UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-1004 FORM 11-K [X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from __________ to __________ Commission file number 0-20900 COMPUWARE CORPORATION ESOP/401(k) PLAN (Full title of the plan) Compuware Corporation One Campus Martius Detroit, Michigan 48226 COMPUWARE CORPORATION ESOP/401(K) PLAN Financial Statements as of and for the Years Ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, Supplemental Schedule as of March 31, 2007 and Independent Auditors' Report COMPUWARE CORPORATION ESOP/401(K) PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE ----- REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM ................ 3 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2007 and 2006: Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits ..................... 4 Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits .......... 5 Notes to Financial Statements ....................................... 6- 10 SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE AS OF MARCH 31, 2007: ............................ 11 Form 5500, Schedule H, Part IV, Line 4i--Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) ............................................ 12 All other schedules required by Section 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 have been omitted because they are not applicable. SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Compuware Corporation, which administers the Plan, has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. Compuware Corporation ESOP/401(k) Plan Date: September 25, 2007 By: \S\ Laura L. Fournier ------------------------------------ Laura L. Fournier Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer -2- REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Plan Administrator Compuware Corporation ESOP/401(k) Plan Detroit, Michigan We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Compuware Corporation ESOP/401(k) Plan (Plan) as of March 31, 2007 and 2006 and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). 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, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of March 31, 2007 and 2006 and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan's management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic 2007 financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic 2007 financial statements taken as a whole. (CROWE CHIZEK AND COMPANY LLC) Crowe Chizek and Company LLC South Bend, Indiana September 19, 2007 -3- COMPUWARE CORPORATION ESOP/401(K) PLAN STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS MARCH 31, 2007 AND 2006 2007 2006 ------------ ------------ ASSETS: Investments--at fair value: Common Stock--Compuware Corporation $ 92,357,967 $ 87,484,023 Commingled Pool - Fidelity U.S. Equity Index 59,576,200 58,376,577 Unitized Fund - State Street Global Advisors Mid-Cap Blend Unitized Fund 61,150,728 63,274,353 Mutual Funds: Short-term securities 37,521,538 33,316,736 Bonds (government and corporate) 38,480,611 35,340,730 Equity 219,619,652 193,310,643 Real estate 13,598,031 8,584,475 Participant loans 5,258,886 4,973,654 ------------ ------------ Total investments 527,563,613 484,661,191 Other receivable 143,345 39,173 ------------ ------------ NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS $527,706,958 $484,700,364 ============ ============ The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements -4- COMPUWARE CORPORATION ESOP/401(K) PLAN STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2007 AND 2006 2007 2006 ------------ ------------ ADDITIONS TO NET ASSETS ATTRIBUTABLE TO: Investment income: Interest and dividends $ 18,405,223 $ 13,373,807 Net appreciation in fair value of Compuware Corporation common stock 16,657,288 8,240,449 Net appreciation in fair value of Fidelity U.S. Equity Index Commingled Pool 6,500,001 6,426,653 Net appreciation in fair value of State Street Global Advisors Mid-Cap Blend Unitized Fund 6,783,844 1,151,998 Net appreciation in fair value of Mutual Funds 11,277,491 39,413,383 ------------ ------------ Total investment income 59,623,847 68,606,290 Contributions: Employee 29,179,820 28,297,287 Employer non-cash contribution 200,794 Participant rollover 2,911,030 1,378,894 ------------ ------------ Total contributions 32,291,644 29,676,181 ------------ ------------ Total additions 91,915,491 98,282,471 ------------ ------------ REDUCTIONS IN NET ASSETS ATTRIBUTABLE TO: Benefits paid to participants 48,908,699 49,762,606 Administrative and other expenses 56,609 18,972 ------------ ------------ Total reductions 48,965,308 49,781,578 ------------ ------------ NET INCREASE 42,950,183 48,500,893 Plan mergers (Note 6) 56,411 855,224 NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS--Beginning of year 484,700,364 435,344,247 ------------ ------------ NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS--End of year $527,706,958 $484,700,364 ============ ============ The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements -5- COMPUWARE CORPORATION ESOP/401(K) PLAN NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2007 AND 2006 1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN The following description of the Compuware Corporation (Company) ESOP/401(k) Plan (Plan) provides only general information. The Plan document should be referred to for a more complete description of the Plan's provisions. GENERAL--The Plan is a defined contribution plan with two benefit features: an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and a 401(k) Plan. The assets for both features are combined in a common trust. All U.S. employees that are salaried or part-time hourly, as well as certain full-time hourly employees, meeting the eligibility requirements, will receive any discretionary employer ESOP contribution. The 401(k) feature covers all full-time and part-time U.S. employees of the Company who have completed one hour of service. