating loss carryforwards for
     income tax purposes of approximately $101,099,000 which expire as follows
     (in thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                Year ending March 31:
<S>                                                      <C>
                        2001                             $   2,165
                        2002                                 5,539
                        2003                                 7,983
                        2004                                 7,480
                        2005                                 6,472
                        2006                                 1,990
                        2008                                   518
                        2009                                   146
                        2010                                 3,112
                        2011                                   274
               Unlimited carryforward                       65,420
</TABLE>

     Of this amount, approximately $1,711,000 is available to offset U.S.
     federal income taxes and approximately $99,388,000 relates to various
     foreign jurisdictions. In addition, approximately $1,065,000 of tax credits
     expiring through the year 2009 are available to offset future U.S. federal
     income tax liabilities.

     Cash paid for income taxes totaled approximately $136,838,000, $28,332,000
     and $55,481,000 for the years ended March 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998,
     respectively.

     9.   SEGMENT INFORMATION

     Compuware operates in two business segments in the software industry:
     products and services. The Company provides software products and
     professional services to the world's largest IT organizations that help IT
     professionals efficiently develop, implement and support the applications
     that run their businesses.

     The Company's products are designed to support four key activities within
     the application development process: building, testing, performance testing
     and managing the application to optimize performance in production.

     The Company also offers a broad range of data processing professional
     services including business systems analysis, design and programming,
     software conversion and system planning and consulting.


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     The Company evaluates the performance of its segments based primarily on
     operating profit before corporate expenses, purchased research and
     development expense and net interest income. The allocation of income taxes
     is not evaluated at the segment level.

     No single customer provides more than 10% of the Company's revenue.

     Financial information for the Company's business segments is as follows (in
     thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                             Year Ended March 31,
                                                                          -------------------------------------------------
                                                                               2000                 1999               1998
                                                                          -----------         -----------      ------------
<S>                                                                       <C>                 <C>              <C>
      Revenue:
          Products:
             Mainframe                                                    $ 1,031,273         $   830,256      $     577,048
             Distributed systems                                              220,681             187,469            134,476
                                                                          -----------         -----------      -------------
                   Total products revenue                                   1,251,954           1,017,725            711,524
          Services                                                            978,674             620,720            427,794
                                                                          -----------         -----------      -------------
      Total revenues                                                      $ 2,230,628         $ 1,638,445      $   1,139,318
                                                                          ===========         ===========      =============

      Operating Expenses:
          Products                                                        $   624,299         $   548,359      $     434,286
          Services                                                            946,710             506,765            365,948
          Corporate Staff                                                      90,386              78,333             58,965
                                                                          -----------         -----------      -------------
      Total operating expenses                                            $ 1,661,395         $ 1,133,457      $     859,199
                                                                          ===========         ===========      =============

      Income from operations, before other income
      (expenses), purchased research and development
      charges and merger-related costs:
          Products                                                        $   627,655         $   469,366      $     277,238
          Services                                                             31,964             113,955             61,846
          Corporate Staff                                                     (90,386)            (78,333)           (58,965)
                                                                          -----------         -----------      -------------
      Income from operations, before other income
      (expenses), purchased research and development
      charges and merger-related costs:                                       569,233             504,988            280,119
          Merger-related costs                                                                                        (3,606)
          Purchased research and development charges                          (17,900)             (4,350)            (3,160)
          Other income                                                         10,443              29,403             17,417
                                                                          -----------         -----------      -------------
      Income before income taxes                                          $   561,776         $   530,041      $     290,770
                                                                          ===========         ===========      =============
</TABLE>


     Financial information regarding geographic operations are presented in the
     table below (in thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                       Year Ended March 31,
                                                        ---------------------------------------------
                                                            2000                1999           1998
                                                        ------------      ------------    -----------
<S>                                                     <C>               <C>             <C>
      Revenue:
          United States                                 $  1,736,511      $  1,202,266     $  825,989
          Europe                                             351,427           316,393        217,478
          Other international operations                     142,690           119,786         95,851
                                                        ------------      ------------    -----------
      Total revenue                                     $  2,230,628      $  1,638,445     $1,139,318
                                                        ============      ============    ===========
</TABLE>


     The Company does not evaluate assets and capital expenditures on a segment
     basis, and accordingly such information is not provided. Less than 10% of
     the Company's long lived assets, other than financial instruments, are
     located outside of the United States.


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     10.  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

     Leases - The Company leases building and office space and computer, office
     and transportation equipment under various operating lease agreements
     extending through fiscal 2006. Certain of these leases contain provisions
     for renewal options and escalation clauses. The following is a schedule of
     future minimum rental payments for the next five years (in thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

            Year ending March 31:
<S>                                     <C>
                    2001                $     41,807
                    2002                      37,901
                    2003                      31,760
                    2004                      23,938
                    2005                      15,626
                 Thereafter                   17,404
                                        -------------

                    Total               $    168,436
                                        =============
</TABLE>

     Lease expense for the years ended March 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998 under all
     operating leases amounted to approximately $34,180,000, $27,720,000 and
     $19,193,000, respectively.

     11.  BENEFIT PLANS

     Employee Stock Ownership Plan - In July 1986, the Company established an
     Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and Trust. Under the terms of the
     ESOP, the Company makes annual contributions to the Plan for the benefit of
     substantially all employees of the Company. The contribution may be in the
     form of cash or common shares of the Company. The Board of Directors may
     authorize contributions between a maximum of 25% of eligible compensation
     and a minimum sufficient to cover current obligations of the Plan. The
     Company made contributions of $6,497,000, $4,558,000 and $3,500,000 in
     fiscal 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively. This is a non-leveraged ESOP
     plan.

     Employee Stock Purchase Plan - During fiscal 1996, the Company adopted and
     the shareholders approved the Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan (GESPP)
     under which the Company is authorized to issue up to eight million shares
     of common stock to eligible employees. The Company's initial offering
     periods were (i) October 1, 1995 through June 30, 1996 and (ii) July 1,
     1996 through December 31, 1996. Thereafter, offering periods have commenced
     on January 1st and July 1st each year. Under the terms of the plan,
     employees may elect to have up to 10% of their annual earnings withheld to
     purchase Company stock, with a value not to exceed $25,000, at the close of
     the offering period. The purchase price is 85% of the first or last day's
     closing market price for each offering period, whichever is lower. During
     fiscal 2000, 1999 and 1998, the Company sold approximately 1,009,000,
     1,177,000 and 1,250,000 shares, respectively, to eligible employees under
     the plan.

     NuMega Technologies, Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan - In connection with the
     NuMega acquisition (see Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial
     Statements), options to acquire approximately 1,776,000 shares of the
     Company's common stock were exchanged for all outstanding NuMega incentive
     and nonqualified stock options, of which approximately 183,000 were
     outstanding at March 31, 2000. The option prices range from $1.32 to $11.83
     and expire in eight years.

     Employee Stock Option Plans - The Company adopted five Employee Stock
     Option Plans dating back to 1991. These plans provide for grants of options
     to purchase up to 91,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock to
     employees of the Company, of which approximately 42,875,000 were
     outstanding at March 31, 2000. Under the terms of the plans, the Company
     may grant nonqualified

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     options at the fair market value of the stock on the date of grant. During
     fiscal 2000, the Company granted approximately 7,830,000 options under the
     five different Employee Stock Option Plans.

     Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan - In July 1992, the Company adopted
     the Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors. Under this plan,
     2,400,000 shares of common stock are reserved for issuance to non-employee
     directors of the Company who have not been employees of the Company, any
     subsidiary of the Company or any entity which controls more than 10% of the
     total combined voting power of the Company's capital stock for at least one
     year prior to becoming director. In March 1999, the Committee amended the
     provisions of this plan effective April 1, 1999 to provide for annual
     grants of 40,000 option shares to each non-employee director with
     additional grants based on board and committee meeting attendance. During
     fiscal 2000, approximately 561,000 options were granted under the
     Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan. Approximately 1,841,000 options
     were outstanding at March 31, 2000.

     Under the current amendment to the Plan, which became effective in February
     2000, each non-employee director will receive an annual grant of 20,000
     options beginning April 1, 2000. In addition, each non-employee director
     may receive an additional grant of 10,000 or 20,000 options if
     pre-established earnings targets are achieved by the Company. The option
     grants for board and committee meeting attendance remain in effect.

     Options generally vest in cumulative annual installments over a three to
     five year period. All options were granted at fair market value and expire
     10 years from the date of grant.

     At March 31, 2000, a total of 65,898 options were outstanding under plans
     that were terminated by the Company, all of which are fully vested. All
     outstanding options under the terminated plans remain in effect in
     accordance with the terms under which they were granted.

     During fiscal 1999, the Company implemented a Replacement Stock Option
     Award program. The program allows selected participants to pay the option
     exercise price with shares of currently owned Company stock. The Company
     grants a new stock option award to replace the shares exchanged in the
     transaction. During fiscal 2000, approximately 3,400,000 shares were
     exercised under the Replacement Stock Option Award program for which
     approximately 1,704,000 replacement options were granted.

     The Company applies APB Opinion No. 25 and related Interpretations in
     accounting for its plans. Stock options are granted at current market
     prices at the date of grant, therefore, no compensation cost has been
     recognized for its fixed stock option plans and its stock purchase plan.

     If compensation cost for the Company's stock-based compensation plans had
     been determined based on the fair value at the grant dates for fiscal 2000,
     1999 and 1998 consistent with the method prescribed by SFAS No. 123,
     "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," Compuware's net earnings and
     earnings per share would have been adjusted to the pro forma amounts
     indicated below:


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                       Year Ended March 31,
                                                      -------------------------------------------------------
                                                            2000                 1999               1998
                                                      ------------------    --------------    ---------------
<S>                                                   <C>                   <C>               <C>
          Net Earnings:
            As reported                               $    351,976          $ 349,863         $ 193,944
            Pro forma                                      286,403            297,490           172,394

          Earnings per Share:
            As reported:
               Basic earnings per share                        0.98              0.95              0.55
               Diluted earnings per share                      0.91              0.87              0.50
            Pro forma:
               Basic earnings per share                        0.80              0.81              0.49
               Diluted earnings per share                      0.75              0.74              0.44
</TABLE>

     The pro forma amounts for compensation cost may not be indicative of the
     effects on net earnings and earnings per share for future years.

     Under SFAS No. 123, the fair value of each option grant is estimated on the
     date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the
     following weighted-average assumptions for grants in fiscal 2000, 1999 and
     1998, respectively: expected volatility of 85.85, 66.88 and 51.50 percent;
     risk-free interest rates of 6.4, 5.3 and 5.7 percent; and expected lives at
     date of grant of 4.8, 4.9 and 4.9 years. Dividend yields were not a factor
     as the Company has never issued cash dividends and has no plans to do so in
     the future.

     Under SFAS No. 123, the fair value of the employees' stock purchase rights
     acquired by participation in the GESPP were estimated using the
     Black-Scholes model with assumptions that, except for an expected life of
     six months and a risk-free interest rate of 6.35 percent for fiscal 2000,
     and expected volatilities of 84.24 and 73.01 for the first and second
     offering periods, respectively, were consistent with those used for the
     Company's stock option plans described above. The weighted-average fair
     value of those purchase rights granted in fiscal 2000 were $12.00.

     A summary of the status of fixed stock option grants under Compuware's
     stock-based compensation plans as of March 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998, and
     changes during the years ending on those dates is as follows (shares in
     thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                           2000                              1999                             1998
                                ------------------------         --------------------------       -------------------------
                                Shares                           Shares                           Shares
                                 Under     Weighted-Avg.         Under       Weighted-Avg.         Under     Weighted-Avg.
                                Option    Exercise Price         Option      Exercise Price       Option     Exercise Price
                                ------    --------------         ------      --------------       ------     --------------
<S>                            <C>        <C>                   <C>          <C>               <C>           <C>
     Outstanding at
       beginning of year         48,801      $  11.21            52,102        $   6.13          50,636       $    3.83
     Granted                      8,392         20.90            12,183           25.33          10,540           14.90
     Exercised                   (7,704)         4.77           (11,395)           2.41          (8,481)           2.07
     Exchanged                   (1,703)        22.58            (1,069)          28.07
     Forfeited                   (2,821)        17.20            (3,020)          11.47          (2,369)           7.43
     NuMega acquisition                                                                           1,776            1.66
                               --------                         -------                        --------
     Outstanding at
       year end                  44,965      $  13.93            48,801        $  11.21          52,102       $    6.13
                               ========                         =======                        ========
     Options exercisable
       at year end               14,769      $   8.79            12,655        $   5.71          17,090       $    2.71
                               ========                         =======                        ========
     Weighted-average
       fair value of options
       granted during the
       year                    $  15.52                         $ 15.40                        $   7.58
                               ========                         =======                        ========

</TABLE>



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     The following table summarizes information about fixed stock options
     outstanding at March 31, 2000 (shares in thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                         ------------------------------------------        ------------------------
                                                     Options Outstanding                      Options Exercisable
                                         ------------------------------------------        ------------------------
                                         Shares                                            Shares
                                         Under      Weighted-Avg.    Weighted-Avg.         Under      Weighted-Avg.
                                         Option    Remaining Life    Exercise Price        Option    Exercise Price
                                         ------    --------------    --------------        ------    --------------
<S>                                      <C>       <C>               <C>                   <C>       <C>
     Range of  Exercise Prices
           $ 0.01  TO $10.00             20,798           6.08         $   5.60            11,950       $   5.20
           10.01 TO 20.00                11,308           7.91            16.19               712          18.19
           20.01 TO 30.00                11,257           7.54            24.51             1,863          24.97
           30.01 TO 42.00                 1,602           8.52            31.89               244          33.63
                                         ------                                            ------
                                         44,965           7.00            13.93            14,769           8.79
                                         ======                                            ======
</TABLE>

     The maximum number of shares for which additional options may be granted
     was 9,437,993 at March 31, 2000, 13,306,421 at March 31,1999 and 13,401,204
     at March 31, 1998. At March 31, 2000, a total of 54,403,499 shares of the
     Company's common stock are reserved for issuance under all option plans.
     Income tax benefits associated with the exercise of stock options are
     reflected as adjustments to additional paid-in capital.

