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STATEMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania requests that it be added as a Plaintiff to United States et al. v. First Data Corporation and Concord EFS, Inc., Case Number 1:03CV02169 (RMC) (filed October 23, 2003). The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby adopts the Verified Complaint filed in this matter on October 23, 2003.


    Respectfully submitted,
D. MICHAEL FISHER
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

By:

_______________/s/________________
James A. Donahue, III
Chief Deputy Attorney General
Antitrust Section
PA Bar No. 42624

Benjamin L. Cox
Deputy Attorney General
Antitrust Section
PA Bar No. 68929

Joseph S. Betsko
Deputy Attorney General
Antitrust Section
PA Bar No. 82620

14th Floor, Strawberry Square
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 787-4530




DATED: October 24, 2003