EXHIBIT 10.6

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                                  SCHAWK, INC.




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                                 FIRST AMENDMENT
                          Dated as of January 28, 2005



                                       to



                             NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
                          Dated as of December 23, 2003

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             Re: $15,000,000 Series 2003-A% Senior Notes, Tranche A,
                              Due December 31, 2013
                                       and
               $10,000,000 Series 2003-A% Senior Notes, Tranche B,
                               Due April 30, 2014
                                       of
                                  Schawk, Inc.


                          DATED AS OF JANUARY 28, 2005





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                        FIRST AMENDMENT TO NOTE AGREEMENT

         THIS FIRST AMENDMENT dated as of January 28, 2005 (the or this "First
Amendment") to the Note Agreement each dated as of December 23, 2003 is between
SCHAWK, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and each of the
institutions which is a signatory to this First Amendment (collectively, the
"Noteholders").


                                    RECITALS:

          A. The Company and each of the Noteholders have heretofore entered
into the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of December 23, 2003 (the "Note
Agreement"). The Company has heretofore issued the $15,000,000 Series 2003-A
Senior Notes, Tranche A, Due December 31, 2013 dated December 23, 2003 and the
$10,000,000 Series 2003-A Senior Notes, Tranche B, Due April 30, 2014 dated
April 30, 2004 (collectively, the "Notes") pursuant to the Note Agreement.

          B. The Company and the Noteholders now desire to amend the Note
Agreement in the respects, but only in the respects, hereinafter set forth.

          C. Capitalized terms used herein shall have the respective meanings
ascribed thereto in the Note Agreement unless herein defined or the context
shall otherwise require.

          D. All requirements of law have been fully complied with and all other
acts and things necessary to make this First Amendment a valid, legal and
binding instrument according to its terms for the purposes herein expressed have
been done or performed.

         NOW, THEREFORE, upon the full and complete satisfaction of the
conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this First Amendment set forth in
SS.3.1 hereof, and in consideration of good and valuable consideration the
receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the
Noteholders do hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS.

         Section 1.1. Section 2.3(b) of the Note Agreement shall be and is
hereby amended by adding the words "any other Debt of the Company and" after the
words "in respect of the Bank Credit Agreement and" in clause (i) of this
section.

         Section 1.2. The following shall be added as a new Section 8.7 of the
Note Agreement:

                  "SECTION 8.7. OFFER TO PREPAY NOTES IN THE EVENT OF ASSET
         SALE.

                  (a) Notice of Offer to Prepay Notes From Asset Sale Proceeds.
         The Company will, within sixty days prior to any application of any Net
         Proceeds to prepay or retire Senior Debt of the Company and/or its
         Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 10.4(2) hereof, give
         written notice of such application to each holder of the Notes.

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         Such notice shall contain and constitute an offer to prepay the Notes
         as described in Section 8.7(c) and shall be accompanied by the
         certificate described in Section 8.7(f).

                  (b) Notice of Acceptance of Offer under Section 8.7(a). If the
         Company shall at any time receive an acceptance to an offer to prepay
         Notes under Section 8.7(a) from some, but not all, of the holders of
         the Notes, then the Company will, within two Business Days after the
         receipt of such acceptance, give written notice of such acceptance to
         each other holder of the Notes which has notified the Company that it
         requests to receive notices under this Section 8.7(b).

                  (c) Offer to Prepay Notes. The offer to prepay Notes
         contemplated by Section 8.7(c) shall be an offer to prepay, in
         accordance with and subject to this Section 8.7, on the date specified
         in such offer (the "PROPOSED SALE PROCEEDS PREPAYMENT DATE"), a
         principal amount of the Notes of each Series held by each holder (in
         this case only, "holder" in respect of any Note registered in the name
         of a nominee for a disclosed beneficial owner shall mean such
         beneficial owner) that is equal to the product of (x) the total amount
         of such Net Proceeds which is to be used to pay Senior Debt of the
         Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 10.4(2),
         and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal
         amount of the Notes of such Series held by such holder on the Proposed
         Sale Proceeds Prepayment Date and the denominator of which is the
         outstanding principal amount of all Senior Debt on the Proposed Sale
         Proceeds Prepayment Date. Such Proposed Sale Proceeds Prepayment Date
         shall be not less than 30 days after the date of such offer and not
         later than the date upon which any such Net Proceeds will be used to
         pay any other Senior Debt (if the Proposed Sale Proceeds Prepayment
         Date shall not be specified in such offer, the Proposed Sale Proceeds
         Prepayment Date shall be the 30th day after the date of such offer).

