Proof Of Publication - The Washington Post : U.S. And The State Of Arizona V. Arizona Hospital And Healthcare Association And AzHHA Service Corporation

PROOF OF PUBLICATION

District of Columbia, ss., Personally appeared before me, a Notary Public in and for the said District, Nicole McKinney well known to me to be Billing Manager of The Washington Post, a daily newspaper published in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, and making oath in due form of law that an advertisement containing the language annexed hereto was published in said newspaper on the dates mentioned in the certificate herein.

I Hereby Certify that the attached advertisement was published in The Washington Post, a daily newspaper, upon the following dates at a cost of $3,661.68, and was circulated in the Washington metropolitan area.

Published 7 times. Dates: June 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19, 2007
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Witness my hand and official seal this 3rd day of July 2007

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
ANTITRUST DIVISION
Take notice that a proposed proposed Final Judgment as to the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association and the AzHHA Service Corporation has been filed in a civil antitrust case, United States of America et al. v. Arizona Hospital and Healthcare, et al., Civil Action No. 2:07-cv-1030. On May 22, 2007, the United States filed a Complaint alleging the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association, and its subsidiary, the AzHHA Service Corporation, violated Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. The proposed Final Judgment, filed the same time as the Complaint, requires the Defendants to terminate their illegal agreements and end their illegal rate-setting and information-sharing activities, and create a program to monitor their compliance with antitrust laws. A Competitive Impact Statement filed by the United States describes the Complaint, the proposed Final Judgement, the industry by the alleged violation. Copies of the Complaint, proposed Final Judgement and Competitive Impact Statement are available for inspection at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. in Room 215, 325 Seventh Street, N.W., at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, in Phoenix, and via the internet at http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases.html.

Interested persons may address comments to Joseph M. Miller, Acting Chief, Litigation I Section, United States Department of Justice, Suite 4000, 1401 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C., 20530, within 60 days of the date of this notice.