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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-003	DBPR Frequently Asked Questions re: Building Permits, Building Inspections, and Construction Job Sites (updated Mar. 20, 2020)DBPR - Frequently Asked Questions re: Building Permits, Building Inspections, and Construction Job Sites	Florida DBPR	Florida; Department of Business and Professional Regulation (Construction Industry Licensing Board; Florida Building Commission)Sector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-057	DPR General Order (Mar. 16, 2020) (COVID-19: Department hearings, deadlines and in-person proceedings; extended by general orders of Apr. 6, Apr. 13 and Apr. 20-27, 2020 and a 21-day extension order)DPR General Order 3 16 2020	IDFPR Division of Professional Regulation	Illinois; IDFPR Division of Professional RegulationSector regulator	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-058	DRE General Order (Mar. 16, 2020) (COVID-19: Division hearings and deadlines; extended by DRE general orders of Apr. 6 and Apr. 21-28, 2020)General Order DRE 3 16 2020	IDFPR Division of Real Estate	Illinois; IDFPR Division of Real EstateSector regulator	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-008	Press release: TDLR moving employees to remote work in response to COVID-19 (customer service lobby closed to the public; PSI practical exams unavailable in Amarillo and McAllen; reduced seats at other centers)TDLR moving employees to remote work in response to COVID-19	Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation	Texas; Texas Department of Licensing and RegulationSector regulator	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Telework mandateCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-026	Industry Bulletin: Contractors Board Still Providing Services Despite Public Access Restrictions (Mar. 17, 2020)Contractors Board Still Providing Services Despite Public Access Restrictions	Nevada State Contractors Board	Nevada; Nevada State Contractors BoardSector regulator	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-027	Industry Bulletin: Contractors Board Offices to Close; Operations Limited to Emergency-Related Matters (Mar. 18, 2020)Contractors Board Offices to Close; Operations Limited to Emergency-Related Matters	Nevada State Contractors Board	Nevada; Nevada State Contractors BoardSector regulator	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-001	DBPR 'Emergency' page: COVID-19 status of offices, Department emergency orders, guidance on State directives, licensing exam and testing center updatesEmergency (DBPR COVID-19 page), as archived Sept. 26, 2020	Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Secretary Halsey Beshears	Florida; Department of Business and Professional Regulation (State licensing department)Sector regulator	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-015	COVID-19 - Effects on CSLB Services (web page as of Mar. 20-22, 2020)COVID-19 - Effects on CSLB Services	Contractors State License Board	California; Contractors State License BoardSector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Telework mandateCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-016	Industry Bulletin 20-08: Contractors State License Board Provides COVID-19 Service Update and Answers to Frequently Asked QuestionsCSLB #20-08 (Mar. 24, 2020)	Contractors State License Board	California; Contractors State License BoardSector regulator	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Telework mandateCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-021	DPOR 'Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information and Resources' page (Governor Northam orders statewide closure of certain non-essential businesses; DPOR-regulated businesses that must close; offices closed; waivers; examination services updates), as archived Apr. 4, 2020Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information and Resources	Virginia DPOR	Virginia; Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR) and its eighteen regulatory boardsSector regulator	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-035	Board of Accountancy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic (board office closures and remote work; contingency plans; postponed swearing-in; appointment-only visits; CPE, peer review and renewal extensions by State)Board of Accountancy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic (posted Mar. 31, 2020; updated July 23, 2020)	NASBA	All States; NASBA (survey of State boards of accountancy)Sector regulator	Mar. 31, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Courts and public officesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-013	Impact of COVID-19: Frequently Asked Questions (posted Apr. 3, 2020; archived Apr. 6, 2020)Impact of COVID-19: Frequently Asked Questions	Texas Real Estate Commission	