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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-124	Summit County Board of Health resolution requiring the use of facial coverings in public (adopted Aug. 27, 2020), as announced in Summit County Public Health's release of Aug. 28, 2020Mandatory masking in all indoor public facilities and outdoors where six feet of distance cannot be maintained, effective immediately…	Summit County Board of Health (Summit County Public Health, Akron, Ohio)	Summit County, Ohio - Summit County Board of Health (local board of health of a general health district)County	Aug. 28, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CIN-036	Mask Up Hamilton County / #MasksOn Hamilton County (posted July 8, 2020)State Health Director requires masks to be worn in public in Hamilton County	Hamilton County (Board of County Commissioners' communications office), communicating the Ohio Department of Health Director's order	Hamilton County, OhioCounty	July 8, 2020	2020 Q3	Face-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CLE-007	Proclamation of Civil Emergency No. 10 (Nov. 18, 2020) extending the emergency through Dec. 31, 2020 and adding a Stay At Home Advisory; joint City-County Stay at Home Advisory of Nov. 18, 2020City of Cleveland & Cuyahoga County Issue Stay At Home Advisory as COVID-19 Numbers Climb - Update #229	Mayor Frank G. Jackson (Proclamation of Civil Emergency No. 10); Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish; Cleveland Department of Public Health; Cuyahoga County Board of Health	City of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, OhioCity	Nov. 18, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Emergency declarationStay-at-homeGathering capTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-02-036	Director's Order for the Management of Non-Essential Surgeries and Procedures throughout OhioNon-essential surgery order	Director of Health Amy Acton, M.D., Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersSupply chain	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-077	Director's Order for the Management of Non-Essential Surgeries and Procedures throughout OhioDirector's Order for the Management of Non-Essential Surgeries and Procedures throughout Ohio	Director of Health Amy Acton (Ohio Department of Health)	OhioState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-13-075	ODI Bulletin 2020-03Health Insurance Coverage Flexibility for Ohio Employees (60-day premium grace period; continuation of coverage for employees with reduced…	Ohio Department of Insurance (Director Jillian Froment)	OhioSector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Workplace rulesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. OH-008	Director's Order closing hair salons, nail salons, barber shops, tattoo parlors, body piercing locations and massage therapy locationsDirector's Order to Cease Business Operation at Hair Salons, Day Spas, Nail Salons, Barber Shops, Tattoo Parlors, Body Piercing Locations…	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closure	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. OH-053	Director's Orders of March 21, 2020 closing older adult day care services and senior centers, prohibiting adult day support and vocational habilitation services in congregate settings, and closing family entertainment centers and internet cafesDirector's Orders of March 21, 2020 (three orders)	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureHealth care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-015	Board of Pharmacy compilation, 'COVID-19 Response Efforts' (updated Oct. 6, 2025): rescinded and continuing COVID-19 waivers, resolutions and emergency rules with issue and rescission datesCOVID-19 Response Efforts: Rescinded COVID-19 Waivers and Guidance; COVID-19 Immunization Waivers; COVID-19 Waivers and Resolutions for…	State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy	State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy; State levelSector regulator	Oct. 6, 2025		Health care ordersSupply chainOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-125	Director's Order to close all child care facilities except Temporary Pandemic Child Care (Mar. 24, 2020)Closure of facilities providing child care services, with Temporary Pandemic Child Care exception	Ohio Department of Health (Director Amy Acton)	OhioState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. OH-010	Director's Order to Close Facilities Providing Child Care Services (except Temporary Pandemic Child Care licensees)Director's Order to Close Facilities Providing Child Care Services	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. OH-054	Amended Director's Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (March 30, 2020)Amended Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-118	Director's Order Requiring the Use of Facial Coverings in Child Education Settings (K-12) (Aug. 13, 2020)Director's Order: facial coverings in K-12 schools	Ohio Department of Health (Director Lance Himes, interim)	OhioState	Aug. 13, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-119	Third Amended Director's Order for the Closure of