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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. ECO-B-091	Public Health Emergency Order of August 17, 2021 (masks): face masks required in all indoor public settings, including schools, regardless of vaccination statusPublic Health Order Requiring Face Masks in Indoor Public Settings (Aug. 17, 2021)	Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D., New Mexico Department of Health	New MexicoState	Aug. 17, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-117	Education Week, 'Which States Banned Mask Mandates in Schools, and Which Required Masks?' (Aug. 20, 2021; updated July 8, 2022; last data May 23, 2022)States requiring masks in schools in 2021-22 (18 States and D.C.) and States banning school mask mandates (11)	Education Week (secondary source)	United States (all States)Other	Aug. 20, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. LAW-214	CRS R46554, Unemployment Rates During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Aug. 20, 2021)CRS R46554, Unemployment Rates During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Aug. 20, 2021)	Congressional Research Service	Legal authority	Aug. 20, 2021		Legal authority	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SLC-035	City release describing the Aug. 20, 2021 K-12 mask orderSalt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall Issues Order Requiring Masks To Be Worn in K-12 Schools Citywide (release, capture of Sept. 20, 2021)	Salt Lake City (release)	Salt Lake City, UtahCity	Aug. 20, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-STL-093	Preliminary injunction of Aug. 20, 2021 in State ex rel. Schmitt v. Page, No. 21SL-CC03334 (secondary-source record)Judge bars St. Louis County from enforcing mask mandate (Missouri Lawyers Media, Aug. 20, 2021)	Circuit Judge Ellen (Nellie) Ribaudo (preliminary injunction), as reported by Missouri Lawyers Media	St. Louis County Circuit Court (21st Judicial Circuit), MissouriCourt	Aug. 20, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-27-016	Emergency Regulation R073-21 amending NAC 441A.755 (COVID-19 vaccination required for enrollment at Nevada System of Higher Education institutions on or after Nov. 1, 2021)Proof of a completed COVID-19 vaccination series required to enroll in courses at a university, community college or state college on or…	Nevada State Board of Health	NevadaState	Aug. 20, 2021	2021 Q3	Schools and child careVaccination or testing	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NJ-082	Executive Directive No. 21-011 (5th Revision, August 21, 2025)Protocols for COVID-19 reporting for school settings (vaccination and testing data reporting under EOs 253 and 264)	New Jersey Department of Health (Acting Commissioner Jeffrey A. Brown for the 2025 revision)	New JerseySector regulator	Sept. 14, 2021		Schools and child careVaccination or testingOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-26-GM-009	WVC 2021 Full Steam Ahead Nevada Mask Mandate VPN ReportWVC Annual Conference (Western Veterinary Conference)	Viticus Group (formerly Western Veterinary Conference; rebranded Feb. 2020)	Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay Convention Center), NVOrganizer	Aug. 23, 2021	2021 Q3	Organizer notice	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CLE-042	Federal Mask Mandate for Public Transportation Extended to Jan. 18, 2022 (GCRTA release, Aug. 24, 2021)Federal Mask Mandate for Public Transportation Extended to Jan. 18, 2022	Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority	Cuyahoga County, Ohio (GCRTA service area)Sector regulator	Aug. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-KC-082	Butler v. Shawnee Mission School District (Johnson County District Court, judgment July 2021) and the Kansas Supreme Court's stay order of Aug. 24, 2021Judgment holding SB 40's expedited-review provisions unconstitutional; stay pending appeal restoring SB 40	Johnson County District Court (Judge David Hauber); Kansas Supreme Court (Chief Justice Marla Luckert)	Kansas (Johnson County District Court; Kansas Supreme Court)Court	Aug. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-12-GM-011	LawSites, "Updated: ILTA Reveals Final Attendance Numbers for Its Hybrid ILTACON" (Aug. 24, 2021): 831 in person, 1,306 digitalILTACON 2020 and 2021 (International Legal Technology Association annual conference)	International Legal Technology Association	Nashville (Gaylord Opryland) in 2020; Las Vegas in 2021, TN; NVOrganizer	Aug. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Organizer notice	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-007	Board Report 21-0825-PO2, Adopt a New Remote Education Policy on a Final BasisRemote Education Policy (final)	Board of Education of the City of Chicago	Board of Education of the City of Chicago, IllinoisCity	Aug. 25, 2021	2021 Q3	Schools and child careQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-048	Minutes of the Board's special meeting of August 24, 2021 (vote authorizing the Commissioner to require face coverings in public schools)Board vote authorizing the Commissioner to require masks for all students age five and older and all staff in public schools through at…	Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (special meeting of August 24, 2021)	Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; State levelState	Aug. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-149	DESE mask requirement for all public school students (age 5+) and staff, August 25, 2021Massachusetts public school mask requirement, 2021-22 (ended Feb. 28, 2022)	Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (Commissioner, under Board vote of Aug. 24, 2021)	MassachusettsState	Aug. 25, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-HOU-063	Release: Texas Attorney General Admits He Cannot Enforce Governor's Mask Mandate ProhibitionHarris County Attorney release on the Attorney General's court filings	Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee (release)	Harris County, TexasCounty	Aug. 25, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-11-GM-040	FleetOwner NTEA Truck Product Conference 2021 CanceledNTEA Truck Product Conference (chassis OEM preview for upfitters and distributors)	NTEA	Detroit area, MIOrganizer	Aug. 25, 2021	2021 Q3	Organizer notice	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-081	DESE mask requirement for all public K-12 students, staff and visitors for 2021-22 (issued Aug. 25, 2021; extended Sept. 27, Oct. 26, 2021 and Jan. 10, 2022)DESE universal mask requirement (Aug. 25, 2021)	Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey C. Riley, under authority voted by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Aug. 24, 2021	MassachusettsSector regulator	Aug. 25, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NE-080	KLKN, 'BREAKING: Mask mandate to start Thursday in Lancaster County' (Aug. 24, 2021)Mask mandate to start Thursday in Lancaster County	KLKN-TV (Lincoln) report of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department announcement	Lancaster CountyCounty	Aug. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NE-089	Lincoln-Lancaster County Directed Health Measure of August 2021 (indoor face coverings)Lancaster County indoor mask directed health measure, Aug. 26 - Dec. 23, 2021	Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, Health Director Pat Lopez, with Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird	City of Lincoln and Lancaster CountyCounty	Aug. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-019	City of Boston announcement of the indoor mask mandate and Five-Point Plan for the Delta VariantMayor Janey announces indoor mask mandate for City of Boston (boston.gov, August 20, 2021)	Acting Mayor Kim Janey (announcing the BPHC order of Aug. 20, 2021)	City of Boston, MassachusettsCity	Aug. 20, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementVaccination or testing	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-150	Order of the Brookline Department of Public Health: masks mandated indoors in businesses, effective August 27, 2021 (official notice poster)MASK REQUIRED even if you are vaccinated... Masks are mandated indoors by order of the Brookline Department of Public Health, Effective…	Brookline Department of Public Health, Dr. Swannie Jett, Director of Public Health	Town of Brookline (Norfolk County), MassachusettsCity	Aug. 27, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-151	Order of the Brookline Department of Public Health: face coverings mandatory in all common areas in buildings, effective August 27, 2021 (official notice)By order of the Brookline Department of Public Health, FACE COVERINGS ARE MANDATORY IN ALL COMMON AREAS in buildings. All adults and…	Brookline Department of Public Health, Dr. Swannie Jett, Director of Public Health	Town of Brookline, MassachusettsCity	Aug. 27, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-HOU-062	Release: Travis County Court Grants Temporary Injunction in Favor of Harris County in Mask Mandate LawsuitHarris County Attorney release on the Aug. 27, 2021 temporary injunction	Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee (release)	Harris County, TexasCounty	Aug. 27, 2021	2021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-092	School District of Philadelphia 2021-22 health and safety plan: universal masking of students and staff regardless of vaccination status for the school year opening Aug. 31, 2021School District of Philadelphia universal masking, 2021-22 school year	School District of Philadelphia (Superintendent William R. Hite Jr.), implementing the Mayor's and Health Commissioner's orders requiring masks indoors at schools (Exs. MET-PHL-018, 019)	City of Philadelphia / School District of PhiladelphiaCity	July 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-088	School district mask requirements for the 2021-22 school year (Missoula, Bozeman, Helena, Billings, Whitefish)2021-22 school district mask requirements (Montana)	Boards of Trustees of the named school districts	Missoula County Public Schools; Bozeman, Helena, Billings and Whitefish school districts, MontanaCity	Aug. 31, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source

Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D., New Mexico Department of Health, Public Health Emergency Order of August 17, 2021 (masks): face masks required in all indoor public settings, including schools, regardless of vaccination status (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-091)
Education Week (secondary source), Education Week, 'Which States Banned Mask Mandates in Schools, and Which Required Masks?' (Aug. 20, 2021; updated July 8, 2022; last data May 23, 2022) (Ex. ECO-B-117)
