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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. SEC-12-GM-075	KUT 90.5 (Austin), "SXSW's Cancellation Is An 'Economic Shock' For Austin" (Mar. 9, 2020): Greyhill Advisors' $355.9 million 2019 impact estimate (text of the page rendered to PDF)SXSW 2020 Conference and Festivals and SXSW EDU (interactive, film and music; the marketing, media and technology industries' spring…	SXSW, LLC	Austin (Austin Convention Center and venues citywide), TXOrganizer	Mar. 9, 2020		Organizer notice	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-041	'March 11, 2020: Statement from CPS Energy: Update Regarding COVID-19'Suspension of energy disconnects effective immediately	CPS Energy (President and CEO Paula Gold-Williams), 'in partnership with San Antonio's Mayor and City Council'	CPS Energy (City Public Service Board of San Antonio), Texas (municipally owned electric and gas utility)City	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Emergency declarationOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-013	Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0005-20 (updated March 19, 2020)COVID-19 testing and preparation	Commissioner of Insurance Kent Sullivan (with Governor Greg Abbott)	Texas; Texas Department of Insurance (State insurance regulator)Sector regulator	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-001	Declaration of Local Disaster for Public Health EmergencyDeclaration of Local Disaster for Public Health Emergency	County Judge Lina Hidalgo	Harris County, TexasCounty	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-042	City of Houston Executive Order: Exercise of Mayor's Emergency Authority During a Local State of DisasterExercise of Mayor's Emergency Authority During a Local State of Disaster	Mayor Sylvester Turner	City of Houston, TexasCity	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-044	Release: Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Declare Public Health Emergency Due to COVID-19Mayor's proclamation of a Local State of Disaster Due to a Public Health Emergency; Rodeo closed; City events cancelled	Mayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release)	City of Houston, TexasCity	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-06-GM-049	FOX 26 Houston, 'Houston Rodeo canceled after local COVID-19 cases' (Mar. 11, 2020), reproducing the Rodeo's statement on the City's orderHouston Livestock Show and Rodeo (RODEOHOUSTON) 2020 and 2021	Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo	Houston (NRG Park), TXOrganizer	Mar. 11, 2020		Organizer notice	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-22-GM-023	Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo homepage (capture Mar. 15, 2020)Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo 2020 and 2021 (twenty days of rodeo, concerts, barbecue and carnival; tents, staging and equipment rental)	Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Inc.	Houston, TXOrganizer	Mar. 11, 2020		Organizer notice	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-001	Declaration of Local Disaster for Public Health EmergencyDeclaration of Local Disaster for Public Health Emergency	Dallas County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins	Dallas County, TexasCounty	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-066	County Judge KP George's Declaration of a Local State of Disaster (county posting)Declaration of a Local State of Disaster	County Judge KP George	Fort Bend County, TexasCounty	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-045	Message to HISD parents regarding COVID-19 (Mar. 12, 2020)Closure of all schools and district offices March 13 through March 30, 2020	Houston ISD (Interim Superintendent Grenita Lathan)	Houston Independent School District, Texas (independent school district)City	Mar. 12, 2020		Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-071	News release, 'City of Austin Utilities suspends disconnects amid COVID-19' (Mar. 13, 2020)Suspension of all utility disconnects for non-payment (electric, water, wastewater, solid waste)	City of Austin (Mayor Steve Adler; Austin Energy General Manager Jackie Sargent), under the Mayor's Declaration of Local Disaster of March 6, 2020 ratified by the City Council March 12, 2020	City of Austin Utilities (Austin Energy; Austin Water), Texas (municipally owned utilities)City	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Emergency declarationOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-072	'Utility Updates Related to COVID-19' page (updates of Mar. 13, 16 and 17, 2020; captured Mar. 22, 2020)Running utility updates: disconnects suspended; customer service and program changes	Austin Energy	Austin Energy (City of Austin), TexasCity	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-066	TDCJ Visitation Alert of Mar. 13, 2020Visitation temporarily suspended at all TDCJ facilities statewide until further notice, 'in accordance with Governor Abbott's declaration'	Texas Department of Criminal Justice (Executive Director Bryan Collier)	Texas Department of Criminal Justice; State levelState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering cap	Primary source read