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Compuware has entered into a trust agreement with Fidelity Management Trust Company (Fidelity) appointing Fidelity to act as trustee of the Plan. CONTRIBUTIONS--ESOP--Employer contributions to the ESOP are at the discretion of the Company's Board of Directors, subject to a maximum of 25% of eligible compensation. Contributions may be made in cash, in Company stock or a combination of both and are valued based upon the quoted market price of the Company common stock on the date of contribution. During the 2007 Plan year, the company contributed $200,794 in Company stock to the Plan. During the 2006 Plan year, the Company's Board of Directors determined not to make an ESOP contribution. CONTRIBUTIONS--401(K)--Participants in the Plan may elect to defer up to 75% of their pay per pay period on a pre-tax basis, and up to 10% of their pay per pay period on an after-tax basis, with a combined maximum limit of 85% for investment in the Plan. Effective January 3, 2006, the Plan initiated an opt-out clause wherein unless an active participant with an employment commencement date on or after January 3, 2006 elects otherwise, they are deemed to have elected to make an automatic pre-tax contributions of 2% in the Plan. The automatic pre-tax contribution is effective as soon as administratively possible after 90 days from the employment date. The amount of pay deferral contributions for each participant is limited to $15,500 during the 2007 calendar year and $15,000 during the 2006 calendar year based on the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Participants who reach age 50 during the calendar year and are making the maximum Internal Revenue Service pre-tax contribution may make additional pre-tax "catch-up" contributions in accordance with the provisions of Code Section 414(v). The maximum annual catch-up contribution is $5,000 for 2007 and $5,000 for 2006. PARTICIPANTS' ACCOUNTS--ESOP--Company contributions to the ESOP are allocated to eligible individual participant accounts. These amounts are not subject to the individual participant's investment direction until the contribution has been allocated to the participant's account for at least two years, and the participant is fully vested. PARTICIPANTS' ACCOUNTS--401(K)--All Plan withholdings contributed to the Plan are deposited in each participant's account according to the investment option(s) selected by the participant. Earnings on investments, net of investment management fees, are allocated to participants' accounts based on the actual earnings of the investment funds selected by the participants. VESTING--ESOP--Participants are vested based on the number of years of service. Vesting begins after three years of service, with full vesting occurring after seven years of service for employees that terminated their employment. VESTING--401(K)--All participant contributions and earnings thereon are fully vested. -6- FORFEITED ACCOUNTS - ESOP--During the Plan year ended March 31, 2007 and 2006, forfeited nonvested accounts totaled $692,307 and $2,987,929, respectively. These accounts may be allocated to remaining participants in the same manner as Company ESOP contributions. During the 2007 plan year, in accordance with the 5th amendment to the Plan dated May 23, 2006, all eligible participants received a contribution of 100 shares of company stock. This amendment applies to the 2007 plan year only. The primary source of this allocation was from the forfeiture account. PARTICIPANT LOANS--Participants may have only two outstanding loans at any time. Effective January 3, 2006, loans must originate from assets in the 401(k) portion of the participants' accounts. Prior to January 3, 2006, participants were allowed to have one loan originating from the ESOP allocations and one loan from the remaining portion of their 401(k) Plan account, excluding certain amounts from plan mergers. The maximum loan amount is equal to the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of their vested balance (excluding the ESOP source beginning January 3, 2006) minus the highest outstanding loan balance in the past 12 months. Generally, loan terms range from 6 to 60 months. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant's account. Interest is paid quarterly at 1% above the Prime Interest Rate. Interest rates on loans currently outstanding range from 5% to 10%. Principal and interest is paid ratably through semi-monthly payroll deductions for salaried employees and via Fidelity's loan coupon service for hourly employees, terminated employees and rehires. PAYMENT OF BENEFITS--On termination of service due to death, disability, retirement, or other reasons, a participant may request to receive a lump-sum amount equal to the value of the participant's vested interest in the account. Benefit payments from merged plans shall be payable in such other forms as were permitted under the terms of the merged plan from which they were transferred. 