ARCTIC CAT INC
SC 13G/A, 2000-09-11
MISCELLANEOUS TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT
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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13G

                   Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                             (Amendment No.   1    )<F1>
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                                Arctic Cat, Inc.
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                                (Name of Issuer)

                                  Common Stock
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   039670104
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                                 (CUSIP Number)
                                August 31, 2000
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            (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule
                                   is filed:

                            [ x ]     Rule 13d-1(b)
                            [   ]     Rule 13d-1(c)
                            [   ]     Rule 13d-1(d)

<F1> The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would
alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).

<PAGE>

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CUSIP No. 039670104                      13G
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1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
          Artisan Partners Limited Partnership  39-1807188
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2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP<F1>
     Not Applicable                                         (a) [    ]
                                                            (b) [    ]
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3    SEC USE ONLY
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4    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
          Delaware
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NUMBER OF      5    SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES                   None
BENEFICIALLY   ---------------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY       6    SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH                     1,691,600
REPORTING      ---------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON         7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH                     None
               ---------------------------------------------------------------
               8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                         1,691,600
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9    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
          1,691,600
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10   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES<F1>
          Not Applicable
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11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
          10.14%
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12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON<F1>
          IA
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                    <F1>SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 039670104                        13G
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1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
          Artisan Investment Corporation
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2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP<F1>
     Not Applicable                                         (a) [   ]
                                                            (b) [   ]
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3    SEC USE ONLY
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4    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
          Wisconsin
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NUMBER OF      5    SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES                 None
BENEFICIALLY   ---------------------------------------------------------------

OWNED BY       6    SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH                   1,691,600
REPORTING      ---------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON         7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH                   None
               ---------------------------------------------------------------
               8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                       1,691,600
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9    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
          1,691,600
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10   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES<F1>
          Not Applicable
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11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
          10.14%
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12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON<F1>
          CO
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                    <F1>SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!

<PAGE>
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CUSIP No. 039670104                            13G
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1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
          Andrew A. Ziegler
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2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP<F1>
          Not Applicable                                    (a) [   ]
                                                            (b) [   ]
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3    SEC USE ONLY
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4    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
          U.S.A.
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NUMBER OF      5    SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES                None
BENEFICIALLY   ---------------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY       6    SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH                  1,691,600
REPORTING      ---------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON         7    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH                  None
               ---------------------------------------------------------------
               8    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                       1,691,600
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9    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
           1,691,600
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10   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES<F1>
          Not Applicable
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
          10.14%
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12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON<F1>

          IN
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                    <F1>SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!

<PAGE>

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CUSIP No. 39670104                           13G
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1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
          S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
              Carlene Murphy Ziegler
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2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP<F1>

          Not Applicable                                    (a) [   ]
                                                            (b) [   ]
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3    SEC USE ONLY
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4    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
                    U.S.A.
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NUMBER OF      5  SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES                None
BENEFICIALLY   ---------------------------------------------------------------
OWNED BY       6  SHARED VOTING POWER
EACH                  1,691,600
REPORTING      ---------------------------------------------------------------
PERSON         7  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
WITH                  None
               ---------------------------------------------------------------
               8  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                      1,691,600
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9    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
          1,691,600
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES<F1>
          Not Applicable
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
          10.14%
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON<F1>
          IN
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                    <F1>SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!

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Item 1(a)               Name of Issuer:
                            Arctic Cat, Inc.

Item 1(b)               Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

                            600 Brooks Avenue South
                            Thief River Falls, MN 56701

Item 2(a)               Name of Person Filing:

                        Artisan Partners Limited Partnership ("Artisan
                        Partners") Artisan Investment Corporation, the
                        general partner of
                            Artisan Partners ("Artisan Corp.")
                        Andrew A. Ziegler
                        Carlene Murphy Ziegler

Item 2(b)               Address of Principal Business Office:

                            Artisan Partners, Artisan Corp., Mr. Ziegler and
                            Ms. Ziegler are all located at:

                            1000 North Water Street, #1770
                            Milwaukee, WI 53202

Item 2(c)               Citizenship:

                            Artisan Partners is a Delaware limited partnership
                            Artisan Corp. is a Wisconsin corporation
                            Mr. Ziegler and Ms. Ziegler are U.S. citizens

Item 2(d)               Title of Class of Securities:

                             Common Stock

Item 2(e)               CUSIP Number:

                             039670104

Item 3                  Type of Person:

                        (e)  Artisan Partners is an Investment Adviser
                             registered under section 203 of the Investment
                             Advisers Act of 1940; Artisan Corp. is the
                             General Partner of Artisan Partners; Mr. Ziegler
                             and Ms. Ziegler are the principal stockholders
                             of Artisan Corp.

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Item 4                Ownership (at August 31, 2000):

                        (a)  Amount owned "beneficially" within the meaning of
                             rule 13d-3:

                             1,691,600

                       (b)   Percent of class:

                             10.14% (based on 16,681,475 shares outstanding
                             as of August 10, 2000)

                       (c)   Number of shares as to which such person has:

                                 (i)   sole power to vote or to direct
                                       the vote: None
                                (ii)   shared power to vote or to
                                       direct the vote: 1,691,600
                               (iii)   sole power to dispose or to
                                       direct the disposition of: None
                                (iv)   shared power to dispose or to
                                       direct disposition of: 1,691,600

                       Artisan Partners serves as investment adviser to
                       Artisan Funds, Inc., comprised of four series
                       designated Artisan Small Cap Fund, Artisan
                       International Fund, Artisan Mid Cap Fund and Artisan
                       Small Cap Value Fund (the "Funds"). Various of Artisan
                       Partners' limited partners and employees are also
                       officers and directors of the Funds, but Artisan
                       Partners does not consider the Funds to be controlled
                       by such persons.  Although the Funds are not
                       controlled by Artisan Partners, pursuant to rule 13d-
                       3(a) the shares beneficially owned by a Fund, with
                       respect to which that Fund has delegated to Artisan
                       Partners shared voting power and shared dispositive
                       power, are considered to be shares beneficially owned
                       by Artisan Partners by reason of such delegated powers.
                       Other clients of Artisan Partners may own shares which
                       are not included in the aggregate number of shares
                       reported herein because Artisan Partners does not have
                       or share voting or investment power over those shares.

Item 5         Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:

                       Not Applicable

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Item 6         Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:

                      The shares reported herein have been acquired on behalf of
                      discretionary clients of Artisan Partners.  Persons other
                      than Artisan Partners are entitled to receive all
                      dividends from, and proceeds from the sale of, those
                      shares.  None ofthese persons, to the knowledge of
                      Artisan Partners, Mr.Ziegler or Mrs. Ziegler, has an
                      economic interest in more than 5% of the class.

Item 7         Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
               Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding
               Company:

                      Not Applicable

Item 8         Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:

                      Not Applicable

Item 9         Notice of Dissolution of Group:

                      Not Applicable

Item 10        Certification:

                    By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge
               and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the
               ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose
               of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the
               control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in
               connection with or as a participant in any transaction having
               such purpose or effect.

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                                   Signature
                                   ---------

     After reasonable 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.

Date:  September 11, 2000

                                 ARTISAN INVESTMENT CORPORATION
                                   for itself and as general partner of
                                   ARTISAN PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                                 By:  /s/ Andrew A. Ziegler
                                      ---------------------------------
                                         Andrew A. Ziegler
                                         President

                                 ANDREW A. ZIEGLER

                                   /s/ Andrew A. Ziegler
                                   ------------------------------------

                                 CARLENE MURPHY ZIEGLER

                                   /s/ Carlene Murphy Ziegler
                                   ------------------------------------
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