Document:

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                                 EXHIBIT 4.1 - SPECIMEN COMMON STOCK CERTIFICATE

                                                                         (FRONT)

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                                                           SOUTHEASTERN
   SHARES                                                     BANKING                                           SHARES
                                                            CORPORATION

                                        INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA

COMMON STOCK                                                                                                CUSIP 84158P 10 8
                                                                                                 SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

THIS CERTIFIES THAT

is the owner of

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                  FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES, OF THE PAR VALUE OF $1.25 PER SHARE, OF THE COMMON STOCK OF

SOUTHEASTERN BANK CORPORATION, transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by Attorney upon
surrender of this Certificate, properly endorsed. This Certificate is not valid until countersigned and registered by the Transfer
Agent and Registrar.
     WITNESS, the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.

Dated:

          /s/ WANDA D. PITTS                                                                            /s/ CORNELIUS P. HOLLAND,III
              WANDA D. PITTS                                  [SEAL]                                        CORNELIUS P. HOLLAND,III

                               Secretary                                                                                   President
                                                      SOUTHEASTERN BANKING CORPORATION
                                                      DARIEN, GEORGIA

COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
          REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER COMPANY
                    (Cranford, NJ)
                              TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR

BY

                                     AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE
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                      EXHIBIT 4.1, CONTINUED - SPECIMEN COMMON STOCK CERTIFICATE

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                                                                                                                              (BACK)

     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they
were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM   - as tenants in common                                  UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-................Custodian................
TEN ENT   - as tenants by the entireties                                                 (Cust)                  (Minor)
JT TEN    - as joint tenants with right                                             under Uniform Gifts to Minors
            of survivorship and not as                                              Act..................
            tenants in common                                                               (State)

                              Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

     For value received,.................hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

 PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
     IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
----------------------------------------

----------------------------------------...............................................

 .......................................................................................
   Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee

 .......................................................................................

 .......................................................................................

 .................................................................................Shares
of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby

irrevocably constitute and appoint....................................................

 ......................................................................................
Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named
Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated...................

     Notice:____________________________________________________________________________
            THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN
            UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION
            OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED:________________________________________________________________
                        THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR
                        INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS
                        AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE
                        GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM) PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17 Ad-15.

KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE. IF IT IS LOST, STOLEN, MUTILATED OR
DESTROYED, THE CORPORATION WILL REQUIRE A BOND OF INDEMNITY AS A
CONDITION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE.

S P E C I M E N                                                                                                  S P E C I M E N

[STAMPED NUMBER]                                                                                                 [STAMPED NUMBER]
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                                                                  Exhibit 10.6.2

                       2001A AMENDMENT TO LOAN DOCUMENTS

     THIS 2001A AMENDMENT TO LOAN DOCUMENTS (this "Amendment"), is made and
entered into as of the 15th day of February, 2001, effective as of December 31,
2000, by and among (i) BANK ONE, KENTUCKY, NA, a national banking association
with an office and place of business in Louisville, Kentucky ("the Agent Bank")
(Bank One, Kentucky, NA may also be referred to as a "Bank"); (ii) the BANKS
identified on Schedule 1.1 hereto (each a "Bank" and collectively, the "Banks");
(iii) SYPRIS SOLUTIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation, with its principal office
and place of business and registered office in Louisville, Jefferson County,
Kentucky (the "Borrower") and (iv) the GUARANTORS identified on Schedule 1.2
hereto (each a "Guarantor" and collectively, the "Guarantors").

                            PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:
                            ---------------------

     A.   Certain of the Guarantors and their Affiliates entered into a Loan
Agreement dated as of March 21, 1997, with the Agent Bank (the "Original Loan
Agreement"), whereby the Agent Bank extended in favor of the Guarantors a
revolving line of credit in the amount of $20,000,000, a term loan in the amount
of $10,000,000 and a swing line of credit subfacility in the amount of
$5,000,000.

