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<LEGEND>
          This schedule  contains summary financial  information  extracted from
the Consolidated Balance Sheet and the Consolidated  Statement of Income as part
of the  quarterly  report on Form 10-Q/A and is  qualified  in its  entirety  by
reference to such quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A.
</LEGEND>
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