     12. QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

     Quarterly financial information for the years ended March 31, 2000 and 1999
     is as follows (in thousands, except for per share data):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                 First         Second           Third          Fourth
                                                Quarter        Quarter         Quarter         Quarter            Year
                                             -------------- --------------  --------------  --------------  -------------
<S>                                          <C>            <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>
    Fiscal 2000:
      Revenues                               $     443,051  $     568,149   $     637,368   $     582,060     $2,230,628
      Operating income                             135,915        146,878         190,615          77,925        551,333
      Pre-tax income                               141,761        147,559         197,646          74,810        561,776
      Net Income                                    90,727         91,782         122,936          46,531        351,976
      Basic earnings per share                        0.25           0.26            0.34            0.13           0.98
      Diluted earnings per share                      0.24           0.24            0.32            0.12           0.91


    Fiscal 1999:
      Revenues                               $     338,623  $     366,569   $     433,118   $     500,135     $1,638,445
      Operating income                              82,789         99,428         139,720         178,701        500,638
      Pre-tax income                                88,625        106,222         147,364         187,830        530,041
      Net income                                    58,847         69,788          97,260         123,968        349,863
      Basic earnings per share                        0.16           0.19            0.26            0.33           0.95
      Diluted earnings per share                      0.15           0.17            0.24            0.31           0.87

</TABLE>


ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
        FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

        None.

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                                    PART III


     Certain information required by Part III is omitted from this report in
     that the registrant will file a definitive proxy statement pursuant to
     Regulation 14A (the "Proxy Statement") not later than 120 days after the
     end of the fiscal year covered by this Report, and certain information
     included therein is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

     The information concerning the Company's directors required by this Item is
     incorporated by reference to the Company's Proxy Statement.

     Executive Officers of the Registrant

     The executive officers of the Company, who are elected by and serve at the
     discretion of the Company's Board of Directors, are as follows as of June
     9, 2000:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

          Name                              Age       Position
          ----                              ---       --------
<S>                                         <C>       <C>
          Peter Karmanos, Jr.               57        Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

          Joseph A. Nathan                  47        President and Chief Operating Officer

          Elizabeth A. Chappell             42        Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications and
                                                      Investor Relations

          Henry A. Jallos                   51        Executive Vice President, Products Division

          Denise A. Knobblock               44        Executive Vice President, Human Resources and
                                                        Administration

          Eliot R. Stark                    47        Executive Vice President, Finance

          Thomas A. Vadnais                 52        Executive Vice President, Professional Services

          Laura L. Fournier                 47        Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
                                                      (Chief Accounting Officer) and Treasurer

          Thomas Costello, Jr.              46        Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
</TABLE>


     Peter Karmanos, Jr., is a founder of the Company and has served as Chairman
     of the Board since November 1978, as Chief Executive Officer since July
     1987 and as President from January 1992 through October 1994.

     Joseph A. Nathan has served as President/Chief Operating Officer since
     October 1994. From December 1990 through October 1994 Mr. Nathan was Senior
     Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - Products Division.

     Elizabeth A. Chappell has served as Executive Vice President, Corporate
     Communications and Investor Relations since January 2000 and as a director
     of the Company since October 1997. From September 1994 through December
     1999, Ms. Chappell served as the Chief Executive Officer of The Chappell
     Group, Inc., a consulting firm.


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<PAGE>   41


     Henry A. Jallos has served as Executive Vice President, Products Division
     since September 1998. From August 1994 through August 1998, Mr. Jallos
     served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales.

     Denise A. Knobblock has served as Executive Vice President, Human Resources
     and Administration since February 1998 and as Senior Vice President,
     Administration from February 1995 through January 1998. From January 1992
     through January 1995, Ms. Knobblock was Director of
     Facilities/Administration.

     Eliot R. Stark has served as Executive Vice President, Finance since
     February 1998 and as Senior Vice President from June 1995 through January
     1998. From 1976 through May 1995, Mr. Stark was employed by Comerica
     Incorporated serving as Senior Vice President - Corporate Development and
     Planning, Director of Information Technology Services and Director of Real
     Estate Development and Management from 1988 through 1995.

     Thomas A. Vadnais was named Executive Vice President, Professional Services
     in May 2000. Prior to his appointment as Executive Vice President, Mr.
     Vadnais was Senior Vice President, Integration, Professional Services
     Division at Compuware. He has also served as President and Chief Operating
     Officer of Data Processing Resources Corporation (DPRC), a leading national
     professional services company acquired by Compuware in August 1999. Prior
     to joining DPRC, Mr. Vadnais spent six years at Norrell Corporations,
     serving as President and Chief Operating Officer of Tascor, Inc. the
     outsourcing division of Norrell Corporations. Prior to Norrell, Mr. Vadnais
     spent 23 years with IBM in a variety of sales, marketing and customer
     service roles.

     Laura L. Fournier has served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
     Officer and Treasurer since April 1998. Ms. Fournier was Corporate
     Controller from June 1995 through March 1998. From February 1990 through
     May 1995 Ms. Fournier was Director of Internal Audit.

     Thomas Costello, Jr. has served as General Counsel of Compuware since
     January 1985. He has served as Vice President since January 1995 and
     Secretary since May 1995.

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

     The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to the
     Company's Proxy Statement.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

     The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to the
     Company's Proxy Statement.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

     The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference to the
     Company's Proxy Statement.



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                                     PART IV


ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

     (a)  DOCUMENTS FILED AS PART OF THIS REPORT.

       1. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

              The following consolidated financial statements of the Company
              and its subsidiaries are filed herewith:

                                                                          Page
                                                                          ----

              Independent Auditors' Report                                 21


              Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2000 and 1999    22

              Consolidated Statements of Income for each of the years
              ended March 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998                          23

              Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity for each of
              the years ended March 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998                24

              Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for each of the years
              ended March 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998                          25

              Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements                   26-39

      2.   FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE INCLUDED IN PART IV OF THIS FORM:

              Independent Auditors'  Report                                46

              Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts              47


              All other financial statement schedules not listed above are
              omitted as the required information is not applicable or the
              information is presented in the consolidated financial statements
              or related notes.


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3.  EXHIBITS

The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated by reference:

Exhibit
Number   Description of Document
- ------   -----------------------
2.2      Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated February 23, 1999, among Compuware
         Corporation, CPWRT1, Inc., CPWRT2, Inc., M.I.S. International, Inc.,
         Simco International, Inc., Autoflex, Inc., and Michael M. Bahn, Mary C.
         Bahn 1999 Qualified Annuity Trust, Michael M. Bahn Revocable Trust
         Dated January 23, 1995, Mary C. Bahn Revocable Trust Dated January 23,
         1995, Michael J. Bahn, Marisa R. Bahn, and Renee C. Phillips 1999
         Qualified Annuity Trust (8)
3.1      Restated Articles of Incorporation of Compuware Corporation, as
         amended. (1)
3.2      Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation dated April
         28, 1994. (2)
3.3      Certificate of Correction to the Articles of Incorporation dated May 9,
         1994. (2)
3.4      Certificate of Restated Bylaws of Compuware Corporation, as amended.
         (1)
3.5      Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation dated April
         3, 1997. (4)
3.6      Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation dated March
         12, 1999. (9)
3.7      Certificate of Correction to the Articles of Incorporation dated May 9,
         2000.
4.1      Fiscal 1998 Stock Option Plan (6)
4.7      Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation (6)
4.8      Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 23, 1999, by and among
         Compuware Corporation, Michael J. Bahn, Marisa R. Bahn, Renee C.
         Phillips 1999 Qualified Annuity Trust, Michael M. Bahn Revocable Trust
         dated January 23, 1995, Mary C. Bahn 1999 Qualified Annuity Trust and
         Mary C. Bahn Revocable Trust dated January 23, 1995 (8)
10.4     1992 Stock Option Plan. (1)
10.24    Promotion Agreement, dated September 8, 1992, between Compuware Sports
         Corporation and the Company. (1)
10.35    Fiscal 1993 Stock Option Plan. (1)
10.36    Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors. (1)
10.50    Registration Rights Agreement dated as of March 16, 1994 by and among
         the Company, Uniface Holding B.V., the Sellers listed therein and the
         Sellers' Agent. (3)
10.51    Fiscal 1996 Stock Option Plan
10.52    Advertising Agreement, dated December 1, 1996, between Arena Management
         Company and the Company
10.83    Fiscal 1999 Stock Option Plan (8)
10.84    Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 23, 1999, among the Company,
         DPRC and COMP Acquisition Co. (10)
11.1     Computation of Compuware Corporation and Subsidiaries net income per
         common share.
12.0     First Amendment to 1992 Stock Option Plan (5)
12.1     First Amendment to 1993 Stock Option Plan (5)
12.2     First Amendment to 1996 Stock Option Plan (5)
12.3     First Amendment to Stock Option Plan For Non-Employee Directors (7)
21.1     Subsidiaries of the Registrant. (3)
23.1     Independent Auditors' Consent
27.1     Financial Data Schedule Fiscal 2000
27.2     Financial Data Schedule Fiscal 1999
27.3     Financial Data Schedule Fiscal 1998

