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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-079	Executive Order No. 2020-03Relative to Declaring a State of Emergency to Respond to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Governor Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero	Guam (unincorporated territory) - Governor (I Maga'hagan Guahan)Territorial	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-010	Mississippi Back-to-Business Liability Assurance and Health Care Emergency Response Liability Protection Act (S.B. 3049, 2020)Immunity from suit for COVID-19 exposure claims conditioned on a good-faith attempt to follow applicable public health guidance; premises…	Legislature of Mississippi; approved by Governor Tate Reeves July 8, 2020	MississippiState	July 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-077	Order Declaring a Local State of Disaster for Williamson County, TexasDeclaration of a local state of disaster for Williamson County	Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell, Jr.	Williamson County, TexasCounty	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-067	Declaration of the Existence of a Local Emergency (March 14, 2020)Palm Springs local emergency (March 14, 2020)	City of Palm Springs (Director of Emergency Services; City Council ratification)	City of Palm Springs, Riverside County, CaliforniaCity	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SEA-006	Civil Emergency Order: Moratorium on Residential EvictionsCivil Emergency Order, City of Seattle, Moratorium on Residential Evictions	Mayor Jenny A. Durkan	City of Seattle, WashingtonCity	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MS-002	Proclamation declaring a State of Emergency (COVID-19)Proclamation of State of Emergency	Governor Tate Reeves	MississippiState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-028	Board statement of March 15, 2020, Federal Reserve Actions to Support the Flow of Credit to Households and BusinessesFederal Reserve Actions to Support the Flow of Credit to Households and Businesses	Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System	United States; Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (federal)Federal	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-002	Insurance Circular Letter No. 6 (2020)Coronavirus and Telehealth Services	Superintendent of Financial Services	New York; Department of Financial ServicesSector regulator	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-001	22 M.R.S. secs. 801-825: sec. 801(4-A) (extreme public health emergency) and 801(10) (public health threat); sec. 802 (authority of department; health emergency; emergency rules; Governor's declaration); sec. 803 (inspection); sec. 804 (enforcement by agents, local health officers, sheriffs and law enforcement; cease-and-desist; fines; injunction); sec. 805 (court orders); sec. 807 (control of communicable diseases; designated facilities); sec. 808 (investigations); sec. 810 (emergency temporary custody of person or property); secs. 811-812 (court-ordered public health measures); sec. 816 (compliance-conditioned immunity); sec. 820 (extreme public health emergency powers); secs. 821-822 (reporting); sec. 825 (penalties)Title 22, Chapter 250: Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated January 5, 2026)	Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 250, Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions; administered by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention)	MaineState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-004	37-B M.R.S. secs. 703 (definitions), 741(3)(H) (delegation), 742 (emergency proclamation; Governor's powers; sec. 742(1)(C)(2), (5), (8), (12), (13) and (1)(E)), 743 (termination), 786 (enforcement; Class E crime; arrest), 822 (compliance-conditioned immunity), 827 (aid in emergency; Class E crime), 829 (duty of agencies to execute and enforce orders), 834 (inconsistent laws suspended)Title 37-B, Chapter 13: Maine Emergency Management Agency (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated October 20, 2025)	Maine Legislature (37-B M.R.S. chapter 13, Maine Emergency Management Agency; Governor's emergency powers)	MaineState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OK-006	63 O.S. 683.9 (text effective Nov. 1, 2009 to June 30, 2025)Emergency Powers and Duties of Governor	Oklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003)	OklahomaState	Nov. 1, 2009	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capSupply chainStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-069	Hays County Local Disaster DeclarationDeclaration of a local state of disaster for Hays County	Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra	Hays County, TexasCounty	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BAL-080	Executive Order 2020-02, COVID-19 State of EmergencyCOVID-19 State of Emergency (and closure of specified places of assembly)	County Executive Calvin Ball	Howard County, MarylandCounty	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-001	Declaration of a Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of BostonDeclaration of a Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of Boston	Boston Public Health Commission, acting through Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves	City of Boston (Suffolk County), MassachusettsCity	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-049	Declaration of Emergency (local State of Emergency)City of Somerville, Massachusetts, Mayor, Declaration of Emergency	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone	City of Somerville (Middlesex County), MassachusettsCity	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-LAS-002	Declaration of Emergency (COVID-19), County Manager, Mar. 15, 2020Clark County COVID-19 Emergency Declaration	Clark County Manager Yolanda T. King (declaration); Clark County (termination release)	Clark County, NevadaCounty	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-LAS-021	Declaration of Emergency dated March 15, 2020; Resolution No. 2644 ratifying itRatify and pass and adopt Resolution No. 2644, Resolution ratifying Declaration of Emergency dated March 15, 2020 (Citywide)	City of North Las Vegas (Declaration of Emergency, Mar. 15, 2020); City Council (Resolution No. 2644, Apr. 1, 2020, item 47)	City of North Las Vegas, NevadaCity	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-022	Declaration of Local Emergency (March 15, 2020), continued June 8, 2020Extending City of Saint Paul Emergency Declaration COVID-19, June 8, 2020 (reciting the March 15, 2020 declaration and Res 20-550 of March…	Mayor Melvin Carter III; Saint Paul City Council (consent)	City of Saint PaulCity	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MI-004	Administrative Order No. 2020-1In re Emergency Procedures in Court Facilities	Michigan Supreme Court	MichiganCourt	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-051	Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission suspension of cash toll collection statewide effective 8 p.m., Mar. 16, 2020 (temporary safety measure; converted to permanent all-electronic tolling in June 2020)PA Turnpike Temporarily Will Not Accept Cash To Safeguard Employee and Traveler Health	Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission	Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (Commonwealth instrumentality; 552-mile toll system)State	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Workplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-025	FinCEN Notice of March 16, 2020The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Encourages Financial Institutions to Communicate Concerns Related to the Coronavirus…	Financial Crimes Enforcement Network	United States; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Department of the Treasury (federal)Federal	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-029	Letter to Credit Unions 20-CU-02NCUA Actions Related to COVID-19	NCUA Chairman Rodney E. Hood	United States; National Credit Union Administration (federal)Federal	Mar. 