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                                                                EXHIBIT 10.1


                      SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

            THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "Amendment"), dated
as of November 14, 1996, and effective as of November 18, 1996, is among
DAISYTEK, INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to as
"Borrower"), DAISYTEK INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation
("Guarantor"), each of Borrower's Subsidiaries identified under the caption
"SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS" on the signature pages of this Amendment or that,
pursuant to Section 8.1(n) of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined),
become a "Subsidiary Guarantor" (individually, a "Subsidiary Guarantor," and,
collectively, the "Subsidiary Guarantors"), STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST
COMPANY, a Massachusetts trust ("State Street"), NBD BANK, a Michigan banking
corporation ("NBD"), and TEXAS COMMERCE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national
banking association ("TCB"), as a lender and as administrative agent for
itself, State Street and NBD (State Street, NBD, TCB and any assignee lender
pursuant to Section 11.4A of the Credit Agreement being referred to,
collectively, as "Lenders").  All capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Credit
Agreement.

                                    RECITALS

            WHEREAS, Borrower, Guarantor, certain Subsidiary Guarantors, State
Street and TCB entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of May 22,
1995, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as
of April 15, 1996 (as so amended, the "Credit Agreement"), establishing a
revolving credit facility in the aggregate maximum principal amount of
$30,000,000, with funding commitments thereunder shared equally by TCB and
State Street; and

            WHEREAS, Borrower, Guarantor, Subsidiary Guarantors and Lenders
desire to amend the Credit Agreement to increase the aggregate maximum
principal amount under such revolving credit facility from $30,000,000 to
$50,000,000, with funding commitments thereunder to be shared forty percent
(40%) by TCB, forty percent (40%) by State Street and twenty percent (20%) by
NBD;

            NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the recitals set forth above,
the agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Borrower, Guarantor,
Subsidiary Guarantors and Lenders hereby agree as follows:

            1.     Amended Definitions.  The following definitions in Section
1.1 of the Credit Agreement are amended to read in their entireties as follows:
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            ""Borrower's Account" means the account(s) maintained by Borrower
with TCB, as Agent, for the purposes of this Agreement."

            ""Committed Sum" means, with respect to the Loan Commitment, Twenty
Million Dollars ($20,000,000) with respect to TCB, Twenty Million Dollars
($20,000,000) with respect to State Street, and Ten Million Dollars
($10,000,000) with respect to NBD."

            ""Lender" or "Lenders" means, collectively, Texas Commerce Bank
National Association, a national banking association, State Street Bank and
Trust Company, a Massachusetts trust, NBD Bank, a Michigan banking corporation,
and any assignee lender pursuant to Section 11.4A of the Credit Agreement.
Notwithstanding such collective definition, the phrases "a Lender," "any of
Lenders," "each of Lenders" and similar phrases shall be singular references
and not collective references."

            ""Lender Funding Account" means the account maintained by Agent
with TCB for purposes of this Agreement."

            ""Loan Commitment" means Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000)."

            ""Notes" means, collectively, the promissory notes of Borrower,
dated as of the Closing Date and substantially in the form of Exhibit A, each
appropriately completed, duly executed and delivered to a Lender by Borrower
and payable to the order of such Lender in the principal amount of such
Lender's maximum Committed Sum, as such promissory notes may be modified or
extended from time to time, and any promissory note or notes issued in exchange
or replacement therefor."

            ""Pro Rata Part" or "Pro Rata," with respect to a Lender, means the
proportion that such Lender's Committed Sum bears to the aggregate Committed
Sums of all Lenders."

            ""Qualified Issuer"  means any of Lenders and a commercial bank
having capital and retained earnings of at least $165,000,000."

            ""Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation,
association, partnership, joint venture, or other business or corporate entity,
enterprise or organization which is directly or indirectly (through one or more
intermediaries) controlled by or owned fifty percent (50%) or more by such
Person.  Without limiting the foregoing, with respect to Guarantor, on the
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            of Guarantor includes Borrower and the entities identified under
            the caption "SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS" on the signature pages of this
            Amendment.

            2.     New Definition.  The following definition is added to
Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement, to read in its entirety as follows:

                   ""Second Amendment Closing Date" means November 18, 1996,
            being the effective date of the Second Amendment to Credit
            Agreement among Borrower, Guarantor, Subsidiary Guarantors, Lenders
            and Agent."

