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THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE FORWARD AIR CORPORATION CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (UNAUDITED) AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2000 AND THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME (UNAUDITED) FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2000 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

1,000 U.S. DOLLARS 9-MOS DEC-31-2000 JAN-01-2000 SEP-30-2000 1 15,355 0 30,600 990 0 50,537 60,903 17,872 103,253 18,766 0 0 0 212 75,352 103,253 0 157,168 0 130,273 (498) 0 107 27,286 10,434 16,852 0 0 0 16,852 .80 .76