SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D/A Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Amendment No. 5* SYPRIS SOLUTIONS, INC. (Name of Issuer) COMMON STOCK, $.01 PAR VALUE (Title of Class of Securities) 871655 106 (CUSIP Number) Jeffrey T. Gill 101 Bullitt Lane, Suite 450 Louisville, Kentucky 40222 (502) 329-2000 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) Voluntary Amendment (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement) If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e),(f) or (g), check the following box. /__/ *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). 2 CUSIP NO. - 871655 10 6 (1) Names of Reporting Persons. . . . . . Virginia G. Gill S.S. or I.R.S. Nos. of Above Persons (entities only) . . . . (2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions). . . . . . . . . . (a) (b) (3) SEC Use Only. . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) Source of Funds (See Instructions). . Not applicable (5) Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e). . . . . . . . . . (6) Citizenship or Place of Organization. . . . . . . . . . . . U.S. Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: (7) Sole Voting Power. . . . . . . . . . . . 0 (8) Shared Voting Power. . . . . . . 3,275,666(1) (9) Sole Dispositive Power . . . . . . . . . 0 (10) Shared Dispositive Power . . . . 3,275,666(1) (11) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person . . . .3,275,666(1) (12) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions). . . . . . . (13) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11) . . . . . . . . 18.8% (14) Type of Reporting Person . . . . . . . IN (1) See response to Item 5. 2 3 THIS AMENDMENT NO. 5 to the Schedule 13D dated April 9, 1998 (the "Schedule 13D"), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13D dated January 15, 1999 (the "Amendment No. 1"), as amended by Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D dated June 11, 1999 (the "Amendment No. 2"), as amended by Amendment No. 3 to the Schedule 13D dated April 3, 2002 (the "Amendment No. 3"), and as amended by Amendment No. 4 to the Schedule 13D dated April 24, 2002, which were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Reporting Person and relate to the shares of common stock $.01 par value, of Sypris Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"), is being filed on a voluntary basis to amend Item 5 of the Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4 and the Schedule 13D to reflect updated holdings for the Reporting Person resulting from a public offering of 3,000,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock which increased the outstanding securities of the Issuer effective March 17, 2004, and to update in Item 1 the address of the Issuer. Unless otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the same meanings as set forth in the Schedule 13D, as heretofore amended. Item 1. Security and Issuer. The class of equity securities to which this statement relates is the common stock, $.01 par value of the Issuer. The Issuer's principal executive office is located at 101 Bullitt Lane, Suite 450, Louisville, Kentucky 40222. Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer. (a) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 3,275,666(18.8%)(1) (b) Sole Voting Power 0 Shared Voting Power 3,275,666(1) Sole Dispositive Power 0 Shared Dispositive Power 3,275,666(1) (1) Includes 500 shares of the Issuer owned by the Reporting Person's husband as to which the Reporting Person shares voting and dispositive power, and 500 shares of the Issuer owned by the Reporting Person as to which the Reporting Person's husband shares voting and dispositive power. Also includes 3,274,666 shares of the common stock of the Issuer owned by GFP I, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, of which the Reporting Person is a limited partner holding a 44.39% ownership interest and of which the Reporting Person's husband is a limited partner holding a 43.50% ownership interest. On the basis of certain provisions of the limited partnership agreement of GFP I, LP (the "Partnership Agreement"), the Reporting Person may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the shares held of record by GFP I, LP with her husband, Robert E. Gill, and with Jeffrey T. Gill and R. Scott Gill, each of whom is a director, executive officer and 50% shareholder of Gill Family Capital Management, Inc., a Kentucky corporation which is the general partner of GFP I, LP. As described in Note 1, above, the Reporting Person shares, or may be deemed to share, the power to vote or direct the disposition of such shares with the following persons whose business or residence addresses and principal occupations are as follows: (a) Robert E. Gill, 253 Canton Avenue East, Winter Park, Florida 32789, Chairman of the Board of Sypris Solutions, Inc., 101 Bullitt Lane, Suite 450, Louisville, Kentucky 40222, a diversified provider of technology-based outsourced services and specialty products; 3 4 (b) Jeffrey T. Gill, 101 Bullitt Lane, Suite 450, Louisville, Kentucky 40222, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Issuer; and (c) R. Scott Gill, Managing Broker, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, 875 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 3500, Chicago, Illinois, 60611. All of such persons are citizens of the United States, and none of such persons have been convicted in or is a party to a proceeding described in Items 2(d) or 2(e). (c) Virginia G. Gill has not effected transactions in the Issuer's common stock during the past sixty days. (d) Not applicable. (e) Not applicable. 4 5 SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. /s/ Virginia G. Gill -------------------- Virginia G. Gill Date: March 26, 2004 5