         ---------------------------

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         (1)    Incorporated by reference to the corresponding exhibit to the
                Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (Registration
                No. 33-53652).
         (2)    Incorporated by reference to the corresponding exhibit to the
                Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended (Registration
                No. 33-78822).
         (3)    Incorporated by reference to the corresponding exhibit to the
                Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (Registration
                No. 33-82734).
         (4)    Incorporated by reference to the corresponding exhibit to the
                1997 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
         (5)    Incorporated by reference to the corresponding exhibit to the
                Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
                June 30, 1997.
         (6)    Incorporated by reference to the corresponding exhibit to the
                Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement
                No. 333-37873).
         (7)    Incorporated by reference to the corresponding exhibit to the
                1998 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
         (8)    Incorporated by reference to the corresponding exhibit to the
                Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration Statement
                No. 333-76097).
         (9)    Incorporated by reference to exhibit 4.8 to the Registration
                Statement on Form S-8 (Registration Statement No. 333-79821).
         (10)   Incorporated by reference to the corresponding exhibit to the
                Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
                September 30, 1999.

(B)  REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

         The Company filed no reports on Form 8-K during the quarter ended
         March 31, 2000.



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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Annual Report on Form 10-K to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Farmington Hills, State of Michigan on June 9, 2000.

                                          COMPUWARE CORPORATION

                                          By:   /S/ PETER KARMANOS, JR.
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Peter Karmanos, Jr.
                                               Chairman of the Board, Chief
                                               Executive Officer
                                               (Principal Executive Officer)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report
has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                  Signature                                         Title                                   Date
                  ---------                                         -----                                   ----

<S>                                       <C>                                                        <C>
       /S/  PETER KARMANOS, JR.           Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer             June 9, 2000
       ---------------------------------
             Peter Karmanos, Jr.          and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

       /S/  THOMAS THEWES                 Vice Chairman of the Board and Director                    June 9, 2000
       ---------------------------------
                Thomas Thewes

       /S/  JOSEPH A. NATHAN              President, Chief Operating Officer and Director            June 9, 2000
       ---------------------------------
               Joseph A. Nathan

       /S/  LAURA L. FOURNIER             Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer             June 9, 2000
       ---------------------------------
              Laura L. Fournier           (Chief Accounting Officer) and Treasurer

       /S/  ELIZABETH A. CHAPPELL         Director                                                   June 9, 2000
       ---------------------------------
            Elizabeth A. Chappell

       /S/  ELAINE K. DIDIER              Director                                                   June 9, 2000
       ---------------------------------
               Elaine K. Didier

                                          Director
       ---------------------------------
             Bernard M. Goldsmith

                                          Director
       ---------------------------------
              William O. Grabe

       /S/  WILLIAM R. HALLING            Director                                                   June 9, 2000
       ---------------------------------
              William R. Halling

       /S/  W. JAMES PROWSE               Director                                                   June 9, 2000
       ---------------------------------
               W. James Prowse

       /S/  G. SCOTT ROMNEY               Director                                                   June 9, 2000
       ---------------------------------
               G. Scott Romney

                                          Director
       ---------------------------------
             Lowell Weicker, Jr.

</TABLE>


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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT


TO THE SHAREHOLDERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COMPUWARE CORPORATION:

We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Compuware Corporation
and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2000 and 1999 and for each of the three years
in the period ended March 31, 2000, and have issued our report thereon dated May
1, 2000; such report is included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of Compuware
Corporation and subsidiaries, listed in Item 14(a)2. This financial statement
schedule is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility
is to express an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, such financial
statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated
financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects
the information set forth therein.



DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Detroit, Michigan
May 1, 2000



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<PAGE>   47




                     COMPUWARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                                   SCHEDULE II
                 VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES
                    YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2000, 1999 AND 1998
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                COLUMN A                     COLUMN B                   COLUMN C                     COLUMN D         COLUMN E
- ----------------------------------------- ---------------- ------------------------------------ ------------------- --------------
                                                                        ADDITIONS
                                                           ------------------------------------

                                                                                  CHARGED
                                            BALANCE AT           CHARGED          TO OTHER             (1)           BALANCE AT
                                             BEGINNING          TO COSTS         ACCOUNTS--        DEDUCTIONS--        END OF
              DESCRIPTION                    OF PERIOD        AND EXPENSES        DESCRIBE           DESCRIBE          PERIOD
              -----------                 ---------------- -----------------  ----------------- ------------------- --------------
<S>                                       <C>              <C>                <C>               <C>                 <C>
Allowance for doubtful accounts:
       Year ended March 31, 2000           $    12,152            7,692                               4,378            15,466
       Year ended March 31, 1999                 8,812            6,396                               3,056            12,152
       Year ended March 31, 1998                 6,941            7,260                               5,389             8,812

</TABLE>

- -----------------------------------------
(1) Write-off of uncollectible accounts, product maintenance cancellations and
service cost overruns.




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<PAGE>   48


                                 EXHIBIT INDEX



EXHIBIT NO.                       DESCRIPTION
- ------------                      -----------

EX-3.7                Certificate of Correction to the Articles of Incorporation
                      dated May 9, 2000.

EX-10.51              Fiscal 1996 Stock Option Plan.

EX-10.52              Advertising Agreement, dated December 1, 1996, between
                      Arena Management Company and the Company.

EX-11.1               Computation of Compuware Corporation and subsidiaries
                      net income per common share.

EX-23.1               Independent Auditors' Consent.

EX-27.1               FDS  2000

EX-27.2               FDS  1999

EX-27.3               FDS  1998
</TEXT>
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<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>ex3-7.txt
<DESCRIPTION>EX-3.7
<TEXT>

<PAGE>   1



                                                                     EXHIBIT 3.7
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

<S><C>

              MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER & INDUSTRY SERVICES
                    CORPORATION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT BUREAU
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date Received                 (FOR BUREAU USE ONLY)
 May 09 2000


                    This document is effective on the date filed, unless a
                    subsequent effective date within 90 days after received      FILED
                    date is stated in the document.                              MAY 09 2000
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name                                                                             Administrator
  Janis K. Kujan, Legal Assistant, Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn               CORP., SECURITIES & LAND DEV. BUREAU
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Address
  2290 First National Building
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
City                         State                           Zip Code
Detroit,                       MI                             48226              EFFECTIVE DATE 3/12/99
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /\ DOCUMENT WILL BE RETURNED TO THE NAME AND ADDRESS YOU ENTER ABOVE.  /\
     IF LEFT BLANK DOCUMENT WILL BE MAILED TO THE REGISTERED OFFICE.


