Exhibit 10(j)

                               AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

                      APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                         1997 LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE PLAN

      This Amendment No. 1 to Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. 1997
Long-Term Performance Plan (the "Plan") shall be effective as of August 8, 2003.

Section 1. Section 22 of the Plan shall be amended such that that section
provides, in its entirety:

            "22. EFFECTIVE AND TERMINATION DATES

                  The Plan shall become effective on the date it is first
            approved by the holders of a majority of the Common Shares then
            outstanding. Unless subsequently approved by the holders of a
            majority of the Common Shares then outstanding, the Plan shall
            continue in effect until October 22, 2012 or until earlier
            terminated by the Board pursuant to Section 11. Notwithstanding the
            foregoing, any Awards granted under the Plan prior to its
            termination shall remain outstanding in accordance with the terms of
            such Awards."

Section 2. The officers of the Corporation are hereby severally authorized and
directed to do all things necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of
this amendment. All actions previously undertaken by the officers of the
Corporation with respect to the subject matter of this amendment are hereby
ratified, confirmed and approved.

Executed at Cleveland, Ohio, this 12th day of August, 2003.

                                        APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.


                                        By: /s/ D. L. Pugh
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                                            Title:  Chairman & CEO

                                        By: /s/ Fred Bauer
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                                            Title:  Vice President