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Exhibit 10.1

                        INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

     THIS AGREEMENT is made this ___ day of _________, 20__ (the "Grant Date")
by and between DAYTON SUPERIOR CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and [Name of Employee], an employee of the Company ("Optionee"),
under the following circumstances:

         A. The Dayton Superior Corporation 2000 Stock Option Plan, as amended
     (the "Plan"), provides that the Company may grant options to purchase
     shares of the Company's common stock, $.01 per share ("Common Stock"), to
     employees of the Company as an inducement to remain in the service of the
     Company and as an incentive for increased efforts during such service.

         B. On _______, 20__, the Compensation Committee of the Board of
     Directors of the Company recommended, and the Board of Directors approved,
     the grant to Optionee of this stock option to purchase Common Stock
     pursuant to the Plan.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained
and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

     Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not
defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning given such terms in the Plan.
In addition, the following terms shall have the meaning specified below, unless
the context clearly indicates to the contrary:

         "Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, a Person directly or
     indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controlling, controlled by,
     or under common control with, such Person, and with respect to the Company,
     also any entity designated by the Board in which the Company or one of its
     Affiliates has an interest, and with respect to Odyssey, also any Affiliate
     of any partner of Odyssey.

         "Cause" means the Optionee's: (i) willful or gross misconduct or
     material failure in the performance of the Optionee's duties and
     responsibilities to the Company, other than any such failure resulting from
     the Optionee's Disability, which misconduct or failure continues beyond 14
     days after the Company notifies the Optionee, in writing, of the Company's
     finding of such misconduct or failure; or (ii) conviction of, or plea of
     guilty or nolo contendre to, a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude;
     or (iii) fraud or personal dishonesty involving the Company's assets.

         "Change in Control" means the occurrence of any of the following: (i) a
     change in ownership or control of the Company effected through a
     transaction or series of transactions whereby any "person" or related
     "group" of "persons" (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2)
     of the Exchange Act) (other than the Company, any of its subsidiaries, an
     employee benefit plan maintained by the Company or any of its subsidiaries,

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     a Principal Stockholder or a "person" that, prior to such transaction,
     directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common
     control with, the Company or a Principal Stockholder) directly or
     indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3
     under the Exchange Act) of securities of the Company possessing more than
     50% of the total combined voting power of the Company's securities
     outstanding immediately after such transaction or series of transactions,
     (ii) the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than
     by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related
     transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or
     the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, to any "person" (as
     defined above), or (iii) any consolidation or merger of the Company with or
     into any other corporation or entity or "person" (as defined above) in
     which the stockholders of the Company prior to such consolidation or merger
     own less than 50% of the Company's voting power immediately after such
     consolidation or merger, excluding any consolidation or merger affected
     exclusively to change the domicile of the Company.

         "Disability" means the inability of the Optionee to perform his duties
     with the Company or a Subsidiary on a full time basis for more than six
     months within any 12-month period due to reasonably documented physical or
     mental illness.

         "Odyssey" means Odyssey Investment Partners Fund, L.P.

         "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited
     liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust,
     unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental authority or other
     entity of whatever nature.

         "Principal Stockholder" mean: (a) Odyssey and Odyssey Coinvestors, LLC
     (together, the "Odyssey Stockholders"), (b) any general or limited partner
     or member of any Odyssey Stockholder (an "Odyssey Partner"), (c) any
     corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity that is
     an Affiliate of any Odyssey Stockholder or of any Odyssey Partner
     (collectively, the "Odyssey Affiliates"), (d) any managing director,
     member, general partner, director, limited partner, officer or employee of
     (i) any Odyssey Stockholder, (ii) any Odyssey Partner or (iii) any Odyssey
     Affiliate, or the heirs, executors, administrators, testamentary trustees,
     legatees or beneficiaries of any of the foregoing Persons referred to in
     this clause (d) (collectively, the "Odyssey Associates"), (e) any trust,
     the beneficiaries of which, or corporation, limited liability company or
     partnership, the stockholders, members or general or limited partners of
     which, include only Odyssey Stockholders, Odyssey Partners, Odyssey
     Affiliates, Odyssey Associates, their spouses or their lineal descendants;
     and (f) a voting trustee for one or more Odyssey Stockholders, Odyssey
     Affiliates, Odyssey Partners or Odyssey Associates; provided that in no
     event shall the Company or any Subsidiary be considered an Odyssey Partner,
     Odyssey Affiliate, or Odyssey Associate; and provided, further, that an
     underwriter or other similar intermediary engaged by the Company in an
     offering of the Company's debt or equity securities or other instruments
     shall not be deemed a Principal Stockholder with respect to such
     engagement.

