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  <LEGEND>  This schedule contains summary financial information extracted
from the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 1999 and the consolidated
statement of earnings for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1999 included in
Exhibit 13 to the 1999 Form 10-K Annual Report of MacDermid, Incorporated and
is qualified in its entirety to such statements.

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