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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1

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                                WARRANT AGREEMENT

                                     between

                             VIASYSTEMS GROUP, INC.

                                       and

                      COMPUTERSHARE INVESTOR SERVICES, LLC

                                as Warrant Agent

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                   1,436,171 Warrants to Purchase Common Stock

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                          Dated as of January 31, 2003

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         This Warrant Agreement (this "Warrant Agreement"), dated as of January
31, 2003, is made by and between Viasystems Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), and Computershare Investor Services, LLC, as warrant agent (the
"Warrant Agent").

                             PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

         A.       The Company proposes to issue 1,436,171 warrants (the
"Warrants") to purchase Common Stock (as defined below) pursuant to the
Company's Joint Plan of Reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code
(the "Plan"), as confirmed pursuant to the order, dated January 14, 2003, of the
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, and the
terms and conditions of this Warrant Agreement.

         B.       The Company has requested the Warrant Agent to act on behalf
of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing so to act, in connection with
the issuance, division, transfer, exchange and exercise of Warrants pursuant to
the terms and conditions of this Warrant Agreement.

         Now, therefore, in consideration of the foregoing and for the purpose
of defining the terms and provisions of the Warrants and the respective rights
and obligations thereunder and hereunder of the Company, the Warrant Agent, and
the Holders, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and affirmed, the Company and the
Warrant Agent hereby agree as follows:

                             STATEMENT OF AGREEMENT

         1.       Definitions.

         As used in this Warrant Agreement, the following capitalized terms have
the respective meanings set forth below:

         "Business Day" shall mean any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or a
day on which banks are required or permitted to be closed in the State of New
York or the State of Delaware.

         "Common Stock" shall mean the common stock, $0.01 par value per share.

         "Company" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble
of this Warrant Agreement.

         "Exercise Price" shall mean $25.51, the price at which a share of
Common Stock may be purchased pursuant to this Warrant Agreement.

         "Expiration Date" shall mean January 31, 2010.

         "Holder" shall mean the Person in whose name a Warrant is registered in
the warrant register of the Company maintained by or on behalf of the Company
for such purpose.

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         "Majority Holders" shall mean the Holders of Warrants exercisable for
in excess of 50% of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then
purchasable upon exercise of all Warrants.

         "Other Property" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.

         "Person" shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership,
joint venture, trust, incorporated organization, association, corporation,
limited liability company, limited liability partnership, institution, public
benefit corporation, entity or government (whether federal, state, county, city,
municipal or otherwise, including, without limitation, any instrumentality,
division, agency, body or department thereof).

         "Plan" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the in the
recitals.

         "Transaction" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.

         "Warrant Agent" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
preamble of this Warrant Agreement and shall include any successor Warrant Agent
hereunder.

         "Warrant Agent's Principal Office" shall mean the principal office of
the Warrant Agent at 2 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602 (or such
other office of the Warrant Agent or any successor thereto hereunder acceptable
to the Company as set forth in a written notice provided to the Company and the
Holders).

         "Warrant Agreement" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
preamble of this Warrant Agreement.

         "Warrant Price" shall mean an amount equal to (i) the number of shares
of Common Stock being purchased upon exercise of a Warrant pursuant to Section
4.1, multiplied by (ii) the Exercise Price.

         "Warrant Stock" shall mean the shares of Common Stock purchased by the
Holders of the Warrants upon the exercise thereof.

         "Warrants" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals
to this Warrant Agreement, and shall include all Warrants issued upon
registration of transfer, division or combination of, or in substitution for,
any thereof. All Warrants shall at all times be identical as to terms and
conditions and date, except as to the number of shares of Common Stock for which
they may be exercised.

         2.       Appointment of Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints the
Warrant Agent to act as agent for the Company in accordance with the
instructions set forth in this Warrant Agreement, and the Warrant Agent hereby
accepts such appointment.

         3.       Registration; Form and Execution of Warrants.

                  3.1      Registration. All Warrants shall be numbered and
shall be registered in a warrant register maintained at the Warrant Agent's
Principal Office by the Warrant Agent as

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they are issued. The Company and the Warrant Agent shall be entitled to treat a
Holder as the owner in fact for all purposes whatsoever of each Warrant
registered in such Holder's name.

                  3.2      Form of Warrant. The text of each Warrant, the Form
of Election to Purchase and Form of Assignment shall be substantially in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A. Each Warrant shall be executed on behalf of
the Company by its President or one of its Vice Presidents. The signatures on
the Warrants may be manual or facsimile. Warrants bearing the manual or
facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of
the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any
one of them shall have ceased to hold such offices prior to the delivery of such
Warrants or did not hold such offices on the date of this Warrant Agreement.
Warrants shall be dated as of the date of countersignature thereof by the
Warrant Agent either upon initial issuance or upon division, exchange,
substitution, registration of transfer.

                  3.3      Countersignature of Warrants. Each Warrant shall be
manually countersigned by the Warrant Agent and shall not be valid for any
purpose unless so countersigned. Warrants may be countersigned, however, by the
Warrant Agent and may be delivered by the Warrant Agent, notwithstanding that
the persons whose manual signatures appear thereon as proper officers of the
Company shall have ceased to be such officers at the time of such
countersignature, issuance or delivery.

         4.       Exercise of Warrants.

                  4.1      Manner of Exercise. From and after the date hereof
until 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date, a Holder may
exercise any of the Warrants, on any Business Day, for all or any part of the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable thereunder. In order to exercise a
Warrant, in whole or in part, a Holder shall deliver to the Company at the
Warrant Agent's Principal Office, (i) a written notice of such Holder's election
to exercise such Warrant, which notice shall include the number of shares of
Common Stock to be purchased, (ii) payment of the Warrant Price in immediately
available funds, certified cashiers or official bank check, or any combination
thereof, in each case in United States dollars for the account of the Company
and (iii) such Warrant. Such notice shall be substantially in the form of the
Election to Purchase attached hereto as Exhibit A, duly executed by such Holder
or its agent or attorney. Upon receipt thereof, the Warrant Agent shall, as
promptly as practicable, and in any event within 10 Business Days thereafter,
deliver or cause to be delivered to such Holder an executed certificate or
certificates representing the aggregate number of full shares of Common Stock
issuable upon such exercise. The stock certificate or certificates so delivered
shall be, to the extent possible, in such denomination or denominations as such
Holder shall request in the notice and shall be registered in the name of such
Holder or such other name as shall be designated in such notice. A Warrant shall
be deemed to have been exercised and such certificate or certificates shall be
deemed to have been issued, and such Holder or any other Person so designated to
be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such
shares for all purposes, as of the date such notice, together with payment of
the Warrant Price and such Warrant, is received by the Warrant Agent as
described above and all taxes required to be paid by such Holder, if any,
pursuant to Section 4.2 have been paid. If any Warrant shall have been exercised
in part, the Warrant Agent shall, at the time of delivery of the certificate or
certificates representing Warrant Stock, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant

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evidencing the rights of such Holder to purchase the unpurchased shares of
Common Stock called for by such Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other
respects be identical with the Warrant exercised in part, or, at the request of
such Holder, appropriate notation may be made on such exercised Warrant and the
same returned to such Holder. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the
contrary, the Warrant Agent shall not be required to cause to be issued shares
in the name of any Person who acquired a Warrant (or part thereof) or any
Warrant Stock otherwise than in accordance with such Warrant and this Warrant
Agreement.

                  4.2      Payment of Taxes. The Holder shall pay all expenses
in connection with, and all taxes and other governmental charges that may be
imposed with respect to, the issuance or delivery thereof.

                  4.3      Fractional Shares. The Company shall not issue
fractional shares of Common Stock upon exercise of any Warrant. Whenever any
distribution of Warrants exercisable into fractional shares of Common Stock
would otherwise be called for, the actual distribution thereof will reflect a
rounding down to the nearest share of Common Stock.

         5.       Transfer; Division and Combination.

                  5.1      Transfer. Transfer of any Warrant and all rights
hereunder, in whole or in part, shall be registered in the warrant register of
the Company to be maintained for such purpose at the Warrant Agent's Principal
Office, upon surrender of such Warrant at the Warrant Agent's Principal Office,
together with an Assignment of such Warrant substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and
payment of all funds sufficient to pay any taxes payable upon the making of such
transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, and subject to
Section 9, the Company shall execute and the Warrant Agent shall countersign and
deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees and
in the denomination specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue
to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of such Warrant not so
assigned, and the surrendered Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. A Warrant, if
properly assigned, may be exercised by a new Holder for the purchase of shares
of Common Stock without having a new Warrant issued.