Texas; Texas Real Estate CommissionSector regulator	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-038	Order (filed Apr. 10, 2020): the Court will not administer the July 2020 Bar ExamOrder of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (Apr. 10, 2020) cancelling the July 2020 bar examination	District of Columbia Court of Appeals, by order of the Chief Judge	District of Columbia; District of Columbia Court of Appeals (Committee on Admissions)Court	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-019	Order for Temporary Amendments to Bar Admission Procedures During COVID-19 Outbreak (emergency diploma privilege with 360 hours of supervised practice)In re: Matter of Emergency Modifications to Utah Supreme Court Rules of Professional Practice, Rules Governing Admission to the Utah State…	Utah Supreme Court	Utah; Supreme Court of Utah (bar admission)Court	Apr. 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-074	Order (filed May 4, 2020): Uniform Bar Examination rescheduled to Sept. 9-10, 2020 'pandemic-related conditions and restrictions permitting'; social distancing to limit seating; masks required; temperature and screening; priority registration for 2019-2020 graduatesOrder of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (May 4, 2020) regarding rescheduling the bar exam	District of Columbia Court of Appeals	District of Columbia; District of Columbia Court of AppealsCourt	May 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-040	Misc. Docket No. 20-9069, Final Approval of the Rules Governing the Supervised Practice of Law by Qualified Law Students and Qualified Unlicensed Law School Graduates in Texas (preliminarily adopted Apr. 29, 2020 in Misc. Docket No. 20-9060 with the bar-exam postponement)Final Approval of the Rules Governing the Supervised Practice of Law by Qualified Law Students and Qualified Unlicensed Law School Graduates…	Supreme Court of Texas (Hecht, C.J.)	Texas; Supreme Court of Texas (bar admission)Court	May 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-041	Misc. Docket No. 20-9076, Order Amending Rule 11(d) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Texas (July and September 2020 examinations shortened and reweighted for COVID-19; exams set for July 28-29 and Sept. 9-10, 2020)Order Amending Rule 11(d) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Texas	Supreme Court of Texas (all nine Justices)	Texas; Supreme Court of Texas (bar admission)Court	June 2, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-060	Order, In re Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana, No. AF 11-0244 (June 17, 2020), adopting Temporary Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana (provisional admission for candidates unable or unwilling to sit for the July 28-29, 2020 exam)In re Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana - Order adopting Temporary Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana	Supreme Court of Montana (McGrath, C.J., and six Justices)	Montana; Supreme Court of Montana (bar admission)Court	June 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-061	Board of Law Examiners 'All Announcements' page (archived Oct. 18, 2020): Supreme Court order cancelling the July 2020 in-person exam, in-person Sept. 9-10, 2020 exam with hotel-room assignments, remote Oct. 5-6, 2020 exam, acceptance of remote scores of 270 from other UBE jurisdictions (Aug. 24, 2020)Texas Board of Law Examiners - All Announcements (2020 bar exam chronology)	Texas Board of Law Examiners	Texas; Board of Law Examiners (agency of the Supreme Court of Texas)Court	July 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-071	Order Regarding the September 2020 Bar Exam in Light of COVID-19, SCMF-12-0000538 (provisional admission without written examination, expiring July 1, 2022, as an alternative to sitting for the Sept. 9-10, 2020 exam)In the Matter of the September 2020 Bar Exam - Order Regarding the September 2020 Bar Exam in Light of COVID-19	Supreme Court of Hawaii (Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama and McKenna, JJ., and ICA Chief Judge Ginoza; Wilson, J., concurring separately)	Hawaii; Supreme Court of Hawaii (bar admission)Court	July 22, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-018	July 2020 Bar Exam Jurisdiction Information: status by jurisdiction (postponed to Sept. 9-10; remote Oct. 5-6; diploma privilege; cancelled), with each court's announcement datedJuly 2020 Bar Exam Jurisdiction Information (map and status table; announcements last updated Oct. 7, 2020)	National Conference of Bar Examiners	All U.S. jurisdictions; National Conference of Bar Examiners (inventory of State supreme court and board of bar examiners actions)Sector regulator	July 28, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venuesCourts and public officesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-036	COVID-19's Impact on Boards (boards operating remotely, visitors by appointment, emergency rulemaking, virtual board meetings; CPE reporting, peer review and examination deadline extensions; test center closures; live CPE programs converted to virtual)COVID-19's Impact on Boards	NASBA	All States; NASBASector regulator	July 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-017	Industry Bulletin 20-24: Contractors State License Board Closing Test Centers and Public Counters Statewide in Response to COVID-19 Health EmergencyCSLB #20-24 (Dec. 4, 2020)	Contractors State License Board	California; Contractors State License BoardSector regulator	Dec. 4, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-063	February 2021 Bar Exam Status by Jurisdiction (table last updated Jan. 12, 2021): Feb. 23-24, 2021 examination administered remotely in 41 jurisdictions (AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, ND, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VT, VI, WA, WI and LA on Feb. 9), with the courts' order dates in the announcementsFebruary 2021 Bar Exam Status by Jurisdiction	National Conference of Bar Examiners	All U.S. jurisdictions; NCBE inventory for the February 2021 bar examinationCourt	Jan. 12, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-062	July 2021 Bar Exam Jurisdiction Information: jurisdiction announcements (last updated May 18, 2021) recording the courts' and boards' orders that the July 2021 examination be administered remotely (AZ Apr. 14; CA Feb. 26; CO Mar. 10; CT Feb. 11; DE Mar. 15; DC Feb. 10; FL Apr. 12; GA Mar. 24; IL Mar. 1; IN Mar. 30; IA Mar. 11; KY Feb. 23; LA Apr. 8; ME Apr. 26; MD Feb. 26; MA Feb. 17; MI Apr. 21; NH Mar. 3; NJ Mar. 11; NY Mar. 5; NC Mar. 22; OH Mar. 3; PA Feb. 12; RI Apr. 9; TN Feb. 16; UT Mar. 19; VT Mar. 8; VI; WA Mar. 5; WI) and Oregon's in-person planJuly 2021 Bar Exam Jurisdiction Information (map, announcements and table)	National Conference of Bar Examiners	All U.S. jurisdictions; NCBE inventory of supreme court and board orders for the July 2021 bar examinationCourt	May 18, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source

Florida DBPR, DBPR Frequently Asked Questions re: Building Permits, Building Inspections, and Construction Job Sites (updated Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-003)
IDFPR Division of Professional Regulation, DPR General Order (Mar. 16, 2020) (COVID-19: Department hearings, deadlines and in-person proceedings; extended by general orders of Apr. 6, Apr. 13 and Apr. 20-27, 2020 and a 21-day extension order) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-057)
IDFPR Division of Real Estate, DRE General Order (Mar. 16, 2020) (COVID-19: Division hearings and deadlines; extended by DRE general orders of Apr. 6 and Apr. 21-28, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-058)
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Press release: TDLR moving employees to remote work in response to COVID-19 (customer service lobby closed to the public; PSI practical exams unavailable in Amarillo and McAllen; reduced seats at other centers) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-008)
Nevada State Contractors Board, Industry Bulletin: Contractors Board Still Providing Services Despite Public Access Restrictions (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-026)
Nevada State Contractors Board, Industry Bulletin: Contractors Board Offices to Close; Operations Limited to Emergency-Related Matters (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-027)
Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Secretary Halsey Beshears, DBPR 'Emergency' page: COVID-19 status of offices, Department emergency orders, guidance on State directives, licensing exam and testing center updates (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-001)
Contractors State License Board, COVID-19 - Effects on CSLB Services (web page as of Mar. 20-22, 2020) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-015)
Contractors State License Board, Industry Bulletin 20-08: Contractors State License Board Provides COVID-19 Service Update and Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-016)
Virginia DPOR, DPOR 'Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information and Resources' page (Governor Northam orders statewide closure of certain non-essential businesses; DPOR-regulated businesses that must close; offices closed; waivers; examination services updates), as archived Apr. 4, 2020 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-021)
NASBA, Board of Accountancy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic (board office closures and remote work; contingency plans; postponed swearing-in; appointment-only visits; CPE, peer review and renewal extensions by State) (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-035)