     B.   The predecessors to the Borrower and certain of the Guarantors entered
into a 1997A Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of November 1, 1997,
with the Agent Bank (the "1997A Loan Agreement"), whereby the Agent Bank
increased the revolving line of credit to $30,000,000 and the term loan to
$15,000,000 and provided the swing line of credit subfacility in the amount of
$5,000,000.  The 1997A Loan Agreement was subsequently amended by, among other
amendments, the 1998A Amendment to Loan Documents dated as of February 18, 1998.

     C.  The Borrower, the Guarantors, the Agent Banks and the Banks entered
into the 1999 Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of October 27, 1999
(the "Loan Agreement"), which amended, restated and replaced the Original Loan
Agreement and the 1997A Loan Agreement, as amended.  The Loan Agreement provides
for (i) a revolving line of credit in the amount of $100,000,000, (ii) a swing
line subfacility of $5,000,000 and (iii) a letter of credit subfacility of
$15,000,000.  The Loan Agreement was subsequently amended by the 2000A Amendment
to Loan Documents dated as of November 9, 2000 (the "2000A Amendment").

     D.  The Borrower and the Guarantors wish to further amend the Loan
Agreement and other Loan Documents to (i) change certain financial covenants and
(ii) make certain other changes set forth herein.  Terms not defined herein
shall have the meanings set forth in the Loan Agreement.
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     E.    The Banks are agreeable to the foregoing changes, on the terms set
forth herein.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
and agreements set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration,
the mutuality, receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

     1.    AMENDMENTS TO LOAN AGREEMENT.

           A.  The following definition in the Definitions section of the Loan
Agreement is amended and restated:

     1.74  "Pricing Level" means, for any Pricing Period, Pricing Level I,
     Pricing Level II, Pricing Level III,  Pricing Level IV, Pricing Level V,
     Pricing Level VI, Pricing Level VII or Pricing Level VIII, as may be in
     effect for such Pricing Period; provided that, the Default Rate shall be in
     effect upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of
     Default.

           B.  The following definitions are added to the Definitions section of
the Loan Agreement:

     1.111 "Pricing Level VIII" means the Pricing Level that will be in effect
     for the applicable Pricing Period if, as of the relevant Date of
     Determination, the ratio of the Borrower's Adjusted Funded Debt as measured
     on such Date of Determination, to the Borrower's EBITDA as measured on such
     Date of Determination, is equal to or greater than 3.51 to 1.00 but is less
     than or equal to 3.75 to 1.00.

     1.112 "Additional Loan Documents" means the Security Agreements, the
     Mortgages, the Assignment of Leases and Rents, the Financing Statements,
     the Title Commitments, the Title Insurance Policies, the Insurance
     Certificates and such other documents and instruments as may be reasonably
     requested by Agent Bank, all as described in subsection E of Section 4.2 of
     the Loan Agreement.

     1.113 "Permitted Exceptions" means (i) governmental laws, ordinances and
     regulations affecting the Collateral, (ii) liens for ad valorem real
     property taxes and assessments due and payable from and after the date of
     the Mortgages, and (iii) such easements, restrictions and stipulations of
     record as to the operation and use of the Real Property as Agent Bank
     approves.

           C.  Section 2.2A  Rates of Interest.  The following table is
substituted for the existing table in Section 2.2A(ii):
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                                        Adjusted Funded              Applicable             Applicable
           Pricing Level                 Debt to EBITDA             LIBOR Margin         Base Rate Margin
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          Pricing Level I            * 0.00, but ** 1.24                1.00%                   0.00%
     -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Pricing Level II           * 1.25, but ** 1.74                1.25                    0.00
     -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Pricing Level III          * 1.75, but ** 2.24                1.50                    0.00
     -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Pricing Level IV           * 2.25, but ** 2.50                1.75                    0.00
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          Pricing Level V            * 2.51, but ** 3.00                2.00                    0.00
     -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Pricing Level VI           * 3.01, but ** 3.25                2.50                    0.25
     -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Pricing Level VII          * 3.26, but ** 3.50                3.00                    0.50
     -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Pricing Level VIII         * 3.51, but ** 3.75                3.25                    0.75
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 *  Greater than or equal to
**  Less than or equal to