                  (d) Rejection; Acceptance. A holder of Notes may accept the
         offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section 8.7 by causing a notice
         of such acceptance to be delivered to the Company prior to the Proposed
         Sale Proceeds Prepayment Date. A failure by a holder of Notes to so
         respond to an offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section 8.7 shall
         be deemed to constitute a rejection of such offer by such holder.

                  (e) Prepayment. Prepayment of the Notes to be prepaid pursuant
         to this Section 8.7 shall be at 100% of the principal amount of such
         Notes, together with interest on such Notes accrued to the date of
         prepayment. The prepayment shall be made on the Proposed Sale Proceeds
         Prepayment Date.

                  (f) Officer's Certificate. Each offer to prepay the Notes
         pursuant to this Section 8.7 shall be accompanied by a certificate,
         executed by a Responsible Officer of the Company and dated the date of
         such offer, specifying (i) the Proposed Sale Proceeds Prepayment Date,
         (ii) that such offer is made pursuant to this Section 8.7, (iii) the
         principal amount of each Note offered to be prepaid, (iv) the interest
         that would be due on each Note offered to be prepaid, accrued to the
         Proposed Sale Proceeds Prepayment Date, (v) that the conditions of this
         Section 8.7 have been fulfilled, and

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         (vi) in reasonable detail, a description of the property sold, leased
         or otherwise disposed of, the Net Proceeds from such sale, lease or
         other disposition, and the details of the determination of the amount
         of such Net Proceeds to be applied to each Note."

         Section 1.3. Section 9.6 of the Note Agreement shall be and is hereby
amended by adding the words "or which becomes a party to or otherwise
guaranties, any other Debt of the Company" after the words "or otherwise
guarantee, Debt in respect of the Bank Credit Agreement" in Section 9.6 of the
Note Agreement.

         Section 1.4. Section 9.6 of the Note Agreement shall be and is hereby
amended by adding the words "or with respect to such other Debt" after the words
"pursuant to the Bank Credit Agreement" in Section 9.6 of the Note Agreement.

         Section 1.5. Section 9.6 of the Note Agreement shall be and is hereby
amended by adding the following paragraph at the end of Section 9.6 to read as
follows:

                  "Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Intercreditor
                  Agreement shall be in effect and applicable thereto, any
                  Subsidiary that becomes a party to the Bank Credit Agreement
                  solely to borrow loans in Canadian Dollars thereunder shall
                  not be required to enter into the Subsidiary Guaranty and make
                  the foregoing deliveries so long as the outstanding amount of
                  all Debt of such Subsidiary, and any other Subsidiary which is
                  a party to the Bank Credit Agreement as a borrower of loans in
                  Canadian Dollars, does not exceed 105% of the Maximum Canadian
                  Amount (as defined in the Bank Credit Agreement) and any
                  Subsidiary that becomes a party to the Bank Credit Agreement
                  solely to borrow loans in Alternate Currencies (as defined in
                  the Bank Credit Agreement) other than Canadian Dollars
                  thereunder shall not be required to enter into the Subsidiary
                  Guaranty and make the foregoing deliveries so long as the
                  outstanding United States Dollar equivalent amount of all Debt
                  of such Subsidiary, and any other Subsidiary which is a party
                  to the Bank Credit Agreement as a borrower of loans in such
                  Alternate Currencies, does not exceed 105% of the Maximum
                  Eurocurrency Amount (as defined in the Bank Credit Agreement).
                  If at any time there are loans outstanding under the Bank
                  Credit Agreement in Canadian Dollars or Alternate Currencies
                  to Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors and are not
                  excepted under the preceding sentence, an Event of Default
                  shall exist without any notice or the expiration of the 30 day
                  period provided for in Section 11(d)."

