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CUSIP No. 278878103
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SCHEDULE 13D
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PAGE 3 OF 6 PAGES
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SCHEDULE 13D
Explanatory Statement
This Amendment No. 1 to
Schedule 13D (this Amendment) in respect of Ecology and Environment Inc., a New York corporation (the Issuer), relates to shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Issuer (the Common Stock), and
amends and supplements certain information disclosed in the initial statement on Schedule 13D filed on September 9, 2019 (the Original 13D, and together with this Amendment, the Schedule 13D) by WSP Global Inc., a
Canadian corporation (the Reporting Person). Except as specifically provided herein, this Amendment does not modify any of the information previously reported in the Original 13D. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not
otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in the Original 13D.
Item 3. Source and Amount
of Funds
Item 3 of the Original 13D is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following at the end thereof:
On August 28, 2019, the Issuer entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement) with the Reporting Person and Everest
Acquisition Corp., a New York corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Reporting Person (Merger Sub), for the acquisition of the Issuer by the Reporting Person. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions thereof, Merger Sub merged with and into the Issuer (the Merger), with the Issuer continuing as the surviving corporation (the Surviving Corporation). On December 31, 2019, the parties completed
the Merger and filed a certificate of merger with the New York Department of State, providing for the Merger and an amendment and restatement of the certificate of incorporation of the Issuer as the surviving corporation, and at the effective time
of the Merger (the Effective Time) and by virtue of the Merger, (i) each share of Common Stock held by the Issuer or any wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer (or held in the Issuers treasury) or held, directly or indirectly,
by the Reporting Person, Merger Sub or any other wholly owned Subsidiary of the Reporting Person immediately prior to the Effective Time (collectively, the Excluded Shares) were canceled and retired and ceased to exist, and no
consideration was delivered in exchange therefor; (ii) each share of the Issuers Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than the Excluded Shares) but
including shares that were, as of the Effective Time, unvested and subject to restrictions, converted into the right to receive $15.00 in cash (the Per Share Merger Consideration), without interest and subject to any required tax
withholding, and (iii) each share of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Merger Sub outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was converted into one share of Common Stock of the Issuer. As a result of such transactions and the
certificate of incorporation of the Issuer as amended and restated by the certificate of merger, immediately following the Effective Time, the Issuer has a single class of capital stock, the Common Stock, and all 1,000 shares of Common Stock
outstanding are held indirectly by the Reporting Person.
The total aggregate consideration payable in the Merger was approximately $64,950,015.00.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
The information contained in Item 3 of this Amendment is incorporated herein by reference.
Upon the Effective Time, each of the Voting Agreements terminated in accordance with its express terms.
In accordance with the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time all members of the board of directors of the Issuer were replaced by the directors of Merger
Sub. The articles of incorporation of the Issuer were amended as set forth in Exhibit C to the Merger Agreement, and the bylaws of the Issuer were amended to be the bylaws of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time (except as
to the name of the Issuer).
Upon the closing of the Merger, the shares of Class A Common Stock that previously traded under the ticker symbol
EEI ceased trading on, and have been or are being delisted from, the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. In addition, the shares of Class A Common Stock will be deregistered under the Act.