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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the 
Registrants year end and quarterly reports on Form S-4 for the year ended 
December 31, 1997 and for the three months ended March 31, 1998, respectively, 
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                        WESCO International, Inc.
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