            3.     General Amendment.  References in the Credit Agreement to
"either of Lenders" or "either Lender" are hereby amended to be references to
"any of Lenders" and "any Lender," respectively; references in the Credit
Agreement to "either or both of Lenders" or "either or both Lenders" are hereby
amended to be references to "any or all of Lenders" and "any or all Lenders,"
respectively.  References in the Credit Agreement (and the exhibits thereto) to
TCB and State Street (whether or not using defined terms) are hereby amended to
be references to TCB, State Street, NBD and any assignee lender pursuant to
Section 11.4A of the Credit Agreement.

            4.     Amendment of Section 2.2.  The first sentence of Section 2.2
of the Credit Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

            "The Loan made by Lenders pursuant to this Article II shall be
            evidenced by the Notes dated as of the Second Amendment Closing
            Date and substantially in the form of Exhibit A."

            5.     Amendment of Section 2.4.  The first paragraph of Section
2.4 of the Credit Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                   "Section 2.4  Borrowing and Rate Option Procedure.  By no
            later than noon Dallas, Texas time on a proposed Advance Date for
            any Advance that Borrower desires to accrue interest at the Base
            Rate, and by no later than noon Dallas, Texas time three (3)
            Eurodollar Business Days prior to a proposed Advance Date for any
            Advance that Borrower desires to accrue interest at the Adjusted
            Eurodollar Rate, Borrower shall submit to Agent an Advance Request
            with respect to the Loan that specifies (a) the requested Advance
            Date and (b) the amount of the requested Advance, (c) whether the
            Advance shall accrue interest at the Base Rate or the Adjusted
            Eurodollar Rate, and (d) if the Advance is to accrue interest at an
            Adjusted Eurodollar Rate, the requested Eurodollar Interest Period,
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            Advance accruing interest at the Base Rate shall be in the amount
            of $100,000 or more; each Advance accruing interest at an Adjusted
            Eurodollar Rate shall be an integral multiple of $100,000.  As
            early as possible on the Advance Date specified in such Advance
            Request, each Lender shall cause to be deposited to the Lender
            Funding Account in immediately available funds an amount equal to
            its respective Pro Rata Part of such requested Advance.  Each
            Lender's obligation to make such a deposit in such amount shall
            exist whether or not the other Lenders satisfy their obligation to
            make such deposit.  No Lender shall have a duty whatsoever to
            satisfy another Lender's obligation to make such deposits.  Upon
            the fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth herein,
            including Article VI, Agent shall make the funds deposited in the
            Lender Funding Account available to Borrower no later than Agent's
            close of business on the Advance Date by debiting the Lender
            Funding Account and crediting Borrower's Account in immediately
            available funds.

                   Unless Agent shall have been notified by a Lender prior to
            the time of an Advance that such Lender does not intend to make
            available to Agent such Lender's Pro Rata Part of such Advance,
            Agent may (but shall be under no obligation to) assume that such
            Lender has made such Pro Rata Part available to Agent on or before
            the time of such Advance and Agent may (but again shall be under no
            obligation to), in reliance on such assumption, make available to
            Borrower such Lender's Pro Rata Part.  If such Pro Rata Part is not
            in fact made available to Agent by such Lender, then Agent shall be
            entitled to recover such Pro Rata Part on demand from such Lender.
            If such Lender does not pay such Pro Rata Part forthwith upon
            Agent's demand therefor, then Agent shall promptly notify Borrower
            and Borrower shall immediately pay such Pro Rata Part to Agent.
            Agent shall also be entitled to recover on demand from such Lender
            or Borrower, as the case may be, interest on such Pro Rata Part in
            respect of each day from the date such Pro Rata Part was made
            available by Agent to Borrower until the date such Pro Rata Part is
            recovered by Agent, at a rate per annum equal to (a) if recovered
            from such Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate, and (b) if
            recovered from Borrower, the rate of interest applicable to the
            respective Advance.  Nothing in this Section 2.4 shall be deemed to
            relieve any Lender from its obligation to make Advances hereunder
            or to prejudice any rights that Borrower may have against a Lender
            as a result of any failure by such Lender to make its Pro Rata Part
            of Advances hereunder."