                  5.2      Division and Combination. Any Warrant may be divided
or combined with other Warrants upon presentation thereof at the Warrant Agent's
Principal Office, together with a written notice specifying the names and
denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or
its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 5.1, as to any
transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company
shall execute and the Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver a new Warrant
or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in
accordance with such notice.

                  5.3      Maintenance of Books. The Warrant Agent agrees to
maintain, at the Warrant Agent's Principal Office, the warrant register for the
registration of warrants and the registration of transfer of the Warrants.

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         6.       Adjustments. The number of shares of Common Stock for which a
Warrant is exercisable, and the price at which such shares may be purchased upon
exercise of a Warrant, shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as set
forth in this Section 6.

                  6.1      Stock Dividends, Subdivisions and Combinations. If at
any time the Company shall: (i) take a record of the holders of its Common Stock
for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend payable in, or other
distribution of, additional shares of Common Stock; (ii) subdivide its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares of Common
Stock, or (iii) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller
number of shares of Common Stock, then (a) the number of shares of Common Stock
for which a Warrant is exercisable immediately after the occurrence of any such
event shall be adjusted to equal the number of shares of Common Stock that a
record holder of the same number of shares of Common Stock for which a Warrant
is exercisable immediately prior to the occurrence of such event would own or be
entitled to receive after the happening of such event and (b) the Exercise Price
shall be adjusted to equal (1) the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of
shares of Common Stock for which a Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to
the adjustment divided by (2) the number of shares for which a Warrant is
exercisable immediately after such adjustment.

                  6.2      Other Provisions Applicable to Adjustments under this
Section. The following provisions shall be applicable to the making of
adjustments of the number of shares of Common Stock for which a Warrant is
exercisable and the Exercise Price provided for in this Section 6:

                           (a)      When Adjustments to Be Made. The adjustments
required by this Section 6 shall be made whenever and as often as any specified
event requiring an adjustment shall occur, except that any adjustment of the
number of shares of Common Stock for which a Warrant is exercisable that
otherwise would be required may be postponed (except in the case of a
subdivision or combination of shares of Common Stock, as provided for in Section
6.1) up to, but not later than the date of exercise if such adjustment either by
itself or with other adjustments not previously made would result in an increase
or decrease, as the case may be, of less than 1% of the shares of Common Stock
for which a Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to the making of such
adjustment. Any adjustment representing a change of less than such minimum
amount (except as aforesaid) which is postponed shall be carried forward and
made as soon as such adjustment, together with other adjustments required by
this Section 6 and not previously made, would result in a minimum adjustment or
on the date of exercise. For the purpose of any adjustment, any specified event
shall be deemed to have occurred at the close of business on the date of its
occurrence.

                           (b)      Fractional Interests. In computing
adjustments pursuant to this Section 6, fractional interests in Common Stock
shall be taken into account to the nearest 1/1000th of a share.

                  6.3      Reorganization, Reclassification, Merger,
Consolidation or Sale of Substantially all Assets of the Company. If the Company
shall reorganize its capital, reclassify its capital stock, consolidate or merge
with or into another Person (where the Company is not the surviving corporation
or resulting entity or where there is a change in or distribution with respect

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to the Common Stock of the Company) (each such event hereinafter referred to as
a "Transaction"), and pursuant to the terms of any such Transaction, the
consideration to be paid or distributed to or otherwise received by the holders
of Common Stock consists of shares of common stock of the surviving corporation
or resulting entity and/or any cash, shares of stock (not constituting common
stock) or other securities or property of any nature whatsoever (including
warrants or other subscription or purchase rights) (such non-common stock
property hereinafter referred to as "Other Property"), then each Holder shall
have the right thereafter to receive, upon exercise of a Warrant, the number of
shares of common stock of the surviving corporation or resulting entity and such
amount of Other Property receivable pursuant to such Transaction by a holder of
the number of shares of Warrant Stock for which a Warrant is exercisable
immediately prior to the effective time of such Transaction. In the case of any
Transaction of the type described in the preceding sentence, it shall be a
condition precedent to consummation of the Transaction that the surviving
corporation or resulting entity expressly assume the due and punctual observance
and performance of each and every covenant and condition of this Warrant
Agreement and the Warrants to be performed and observed by the Company and all
the obligations and liabilities hereunder, subject to such modifications as may
be deemed appropriate (as determined by resolution of the Board of Directors of
the Company) in order to provide for adjustments of shares of the Warrant Stock
for which a Warrant is exercisable which shall be as nearly equivalent as
practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section 6.3. For purposes of
this Section 6.3, "common stock of the surviving corporation or resulting
entity" shall include stock of such corporation of any class which does not have
a preference as to dividends or assets over any other class of stock of such
corporation and which is not subject to redemption and shall also include any
evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock or other securities which are
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any such stock, either
immediately, after the lapse of any prescribed time period or the occurrence of
a specified event, and any warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase
any such stock. The foregoing provisions of this Section 6.3 shall similarly
apply to successive Transactions.

                  6.4      Certain Limitations. Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, the Company agrees not to enter into any transaction which, by
reason of any adjustment hereunder, would cause the Exercise Price to be less
than the par value per share of Common Stock unless the Company shall take such
corporate action in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully
paid and nonassessable shares of such Common Stock at such adjusted Exercise
Price.

         7.       Notice to Warrant Holders. Whenever the number of shares of
Common Stock for which a Warrant is exercisable, or whenever the price at which
a share of such Common Stock may be purchased upon exercise of the Warrants,
shall be adjusted pursuant to Section 6, the Company shall forthwith prepare a
certificate setting forth, in reasonable detail, the event requiring the
adjustment and the method by which such adjustment was calculated, specifying
the number of shares of Common Stock for which a Warrant is exercisable and
describing the number and kind of any other shares of stock or Other Property
for which a Warrant is exercisable, and any change in the purchase price or
prices thereof, after giving effect to such adjustment or change. The Company
shall promptly cause a signed copy of such certificate to be delivered to the
Warrant Agent and each Holder in accordance with Section 14.2. The Company shall
keep at its office or agency designated by the Company pursuant to Section 12
copies of all such certificates and cause the same to be available for
inspection at said office during normal

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business hours by any Holder or any prospective purchaser of a Warrant
designated by a Holder thereof.

         8.       No Impairment. The Company shall not by any action, including,
without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any
reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or
sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the
observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant Agreement or any
Warrant. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i)
not increase the par value of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the
exercise of a Warrant above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise
immediately prior to such increase in par value and (ii) take all such action as
may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and
legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the
exercise of any Warrant.

         9.       Reservation and Authorization of Common Stock. From and after
the date hereof, the Company shall at all times reserve and keep available for
issue upon the exercise of Warrants such number of its authorized but unissued
shares of Common Stock as will be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of
all outstanding Warrants. All shares of Common Stock which shall be so issuable,
when issued upon exercise of any Warrant and payment therefor in accordance with
the terms of this Warrant Agreement and such Warrant, shall be duly and validly
issued and fully paid and nonassessable, and not subject to preemptive rights.

         10.      Stock and Warrant Transfer Books. The Company will not at any
time, except upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, close
its stock transfer books or Warrant transfer books so as to result in preventing
or delaying the exercise or transfer of any Warrant.

         11.      Loss or Mutilation. Upon receipt by the Company and the
Warrant Agent from any Holder of evidence reasonably satisfactory to them of the
ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of such Holder's
Warrant and indemnity reasonably satisfactory to them, and in case of mutilation
upon surrender and cancellation thereof, the Company will execute and the
Warrant Agent will countersign and deliver in lieu hereof a new Warrant of like
tenor to such Holder; provided, in the case of mutilation, no indemnity shall be
required if such Warrant in identifiable form is surrendered to the Company or
the Warrant Agent for cancellation.

         12.      Office of Company. As long as any of the Warrants remain
outstanding, the Company shall maintain an office or agency (which may be the
principal executive offices of the Company) where the Warrants may be presented
for exercise, registration of transfer, division or combination as provided in
this Warrant Agreement. The Company shall initially maintain such an agency at
the Warrant Agent's Principal Offices.

