ENGINEERING ANIMATION INC
SC 14D9/A, 2000-09-14
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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. 1)



                           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. 1 to Schedule 14D-9

         This  Amendment No. 1 ("Amendment  No. 1") to Schedule 14D-9 amends and
supplements the Schedule 14D-9 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the  "SEC")  on  September   13,  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 9.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

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

Exhibit Number
                            Description

(a)(8)  Communication to employees of the Company posted on the intranet of the
        Company on  September 14, 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:  September 14, 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
      (a)(8)        Communication to employees of the Company posted on the
                    intranet of the Company on September 14, 2000.




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