X0202 4/A 2005-03-21 2005-03-22 0 0000101271 UNITED INDUSTRIAL CORP /DE/ UIC 0001251057 STRADER FREDERICK M 124 INDUSTRY LANE HUNT VALLEY MD 21030 1 1 0 0 President and CEO Stock Option (Right to Buy) 32.79 2005-03-21 4 A 0 30000 A 2009-03-10 Common Stock 30000 30000 D The option will vest in three equal installments on March 10, 2006, March 10, 2007, and March 10, 2008. Not applicable. The sole purpose of this amendment is to correct an error in the number reported in column 9 of the Form 4 as originally filed on March 22, 2005. Following the reported transaction, Mr. Strader beneficially owned 30,000 units of the class of derivative securities that were the subject of the original Form 4 filing (i.e., the right to buy 30,000 shares of the common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $32.79). The 225,000 units originally reported in column 9 represented the number of underlying shares of common stock of the Company beneficially owned by Mr. Strader on the date of filing. Lara L. Hjortsberg, as power of attorney for Frederick M. Strader 2005-06-21