         13.      Warrant Agent.

                  13.1     Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Warrant
Agent. Any Person into which the Warrant Agent may be merged or with which it
may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to
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party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate
trust business of the Warrant Agent, shall be the successor to the Warrant Agent
hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto. If at the time such successor by merger or
consolidation to the Warrant Agent shall succeed to the agency created by this
Warrant Agreement any of the Warrants shall have been countersigned but not
delivered, any such successor to the Warrant Agent may adopt the
countersignature of the predecessor Warrant Agent and deliver such Warrants so
countersigned; and if at that time any of the Warrants shall not have been
countersigned, any successor to the Warrant Agent may countersign such Warrants
either in the name of the predecessor Warrant Agent or in the name of the
successor Warrant Agent; and in all such cases Warrants shall have the full
force provided in the Warrants and in this Warrant Agreement. If at any time the
name of the Warrant Agent shall be changed and at such time any of the Warrants
shall have been countersigned but not delivered, the Warrant Agent may adopt the
countersignatures under its prior name and deliver such Warrants so
countersigned; and if at that time any of the Warrants shall not have been
countersigned as provided in Section 3.3, the Warrant Agent may countersign such
Warrants either in its prior name or in its changed name; and in all such cases
such Warrants shall have the full force provided in the Warrants and in this
Warrant Agreement.

                  13.2     Certain Terms and Conditions Concerning the Warrant
Agent. The Warrant Agent undertakes the duties and obligations imposed by this
Warrant Agreement upon the following terms and conditions, by all of which the
Company and the Holders, by their acceptance of Warrants, shall be bound:

                           (a)      Correctness of Statements. The statements
contained herein and in the Warrants shall be taken as statements of the Company
and the Warrant Agent assumes no responsibility for the correctness of any of
the same. The Warrant Agent assumes no responsibility with respect to the
distribution of the Warrants except as herein expressly provided.

                           (b)      Breach of Covenants. The Warrant Agent shall
not be responsible for any failure of the Company to comply with any of the
covenants contained in this Warrant Agreement or in the Warrants to be complied
with specifically by the Company.

                           (c)      Performance of Duties. The Warrant Agent may
execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform
any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorneys or agents (which
shall not include its employees) and shall not be responsible for the misconduct
or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

                           (d)      Reliance on Counsel. The Warrant Agent may
consult at any time with legal counsel satisfactory to it and the Warrant Agent
shall incur no liability or responsibility to the Company or to any Holder in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith
and in accordance with the opinion or the advice of such counsel provided that
such counsel shall have been selected with due care.

                           (e)      Proof of Actions Taken. Whenever in the
performance of its duties under this Warrant Agreement the Warrant Agent shall
deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be proved or established
by the Company prior to taking or suffering any action

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hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be
herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed conclusively to be proved and
established by a certificate signed by the President, a Vice President, the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Warrant
Agent; and such certificate shall be full authorization to the Warrant Agent for
any action taken or suffered in good faith by it under the provisions of this
Warrant Agreement in reliance upon such certificate.

                           (f)      Legal Proceedings. The Warrant Agent shall
be under no obligation to institute any action, suit or legal proceeding or to
take any other action likely to involve expense unless the Company or one or
more Holders shall furnish the Warrant Agent with reasonable security and
indemnity for any costs and expenses that may be incurred, but this provision
shall not affect the power of the Warrant Agent to take such action as the
Warrant Agent may consider proper, whether with or without any such security or
indemnity. All rights of action under this Warrant Agreement or under any of the
Warrants may be enforced by the Warrant Agent without the possession of any of
the Warrants or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative
thereto, and any such action, suit or proceeding instituted by the Warrant Agent
shall be brought in its name as Warrant Agent, and any recovery of judgment
shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders, as their respective rights or
interests may appear.

                           (g)      Other Transactions in Securities of the
Company. The Warrant Agent and any stockholder, director, officer or employee of
the Warrant Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Warrants or other
securities of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in
which the Company may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the
Company or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not Warrant Agent
under this Warrant Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent
from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.

                           (h)      Liability of Warrant Agent. The Warrant
Agent shall act hereunder solely as agent, and its duties shall be determined
solely by the provisions hereof. The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for
anything that it may do or refrain from doing in connection with this Warrant
Agreement except for its own gross negligence or bad faith.

                           (i)      Reliance on Documents. The Warrant Agent
will not incur any liability or responsibility to the Company or to any Holder
for any action taken in reliance on any notice, resolution, waiver, consent,
order, certificate, or other paper, document or instrument reasonably believed
by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the proper
party or parties.

                           (j)      Validity of Agreements. The Warrant Agent
shall not be under any responsibility in respect of the validity of this Warrant
Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof (except the due execution and
delivery hereof by the Warrant Agent) or in respect of the validity or execution
of any Warrant (except its countersignature and delivery thereof); nor shall the
Warrant Agent by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or
warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any Warrant Stock (or other
stock or other property) to be issued pursuant to this Warrant Agreement or any
Warrant, or as to whether any Warrant Stock (or other stock or other property)
will, when issued, be validly

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issued, fully paid and nonassessable, or as to the Warrant Price or the number
or amount of Warrant Stock or other securities or other property issued upon
exercise of any Warrant.

                           (k)      Instructions from Company. The Warrant Agent
is hereby authorized and directed to accept instructions with respect to the
performance of its duties hereunder from the President, a Vice President, the
Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company, and to apply to such
officers for advice or instructions in connection with its duties, and shall not
be liable for any action taken or suffered to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with instructions of any such officer or officers.

                  13.3     Change of Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent may resign
and be discharged from its duties under this Warrant Agreement by giving to the
Company 30 days' advance notice in writing. The Warrant Agent may be removed by
like notice to the Warrant Agent from the Company. If the Warrant Agent shall
resign or be removed or shall otherwise become incapable of acting, the Company
shall appoint a successor to the Warrant Agent. If the Company shall fail to
make such appointment within a period of 30 days after such removal or after it
has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the resigning
or incapacitated Warrant Agent, then any Holder may apply to a court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor to the Warrant Agent.
Pending the appointment of the successor warrant agent, the Company shall
perform the duties of the Warrant Agent. After appointment, the successor
warrant agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and
responsibilities as if it had been originally named as Warrant Agent without
further act or deed; provided, however, the former Warrant Agent shall be
required to deliver and transfer to the successor warrant agent any property at
the time held by it hereunder, and execute and deliver any further assurance,
conveyance, act or deed necessary for the purpose. Failure to file any notice
provided for in this Section 13.3, however, or any defect therein, shall not
affect the legality or validity of the resignation or removal of the Warrant
Agent or the appointment of the successor warrant agent, as the case may be. In
the event of such resignation or removal, the successor warrant agent shall
mail, first class, to each Holder, written notice of such removal or resignation
and the name and address of such successor warrant agent.

                  13.4     Disposition of Proceeds on Exercise of Warrants,
Inspection of Warrant Agreement. The Warrant Agent shall account promptly to the
Company with respect to Warrants exercised and concurrently pay to the Company
all immediately available funds received by the Warrant Agent for the purchase
of the Warrant Stock through the exercise of such Warrants. The Warrant Agent
shall, upon request of the Company from time to time, deliver to the Company
such complete reports of registered ownership of the Warrants and such complete
records of transactions with respect to the Warrants as the Company may request.
The Warrant Agent shall also make available to the Company for inspection by the
Company's agents or employees, from time to time as the Company may request,
such original books of accounts and records maintained by the Warrant Agent in
connection with the issuance and exercise of Warrants hereunder, such
inspections to occur at the Warrant Agent's Principal Office. The Warrant Agent
shall keep copies of this Warrant Agreement and any notices given or received
hereunder available for inspection by the Company or the Holders at the Warrant
Agent's Principal Office. The Company shall supply the Warrant Agent from time
to time with such numbers of copies of this Warrant Agreement as the Warrant
Agent may request.

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                  13.5     Cancellation. The Warrant Agent shall cancel all
Warrant certificates properly surrendered for exercise, exchange, substitution,
or transfer. The Warrant Agent shall destroy all cancelled Warrant certificates
and, if requested, deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Company.

                  13.6     Survival. This Section 13 shall survive the
resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent and the termination of this Warrant
Agreement.

         14.      Miscellaneous.

                  14.1     Rights of Holders. Holders of unexercised Warrants
are not entitled to (i) receive dividends or other distributions, (ii) receive
notice of or vote at any meeting of the stockholders, (iii) consent to any
action of the stockholders, (iv) exercise any preemptive right, or (v) exercise
any other right whatsoever granted to stockholders of the Company.

                  14.2     Notice Generally. Any notice, demand, request,
consent, approval, declaration, delivery or other communication hereunder to be
made pursuant to the provisions of this Warrant Agreement shall be sufficiently
given or made if in writing and either delivered in person with receipt
acknowledged or sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
postage prepaid or by facsimile, addressed as follows:

                           If to any Holder or holder of Warrant Stock, at its
last known address appearing on the warrant register of the Company maintained
for such purpose.