          D.    Section 2.3A Commitment Fees. The following table is substituted
for the existing table in Section 2.3A(i):

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                                           Adjusted Funded                  Commitment Fee
           Pricing Level                    Debt to EBITDA                    Percentage
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          Pricing Level I                * 0.00, but ** 1.24                           .20%
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          Pricing Level II               * 1.25, but ** 1.74                           .20
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          Pricing Level III              * 1.75, but ** 2.24                           .25
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          Pricing Level IV               * 2.25, but ** 2.50                           .25
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          Pricing Level V                * 2.51, but ** 3.00                           .25
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          Pricing Level VI               * 3.01, but ** 3.25                           .30
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          Pricing Level VII              * 3.26, but ** 3.50                           .40
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          Pricing Level VIII             * 3.51, but ** 3.75                           .50
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 *  Greater than or equal to
**  Less than or equal to

          E.    Section 2.7 Letters of Credit. The following table is
substituted for the existing table in Section 2.7F(i):

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                                           Adjusted Funded                Letter of Credit
               Pricing Level                Debt to EBITDA                   Percentage
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          Pricing Level I                * 0.00, but ** 1.24                          1.00%
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          Pricing Level II               * 1.25, but ** 1.74                          1.25
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          Pricing Level III              * 1.75, but ** 2.24                          1.50
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          Pricing Level IV               * 2.25, but ** 2.50                          1.75
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          Pricing Level V                * 2.51, but ** 3.00                          2.00
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          Pricing Level VI               * 3.01, but ** 3.25                          2.50
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          Pricing Level VII              * 3.26, but ** 3.50                          3.00
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          Pricing Level VIII             * 3.51, but ** 3.75                          3.25
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 *  Greater than or equal to
**  Less than or equal to

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          F.   The following new Section 2.8 is added to the Loan Agreement:

               2.8    Security for the Obligations. The Obligations shall be
          secured by the following:

                      A.  A continuing first priority mortgage lien (subject
          only to the applicable Permitted Exceptions) on the fee simple
          interests of Bell in and to the land, building, improvements,
          fixtures, and other real property (collectively, the "Bell Property
          Collateral") located in Orange County, Florida, and assignment of
          leases and rents with respect thereto, pursuant to the Mortgage and
          Security Agreement and related Assignment of Leases and Rents
          described in subsection E[2] of Section 4.2 of the Loan Agreement:

                      B.  A continuing first priority mortgage lien (subject
          only to the applicable Permitted Exceptions) on the fee simple
          interests of TT in and to the land, buildings, improvements, fixtures,
          and other real property (collectively, the "TT Real Property
          Collateral") located in Jefferson County, Kentucky, and assignment of
          leases and rents with respect thereto, pursuant to the Mortgage and
          Security Agreement and related Assignment of Leases and Rents
          described in subsection E[3] of Section 4.2 of the Loan Agreement (the
          Bell Real Property Collateral and the TT Real Property Collateral
          collectively are referred to herein as the "Real Property
          Collateral"); and

                      C.  A continuing first priority security interest (subject
          only to the applicable Permitted Exceptions), in all personal property
          of the Borrower and each of the Guarantors, including but not limited
          to all accounts receivable, contract rights, general intangibles and
          other rights to payment, including instruments, documents and chattel
          paper of the Borrower and each of the Guarantors, and all inventory,
          machinery, equipment and other goods of the Borrower and each of the
          Guarantors, and all fixtures of the Borrower and each of the
          Guarantors, and all of the foregoing whether now or hereafter owned or
          existing, created, arising or acquired, and all proceeds and products
          thereof in each case (collectively, the "Personal Property
          Collateral"), pursuant to the Security Agreements described in
          subsection E[1] of Section 4.2 of the Loan Agreement (the Real
          Property Collateral and the Personal Property Collateral collectively
          are referred to herein as the "Collateral").