                           CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
             FOR USE BY CORPORATIONS AND LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES
            (Please read information and instructions on last page)

     Pursuant to the provisions of Act 284, Public Acts of 1972 (profit corporations), Act 162, Public Acts of 1982
(nonprofit corporations), or Act 23, Public Acts of 1993 (limited liability companies), the undersigned corporation
or limited liability company executes the following Certificate:

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1.   The name of the corporation or limited liability company is:

                             COMPUWARE CORPORATION
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.   The identification number assigned by the Bureau is:        008375

3.   The corporation or limited liability company is formed under the laws of the State of     MICHIGAN
                                                                                           --------------------------------
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.   That a                     CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         (Title of Document Being Corrected)

     was filed by the Bureau on        MARCH 12, 1999            and that said document requires correction.
                               ----------------------------------
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5.   Describe the inaccuracy or defect contained in the above named document:
     The amendment filed on March 12, 1999, inaccurately omitted to retain as authorized Capital Stock 5,000,000 shares,
     Class A Preferred Stock, No Par Value.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6.   The document is corrected as follows:
     See Rider attached hereto.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7.   This document is hereby executed in the same manner as the Act requires the document being corrected to be executed.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

                              Signed this   28th   day of    April         , 2000
                                          -------        --------------------------

By      /s/ Thomas Costello, Jr.            By                                       By
   -------------------------------           ---------------------------------          -----------------------------------
            (Signature)                               (Signature)                                 (Signature)

     Thomas Costello, Jr.
  Vice President, Secretary
- -------------------------------           ---------------------------------          -----------------------------------
(Type or Print Name and Title)              (Type or Print Name and Title)              (Type or Print Name and Title)

</TABLE>
<PAGE>   2
                       RIDER TO CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION

                            AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III

Article III of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby Amended to read as
follows:

The total authorized Capital Stock is:

     1.  Common Shares:      1,600,000,000 shares, Common Stock, $.01 Par Value

         Preferred Shares:   5,000,000 shares, Class A, Preferred Stock, No Par
                             Value

     2.  A statement of all or any of the relative rights, preferences and
         limitations of the shares of each Class is as follows:

         a.  Common Shares. The Common Shares shall have the rights,
             preferences and limitations as provided by law.

         b.  Class A Preferred Stock.  The Board of Directors may cause the
             corporation to issue Class A Preferred Stock in one or more
             series, each series to bear a distinctive designation and to have
             such relative rights and preferences as shall be prescribed by
             resolutions of the Board of Directors. Such resolutions, when
             filed, shall constitute amendments to these Restated Articles of
             Incorporation. Except as otherwise required by law, holders of the
             class A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any
             matter.

</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
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<TYPE>EX-10.51
<SEQUENCE>3
<FILENAME>ex10-51.txt
<DESCRIPTION>EX-10.51
<TEXT>

<PAGE>   1
                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.51


                             COMPUWARE CORPORATION


                         FISCAL 1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN


     1.  DEFINITIONS: As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:


         (a)  "Plan" shall mean this Compuware Corporation Fiscal 1996 Stock
Option Plan.

         (b)  "Corporation" shall mean Compuware Corporation, a Michigan
corporation, or any successor thereof.

         (c)  "Committee" shall mean a committee meeting the standards of Rule
16b-3 of the Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or any similar successor rule, appointed by
the Board of Directors of the Corporation to administer the Plan or, if no such
committee is appointed, the Board of Directors as a whole.

         (d)  "Participant" shall mean any individual designated by the
Committee under Paragraph 6, for participation in the Plan.

         (e)  "Nonqualified Option" shall mean an option to purchase Common
Stock of the Corporation which meets the requirements set forth in the Plan but
does not meet the definition of an incentive stock option set forth in Section
422A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

     2.  PURPOSE OF PLAN: The purpose of the Plan is (a) to provide employees,
including officers of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, with an increased
incentive to make significant and extraordinary contributions to the long-term
performance and growth of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, (b) to join the
interests of the employees with the interests of the shareholders of the
Corporation and (c) to facilitate attracting and retaining employees of
exceptional ability. For purposes of the Plan, a "subsidiary" is any
corporation in which the Corporation owns, directly or indirectly, stock
possessing more than fifty percent of the combined voting power of all classes
of stock.

     3.  ADMINISTRATION: The Plan shall be administered by the Committee.
Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall determine, from
those eligible to be Participants under the Plan, the persons to be granted
stock options, the amount of rights to be optioned or granted to each such
person,and the terms and conditions of any stock options. Subject to the
provisions of the Plan, the Committee is authorized to interpret the Plan, to
promulgate, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan and to
make all other determinations

                                      -1-
<PAGE>   2
necessary or advisable for its administration. Interpretation and construction
of any provision of the Plan by the Committee shall be final and conclusive.
Acts approved by a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a
quorum is present, or acts unanimously approved in writing by the Committee,
shall be the acts of the Committee.

     4.  INDEMNIFICATION OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS: In addition to such other rights
of indemnification as they may have, the members of the Committee shall be
indemnified by the Corporation against the reasonable expenses, including
attorneys' fees, actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the
defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or in connection with any appeal
therein, to which they or any of them may be a party by reason of any action
taken or failure to act under or in connection with the Plan or any option
granted hereunder, and against all amounts paid by them in settlement thereof
(provided such settlement is approved by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation) or paid by them in satisfaction of a judgement in any such action,
suit or proceeding, except in relation to matters as to which it shall be
adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding that such Committee member has
acted in bad faith; provided, however, that within sixty (60) days after
receipt of notice of institution of any such action, suit or proceeding a
Committee member shall offer the Corporation in writing the opportunity, at its
own cost, to handle and defend the same.

     5.  MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN: The maximum number of shares
with respect to which stock options may be granted under the Plan shall be
3,575,000 shares in the aggregate of Common Stock of the Corporation, which may
consist in whole or in part of the authorized and unissued or reacquired Common
Stock of the Corporation. If a stock option terminates for any reason without
having been fully exercised, the number of shares with respect to which the
stock option was not exercised at the time of its expiration or termination
shall again become available for the grant of stock options under the Plan,
unless the Plan has been terminated.

         The number of shares subject to each outstanding stock option, the
option price with respect to outstanding stock options, and the aggregate
number of shares remaining available under the Plan shall be subject to such
adjustment as the Committee, in its discretion, deems appropriate to reflect
such events as stock dividends, stock splits, recapitalizations, mergers,
consolidations or reorganizations of or by the Corporation; provided, however,
that no fractional shares shall be issued pursuant to the Plan, no rights may
be granted under the Plan with respect to fractional shares and any fractional
shares resulting from such adjustments shall be eliminated from any outstanding
stock option.

     6.  PARTICIPANTS: The Committee shall determine and designate from time to
time, in its sole discretion, those employees, including officers of the
Corporation or any subsidiary, to whom stock options are to be granted or
awarded and who thereby become Participants under the Plan.