K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (May 2020)Closure of all K-12 schools through the end of the 2019-2020 school year (third amendment)	Ohio Department of Health (Director Amy Acton)	OhioState	May 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-122	Second Amended Order the Closure of K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (Apr. 2020)Closure of K-12 schools (second amended order, extending the Mar. 14, 2020 closure to May 1, 2020)	Ohio Department of Health (Director Amy Acton)	OhioState	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CIN-042	Masks On For Me campaign page (Aug. 2020) referencing the district's face-mask requirementMasks On For Me	Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education (Health and Safety Committee)	Cincinnati Public Schools (Hamilton County, Ohio)County	Aug. 1, 2020	2020 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CIN-047	Joint Emergency Order 7. Streetcar Closure (Apr. 1, 2020) (Clerk of Council docket record, matter 202000524)Joint Emergency Order 7. Streetcar Closure	Mayor John Cranley jointly with the Cincinnati Board of Health	City of Cincinnati, OhioCity	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CLE-005	Amended Proclamation of Civil Emergency of July 3, 2020 (mask mandate, 50 percent capacity, gathering enforcement, sanitization)Mayor Jackson & County Executive Budish to Mandate Use of Masks Throughout City of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County - Update #124 (City release…	Mayor Frank G. Jackson	City of Cleveland, OhioCity	July 3, 2020	2020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. OH-058	Director's Order for Retail and Business Compliance for Facial Coverings throughout the State of Ohio (reissued December 23, 2020)Director's Order for Retail and Business Compliance for Facial Coverings throughout the State of Ohio	Stephanie McCloud, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Dec. 23, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. OH-059	Fourth Amended Director's Order to Limit Access to Ohio's Nursing Homes and Similar Facilities, with Exceptions (outdoor visitation from July 20, 2020)Fourth Amended Director's Order to Limit Access to Ohio's Nursing Homes and Similar Facilities, with Exceptions	Lance D. Himes, Interim Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	July 2, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Health care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. OH-062	Director's Orders limiting access to residential care facilities (assisted living): original order of March 13, 2020; outdoor visitation from June 8, 2020; Amended Order to Permit Access to Ohio's Residential Care Facilities, with Exceptions (March 22, 2021)Residential care facility access orders (chain)	Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. OH-082	Director's Second Amended Order that Provides Mandatory Requirements for Youth, Collegiate, Amateur, Club and Professional SportsDirector's Second Amended Order that Provides Mandatory Requirements for Youth, Collegiate, Amateur, Club and Professional Sports	Lance D. Himes, Interim Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Sept. 25, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-10-048	Director's Stay Safe Ohio OrderDirector's Stay Safe Ohio Order (Apr. 30, 2020): reopening of manufacturing, distribution and construction (May 4), general office (May 4)…	Dr. Amy Acton, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-24-009	Governor's COVID-19 Update of March 21, 2020 (announcing the Director's Orders closing older adult day care services and senior centers and prohibiting adult day support and vocational habilitation services in congregate settings)COVID-19 Update: March 21, 2020	Governor Mike DeWine (COVID-19 Update of March 21, 2020, announcing the Director of Health's orders)	OhioState	Mar. 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureHealth care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. OH-095	City of Dayton indoor face-covering ordinance (rules as released by the City)Dayton mask ordinance: Here's what the rules say (WHIO, Sept. 16, 2021)	Dayton City Commission (WHIO report of the ordinance's text)	City of Dayton, OhioCity	Sept. 16, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source

Summit County Board of Health (Summit County Public Health, Akron, Ohio), Summit County Board of Health resolution requiring the use of facial coverings in public (adopted Aug. 27, 2020), as announced in Summit County Public Health's release of Aug. 28, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-124)
Hamilton County (Board of County Commissioners' communications office), communicating the Ohio Department of Health Director's order, Mask Up Hamilton County / #MasksOn Hamilton County (posted July 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-CIN-036)
Mayor Frank G. Jackson (Proclamation of Civil Emergency No. 10); Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish; Cleveland Department of Public Health; Cuyahoga County Board of Health, Proclamation of Civil Emergency No. 10 (Nov. 18, 2020) extending the emergency through Dec. 31, 2020 and adding a Stay At Home Advisory; joint City-County Stay at Home Advisory of Nov. 18, 2020 (Ex. MET-CLE-007)
