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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-152	Release: CNMI moves to Community Vulnerability Level GREENCNMI moves to Community Vulnerability Level GREEN (June 17, 2021; effective June 18, 2021)	Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation and the Governor's COVID-19 Task Force	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - Governor / CHCC / COVID-19 Task ForceTerritorial	June 17, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-149	Release: Temporary Restrictions Lifted; CNMI Returns to Community Vulnerability Level BLUETemporary Restrictions Lifted; CNMI Returns to Community Vulnerability Level BLUE (September 6, 2020)	Governor Ralph DLG. Torres	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - GovernorTerritorial	Sept. 6, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capCurfew and hours	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-071	Oregon State Fair Council statement, 'The 2020 Oregon State Fair is canceled. No mass gatherings to be allowed during our fair dates.'The 2020 Oregon State Fair is canceled	Oregon State Fair Council, on the Governor's announcement of May 7, 2020 that mass gatherings are prohibited through September	Oregon State Fair Council (public corporation of the State of Oregon)State	May 7, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-076	N.C. State Fair statement, 'N.C. State Fair canceled for 2020' (fair dates Oct. 15-25, 2020 cancelled; livestock and horse shows held separately under NCDHHS recommendations), as captured Sept. 3, 2020N.C. State Fair canceled for 2020	N.C. State Fair, NCDA&CS (Commissioner Steve Troxler)	North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, N.C. State Fair (State agency)State	July 29, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-104	Cancellation of the 2020 Great New York State Fair (Aug. 21 - Sept. 7, 2020) ('Statement from New York State Fair Director Troy Waffner')Statement from New York State Fair Director Troy Waffner: 2020 State Fair Canceled	Governor Andrew Cuomo (announcement of July 6, 2020) and State Fair Director Troy Waffner	New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets; The Great New York State Fair (State agency)State	July 6, 2020	2020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-005	News Release NR20-037, 'All Commercial Ocean & Trail Tours and All Hawaii State Parks Now Closed'03/20/20 - All Commercial Ocean & Trail Tours and All Hawaii State Parks Now Closed	DLNR (Chair Suzanne Case); Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation; Division of Forestry and Wildlife; Division of State Parks	Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (State agency; Divisions of State Parks, Boating and Ocean Recreation, Forestry and Wildlife)State	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-008	Department Offers Guidance as Striped Bass Season Approaches (recreational fishing and boating prohibited; sustenance fishing only; reopening 7 a.m. May 7)Department Offers Guidance as Striped Bass Season Approaches (updated May 7)	Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Fishing and Boating Services	Maryland Department of Natural Resources (State agency)State	Apr. 29, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Stay-at-homeBusiness closureEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-085	ABCC Advisory Regarding Food Service and Gatherings for Licensees Selling Alcohol for On-Premises ConsumptionAdvisory Regarding Food Service and Gatherings for Licensees Selling Alcohol for On-Premises Consumption (issued August 10, 2020)	Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission	Massachusetts (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	Aug. 10, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-087	ABCC Advisory Regarding the Rollback of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to Phase 3, Step 1, of the Reopening PlanAdvisory Regarding the Rollback to Phase 3, Step 1 (effective December 13, 2020)	Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission	Massachusetts (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	Dec. 11, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-088	ABCC Advisory Regarding Increasing Retailers' Capacity Limit to Forty PercentAdvisory Regarding Increasing Retailers' Capacity Limit to Forty Percent (issued February 5, 2021; effective February 8, 2021)	Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission	Massachusetts (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	Feb. 5, 2021	2021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-089	ABCC Advisory Regarding the Lifting of the 40% Cap on Seating CapacityAdvisory Regarding the Lifting of the 40% Cap on Seating Capacity (issued February 26, 2021; effective March 1, 2021)	Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission	Massachusetts (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	Feb. 26, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-026	Press release: Gaming Control Board Suspends Gaming Operations For All CasinosBoard instructs the six casinos still open to conclude all gaming activities and patron entry by 6:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2020 (the…	Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board	Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator)Sector regulator	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-003	News release, 'Texas State Parks Reopen for Day-Use' (conditions of reopening)Texas State Parks Reopen for Day-Use	Texas Parks and Wildlife Department	Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (State agency)State	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-015	News release, 'UPDATE: California State Parks Closes Additional Beaches and Parks' (full closures in San Diego County and elsewhere; statewide summary of closures)UPDATE: California State Parks Closes Additional Beaches and Parks: Public Reminded to Practice Safe, Physical Distancing	California State Parks	California Department of Parks and Recreation (State agency)State	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTravel and quarantineEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-075	Iowa State Fair announcement and FAQ, 'The 2020 Iowa State Fair has been postponed until 2021' (fair dates Aug. 13-23, 2020)The 2020 Iowa State Fair has been postponed until 2021 (Fair Updates FAQ)	Iowa State Fair Board	Iowa State Fair Board (State authority, Iowa Code ch. 173)State	June 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-078	Pennsylvania Farm Show website, '2021 PA Farm Show' (Secretary Redding's August 2020 announcement of a virtual 2021 Pennsylvania Farm Show; the Jan. 9-16, 2021 in-person show, the nation's largest indoor agricultural exposition, cancelled), as captured Nov. 1, 20202021 PA Farm Show (virtual)	Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (Secretary Russell Redding)	Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (State agency; operator of the Pennsylvania Farm Show)State	Nov. 1, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-023	SLA Guidance on Outdoor Expansion of Licensed Premises in Response to COVID-19 OutbreakNew York State Liquor Authority Guidance on Outdoor Expansion of Licensed Premises in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak, effective Thursday…	New York State Liquor Authority	New York (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	June 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-068	Guidance to Licensees on Limitations of On-Sale PrivilegesGuidance to Licensees on Limitations of On-Sale Privileges (prevention of COVID-19 transmission in restaurants, bars, wineries and…	California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control	California (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-099	OLCC COVID-19 Business Continuity Alcohol FAQs: For Counties in Lower Risk Status (12/8/20)OLCC COVID-19 Alcohol FAQs for Counties in Lower Risk Status (Risk and Protection Framework)	Oregon Liquor Control Commission	Oregon (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	Dec. 8, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-118	ILCC COVID-19 Compliance Frequently Asked Questions (updated June 26, 2020)COVID-19 Compliance FAQ: Phase 4 Restore Illinois (effective June 26, 2020; indoor service with capacity and seating limits)	Illinois Liquor Control Commission	Illinois (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	June 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-119	ILCC release, Tier 2 COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts to Take Effect in Region 1: Non-compliance may result in liquor license suspensionILCC: Tier 2 COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts to Take Effect in Region 1 (October 26, 2020)	Illinois Liquor Control Commission	Illinois (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	Oct. 26, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCapacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-072	ODRC 'COVID-19 Updates' page (as archived Mar. 14, 2020)Visiting suspended indefinitely; volunteers suspended indefinitely; only mission-critical contractors (construction, medical, food service)…	Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (Director Annette Chambers-Smith)	Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; State levelState	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-077	CT DOC 'Press Releases Related to COVID-19' page (as archived Apr. 18, 2020)Index of the Department's COVID-19 releases (March-April 2020), recording that the Department's COVID-19 'safety measures have been extended…	Connecticut Department of Correction (Commissioner Rollin Cook)	Connecticut Department of Correction; State levelState	Apr. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-007	Press release: TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat (temporary distance education; cancellation of licensed combative sports events; advisory board meetings cancelled)TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat: Agency Approves Temporary Distance Learning, Cancels Events and Meetings	Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (Executive Director Brian E. Francis)	Texas; Texas Department of Licensing and RegulationSector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capSchools and child careEvents and venuesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-075	Port of Oakland release, Port of Oakland Board to meet by phone during COVID-19 crisis (Mar. 24, 2020)Port of Oakland Board to meet by phone during COVID-19 crisis	Board of Port Commissioners, Port of Oakland	Port of Oakland (City of Oakland Board of Port Commissioners, California)City	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Stay-at-homeTelework mandateGathering cap	Primary source read

Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation and the Governor's COVID-19 Task Force, Release: CNMI moves to Community Vulnerability Level GREEN (June 17, 2021) (Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-152)
Governor Ralph DLG. Torres, Release: Temporary Restrictions Lifted; CNMI Returns to Community Vulnerability Level BLUE (Sept. 6, 2020) (Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-149)