Congressional Research Service, CRS R46554, Unemployment Rates During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Aug. 20, 2021) (Ex. LAW-214)
Salt Lake City (release), City release describing the Aug. 20, 2021 K-12 mask order (Ex. MET-SLC-035)
Circuit Judge Ellen (Nellie) Ribaudo (preliminary injunction), as reported by Missouri Lawyers Media, Preliminary injunction of Aug. 20, 2021 in State ex rel. Schmitt v. Page, No. 21SL-CC03334 (secondary-source record) (Ex. MET-STL-093)
Nevada State Board of Health, Emergency Regulation R073-21 amending NAC 441A.755 (COVID-19 vaccination required for enrollment at Nevada System of Higher Education institutions on or after Nov. 1, 2021) (Aug. 20, 2021) (Ex. SEC-27-016)
New Jersey Department of Health (Acting Commissioner Jeffrey A. Brown for the 2025 revision), Executive Directive No. 21-011 (5th Revision, August 21, 2025) (Sept. 14, 2021) (Ex. NJ-082)
Viticus Group (formerly Western Veterinary Conference; rebranded Feb. 2020), WVC 2021 Full Steam Ahead Nevada Mask Mandate VPN Report (Aug. 23, 2021) (Ex. SEC-26-GM-009)
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Federal Mask Mandate for Public Transportation Extended to Jan. 18, 2022 (GCRTA release, Aug. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLE-042)
Johnson County District Court (Judge David Hauber); Kansas Supreme Court (Chief Justice Marla Luckert), Butler v. Shawnee Mission School District (Johnson County District Court, judgment July 2021) and the Kansas Supreme Court's stay order of Aug. 24, 2021 (Ex. MET-KC-082)
International Legal Technology Association, LawSites, "Updated: ILTA Reveals Final Attendance Numbers for Its Hybrid ILTACON" (Aug. 24, 2021): 831 in person, 1,306 digital (Ex. SEC-12-GM-011)
Board of Education of the City of Chicago, Board Report 21-0825-PO2, Adopt a New Remote Education Policy on a Final Basis (Aug. 25, 2021) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-007)
Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (special meeting of August 24, 2021), Minutes of the Board's special meeting of August 24, 2021 (vote authorizing the Commissioner to require face coverings in public schools) (Aug. 24, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-048)
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (Commissioner, under Board vote of Aug. 24, 2021), DESE mask requirement for all public school students (age 5+) and staff, August 25, 2021 (Aug. 25, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-149)
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee (release), Release: Texas Attorney General Admits He Cannot Enforce Governor's Mask Mandate Prohibition (Aug. 25, 2021) (Ex. MET-HOU-063)
NTEA, FleetOwner NTEA Truck Product Conference 2021 Canceled (Aug. 25, 2021) (Ex. SEC-11-GM-040)
Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeffrey C. Riley, under authority voted by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Aug. 24, 2021, DESE mask requirement for all public K-12 students, staff and visitors for 2021-22 (issued Aug. 25, 2021; extended Sept. 27, Oct. 26, 2021 and Jan. 10, 2022) (Ex. SEC-15-081)
KLKN-TV (Lincoln) report of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department announcement, KLKN, 'BREAKING: Mask mandate to start Thursday in Lancaster County' (Aug. 24, 2021) (Ex. NE-080)
Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, Health Director Pat Lopez, with Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird, Lincoln-Lancaster County Directed Health Measure of August 2021 (indoor face coverings) (Aug. 24, 2021) (Ex. NE-089)
Acting Mayor Kim Janey (announcing the BPHC order of Aug. 20, 2021), City of Boston announcement of the indoor mask mandate and Five-Point Plan for the Delta Variant (Aug. 20, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-019)
Brookline Department of Public Health, Dr. Swannie Jett, Director of Public Health, Order of the Brookline Department of Public Health: masks mandated indoors in businesses, effective August 27, 2021 (official notice poster) (Aug. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-150)
Brookline Department of Public Health, Dr. Swannie Jett, Director of Public Health, Order of the Brookline Department of Public Health: face coverings mandatory in all common areas in buildings, effective August 27, 2021 (official notice) (Aug. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-151)
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee (release), Release: Travis County Court Grants Temporary Injunction in Favor of Harris County in Mask Mandate Lawsuit (Aug. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-HOU-062)
School District of Philadelphia (Superintendent William R. Hite Jr.), implementing the Mayor's and Health Commissioner's orders requiring masks indoors at schools (Exs. MET-PHL-018, 019), School District of Philadelphia 2021-22 health and safety plan: universal masking of students and staff regardless of vaccination status for the school year opening Aug. 31, 2021 (July 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-092)
Boards of Trustees of the named school districts, School district mask requirements for the 2021-22 school year (Missoula, Bozeman, Helena, Billings, Whitefish) (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. MT-088)

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