As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 8, 1998
                                                       Registration No. 333-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                            ------------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                            ------------------------


                                  SCHAWK, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               DELAWARE                                 2545354
     (State or Other Jurisdiction                  (I.R.S. Employer
   of Incorporation or Organization)               Identification No.

                                 1695 RIVER ROAD
                           DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS 60018
    (Address, including zip code of registrant's principal executive office)

                ------------------------------------------------


                                  SCHAWK, INC.
                          EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                            ------------------------


                                 DAVID A. SCHAWK
                                  SCHAWK, INC.
                                 1695 RIVER ROAD
                           DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS 60018
                                 (847) 827-9494
 (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                   Copies to:
                              JOHN T. MCENROE, ESQ.
                        VEDDER, PRICE, KAUFMAN & KAMMHOLZ
                            222 NORTH LASALLE STREET
                             CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60601
                                 (312) 609-7500

                            ------------------------


                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Title of Securities             Amount to                 Proposed Maximum                 Proposed Maximum           Amount of
 to be Registered            be Registered(1)        Offering Price Per Share(2)     Aggregate Offering Price(2)   Registration Fee
-------------------          ----------------        ---------------------------     ---------------------------   ----------------
<S>                          <C>                     <C>                             <C>                           <C>

Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share            1,000,000                    $14.344                         $1,434,400                $3,988
=====================        =================       ===========================     ============================  =================

(1)  Together with an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be
     necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to
     the Schawk, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") as the result of
     a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding
     Common Stock pursuant to Rule 416(a).

(2)  Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
     the proposed maximum offering price per share and the registration fee have
     been estimated based on the average of the high and low sales prices for
     the Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on December 4,
     1998.

</TABLE>




================================================================================

<PAGE>

                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS


NOTE: The documents containing the information required by this section will be
given to employees eligible to participate in the Plan, and are not required to
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") as a
part of the Registration Statement or as an Exhibit.

<PAGE>

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The following documents filed with the Commission by Schawk, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("Registrant"), are incorporated in this Registration
Statement by reference:

         (a)  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997
              (File No. 0-09335);

         (b)  All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
              13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
              amended, since December 31, 1997; and

         (c)  The description of Registrant's Common Stock contained in the
              Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated November 21, 1986.

         All documents filed by Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 
and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold
are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

         Not applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

         Not applicable.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law makes provision for
the indemnification of officers and directors in terms sufficiently broad to
indemnify officers and directors under certain circumstances from liabilities
(including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Certificate of Incorporation of
the Registrant provides for indemnification to the fullest extent allowed under
Delaware law.

         Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits
corporations to limit directors' monetary liability for breach of fiduciary duty
except in certain circumstances. The Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant provides for this liability limitation of its directors.

         The directors and officers of the Registrant are not covered by any
insurance policies indemnifying them against any liabilities.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 (the "Act") may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling
persons of the Registrant, pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act, and is
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person in

                                       2

<PAGE>

connection with the securities being registered hereunder. The Registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

         Not applicable.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

         4.1  Certificate of Incorporation of Schawk, Inc., as amended
              (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Registration
              Statement No. 333-39113).

         4.2  By-Laws of Schawk, Inc., as amended (incorporated by reference to
              Exhibit 4.3 to Registration Statement No. 333-39113).

         5    Opinion of Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz regarding the
              legality of the Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of
              options issued under the Plan.

         23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

         23.2 Consent of Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz (included in 
              Exhibit 5).

         24   Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages of the
              Registration Statement).

         99   Schawk, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

         (a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

              (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
                   being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
                   Statement to include any material information with respect
                   to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
                   Registration Statement or any material change to such
                   information set forth in the Registration Statement.

              (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
                   Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
                   shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
                   to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
                   securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
                   bona fide offering thereof.

              (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
                   amendment any of the securities being registered which
                   remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

         (b)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
              of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
              each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
              13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
              that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
              shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
              the securities offered herein, and the offering of such
              securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
              fide offering thereof.

         (h)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
              Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers
              and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
              foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
              advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange

                                       3

<PAGE>

              Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
              expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
              event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
              (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
              paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
              Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
              proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
              person in connection with the securities being registered, the
              registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
              has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
              appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
              indemnification by it is against policy as expressed in the Act
              and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                       4

<PAGE>

                                   SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Des Plaines, State of Illinois, on this 8th day of
December, 1998.

                                             Schawk, Inc.