                           If to Company at:

                           Viasystems Group, Inc.
                           101 South Hanley Road
                           St. Louis, Missouri 63105
                           Attention: David J. Webster
                           Telephone: (314) 746-2280
                           Fax: (314) 746-2299

                           If to Warrant Agent at:

                           Computershare Investor Services, LLC
                           2 North LaSalle Street
                           Chicago, Illinois 60602
                           Attention: Viasystems Representative
                           Telephone: (312) 588-4993
                           Fax: (312) 601-4332

or at such other address as may be substituted by notice given as herein
provided. The giving of any notice required hereunder may be waived in writing
by the party entitled to receive such notice. Every notice, demand, request,
consent, approval, declaration, delivery or other communication hereunder shall
be deemed to have been duly given or served on the date on which personally
delivered, the first Business Day after delivery by facsimile, receipt

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acknowledged, or the third Business Day after deposit in the United States mail,
whichever is earlier.

                  14.3     Successors and Assigns. All covenants and provisions
of this Warrant Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Warrant
Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and
assigns hereunder.

                  14.4     Amendment. This Warrant Agreement and the Warrants
may only be modified or amended or the provisions hereof and thereof waived with
the written consent of the Company, the Warrant Agent and the Majority Holders,
provided that no Warrant may be modified or amended to reduce the number of
shares of Common Stock for which such Warrant is exercisable or to increase the
price at which such shares may be purchased upon exercise of such Warrant
(before giving effect to any adjustment as provided herein and therein) without
the prior written consent of the Holder thereof.

                  14.5     Third-Party Beneficiaries. All covenants and
provisions of this Warrant Agreement shall inure to the benefit of each Holder
from time to time of Warrants.

                  14.6     Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of
this Warrant Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective
and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant Agreement
shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without
invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this
Warrant Agreement.

                  14.7     Headings. The headings used in this Warrant Agreement
are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be
deemed a part of this Warrant Agreement.

                  14.8     Governing Law. This Warrant Agreement and the
Warrants shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard
to the provisions thereof relating to conflict of laws.

                  14.9     Counterparts. This Warrant Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all
purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.

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         In witness whereof, each of the Company and the Warrant Agent has
caused this Warrant Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized officers as
of the date first above written.

                                          VIASYSTEMS GROUP, INC.

                                          By: /s/ David J. Webster
                                              --------------------------------
                                              David J. Webster
                                              Senior Vice President

                                          COMPUTERSHARE INVESTOR SERVICES, LLC

                                          By: /s/ Petrine Nielsen
                                              --------------------------------
                                              Petrine Nielsen
                                              Senior Vice President

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                      [Form of Face of Warrant Certificate]

                                     WARRANT
              TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE,
                                       OF
                             VIASYSTEMS GROUP, INC.

CERTIFICATE NO.:__________________              NUMBER OF WARRANTS:_____________

         Exercisable from and after the date hereof until 5:00 p.m., New York
City time on January 31, 2010 (the "Expiration Date").

         This Warrant Certificate certifies that ____________________, or
registered assigns, is the registered holder ("Holder") of the number of
Warrants set forth above expiring at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
Expiration Date (the "Warrants") to purchase common stock, par value $0.01 per
share (the "Common Stock"), of Viasystems Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"). The Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants is
hereinafter referred to as the "Warrant Stock." Each Warrant entitles the
Holder, upon exercise thereof, to purchase from the Company at any time from and
after the date hereof until 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration
Date, one (1) share of Common Stock at the initial purchase price of $25.51 per
share subject to adjustment and the other terms and conditions set forth herein
and in the Warrant Agreement dated as of January 31, 2003 (the "Warrant
Agreement") by and between the Company and Computershare Investor Services, LLC,
as warrant agent (the "Warrant Agent"). Such purchase shall be payable in lawful
money of the United States of America by certified or official bank check or any
combination thereof to the order of the Warrant Agent for the account of the
Company at the principal office of the Warrant Agent, subject to the conditions
set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement. The number of shares of Common
Stock for which each Warrant is exercisable, and the price at which such shares
may be purchased upon exercise of each Warrant, are subject to adjustment upon
the occurrence of certain events as set forth in the Warrant Agreement. Whenever
the number of shares of Common Stock for which a Warrant is exercisable, or the
price at which a share of such Common Stock may be purchased upon exercise of
the Warrants, is adjusted pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, the Company shall
cause written notice of such adjustment to be given to each Holder at such
Holders address appearing on the Warrant register by first class mail postage
pre-paid.

         No Warrant may be exercised after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
Expiration Date, and to the extent not exercised by such time such Warrants
shall be void.

         Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Warrant
Certificate set forth on the reverse side hereof and such further provisions
shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this
place.

         This Warrant Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the
Warrant Agent.

         THIS WARRANT CERTIFICATE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
DELAWARE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PROVISIONS THEREOF RELATING TO CONFLICT OF LAWS.

         In witness whereof, the undersigned, duly authorized officer of the
Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to be signed as of this 31st day of
January, 2003.

                                          VIASYSTEMS GROUP, INC.

                                          By: __________________________________
                                          Name: ________________________________
                                          Title: _______________________________

                                          COUNTERSIGNED:

                                          COMPUTERSHARE INVESTOR SERVICES, LLC
                                          as Warrant Agent

                                          By: __________________________________
                                          Name: ________________________________
                                          Title: _______________________________

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                    [Form of Reverse of Warrant Certificate]

         The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of a duly
authorized issue of up to 1,436,171 Warrants expiring at 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the Expiration Date, entitling the Holder, on exercise, to
purchase shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, and
are issued or to be issued pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, which Warrant
Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this instrument
and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights, limitation of rights,
obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Warrant Agent, the Company
and the Holders. A copy of the Warrant Agreement may be obtained by the Holder
hereof upon written request to the Company or the Warrant Agent at the addresses
set forth below.

         Warrants may be exercised by surrendering this Warrant Certificate,
with the Election to Purchase set forth hereon properly completed and executed,
together with payment of the purchase price by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Warrant Agent for the account of the Company. In the
event that the number of Warrants exercised shall be less than the total number
of Warrants evidenced hereby, there shall be issued to the Holder hereof or the
Holder's assignee a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of Warrants
not exercised.

         The Warrant Agreement provides that the number of shares of Common
Stock for which each Warrant is exercisable, and the price at which such shares
may be purchased upon exercise of each Warrant, are subject to adjustment upon
the occurrence of certain events as set forth in the Warrant Agreement. The
Company shall not issue fractional shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of
any Warrant, and the Company shall round down to the nearest share of Common
Stock as provided in the Warrant Agreement.

         Warrant Certificates, when surrendered at the office of the Warrant
Agent by the registered Holder thereof in person or by legal representative or
attorney duly authorized in writing, may be exchanged, in the manner and subject
to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement for another Warrant
Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor evidencing in the aggregate a
like number of Warrants.

         Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of this Warrant
Certificate at the office of the Warrant Agent a new Warrant Certificate or
Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number
of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee in exchange for this Warrant
Certificate, subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement.

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            COMPANY:                      WARRANT AGENT:
            Viasystems Group, Inc.        Computershare Investor Services, LLC
            101 South Hanley Road         2 North LaSalle Sreet
            St. Louis, Missouri 63105     Chicago, Illinois 60602
            (314) 727-2087                (312) 588-4993

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                              ELECTION TO PURCHASE

          The undersigned registered owner of this Warrant irrevocably exercises
this Warrant for the purchase of ______ shares of Common Stock of Viasystems
Group, Inc. and herewith makes payment therefor, all at the price and on the
terms and conditions specified in this Warrant and the Warrant Agreement and
requests that certificates for the shares of Common Stock hereby purchased (and
any securities or other property issuable upon such exercise) be issued in and
delivered to the name and address specified below and, if such shares of Common
Stock shall not include all of the shares of Common Stock issuable as provided
in this Warrant, that a new Warrant of like tenor and date for the balance of
the shares of Common Stock issuable hereunder be delivered to the undersigned.

Date: ____________                  ____________________________________________
                                    Signature of Registered Owner*

                                    ____________________________________________
                                    Name Common Stock to be Registered Under

                                    ____________________________________________
                                    Address Common Stock to be Registered Under

                                    * * * * *

                                   ASSIGNMENT

         For value received the undersigned registered owner of this Warrant
hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the Assignee named below all of the
rights of the undersigned under this Warrant, with respect to _____________
shares of Common Stock and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
_______________________ attorney-in-fact to register such transfer on the books
of Viasystems Group, Inc., with full power of substitution in the premises.

