EXHIBIT 10.1



                       DAISYTEK INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
              NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION AND RETAINER PLAN

1.   In 1997, Daisytek International Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
     "Company"), adopted the Non-Employee Director Stock Option and Retainer
     Plan (the "Plan"). The Company desires to amend the Plan as set forth
     herein:

2.   Section 3.5 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
     follows: Options shall be granted to each Director under this Plan as
     determined by the Board.

3.   The remaining terms and provisions of the Plan shall continue in full force
     and effect.

4.   This First Amendment to the Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors of
     the Company on November 7, 2001.