         Section 1.6. Section 10.1 of the Note Agreement shall be and is hereby
amended in its entirety to read as follows:

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                  "SECTION 10.1. CONSOLIDATED NET WORTH. The Company will not,
         at any time, permit Consolidated Net Worth to be less than the sum of
         (a) $187,200,000, plus (b) 25% of Consolidated Net Income (but only if
         a positive number) for each fiscal quarter, beginning with the fiscal
         quarter ending March 31, 2005, ended on or before the date of
         determination of compliance with this covenant, plus (c) the aggregate
         amount of Net Proceeds received by the Company subsequent to January
         28, 2005 from the sale or other issuance of any capital stock of the
         Company."

         Section 1.7. Section 10.2(a) of the Note Agreement shall be and is
hereby amended by adding the phrase "Consolidated EBITDA to be" at the beginning
of the parenthetical in Section 10.2(a).

         Section 1.8. Section 10.2(b) of the Note Agreement shall be and is
hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

                  "(b) Priority Debt. The Company will not, at any time, permit
         the aggregate amount of all Priority Debt to exceed 15% of Consolidated
         Total Capitalization (Consolidated Total Capitalization to be
         determined as of the end of the then most recently ended fiscal quarter
         of the Company) other than Priority Debt consisting of (i) unsecured
         guaranties by Subsidiary Guarantors of Debt of Company, which Debt when
         incurred by Company did not result in a violation of Section 10.2(a)
         and the Subsidiary Guaranty shall be in effect or (ii) Debt of the
         Company under the Bank Agreement, evidenced by the 2005 Notes or the
         1995 Notes, or constituting Hedging Obligations (as defined in the Bank
         Credit Agreement) owed to a Bank Lender or an Affiliate thereof, and
         guaranties by Subsidiary Guarantors of such Debt, but only if the
         Subsidiary Guaranty shall be in effect, secured by security interests
         in Capital Stock of Foreign Incorporated Subsidiaries granted to the
         Collateral Agent, but only if the Intercreditor Agreement shall be in
         effect and applicable thereto."

         Section 1.9. Section 10.3 of the Note Agreement shall be and is hereby
amended by adding the words "and subject to an intercreditor agreement
reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holder(s) among the holders of the Notes
and the holders of such other obligations," after the words "an agreement
reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders" of the first paragraph of
Section 10.3 of the Note Agreement.

        Section 1.10. Section 10.3(j) of the Note Agreement shall be and is
hereby amended by adding the words " and (2) except as otherwise provided in
Section 10.2, no such Lien shall secure any Debt outstanding under the Bank
Credit Agreement" at the end of such Section 10.3(j).

        Section 1.11. Subparagraph (2) of Section 10.4 of the Note Agreement
shall be and is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

                  "(2) to prepay or retire Senior Debt of the Company and/or its
         Restricted Subsidiaries, provided that the Company shall comply with
         the provisions of Section 8.7 hereof."

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        Section 1.12. Section 10.4 of the Note Agreement shall be and is hereby
amended by amending and restating the last paragraph of Section 10.4 in its
entirety to read as follows:

                  As used in this Section 10.4, a sale, lease or other
                  disposition of assets shall be deemed to be a "substantial
                  part" of the assets of the Company and its Restricted
                  Subsidiaries if either (x) the book value of such assets, when
                  added to the book value of all other assets sold, leased or
                  otherwise disposed of by the Company and its Restricted
                  Subsidiaries during the period of 12 consecutive months ending
                  on the date of such sale, lease or other disposition, exceeds
                  15% of the book value of Consolidated Total Assets, determined
                  as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately preceding such
                  sale, lease or other disposition or (y) the book value of such
                  assets, when added to the book value of all other assets sold,
                  leased or otherwise disposed of by the Company and its
                  Restricted Subsidiaries during the period of 36 consecutive
                  months ending on the date of such sale, lease or other
                  disposition, exceeds 30% of the book value of Consolidated
                  Total Assets, determined as of the end of the fiscal quarter
                  immediately preceding such sale, lease or other disposition;
                  provided that there shall be excluded from any determination
                  of a "substantial part" any (i) sale or disposition of assets
                  in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its
                  Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii) any transfer of assets from
                  the Company to any Restricted Subsidiary or from any
                  Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or a Restricted
                  Subsidiary. For the avoidance of doubt, any sale, lease or
                  other dispositions of property by the Company or any
                  Restricted Subsidiary to an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall not
                  be excluded from any determination of a "substantial part" and
                  the Company will not, and will not permit any of its
                  Restricted Subsidiaries to, make a sale, lease or other
                  disposition of property to an Unrestricted Subsidiary except
                  in exchange for consideration having a Fair Market Value at
                  least equal to the Fair Market Value of the property sold,
                  leased or otherwise disposed of.

