HA LO INDUSTRIES INC
SIXTH AMENDMENT TO 401KPLAN
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                                                                  Exhibit 10.101

                             SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE

                 1998 RESTATEMENT OF THE HA-LO INDUSTRIES, INC.

                               401(k) SAVINGS PLAN


         WHEREAS, HA-LO Industries, Inc. (the "Corporation") established and
maintains the HA-LO Industries, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan, as amended and
restated effective January 1, 1998 (the "Plan") for the benefit of its eligible
employees; and

         WHEREAS, the Corporation desires to amend the Plan to allow overtime
pay to be taken into account as compensation under the terms of Plan, which will
allow 401(k) contributions to be deducted from overtime pay and matching
contributions made with respect to the deferrals from overtime pay;

         NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the power granted to the Corporation by
Section 11.1 of the Plan, and in exercise of the authority delegated to the
undersigned by the same provision, the Plan be and it hereby is amended,
effective as of January 1, 1999, by amending Section 2.7 of the Plan to read as
follows:

         COMPENSATION means for any period the base salary, wages and overtime
         pay paid by the Company or any Related Entity for services rendered as
         an employee, including commissions paid to sales representatives, and
         the amount of any Company contribution pursuant to a salary reduction
         agreement which is not includable in the gross income of the
         Participant under Code Section 125, 402(e)(3), 402(h) or 403(b).
         Compensation, however, shall not include the Participant's share in any
         Profit Sharing or Matching Contributions under the Plan or to any other
         employee benefit or insurance program, or bonuses. For all purposes of
         the Plan, Compensation in excess of the applicable dollar limitation
         contained in Code Section 401(a)(17), as may be adjusted by the
         Secretary of the Treasury for cost-of-living increases, shall be
         disregarded for each Plan Year. The Compensation of a Participant who
         becomes eligible to participate at any time other than the first day of
         a Plan Year shall include only his Compensation paid to him while a
         Participant in the Plan.


         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, HA-LO Industries, Inc. has caused this Sixth
Amendment to be executed on behalf of the Corporation on this _____ day of
December1999.

                                       HA-LO INDUSTRIES, INC.

                                       By:
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                                          Lou Weisbach


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