            6.     Amendment of Article III.  Article III of the Credit
Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows:





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                                  "ARTICLE III

                               Letters of Credit

            Section 3.1     Commitment to Issue Letters of Credit.  Subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation,
Section 3.2, Lenders (acting through any Lender or Lenders designated by
Borrower from time to time, as issuer) agree to issue, at such times as
Borrower may request from the Closing Date to the Loan Maturity Date,
commercial and standby letters of credit for the account of any Daisytek
Corporation; provided, however, that (a) the aggregate amount of the Letters of
Credit issued by Lenders at any one time outstanding shall not exceed
$2,000,000, and (b) the aggregate amount of the Letters of Credit, plus the
principal amount of the Loan, at any one time outstanding, shall not exceed the
lesser of (x) the Borrowing Base and (y) the Loan Commitment.

            If a Letter of Credit hereunder is issued other than by TCB, then
the issuing Lender shall promptly (and in any event within one Business Day)
notify Agent thereof and include with such notice Borrower's application for
such Letter of Credit, a photocopy of the issued Letter of Credit and a
statement signed by such issuing Lender acknowledging that such Letter of
Credit was issued hereunder.  The obligation of Lenders (acting through any
Lender or Lenders designated by Borrower from time to time, as issuer) to issue
Letters of Credit hereunder shall expire at Agent's close of business in
Dallas, Texas on the Loan Maturity Date.  Each Letter of Credit, as the same
may be amended or extended from time to time, shall expire no later than the
Loan Maturity Date.  All Letters of Credit issued hereunder shall be in the
issuing Lender's standard form or in such other form as is mutually agreed upon
by Borrower and Lenders.

            Section 3.2     Conditions to Issuance of a Letter of Credit.  In
addition to the conditions stated elsewhere herein, Lenders (acting through any
Lender or Lenders designated by Borrower from time to time, as issuer) will not
be obligated to issue a Letter of Credit unless:

                   (a)      Compliance with Terms of Agreement.  Each Daisytek
            Corporation has complied with all of the terms of this Agreement to
            be complied with by it, including, without limitation, the
            conditions to an Advance set forth in Section 6.2.

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            issuance date of a Letter of Credit (or any shorter period to which
            the proposed issuing Lender may agree) Borrower has delivered to
            such issuing Lender an application for Letter of Credit pertaining
            to such Letter of Credit, executed by a Responsible Officer of
            Borrower.

                   (c)      Issuance Fee.  The issuance fee payable by Borrower
            pursuant to Section 3.5 shall have been paid.

            Section 3.3     Issuance of a Letter of Credit.  Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in Section 3.1 and 3.2, Lenders (acting through
any Lender or Lenders designated by Borrower from time to time, as issuer)
shall make the Letter of Credit available for the account of Borrower at the
issuing Lender's principal office not later than 3:00 p.m. Dallas, Texas time
on the issuance date.

            Section 3.4     Presentment.  An issuing Lender shall immediately
notify Borrower of the presentment for payment of a draft under a Letter of
Credit issued by Lenders (acting through such issuing Lender) and immediately
provide Borrower with a copy of any documents accompanying such presentment.
Except with respect to a variation between documents required by such Letter of
Credit and documents accepted by Lenders (acting through such issuing Lender),
the failure of such issuing Lender to provide such notice and copies shall not
effect Borrower's obligations hereunder.  Borrower shall reimburse Lenders
(acting through such issuing Lender) on the same day that payment is made under
such Letter of Credit.  If payment is made under a Letter of Credit and
Borrower does not reimburse such issuing Lender on the date such payment is
made, then such payment shall be deemed to be an Advance and accrue interest at
the Base Rate.