                                      -2-
<PAGE>   3
     7.  WRITTEN AGREEMENT:  Each stock option shall be evidenced by a written
agreement between the Corporation and the Participant and shall contain such
provisions as may be approved by the Committee. Such agreements shall constitute
binding contracts between the Corporation and the Participant, and every
Participant, upon acceptance of such agreement, shall be bound by the terms and
restrictions of the Plan and of such agreement. The terms of each such agreement
shall be in accordance with the Plan, but the agreements may include such
additional provisions and restrictions determined by the Committee, provided
that such additional provisions and restrictions are not inconsistent with the
terms of the Plan.

     8.  ALLOTMENT OF SHARES:  The Committee shall determine and fix the number
of shares of stock with respect to which each Participant may be granted stock
options.

     9.  STOCK OPTIONS:  Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee may
grant to Participants Nonqualified Options. Each option granted under the Plan
shall designate the number of shares covered thereby with respect to which the
option is a Nonqualified Option.

     10.  STOCK OPTION PRICE:  Subject to the rules set forth in this Paragraph
10, at the time any stock option is granted, the Committee shall establish the
price per share for which the shares covered by the option may be purchased. The
option price with respect to a Nonqualified Option shall not be less than the
fair market value of the stock on the date such option is granted. Fair market
value of a share shall be determined by the Committee and may be determined by
taking the mean between the highest and lowest quoted selling prices of the
Corporation's stock on any exchange or other market on which the shares of
Common Stock of the Corporation shall be traded on such date. The option price
will be subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 5
of the Plan.

     11.  PAYMENT OF STOCK OPTION PRICE:  At the time of the exercise in whole
or in part of any stock option granted hereunder, payment of the option price in
full in cash or, with the consent of the Committee, in Common Stock of the
Corporation or by a promissory note payable to the order of the Corporation
which is acceptable to the Committee, shall be made by the Participant for all
shares so purchased. Such payment may, with the consent of the Committee, also
consist of a cash down payment and delivery of such a promissory note in the
amount of the unpaid exercise price. No Participant shall have the rights of a
shareholder of the Corporation under any stock option until the actual issuance
of shares to said Participant, and prior to such issuance no adjustment shall be
made for dividends, distributions or other rights in respect of such shares,
except as provided in Paragraph 5.

     12.  GRANTING AND EXERCISE OF STOCK OPTIONS:  Each stock option granted
hereunder shall be exercisable at any such time or times or in any such
installments as may be determined by the Committee at the time of the grant.

     A Participant may exercise a stock option, if then exercisable, in whole or
in part by delivery to the Corporation of written notice of the exercise, in
such form as the Committee may



                                      -3-
<PAGE>   4
prescribe, accompanied by full payment for the shares with respect to which the
stock option is exercised. Except as provided in Paragraph 16, stock options
may be exercised only while the Participant is an employee of the Corporation
or a subsidiary.

     Successive stock options may be granted to the same Participant, whether or
not the stock option(s) previously granted to such Participant remain
unexercised. A Participant may exercise a stock option, if then exercisable,
notwithstanding that stock options previously granted to such Participant remain
unexercised.

     13.   TRANSFERS/ENCUMBRANCES OF STOCK OPTIONS: No stock option granted
under the Plan to a Participant shall be transferable by such Participant
otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and such
option shall be exercisable, during the lifetime of the Participant, only by
the Participant. Further, no stock option granted under the Plan to a
Participant shall be pledged, hypothecated or otherwise encumbered by the
Participant or used by the Participant as security for an obligation of the
Participant or other person or entity.

     14.   TERM OF STOCK OPTIONS: If not sooner terminated, each stock option
granted hereunder shall expire not more than 10 years from the date of the
granting thereof.

     15.   CONTINUATION OF EMPLOYMENT: The Committee may require, in its
discretion, that any Participant under the Plan to whom a stock option shall be
granted shall agree in writing as a condition of the granting of such stock
option to remain in the employ of the Corporation or a subsidiary for a
designated minimum period from the date of the granting of such stock option as
shall be fixed by the Committee.

     16.   TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT: If the employment of a Participant by the
Corporation or a subsidiary shall be terminated, the Committee may, in its
discretion, permit the exercise of stock options granted to such Participant
for a period not to extend beyond the expiration date with respect to such
Nonqualified Options. In no event, however, shall a stock option be exercisable
subsequent to its expiration date. Furthermore, except for (i) the
Participant's death or disability, or (ii) special circumstances approved by
the Committee, a stock option may only be exercised after termination of a
Participant's employment to the extent exercisable on the date of termination
of employment.

     17.   ACCELERATED VESTING: In the event that the Corporation is acquired
by a third party, regardless of the form of the acquisition (the
"Acquisition"), the options granted under this Plan shall automatically vest to
any Participant under the Plan whom is employed by the Corporation or a
subsidiary on the effective date of the Acquisition. The "effective date" shall
be deemed to be the closing date of the Corporation's Acquisition. The value
of each such stock option to the Participant shall be the fair market value of
the Corporation's Common Stock on the effective date of the Acquisition.

                                      -4-
<PAGE>   5

     18.  INVESTMENT PURPOSE: If the Committee in its discretion determines that
as a matter of law such procedure is or may be desirable, it may require a
Participant, upon any acquisition of stock hereunder by reason of the exercise
of stock options and as a condition to the Corporation's obligation to deliver
certificates representing such shares, to execute and deliver to the
Corporation a written statement, in a form satisfactory to the Committee,
representing and warranting that the Participant's acquisition of shares of
stock shall be for such person's own account, for investment and not with a
view to the resale or distribution thereof and that any subsequent offer for
sale or sale of any such shares shall be made either pursuant to (a) a
Registration Statement on an appropriate form under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act"), which Registration Statement has become
effective and is current with respect to the shares being offered and sold, or
(b) a specific exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act, but in claiming such exemption the Participant shall, prior to any offer
for sale or sale of such shares, obtain a favorable written opinion from counsel
for or approved by the Corporation as to the availability of such exemption. The
Corporation may endorse an appropriate legend referring to the foregoing
restriction upon the certificate or certificates representing any shares issued
or transferred to the Participant under this Plan.

     19.  RIGHTS TO CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT: Nothing contained in the Plan or in
any stock option granted or awarded pursuant to the Plan, nor any action taken
by the Committee hereunder, shall confer upon any Participant any right with
respect to continuation of employment by the Corporation or a subsidiary as an
employee nor interfere in any way with the right of the Corporation or a
subsidiary to terminate such person's employment as an employee at any time with
or without cause.

     20.  WITHHOLDING PAYMENTS: If upon the exercise of a Nonqualified Option
there shall be payable by the Corporation or a subsidiary any amount for income
tax withholding, in the Committee's sole discretion, either the Corporation
shall appropriately reduce the amount of stock or cash to be paid to the
Participant or the Participant shall pay such amount to the Corporation or
subsidiary to reimburse it for such income tax withholding. The Committee may
in its sole discretion, permit Participants to satisfy such withholding
obligations in whole or in part, by electing to have the amount of Common Stock
delivered or deliverable by the Corporation upon exercise of a stock option
appropriately reduced, or by electing to tender Common Stock back to the
Corporation subsequent to exercise of a stock option; to reimburse the
Corporation for such income tax withholding, subject to such rules and
regulations as the Committee may adopt. The Committee may make such other
arrangements with respect to income tax withholding as it shall determine.