                                             By:/s/ David A. Schawk
                                                --------------------------------
                                                David A. Schawk
                                                President, Chief Executive
                                                Officer and Director

     We, the undersigned officers and directors of Schawk, Inc., and each of us,
do hereby constitute and appoint each and any of David A. Schawk and A. Alex
Sarkisian our true and lawful attorney and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things in our name
and behalf in any and all capacities and to execute any and all instruments for
us in our names in any and all capacities, which attorney and agent may deem
necessary or advisable to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations, and requirements of the
Commission, in connection with this Registration Statement, including
specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign for us or any
of us in our names in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) hereto; and we do hereby ratify and
confirm all that said attorney and agent, or his substitute, shall do or cause
to be done by virtue thereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.

      Name                         Title                             Date



/s/Clarence W. Schawk    Director and Chairman of the Board    December 8, 1998
-----------------------
Clarence W. Schawk


/s/David A. Schawk          Director, President and            December 8, 1998
-----------------------     Chief Executive Officer
David A. Schawk            


/s/A. Alex Sarkisian     Director, Executive Vice President    December 8, 1998
-----------------------      and Corporate Secretary
A. Alex Sarkisian             


/s/James J. Patterson      Senior Vice President and           December 8, 1998
-----------------------     Chief Financial Officer
James J. Patterson          


/s/Judith W. McCue                Director                     December 8, 1998
-----------------------
Judith W. McCue

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      Name                         Title                             Date


/s/Robert F. Meinken              Director                     December 8, 1998
-----------------------
Robert F. Meinken


/s/John T. McEnroe                Director                     December 8, 1998
-----------------------
John T. McEnroe


/s/Hollis W. Rademacher           Director                     December 8, 1998
-----------------------
Hollis W. Rademacher


/s/Dennis D. Wilson       Chief Accounting Officer and         December 8, 1998
----------------------- Director of Financial Reporting
Dennis D. Wilson        

<PAGE>

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


EXHIBIT
NUMBER                         DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
------                         ----------------------

4.1      Certificate of Incorporation of Schawk, Inc., as amended (incorporated 
         by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Registration Statement No. 333-39113).

4.2      By-Laws of Schawk, Inc., as amended (incorporated by reference to 
         Exhibit 4.3 to Registration Statement No. 333-39113).

5        Opinion of Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz regarding the legality of 
         the Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of options issued under the
         Plan.

23.1     Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

23.2     Consent of Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz (included in Exhibit 5).

24       Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages of the Registration
         Statement).

99       Schawk, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 8, 1998
                                                       Registration No. 333-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                            ------------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                            ------------------------

                                  SCHAWK, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               DELAWARE                                 2545354
     (State or Other Jurisdiction                  (I.R.S. Employer
   of Incorporation or Organization)               Identification No.

                                 1695 RIVER ROAD
                           DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS 60018
    (Address, including zip code of registrant's principal executive office)

                ------------------------------------------------

                                  SCHAWK, INC.
                          EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                            ------------------------

                                 DAVID A. SCHAWK
                                  SCHAWK, INC.
                                 1695 RIVER ROAD
                           DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS 60018
                                 (847) 827-9494
 (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                   Copies to:
                              JOHN T. MCENROE, ESQ.
                        VEDDER, PRICE, KAUFMAN & KAMMHOLZ
                            222 NORTH LASALLE STREET
                             CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60601
                                 (312) 609-7500

                            ------------------------

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities             Amount to                 Proposed Maximum                 Proposed Maximum           Amount of
 to be Registered            be Registered(1)        Offering Price Per Share(2)     Aggregate Offering Price(2)   Registration Fee
-------------------          ----------------        ---------------------------     ---------------------------   ----------------
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share            1,000,000                    $14.344                         $1,434,400                $3,988
=====================        =================       ===========================     ============================  =================

(1)  Together with an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be
     necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to
     the Schawk, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") as the result of
     a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding
     Common Stock pursuant to Rule 416(a).

(2)  Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
     the proposed maximum offering price per share and the registration fee have
     been estimated based on the average of the high and low sales prices for
     the Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on December 4,
     1998.
================================================================================
PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

NOTE: The documents containing the information required by this section will be
given to employees eligible to participate in the Plan, and are not required to
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") as a
part of the Registration Statement or as an Exhibit.
PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The following documents filed with the Commission by Schawk, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("Registrant"), are incorporated in this Registration
Statement by reference:

         (a)  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997
              (File No. 0-09335);

         (b)  All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
              13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
              amended, since December 31, 1997; and

         (c)  The description of Registrant's Common Stock contained in the
              Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated November 21, 1986.