          G.   The following new Section 2.9 is added to the Loan Agreement:

               2.9    Release of Collateral.  Notwithstanding anything contained
          in this Loan Agreement to the contrary, the Agent Bank, on behalf of
          the Banks, shall release all of its liens and security interests on or
          in the
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          Collateral at any time on or after June 30, 2002, upon the written
          request of Borrower, provided each of the following terms and
          conditions are satisfied:

                         A.   The Borrower, prior to its request for such
          release, shall have achieved a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of greater
          than or equal to 2.25 to 1.0 0 for two (2) consecutive Fiscal
          Quarters; and

                         B.   The Borrower, prior to its request for such
          release, shall have achieved a ratio of Adjusted Funded Debt to EBITDA
          of less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00 for two (2) consecutive Fiscal
          Quarters.

          H.   The following new Section E to Section 4.2 is added to the Loan
Agreement:

               4.2 E.    Additional Loan Documents. The Borrower and the
          Guarantors, as applicable, shall have delivered to the Agent Bank the
          following Additional Loan Documents:

                         [1]  A security agreement substantially in the forms
          attached to this Loan Agreement as Annex A (collectively, the
          "Security Agreements") from Borrower and each Guarantor granting to
          the Agent Bank, for the ratable benefit of the Banks, a security
          interest in the Personal Property Collateral as security for the
          Obligations;

                         [2]  Mortgage and Security Agreement substantially in
          the form attached to this Loan Agreement as Annex B (the "Bell
          Mortgage") from Bell encumbering the Bell Real Property Collateral as
          security for the Obligations, and related Assignment of Leases, Rents,
          and Profits from Bell substantially in the form attached to this Loan
          Agreement as Annex C (the "Bell Assignment of Leases and Rents");

                         [3]  Mortgage and Security Agreement substantially in
          the form attached to this Loan Agreement as Annex B (the "TT
          Mortgage") (the Bell Mortgage and the TT Mortgage collectively are
          referred to herein as the "Mortgages") from TT encumbering the TT Real
          Property Collateral as security for the Obligations, and related
          Assignment of Leases, Rents, and Profits from TT substantially in the
          form attached to this Loan Agreement as Annex C (the "TT Assignment of
          Leases and Rents") (the Bell Assignment of Leases and Rents and the TT
          Assignment of Leases and Rents collectively are referred to herein as
          the "Assignments of Leases and Rents");

                         [4]  UCC-1 and other Financing Statements (the
          "Financing Statements") necessary to perfect the security interests
          granted pursuant to the Security Agreements and the Mortgages;
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                    [5]  Current title commitments in favor of the Agent Bank
          and in form and substance acceptable to the Agent Bank (the "Title
          Commitments"), issued by a title insurance company or companies
          acceptable to the Agent Bank (the "Title Insurers"), to issue loan
          policies of title insurance in favor of the Agent Bank (the "Title
          Insurance Policies") in form and amounts acceptable to the Agent Bank
          in respect of the Real Property Collateral encumbered pursuant to the
          Mortgages, containing no exceptions not acceptable to the Agent Bank
          in its sole and absolute discretion;

                    [6]  An ACORD 27 or other evidence satisfactory to the Agent
          Bank of fire and extended coverage insurance of the Real Property
          Collateral subject to the Mortgages, containing standard mortgagee and
          lender loss payee clauses in favor of the Agent Bank, and evidence
          that the inventory and other tangible property of, as applicable, the
          Borrower and the Guarantors which is Collateral for the Obligations is
          insured under standard lender loss payee clauses naming the Agent Bank
          as an additional insured, all in amounts and coverages acceptable to
          the Agent Bank (the "ACORD 27 Certificate");

                    [7]  An ACORD 25 or other evidence satisfactory to the Agent
          Bank that Agent Bank has been named as an additional insured under
          policies of comprehensive general liability insurance maintained by,
          as applicable, the Borrower or the Guarantors applicable to the Real
          Property Collateral (the "ACORD 25 Certificate") (the ACORD 27
          Certificate and the ACORD 25 Certificate collectively are referred to
          herein as the "Insurance Certificates"); and

                    [8]  Such other documents and instruments as the Agent Bank
          may reasonably request.