     21.  EFFECTIVENESS OF PLAN: The Plan shall be effective as of August 22,
1995; provided that the shareholders of the Corporation approve the Plan within
12 months of that date. Stock options may be granted or awarded prior to
shareholder approval of the Plan, but each such stock option grant or award
shall be subject to shareholder approval of the Plan. No stock option may be
exercised prior to shareholder approval.

                                      -5-
<PAGE>   6
     22.  TERMINATION, DURATION AND AMENDMENTS OF PLAN:  The Plan may be
abandoned or terminated at any time by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation. Unless sooner terminated, the Plan shall terminate on the date ten
years after its adoption by the Board of Directors and no stock options may be
granted or awarded thereafter. The termination of the Plan shall not affect the
validity of any stock option outstanding on the date of termination.

     For the purpose of conforming to any changes in applicable law or
governmental regulations, or for any other lawful purpose, the Board of
Directors shall have the right, with or without approval of the shareholders of
the Corporation, to amend or revise the terms of the Plan at any time; provided,
however, that no such amendment or revision shall (i) increase the maximum
number of shares in the aggregate which are subject to the Plan (subject,
however, to the provisions of Paragraph 5), change the class of persons eligible
to be Participants under the Plan or materially increase the benefits accruing
to Participants under the Plan, without approval or ratification of the
shareholders of the Corporation; or (ii) change the stock option price (except
as contemplated by Paragraph 5) or alter or impair any stock option which shall
have been previously granted or awarded under the Plan, without the consent of
the holder thereof.

     As adopted by the Shareholders on August 22, 1995 effective as of August
22, 1995.







                                      -6-
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<TYPE>EX-10.52
<SEQUENCE>4
<FILENAME>ex10-52.txt
<DESCRIPTION>EX-10.52
<TEXT>

<PAGE>   1
                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.52



                            ARENA MANAGEMENT COMPANY
                             ADVERTISING AGREEMENT

This advertising agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered into this 1st day
of December, 1996 by and between Arena Management Company, a Michigan
corporation ("AMC") which is doing business under the assumed name of Detroit
Whalers ("Whalers") and Compuware Corporation ("Advertiser"), a Michigan
corporation.

       I.  PURPOSE

           AMC will hold a certain number of games in the Compuware Sports Arena
           (the "Arena") and agrees to provide advertising space in the Arena to
           Advertiser upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

           Advertiser is desirous of obtaining space at the Arena to advertise
           and promote its products.

      II.  TERM

           The term of this Agreement shall begin on December 1, 1996 and shall
           terminate on November 30, 2016.

     III.  PURCHASE PRICE AND METHOD OF PAYMENT

           During the term of this Agreement, Advertiser agrees to pay AMC a
           total of $250,000.00 per year based on a twenty year contract (the
           "Purchase Price"). Advertiser agrees to pay the purchase price to AMC
           in the following increments:

               $250,000.00 due December 1 starting in 1996 with the same payment
               of $250,000.00 due on December 1 in each of the remaining 19
               years of the contract.

      IV.  DUTIES OF AMC

           During the term of this Agreement, AMC hereby agrees to provide
           Advertiser with the following:

               A.  Provide Compuware with the exclusive name of the arena
                   (Compuware Sports Arena).

               B.  Display arena name outside the arena on the building.

               C.  Display arena name on monument sign(s) outside the arena at
                   entrances.

               D.  Display arena name is designated areas in both rinks in
                   arena.

       V.  DUTIES OF ADVERTISER

           During the term of this Agreement, Advertiser hereby agrees to:

               A.  Provide AMC with camera ready artwork for all signage inside
                   and outside arena.

               B.  Pay purchase price set forth in section III.


<PAGE>   2
VI.    FORCE MAJEURE

       Neither party shall be obligated to perform any term or condition of this
       Agreement in the event of any work stoppage, refusal to work, strike,
       lockout, slowdown, picketing, boycott or any other activities beyond
       their reasonable control. Neither party shall be liable to the other for
       any failure to perform any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement
       which are attributable to any casualty, to unforeseen occurrence, an act
       of God, or any other cause beyond its control.

VII.   TERMINATION

       AMC and Advertiser reserves the right to terminate this Agreement before
       the end of the Agreement term if for any reason the Whalers cease to play
       their home games at the Arena. The terminating party shall provide
       Advertiser with fifteen (15) days written notice of termination. In the
       event of termination, the obligations of the parties shall cease, and AMC
       shall refund a pro rata portion of the purchase price to Advertiser. The
       Pro Rata portion to be refunded will be the number of days from the
       termination date to the end of the contract year, divided by 360 days,
       and multiplied by $250,000.00 dollars.

VIII.  INDEMNIFICATION

       Each party agrees to indemnify and hold the other party and their
       respective affiliates and subsidiaries, officers, directors,
       commissioners, agents, and employees (collectively known as the
       "indemnified parties") harmless from all liability, actions, claims,
       demands, costs, damages or expenses of any kind which may be brought or
       made against the indemnified parties or which the indemnified parties may
       pay or incur for bodily injury, death and/or property damage received by
       any person, firm or corporation as a result of the act or omission of the
       other party, its officers, directors, agents and employees in or about
       the Arena. This section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

IX.    SEVERABILITY

       If any provision of this Agreement is determined by a court of competent
       jurisdiction to be unenforceable or invalid, the remaining provisions of
       this Agreement shall not be affected and shall remain in full force and
       effect.

X.     GOVERNING LAW

       This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Michigan.

XI.    NOTICES

       Any notice required to be given by any party shall be deemed to have been
       sufficiently given if mailed by prepaid registered mail, sent by
       facsimile or overnight courier or personally delivered to the address of
       the other party as set forth:

       IF TO AMC:                                IF TO ADVERTISER:
       ARENA MANAGEMENT COMPANY                  COMPUWARE CORPORATION
       14900 Beck Road                           31440 Northwestern Hwy
       Plymouth, MI 48170                        Farmington Hills, MI 48334
       Attn: Kerry Kerch                         Attn: Peter Karmanos Jr.
       Fax No. (313) 453-4201                    Fax: (810) 737-1822

       or at such address as the other party may from time to time direct in
       writing.


<PAGE>   3
     XII.  WAIVER

           No waiver of any provision herein shall be effective unless in
           writing and signed by both parties, nor shall any such waiver be
           held to waive the same provision on a subsequent occasion or be
           construed to constitute a waiver or any other provision herein. In
           the event any provision hereof shall be or is declared invalid,
           illegal or unenforceable, either in whole or in part, the validity
           of any other provision of this Agreement shall in no way be affected
           thereby and shall continue in full force and effect.


    XIII.  ASSIGNMENT

           AMC shall have the right to assign this Agreement to its successor
           in interest. Such entity shall perform the obligations and duties of
           AMC under the terms of this Agreement.


     XIV.  HEADINGS

           The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall
           not be used to interpret or construe its provisions.


      XV.  ENTIRE AGREEMENT

           This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties
           and contains all of the agreements among the parties with respect to
           the subject matter hereof. This Agreement supersedes any and all
           other agreements, either oral in writing among the parties hereto
           with respect to the subject matter hereof. No change or modification
           of this Agreement shall be valid unless the same be in writing and
           signed by the parties hereto.