Date: ____________                  ____________________________________________
                                    Signature of Registered Owner*

                                    ____________________________________________
                                    Name of Assignee

                                    ____________________________________________
                                    Address of Assignee

* THE SIGNATURE ON THE ELECTION TO PURCHASE OR ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH
THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE WARRANT IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                             VIASYSTEMS GROUP, INC.
                             2003 STOCK OPTION PLAN

         1. Purpose. The Viasystems Group, Inc. 2003 Stock Option Plan (the
"Plan") is intended to provide incentives which will retain and motivate
employees of Viasystems Group, Inc. (the "Company") and of any parent
corporation or subsidiary corporation now existing or hereafter formed or
acquired, by providing them opportunities to acquire shares of the common stock,
par value $.01 per share, of the Company ("Common Stock"). Furthermore, the Plan
is intended to assist in aligning the interests of such employees to those of
the Company's stockholders.

         2. Administration.

         (a) The Plan will be administered by the Compensation Committee of the
Board of Directors of the Company (the "Committee"). Whenever the Company shall
have a class of equity securities registered pursuant to section 12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), the Committee
shall be comprised solely of not less than two members who shall be
"Non-Employee Directors" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3(b)(3) (or any
successor rule) promulgated under the Exchange Act. The Committee is authorized,
subject to the provisions of the Plan, to establish such rules and regulations
as it deems necessary for the proper administration of the Plan and to make such
determinations and interpretations and to take such action in connection with
the Plan and any Stock Options (as defined below) granted hereunder as it deems
necessary or advisable, including, but not limited to, accelerating vesting or
exercisability of any Stock Options, extending the term or period of
exercisability (but in no event beyond ten (10) years after the date it is
granted) of any Stock Options, reducing the Exercise Price of any Stock Options
or waiving any terms or conditions applicable to any Stock Options. All
determinations and interpretations made by the Committee shall be binding and
conclusive on all participants and their legal representatives. No member of the
Board of Directors of the Company, no member of the Committee and no employee of
the Company shall be liable for any act or failure to act hereunder, except in
circumstances involving his or her bad faith, or for any act or failure to act
hereunder by any other member or employee or by any agent to whom duties in
connection with the administration of this Plan have been delegated. The Company
shall indemnify members of the Committee and any agent of the Committee who is
an employee of the Company, against any and all liabilities or expenses to which
they may be subjected by reason of any act or failure to act with respect to
their duties on behalf of the Plan, except in circumstances involving such
person's bad faith.

         (b) The Committee may delegate to one or more of its members, or to one
or more agents, such administrative duties as it may deem advisable, and the
Committee, or any person to whom it has delegated duties as aforesaid, may
employ one or more persons to render advice with respect to any responsibility
the Committee or such person may have under the Plan. The Committee may employ
such legal or other counsel, consultants and agents as it may deem desirable for
the administration of the Plan and may rely upon any opinion or computation
received from any such counsel, consultant or agent. Expenses incurred by the
Committee in the engagement of such counsel, consultant or agent shall be paid
by the Company, or the subsidiary or affiliate whose employees have benefited
from the Plan, as determined by the Committee.

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         3. Participants. Participants will consist of such employees of and
other persons performing services for the Company and any parent corporation or
subsidiary corporation of the Company as the Committee in its sole discretion
determines to be in a position to impact the success and future growth and
profitability of the Company and whom the Committee may designate from time to
time to receive Stock Options under the Plan. The Committee shall consider such
factors as it deems pertinent in selecting participants and in determining the
type and amount of their respective Stock Options.

         4. Common Stock Available Under the Plan. The aggregate number of
shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Stock Options granted
under this Plan shall be 2,777,778 shares of Common Stock, which may be
authorized and unissued or treasury shares, subject to any adjustments made in
accordance with Section 6. Any shares of Common Stock that may be issued
pursuant to a Stock Option which for any reason is cancelled or terminated
without having been exercised shall again be available for issuance pursuant to
Stock Options granted under the Plan. The maximum aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Stock Options that may be granted to
any single participant within any calendar year during the term of the Plan (as
set forth in Section 16) shall be 1,000,000 shares, subject to the adjustments
provided in Section 6. For purposes of the preceding sentence, such Stock
Options that are cancelled or repriced shall continue to be counted during the
calendar year such Stock Options were granted in determining such maximum
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be granted to any single
participant during the term of the Plan.

         5. Stock Options. "Stock Options" will consist of awards from the
Company that will enable the holder to purchase a specific number of shares of
Common Stock, at set terms and at a fixed purchase price. Stock Options may be
incentive stock options ("Incentive Stock Options"), within the meaning of
section 422 of the Code, or Stock Options which do not constitute Incentive
Stock Options ("Nonqualified Stock Options"). The Committee will have the
authority to grant to any participant one or more Incentive Stock Options,
Nonqualified Stock Options, or both types of Stock Options. Stock Options shall
be evidenced by agreements in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A or in such
other forms (which need not be identical) as the Committee may from time to time
approve; provided, however, that in the event of any conflict between the
provisions of the Plan and any such agreements, the provisions of the Plan shall
prevail. Each Stock Option shall be subject to terms and conditions consistent
with the Plan as the Committee may impose from time to time, subject to the
following limitations:

         (a) Exercise Price. Except in the case of Stock Options granted through
assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding stock options previously
granted by an acquired company, and except as a result of an adjustment event
referred to herein, each Stock Option granted hereunder shall have such
per-share exercise price as the Committee may determine at the date of grant,
subject to subsection (d) below.

         (b) Payment of Exercise Price. The option exercise price may be paid in
cash or, in the discretion of the Committee determined at the date of grant, by
the delivery of shares of Common Stock of the Company then owned by the
participant, provided such shares have been held for at least six (6) months. In
the discretion of the Committee, payment may also be made by delivering a
properly executed exercise notice to the Company together with a copy of
irrevocable instructions to a broker to deliver promptly to the Company the
amount of sale or

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loan proceeds to pay the exercise price. To facilitate the foregoing, the
Company may enter into agreements for coordinated procedures with one or more
brokerage firms. The Committee may prescribe any other method of paying the
exercise price that it determines to be consistent with applicable law and the
purpose of the Plan, including, without limitation, in lieu of the exercise of a
Stock Option by delivery of shares of Common Stock of the Company then owned by
a participant, providing the Company with a notarized statement attesting to the
number of shares owned, where, upon verification by the Company, the Company
would issue to the participant only the number of incremental shares to which
the participant is entitled upon exercise of the Stock Option. In determining
which methods a participant may utilize to pay the exercise price, the Committee
may consider such factors as it determines are appropriate.

         (c) Exercise Period. Stock Options granted under the Plan shall be
exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions,
including vesting, as shall be determined by the Committee; provided, however,
that no Stock Option shall be exercisable later than ten (10) years after the
date it is granted. All Stock Options shall terminate at such earlier times and
upon such conditions or circumstances as the Committee shall in its discretion
set forth in such option agreement at the date of grant.

         (d) Limitations on Incentive Stock Options. Incentive Stock Options may
be granted only to participants who are employees of the Company or subsidiary
corporation of the Company at the date of grant and the per share exercise price
may not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock at the
date of grant. The aggregate market value (determined as of the time the option
is granted) of the Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options
are exercisable for the first time by a participant during any calendar year
(under all option plans of the Company) shall not exceed $100,000; provided that
to the extent stock options issued as Incentive Stock Options first become
exercisable during a calendar year in excess of such $100,000 limitation, such
excess Stock Option shall be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options. For purposes
of the preceding sentence, Incentive Stock Options will be taken into account in
the order in which they are granted. Incentive Stock Options may not be granted
to any participant who, at the time of grant, owns stock possessing (after the
application of the attribution rules of section 424(d) of the Code) more than
10% of the total combined voting power of all outstanding classes of stock of
the Company or any subsidiary corporation of the Company, unless the option
price is fixed at not less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Common
Stock on the date of grant and the exercise of such option is prohibited by its
terms after the expiration of five years from the date of grant of such option.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Incentive Stock
Option may be exercised later than ten years after the date it is granted.