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         "Subsidiary" of any entity shall mean any corporation or other entity
     in an unbroken chain of entities beginning with such entity if each of the
     entities other than the last entity in the unbroken chain then owns stock
     or other equity possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power
     of all classes of stock or other equity in one of the other entities in
     such chain.

     Section 2. Grant of Option. The Company hereby grants to Optionee on the
Grant Date an option (the "Option") to purchase all or any of _____ shares of
Common Stock (the "Option Shares") at a purchase price of $____ per share (the
"Exercise Price"), payable upon exercise of the Option as set forth in Section 4
below. The Option is granted subject to all of the terms and conditions set
forth in the Plan (including, without limitation, the provisions of the Plan
with respect to adjustments to the options granted under the Plan in certain
events) and this Agreement.

     Section 3. Exercisability. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section
3 or in Section 5, the Option shall become exercisable with respect to 25% of
the Option Shares on the first anniversary of the Grant Date and shall become
exercisable as to an additional 25% of the Option Shares on each of the
following three anniversaries of the Grant Date. Each installment of the Option
which becomes exercisable pursuant to this Section 3 shall remain exercisable
until it is exercised or the Option expires as provided in Section 5.

     (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3(a), but subject to Section
3(c) and Section 5, the Option shall become fully vested and exercisable
immediately prior to the effective date of a Change in Control.

     (c) Any portion of the Option which is not exercisable at the Optionee's
Termination of Employment shall not thereafter become exercisable.

     (d) Optionee may not exercise the Option during the six month period after
receipt of a deemed hardship distribution (as defined for purposes of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.401(k)-1(d)(3)(iv)(E)) from a plan of the Company (or of a
related party, as defined for purposes of Code Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o))
which contains a cash or deferred arrangement under Section 401(k) of the Code;
provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply if and to the extent that
the Committee determines it is not necessary to qualify any such plan as a cash
or deferred arrangement under Section 401(k) of the Code.

     Section 4. Procedure for Exercise of the Option and Payment. (a) Optionee
may exercise the Option in full or in part by giving written notice of exercise
to the Secretary of the Company, specifying in such notice the number of Shares
for which the Option is being exercised. At the time the Optionee gives notice
of exercise, the Optionee must pay the full Exercise Price for the Option Shares
purchased in cash, by delivery of Common Stock owned by Optionee ("Already-Owned
Shares"), duly endorsed for transfer to the Company, or by any combination of
cash and Already-Owned Shares. If payment of the Exercise Price is to be made by
delivery of Already-Owned Shares, the Optionee may use the attestation procedure
set forth in Section 4(b) below, subject to the limitations described therein.
The Option shall be deemed exercised on the day the Secretary of the Company
receives written notice of the exercise, together with full payment of the
Exercise Price for the Option Shares purchased. To the extent that any portion
of the Exercise Price is paid by delivery of Already-Owned Shares, the amount
credited to such payment shall be the Fair Market Value of the Already-Owned
Shares delivered on the date the Option is exercised.

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     (b) If Optionee pays any portion of the Exercise Price by delivery of
Already-Owned Shares, Optionee either shall physically deliver Already-Owned
Shares to the Company or shall follow the attestation procedure set forth in
this Section 4(b). To attest to the ownership of Already-Owned Shares, Optionee
shall submit to the Secretary of the Company a signed statement at the time the
Option is exercised that: (i) sets forth the number of Already-Owned Shares that
are to be used to pay the Exercise Price (the "Payment Shares"), (ii) confirms
that Optionee is the owner of the Payment Shares, and (iii) if the Payment
Shares are registered in Optionee's name, sets forth the certificate number(s)
of the Payment Shares. If the attestation procedure is used, the Payment Shares
shall be treated as having been delivered to the Secretary of the Company by
Optionee on the date the Option is exercised, and the Company shall issue to
Optionee a certificate for the number of Option Shares being purchased, less the
number of Payment Shares.

