Amendment to Stock Option Agreements Between Sypris Solutions, Inc. and Optionee Establishing Post-Employment Exercise Periods
Sypris Solutions, Inc. and the option holder have agreed to amend certain stock option agreements. This amendment changes the rules so that termination of employment no longer causes the immediate expiration of most vested stock options, except for specific grants and unvested options as of a certain date. The expiration date for some older options is also updated. The amendment is effective as of April 25, 2005, and is signed by both parties.
Exhibit 10.7
AMENDMENT TO STOCK OPTION AGREEMENTS
ESTABLISHING POST-EMPLOYMENT EXERCISE PERIODS
FOR CERTAIN VESTED OPTIONS
THIS AMENDMENT (Amendment) to your Stock Option Agreements is made by and between Sypris Solutions, Inc. a Delaware corporation located at 101 Bullitt Lane, Suite 450, Louisville, KY (Company) and the undersigned Optionee (you or your), effective as of April 25, 2005.
1. | Agreements are the stock option agreements which govern Amended Options. |
2. | Amended Options are all stock options issued to you under the Plan, excluding: a) options granted on April 7, 1997 at Option Prices of $4.24 or on February 27, 2001 at Option Prices of $6.25, or b) options remaining unvested on May 13, 2005. |
3. | Plan is the Sypris Solutions, Inc. 1994 Stock Option Plan for Key Employees. |
4. | The Agreements are each amended to delete the termination of your employment as an event which triggers the Expiration Date of any Amended Option. |
5. | The Expiration Date of Amended Options granted on March 22, 1996 or on April 28, 1998 is amended to be no later than March 14, 2005. |
6. | All other capitalized terms herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Plan or the Agreements, whether originally capitalized in such documents or not. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment in duplicate to be effective as of the date first above written.
SYPRIS SOLUTIONS, INC. | OPTIONEE | |||||
By | /S/ JEFFREY T. GILL | /S/ DAVID D. JOHNSON | ||||
Jeffrey T. Gill | David D. Johnson | |||||
President & CEO |