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This schedule, submitted as Exhibit 27.1 to Form 10-Q, contains summary
financial information extracted from the consolidated condensed balance sheet
and statement of income of DST Systems, Inc., Commission file no. 1-14036, and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
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