     (c) No shares shall be delivered by the Company upon exercise of the Option
until all taxes, if any, payable with respect to the exercise of the Option have
been withheld by the Company or paid by Optionee. Subject to such rules or
limitations as may be established from time to time by the Committee, Optionee
may use shares of Common Stock to pay the Company all or any part of the
mandatory federal, state or local withholding tax payments at the time of
exercise of the Option by following the method of payment set forth in Section
4(b).

     (d) Any exercise of the Option must be for at least 100 shares (or the
remaining shares covered by the Option, if fewer than 100 shares), and for whole
shares only.

     Section 5. Expiration of Option. The Option may not be exercised to any
extent after the first to occur of the following events (the "Expiration Date"):

     (i) the expiration of ten years from the Grant Date; or

     (ii) the 90th day following the date of the Termination of Employment of
Optionee for any reason other than for Cause; or

     (iii) Except as the Committee otherwise may approve, the date of Optionee's
Termination of Employment by the Company for Cause.

     Section 6. Incentive Stock Option. The Option is intended to be an
Incentive Stock Option. Optionee acknowledges that, to the extent that the
aggregate fair market value of stock with respect to which "incentive stock
options" (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, but without regard to
Section 422(d) of the Code), including the Option, are exercisable for the first
time by Optionee during any fiscal year (under the Plan and all other stock
option plans of the Company, any Subsidiary and any parent corporation) exceeds
$100,000, such options shall be treated as not qualifying under Section 422 of
the Code but rather shall be treated and taxable as non-qualified options.

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Optionee further acknowledges that the rule set forth in the preceding sentence
shall be applied by taking options into account in the order in which they were
granted, and the stock certificate issued upon exercise of the options shall
designate whether such stock was acquired upon exercise of an incentive stock
option. For purposes of these rules, the Fair Market Value of shares shall be
determined as of date of grant of the applicable option covering such shares.

     Section 7. Construction. This Agreement shall be administered, interpreted
and enforced under the laws of the State of Ohio.

     Section 8. Conformity to Securities Laws. Optionee acknowledges that the
Plan is intended to conform to the extent necessary with all provisions of all
applicable federal securities laws and any and all regulations and rules
promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
securities exchange on which the Common Stock may be listed (including, without
limitation Rule 16b-3, and the requirements of the Nasdaq Global Market).
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Plan shall be administered,
and the Option is granted and may be exercised only in such a manner as to
conform to, such laws, rules and regulations. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, the Plan and this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the
extent necessary to conform to such laws, rules and regulations.

     Section 9. Option Not Transferable. (a) Without the prior written consent
of the Company, the Option may not be sold, pledged, assigned or transferred in
any manner other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, Optionee may designate (on a form or
forms provided by, and in the manner otherwise approved by the Company) one or
more beneficiaries to receive all or part of the Option in case of Optionee's
death, and may change or revoke such designation at any time, and in the event
of Optionee's death, any portion of the Option that is subject to such
designation shall be distributed to such beneficiary or beneficiaries, subject
to all of the terms of the Option. Any portion of the Option for which a
beneficiary is not so designated shall be distributable to Optionee's estate,
subject to all of the terms of the Option.

     (b) Neither the Option nor any interest or right in the Option shall be
liable for the debts, contracts or engagements of Optionee or Optionee's
successors in interest or shall be subject to disposition by transfer,
alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means
whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by
judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable
proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall
be null and void and of no effect, except to the extent that such disposition is
permitted by the preceding sentence.

     (c) During Optionee's lifetime, only Optionee may exercise the Option (or
any portion thereof). After the death of Optionee, any portion of the Option not
previously exercised may, prior to the Expiration Date, be exercised by
Optionee's personal representative or by any person empowered to exercise the
Option under Optionee's will or under the then applicable laws of descent and
distribution.

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     Section 10. Not a Contract of Employment. Nothing in this Agreement or in
the Plan shall confer upon Optionee any right to continue in the employ of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or shall interfere with or restrict in any
way the rights of the Company or its Subsidiaries, which are hereby expressly
reserved, to discharge Optionee at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or
without Cause.

