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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-038	Determination of Public Health Emergency and Declaration that circumstances exist justifying emergency use of in vitro diagnostics, 85 Fed. Reg. 7316 (Feb. 7, 2020)Determination of Public Health Emergency	Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services	United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the SecretaryFederal	Feb. 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-039	Emergency Use Declaration (personal respiratory protective devices), 85 Fed. Reg. 13907 (Mar. 10, 2020)Emergency Use Declaration	Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services	United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the SecretaryFederal	Mar. 2, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-052	Emergency Use Authorization: NIOSH-approved air purifying respirators for health care personnel (issued Mar. 2, 2020; reissued Mar. 28, 2020 and July 12, 2021)Letter of Authorization to CDC, NIOSH-Approved Air Purifying Respirators (reissued July 12, 2021)	Jacqueline A. O'Shaughnessy, Acting Chief Scientist, FDA (letter to CDC)	United States (federal); Food and Drug AdministrationFederal	July 12, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. FED-182	Emergency Use Declaration: personal respiratory protective devicesEmergency Use Declaration, 85 Fed. Reg. 13907 (Mar. 10, 2020)	Secretary of Health and Human Services	United StatesFederal	Mar. 2, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-064	VA announcement of Mar. 10, 2020: 'No Visitor' stance and suspension of new admissions at all VA nursing homes (community living centers) and spinal cord injury and disorder centersVA announces safeguards to protect nursing home and spinal cord injury patients	Department of Veterans Affairs (Secretary Robert Wilkie)	United States (federal); Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health AdministrationFederal	Mar. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-097	Closure notice of Mar. 12, 2020 carried in press release PRN 20-020 (revised Mar. 12, 2020): Library closed to the public until Apr. 1, 2020; all public programs postponed or cancelled2020 Earth and Space Science Talks (revised March 12, 2020, carrying the Library's closure notice)	Library of Congress (Librarian Carla Hayden)	Library of Congress (all buildings, Washington, D.C.)Federal	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-030	Letter to Federal Credit Unions 20-FCU-02NCUA Actions Related to COVID-19 - Annual Meeting Flexibility	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)Gathering capOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-051	Investment Company Act Release No. 33817, Order Granting Exemptions From Specified Provisions of the Investment Company Act and Certain Rules Thereunder; Commission Statement Regarding Prospectus DeliveryOrder Granting Exemptions From Specified Provisions of the Investment Company Act and Certain Rules Thereunder; Commission Statement…	Securities and Exchange Commission	United States; Securities and Exchange Commission (federal)Federal	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-053	Staff Guidance for Conducting Shareholder Meetings in Light of COVID-19 Concerns (issued March 13, 2020; updated April 7, 2020; further updated January 19, 2022)Staff Guidance for Conducting Shareholder Meetings in Light of COVID-19 Concerns	SEC Division of Corporation Finance	United States; Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Corporation Finance (federal staff guidance)Federal	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-057	Investment Company Act Release No. 33824, Order Under Section 6(c) and Section 38(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 Granting Exemptions from Specified Provisions of the Investment Company Act and Certain Rules Thereunder; Commission Statement Regarding Prospectus DeliveryOrder Under Section 6(c) and Section 38(a) of the Investment Company Act Granting Exemptions from Specified Provisions and Commission…	Securities and Exchange Commission	United States; Securities and Exchange Commission (federal)Federal	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-064	Investment Company Act Release No. 33897, Order Under Section 6(c) and Section 38(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 Granting Exemptions from Specified Provisions of the Investment Company Act and Certain Rules Thereunder [In-Person Board Relief]Order Extending the In-Person Board Meeting Relief for Registered Management Investment Companies and Business Development Companies	Securities and Exchange Commission	United States; Securities and Exchange Commission (federal)Federal	June 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-072	Federal Bureau of Prisons COVID-19 Action Plan, Phase Two: agency-wide modified operations (Mar. 13, 2020)Federal Bureau of Prisons COVID-19 Action Plan: Agency-wide Modified Operations	Federal Bureau of Prisons (Director), after coordination with DOJ and the White House	United States (federal); Federal Bureau of PrisonsFederal	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-082	Statement on NASA Goddard's Coronavirus Prep Actions (visitor centers closed; non-mission-essential visits cancelled)Statement on NASA Goddard's Coronavirus Prep Actions	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD; Wallops Flight Facility, VA; and four other campuses)Federal	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTelework mandateGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-090	Press release nr20-47, 'National Archives Research Rooms and Presidential Libraries Nationwide to Close March 14'National Archives Research Rooms and Presidential Libraries Nationwide to Close March 14	National Archives and Records Administration (Archivist David S. Ferriero)	National Archives and Records Administration (all facilities nationwide, including the National Archives Museum and the Presidential Libraries)Federal	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-FED-065	Emergency Declaration Under 49 CFR § 390.23 No. 2020-002 (Mar. 13, 2020)Emergency Declaration Under 49 CFR § 390.23 No. 2020-002	Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration	United StatesFederal	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. FED-097	QSO-20-14-NH, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nursing Homes (Mar. 9, 2020; REVISED Mar. 13, 2020)QSO-20-14-NH (REVISED)	CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group	United States (Medicare and Medicaid nursing homes)Federal	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureGathering capHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-13-025	Investment Advisers Act Release No. IA-5463 and Investment Company Act Release No. IC-33817 (Mar. 13, 2020) (conditional exemptive orders)Order Under Section 206A of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 Granting Exemptions From Specified Provisions of the Investment Advisers Act…	Securities and Exchange Commission	United StatesFederal	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-16-095	BOP COVID-19 Action Plan (Phase Two)Federal Bureau of Prisons COVID-19 Action Plan (updated 3:09 p.m. ET, March 13, 2020)	Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice	United States (federal prisons)Federal	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-015	Memorandum, Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19 Outbreak (Mar. 14, 2020)Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19…	OSHA, Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust, Acting Director), to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees	United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-138	No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation, 