        Section 1.13. Section 10.5(1) of the Note Agreement shall be and is
hereby amended by adding the words "(and, if such conveyance, transfer or lease
constitutes a conveyance, transfer or lease of substantially all of the
consolidated assets of the Company, in compliance with the provisions of clause
(2) of this Section 10.5)" after the words "the provision of Section 10.4 " at
the end of clause (y) of Section 10.5(1) of the Note Agreement.

         Section 1.14. The following shall be added as a new Section 10.8 and a
new Section 10.9 respectively of the Note Agreement:

                  "SECTION 10.8. RESTRICTED PAYMENTS. The Company will not, and
         will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, declare or make,
         or incur any liability to declare or

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         make, any Restricted Payment, if, at the time such Restricted Payment
         is declared or made, or after giving effect thereto, a Default or an
         Event of Default exists.

                  SECTION 10.9. SHARE REPURCHASE OBLIGATIONS. The Company will
         not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter
         into any agreement requiring it to, or otherwise become obligated to,
         repurchase any shares of the Company's capital stock issued in
         connection with the Seven Worldwide Acquisition except repurchases (i)
         which do not exceed, in the aggregate for any fiscal year, $10,000,000,
         and (ii) are made at a time when no Default of Event of Default exists
         or would exist after giving effect thereto."

        Section 1.15. Section 11(i) of the Note Agreement shall be and is hereby
amended by deleting the all references in Section 11(i) to the term "Material
Restricted Subsidiary" and replacing all of them with the term "Material
Subsidiaries" in Section 11(i) of the Note Agreement.

        Section 1.16. The following Defined Terms in Schedule B to the Note
Agreement shall be and is hereby amended as follows:

        The definition of "Consolidated Net Income" shall be and is hereby
amended by deleting the words "provided that any charges related to the
impairment of goodwill or other intangibles as required under SFAS No. 142 shall
be excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Net Income" after the words "in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied";

        The definition of "Consolidated Net Worth" shall be and is hereby
amended by deleting the words "less the sum of (i) minority interests and (ii)
Restricted Investments in excess of 10% of stockholders' equity of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries, provided that, for purposes of any
determination of Consolidated Net Worth, charges related to the impairment of
goodwill or other intangibles as required under SFAS No. 142 shall be excluded
from Consolidated Net Worth" after the words "as defined according to GAAP"; and

        The definition of "Net Proceeds" shall be and is hereby amended in its
entirety to read as follows:

                  ""Net Proceeds" means with respect to any sale of property or
         sale or other issuance of any capital stock by any Person an amount
         equal to the aggregate amount of the Fair Market Value of the
         consideration received by such Person in respect of such sale or
         issuance, minus all out-of-pocket costs and expenses actually incurred
         by such Person in connection with such sale or issuance (but excluding
         all state, federal and foreign taxes incurred, or to be incurred, by
         such Person in connection with such sale or issuance)."

        Section 1.17. The following shall be added as new definitions in
alphabetical order to the Defined Terms in Schedule B to the Note Agreement:

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                  "Capital Stock" means (i) in the case of a corporation,
         corporate stock, (ii) in the case of an association or business entity,
         any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other
         equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, (iii) in the case
         of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited)
         and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person
         the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or
         distributions of assets of, the issuing Person; provided, however, that
         "Capital Stock" shall not include any debt securities convertible into
         equity securities prior to such conversion.

                  "Collateral Agent" means JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. in its
         capacity as Collateral Agent under the Intercreditor Agreement and any
         successor Collateral Agent appointed pursuant to the terms thereof.

                  "Foreign Incorporated Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary of the
         Company which is not organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located
         in the United States of America.

                  "Intercreditor Agreement" means the Intercreditor Agreement to
         be entered into by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and
         the holders of the Notes, the 1995 Notes and the 2003 Notes, in form
         and substance satisfactory to the Required Holder(s), as the same may
         be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
         time.

