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<LEGEND>
          This schedule  contains summary financial  information  extracted from
          the Company's financial statements for the quarterly period ended June
          30,  2000,  and is  qualified  in its  entirety by  reference  to such
          financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                        Armor Holdings, Inc.
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