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Sypris Solutions Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 7/3/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 8/16/22, at 12:20pm ET   ·   For:  7/3/22   ·   Accession #:  1437749-22-20663   ·   File #:  0-24020

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 8/16/22  Sypris Solutions Inc.             10-Q        7/03/22   69:5.1M                                   RDG Filings/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.04M 
 2: EX-31.1     Exhibit 31(I).1                                     HTML     25K 
 3: EX-31.2     Exhibit 31(I).2                                     HTML     25K 
 4: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
10: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     73K 
11: R2          Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)   HTML     93K 
12: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     40K 
                (Loss) (Unaudited)                                               
13: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Current Period         HTML    129K 
                Unaudited)                                                       
14: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Current Period         HTML     43K 
                Unaudited) (Parentheticals)                                      
15: R6          Consolidated Cash Flow Statements (Unaudited)       HTML    107K 
16: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     74K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
17: R8          Note 1 - Nature of Business                         HTML     23K 
18: R9          Note 2 - Basis of Presentation                      HTML     27K 
19: R10         Note 3 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements           HTML     33K 
20: R11         Note 4 - Leases                                     HTML     70K 
21: R12         Note 5 - Revenue From Contracts With Customers      HTML     48K 
22: R13         Note 6 - Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share           HTML     50K 
23: R14         Note 7 - Inventory                                  HTML     30K 
24: R15         Note 8 - Property, Plant and Equipment              HTML     33K 
25: R16         Note 9 - Debt                                       HTML     46K 
26: R17         Note 10 - Segment Data                              HTML     82K 
27: R18         Note 11 - Commitments and Contingencies             HTML     31K 
28: R19         Note 12 - Income Taxes                              HTML     28K 
29: R20         Note 13 - Employee Benefit Plans                    HTML     54K 
30: R21         Note 14 - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss      HTML     31K 
31: R22         Note 15 - Fair Value of Financial Instruments       HTML     23K 
32: R23         Note 4 - Leases (Tables)                            HTML     69K 
33: R24         Note 5 - Revenue From Contracts With Customers      HTML     34K 
                (Tables)                                                         
34: R25         Note 6 - Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share (Tables)  HTML     47K 
35: R26         Note 7 - Inventory (Tables)                         HTML     30K 
36: R27         Note 8 - Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)     HTML     31K 
37: R28         Note 9 - Debt (Tables)                              HTML     46K 
38: R29         Note 10 - Segment Data (Tables)                     HTML     78K 
39: R30         Note 13 - Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)           HTML     51K 
40: R31         Note 14 - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss      HTML     29K 
                (Tables)                                                         
41: R32         Note 1 - Nature of Business (Details Textual)       HTML     21K 
42: R33         Note 4 - Leases (Details Textual)                   HTML     29K 
43: R34         Note 4 - Leases - Lease Expense (Details)           HTML     31K 
44: R35         Note 4 - Leases - Supplemental Cash Flow            HTML     25K 
                Information Related to Leases (Details)                          
45: R36         Note 4 - Leases - Maturities of Lease Liabilities   HTML     59K 
                (Details)                                                        
46: R37         Note 4 - Leases - Information Related to Lease      HTML     28K 
                Terms and Discount Rates (Details)                               
47: R38         Note 5 - Revenue From Contracts With Customers 1    HTML     39K 
                (Details Textual)                                                
48: R39         Note 5 - Revenue From Contracts With Customers 2    HTML     27K 
                (Details Textual)                                                
49: R40         Note 5 - Revenue From Contracts With Customers -    HTML     32K 
                Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)                              
50: R41         Note 6 - Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share (Details  HTML     21K 
                Textual)                                                         
51: R42         Note 6 - Income (Loss) Per Common Share -           HTML     62K 
                Reconciliation of Weighted Average Shares                        
                Outstanding Used in Calculation of Basic and                     
                Diluted (Loss) Earnings Per Common Share (Details)               
52: R43         Note 7 - Inventory - Inventory Components           HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R44         Note 8 - Property, Plant and Equipment - Property,  HTML     34K 
                Plant and Equipment Components (Details)                         
54: R45         Note 9 - Debt (Details Textual)                     HTML     58K 
55: R46         Note 9 - Debt - Debt Components (Details)           HTML     37K 
56: R47         Note 9 - Debt - Maturities of Equipment Financing   HTML     42K 
                Obligations (Details)                                            
57: R48         Note 10 - Segment Data (Details Textual)            HTML     28K 
58: R49         Note 10 - Segment Data - Financial Information      HTML     48K 
                From Reportable Segments - Income Statement                      
                (Details)                                                        
59: R50         Note 10 - Segment Data - Financial Information      HTML     41K 
                From Reportable Segments - Balance Sheet (Details)               
60: R51         Note 11 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details    HTML     36K 
                Textual)                                                         
61: R52         Note 12 - Income Taxes (Details Textual)            HTML     24K 
62: R53         Note 13 - Employee Benefit Plans - Components of    HTML     35K 
                Pension Expense (Benefit) (Details)                              
63: R54         Note 13 - Employee Benefit Plans - Net Periodic     HTML     29K 
                Benefit Cost Recognized in Consolidated Statements               
                of Operations (Details)                                          
64: R55         Note 14 - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss -    HTML     33K 
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Details)                   
67: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    127K 
65: XML         XBRL Instance -- sypr20220703_10q_htm                XML   1.14M 
66: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     89K 
 6: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- sypr-20220703_cal               XML    155K 
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 8: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- sypr-20220703_lab                     XML    675K 
 9: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- sypr-20220703_pre              XML    880K 
 5: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- sypr-20220703                         XSD    136K 
68: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              306±   476K 
69: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001437749-22-020663-xbrl      Zip    192K 


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