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES BASIS OF ACCOUNTING--The financial statements of the Plan are prepared on an accrual basis in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. INVESTMENT VALUATION--The Plan's investments are stated at fair value as of the financial statement date. The Plan's investment in Company stock is valued at its quoted market price of $9.49 and $7.83 at March 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The Plan's investments in all other common stocks and mutual funds are valued at fair value as determined by quoted market prices. Investments in commingled investment pools are valued at estimated fair value as determined by the Plan Trustee based upon the market prices of the underlying investments. Investments in the unitized fund are valued at estimated fair value based upon the market prices of the underlying investments, which include investments in collective investment funds and registered investment companies valued at the net asset value per share/unit on the valuation date, and short-term investments which are stated at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. Participant loans receivable are valued at cost plus accrued interest, which approximates fair value. Net appreciation or depreciation in fair value of investments is determined using the fair value at the beginning of the year or purchase price, if acquired since that date, and is presented in the statements of changes in net assets available for benefits. Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest and dividend income are reported as earned. USE OF ESTIMATES--The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of net assets available for benefits at March 31, 2007 and 2006, and the reported amounts of changes in net assets available for benefits during the years then ended. Actual results could differ from those estimates. RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES--The Plan invests in various securities including mutual funds and corporate stocks. Investment securities, in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit and overall market -7- volatility. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits and participants' individual account balances. The Company common stock held by the Plan as of March 31, 2007 has been valued at its quoted market price as of the 2007 financial statement date of $9.49 per share. PLAN EXPENSES-- During the Plan year, Plan expenses consisting primarily of fees to the recordkeeper, were expensed when incurred. Certain other expenses were absorbed by the Company. Beginning in the first calendar quarter of 2007, the forfeited cash reserves will be used to pay the Plan's future administrative expenses. BENEFIT PAYMENTS--Payments for benefits are recorded when paid. 3. PLAN TERMINATION Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of plan termination, participants will become fully vested in their accounts. 4. TAX STATUS The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Company by a letter dated December 1, 2003, that the Plan and related trust are designed in accordance with applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code. The Plan has been amended since the receipt of the determination letter. However, the Plan Administrator believes the Plan is designed and is currently being operated in accordance with applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan's financial statements. 5. PARTIES-IN-INTEREST Parties-in-interest are defined under Department of Labor regulations as any fiduciary of the plan, any party rendering service to the Plan, the employer, and certain others. Certain investments of the Plan are shares of mutual funds and a commingled pool fund which are offered by Fidelity Investments, an affiliate of Fidelity Management Trust Company (collectively, Fidelity). Fidelity is the Plan trustee and, therefore, these transactions and the Plan's payment of trustee fees to Fidelity qualify as party-in-interest transactions. The Plan also invests in shares of common stock issued by Compuware Corporation, which qualifies as a party-in-interest investment. Further, participant loan transactions and investments are also party-in-interest transactions. The 9,732,136 and 11,172,928 shares of Compuware Corporation common stock held by the Plan as of March 31, 2007 and 2006 represent approximately 3.2% and 2.9% of the Company's outstanding shares as of March 31, 2007 and 2006. The Company common stock held by the Plan as of March 31, 2007 and 2006 has been valued at its quoted market price as of the 2007 and 2006 financial statement date of $9.49 and $7.83 per share. There were no cash dividends paid to the Plan by Compuware Corporation during the plan year end March 31, 2007 and 2006. Total appreciation for the Compuware Corporation common stock for the plan year ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 was $16,657,288 and $8,240,449, respectively. This is included in net appreciation per the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits. 6. PLAN MERGERS On August 2, 2006, the Plan was merged with the Providerlink 401(k) Plan. All of the assets of the Providerlink 401(k) Plan were transferred to the Plan, causing the dissolution of the Providerlink 401(k) Plan. Each participant in the Providerlink 401(k) Plan became eligible to participate in the plan upon, or before, the effective date of the merger. -8- On September 1, 2005, the Plan was merged with the Gevity 401(k) Plan - ChangePoint Group. All of the assets of the Gevity 401(k) Plan - ChangePoint Group were transferred to the Plan, causing the dissolution of the Gevity 401(k) Plan - ChangePoint Group. Each participant in the Gevity 401(k) Plan - ChangePoint Group became eligible to participate in the plan upon, or before, the effective date of the merger. On September 2, 2005, the Plan was merged with the Adlex Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan. All of the assets of the Adlex Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan were transferred to the Plan, causing the dissolution of the Adlex Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan. Each participant in the Adlex Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan became eligible to participate in the plan upon, or before, the effective date of the merger. 