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-031	Letter to Credit Unions 20-CU-03Identification of Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers During COVID-19	NCUA	United States; National Credit Union Administration (federal)Federal	Mar. 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Stay-at-homeTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-032	Letter to Credit Unions 20-CU-05Offsite Examination and Supervision Approach	NCUA	United States; National Credit Union Administration (federal)Federal	Mar. 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Telework mandateOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-008	DEA-DC-015, Exception to 21 C.F.R. 1301.74(h) for Narcotic Treatment Programs (take-home delivery by NTP staff, law enforcement or National Guard)SAMHSA Exemption - NTP Deliveries (Coronavirus)	Thomas W. Prevoznik, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Diversion Control Division, DEA (letter to Assistant Secretary Elinore McCance-Katz, SAMHSA)	United States (federal); Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control DivisionFederal	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read

Governor Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero, Executive Order No. 2020-03 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-079)
Legislature of Mississippi; approved by Governor Tate Reeves July 8, 2020, Mississippi Back-to-Business Liability Assurance and Health Care Emergency Response Liability Protection Act (S.B. 3049, 2020) (July 8, 2020) (Ex. DUT-MS-010)
Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell, Jr, Order Declaring a Local State of Disaster for Williamson County, Texas (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-077)
City of Palm Springs (Director of Emergency Services; City Council ratification), Declaration of the Existence of a Local Emergency (March 14, 2020) (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-067)
Mayor Jenny A. Durkan, Civil Emergency Order: Moratorium on Residential Evictions (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-SEA-006)
Governor Tate Reeves, Proclamation declaring a State of Emergency (COVID-19) (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. MS-002)
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board statement of March 15, 2020, Federal Reserve Actions to Support the Flow of Credit to Households and Businesses (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-028)
Superintendent of Financial Services, Insurance Circular Letter No. 6 (2020) (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-002)
Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 250, Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions; administered by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention), 22 M.R.S. secs. 801-825: sec. 801(4-A) (extreme public health emergency) and 801(10) (public health threat); sec. 802 (authority of department; health emergency; emergency rules; Governor's declaration); sec. 803 (inspection); sec. 804 (enforcement by agents, local health officers, sheriffs and law enforcement; cease-and-desist; fines; injunction); sec. 805 (court orders); sec. 807 (control of communicable diseases; designated facilities); sec. 808 (investigations); sec. 810 (emergency temporary custody of person or property); secs. 811-812 (court-ordered public health measures); sec. 816 (compliance-conditioned immunity); sec. 820 (extreme public health emergency powers); secs. 821-822 (reporting); sec. 825 (penalties) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-001)
Maine Legislature (37-B M.R.S. chapter 13, Maine Emergency Management Agency; Governor's emergency powers), 37-B M.R.S. secs. 703 (definitions), 741(3)(H) (delegation), 742 (emergency proclamation; Governor's powers; sec. 742(1)(C)(2), (5), (8), (12), (13) and (1)(E)), 743 (termination), 786 (enforcement; Class E crime; arrest), 822 (compliance-conditioned immunity), 827 (aid in emergency; Class E crime), 829 (duty of agencies to execute and enforce orders), 834 (inconsistent laws suspended) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-004)
Oklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003), 63 O.S. 683.9 (text effective Nov. 1, 2009 to June 30, 2025) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OK-006)
Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra, Hays County Local Disaster Declaration (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-069)
County Executive Calvin Ball, Executive Order 2020-02, COVID-19 State of Emergency (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-BAL-080)
Boston Public Health Commission, acting through Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves, Declaration of a Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of Boston (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-001)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Declaration of Emergency (local State of Emergency) (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-049)
Clark County Manager Yolanda T. King (declaration); Clark County (termination release), Declaration of Emergency (COVID-19), County Manager, Mar. 15, 2020 (Ex. MET-LAS-002)
City of North Las Vegas (Declaration of Emergency, Mar. 15, 2020); City Council (Resolution No. 2644, Apr. 1, 2020, item 47), Declaration of Emergency dated March 15, 2020; Resolution No. 2644 ratifying it (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-LAS-021)
Mayor Melvin Carter III; Saint Paul City Council (consent), Declaration of Local Emergency (March 15, 2020), continued June 8, 2020 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSP-022)
Michigan Supreme Court, Administrative Order No. 2020-1 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MI-004)
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission suspension of cash toll collection statewide effective 8 p.m., Mar. 16, 2020 (temporary safety measure; converted to permanent all-electronic tolling in June 2020) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-051)
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, FinCEN Notice of March 16, 2020 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-025)
NCUA Chairman Rodney E. Hood, Letter to Credit Unions 20-CU-02 (Mar. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-029)
NCUA, Letter to Credit Unions 20-CU-03 (Mar. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-031)
NCUA, Letter to Credit Unions 20-CU-05 (Mar. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-032)
Thomas W. Prevoznik, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Diversion Control Division, DEA (letter to Assistant Secretary Elinore McCance-Katz, SAMHSA), DEA-DC-015, Exception to 21 C.F.R. 1301.74(h) for Narcotic Treatment Programs (take-home delivery by NTP staff, law enforcement or National Guard) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-008)

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