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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MET-CLT-060	Order of the Mayor of Durham consenting to and adopting the Tenth Amendment to the Declaration of a State of Emergency in Durham County (Safer At Home Order) dated September 4, 2020Order of the Mayor of Durham - Tenth Amended Durham County Safer At Home Order	Stephen M. Schewel, Mayor of the City of Durham	City of Durham (portions within Durham County)City	Sept. 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Emergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read
Ex. NC-017	Executive Order No. 163Extension of Phase 2 Order with Modifications: Phase 2.5	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Aug. 31, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-014	Amendment by the Town of Pineville to Subsection VI of the Second Revised and Amended Joint ProclamationAmendment permitting food service in bar areas of restaurants within Pineville; game equipment prohibition retained	Mayor Jack Edwards	Town of PinevilleCity	Sept. 25, 2020	2020 Q3	Business closureAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. NC-018	Executive Order No. 169Easing Restrictions: Phase 3	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q4	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-061	Order of the Mayor of Durham consenting to and adopting the Eleventh Amendment to the Declaration of a State of Emergency in Durham County (Safer At Home Order) dated October 3, 2020Order of the Mayor of Durham - Eleventh Amended Durham County Safer At Home Order	Mayor Stephen M. Schewel	City of Durham (portions within Durham County)City	Oct. 3, 2020	2020 Q4	Emergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NC-002	N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 130A, Article 1, secs. 130A-1 to 130A-27, including sec. 130A-2 (definitions of 'imminent hazard', 'isolation authority', 'person', 'quarantine authority'), sec. 130A-17 (right of entry), sec. 130A-18 (injunction), sec. 130A-19 (abatement of public health nuisance), sec. 130A-20 (abatement of an imminent hazard), sec. 130A-23 (suspension and revocation of permits) and sec. 130A-25 (misdemeanor)Public Health: definitions, enforcement, nuisance and imminent-hazard abatement, permits, criminal penalty	General Assembly of North Carolina	North CarolinaState	Oct. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. NC-019	Executive Order No. 170Extension of Phase 3 Order	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Oct. 21, 2020	2020 Q4	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-009	Order of Abatement of Imminent HazardDeclaration and Order of Abatement of Imminent Hazard - United House of Prayer for All People	Gibbie Harris, Health Director, Mecklenburg County Department of Public Health	Mecklenburg County (all United House of Prayer for All People facilities)County	Oct. 23, 2020	2020 Q4	Business closureGathering capHealth care ordersEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. NC-021	Executive Order No. 176Extension of Phase 3 Order with Reduced Indoor Mass Gathering Limit	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Nov. 10, 2020	2020 Q4	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read
Ex. NC-023	Executive Order No. 181Implementing a Modified Stay at Home Order and Requiring Night-Time Business Closures	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Dec. 8, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. NC-024	Executive Order No. 188Extension of the Modified Stay at Home Order	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Jan. 6, 2021	2021 Q1	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-005	Mecklenburg County Public Health Director's Directive To Protect Mecklenburg County Residents From COVID-19Public Health Director's Directive (stay home; virtual work; 10 p.m.-5 a.m.; gatherings)	Gibbie Harris, MSPH, BSN, Public Health Director	Mecklenburg CountyCounty	Jan. 12, 2021	2021 Q1	Stay-at-homeTelework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCurfew and hoursQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-012	Mecklenburg County Public Health Director's Directive (revision)Public Health Director's Directive - revised (replaces the Jan. 12 Directive)	Gibbie Harris, Public Health Director	Mecklenburg CountyCounty	Jan. 29, 2021	2021 Q1	Stay-at-homeTelework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCurfew and hours	Primary source read
Ex. NC-025	Executive Order No. 189Further Extension of the Modified Stay at Home Order	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Jan. 27, 2021	2021 Q1	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. NC-026	Executive Order No. 195Lifting the Modified Stay at Home Order and Easing Certain COVID-19 Restrictions	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Feb. 24, 2021	2021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NC-018	Kinsley v. Ace Speedway Racing, Ltd., 2022-NCCOA-524, No. COA21-428 (N.C. Ct. App. Aug. 2, 2022)Opinion: the terms of the June 8, 2020 Abatement Order (close until Order 141 expires or until a plan for 'full compliance with Order 141's…	Court of Appeals of North Carolina	North CarolinaCourt	Aug. 2, 2022		Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NC-017	Kinsley v. Ace Speedway Racing, Ltd., No. 280PA22 (N.C. Aug. 23, 2024), affirming 284 N.C. App. 665 (2022)Opinion: the June 8, 2020 NCDHHS abatement order closing Ace Speedway as an 'imminent hazard' for hosting gatherings above the EO 141 limit…	Supreme Court of North Carolina	North CarolinaCourt	Aug. 23, 2024		Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NC-019	North Carolina Bar and Tavern Ass'n