7. INVESTMENTS The fair value of individual investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan's assets available for benefits are as follows: 2007 2006 ---------- ---------- Compuware Corporation Common Stock: ESOP* (8,249,279 and 9,285,910 shares, respectively) $78,285,654 $72,708,676 401(k) (1,482,857 and 1,887,018 shares, respectively) 14,072,313 14,775,347 Fidelity Equity Income Fund 40,450,253 33,493,737 Fidelity Diversified International Fund 60,769,816 51,484,822 Fidelity Retirement Money Market Fund 33,529,848 29,551,242 Fidelity U.S Bond Index 26,893,645 25,587,294 Fidelity U.S. Equity Index Commingled Pool 59,576,200 58,376,577 State Street Global Advisors Mid-Cap Blend Unitized Fund 61,150,728 63,274,353 * Non-participant directed -9- 8. FUND INFORMATION Investment income, participant contributions, employer contributions, benefits paid to participants, administrative and other expenses and exchanges are as follows for the years ended March 31, 2007 and 2006: NON-PARTICIPANT DIRECTED --------------------------- COMPUWARE COMPUWARE COMMON STOCK COMMON STOCK PARTICIPANT ESOP* LOAN DIRECTED TOTAL ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ BEGINNING BALANCE--MARCH 31, 2006 $72,713,009 $ 594,819 $411,392,536 $484,700,364 INVESTMENT INCOME 13,928,001 26,662 45,669,184 59,623,847 CONTRIBUTIONS: Employee -- -- 29,179,820 29,179,820 Employer 758,377 -- (557,583) 200,794 Participant rollover 2,911,030 2,911,030 ----------- ----------- ------------ ------------ Total contributions 758,377 31,533,267 32,291,644 BENEFITS PAID TO PARTICIPANTS 6,491,346 23,551 42,393,802 48,908,699 ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER EXPENSES 26,026 -- 30,583 56,609 PLAN MERGERS -- -- 56,411 56,411 EXCHANGES (1,911,927) (284,706) 2,196,633 -- ----------- ----------- ------------ ------------ ENDING BALANCE--MARCH 31, 2007 $78,970,088 $ 313,224 $448,423,646 $527,706,958 =========== =========== ============ ============ COMMON STOCK COMMON STOCK PARTICIPANT ESOP* LOAN DIRECTED TOTAL ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ BEGINNING BALANCE--MARCH 31, 2005 $74,554,316 $661,513 $360,128,418 $435,344,247 INVESTMENT INCOME 6,724,171 39,619 61,842,500 68,606,290 CONTRIBUTIONS: Employee -- -- 28,297,287 28,297,287 Participant rollover -- -- 1,378,894 1,378,894 ----------- -------- ------------ ------------ Total contributions -- -- 29,676,181 29,676,181 BENEFITS PAID TO PARTICIPANTS 7,875,490 39,685 41,847,431 49,762,606 ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER EXPENSES -- -- 18,972 18,972 PLAN MERGERS -- -- 855,224 855,224 EXCHANGES (689,988) (66,628) 756,616 -- ----------- -------- ------------ ------------ ENDING BALANCE--MARCH 31, 2006 $72,713,009 $594,819 $411,392,536 $484,700,364 =========== ======== ============ ============ * This Balance includes previously forfeited amounts held within the money market accounts. -10- SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE -11- COMPUWARE CORPORATION ESOP/401(K) PLAN FORM 5500, SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4I-- SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR) MARCH 31, 2007 IDENTITY OF ISSUE, DESCRIPTION OF INVESTMENT INCLUDING BORROWER, MATURITY DATE, RATE OF INTEREST, COLLATERAL CURRENT LESSOR OR SIMILAR PARTY PAR OR MATURITY VALUE (IN SHARES) COST VALUE - ----------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- ----------- ------------ * Compuware Corporation Compuware Corporation Common Stock; 9,732,136 shares $55,667,251 $ 92,357,967 * Fidelity Equity Income Fund; 694,663 units 36,427,878 40,450,252 * Fidelity Diversified International Fund; 1,595,427 units 42,266,457 60,769,816 * Fidelity Dividend Growth Fund; 532,295 units 14,831,952 16,905,696 American Funds Growth Fund of America - Class A Fund; 440,963 units 12,630,300 14,697,296 * Fidelity Retirement Money - Market Fund; 33,529,848 units 33,529,848 33,529,848 * Fidelity U.S. Bond Index Fund; 2,467,307 units 26,846,164 26,893,645 * Fidelity Institutional Short - Intermediate Government Fund; 419,295 units 4,004,483 3,991,690 Domini Social Equity Fund; 21,999 units 635,011 740,478 PIMCO Foreign Bond Index Fund; 405,229 units 4,235,926 4,121,177 Laudus Rosenberg U.S. Small Capitalization Fund; 726,990 units 9,552,687 9,138,266 Nicholas Applegate High Yield Bond Fund; 727,660 units 7,339,293 7,465,789 Janus Twenty Fund; 405,782 units 19,585,354 22,744,094 MSIFT Mid-Cap Growth Fund; 601,139 units 14,150,078 16,447,174 Managers Special Equity; 60,502 units 5,155,239 5,257,633 * Fidelity Real Estate Investments; 360,786 units 12,966,857 13,598,031 Lord Abbett Cap Value Fund; 796,043 units 16,465,840 18,372,667 * Fidelity U.S. Equity Index Commingled Pool Fund; 1,303,922 units 44,073,109 59,576,200 State Street Global Advisors Mid-Cap Blend Unitized Fund; 2,290,019 units 53,820,186 61,150,728 American Funds New Perspective R5 Fund; 436,147 units 12,532,098 14,096,280 * Participants Loans to participants (interest rates of 5% to 10%) 5,258,886 ------------ Total assets held for investment purposes $527,563,613 ============ * Party-in-interest -12-