     Section 11. No Rights as Stockholder. Optionee shall not be, nor have any
of the rights or privileges of, a stockholder of the Company in respect of any
of the Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of any part of the Option
unless and until the Option has been exercised in accordance with this Agreement
and the Plan and a certificate representing such stock has been issued by the
Company to Optionee and Optionee's name has been entered as the stockholder of
record with respect to such Common Stock on the books of the Company.

     Section 12. Notices. Any notice relating to this Agreement shall be in
writing and delivered in person or by certified or registered mail. Each notice
to the Company shall be addressed as follows: Dayton Superior Corporation,
Secretary, 7777 Washington Village Drive, Suite 130, Dayton, Ohio 45459,
Attention: Secretary (or such other address as the Company may specify in
writing). Each notice to Optionee shall be addressed to Optionee at the address
of Optionee maintained by the Company on its books and records or to such other
address as Optionee may designate by written notice to the Company to that
effect.

     Section 13. Amendment and Waiver. No provision of this Agreement may be
amended or waived unless such amendment or waiver is reflected in a writing
signed by a duly authorized officer of the Company and, if required by the Plan,
by Optionee. No waiver of any breach of any provision of this Agreement shall
constitute a waiver of any prior, concurrent or subsequent breach of the same or
any other provision of this Agreement.

     Section 14. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Plan contain all of
the understandings between the parties hereto pertaining to the matters referred
to herein, and supersede all undertakings and agreements, whether oral or in
writing, previously entered into by them with respect thereto.

     Section 15. Construction. This Agreement is made under and subject to the
provisions of the Plan, and all of the provisions of the Plan hereby are
incorporated herein as provisions of this Agreement. If there is a conflict
between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Plan, the
provisions of the Plan shall govern. By signing this Agreement, Optionee
confirms that he has received a copy of the Prospectus with respect to the Plan
and has had an opportunity to review the contents thereof.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date
first written above.

                                                DAYTON SUPERIOR CORPORATION

                                                By
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                                                  Name:
                                                  Title:

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Name

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Address

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Taxpayer Identification Number

                                       7Exhibit 10a

             

            
            AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO LOAN
            AGREEMENT

            
            THIS AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO LOAN
            AGREEMENT (this
            “Amendment”) is made and
            entered into as of March 31, 2008, with respect to that certain Loan Agreement dated as
            of September 19, 2005 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
            time to time, the “Loan
            Agreement”), by and among ARVINMERITOR RECEIVABLES
            CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as
            “Borrower,”
            ARVINMERITOR, INC., an Indiana corporation in its capacity as the
            initial “Collection Agent,”
            THREE PILLARS FUNDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and
            SUNTRUST BANK, a Georgia banking corporation, as
            “Lenders”, and SUNTRUST
            ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC, a Tennessee corporation, as
            “Three Pillars Agent”
            and as “Administrative
            Agent”. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise
            defined herein are used with the meanings attributed thereto in the Loan
            Agreement.

            
            BACKGROUND

             

            
            The parties wish to amend the Loan Agreement on the terms and subject to
            the conditions hereinafter set forth.

            
            NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
            the premises and the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as
            follows:

            	
                        
                        1.   Amendment.

                    	
                        
                        Effective on March 31, 2008:

                    

            
            (a)       
            Exhibit F to the Loan Agreement is amended
            and restated in its entirety to read as set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto, without the
            necessity of any further action on the part of any party to the Loan Agreement;
            and

            
            (b)        the
            definition of “Receivable”
            in Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is amended and restated in its
            entirety to read as follows:

            
            “Receivable” means all
            indebtedness and other obligations owed to an Originator at the times it arises, and
            before giving effect to any transfer or conveyance under the Receivables Sale Agreement
            (including, without limitation, any indebtedness, obligation or interest constituting
            an account, chattel paper, instrument or general intangible) arising from the sale of
            goods or the provision of services by such Originator and further includes, without
            limitation, the applicable Obligor’s obligation to pay any Finance Charges,
            freight charges and other obligations of such Obligor with respect thereto;
            provided, however, in no event shall (i) indebtedness or obligations
            of Tower Automotive, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries to any Originator existing as of
            the Closing Date, (ii) indebtedness and obligations of General Motors Corporation,
            Ford Motor Corporation, or Chrysler Holdings, LLC or any of their respective
            subsidiaries existing as of any date, or (iii) any indebtedness or obligations
            owed at any time to ArvinMeritor OE, LLC arising from the sale of goods or the
            rendition of services at or from the facility located at 181 Bennett Drive, Pulaski,
            Tennessee, constitute “Receivables.” Indebtedness and other
            rights and obligations arising from any one transaction, including, without limitation,
            indebtedness and other rights and

