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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of income of Cavalier
Homes, Inc. and subsidiaries appearing in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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0
0
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