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<LEGEND>         This schedule contains summary financial information 
 extracted from the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 1996 and the 
 consolidated statement of earnings for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1996 
 included in Exhibit 13 to the 1996 Form 10-K Annual Report of MacDermid, 
 Incorporated and is qualified in its entirety to such statements.
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