sypris8k80408.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
 
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
    Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  August 1, 2008
Sypris Solutions, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
  
0-24020
  
61-1321992
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  
(Commission
File Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
         
101 Bullitt Lane, Suite 450
        
Louisville, Kentucky
      
40222
(Address of Principal
Executive Offices)
      
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (502) 329-2000
 
 
 












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Section 1 – Registrant’s Business and Operations

Item 5.02(b)
Departure of Directors or Certain Executive Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On July 31, 2008, Sypris Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that beginning on August 1, 2008, the business of Sypris Data Systems, Inc. will be conducted as an operating division of Sypris Electronics, LLC.  In connection with this restructuring, G. Darrell Robertson has been reassigned from his previous role as an executive officer of Sypris Solutions, Inc.  Effective August 1, 2008, Mr. Robertson will be serving as the Vice-President and General Manager of the new Sypris Data Systems Division of Sypris Electronics, LLC.  In this new assignment, Mr. Robertson will report directly to John J. Walsh, the President of Sypris Electronics.









 
 
 

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
  Sypris Solutions, Inc.  
       
Dated:  August 4, 2008
By:
/s/ John R. McGeeney  
    John R. McGeeney   
    General Counsel and Secretary   
       
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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