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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. WI-035	Emergency Order #5 (March 17, 2020) (superseding Emergency Order #4 of March 16, 2020, gatherings of 50 or more)Prohibiting mass gatherings of 10 or more people; closing bars and restaurants except for takeout and delivery	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services	WisconsinState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-007	WisDOT news release: DMV service centers closed Friday, March 20; reopening Monday, March 23 by appointment only; 60-day automatic extensionsDMV service centers closed Friday, March 20 (release of March 19, 2020)	Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles ('Governor Evers has directed Wisconsin Department of Transportation')	Wisconsin (Governor's direction; Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles)State	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-14-067	Emergency Order #12, Safer at Home OrderSafer at Home Order	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Department of Health Services (at the Governor's direction)	WisconsinState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-062	Emergency Order #12Safer at Home Order	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Department of Health Services	WisconsinState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-18-034	Emergency Order #12, Safer at Home OrderSafer at Home Order	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Department of Health Services, at the direction of Governor Tony Evers	WisconsinState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. WI-002	Emergency Order #12, Safer at Home Order, §§ 2, 13, 16, 17Safer at Home Order: operating conditions on Essential Businesses and Operations (technology to avoid meeting in person; Social Distancing…	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, at the direction of Governor Evers	WisconsinState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-102	Closure of 40 State parks, forests and recreation areas (announced Apr. 9, 2020, effective Apr. 10, 2020) and reopening announcement of Apr. 28, 2020 (reopening May 1, 2020 with capacity limits and closed facilities)Wisconsin State parks closure	Wisconsin DNR, at the direction of Governor Tony Evers	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (State agency)State	Apr. 9, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCapacity limit	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. WI-004	Emergency Order #31Badger Bounce Back	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services	WisconsinState	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-063	Emergency Order #28Safer at Home Order (extension)	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Department of Health Services	WisconsinState	Apr. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. WI-003	Emergency Order #28, Safer at Home Order (extension), § 2.b (Safe Business Practices) and § 18 (Enforcement)Safe Business Practices: all businesses shall use technology to avoid meeting in person and cease door-to-door solicitation; Essential…	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services	WisconsinState	Apr. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WI-013	Emergency Order #34, Interim Order to Turn the DialInterim Order to Turn the Dial: Minimum Basic Operations expanded to curb-side drop-off, outdoor recreational rentals and automatic car…	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, at the direction of Governor Evers	WisconsinState	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. WI-005	Emergency Order #34Interim Order to Turn the Dial	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services	WisconsinState	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-WI-015	WEDC Reopen Guidelines: General Guidance for All Businesses, Best Practices to Reopen (version dated 5.7.2020)General Guidance for All Businesses: best practices to reopen (employee health, distancing, face coverings, cleaning and disinfection…	Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), with the Department of Health Services (Badger Bounce Back)	WisconsinState	May 7, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WI-014	Emergency Order #36, Interim Order to Turn the Dial (in-person retail and drive-in theaters)Interim Order to Turn the Dial: standalone and strip-mall retail may open to five customers at a time on distancing, cleaning and queuing…	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, at the direction of Governor Evers	WisconsinState	May 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating conditionOther	Primary source read
Ex. WI-006	Emergency Order #36Interim Order to Turn the Dial (retail and drive-in theaters)	Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services	WisconsinState	May 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limit	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-WI-017	Interim Attorney General Opinion OAG-03-20 to Outagamie County Executive Thomas NelsonEffect of Wisconsin Legislature v. Palm, 2020 WI 42, on local health officers' powers under Wis. Stat. § 252.03 to issue orders responding…	Joshua L. Kaul, Attorney General of Wisconsin (Wisconsin Department of Justice)	WisconsinState	May 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capOther	Primary source read
Ex. WI-009	Emergency Order #1 (July 30, 2020), Relating to Requiring Face Coverings, §§ 2, 7Statewide face-covering requirement for every individual age five and older indoors or in an enclosed space other than a private residence…	Governor Tony Evers (Office of the Governor), under Wis. Stat. § 323.12(4)(b) and Executive Order #82	WisconsinState	July 30, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. WI-011	Emergency Order #1 (September 22, 2020)Relating to Requiring Face Coverings	Governor Tony Evers (Office of the Governor), under Wis. Stat. § 323.12(4)(b) and Executive Order #90	WisconsinState	Sept. 22, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. WI-013	Executive Order #94, Relating to Actions Every Wisconsinite Should Take to Protect their Family, Friends, and Neighbors from COVID-19, § 3 (Businesses)Recommendations: individuals should stay home; businesses strongly encouraged to facilitate remote work, limit staff and customers, require…	Governor Tony Evers	WisconsinState	Nov. 10, 2020	2020 Q4	Stay-at-homeTelework mandateFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. WI-015	Emergency Order #1 (November 20, 2020)Relating to Requiring Face Coverings	Governor Tony Evers (Office of the Governor), under Wis. Stat. § 323.12(4)(b) and Executive Order #95	WisconsinState	Nov. 20, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. WI-017	Emergency Order #1 (January 19, 2021)Relating to Requiring Face