Compuware Chairman Peter Karmanos, Jr., Recuperating from Bypass Surgery

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. -- January 31, 2000 -- Compuware Corporation Chairman and CEO Peter Karmanos, Jr. is recovering comfortably after undergoing successful double coronary bypass surgery early Sunday morning, President and Chief Operating Officer Joseph A. Nathan announced this afternoon. "The operation was a normal bypass procedure without any complications and Pete is expected to make a full recovery," Nathan said.

Karmanos, 56, felt ill Saturday night while vacationing in Nevada with his mother and friends. His family visited him after the operation, which took place at a Las Vegas-area hospital.

During Karmanos's convalescence, which is expected to last between four and six weeks after a 4-to-5-day hospital stay, the company's senior corporate executives will continue to operate the business in the normal manner.