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<LEGEND>
     Part II Item 8 Financial Statements of Fossil, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of
     and for the Fifty-Two and One-Half Weeks Ended January 3, 1998 Filed on
     Form 10-K.
</LEGEND>
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