                  "1995 Note Agreement" means the Note Agreement, dated August
         18, 1995, among the Company, as successor to Filtertek USA, Inc., the
         Company, Plastic Molded Concepts, Inc., Tek Purchasing Group, Inc., and
         the purchasers named in the Purchaser Schedule thereto, as amended from
         time to time.

                  "1995 Notes" shall mean the Company's 6.98% Series B Senior
         Notes due August 18, 2005 issued pursuant to the 1995 Note Agreement.

                  ""Restricted Payment" means (a) any dividends or other
         distributions or payments on the capital stock of or other equity
         interests in the Company or any Subsidiary (excluding dividends or
         distributions in such stock or other equity interests and excluding
         dividends on distributions by a Subsidiary to the Company or to another
         Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary), and (b) the redemption or
         acquisition of any capital stock or other equity interests in the
         Company or any Subsidiary (except when solely in exchange for such
         stock or other equity interests or from

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         the Company or a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary). For the purposes
         hereof, "capital stock" shall include warrants, rights or other options
         to purchase capital stock or other equity interests."

                  "Seven Worldwide Acquisition" means the transactions
         contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement dated December 17, 2004,
         among the Company, Seven Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation, KAGT
         Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Seven Worldwide Holdings"),
         Kohlberg Investors IV, L.P., Kohlberg TE Investors IV, L.P., Kohlberg
         Offshore Investors IV, L.P., Kohlberg Partners IV, L.P., KOCO
         Investors, L.P., Silver Point Capital Fund, L.P., Silver Point Capital
         Offshore Fund, Limited, Hudson River Co. Investment Fund, L.P., and
         VOIII, LLC (the "Acquisition Agreement"), providing for the acquisition
         of stock of Seven Worldwide Holdings for an aggregate purchase price
         not in excess of $191,000,000, subject to the adjustment for working
         capital as set forth therein, plus related fees and expenses.

                  "2005 Note Agreement" means the Note Purchase Agreement, dated
         January 28, 2005, between the Company and the Purchasers named in the
         Purchaser Schedule attached thereto, as amended from time to time.

                  "2005 Notes" means the Company Series C, D and E Senior Notes
         in the aggregate principal amount of $50,000,000 issued pursuant to the
         2005 Note Agreement.

                  "Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary" means any Restricted
         Subsidiary all of the equity interests and voting interests of which
         are owned by any one or more of the Company and the Company's other
         Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiaries.

SECTION 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.

         Section 2.1. To induce the Noteholders to execute and deliver this
First Amendment (which representations shall survive the execution and delivery
of this First Amendment), the Company represents and warrants to the Noteholders
that:

                  (a) this First Amendment has been duly authorized, executed
         and delivered by it and this First Amendment constitutes the legal,
         valid and binding obligation, contract and agreement of the Company
         enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as
         enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
         moratorium or similar laws or equitable principles relating to or
         limiting creditors' rights generally;

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                  (b) the Note Agreement, as amended by this First Amendment,
         constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations, contracts and
         agreements of the Company enforceable against it in accordance with
         their respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited by
         bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws or
         equitable principles relating to or limiting creditors' rights
         generally;

                  (c) the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of
         this First Amendment (i) has been duly authorized by all requisite
         corporate action and, if required, shareholder action, (ii) does not
         require the consent or approval of any governmental or regulatory body
         or agency, and (iii) will not (A) violate (1) any provision of law,
         statute, rule or regulation or its certificate of incorporation or
         bylaws, (2) any order of any court or any rule, regulation or order of
         any other agency or government binding upon it, or (3) any provision of
         any material indenture, agreement or other instrument to which it is a
         party or by which its properties or assets are or may be bound, or (B)
         result in a breach or constitute (alone or with due notice or lapse of
         time or both) a default under any indenture, agreement or other
         instrument referred to in clause (iii)(A)(3) of this SS. 2.1(C);

                  (d) as of the date hereof and after giving effect to this
         First Amendment, no Default or Event of Default has occurred which is
         continuing; and

                  (e) all the representations and warranties contained in
         Section 5 of the Note Agreement are true and correct in all material
         respects with the same force and effect as if made by the Company on
         and as of the date hereof.

SECTION 3. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS FIRST AMENDMENT.