IN  WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands the day
and year first written above.

Accepted:                                       Accepted:


ARENA MANAGEMENT COMPANY                        Compuware Corporation
(AMC)                                           ---------------------
                                                    (Advertiser)


/s/ Kerry Kerch                                  /s/ R A Caponigro
- --------------------------                       -----------------------------
Authorized Signature                             Authorized Signature


Kerry Kerch                                      R A Caponigro
- --------------------------                       -----------------------------
Name                                             Name


Assistant G.M.                                   Sr VP Finance & CFO
- --------------------------                       -----------------------------
Title                                            Title



       12-13-96                                         12/16/96
- --------------------------                       -----------------------------
Date                                             Date
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-11.1
<SEQUENCE>5
<FILENAME>ex11-1.txt
<DESCRIPTION>EX-11.1
<TEXT>

<PAGE>   1






                                                                    EXHIBIT 11.1

                     COMPUWARE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

   COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE INFORMATION
                    (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)



Earnings per common share ("EPS") data were computed as follows (in thousands,
except for per share data):


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                         Year Ended March 31,
                                                              -------------------------------------------
                                                                  2000           1999           1998
                                                                  ----           ----           ----
<S>                                                           <C>            <C>            <C>
      BASIC EPS:
      Numerator:  Net Income                                  $     351,976  $     349,863  $     193,944
                                                              -------------  -------------  -------------
      Denominator:
        Weighted-average common shares outstanding                  358,560        366,734        352,274
                                                              -------------  -------------  -------------
      Basic EPS                                               $        0.98  $        0.95  $        0.55
                                                              =============  =============  =============

      DILUTED EPS:
      Numerator: Net Income                                   $     351,976  $     349,863  $     193,944
                                                              -------------  -------------  -------------
      Denominator:
        Weighted-average common shares outstanding                  358,560        366,734        352,274
        Dilutive effect of stock options (1)                         26,131         35,302         35,152
                                                              -------------  -------------  -------------
        Total Shares                                                384,691        402,036        387,426
                                                              -------------  -------------  -------------
      Diluted EPS                                             $        0.91  $        0.87  $        0.50
                                                              =============  =============  =============


</TABLE>

(1) The dilutive effect of stock options is determined using the treasury stock
method based upon the average price per share of $27.97, $27.46 and $15.61 for
fiscal 2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively.





</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-23.1
<SEQUENCE>6
<FILENAME>ex23-1.txt
<DESCRIPTION>EX-23.1
<TEXT>

<PAGE>   1



                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1



INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement Nos.
333-79821, 333-70549, 333-43971, 333-37873, 333-17263, 33-57364, 333-4522 and
33-70852 of our reports dated May 1, 2000, appearing in this Annual Report on
Form 10-K of Compuware Corporation for the year ended March 31, 2000.


DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
June 23, 2000
Detroit, Michigan


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<SEQUENCE>7
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<TEXT>

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<PERIOD-START>                             APR-01-1999             APR-01-1999             APR-01-1999             APR-01-1999
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<CASH>                                          30,480                  44,178                  52,208                  94,913
<SECURITIES>                                         0                       0                       0                       0
<RECEIVABLES>                                  744,095                 704,637                 641,305                 518,075
<ALLOWANCES>                                    15,466                  13,216                  21,554                  10,935
<INVENTORY>                                          0                       0                       0                       0
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                               987,858                 931,505                 875,188                 778,091
<PP&E>                                         200,600                 193,065                 179,890                 157,345
<DEPRECIATION>                                  86,191                  80,415                  71,493                  61,634
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                               2,415,907               2,331,136               2,163,277               1,409,120
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                          596,057                 529,190                 542,666                 476,267
<BONDS>                                        450,000                 523,476                 515,237                       0
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                0                       0                       0                       0
<PREFERRED>                                          0                       0                       0                       0
<COMMON>                                         3,616                   3,599                   3,576                   3,557
<OTHER-SE>                                   1,211,126               1,139,298                 980,393                 851,875
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                 2,415,907               2,331,136               2,163,277               1,409,120
<SALES>                                      2,230,628               1,648,568               1,011,200                 443,051
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                             2,230,628               1,648,568               1,011,200                 443,051
<CGS>                                        1,679,295               1,175,160                 728,407                 307,136
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                1,679,295               1,175,160                 728,407                 307,136
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                     0                       0                       0                       0
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                     0                       0                       0                       0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                              24,484                  14,353                   5,037                     162
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                561,776                 486,966                 289,320                 141,761
<INCOME-TAX>                                   209,800                 181,521                 106,811                  51,034
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                            351,976                 305,445                 182,509                  90,727
<DISCONTINUED>                                       0                       0                       0                       0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                      0                       0                       0                       0
<CHANGES>                                            0                       0                       0                       0
<NET-INCOME>                                   351,976                 304,445                 182,509                  90,727
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<SEQUENCE>8
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<DESCRIPTION>FINANCIAL DATA SCHEDULE
<TEXT>

<TABLE> <S> <C>

<ARTICLE> 5

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<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          MAR-31-1999             MAR-31-1999             MAR-31-1999             MAR-31-1999
<PERIOD-START>                             APR-01-1998             APR-01-1998             APR-01-1998             APR-01-1998
<PERIOD-END>                               MAR-31-1999             DEC-31-1998             SEP-30-1998             JUN-30-1998
<CASH>                                         193,128                 157,064                 123,719                 177,865
<SECURITIES>                                         0                       0                       0                       7
<RECEIVABLES>                                  538,621                 449,406                 427,724                 384,593
<ALLOWANCES>                                    12,152                  11,548                  12,357                   9,007
<INVENTORY>                                          0                       0                       0                       0
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                             1,072,090                 981,890                 814,938                 755,767
<PP&E>                                         155,943                 155,064                 147,114                 139,375
<DEPRECIATION>                                  61,157                  62,819                  58,616                  53,380
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                               1,676,683               1,508,190               1,311,280               1,165,118
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                          521,504                 415,057                 355,954                 316,232
<BONDS>                                              0                   3,719                   4,338                   4,532
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                0                       0                       0                       0
<PREFERRED>                                          0                       0                       0                       0
<COMMON>                                         3,679                   3,700                   3,668                   3,638
<OTHER-SE>                                   1,082,143               1,034,682                 900,950                 798,131
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                 1,676,683               1,508,190               1,311,280               1,165,118
<SALES>                                      1,638,445               1,138,310                 705,192                 338,623
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                             1,638,445               1,138,310                 705,192                 338,623
<CGS>                                        1,137,807                 816,373                 522,975                 255,834
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                1,137,807                 816,373                 522,975                 255,834
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<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                                 772                     441                     270                     123
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                530,041                 342,211                 194,847                  88,625
<INCOME-TAX>                                   180,178                 116,316                  66,212                  29,778
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<SEQUENCE>9
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<TEXT>

<TABLE> <S> <C>

<ARTICLE> 5

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<PERIOD-END>                               MAR-31-1998             DEC-31-1997             SEP-30-1997             JUN-30-1997
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<SECURITIES>                                         7                       7                       7                       0
<RECEIVABLES>                                  397,385                 351,616                 280,633                 270,132
<ALLOWANCES>                                     8,812                   7,928                   5,991                   6,560
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<CURRENT-ASSETS>                               676,275                 537,694                 443,644                 433,590
<PP&E>                                         133,737                 129,484                 122,635                 117,545
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