            The obligation of Borrower to make payments to Lenders (acting
through an issuing Lender), as provided in this Article III, with respect to
Letters of Credit shall be irrevocable and shall not be subject to any
qualification or exception, including, without limitation, any of the following
circumstances:

                   (a)      Any lack of validity or enforceability of this
            Agreement or any of the Loan Documents; or

                   (b)      The existence of any claim, set off, defense or
            other right that a Daisytek Corporation may have at any time
            against a beneficiary named in a Letter of Credit or any transferee
            of any Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such transferee
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            of Lenders or any other Person, whether in connection with this
            Agreement, any Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated
            herein or any unrelated transactions (including any underlying
            transactions between a Daisytek Corporation and the beneficiary
            named in any Letter of Credit); or

                   (c)      Any draft, certificate or any other document
            presented under the Letter of Credit proving to be forged,
            fraudulent, invalid or insufficient (but conforming on its face to
            the requirements of the applicable Letter of Credit) or any
            statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or

                   (d)      The surrender or impairment of any security for the
            performance or observance of any of the terms of any of the Loan
            Documents; or

                   (e)      The occurrence of any Event of Default.

            Section 3.5     Letter of Credit Fees.  For each Letter of Credit
issued hereunder, Borrower shall pay to Agent (a) for the account of Lenders
and for so long as such Letter of Credit is outstanding, a per annum fee equal
to (i) the undrawn amount of such Letter of Credit multiplied by (ii) the
Applicable Margin, and (b) for the issuing Lender's own account, a one-time fee
payable upon the issuance thereof of the greater of (i) 0.00125 multiplied by
the principal amount of such Letter of Credit and (ii) $250.00.  The per annum
fee shall be payable on each Quarterly Payment Date, in arrears.  If the
Applicable Margin shall change during a period for which the per annum fee is
calculated, then such calculation shall be made based on each such Applicable
Margin and the number of days in such period during which each such Applicable
Margin was in effect.  In addition, Borrower agrees to pay to the issuing
Lender all other document handling, administrative and other similar charges
normally charged by such issuing Lender in connection with letters of credit.

            Section 3.6     Release.  Each Daisytek Corporation shall not hold
any Lender responsible for, and hereby releases each Lender from, liability in
connection with:

                   (a)      Any delay in giving any notice to Borrower of the
            presentment of a Letter of Credit for payment; or

                   (b)      The truth or accuracy of any statements made in any
            documents required by a Letter of Credit to be delivered to an
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                   (c)      Any failure of the signature on any draft or other
            documents required to be furnished to be that of an authorized
            person or to be genuine.

            Each Daisytek Corporation waives any right to object to and
            ratifies the action of the issuing Lender of any Letter of Credit,
            in the case of any variation between documents required by such
            Letter of Credit or instructions of Borrower, and documents
            accepted by Lenders (acting through such issuing Lender) as to
            which Borrower has notice, unless promptly upon receipt of the
            documents or of knowledge of the variation and prior to funding by
            Lenders (acting through such issuing Lender), Borrower sends notice
            of objection in writing to Lenders."

            7.     Amendment of Section 8.2(m).  Section 8.2(m) of the Credit
Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                   "(m)  Limitations on Funded Debt.  No Daisytek Corporation
            shall permit, as of any date, the creation, incurrence, assumption
            or sufferance to exist of Funded Debt of such corporation, other
            than (a) the Obligations, (b) Funded Debt existing on the Closing
            Date and fully described in the Initial Financial Statements (other
            than the Funded Debt referred to in Footnote 2 to the Consolidated
            financial statements of Guarantor included in the Prospectus as the
            revolving line of credit agreement with commercial banks), (c)
            Funded Debt secured as permitted by Section 8.2(a), (d) unsecured
            Funded Debt of up to Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) to a Lender
            incurred under a money market line of credit, and (e) unsecured
            Funded Debt of such Daisytek Corporation which, together with the
            Funded Debt pursuant to this clause (e) of all other Daisytek
            Corporations, does not exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000)."

            8.     Amendment of Section 8.2(n).  Section 8.2(n) of the Credit
Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                   "(n)  Factoring.  No Daisytek Corporation will permit
            Working Capital of Canada, Inc., Working Capital of America, Inc.
            and any other Daisytek Corporation to acquire accounts receivable
            in excess of an aggregate face value of Three Million Dollars
            ($3,000,000), all of which shall arise from the retail sale of
            merchandise sold at wholesale by a Daisytek Corporation."