Director of Health Amy Acton, M.D., Ohio Department of Health, Director's Order for the Management of Non-Essential Surgeries and Procedures throughout Ohio (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-02-036)
Director of Health Amy Acton (Ohio Department of Health), Director's Order for the Management of Non-Essential Surgeries and Procedures throughout Ohio (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-077)
Ohio Department of Insurance (Director Jillian Froment), ODI Bulletin 2020-03 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-13-075)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Order closing hair salons, nail salons, barber shops, tattoo parlors, body piercing locations and massage therapy locations (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. OH-008)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Orders of March 21, 2020 closing older adult day care services and senior centers, prohibiting adult day support and vocational habilitation services in congregate settings, and closing family entertainment centers and internet cafes (Mar. 21, 2020) (Ex. OH-053)
State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy, Board of Pharmacy compilation, 'COVID-19 Response Efforts' (updated Oct. 6, 2025): rescinded and continuing COVID-19 waivers, resolutions and emergency rules with issue and rescission dates (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-015)
Ohio Department of Health (Director Amy Acton), Director's Order to close all child care facilities except Temporary Pandemic Child Care (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-125)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Order to Close Facilities Providing Child Care Services (except Temporary Pandemic Child Care licensees) (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. OH-010)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Amended Director's Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (March 30, 2020) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. OH-054)
Ohio Department of Health (Director Lance Himes, interim), Director's Order Requiring the Use of Facial Coverings in Child Education Settings (K-12) (Aug. 13, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-118)
Ohio Department of Health (Director Amy Acton), Third Amended Director's Order for the Closure of K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (May 2020) (May 20, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-119)
Ohio Department of Health (Director Amy Acton), Second Amended Order the Closure of K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (Apr. 2020) (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-122)
Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education (Health and Safety Committee), Masks On For Me campaign page (Aug. 2020) referencing the district's face-mask requirement (Aug. 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-CIN-042)
Mayor John Cranley jointly with the Cincinnati Board of Health, Joint Emergency Order 7. Streetcar Closure (Apr. 1, 2020) (Clerk of Council docket record, matter 202000524) (Ex. MET-CIN-047)
Mayor Frank G. Jackson, Amended Proclamation of Civil Emergency of July 3, 2020 (mask mandate, 50 percent capacity, gathering enforcement, sanitization) (Ex. MET-CLE-005)
Stephanie McCloud, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Order for Retail and Business Compliance for Facial Coverings throughout the State of Ohio (reissued December 23, 2020) (Dec. 23, 2020) (Ex. OH-058)
Lance D. Himes, Interim Director, Ohio Department of Health, Fourth Amended Director's Order to Limit Access to Ohio's Nursing Homes and Similar Facilities, with Exceptions (outdoor visitation from July 20, 2020) (July 2, 2020) (Ex. OH-059)
Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Orders limiting access to residential care facilities (assisted living): original order of March 13, 2020; outdoor visitation from June 8, 2020; Amended Order to Permit Access to Ohio's Residential Care Facilities, with Exceptions (March 22, 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. OH-062)
Lance D. Himes, Interim Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Second Amended Order that Provides Mandatory Requirements for Youth, Collegiate, Amateur, Club and Professional Sports (Sept. 25, 2020) (Ex. OH-082)
Dr. Amy Acton, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Stay Safe Ohio Order (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-10-048)
Governor Mike DeWine (COVID-19 Update of March 21, 2020, announcing the Director of Health's orders), Governor's COVID-19 Update of March 21, 2020 (announcing the Director's Orders closing older adult day care services and senior centers and prohibiting adult day support and vocational habilitation services in congregate settings) (Mar. 21, 2020) (Ex. SEC-24-009)
Dayton City Commission (WHIO report of the ordinance's text), City of Dayton indoor face-covering ordinance (rules as released by the City) (Sept. 16, 2021) (Ex. OH-095)

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