Exhibit 10.6

                         FIRST AMENDMENT
                               TO
              CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT

     THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE
AGREEMENT (this "First Amendment"), dated May 5, 2003, is made
and entered to by and between New England Business Service, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation with its principal offices at 500 Main
Street, Groton, Massachusetts (the "Company"), and [insert name]
(the "Executive") residing in [city, state, zip].

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive are parties to a
Change in Control Severance Agreement dated [insert date] (the
"Agreement"), pursuant to which the Executive is entitled to
certain benefits in the event of a termination of the Executive's
employment with the Company following a "Change in Control" (as
defined in the Agreement"); and

     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has
determined that it is desirable to amend certain provisions of
the Agreement in order to induce the Executive to remain in the
employ of the Company; and

     WHEREAS, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Agreement;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other
respective covenants and agreements of the parties herein
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
     1.  Section 6 of the Agreement is hereby renamed "Severance
Payments and Benefits".

     2.  Section 6.1(A) of the Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting, before the period (".") at the end thereof, the
following text:
  "(the "Bonus Amount")".

     3.  Section 6.1(C) of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety and the following is substituted therefor:

            "(C) The Company shall pay the cost of providing
  the Executive with outplacement services up to a maximum of
  20% of the sum of the Base Salary and the Bonus Amount,
  provided that such services are (i) utilized by the
  Executive within eighteen months following the Date of
  Termination and (ii) provided by an outplacement provider
  approved by the Company (which approval shall not be
  unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned).  Such
  payment shall be made by the Company directly to the service
  provider promptly following the provision of such services
  and the presentation to the Company of documentation of the
  provision of such services.

            "(D) For purposes of calculating the Executive's
  benefits under the New England Business Service, Inc.
  Amended and Restated Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
  (the "SERP"), the Executive shall be credited with an
  additional two (2) Years of Benefit Service (as such term is
  defined in the SERP) in addition to the number of Years of
  Service that the Executive would otherwise have been
  credited with as of the Date of Termination.
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            "(E) Payments made, or benefits provided, to the
  Executive pursuant to Section 6.1(A), 6.1(B) or 6.1(C) shall
  be offset (but not below zero) by any severance payments or
  severance-related benefits provided to the Executive
  pursuant to any other plan, agreement or arrangement with
  the Company or a subsidiary providing for severance
  payments."

     4.  Except to the extent expressly amended hereby, the
provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect.

     5.  The validity, interpretation, construction and
performance of this First Amendment shall be governed by the laws
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

     6.  This First Amendment may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but
all of which together will constitute one and the same
instrument.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officer, on behalf of
New England Business Service, Inc., and the Executive have
hereunto set their hands as an agreement under seal, all as of
the date first above written.
                              NEW ENGLAND BUSINESS SERVICE, INC.


                              By:
                              Name:     Robert J. Murray
                              Title:    Chairman and Chief
                              Executive Officer

                              EXECUTIVE:



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