            9.     Amendment of Section 9.1.  Section 9.1 of the Credit
Agreement, and the title of Article IX of the Credit Agreement appearing
thereabove, are amended to read in their entirety as follows:





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                   "Agreements Between Agent and Lenders, and Between Lenders

                   Section 9.1  Appointment.  Lenders hereby irrevocably
            appoint Agent as agent hereunder, and irrevocably authorize Agent
            to act as the agent of Lenders hereunder, and Agent agrees to act
            as such, upon the conditions contained in this Article IX.  Agent
            shall not have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with
            any of Lenders by reason of this Agreement.  This Agreement shall
            not create, and shall not be deemed to create, a relationship of
            partnership or joint venture between TCB, either for itself, as
            Agent or both, and any other Lender or Lenders."

            10.    Amendment of Section 9.18.  Section 9.18 of the Credit
Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                   "Section 9.18  Required Consent.  Notwithstanding Section
            11.1, actions undertaken by Lenders with respect to this Agreement,
            such as entering into an amendment or supplement to this Agreement
            or granting a temporary waiver from a provision of this Agreement,
            require the consent of Lenders holding at least fifty- one percent
            (51%) of the total Committed Sum; provided, however, that (a) no
            modification, supplement or waiver shall, unless by an instrument
            signed by all Lenders or by Agent acting with the consent of all
            Lenders:  (i) increase, or extend the term of any of, the Loan
            Commitment, or extend the time or waive any requirement for the
            reduction or termination of any of the Loan Commitment, (ii) extend
            the date fixed for the payment of principal of or interest on the
            Loan (or any portion thereof) or any fee hereunder, (iii) reduce
            the amount of any such payment of principal, (iv) reduce the rate
            at which interest is payable thereon or any fee is payable
            hereunder, (v) alter the rights or obligations of Borrower to
            prepay the Loan (or any portion thereof), (vi) alter the terms of
            this Section 9.18, (vii) otherwise modify in any other manner the
            number or percentage of Lenders required to make any determinations
            or waive any rights hereunder or to modify any provision hereof,
            (viii) waive any of the conditions precedent set forth in Section
            6.2, or (ix) release Guarantor or any Subsidiary Guarantor from its
            Guaranty (except that Agent is authorized to release the Guaranty
            of any Subsidiary Guarantor being sold in a transaction consented
            to by Lenders holding at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the total
            Committed Sum), (b) any modification or supplement of this Article
            IX shall required Agent's prior written consent. The immediately
            foregoing sentence is subject to (a) Agent's powers and rights
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            such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto) and (b) Section
            9.5 (in respect of a Potential Event of Default or an Event of
            Default)."

            11.    Amendment of Section 11.3.  Lenders' addresses as set forth
in Section 11.3 of the Credit Agreement are amended to read in their entirety
as follows:

                   "Texas Commerce Bank National Association
                   2200 Ross Avenue, Third Floor
                   Dallas, Texas 75201
                   Attention:  Mark Denton, Senior Vice President
                   Telecopy:  214-965-2990

                   State Street Bank and Trust Company
                   225 Franklin Street - M8
                   Boston, Massachusetts 02110
                   Attention:  Michael St. Jean
                   Telecopy:  617-338-4041

                   NBD Bank
                   611 Woodward
                   Detroit, Michigan 48226
                   Attention:  William J. McCaffrey
                   Telecopy:  313-225-1212

                   As to any Lender who becomes such pursuant to Section 11.4A,
                   to such Lender at its address given to Agent."  

            12.    Amendment of Exhibit A, etc.  Exhibit A of the Credit
Agreement is amended in its entirety to be in the form of Exhibit A attached to
this Amendment.  All references to Exhibit A-1 are deleted.

            13.    Conditions to Effectiveness.  The effectiveness of this
Amendment is conditioned upon the prior receipt by Agent of the documentation
and fees set forth below:

                   (a)      Certificates.  A certificate of the Secretary of
            each Daisytek Corporation, dated as of the Second Amended Closing
            Date, to the effect that, except for an increase in the number of
            authorized shares of common stock of Guarantor, no changes have
            occurred to the certificates of incorporation (and other equivalent
            charter documents) and by-laws of the Daisytek Corporations, and no
            changes have occurred in the incumbency of officers of the Daisytek
            Corporations authorized to execute or attest any of the Loan
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                   (b)      Resolutions.  Copies of resolutions of the Board of
            Directors of each Daisytek Corporation, satisfactory to Lenders,
            approving the execution and delivery of this Amendment and such of
            the other Loan Documents to which such corporation is a party and
            authorizing the performance of the obligations of such corporation
            contemplated in this Amendment and in such other Loan Documents,
            accompanied by a certificate of the Secretary of such corporation,
            dated as of the Second Amendment Closing Date, that such copies are
            complete and correct copies of resolutions duly adopted at a
            meeting of such Board of Directors, and that such resolutions have
            not been amended, modified or revoked in any respect, and are in
            full force and effect as of the Second Amendment Closing Date;

