ENGINEERING ANIMATION INC
SC 14D9/A, 2000-10-10
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



                                 Schedule 14D-9
                                 (Rule 14d-101)
                      Solicitation/Recommendation Statement
                          Under Section 14(d)(4) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                (Amendment No. 3)



                           Engineering Animation, Inc.
                            (Name of Subject Company)

                           Engineering Animation, Inc.
                      (Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)

                     Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    292872108
                      (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

                                Matthew M. Rizai
                             Chief Executive Officer
                              2321 North Loop Drive
                                Ames, Iowa 50010
                            Telephone: (515) 296-9908
               (Name,  address and telephone number of person
               authorized     to    receive     notice    and
               communications  on behalf of the person filing
               statement)

                            With copies to:

   Jamie A. Wade, Esq.                      George C. McKann, Esq.
   Engineering Animation, Inc.              Gardner, Carton & Douglas
   2321 North Loop Drive                    321 North Clark Street, Suite 2900
   Ames, Iowa 50010                         Chicago, Illinois 60610
   Telephone: (515) 296-6942                Telephone: (312) 245-8417

                 / /  Check  the  box  if  the   filing
                      relates    solely   to   preliminary
                      communications   made   before   the
                      commencement of a tender offer.


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Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 14D-9

         This  Amendment No. 3 ("Amendment  No. 3") to Schedule 14D-9 amends and
supplements the Schedule 14D-9 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC") on September  13, 2000 and amended on September 14 and September 28,
2000  (as  amended  and  supplemented,   the   "Schedule14D-9")  by  Engineering
Animation,  Inc. (the "Company"),  relating to a cash tender offer (the "Offer")
commenced on September 13, 2000 by  Unigraphics  Solutions  Inc.  ("Parent"),  a
Delaware corporation, and UGS Acquisition Corporation ("Purchaser"),  a Delaware
corporation  and a wholly  owned  subsidiary  of Parent,  to purchase all of the
issued and  outstanding  shares of common stock , $0.01 par value per share,  of
the Company (the "Common  Stock") not already owned by Parent and Purchaser (the
"Shares")  at $13.75  per Share,  net to the seller in cash,  upon the terms and
subject to the  conditions  set forth in  Purchaser's  Offer to  Purchase  dated
September 13, 2000 (as amended and supplemented,  the "Offer to Purchase"),  and
the related Letter of Transmittal.  Unless otherwise indicated,  all capitalized
terms used but not defined  herein shall have the  meanings  assigned to them in
the Schedule 14D-9.

ITEM 8.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Item 8 is hereby amended to add the following paragraph at the end of the Item:

         The Company and the Rights Agent further  amended the Rights  Agreement
as of  October  5,  2000 to avoid any doubt or  ambiguity  that none of  Parent,
Purchaser or EDS, or any of their subsidiaries, affiliates or associates will be
an  Acquiring  Person by virtue of the  approval,  execution  or delivery of the
Merger Agreement,  the Stock Option Agreement or the Stockholders  Agreement, or
the consummation of the transactions  contemplated thereby,  including,  without
limitation, the exercise of the stock option.

ITEM 9.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

Item 9 is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following exhibit:

  Exhibit Number
                                       Description

     (e)(21)        Second Amendment, effective as of October 5, 2000, to Rights
                    Agreement,  dated as of January  1, 1996 (as  amended by the
                    First Amendment,  effective as of September 5, 2000) between
                    the Company and First  Chicago Trust Company of New York, as
                    Rights Agent  (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.3 to
                    the Form 8A/A filed by the Company on October 10, 2000).


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                                    SIGNATURE


         After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated:  October 10, 2000                ENGINEERING ANIMATION, INC.

                                        By: /s/  Jamie A. Wade
                                        -------------------------------
                                        Name:  Jamie A. Wade
                                        Title: Vice President of
                                               Administration and Secretary



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

  Exhibit Number
                                      Description

     (e)(21)        Second Amendment, effective as of October 5, 2000, to Rights
                    Agreement,  dated as of January  1, 1996 (as  amended by the
                    First Amendment,  effective as of September 5, 2000) between
                    the Company and First  Chicago Trust Company of New York, as
                    Rights Agent  (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.3 to
                    the Form 8A/A filed by the Company on October 10, 2000).




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