Texas Real Estate Commission, Impact of COVID-19: Frequently Asked Questions (posted Apr. 3, 2020; archived Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-013)
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, by order of the Chief Judge, Order (filed Apr. 10, 2020): the Court will not administer the July 2020 Bar Exam (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-038)
Utah Supreme Court, Order for Temporary Amendments to Bar Admission Procedures During COVID-19 Outbreak (emergency diploma privilege with 360 hours of supervised practice) (Apr. 21, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-019)
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Order (filed May 4, 2020): Uniform Bar Examination rescheduled to Sept. 9-10, 2020 'pandemic-related conditions and restrictions permitting'; social distancing to limit seating; masks required; temperature and screening; priority registration for 2019-2020 graduates (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-074)
Supreme Court of Texas (Hecht, C.J.), Misc. Docket No. 20-9069, Final Approval of the Rules Governing the Supervised Practice of Law by Qualified Law Students and Qualified Unlicensed Law School Graduates in Texas (preliminarily adopted Apr. 29, 2020 in Misc. Docket No. 20-9060 with the bar-exam postponement) (May 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-040)
Supreme Court of Texas (all nine Justices), Misc. Docket No. 20-9076, Order Amending Rule 11(d) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Texas (July and September 2020 examinations shortened and reweighted for COVID-19; exams set for July 28-29 and Sept. 9-10, 2020) (June 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-041)
Supreme Court of Montana (McGrath, C.J., and six Justices), Order, In re Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana, No. AF 11-0244 (June 17, 2020), adopting Temporary Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana (provisional admission for candidates unable or unwilling to sit for the July 28-29, 2020 exam) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-060)
Texas Board of Law Examiners, Board of Law Examiners 'All Announcements' page (archived Oct. 18, 2020): Supreme Court order cancelling the July 2020 in-person exam, in-person Sept. 9-10, 2020 exam with hotel-room assignments, remote Oct. 5-6, 2020 exam, acceptance of remote scores of 270 from other UBE jurisdictions (Aug. 24, 2020) (July 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-061)
Supreme Court of Hawaii (Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama and McKenna, JJ., and ICA Chief Judge Ginoza; Wilson, J., concurring separately), Order Regarding the September 2020 Bar Exam in Light of COVID-19, SCMF-12-0000538 (provisional admission without written examination, expiring July 1, 2022, as an alternative to sitting for the Sept. 9-10, 2020 exam) (July 22, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-071)
National Conference of Bar Examiners, July 2020 Bar Exam Jurisdiction Information: status by jurisdiction (postponed to Sept. 9-10; remote Oct. 5-6; diploma privilege; cancelled), with each court's announcement dated (July 28, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-018)
NASBA, COVID-19's Impact on Boards (boards operating remotely, visitors by appointment, emergency rulemaking, virtual board meetings; CPE reporting, peer review and examination deadline extensions; test center closures; live CPE programs converted to virtual) (July 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-036)
Contractors State License Board, Industry Bulletin 20-24: Contractors State License Board Closing Test Centers and Public Counters Statewide in Response to COVID-19 Health Emergency (Dec. 4, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-017)
National Conference of Bar Examiners, February 2021 Bar Exam Status by Jurisdiction (table last updated Jan. 12, 2021): Feb. 23-24, 2021 examination administered remotely in 41 jurisdictions (AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, ND, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VT, VI, WA, WI and LA on Feb. 9), with the courts' order dates in the announcements (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-063)
National Conference of Bar Examiners, July 2021 Bar Exam Jurisdiction Information: jurisdiction announcements (last updated May 18, 2021) recording the courts' and boards' orders that the July 2021 examination be administered remotely (AZ Apr. 14; CA Feb. 26; CO Mar. 10; CT Feb. 11; DE Mar. 15; DC Feb. 10; FL Apr. 12; GA Mar. 24; IL Mar. 1; IN Mar. 30; IA Mar. 11; KY Feb. 23; LA Apr. 8; ME Apr. 26; MD Feb. 26; MA Feb. 17; MI Apr. 21; NH Mar. 3; NJ Mar. 11; NY Mar. 5; NC Mar. 22; OH Mar. 3; PA Feb. 12; RI Apr. 9; TN Feb. 16; UT Mar. 19; VT Mar. 8; VI; WA Mar. 5; WI) and Oregon's in-person plan (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-062)

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