            
            

            

            

            

            

            

            

            

             

            
            obligations represented by an individual invoice, shall constitute a
            Receivable separate from a Receivable consisting of the indebtedness and other rights
            and obligations arising from any other transaction; provided that any
            indebtedness, rights or obligations referred to in the immediately preceding sentence
            shall be a Receivable regardless or whether the Obligor or applicable Originator treats
            such indebtedness, rights or obligations as a separate payment obligation.

            
            2. Consent;
            Financing Statements. In furtherance of the
            foregoing:

            
            (a) each of the Agents and the Lenders hereby consents to the execution,
            delivery, and performance by the Borrower and the Originators of an amendment to the
            Receivables Sale Agreement in form and substance as Exhibit 2 attached
            hereto,

            
            (b) the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to amend all financing
            statements filed in connection with the Receivables Sale Agreement naming the
            Originators, as debtors/sellers, and the Borrower, as secured party/purchaser, to
            exclude from the collateral described therein all Designated Receivables as defined in
            the Receivables Sale Agreement, as amended, and

            
            (c) the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to amend all financing
            statements naming the Borrower as debtor filed in connection with the Transaction
            Documents to release from the collateral covered thereby all indebtedness and
            obligations that are excluded from the definition of “Receivables” in the
            Loan Agreement pursuant to the proviso in the first sentence of that definition, as
            amended hereby.

            
            3. Representations. In order to induce the
            Agents and the Lenders to enter into this Amendment, the Borrower hereby represents and
            warrants to the Agents and the Lenders that no Significant Event or Unmatured
            Significant Event exists and is continuing as of the date hereof.

            
            4. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall
            become effective and shall inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Collection Agent,
            the Lenders, the Agents and their respective successors and assigns when the
            Administrative Agent shall have received one or more counterparts of (i) this
            Amendment, duly executed and delivered by each of the parties hereto, and (ii) the
            amendment to the Receivables Sale Agreement in the form of Exhibit 2 hereto, duly
            executed and delivered by the Borrower and the Originators.

            
            5. Ratification.Except as expressly amended
            above, the Loan Agreement remains unaltered and in full force and effect and is hereby
            ratified and confirmed.

            
            6. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE
            GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
            (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTION
            5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW)).

             

             

            

            

            

            

             

             

            
            7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be
            executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed
            to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the
            same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this
            Amendment by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
            counterpart of this Amendment.

            
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            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have
            caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly
            authorized as of the day and year first above written.

            
             

            
            ARVINMERITOR RECEIVABLES CORPORATION, AS
            BORROWER

             

            
            By:  /s/ Mary
            Lehmann                      

            Name:
            Mary Lehmann

            Title:
            President and Treasurer

             

            
            ARVINMERITOR, INC., AS INITIAL
            COLLECTION AGENT

             

            
            By:  /s/Mary
            Lehmann                       

            Name:
            Mary Lehmann

            Title:
            Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, and Treasurer

            

             

            

            

            

            

             

             

            THREE
            PILLARS FUNDING LLC, AS A
            CONDUIT LENDER

             

            
            By:  /s/ Doris J.
            Hearn                     

            
            Name:  Doris J. Hearn

            
            Title:    Vice President

             

            
            SUNTRUST BANK, AS A
            COMMITTED LENDER

             

             

            
            By:   /s/ William C.
            Humphries            

            
            Name: William C. Humphries

            
            Title:   Managing Director 

             

             

            
            SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC., AS
            THREE PILLARS AGENT AND
            AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

             

            
            By:   /s/ Michael G.
            Maza                  

            
            Name:  Michael G. Maza

            
            Title:    Managing Director

            

             

            

            

            

            

             

             

            
            EXHIBIT 1

            
            EXHIBIT F

             

            
            CONCENTRATION LIMITS

             

            
            Schedule Omitted.

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