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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Consolidated Financial Statements of The BISYS Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries for
the nine months ended March 31, 1998 and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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