Coverings	Governor Tony Evers (Office of the Governor), under Wis. Stat. § 323.12(4)(b) and Executive Order #104	WisconsinState	Jan. 19, 2021	2021 Q1	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. WI-020	Emergency Order #1 (February 4, 2021)Relating to Requiring Face Coverings	Governor Tony Evers (Office of the Governor), under Wis. Stat. § 323.12(4)(b) and Executive Order #105	WisconsinState	Feb. 4, 2021	2021 Q1	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-011	WisDOT news release: Milwaukee Downtown DMV reopens April 5 for driver license and ID related services (Apr. 1, 2021)Milwaukee Downtown DMV reopens April 5 for driver license and ID related services	Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles	Wisconsin (Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles; Milwaukee County)State	Apr. 1, 2021	2021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WI-001	Wis. Stat. § 252.02 (2019-20), Powers and duties of departmentPowers and duties of department: surveillance and inspection (1); closing schools and forbidding public gatherings (3); rules and orders for…	Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute; administered by the Department of Health Services)	WisconsinState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capSchools and child careQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WI-002	Wis. Stat. § 252.03 (2019-20), Duties of local health officersDuties of local health officers: investigate and 'promptly take all measures necessary to prevent, suppress and control communicable…	Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute; executed by county and municipal local health officers)	WisconsinState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read

Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Emergency Order #5 (March 17, 2020) (superseding Emergency Order #4 of March 16, 2020, gatherings of 50 or more) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. WI-035)
Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles ('Governor Evers has directed Wisconsin Department of Transportation'), WisDOT news release: DMV service centers closed Friday, March 20; reopening Monday, March 23 by appointment only; 60-day automatic extensions (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-007)
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Department of Health Services (at the Governor's direction), Emergency Order #12, Safer at Home Order (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. SEC-14-067)
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Department of Health Services, Emergency Order #12 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-062)
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Department of Health Services, at the direction of Governor Tony Evers, Emergency Order #12, Safer at Home Order (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. SEC-18-034)
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, at the direction of Governor Evers, Emergency Order #12, Safer at Home Order, §§ 2, 13, 16, 17 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. WI-002)
Wisconsin DNR, at the direction of Governor Tony Evers, Closure of 40 State parks, forests and recreation areas (announced Apr. 9, 2020, effective Apr. 10, 2020) and reopening announcement of Apr. 28, 2020 (reopening May 1, 2020 with capacity limits and closed facilities) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-102)
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Emergency Order #31 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. WI-004)
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Department of Health Services, Emergency Order #28 (Apr. 16, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-063)
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Emergency Order #28, Safer at Home Order (extension), § 2.b (Safe Business Practices) and § 18 (Enforcement) (Apr. 16, 2020) (Ex. WI-003)
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, at the direction of Governor Evers, Emergency Order #34, Interim Order to Turn the Dial (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. DUT-WI-013)
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Emergency Order #34 (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. WI-005)
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), with the Department of Health Services (Badger Bounce Back), WEDC Reopen Guidelines: General Guidance for All Businesses, Best Practices to Reopen (version dated 5.7.2020) (May 7, 2020) (Ex. DUT-WI-015)
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, at the direction of Governor Evers, Emergency Order #36, Interim Order to Turn the Dial (in-person retail and drive-in theaters) (May 11, 2020) (Ex. DUT-WI-014)
Andrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Emergency Order #36 (May 11, 2020) (Ex. WI-006)
Joshua L. Kaul, Attorney General of Wisconsin (Wisconsin Department of Justice), Interim Attorney General Opinion OAG-03-20 to Outagamie County Executive Thomas Nelson (May 15, 2020) (Ex. DUT-WI-017)
Governor Tony Evers (Office of the Governor), under Wis. Stat. § 323.12(4)(b) and Executive Order #82, Emergency Order #1 (July 30, 2020), Relating to Requiring Face Coverings, §§ 2, 7 (Ex. WI-009)
Governor Tony Evers (Office of the Governor), under Wis. Stat. § 323.12(4)(b) and Executive Order #90, Emergency Order #1 (September 22, 2020) (Sept. 22, 2020) (Ex. WI-011)
Governor Tony Evers, Executive Order #94, Relating to Actions Every Wisconsinite Should Take to Protect their Family, Friends, and Neighbors from COVID-19, § 3 (Businesses) (Nov. 10, 2020) (Ex. WI-013)
Governor Tony Evers (Office of the Governor), under Wis. Stat. § 323.12(4)(b) and Executive Order #95, Emergency Order #1 (November 20, 2020) (Nov. 20, 2020) (Ex. WI-015)
Governor Tony Evers (Office of the Governor), under Wis. Stat. § 323.12(4)(b) and Executive Order #104, Emergency Order #1 (January 19, 2021) (Jan. 19, 2021) (Ex. WI-017)
Governor Tony Evers (Office of the Governor), under Wis. Stat. § 323.12(4)(b) and Executive Order #105, Emergency Order #1 (February 4, 2021) (Feb. 4, 2021) (Ex. WI-020)
Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles, WisDOT news release: Milwaukee Downtown DMV reopens April 5 for driver license and ID related services (Apr. 1, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-011)
Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute; administered by the Department of Health Services), Wis. Stat. § 252.02 (2019-20), Powers and duties of department (standing) (Ex. DUT-WI-001)
Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute; executed by county and municipal local health officers), Wis. Stat. § 252.03 (2019-20), Duties of local health officers (standing) (Ex. DUT-WI-002)

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