85 Fed. Reg. 16628No Sail Order and Other Measures Related to Operations (cruise ships)	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Director Robert R. Redfield)	United StatesFederal	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Travel and quarantineEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. FED-027	CDC No Sail Order and Suspension of Further EmbarkationNo Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation, 85 Fed. Reg. 16628 (Mar. 24, 2020)	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (CDC Director)	United States (all cruise ships in U.S. waters or intending to return; 250+ passenger capacity)Federal	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureTravel and quarantineEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-06-001	No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation (Mar. 14, 2020), published 85 Fed. Reg. 16628 (Mar. 24, 2020)No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services	United States (cruise ships with capacity of 250 or more in U.S. waters or intending to return)Federal	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureTravel and quarantineEvents and venues	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-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-051	News release, 'Statue of Liberty National Monument & Ellis Island to Close Temporarily Starting March 16'Statue of Liberty National Monument & Ellis Island to Close Temporarily Starting March 16	Superintendent, Statue of Liberty National Monument	Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island (NY/NJ)Federal	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-043	'15 Days to Slow the Spread' (The President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America)15 Days to Slow the Spread	The President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America (White House Coronavirus Task Force)	United StatesFederal	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capOther	Confirmed from a secondary source

Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Determination of Public Health Emergency and Declaration that circumstances exist justifying emergency use of in vitro diagnostics, 85 Fed. Reg. 7316 (Feb. 7, 2020) (Feb. 4, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-038)
Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Emergency Use Declaration (personal respiratory protective devices), 85 Fed. Reg. 13907 (Mar. 10, 2020) (Mar. 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-039)
Jacqueline A. O'Shaughnessy, Acting Chief Scientist, FDA (letter to CDC), Emergency Use Authorization: NIOSH-approved air purifying respirators for health care personnel (issued Mar. 2, 2020; reissued Mar. 28, 2020 and July 12, 2021) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-052)
Secretary of Health and Human Services, Emergency Use Declaration: personal respiratory protective devices (Mar. 2, 2020) (Ex. FED-182)
Department of Veterans Affairs (Secretary Robert Wilkie), VA announcement of Mar. 10, 2020: 'No Visitor' stance and suspension of new admissions at all VA nursing homes (community living centers) and spinal cord injury and disorder centers (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-064)
Library of Congress (Librarian Carla Hayden), Closure notice of Mar. 12, 2020 carried in press release PRN 20-020 (revised Mar. 12, 2020): Library closed to the public until Apr. 1, 2020; all public programs postponed or cancelled (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-097)
NCUA Chairman Rodney E. Hood, Letter to Federal Credit Unions 20-FCU-02 (Mar. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-030)
Securities and Exchange Commission, Investment Company Act Release No. 33817, Order Granting Exemptions From Specified Provisions of the Investment Company Act and Certain Rules Thereunder; Commission Statement Regarding Prospectus Delivery (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-051)
SEC Division of Corporation Finance, Staff Guidance for Conducting Shareholder Meetings in Light of COVID-19 Concerns (issued March 13, 2020; updated April 7, 2020; further updated January 19, 2022) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-053)
Securities and Exchange Commission, Investment Company Act Release No. 33824, Order Under Section 6(c) and Section 38(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 Granting Exemptions from Specified Provisions of the Investment Company Act and Certain Rules Thereunder; Commission Statement Regarding Prospectus Delivery (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-057)
Securities and Exchange Commission, Investment Company Act Release No. 33897, Order Under Section 6(c) and Section 38(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 Granting Exemptions from Specified Provisions of the Investment Company Act and Certain Rules Thereunder [In-Person Board Relief] (June 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-064)
Federal Bureau of Prisons (Director), after coordination with DOJ and the White House, Federal Bureau of Prisons COVID-19 Action Plan, Phase Two: agency-wide modified operations (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-072)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Statement on NASA Goddard's Coronavirus Prep Actions (visitor centers closed; non-mission-essential visits cancelled) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-082)
National Archives and Records Administration (Archivist David S. Ferriero), Press release nr20-47, 'National Archives Research Rooms and Presidential Libraries Nationwide to Close March 14' (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-090)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Emergency Declaration Under 49 CFR § 390.23 No. 2020-002 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-065)
CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-14-NH, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nursing Homes (Mar. 9, 2020; REVISED Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-097)
Securities and Exchange Commission, Investment Advisers Act Release No. IA-5463 and Investment Company Act Release No. IC-33817 (Mar. 13, 2020) (conditional exemptive orders) (Ex. SEC-13-025)
Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice, BOP COVID-19 Action Plan (Phase Two) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-095)
OSHA, Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust, Acting Director), to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19 Outbreak (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-015)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Director Robert R. Redfield), No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation, 85 Fed. Reg. 16628 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-138)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (CDC Director), CDC No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. FED-027)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services, No Sail Order and Suspension of Further Embarkation (Mar. 14, 2020), published 85 Fed. Reg. 16628 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. SEC-06-001)
NCUA Chairman Rodney E. Hood, Letter to Credit Unions 20-CU-02 (Mar. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-029)
Superintendent, Statue of Liberty National Monument, News release, 'Statue of Liberty National Monument & Ellis Island to Close Temporarily Starting March 16' (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-051)
The President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America (White House Coronavirus Task Force), '15 Days to Slow the Spread' (The President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-043)

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