         6. Adjustment Provisions; Change in Control.

         (a) If there shall be any change in the Common Stock of the Company,
through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend,
stock split, reclassification, split up, spin-off, combination of shares,
exchange of shares, dividend in kind or other like change in capital structure
or distribution (other than normal cash dividends) to stockholders of the
Company, an adjustment shall be made to each outstanding Stock Option such that
each such Stock Option shall thereafter be exercisable for such securities, cash
and/or other property as would have been received in respect of the Common Stock
subject to such

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Stock Option had such Stock Option been exercised in full immediately prior to
such change or distribution, and such an adjustment shall be made successively
each time any such change shall occur. In addition, in the event of any such
change or distribution, in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of
participants' rights under the Plan, the Committee will have authority to
adjust, in an equitable manner, the number and kind of shares that may be issued
under the Plan, the exercisability and vesting provisions of outstanding Stock
Options, the exercise price applicable to outstanding Stock Options, and the
Fair Market Value of the Common Stock and other value determinations applicable
to outstanding Stock Options. Appropriate adjustments may also be made by the
Committee in the terms of any Stock Options under the Plan to reflect such
changes or distributions and to modify any other terms of outstanding Stock
Options on an equitable basis. In addition the Committee is authorized to make
adjustments to the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Stock
Options in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company
or the financial statements of the Company, or in response to changes in
applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (i) any adjustment with respect to an Incentive Stock Option shall
comply with the rules of section 424(a) of the Code, and (ii) in no event shall
any adjustment be made which would render any Incentive Stock Option granted
hereunder other than an incentive stock option for purposes of section 422 of
the Code.

         (b) In the event of a Change in Control (as defined below), the
Committee, in its discretion, may take such actions as it deems appropriate with
respect to outstanding Stock Options, including, without limitation,
accelerating the exercisability or vesting of such Stock Options.

                  The Committee, in its discretion, may determine that, upon the
occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company, each Stock Option outstanding
hereunder shall terminate within a specified number of days after notice to the
holder and, in the event any holder does not exercise such holder's Stock
Options prior to such date of termination, such holder shall receive, with
respect to each share of Common Stock subject to such Stock Option, an amount
equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of such shares of Common Stock
immediately prior to the occurrence of such Change in Control over the exercise
price per share of such Stock Option, such amount to be payable in cash, in one
or more kinds of property (including the property, if any, payable in the
transaction) or in a combination thereof, as the Committee, in its discretion,
shall determine.

                  A "Change in Control" of the Company shall be deemed to have
occurred if, subsequent to the Effective Date of this Plan, (A) any "person" (as
such term is defined in section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) other than Hicks,
Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated or its affiliates, employees, officers,
directors or successors (the "HMTF Group") is or becomes the beneficial owner,
directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing a majority of
the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding voting securities,
(B) a majority of the Board of Directors shall consist of persons who are not
Continuing Directors (as defined below), (C) the Company shall merge with or
consolidate into any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation
which would result in the holders of the voting securities of the Company
outstanding immediately prior thereto holding immediately thereafter securities
representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the
voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding
immediately after such merger or

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consolidation or (D) the stockholders of the Company approve and effect a plan
of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or
disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company's assets.

                  For purposes of this Agreement, a "Continuing Director" shall
mean, as of the date of determination, any Person who (i) was a member of the
Board of Directors of the Company on the Effective Date of this Plan, (ii) was
nominated for election or elected to the Board of Directors of the Company with
the affirmative vote of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members
of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election, or (iii)
was nominated for election or elected to the Board of Directors of the Company
pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2003, among the
Company and certain of its stockholders.

         7. Transferability. Stock Options granted under the Plan to a
participant shall not be transferable otherwise than by will or the laws of
descent and distribution, and shall be exercisable, during the participant's
lifetime, only by the participant. In the event of the death of a participant,
each Stock Option theretofore granted to him or her shall be exercisable during
such period after his or her death as the Committee shall in its discretion set
forth in such Stock Option at the date of grant and then only by the executor or
administrator of the estate of the deceased participant or the person or persons
to whom the deceased participant's rights under the Stock Option shall pass by
will or the laws of descent and distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at
the discretion of the Committee, a Stock Option (other than an Incentive Stock
Option) may be transferred by a participant solely to the participant's spouse,
siblings, parents, children and grandchildren or trusts for the benefit of such
persons or partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies or other
entities owned solely by such persons, including trusts for such persons,
subject to any restriction included in the award of the Stock Option.

         8. Other Provisions. The award of any Stock Option under the Plan may
also be subject to such other provisions (whether or not applicable to the Stock
Option awarded to any other participant) as the Committee determines, at the
date of grant, appropriate, including, without limitation, for the installment
purchase of Common Stock under Stock Options, for the forfeiture of, or
restrictions on resale or other disposition of, Common Stock acquired under any
Stock Option, for the acceleration of exercisability or vesting of Stock Options
in the event of a change in control of the Company, for the payment of the value
of Stock Options to participants in the event of a change in control of the
Company, or to comply with federal and state securities laws, or understandings
or conditions as to the participant's employment in addition to but not
inconsistent with those specifically provided for under the Plan.

         9. Fair Market Value. For purposes of this Plan and any Stock Options
awarded hereunder, Fair Market Value shall be the closing price of the Company's
Common Stock on the date of calculation (or on the last preceding trading date
if Common Stock was not traded on such date) if the Company's Common Stock is
readily tradable on a national securities exchange or other market system, and
if the Company's Common Stock is not readily tradable, Fair Market Value shall
mean the amount determined in good faith by the Committee as the fair market
value of the Common Stock of the Company; provided, however, in the event of a
Change in Control, the Fair Market Value shall be based on the actual
consideration paid for such Common Stock.

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         10. Withholding. All payments or distributions made pursuant to the
Plan shall be net of any amounts required to be withheld pursuant to applicable
federal, state and local tax withholding requirements. If the Company proposes
or is required to distribute Common Stock pursuant to the Plan, it may require
the recipient to remit to it or to the corporation that employs such recipient
an amount sufficient to satisfy such tax withholding requirements prior to the
delivery of any certificates for such Common Stock. In lieu thereof, the Company
or the employing corporation shall have the right to withhold the amount of such
taxes from any other sums due or to become due from such corporation to the
recipient as the Committee shall prescribe. The Committee may, in its discretion
and subject to such rules as it may adopt (including any as may be required to
satisfy applicable tax and/or non-tax regulatory requirements), permit an
optionee to pay all or a portion of the federal, state and local withholding
taxes arising in connection with any Stock Options by electing to have the
Company withhold shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the
amount of tax to be withheld, such tax calculated at rates required by statute
or regulation.

         11. Tenure. A participant's right, if any, to continue to serve the
Company as a director, officer, employee, or otherwise, shall not be enlarged or
otherwise affected by his or her designation as a participant under the Plan.

         12. Unfunded Plan. Participants shall have no right, title, or interest
whatsoever in or to any investments which the Company may make to aid it in
meeting its obligations under the Plan. Nothing contained in the Plan, and no
action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create
a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any
participant, beneficiary, legal representative or any other person. To the
extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company
under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured
general creditor of the Company. All payments to be made hereunder shall be paid
from the general funds of the Company and no special or separate fund shall be
established and no segregation of assets shall be made to assure payment of such
amounts except as expressly set forth in the Plan. The Plan is not intended to
be subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

         13. No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be
issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Stock Option. The Committee
shall determine whether cash or other property shall be issued or paid in lieu
of fractional shares or whether such fractional shares or any rights thereto
shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.

         14. Duration, Amendment and Termination. No Stock Options shall be
granted more than ten years after the Effective Date; provided, however, that
the terms and conditions applicable to any Stock Option granted prior to such
date may thereafter be amended or modified by mutual agreement between the
Company and the participant or such other persons as may then have an interest
therein. The Committee may amend the Plan from time to time or suspend or
terminate the Plan at any time. However, no action authorized by this Section 14
shall reduce the amount of any outstanding Stock Option or change the terms and
conditions thereof without the participant's consent. No amendment of the Plan
shall, without approval of the stockholders of the Company, (i) increase the
total number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under the Plan or the
maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be granted to any individual
under the Plan or (ii) modify the requirements as to eligibility for Stock
Options under

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the Plan; provided, however, that no amendment may be made without approval of
the stockholders of the Company if the amendment will disqualify any Incentive
Stock Options granted hereunder.

         15. Governing Law. This Plan, Stock Options granted hereunder, and
actions taken in connection herewith shall be governed and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (regardless of the law that
might otherwise govern under applicable Delaware principles of conflict of
laws).