                   (c)      Other Certificates.  Certificates of each Daisytek
            Corporation's existence, good standing and qualification to do
            business, issued by appropriate officials in any state in which
            such corporation is incorporated, owns property or otherwise
            qualified, or required to qualify, to do business;

                   (d)      Notes.  The Notes, duly executed;

                   (e)      Guaranties.  A Guaranty or Guaranties of Guarantor
            and the Subsidiary Guarantors in favor of Agent for the benefit of
            Lenders, duly executed by Guarantor and the Subsidiary Guarantors
            and substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the Credit Agreement
            (but with such appropriate changes in date, recitals and identity
            of the guarantor(s) and beneficiaries thereunder as Lenders may
            reasonably require);

                   (f)      Opinion of Counsel.  An executed opinion of Wolff &
            Samson, P.C., Roseland, New Jersey, counsel to the Daisytek
            Corporations, dated as of the Second Amendment Closing Date and in
            form and substance satisfactory to Lenders and their counsel;

                   (g)      Other Documents.  Any and all other documents or
            certificates reasonably requested by a Lender in connection with
            the execution of this Amendment; and

                   (h)      Fee.  The fee agreed to by Borrower or Guarantor
            pursuant to Agent's letter of even date herewith, duly acknowledged
            by Borrower or Guarantor."

            14.    Other Documents.  Borrower shall provide such other
documents incidental and appropriate to this Amendment as Agent or Agent's
counsel may reasonably request, and all such documents being in form and
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            15.    Terms of Agreement.  Except as expressly amended by this
Amendment, the Credit Agreement is and shall be unchanged.

            16.    Amounts Outstanding.  Lenders shall by appropriate payments
between or among them transfer funds on the Second Amendment Closing Date such
that the balance of the Loan immediately prior to the effectiveness of this
Amendment shall, after giving effect to this Amendment, be held by Lenders in
Pro Rata Part.

            17.    Effect of Amendment.  The Credit Agreement and any and all
other documents heretofore, now or hereafter executed and delivered pursuant to
the terms of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended so that any reference to
the Credit Agreement in the Credit Agreement or the other documents shall mean
a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

            18.    Reaffirmation; No Default.  Each Daisytek Corporation hereby
represents and warrants to Lenders that (a) the execution, delivery and
performance of this Amendment and any and all other Loan Documents executed and
delivered in connection herewith have been authorized by all requisite
corporate action on the part of such Daisytek Corporation and will not violate
the certificate of incorporation (or other charter documents) or bylaws of any
Daisytek Corporation, (b) except for an increase in the number of authorized
shares of common stock of Guarantor, neither the certificate of incorporation
(or other charter documents) nor bylaws of any Daisytek Corporation have been
amended or revoked since May 22, 1995, (c) the representations and warranties
contained in the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, and any other
Loan Document are true and correct on and as of the date hereof as though made
on and as of the date hereof, (d) no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and no event or condition has occurred that with the giving of
notice or lapse of time or both would be an Event of Default, and (e) each
Daisytek Corporation is in full compliance with all covenants and agreements
contained in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby.

            19.    Enforceability.  Each Daisytek Corporation hereby represents
and warrants that, as of the date of this Amendment, the Credit Agreement and
all documents and instruments executed in connection therewith are in full
force and effect and that there are no claims, counterclaims, offsets or
defenses to any of such documents or instruments.

            20.    GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AMENDMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS
SHALL BE DEEMED CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
TEXAS AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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REVISED CIVIL STATUTES ARTICLE 5069 (WHICH REGULATES CERTAIN REVOLVING CREDIT
LOAN ACCOUNTS AND REVOLVING TRI-PARTY ACCOUNTS) SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE CREDIT
AGREEMENT, AS AMENDED BY THIS AMENDMENT, OR THE NOTES.