          I.   Section 7.4 Mortgages, Liens, Encumbrances, Security Interests,
Assignments, etc.  The following new Section G. is added to Section 7.4 of the
Loan Agreement:

               G.    Liens granted in favor of the Agent Bank, for the ratable
          benefit of the Banks, described in the Loan Agreement.

          J.   Section 7.6 Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Section 7.6 is hereby
amended and restated as follows:

          7.6  Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio . The Borrower shall not permit the
     Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for any period of four consecutive Fiscal
     Quarters, to fall below the following applicable ratio calculated as of the
     end of the applicable Fiscal Quarter set forth below:
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                    Fiscal Quarter Ending              Applicable Minimum Ratio
                    ---------------------              ------------------------

                    12/31/00                                 1.10 to 1.00
                    3/31/01                                  1.10 to 1.00
                    6/30/01                                  1.15 to 1.00
                    9/30/01                                  1.30 to 1.00
                    12/31/01                                 1.50 to 1.00
                    3/31/02                                  1.75 to 1.00
                    6/30/02                                  2.00 to 1.00
                    9/30/02, 12/31/02, 3/31/03,
                    6/30/03, 9/30/03 and 12/31/03            2.25 to 1.00
                    3/31/04 and thereafter                   2.50 to 1.00

               K.   Section 7.7 Ratio of Adjusted Funded Debt to EBITDA. Section
7.7 is hereby amended and restated as follows:

               7.7  Ratio of Adjusted Funded Debt to EBITDA. The Borrower shall
     not permit the ratio of Adjusted Funded Debt to EBITDA for any period of
     four consecutive Fiscal Quarters, to exceed the following applicable ratio
     calculated as of the end of the applicable Fiscal Quarter set forth below:

                    Fiscal Quarter Ending              Applicable Maximum Ratio
                    ---------------------              ------------------------

                    12/31/00                                 3.75 to 1.00
                    3/31/01                                  3.75 to 1.00
                    6/30/01                                  3.75 to 1.00
                    9/30/01                                  3.60 to 1.00
                    12/31/01 and thereafter                  3.00 to 1.00

               L.   EXHIBIT G Compliance Certificate. The Compliance Certificate
is amended by substituting the form attached hereto as Revised Exhibit G.

               M.   Ratification. Except as specifically amended by the
provisions hereinabove, the Loan Agreement remains in full, force and effect.
The Borrower and Guarantors hereby reaffirm and ratify all of their obligations
under the Loan Agreement, as amended and modified hereby.

          3.   AMENDMENT TO NEGATIVE PLEDGE AGREEMENT

               A.   Section 3 Exceptions to Negative Pledge. The following new
subsection G. is added to Section 3 of the Negative Pledge Agreement:

                    G.   Grant Liens in favor of the Agent Bank, for the ratable
          benefit of the Banks, described in the Loan Agreement.
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      4.  OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. Except as specifically amended by the provisions
hereinabove, the Loan Documents remain in full force and effect. The Borrower
and Guarantors reaffirm and ratify their respective obligations, as applicable,
to Agent Bank and the Banks under all of the Loan Documents, as amended and
modified hereby, including, but not limited to, the Loan Agreement, the
Revolving Credit Notes, the Negative Pledge Agreement, the Guaranty Agreements,
any Interest Rate Agreement and all other agreements, documents and instruments
now or hereafter evidencing and/or pertaining to the Loan Agreement.

