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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.17



DAY INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
AMENDMENT TO STOCK OPTION PLAN

                  WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Day International Group,
Inc. (the "Corporation") deems it advisable and in the best interest of the
Corporation for the Corporation to amend the Stock Option Plan of the
Corporation dated as of June 6, 1995 (the "Option Plan") to provide for an
acceleration of the vesting of Options amended thereunder upon the occurrence of
any transaction constituting a "Company Sale" thereunder in the manner provided
for herein.

                  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Option Plan be, and
it hereby is, amended by adding new Sections 6.7 and 6.8 to the Option Plan,
which shall read in their entirety as follows:

                  "6.7 CLOSING OPTION VESTING ON COMPANY SALE. If a Company Sale
         is consummated prior to January 1, 2000, then that portion of the
         Closing Options held by a Participant that would, in the aggregate,
         have vested for all Fiscal Years ended after the date of such Company
         Sale is consummated (not to exceed 22.22% of such Closing Options for
         any such Fiscal Year) if the Performance Level for such Fiscal Year was
         equal to the product of (a) 100 and (b) a fraction, (i) the numerator
         of which is the actual cumulative EBITDA for the Company and its
         Subsidiaries during the period beginning January 1, 1995 and ending on
         the last day of the latest Fiscal Year ended before such Company Sale
         is consummated (treated for this purpose as a single accounting period)
         and (ii) the denominator of which is the sum of the Plan Targets for
         all such Fiscal Years included in such period, will vest immediately
         prior to the consummation of such Company Sale.

                  "6.8 BOARD OPTION VESTING ON COMPANY SALE. If a Company Sale
         is consummated on or prior to the last day of the third consecutive
         Fiscal Year beginning after the Fiscal Year in which any Board Option
         is awarded (with respect to such Board Option, the "Board Option Plan
         End Date"), then that portion of such Board Option held by a
         Participant that would, in the aggregate, have vested for all Fiscal
         Years ended on or before the related Board Option Plan End Date and
         after the date of such Company Sale is consummated (not to exceed 25%
         of such Board Options for any such Fiscal Year) if the Performance
         Level for such Fiscal Year was equal to the product of (a) 100 and (b)
         a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is the actual cumulative EBITDA
         for the Company and its Subsidiaries during the period beginning
         January 1 of the Fiscal Year in which such Board Option was awarded and
         ending on the last day of the latest Fiscal Year ended before such
         Company Sale is consummated (treated for this purpose as a single
         accounting period) and (ii) the denominator of which is the sum of the
         Plan Targets for all such Fiscal Years included in such period, will
         vest immediately prior to the consummation of such Company Sale."

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                  RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the president, any vice president, the
treasurer and the secretary and such other officers of the Corporation as shall
be designated by the president (the "Proper Officers") be, and hereby are,
authorized, empowered and directed to take all such further action as may be
necessary or advisable to implement or give further effect to the resolutions
adopted herein.