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<LEGEND>
This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the Form
10-QSB  and  is  qualified  in its  entirety  by  reference  to  such  financial
statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                        Eagle Bancorp, Inc.
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