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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MET-BNA-041	Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2021-1COVID-19 Restaurant Occupancy Limitation and Early Closure Regulation (11:00 p.m. close)	Knox County Board of Health	Knox County, TennesseeCounty	Jan. 27, 2021	2021 Q1	Capacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-017	Sixth Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Three ReopeningSixth Amended and Restated Order 12 (eight-person crowd limit; 50 percent capacity; 11:00 p.m. service cutoff; midnight closure)	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	Nashville and Davidson County, TennesseeCounty	Jan. 30, 2021	2021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-073	Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 18Health Directive No. 18 (food and beverage service ends at midnight; fixed paired bar seats; two-hour limit; no indoor dancing; courthouse…	Shelby County Health Department	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty	Feb. 17, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-018	Seventh Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Interim Chief Medical DirectorSeventh Amended and Restated Order 12 (in force March 1-25, 2021)	Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health	Nashville and Davidson County, TennesseeCounty	Mar. 1, 2021	2021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BNA-057	Executive Order Extending State of Emergency No. 8-2021Extension of the City of Memphis State of Emergency (March 16, 2021)	Mayor Jim Strickland	City of Memphis, TennesseeCity	Mar. 16, 2021	2021 Q1	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-042	Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2021-3COVID-19 Restaurant and Event Venue Occupancy Limitation and Early Closure Regulation (1:00 a.m. close; effective 11:59 p.m. March 18, 2021…	Knox County Board of Health	Knox County, TennesseeCounty	Mar. 18, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-019	Order 13 from the Interim Chief Medical DirectorOrder 13 (crowd sizes above ten indoors or 25 outdoors prohibited; seated bar service only; entry ends 1:00 a.m.; closed 2:00-5:00 a.m.…	Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health	Nashville and Davidson County, TennesseeCounty	Mar. 24, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-026	Eleventh Amended and Restated Order 10 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Phase Three with ModificationsEleventh Amended and Restated Order 10 (Downtown and Midtown conditions: party size 10 indoors/25 outdoors; closed 2:00-5:00 a.m.)	Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health	Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee (Downtown and Midtown)County	Mar. 24, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-023	Amended and Restated Order 8 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Cloth Face Coverings or MasksAmended and Restated Order 8 (face coverings; businesses shall require; K-12 schools shall require)	Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health	Nashville and Davidson County, TennesseeCounty	Apr. 9, 2021	2021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-043	Knox County Health Department Regulation 2021-1COVID-19 Face Covering Regulation (Health Department regulation replacing Board of Health Regulation 2020-1)	Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Health Officer and Knox County Health Director	Knox County, TennesseeCounty	Apr. 12, 2021	2021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-022	Order 14 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Modified Phase Four (amended May 7, 2021), with Twelfth Amended and Restated Order 10Order 14 (Modified Phase Four) and Twelfth Amended and Restated Order 10 (Downtown and Midtown)	Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health	Nashville and Davidson County, TennesseeCounty	Apr. 16, 2021	2021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BNA-045	Knox County Health Department Resolution 2021-ACOVID-19 Business Guidelines Resolution (post-regulation guidance)	Knox County Health Department	Knox County, TennesseeCounty	Apr. 23, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-024	Order 15 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: ReopeningOrder 15 (rescinding Order 14 and Twelfth Amended and Restated Order 10; end of Nashville's business orders)	Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health	Nashville and Davidson County, TennesseeCounty	May 13, 2021	2021 Q2	Other	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-025	Order 16 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Rescinding Amended and Restated Order 8, Cloth Face Coverings or Masks GuidanceOrder 16 (rescinding the face-covering order effective noon May 14, 2021)	Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health	Nashville and Davidson County, TennesseeCounty	May 14, 2021	2021 Q2	Other	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-058	Executive Order Extending Limited Local State of Emergency No. 25-2021Extension of the Limited Local State of Emergency (July 13, 2021)	Mayor Jim Strickland	City of Memphis, TennesseeCity	July 13, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-059	Executive Order Extending Limited Local State of Emergency No. 26-2021Extension of the Limited Local State of Emergency (July 20, 2021)	Mayor Jim Strickland	City of Memphis, TennesseeCity	July 20, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-076	Shelby County Health Order No. 25Health Order No. 25 (August 2021: countywide indoor mask requirement reimposed; Executive Order No. 84 treated as an exception for school…	Shelby County Health Department	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty	Aug. 27, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-084	G.S. v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552-SHL-atc (W.D. Tenn.), Order granting attorney's fees and post-judgment interest (Doc. 148, filed Nov. 7, 2023), reciting the TRO of Sept. 3, 2021 (2021 WL 4057812) and the preliminary injunction of Sept. 17, 2021 (Doc. 62)Fee order reciting the Shelby County school-mask injunction history (TRO September 3, 2021; preliminary injunction September 17, 2021…	Hon. Sheryl H. Lipman, United States District Judge	Shelby County, Tennessee (United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee)Court	Nov. 7, 2023	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-080	S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 48, filed Oct. 12, 2021; original Memorandum Opinion and Order, Doc. 35, Sept. 24, 2021)Preliminary injunction: Knox County Board of Education ordered to enforce a mask mandate with immediate effect; Governor Lee enjoined from…	Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge	Knox County, Tennessee (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee)Court	Oct. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-081	R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting temporary restraining order (Doc. 30, filed Sept. 24, 2021)TRO: Governor Lee enjoined from enforcing Executive Order No. 84 in Williamson County; Williamson County Schools and Franklin Special School…	United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee	Williamson County, Tennessee (Nashville metropolitan area; United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee)Court	Sept. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-083	S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order on the Knox County Board of Education's Amended and Restated Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment (Doc. 47, filed Oct. 12, 2021)Order granting in part the motion to alter or amend: exemptions permitted under Policy C-240; injunction otherwise maintained	Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge	Knox County, Tennessee (E.D. Tenn.)Court	Oct. 12, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-082	R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 85, filed Oct. 22, 2021)Preliminary injunction: Executive Order No. 84, as extended by Executive Order No. 89, enjoined in Williamson County pending trial	United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee	Williamson County, Tennessee (M.D. Tenn.)Court	Oct. 22, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-075	Shelby County Health Order No. 27Health Order No. 27 (effective October 27, 2021 until November 30, 2021; supersedes Health Order No. 26; school masks continue; indoor…	Shelby County Health Department (Bruce Randolph, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer; Michelle Taylor, M.D., Dr.P.H., Health Director)	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty	Oct. 27, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-060	Shelby County Health Directive No. 6 (with Health Directives Nos. 3, 4 and 5, April-June 2020)Health Directives Nos. 3 through 6 (Back to Business Phases 1 and 2 conditions)	Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., Health Officer)	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty		2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BNA-077	Shelby County Health Department directive requiring universal indoor masking in schools and daycares (August 2021; numbered Health Directive No. 24 in the Department's sequence)School and daycare universal indoor masking order (August 2021)	Shelby County Health Department	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty		2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source

Knox County Board of Health, Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2021-1 (Jan. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-041)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Sixth Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Three Reopening (Jan. 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-017)
Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 18 (Feb. 17, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-073)
Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health, Seventh Amended and Restated Order 12 from the Interim Chief Medical Director (Mar. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-018)
Mayor Jim Strickland, Executive Order Extending State of Emergency No. 8-2021 (Mar. 16, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-057)
Knox County Board of Health, Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2021-3 (Mar. 18, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-042)
Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health, Order 13 from the Interim Chief Medical Director (Mar. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-019)
Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health, Eleventh Amended and Restated Order 10 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Phase Three with Modifications (Mar. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-026)
Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health, Amended and Restated Order 8 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Cloth Face Coverings or Masks (Apr. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-023)
Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Health Officer and Knox County Health Director, Knox County Health Department Regulation 2021-1 (Apr. 12, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-043)
Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health, Order 14 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Modified Phase Four (amended May 7, 2021), with Twelfth Amended and Restated Order 10 (Apr. 16, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-022)
Knox County Health Department, Knox County Health Department Resolution 2021-A (Apr. 23, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-045)
Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health, Order 15 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Reopening (May 13, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-024)
Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health, Order 16 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Rescinding Amended and Restated Order 8, Cloth Face Coverings or Masks Guidance (May 14, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-025)
Mayor Jim Strickland, Executive Order Extending Limited Local State of Emergency No. 25-2021 (July 13, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-058)
Mayor Jim Strickland, Executive Order Extending Limited Local State of Emergency No. 26-2021 (July 20, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-059)
Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Order No. 25 (Aug. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-076)
Hon. Sheryl H. Lipman, United States District Judge, G.S. v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552-SHL-atc (W.D. Tenn.), Order granting attorney's fees and post-judgment interest (Doc. 148, filed Nov. 7, 2023), reciting the TRO of Sept. 3, 2021 (2021 WL 4057812) and the preliminary injunction of Sept. 17, 2021 (Doc. 62) (Ex. MET-BNA-084)
Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge, S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 48, filed Oct. 12, 2021; original Memorandum Opinion and Order, Doc. 35, Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-080)
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting temporary restraining order (Doc. 30, filed Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-081)
Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge, S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order on the Knox County Board of Education's Amended and Restated Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment (Doc. 47, filed Oct. 12, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-083)
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, R.K. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00725 (M.D. Tenn.), Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 85, filed Oct. 22, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-082)
Shelby County Health Department (Bruce Randolph, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer; Michelle Taylor, M.D., Dr.P.H., Health Director), Shelby County Health Order No. 27 (Oct. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-075)
Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., Health Officer), Shelby County Health Directive No. 6 (with Health Directives Nos. 3, 4 and 5, April-June 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-060)
Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Department directive requiring universal indoor masking in schools and daycares (August 2021; numbered Health Directive No. 24 in the Department's sequence) (Ex. MET-BNA-077)

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