      5.  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.  The Banks' obligations under this Amendment are
expressly conditioned upon, and subject to the following:

          A.  The execution and delivery by the Borrower and the Guarantors, as
applicable, of this Amendment and each of the Additional Loan Documents;

          B.  Delivery to the Agent Bank of a copy of the certificate of the
corporate secretary of Borrower certifying resolutions of the Borrower's board
of directors to the effect that execution, delivery and performance of this
Amendment and the Additional Loan Documents has been duly authorized and as to
the incumbency of those authorized to execute and deliver this Amendment, the
Additional Loan Documents and all other documents to be executed in connection
herewith;

          C.  Delivery to the Agent Bank of a copy of the certificate of the
corporate secretary of each Guarantor certifying resolutions of such Guarantor's
board of directors to the effect that execution, delivery and performance of
this Amendment and the Additional Loan Documents has been duly authorized and as
to the incumbency of those authorized to execute and deliver this Amendment, the
Additional Loan Documents and all other documents to be executed in connection
herewith;

          D.  The representations and warranties of the Borrower and the
Guarantors as applicable in this Amendment and the Additional Loan Documents
shall be true and accurate in all respects.

          E.  Delivery of opinions of counsel to Borrower and the Guarantors,
satisfactory to the Agent Bank.

      6.  REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, AND COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER.  To induce
the Agent Bank and the Banks to enter into this Amendment, the Borrower
represents and warrants to Agent Bank and the Banks as follows:

          A.  The Borrower has full power, authority, and capacity to enter into
this Amendment and the Additional Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a
party, and this Amendment and the Additional Loan Documents to which the
Borrower
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is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower,
enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms.

          B.  No uncured Event of Default under the Notes or any of the other
Loan Documents has occurred which continues unwaived by the Agent Bank, and no
event which with the passage of time, the giving of notice or both would
constitute an Event of Default, exists as of the date hereof.

          C.  The person executing this Amendment and the Additional Loan
Documents to which the Borrower is a party on behalf of the Borrower is duly
authorized to do so.

          D.  The representations and warranties made by the Borrower in any of
the Loan Documents are hereby remade and restated as of the date hereof.

          E.  Except as previously disclosed to the Agent Bank, there are no
material actions, suits, legal, equitable, arbitration or administrative
proceedings pending or threatened against the Borrower, the adverse
determination of which could have a material adverse effect on the Loan
Documents, the business operations or financial condition of the Borrower or the
ability of the Borrower to fulfill its obligations under the Loan Documents.

      7.  REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, AND COVENANTS OF THE GUARANTORS.  To
induce the Agent Bank and the Banks to enter into this Amendment, the Guarantors
represent and warrant to the Agent Bank and the Banks as follows:

          A.  Each Guarantor has full power, authority, and capacity to enter
into this Amendment and the Additional Loan Documents to which any such
Guarantor is a party, and this Amendment and the Additional Loan Documents to
which any such Guarantor is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligations of such Guarantor, enforceable against it in accordance with their
terms.

          B.  The person executing this Amendment and the Additional Loan
Documents to which such Guarantor is a party on behalf of each Guarantor is duly
authorized to do so.

          C.  The representations and warranties made by each Guarantor in any
of the Loan Documents are hereby remade and restated as of the date hereof.

          D.  Except as previously disclosed to the Agent Bank there are no
material actions, suits, legal, equitable, arbitration or administrative
proceedings pending or threatened against any Guarantor, the adverse
determination of which could have a material adverse effect on the Loan
Documents, the business operations or
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financial condition of any Guarantor or the ability of any Guarantor to fulfill
its obligations under the Guaranty Agreement.

