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<LEGEND>
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE JULY 31,
1999 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AND CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR THE
THREE-MONTH PERIOD ENDED JULY 31, 1999, AS RESTATED TO REFLECT THE EFFECTS OF
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS, AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE FOOTNOTES THERETO.
</LEGEND>

                                                           

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