v. Stein, No. 126PA24 (N.C. Aug. 22, 2025), on review of 293 N.C. App. 402 (2024)Opinion: the Emergency Management Act 'grants the Governor the ability to impose significant restrictions or prohibitions on otherwise…	Supreme Court of North Carolina	North CarolinaCourt	Aug. 22, 2025		Standing dutyBusiness closureAlcohol and barsOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NC-003	N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 166A-19.30 (Additional powers of the Governor during state of emergency)Additional powers of the Governor during state of emergency: direction of law enforcement (a)(2); control of ingress, egress, movement and…	General Assembly of North Carolina	North CarolinaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NC-010	N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 130A-41 (Powers and duties of local health director)Powers and duties of local health director: investigation of communicable disease; quarantine and isolation authority; abatement of…	General Assembly of North Carolina	North CarolinaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NC-011	N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 130A-248 (Regulation of food and lodging establishments)Regulation of food and lodging establishments: Commission sanitation rules; no operation without a permit; permit conditioned on compliance…	General Assembly of North Carolina	North CarolinaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NC-012	N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 166A-19.31 (Power of municipalities and counties to enact ordinances to deal with states of emergency)Types of emergency prohibitions and restrictions authorized: movements of people; operation of offices and business establishments…	General Assembly of North Carolina	North CarolinaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsStanding duty	Primary source read

Stephen M. Schewel, Mayor of the City of Durham, Order of the Mayor of Durham consenting to and adopting the Tenth Amendment to the Declaration of a State of Emergency in Durham County (Safer At Home Order) dated September 4, 2020 (Sept. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-060)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 163 (Aug. 31, 2020) (Ex. NC-017)
Mayor Jack Edwards, Amendment by the Town of Pineville to Subsection VI of the Second Revised and Amended Joint Proclamation (Sept. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-014)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 169 (Sept. 30, 2020) (Ex. NC-018)
Mayor Stephen M. Schewel, Order of the Mayor of Durham consenting to and adopting the Eleventh Amendment to the Declaration of a State of Emergency in Durham County (Safer At Home Order) dated October 3, 2020 (Oct. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-061)
General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 130A, Article 1, secs. 130A-1 to 130A-27, including sec. 130A-2 (definitions of 'imminent hazard', 'isolation authority', 'person', 'quarantine authority'), sec. 130A-17 (right of entry), sec. 130A-18 (injunction), sec. 130A-19 (abatement of public health nuisance), sec. 130A-20 (abatement of an imminent hazard), sec. 130A-23 (suspension and revocation of permits) and sec. 130A-25 (misdemeanor) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-002)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 170 (Oct. 21, 2020) (Ex. NC-019)
Gibbie Harris, Health Director, Mecklenburg County Department of Public Health, Order of Abatement of Imminent Hazard (Oct. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-009)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 176 (Nov. 10, 2020) (Ex. NC-021)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 181 (Dec. 8, 2020) (Ex. NC-023)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 188 (Jan. 6, 2021) (Ex. NC-024)
Gibbie Harris, MSPH, BSN, Public Health Director, Mecklenburg County Public Health Director's Directive To Protect Mecklenburg County Residents From COVID-19 (Jan. 12, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-005)
Gibbie Harris, Public Health Director, Mecklenburg County Public Health Director's Directive (revision) (Jan. 29, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-012)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 189 (Jan. 27, 2021) (Ex. NC-025)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 195 (Feb. 24, 2021) (Ex. NC-026)
Court of Appeals of North Carolina, Kinsley v. Ace Speedway Racing, Ltd., 2022-NCCOA-524, No. COA21-428 (N.C. Ct. App. Aug. 2, 2022) (Ex. DUT-NC-018)
Supreme Court of North Carolina, Kinsley v. Ace Speedway Racing, Ltd., No. 280PA22 (N.C. Aug. 23, 2024), affirming 284 N.C. App. 665 (2022) (Ex. DUT-NC-017)
Supreme Court of North Carolina, North Carolina Bar and Tavern Ass'n v. Stein, No. 126PA24 (N.C. Aug. 22, 2025), on review of 293 N.C. App. 402 (2024) (Ex. DUT-NC-019)
General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 166A-19.30 (Additional powers of the Governor during state of emergency) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-003)
General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 130A-41 (Powers and duties of local health director) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-010)
General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 130A-248 (Regulation of food and lodging establishments) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-011)
General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 166A-19.31 (Power of municipalities and counties to enact ordinances to deal with states of emergency) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-012)

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