      8.  MISCELLANEOUS.

          A.  Amendment and Other Fees and Expenses.  The Borrower agrees to pay
to the Agent Bank for the benefit of the Banks in proportion to their respective
Revolving Credit Facility Pro Rata Shares on the date hereof, an amendment fee
equal to fifteen hundreds of one percent (0.15%) of the Revolving Loan
Commitments which shall be payable at the closing of this Amendment.  The
Borrower agrees to pay to or for the account of the Agent Bank, whichever is
applicable, upon the closing of this Amendment (i) the cost of the Title
Commitments and the Title Policies described in subsection E[5] of Section 4.2
of the Loan Agreement, (ii) any recording or filing fees incurred by Agent Bank
in connection with this 2001A Amendment, and (iii) the reasonable fees and
expenses of Agent Bank's counsel in negotiating, drafting and closing this 2001A
Amendment, the Additional Loan Documents and related documents.

          B.  Illegality.  In case any one or more of the provisions contained
in this Amendment should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect,
the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained
herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

          C.  Changes in Writing.  No modification, amendment or waiver of any
provision of this Amendment nor consent to any departure by the Borrower or any
of the Guarantors therefrom, will in any event be effective unless the same is
in writing and signed by the Agent Bank, and then such waiver or consent shall
be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.

          D.  Successors and Assigns.  This Amendment will be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Agent Bank and the
Banks and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and
assigns; provided, however, that neither the Borrower nor the Guarantors may
assign this Amendment in whole or in part without the prior written consent of
the Agent Bank, and the Agent Bank and the Banks at any time may assign this
Amendment in whole or in part, as provided in Section 11 of the Loan Agreement.

          E.  Counterparts.  This Amendment may be signed in any number of
counterpart copies and by the parties hereto on separate counterparts, but all
such copies shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Agent Bank, each Bank, the Borrower and each
Guarantor has caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the day and year
first above written.

                                    BANK ONE, KENTUCKY, NA, as Agent Bank ("the
                                    Agent Bank")

                                    /s/ Thelma B. Ferguson
                                    ----------------------
                                    By: Thelma B. Ferguson, First Vice President

                                    BANK ONE, KENTUCKY, NA
                                    as a Bank

                                    /s/ Thelma B. Ferguson
                                    ----------------------
                                    By: Thelma B. Ferguson, First Vice President

                                    BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
                                    as a Bank

                                    /s/ Bryan Hulker
                                    ----------------
                                    By: Bryan Hulker, Vice President

                                    LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
                                    as a Bank

                                    /s/ A. Mark Mital
                                    -----------------
                                    By: A. Mark Mital, Vice President

                                    SUNTRUST BANK
                                    as a Bank

                                    /s/ Scott T. Corley
                                    -------------------
                                    By: Scott T. Corley, Director
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                                    SYPRIS SOLUTIONS, INC. (the "Borrower")

                                    /s/ David D. Johnson
                                    --------------------
                                    By: David D. Johnson, Vice President

                                    BELL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                                    ("Bell")(as a "Guarantor" and solely with
                                    respect to Sections 4.2.E, 6 and 7 of the
                                    Loan Agreement)

                                    /s/ David D. Johnson
                                    --------------------
                                    By: David D. Johnson, Treasurer

                                    TUBE TURNS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                                    ("TT")(as a "Guarantor" and solely with
                                    respect to Sections 4.2.E, 6 and 7 of the
                                    Loan Agreement)

                                    /s/ David D. Johnson
                                    --------------------
                                    By: David D. Johnson, Treasurer

                                    GROUP TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
                                    ("Group")(as a "Guarantor" and solely with
                                    respect to Sections 4.2.E, 6 and 7 of the
                                    Loan Agreement)

                                    /s/ David D. Johnson
                                    --------------------
                                    By: David D. Johnson, Treasurer

                                    METRUM-DATATAPE, INC.
                                    ("MD")(as a "Guarantor" and solely with
                                    respect to Sections 4.2.E, 6 and 7 of the
                                    Loan Agreement)

                                    /s/ David D. Johnson
                                    --------------------
                                    By: David D. Johnson, Treasurer

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