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               In 1938, petitioner was organized under the laws of                    
          Pennsylvania as a “hospital plan corporation” to provide health             
          insurance to individuals and to sponsoring groups (e.g.,                    
          employers).  Petitioner maintains its corporate office in                   
          Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.                                                   
               In 1972, petitioner became licensed as an independent Blue             
          Cross Association under which license petitioner was authorized             
          to sell health insurance to individuals and to sponsoring groups            
          located within a 19-county area of south-central Pennsylvania               
          under the registered trade name and service mark of the Blue                
          Cross Association.                                                          
               In 1982, the Blue Cross Association merged with the National           
          Association of Blue Shield Plans to form the Blue Cross Blue                
          Shield Association (BCBS).  After BCBS was formed in 1982,                  
          petitioner operated as an independent licensee of BCBS and                  
          continued to sell health insurance to individuals and to groups             
          in south-central Pennsylvania.                                              
               On November 1, 1985, by merger with Blue Cross of Lehigh               
          Valley, petitioner also acquired the right to sell health                   
          insurance in the two counties located in Lehigh Valley,                     
          Pennsylvania.  Thereafter, under the registered trade name and              
          service mark of BCBS, petitioner sold health insurance to                   
          individuals and to groups located within a 21-county area in                
          south-central and in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania.                           






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