sypris8k52908.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):  May 29, 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 5 –  Corporate Governance and Management

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

On May 29, 2008, Sypris Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that its Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, T. Scott Hatton, has expressed his intention to leave the Company effective on July 4, 2008 to become the Chief Financial Officer of Portfolio Operations with a $5.6 billion private equity fund. The Company also announced that Anthony C. Allen, 49, Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary of the Company, will be appointed acting Chief Financial Officer effective July 4, 2008. Mr. Allen has served as Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary of the Company since December 2004 and as Vice President of Finance and Information Systems and Assistant Secretary of the Company from 2003 to December 2004. Mr. Allen served as Vice President, Controller and Assistant Secretary of the Company from 1997 to 2003. The full text of the press release is set forth in Exhibit 99 hereto.


Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)  Exhibits.

Exhibit Number
 
Description of Exhibit
99 Press Release issued May 29, 2008.


 
 
 

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.
 
                 
Dated: May 29, 2008
      
Sypris Solutions, Inc.
                 
           
By:
  
    /s/ John R. McGeeney
 
______________________________
               
John R. McGeeney
               
General Counsel and Secretary
 
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
 

Exhibit Number
 
Description of Exhibit
99 Press Release issued May 29, 2008.