         21.     Maximum Interest Rate.  Regardless of any provisions contained
in this Amendment or in any other Loan Documents, Lenders shall never be deemed
to have contracted for or be entitled to receive, collect or apply as interest
on the Notes or otherwise any amount in excess of the maximum rate of interest
permitted to be charged by applicable law, and if Lenders ever receive, collect
or apply as interest any such excess, or if acceleration of the maturity of the
Notes or if any prepayment by Borrower results in Borrower having paid any
interest in excess of the maximum rate, such amount which would be excessive
interest shall be applied to the reduction of the unpaid principal balance of
the Notes for which such excess was received, collected or applied, and, if the
principal balances of Notes are paid in full, any remaining excess shall
forthwith be paid to Borrower.  All sums paid or agreed to be paid to Lenders
for the use, forbearance or detention of the indebtedness evidenced by the
Notes and/or the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, shall, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and
spread throughout the full term of such indebtedness until payment in full so
that the rate or amount of interest on account of such indebtedness does not
exceed the maximum lawful rate permitted under applicable law. In determining
whether or not the interest paid or payable under any specific contingency
exceeds the maximum rate of interest permitted by law, Borrower and Lenders
shall, to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, (i) characterize
any non-principal payment as an expense, fee or premium, rather than as
interest; and (ii) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effect thereof; and
(iii) compare the total amount of interest contracted for, charged or received
with the total amount of interest which could be contracted for, charged or
received throughout the entire contemplated term of the Notes at the maximum
lawful rate under applicable law.

         22.     Counterparts.  This Amendment may be separately executed in
any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to constitute one
and the same Amendment.

         23.     WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY.  EACH DAISYTEK CORPORATION WAIVES ANY
AND ALL RIGHTS THAT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY ON ANY CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM
OR OTHER ACTION, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS
AMENDMENT, ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE OBLIGATIONS.  EACH DAISYTEK
CORPORATION ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE FOREGOING JURY TRIAL WAIVER IS A MATERIAL
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OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THAT EACH LENDER IS RELYING ON SUCH WAIVER IN ITS
FUTURE DEALINGS WITH SUCH CORPORATION.  EACH SUCH CORPORATION WARRANTS AND
REPRESENTS TO EACH LENDER THAT SUCH CORPORATION HAS REVIEWED THE FOREGOING JURY
TRIAL WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND HAS KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVED
ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH SUCH LEGAL COUNSEL.  IN THE
EVENT OF LITIGATION, THE FOREGOING JURY TRIAL WAIVER MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN
CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

         24.     DTPA WAIVER.  EACH DAISYTEK CORPORATION HEREBY WAIVES ALL
PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT (TEX.
BUS. & COM. CODE Section  17.01 ET SEQ.), OTHER THAN Section  17.555 THEREOF,
AND REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS TO EACH LENDER THAT SUCH CORPORATION (A) HAS ASSETS
OF $5,000,000 OR MORE (EXCEPT THAT ONLY BORROWER, GUARANTOR AND DAISYTEK
(CANADA) INC. MAKE THE REPRESENTATION IN THIS CLAUSE (A)), (B) HAS KNOWLEDGE
AND EXPERIENCE IN FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS MATTERS THAT ENABLE SUCH CORPORATION
TO EVALUATE THE MERITS AND RISKS OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS
AMENDMENT, (C) IS NOT IN A SIGNIFICANTLY DISPARATE BARGAINING POSITION RELATIVE
TO LENDERS, AND (D) HAS BEEN REPRESENTED BY LEGAL COUNSEL IN CONNECTION WITH
SUCH TRANSACTIONS.

         25.     OTHER AGREEMENTS.  THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, AS AMENDED BY THIS
AMENDMENT, AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS EMBODY THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
PARTIES AND SUPERSEDE ALL PRIOR AGREEMENTS AND UNDERSTANDINGS, IF ANY, RELATING
TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND THEREOF.  THE WRITTEN CREDIT AGREEMENT, AS
AMENDED BY THIS AMENDMENT,  REPRESENTS THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES
AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT
ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.  THERE ARE NO ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE
PARTIES.



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         THIS AMENDMENT is executed and effective as of the date first written
above.