         16. Effective Date.

         (a) The Plan is adopted to give effect to the Company's plan of
reorganization under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the
"Bankruptcy Code") pursuant the confirmation order dated January 14, 2003, of
the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The
Plan shall be effective as of January 31, 2003 (the "Effective Date"), provided
that the Plan is approved by the stockholders of the Company within 12 months of
the Effective Date. Such approval of stockholders shall be a condition to the
right of each participant to receive any Stock Options hereunder. Any Stock
Options granted under the Plan prior to such approval of stockholders shall be
effective as of the date of grant (unless, with respect to any Stock Option, the
Committee specifies otherwise at the time of grant), but no such Stock Option
may be exercised or settled and no restrictions relating to any Stock Option may
lapse prior to such stockholder approval, and if stockholders fail to approve
the Plan as specified hereunder, any such Stock Options shall be cancelled.

         (b) This Plan shall terminate on January 31, 2013 (unless sooner
terminated by the Committee).

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this 2003 Stock Option Plan
to be signed by the undersigned duly authorized officer of the Corporation as of
January 31, 2003.

                                                /s/ David J. Webster
                                                --------------------------------
                                                David J. Webster
                                                Senior Vice President

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                        [FORM OF STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT]

                             VIASYSTEMS GROUP, INC.
                       NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

         THIS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made and entered into between
Viasystems Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Group"), and the undersigned
(the "Holder") in connection with the grant of an Option (hereinafter defined)
under the Viasystems Group, Inc. 2003 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").

                                   WITNESSETH:

         WHEREAS, the Holder is an employee of Group or a subsidiary corporation
thereof (such subsidiary corporation sometimes referred to herein as "Related
Entities"; Group and the Related Entities are collectively referred to herein as
the "Corporation") in a key position or is an officer and/or director of the
Corporation, and Group desires to grant the Holder an Option through the Plan to
purchase shares of Stock (hereafter defined) of Group, and Holder desires to
accept the Option upon the terms, conditions and covenants set forth herein and
in the Plan.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises, the parties agree
that the following shall constitute the agreement between the Corporation and
the Holder:

         1. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the meanings specified below:

         1.1 "Board of Directors" shall mean the board of directors of Group.

         1.2 "Cause" shall be as defined by any employment agreement applicable
to Holder or, if none, shall mean termination of employment of Holder because of
(i) Holder's conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere (or other similar plea)
to, a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude; (ii) Holder's personal
dishonesty, incompetence, willful misconduct, willful violation of any law,
rule, or regulation (other than minor traffic violations or similar offenses) or
breach of fiduciary duty which involves personal profit; (iii) Holder's
commission of material mismanagement in the conduct of Holder's duties as
assigned to him; (iv) Holder's willful failure to execute or comply with the
policies of the Corporation; (v) Holder's failure to properly perform Holder's
stated established duties, or intentional failure to perform Holder's stated
duties; or (vi) the illegal use of drugs on the part of Holder.

         1.3 "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

         1.4 "Committee" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term under the
Plan.

         1.5 "Confidential Information" shall mean information about the
Corporation, including its respective businesses, products and practices,
disclosed to or known by the Holder as a direct or indirect consequence of or
through the employment by the Corporation. However,

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Confidential Information shall not include under any circumstances any
information with respect to the foregoing matters which is (i) available to the
public from a source other than Holder, (ii) released in writing by the
Corporation to the public or intentionally to persons who are not under a
similar obligation of confidentiality to the Corporation and who are not parties
to this Agreement or a similar agreement, (iii) obtained by Holder from a third
party not under a similar obligation of confidentiality to the Corporation, or
(iv) the subject of a written waiver executed by the Corporation for the benefit
of Holder.

         1.6 "Disability" shall be construed under the appropriate provisions of
the long-term disability plan maintained for the benefit of employees of the
Corporation who are regularly employed on a salaried basis. The determination of
a Holder's Disability, and the date of its commencement, shall be determined in
good faith solely by the Committee.

         1.7 "Fair Market Value" shall mean the closing price of the Stock on
the date of calculation (or on the last preceding trading date if the Stock was
not traded on such date) if the Stock is readily tradable on a national
securities exchange or other market system, and if the Stock is not readily
tradable, Fair Market Value shall mean the amount determined in good faith by
the Committee as the fair market value of the Stock.

         1.8 "Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

         1.9 "Stock" shall mean Group's authorized par value $0.01 per share
Common Stock together with any other securities with respect to which Options
(hereinafter defined) or other rights granted hereunder may become exercisable.

         2. GRANT OF NONQUALIFIED OPTION. Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, Group grants to the Holder an Option (the "Option") to
purchase from Group at a price per share (the "Exercise Price") the number of
shares of Stock (the "Option Shares") as both are set out on the signature page
hereof subject to adjustments as provided in Paragraph 9 hereof. The Option is
not intended to be an incentive option within the meaning of Section 422(a) of
the Code.

         3. NOTICE OF EXERCISE. This Option may be exercised, in accordance with
Paragraph 8, to purchase all or a portion of the applicable number of Option
Shares exercisable by written notice to Group as provided in Paragraph 12, which
notice shall:

                  (a) specify the number of shares of Stock to be purchased at
the Exercise Price;

                  (b) if the person exercising this Option is not the named
Holder, contain or be accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the Committee of
such person's right to exercise this Option; and

                  (c) be accompanied by (i) payment in full of the Exercise
Price in the form of a certified or cashier's check payable to the order of
Group, (ii) with the Committee's approval, a promissory note for the full
Exercise Price, (iii) with the Committee's approval, payment in the form of
shares of Stock owned by the Holder which are of at least equal value to the
aggregate Exercise Price payable in connection with such exercise, provided,
such shares have been held

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for at least six (6) months, (iv) with the Committee's approval, a share or
shares of Stock owned by the Holder and surrendered for actual or deemed
multiple exchanges of shares of Stock, provided, such shares have been held for
at least six (6) months, or (v) with the Committee's approval, a combination of
any of (i) - (iv). The Committee may grant or withhold its approval under any or
all of the foregoing subsections (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) in its sole and
absolute discretion.

         4. INVESTMENT LETTER. Unless there is in effect a registration
statement under the Securities Act with respect to the issuance of the Option
Shares (and, if required, there is available for delivery a prospectus meeting
the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act), the Holder (or, in
the event of his death, the person exercising the Option) shall, as an absolute
condition to his right to exercise the Option, deliver to Group an agreement or
certificate containing such representations, warranties, and covenants as Group
may deem necessary or appropriate to ensure that the issuance of shares of Stock
pursuant to such exercise is not required to be registered under the Securities
Act or any applicable state securities law. It is understood and agreed that
under no circumstance shall Group be obligated to file any registration
statement under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law to
permit exercise of the Option or to issue any Stock in violation of the
Securities Act or any applicable state securities law.

         5. TRANSFER AND EXERCISE OF NONQUALIFIED OPTION. The Option is not
transferable by the Holder otherwise than by operation of law or by will or the
laws of descent and distribution, and is exercisable, during the Holder's
lifetime, only by the Holder. The Option may not be assigned, transferred
(except by operation of law or by will or the laws of descent and distribution),
pledged, or hypothecated in any way and shall not be subject to execution,
attachment, or similar proceeding. Any attempted assignment, transfer, pledge,
hypothecation, or other disposition of the Option or any rights hereunder or
thereto contrary to the provisions hereof, and the levy of any attachment or
similar proceeding upon the Option, shall be null and void and without effect.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Option may be transferred by the Holder
solely to the Holder's spouse, siblings, parents, children and grandchildren or
trusts for the benefit of such persons or partnerships, corporations, limited
liability companies or other entities owned solely by such persons, including
trusts for such persons.

         6. STATUS OF HOLDER. The Holder shall not be deemed a stockholder of
Group with respect to any of the shares of Stock subject to this Option, except
to the extent that such shares shall have been purchased and issued. Group shall
not be required to issue or transfer any certificates for shares of Stock
purchased upon exercise of this Option until there is compliance with all
applicable requirements of law and this Agreement. This Agreement is not a
contract of employment and the terms of the Holder's employment shall not be
affected hereby or by any agreement referred to herein except to the extent
specifically so provided herein or therein. Nothing herein shall be construed to
impose any obligation on the Corporation to continue the Holder's employment.

         7. NO EFFECT ON CAPITAL STRUCTURE. This Option shall not affect the
right of Group to reclassify, recapitalize or otherwise change its capital or
debt structure or to merge, consolidate, convey any or all of its assets,
dissolve, liquidate, windup, or otherwise reorganize

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and, by acceptance of this Agreement, Holder agrees that Holder has no standing
before any court to object to or contest any such action.

