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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial  information  extracted from statements
of financial  position at December 31, 1998;  Statements of  Operations  for the
year ended December 31, 1998;  Statements of  Shareholder's  Equity for the year
ended  December  31,  1998;  and  Statements  of cash flows for the years  ended
December  31,  1998  and is  qualified  in its  entirety  by  reference  to such
financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                                         Lincoln Benefit Life Company
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