                                    BORROWER:
                                    
                                    DAISYTEK, INCORPORATED
                                    
                                    By: /s/ Thomas J. Madden
                                    Name: Thomas J. Madden
                                    Title: Vice President - Finance
                                    
                                    
                                    GUARANTOR:
                                    
                                    DAISYTEK INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
                                    
                                    By: /s/ Thomas J. Madden
                                    Name: Thomas J. Madden
                                    Title: Vice President - Finance
                                    
                                    
                                    SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:
                                    
                                    WORKING CAPITAL OF AMERICA, INC.,
                                    a Delaware corporation
                                    
                                    By: /s/ Thomas J. Madden
                                    Name: Thomas J. Madden
                                    Title: Vice President - Finance
                                    
                                    
                                    HOME TECH DEPOT, INC.,
                                    a Delaware corporation
                                    
                                    By: /s/ Thomas J. Madden
                                    Name: Thomas J. Madden
                                    Title: Vice President - Finance
                                    
                                    
                                    DAISYTEK (CANADA) INC.,
                                    a Canadian corporation
                                    
                                    By: /s/ Thomas J. Madden
                                    Name: Thomas J. Madden
                                    Title: Vice President - Finance


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                                    WORKING CAPITAL CANADA INC.,
                                    a Canadian corporation
                                    
                                    By: /s/ Thomas J. Madden
                                    Name: Thomas J. Madden
                                    Title: Vice President - Finance
                                    
                                    DAISYTEK DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V.,
                                    a Mexican corporation
                                    
                                    By: /s/ Thomas J. Madden
                                    Name: Thomas J. Madden
                                    Title: Vice President - Finance
                                    
                                    
                                    SUPPLIES EXPRESS, INC.,
                                    a Delaware corporation
                                    
                                    By: /s/ Thomas J. Madden
                                    Name: Thomas J. Madden
                                    Title: Vice President - Finance
                                    
                                    
                                    DAISYTEK LATIN AMERICA, INC.,
                                    a Florida corporation
                                    
                                    By: /s/ Thomas J. Madden
                                    Name: Thomas J. Madden
                                    Title: Vice President - Finance
                                    
                                    
                                    PRIORITY FULFILLMENT SERVICES DE
                                    MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V.,
                                    a Mexican corporation
                                    
                                    By: /s/ Thomas J. Madden
                                    Name: Thomas J. Madden
                                    Title: Vice President - Finance
                                    
                                    
                                    DAISYTEK DE MEXICO SERVICES, S.A. DE C.V.,
                                    a Mexican corporation
                                    
                                    By: /s/ Thomas J. Madden
                                    Name: Thomas J. Madden
                                    Title: Vice President - Finance





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                                    PRIORITY FULFILLMENT SERVICES, INC.,
                                    a Delaware corporation
                                    
                                    By: /s/ Thomas J. Madden
                                    Name: Thomas J. Madden
                                    Title: Vice President - Finance





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                                  DAISYTEK AUSTRALIA PTY. LIMITED,
                                  an Australian corporation
                                  
                                  By: /s/ Thomas J. Madden
                                  Name: Thomas J. Madden
                                  Title: Vice President - Finance
                                  
                                  
                                  PRIORITY FULFILLMENT SERVICES OF CANADA, INC.,
                                  a Canadian corporation
                                  
                                  By: /s/ Thomas J. Madden
                                  Name: Thomas J. Madden
                                  Title: Vice President - Finance
                                  
                                  
                                  AGENT:
                                  
                                  TEXAS COMMERCE BANK NATIONAL
                                  ASSOCIATION, a national banking association
                                  
                                  By: /s/ Mark Denton
                                      Mark Denton,
                                      Senior Vice President
                                  
                                  
                                  LENDERS:
                                  
                                  TEXAS COMMERCE BANK NATIONAL
                                  ASSOCIATION, a national banking association
                                  
                                  By: /s/ Mark Denton
                                      Mark Denton,
                                      Senior Vice President
                                  
                                  
                                  STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY,
                                  a Massachusetts trust
                                  
                                  By: /s/ Michael St. Jean
                                      Michael St. Jean,
                                      Vice President
                                  




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                                  NBD BANK, a Michigan banking corporation
                                  
                                  By:  /s/  William J. McCaffrey
                                       William J. McCaffrey,
                                  
                                  



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