         8. CONDITIONS AND SCHEDULE FOR EXERCISE. Except as otherwise provided
herein, all Options shall expire no later than ten (10) years from the date of
this Agreement (the "Expiration Date"). Holder shall be entitled to exercise the
Options granted herein in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth on the
signature page hereof. Notwithstanding the provisions of the immediately
preceding sentence, all Option Shares shall become exercisable immediately prior
to a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan).

         All other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding,
in the event of the termination of Holder's employment with the Corporation
either voluntary or for Cause, all rights under this Agreement and the Option
shall terminate and shall thereupon be null and void effective upon such
termination; provided, however, any shares of Stock obtained through exercise
prior to such termination date in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
shall remain the sole and absolute property of the Holder.

         In the event of the termination of Holder's employment with the
Corporation other than as a result of Holder's voluntary termination or Holder's
termination by the Corporation for Cause, all rights under this Agreement and
the Option shall terminate and shall become null and void effective on the later
of (i) the date upon which Holder is no longer entitled to receive any benefits
from Group or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to any employment agreement
applicable to Holder or, in the absence of any employment agreement applicable
to Holder, (ii) thirty (30) days (or 180 days if because of death or Disability)
after such termination (as applicable, the "Extended Exercisability Period");
provided, however, that in no event shall the Extended Exercisability Period
extend beyond the Expiration Date; and provided, further, any shares of Stock
obtained through exercise prior to such termination date in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement shall remain the sole and absolute property of the
Holder. During such Extended Exercisability Period, Holder (or Holder's legal
representative in the event that Holder's employment with the Corporation is
terminated because of death) shall have the right to exercise the Option with
respect to all or any part of the shares of Stock which such Holder was entitled
to purchase (which shall include for purpose of this Agreement a prorating of
exercisability of option shares between vesting dates) immediately prior to the
time of such termination.

         9. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION, MERGER, ETC. AND
ACCELERATION OF EXERCISABILITY. In the event that, by reason of any merger,
consolidation, combination, liquidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock
dividend, stock split, split-up, split-off, spin-off, combination of shares,
exchange of shares or other like change in capital structure of Group (each, a
"Reorganization"), the Stock is substituted, combined, or changed into any cash,
property, or other securities, or the shares of Stock are changed into a greater
or lesser number of shares of Stock, the number and/or kind of shares and/or
interests subject to an Option and the Exercise Price or value thereof shall be
appropriately adjusted by the Committee to give appropriate effect to such
Reorganization. Any fractional shares or interests resulting from such
adjustment shall be eliminated.

         All of the provisions of this paragraph to the contrary
notwithstanding, Group shall have the right to grant stock appreciation right
agreements to others and/or issue additional stock

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options, if such options are to others out of authorized but unissued shares,
even though the result of such stock appreciation right agreements and/or stock
options dilute either the percentage of ownership of the Holder or the value per
share of any Stock or Option herein granted and, in any such event, Holder's
rights hereunder shall not be increased in any way.

         10. COMMITTEE AUTHORITY. Any question concerning the interpretation of
this Agreement, any adjustments required to be made under Paragraph 9 of this
Agreement, and any controversy which may arise under this Agreement and/or any
paragraph hereof shall be finally determined by the Committee in its sole and
absolute discretion.

         11. PLAN CONTROLS. The terms of this Agreement are governed by the
terms of the Plan, which is made a part hereof as if fully set forth herein, and
in the case of any inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and the
terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall control.

         12. NOTICE. Whenever any notice is required or permitted hereunder,
such notice must be in writing and personally delivered, sent by mail or sent by
overnight courier. Any notice required or permitted to be delivered hereunder
shall be deemed to be delivered on the date which it is personally delivered,
or, whether actually received or not, on the third business day after it is
deposited in the United States mail, certified or registered, postage prepaid or
next business day after it is sent by overnight courier, addressed to the person
who is to receive it at the address which such person has theretofore specified
by written notice delivered in accordance herewith. Group or Holder may change,
at any time and from time to time, by written notice to the other, the address
previously specified for receiving notices. Until changed in accordance
herewith, Group and the Holder specify their respective addresses as set forth
below on the signature lines on the last page hereof.

         13. AWARD INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL. As partial consideration for the
granting of this Option, the Holder agrees that Holder will keep confidential
all information and knowledge that Holder has relating to the manner and amount
of participation in the Plan; provided, however, that such information may be
disclosed as required by law and may be given in confidence to the Holder's
spouse, tax and financial advisors, or to a financial institution to the extent
that such information is necessary to secure a loan.

         14. TAX WITHHOLDING. By acceptance hereof, Holder hereby (i) agrees to
reimburse the Corporation by which Holder is employed for any federal, state, or
local taxes required by any government to be withheld or otherwise deducted by
such Corporation in respect of Holder's exercise of all or a portion of the
Option; (ii) authorizes the Corporation by which the Holder is employed to
withhold from any cash compensation paid to the Holder or on the Holder's
behalf, an amount sufficient to discharge any federal, state, and local taxes
imposed on the Corporation by which the Holder is employed, in respect of the
Holder's exercise of all or a portion of the Option; and (iii) agrees that Group
may, in its discretion, hold the stock certificate to which Holder is entitled
upon exercise of the Option as security for the payment of the aforementioned
withholding tax liability, until cash sufficient to pay that liability has been
accumulated, and may, in its discretion, effect such withholding by retaining
shares issuable upon the exercise of the Option having a Fair Market Value on
the date of exercise which is equal (in the judgment of such Corporation) to the
amount to be withheld.

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         15. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. As partial consideration of the granting
of this Option, the Holder agrees that during Holder's employment with the
Corporation or at any time thereafter, irrespective of the time, manner or cause
of the termination of this Agreement, Holder will not directly or indirectly
reveal, divulge, disclose or communicate to any person or entity, other than
authorized officers, directors and employees of the Corporation, in any manner
whatsoever, any Confidential Information of the Corporation or any direct or
indirect subsidiary or parent of the Corporation without the prior written
consent of the Chairman of the Board of Group.

         16. SUCCESSORS. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement is
binding on and enforceable by the heirs, successors, and assigns of the parties.

         17. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the
State of Delaware, except to the extent that Delaware law is preempted by
Federal law.

         18. RESTRICTION ON SHARES. You acknowledge and agree that upon exercise
of your Option, if required in the opinion of counsel to Group, the certificates
for Common Stock, when issued, will have substantially the following legend:

         THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
         UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, NOR PURSUANT TO THE
         SECURITIES OR "BLUE SKY" LAWS OF ANY STATE. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE
         OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE
         ASSIGNED, EXCEPT PURSUANT TO (i) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT
         TO SUCH SECURITIES WHICH IS EFFECTIVE UNDER SUCH ACT, (ii) RULE 144
         UNDER SUCH ACT, OR (iii) ANY OTHER EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
         SUCH ACT.

         19. ENFORCEABILITY; BINDING EFFECT. If any provision of this Agreement
shall be held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction,
such ruling shall not invalidate or render unenforceable the other provisions of
this Agreement, unless the result of such invalidation or unenforceability shall
be to deprive a party of the essential benefit of its bargain under this
Agreement, in which event either adversely affected party may immediately
terminate this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be
unenforceable, the unenforceable provision shall be deemed modified to the
extent required to permit its enforcement in a manner most closely representing
the intent of the parties as expressed herein and all other provisions shall be
and remain in full force and effect. Subject to the prohibition on assignments,
this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to
this Agreement and their legal representatives, successors and assigns.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Group has caused this Nonqualified Stock Option
Agreement to be executed and the Holder has hereunto set Holder's hand as of
_______________.

GROUP:                                 VIASYSTEMS GROUP, INC.
                                       101 South Hanley
                                       St. Louis, Missouri 63105

                                       By:______________________________________

                                       Name:____________________________________

                                       Title:___________________________________

HOLDER:

                                       _________________________________________

                                       Address:_________________________________
                                       _________________________________________
                                       _________________________________________

OPTION TERMS:

Number of Option Shares:               _________________________________________

Exercise Price:                        $_____ per share

Date of Grant:                         _________________________________________

Vesting Schedule:                      1/3 of the Option Shares shall be
                                       exercisable on or after the Date of
                                       Grant; an additional 1/3 of the Option
                                       Shares shall be exercisable on or after
                                       the 24-month anniversary of the Effective
                                       Date (as defined in the Plan), and the
                                       remaining 1/3 of the Option Shares shall
                                       be exercisable on or after the 36-month
                                       anniversary of the Effective Date.

Expiration Date:                       10 years from the Date of Grant

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