         All documents filed by Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 
and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold
are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

         Not applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

         Not applicable.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law makes provision for
the indemnification of officers and directors in terms sufficiently broad to
indemnify officers and directors under certain circumstances from liabilities
(including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Certificate of Incorporation of
the Registrant provides for indemnification to the fullest extent allowed under
Delaware law.

         Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits
corporations to limit directors' monetary liability for breach of fiduciary duty
except in certain circumstances. The Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant provides for this liability limitation of its directors.

         The directors and officers of the Registrant are not covered by any
insurance policies indemnifying them against any liabilities.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 (the "Act") may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling
persons of the Registrant, pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act, and is
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person in

                                       2
connection with the securities being registered hereunder. The Registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

         Not applicable.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

         4.1  Certificate of Incorporation of Schawk, Inc., as amended
              (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Registration
              Statement No. 333-39113).

         4.2  By-Laws of Schawk, Inc., as amended (incorporated by reference to
              Exhibit 4.3 to Registration Statement No. 333-39113).

         5    Opinion of Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz regarding the
              legality of the Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of
              options issued under the Plan.

         23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

         23.2 Consent of Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz (included in 
              Exhibit 5).

         24   Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages of the
              Registration Statement).

         99   Schawk, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

         (a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

              (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
                   being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
                   Statement to include any material information with respect
                   to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
                   Registration Statement or any material change to such
                   information set forth in the Registration Statement.

              (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
                   Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
                   shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
                   to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
                   securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
                   bona fide offering thereof.

              (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
                   amendment any of the securities being registered which
                   remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

         (b)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
              of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
              each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
              13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
              that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
              shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
              the securities offered herein, and the offering of such
              securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
              fide offering thereof.

         (h)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
              Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers
              and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
              foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
              advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange

                                       3
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
              expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
              event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
              (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
              paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
              Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
              proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
              person in connection with the securities being registered, the
              registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
              has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
              appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
              indemnification by it is against policy as expressed in the Act
              and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

                                       4
SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Des Plaines, State of Illinois, on this 8th day of
December, 1998.

                                             Schawk, Inc.

                                             By:/s/ David A. Schawk
                                                --------------------------------
                                                David A. Schawk
                                                President, Chief Executive
                                                Officer and Director

     We, the undersigned officers and directors of Schawk, Inc., and each of us,
do hereby constitute and appoint each and any of David A. Schawk and A. Alex
Sarkisian our true and lawful attorney and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things in our name
and behalf in any and all capacities and to execute any and all instruments for
us in our names in any and all capacities, which attorney and agent may deem
necessary or advisable to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations, and requirements of the
Commission, in connection with this Registration Statement, including
specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign for us or any
of us in our names in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) hereto; and we do hereby ratify and
confirm all that said attorney and agent, or his substitute, shall do or cause
to be done by virtue thereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.

      Name                         Title                             Date

/s/Clarence W. Schawk    Director and Chairman of the Board    December 8, 1998
-----------------------
Clarence W. Schawk

/s/David A. Schawk          Director, President and            December 8, 1998
-----------------------     Chief Executive Officer
David A. Schawk            

/s/A. Alex Sarkisian     Director, Executive Vice President    December 8, 1998
-----------------------      and Corporate Secretary
A. Alex Sarkisian             

/s/James J. Patterson      Senior Vice President and           December 8, 1998
-----------------------     Chief Financial Officer
James J. Patterson          

/s/Judith W. McCue                Director                     December 8, 1998
-----------------------
Judith W. McCue
Name                         Title                             Date

/s/Robert F. Meinken              Director                     December 8, 1998
-----------------------
Robert F. Meinken

/s/John T. McEnroe                Director                     December 8, 1998
-----------------------
John T. McEnroe

/s/Hollis W. Rademacher           Director                     December 8, 1998
-----------------------
Hollis W. Rademacher

/s/Dennis D. Wilson       Chief Accounting Officer and         December 8, 1998
----------------------- Director of Financial Reporting
Dennis D. Wilson
INDEX TO EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT
NUMBER                         DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
------                         ----------------------

4.1      Certificate of Incorporation of Schawk, Inc., as amended (incorporated 
         by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Registration Statement No. 333-39113).

4.2      By-Laws of Schawk, Inc., as amended (incorporated by reference to 
         Exhibit 4.3 to Registration Statement No. 333-39113).

5        Opinion of Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz regarding the legality of 
         the Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of options issued under the
         Plan.

23.1     Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

23.2     Consent of Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz (included in Exhibit 5).

24       Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages of the Registration
         Statement).

99       Schawk, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.