COLUMBIA, Md., MICROS Systems, Inc. MCRS, a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, has signed a five-year agreement with IHOP Corp. to install the MICROS Restaurant Enterprise System (RES) 3000 in all new IHOP locations and in existing franchisee locations at the option of the franchisees. There are currently over 1,000 IHOP restaurants located throughout the United States and Canada.

Included in all new IHOP store installations will be the MICROS Eclipse PC Workstation and the MICROS 3700 Point-of-Sale system, as well as Labor Management and Enterprise Management software modules that comprise the RES 3000 Suite. After a successful pilot project, installation in new stores began in late February.

Alan Unger, Chief Financial Officer for IHOP Corp., stated, "We conducted an extensive evaluation of many hardware and software options and concluded that MICROS had the products and services that would best suit our needs and those of our franchisees. The open architecture of the RES 3000 system gives us and our franchisee operators sophisticated management control and great flexibility for growth, while MICROS Enterprise Management module will facilitate rollouts and enhance our menu management capabilities."

"MICROS is proud to add IHOP to its extensive client base of national and international chain restaurants," stated Alan Hayman, Executive Vice President for Restaurant Sales and Strategies for MICROS. "As we have more than two decades of experience serving the unique needs of large chain operations, IHOP can be assured of prompt, expert service from our worldwide team of training and technical support professionals. We look forward to helping facilitate IHOP's plans for growth during the coming five years and beyond."

About IHOP Corp.

The IHOP national family restaurant chain has been serving up a wide variety of mouthwatering selections for breakfast, lunch and dinner for more than 40 years. Offering more than 16 types of pancakes, omelettes and other breakfast specialities as well as burgers, chicken and steaks, IHOP's diverse menu appeals to people of all ages. Restaurants are developed, operated and franchised by Glendale, Calif.-based IHOP Corp., which is publicly traded on The New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "IHP." As of March 31, 2002, the end of the company's first quarter, there were 1,028 IHOP restaurants in 41 states and Canada. For more information, please call the company's headquarters at (818) 240-6055 or visit their website at .

About MICROS Systems, Inc.

MICROS Systems, Inc. provides enterprise applications for the hospitality industry worldwide. Over 135,000 MICROS systems are currently installed in table and quick service restaurants, hotels, motels, casinos, and leisure and entertainment operations in more than 130 countries. MICROS provides property management systems and central reservation and customer information solutions under the brand MICROS-Fidelio for more than 15,000 hotels worldwide. MICROS stock is traded through Nasdaq under the symbol MCRS.

For more information on MICROS and its advanced information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, please contact Louise Casamento, Director of Marketing at (443) 285-8144 or (800) 638-0985. You can also visit the MICROS website at www.micros.com or send an email to [email protected].

The MICROS logo is a registered trademark of MICROS Systems, Inc. all other product and brand names are the property of their respective owners.

Louise J. Casamento
Director Of Marketing