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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001437749-16-026580
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160225
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160302
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160302

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SYPRIS SOLUTIONS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000864240
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASUREMENT, DISPLAY, AND CONTROL [3823]
		IRS NUMBER:				611321992
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-24020
		FILM NUMBER:		161477714

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		101 BULLITT LN
		STREET 2:		STE 450
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40222
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5023292000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		101 BULLITT LN
		STREET 2:		STE 450
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40222

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GROUP TECHNOLOGIES CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940314
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<P id=PARA15 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Sypris Solutions, Inc. </B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA49 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA51 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">As previously announced, on October 30, 2015, Sypris Solutions, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) entered into two new financing arrangements consisting of (1) an Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (&#8220;Revolving Credit Agreement&#8221;) with Siena Lending Group LLC (&#8220;Siena&#8221;) providing for principal borrowings of up to $15,000,000 on a revolving basis and (2) a Loan and Security Agreement (the &#8220;Term Loan Credit Agreement&#8221;) with Great Rock Capital Partners Management, LLC (&#8220;Great Rock&#8221;) providing for a term loan in the principal amount of $12,000,000 (&#8220;Term Loan&#8221;). </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA53 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">On February 25, 2016, the Company entered into (1) an amendment (the &#8220;Term Loan Amendment&#8221;) to the Term Loan Credit Agreement with Great Rock and (2) an amendment (the &#8220;Revolving Loan Amendment&#8221;) to the Revolving Credit Agreement with Siena (together, the &#8220;Amendments&#8221;). The Amendments will have the effect, among other things, of increasing the Company&#8217;s borrowing capability under its Revolving Credit Agreement and providing for an agreement on use of proceeds from the sale of its Toluca, Mexico property and buildings, as described below. As part of the Amendments, the Company also received an additional $1,000,000 subordinated loan from Gill Family Capital Management, Inc. (&#8220;Gill Family Capital Management&#8221;), as described below. </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA55 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Revolving Loan Amendment and the Term Loan Amendment</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA57 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">As a result of the Term Loan Amendment, the Company will deposit $6,000,000 of the proceeds of the sale-leaseback of its Toluca, Mexico property and buildings (the &#8220;Toluca Sale-Leaseback&#8221;) into a Cash Collateral Account, to be held for one year as additional collateral for the Term Loan. Amounts deposited in the Cash Collateral Account that are used to prepay the principal of the Term Loan must be accompanied by the payment of a make-whole amount by the Company equal to the present value of any unpaid interest that would have been paid on the prepaid portion of the Term Loan through the one year anniversary of the Term Loan Amendment.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA59 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The Term Loan Amendment further provides that the Company will be permitted to retain the remaining balance of the proceeds from Toluca Sale-Leaseback, and increases the interest rate of the Term Loan from 12.5% to 13.5%. </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA61 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">In addition, under the Term Loan Amendment and Revolving Loan Amendment, each of Siena and Great Rock agreed to reduce the Company&#8217;s minimum excess availability requirement from $4 million to $3 million. Siena further agreed to remove certain reserves which were counted against the Company&#8217;s &#8220;borrowing base.&#8221; These changes are estimated to provide the Company with $1,655,000 in additional borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Agreement. </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA63 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">In connection with the Amendments, the Company has retained a financial advisor to review the Company&#8217;s existing business plan and make recommendations in the form of a revised&nbsp;business plan, to be completed by March 7, 2016. If the Company meets certain milestones as determined by Great Rock after its review of such plan, up to $1,000,000 may be released from the Cash Collateral Account to the Company. The Company&#8217;s obligations under each of the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, as amended, continue to be guaranteed by the Company&#8217;s U.S. subsidiaries and are secured by a first priority lien on substantially all assets of the Company and the guarantors. Each of the Revolving Loan Amendment and the Term Loan Amendment contains certain customary representations, warranties and covenants. </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA65 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">In connection with the execution of the Revolving Loan Amendment and Term Loan Amendment, the Company agreed to pay a fee of $100,000 to Siena and a fee of $120,000 to Great Rock. The Company also agreed to increase the Collateral Monitoring Fee it pays to Great Rock from $144,000 to $346,000 and to increase certain early prepayment or termination fees payable in connection with the Term Loan Credit Agreement. </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA69 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">In connection with the Revolving Loan Amendment and Term Loan Amendment, the Company received the proceeds of a $1,000,000 subordinated loan (the &#8220;Loan&#8221;) from Gill Family Capital Management, an entity controlled by the Company&#8217;s president and chief executive officer, Jeffrey T. Gill and one of its directors, R. Scott Gill. The Loan increases the aggregate amount previously loaned by Gill Family Capital Management to the Company from $5,500,000 to $6,500,000. A promissory note (the &#8220;Promissory Note&#8221;) previously issued by the Company in favor of Gill Family Capital Management and certain related security agreements were amended by increasing the principal amount from $5,500,000 to $6,500,000. All principal and interest on the Promissory Note will be due and payable at maturity on January 30, 2019. All other terms of the original Promissory Note remain in place. </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA71 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The Promissory Note is secured by certain assets of the Company, including its patents and trademarks and certain of the Company&#39;s real property. The Promissory Note, including the security interest held by Gill Family Capital Management, is subordinate to the lenders&#8217; rights and obligations under the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement as set forth in certain subordination agreements entered into between Gill Family Capital Management and each of Siena and Great Rock.</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"> </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA73 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The entry into the original Promissory Note and the related agreements was previously disclosed in the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2015. The original Promissory Note dated March 12, 2015 was also filed as an exhibit to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2015, and the subsequent first amendment to the Promissory Note dated June 11, 2015 was filed as an exhibit to the Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated August 19, 2015. A second amendment to the Promissory Note was reported on Form 8-K filed on November 3, 2015, reporting the extension of the maturity date to January 30, 2019.</FONT></P>
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