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This Schedule contains Summary Financial information Extracted from Leading Edge
Packaging's Financial Statement For the Quarter ended December 31, 1997 and the
Nine months ended December 31, 1997 and is qualified in its entirety by
Reference to such Financial Statements.
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<NAME> LEADING EDGE PACKAGING, INC.
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