Oregon State Fair Council, on the Governor's announcement of May 7, 2020 that mass gatherings are prohibited through September, Oregon State Fair Council statement, 'The 2020 Oregon State Fair is canceled. No mass gatherings to be allowed during our fair dates.' (May 7, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-071)
N.C. State Fair, NCDA&CS (Commissioner Steve Troxler), N.C. State Fair statement, 'N.C. State Fair canceled for 2020' (fair dates Oct. 15-25, 2020 cancelled; livestock and horse shows held separately under NCDHHS recommendations), as captured Sept. 3, 2020 (July 29, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-076)
Governor Andrew Cuomo (announcement of July 6, 2020) and State Fair Director Troy Waffner, Cancellation of the 2020 Great New York State Fair (Aug. 21 - Sept. 7, 2020) ('Statement from New York State Fair Director Troy Waffner') (July 6, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-104)
DLNR (Chair Suzanne Case); Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation; Division of Forestry and Wildlife; Division of State Parks, News Release NR20-037, 'All Commercial Ocean & Trail Tours and All Hawaii State Parks Now Closed' (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-005)
Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Fishing and Boating Services, Department Offers Guidance as Striped Bass Season Approaches (recreational fishing and boating prohibited; sustenance fishing only; reopening 7 a.m. May 7) (Apr. 29, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-008)
Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, ABCC Advisory Regarding Food Service and Gatherings for Licensees Selling Alcohol for On-Premises Consumption (Aug. 10, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-085)
Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, ABCC Advisory Regarding the Rollback of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to Phase 3, Step 1, of the Reopening Plan (Dec. 11, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-087)
Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, ABCC Advisory Regarding Increasing Retailers' Capacity Limit to Forty Percent (Feb. 5, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-088)
Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, ABCC Advisory Regarding the Lifting of the 40% Cap on Seating Capacity (Feb. 26, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-089)
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, Press release: Gaming Control Board Suspends Gaming Operations For All Casinos (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-026)
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, News release, 'Texas State Parks Reopen for Day-Use' (conditions of reopening) (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-003)
California State Parks, News release, 'UPDATE: California State Parks Closes Additional Beaches and Parks' (full closures in San Diego County and elsewhere; statewide summary of closures) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-015)
Iowa State Fair Board, Iowa State Fair announcement and FAQ, 'The 2020 Iowa State Fair has been postponed until 2021' (fair dates Aug. 13-23, 2020) (June 21, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-075)
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (Secretary Russell Redding), Pennsylvania Farm Show website, '2021 PA Farm Show' (Secretary Redding's August 2020 announcement of a virtual 2021 Pennsylvania Farm Show; the Jan. 9-16, 2021 in-person show, the nation's largest indoor agricultural exposition, cancelled), as captured Nov. 1, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-078)
New York State Liquor Authority, SLA Guidance on Outdoor Expansion of Licensed Premises in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak (June 4, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-023)
California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Guidance to Licensees on Limitations of On-Sale Privileges (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-068)
Oregon Liquor Control Commission, OLCC COVID-19 Business Continuity Alcohol FAQs: For Counties in Lower Risk Status (12/8/20) (Dec. 8, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-099)
Illinois Liquor Control Commission, ILCC COVID-19 Compliance Frequently Asked Questions (updated June 26, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-118)
Illinois Liquor Control Commission, ILCC release, Tier 2 COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts to Take Effect in Region 1: Non-compliance may result in liquor license suspension (Oct. 26, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-119)
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (Director Annette Chambers-Smith), ODRC 'COVID-19 Updates' page (as archived Mar. 14, 2020) (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-072)
Connecticut Department of Correction (Commissioner Rollin Cook), CT DOC 'Press Releases Related to COVID-19' page (as archived Apr. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-077)
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (Executive Director Brian E. Francis), Press release: TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat (temporary distance education; cancellation of licensed combative sports events; advisory board meetings cancelled) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-007)
Board of Port Commissioners, Port of Oakland, Port of Oakland release, Port of Oakland Board to meet by phone during COVID-19 crisis (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-075)

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