         Section 3.1. This First Amendment shall not become effective until, and
shall become effective when, each and every one of the following conditions
shall have been satisfied:

                  (a) executed counterparts of this First Amendment, duly
         executed by the Company and the holders of the Notes, shall have been
         delivered to the Noteholders;

                  (b) the representations and warranties of the Company set
         forth in SS. 2 hereof are true and correct on and with respect to the
         date hereof;

                  (c) the Noteholders shall have received the favorable opinion
         of counsel to the Company as to the matters set forth in SS.SS. 2.1(A),
         2.1(B) and 2.1(C) hereof, which opinion shall be in form and substance
         satisfactory to the Noteholders; and

                  (d) the Company agrees to pay upon demand, the reasonable fees
         and expenses of Chapman and Cutler LLP, special counsel to the
         Noteholders, in connection with the negotiation, preparation, approval,
         execution and delivery of this First Amendment.

Upon receipt of all of the foregoing, this First Amendment shall become
effective.

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SECTION 4. MISCELLANEOUS.

         Section 4.1. This First Amendment shall be construed in connection with
and as part of each of the Note Agreement, and except as modified and expressly
amended by this First Amendment, all terms, conditions and covenants contained
in the Note Agreement and the Notes are hereby ratified and shall be and remain
in full force and effect.

         Section 4.2. Any and all notices, requests, certificates and other
instruments executed and delivered after the execution and delivery of this
First Amendment may refer to the Note Agreement without making specific
reference to this First Amendment but nevertheless all such references shall
include this First Amendment unless the context otherwise requires.

         Section 4.3. The descriptive headings of the various Sections or parts
of this First Amendment are for convenience only and shall not affect the
meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

         Section 4.4. This First Amendment shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.


                         [Signatures on Following Page]

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         The execution hereof by you shall constitute a contract between us for
the uses and purposes hereinabove set forth, and this First Amendment may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each executed counterpart constituting
an original, but all together only one agreement.

                                       Very truly yours,

                                       SCHAWK, INC.


                                       By /s/ James J. Patterson
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Name:  James J. Patterson
                                          Title: Senior Vice President and
                                                 Chief Finanical Officer



The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby ratify the foregoing amendments.

                                       SCHAWK USA, INC.


                                       By: /s/ James J. Patterson
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name: James J. Patterson
                                           Its:  Vice President, Finance


                                       SCHAWK-ASIA, INC.


                                       By: /s/ James J. Patterson
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name: James J. Patterson
                                           Its:  Vice President, Finance


                                       LSI/KALA LLC


                                       By: /s/ James J. Patterson
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name: James J. Patterson
                                           Its:  Vice President, Finance


                                       SCHAWK GLOBAL ENTERPRISES, INC.


                                       By: /s/ James J. Patterson
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name: James J. Patterson
                                           Its:  Vice President, Finance

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                                       SCHAWK JAPAN, INC.


                                       By: /s/ James J. Patterson
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name: James J. Patterson
                                           Its:  Vice President, Finance


                                       INTERCHANGEDIGITAL, INC.


                                       By: /s/ James J. Patterson
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name: James J. Patterson
                                           Its:  Vice President, Finance


                                       SCHAWK LLC


                                       By: /s/ James J. Patterson
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name: James J. Patterson
                                           Its:  Vice President, Finance


                                       LSI/KALA OF MICHIGAN, INC.


                                       By: /s/ James J. Patterson
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Name: James J. Patterson
                                           Its:  Vice President, Finance

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Accepted as of the date first written above.


                                       MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
                                         COMPANY

                                       By:  Babson Capital Management LLC, as
                                            Investment Adviser


                                            By /s/ Elisabeth A. Perenick
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Name:  Elisabeth A. Perenick
                                               Title: Managing Director


                                       C.M. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                                       By:  Babson Capital Management LLC, as
                                            Investment Adviser


                                            By /s/ Elisabeth A. Perenick
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Name:  Elisabeth A. Perenick
                                               Title: Managing Director


                                       MASSMUTUAL ASIA LIMITED

                                       By:  Babson Capital Management LLC, as
                                            Investment Adviser


                                            By /s/ Elisabeth A. Perenick
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Name:  Elisabeth A. Perenick
                                               Title: Managing Director

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