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-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-009	TDLR COVID-19 page, 'TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat' (TDLR Updates Mar. 13-Oct. 13, 2020, with the Governor's executive orders and waivers), as archived Oct. 16, 2020TDLR COVID-19 Information Page (updates through Oct. 13, 2020)	Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation	Texas; Texas Department of Licensing and RegulationSector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-061	Misc. Docket No. 20-9042, First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterFirst Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster	Supreme Court of Texas (joint with the Court of Criminal Appeals, Misc. Docket No. 20-007)	TexasCourt	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-034	Health Authority Order of Control Measures for Healthcare FacilitiesControl measures on all healthcare facilities in Travis County (signage, sanitizer, symptom screening of every employee, patient, visitor…	Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Mark E. Escott, MD, MPH, Medical Director and Interim Health Authority)	Travis County, Texas (all healthcare facilities)County	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-002	Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins (Community Gatherings)Order prohibiting Community Gatherings of 500 or more persons	Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins	Dallas County, TexasCounty	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-056	Declaration of Public Health EmergencyDeclaration of Local Disaster and Public Health Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020)	Mayor Betsy Price (emergency management director)	City of Fort Worth, TexasCity	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DFW-073	Executive Order AE-20-03, Disaster Declaration and Executive Order of the Denton County JudgeDenton County Disaster Declaration (Mar. 13, 2020)	Denton County Judge Andy Eads	Denton County, TexasCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-002	Declaration of Public Health Emergency (declaration of local state of disaster)Declaration of Public Health Emergency	County Judge Nelson W. Wolff	Bexar County, TexasCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-10-GM-003	OTC 2020 Houston Postponed ReleaseOTC 2020 (Offshore Technology Conference)	Offshore Technology Conference (sponsoring societies led by SPE)	Houston (NRG Park), TXOrganizer	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Organizer notice	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-12-036	First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9042First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster	Supreme Court of Texas (with the Court of Criminal Appeals)	TexasCourt	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-23-GM-001	Organizer noticeOffshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2020	Offshore Technology Conference (sponsored by SPE, AAPG, SEG, AIChE, AIME, ASCE, ASME, IEEE OES, MTS, SNAME, SPE and others; a not-for-profit)	Houston (NRG Park), TXOrganizer	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Organizer notice	Primary source read

SXSW, LLC, KUT 90.5 (Austin), "SXSW's Cancellation Is An 'Economic Shock' For Austin" (Mar. 9, 2020): Greyhill Advisors' $355.9 million 2019 impact estimate (text of the page rendered to PDF) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-075)
CPS Energy (President and CEO Paula Gold-Williams), 'in partnership with San Antonio's Mayor and City Council', 'March 11, 2020: Statement from CPS Energy: Update Regarding COVID-19' (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-041)
Commissioner of Insurance Kent Sullivan (with Governor Greg Abbott), Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0005-20 (updated March 19, 2020) (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-013)
County Judge Lina Hidalgo, Declaration of Local Disaster for Public Health Emergency (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-001)
Mayor Sylvester Turner, City of Houston Executive Order: Exercise of Mayor's Emergency Authority During a Local State of Disaster (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-042)
Mayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release), Release: Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Declare Public Health Emergency Due to COVID-19 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-044)
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, FOX 26 Houston, 'Houston Rodeo canceled after local COVID-19 cases' (Mar. 11, 2020), reproducing the Rodeo's statement on the City's order (Ex. SEC-06-GM-049)
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Inc, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo homepage (capture Mar. 15, 2020) (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. SEC-22-GM-023)
Dallas County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins, Declaration of Local Disaster for Public Health Emergency (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-DFW-001)
County Judge KP George, County Judge KP George's Declaration of a Local State of Disaster (county posting) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-066)
Houston ISD (Interim Superintendent Grenita Lathan), Message to HISD parents regarding COVID-19 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-045)
City of Austin (Mayor Steve Adler; Austin Energy General Manager Jackie Sargent), under the Mayor's Declaration of Local Disaster of March 6, 2020 ratified by the City Council March 12, 2020, News release, 'City of Austin Utilities suspends disconnects amid COVID-19' (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-071)
Austin Energy, 'Utility Updates Related to COVID-19' page (updates of Mar. 13, 16 and 17, 2020; captured Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-072)
Texas Department of Criminal Justice (Executive Director Bryan Collier), TDCJ Visitation Alert of Mar. 13, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-066)
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)
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, TDLR COVID-19 page, 'TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat' (TDLR Updates Mar. 13-Oct. 13, 2020, with the Governor's executive orders and waivers), as archived Oct. 16, 2020 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-009)
Supreme Court of Texas (joint with the Court of Criminal Appeals, Misc. Docket No. 20-007), Misc. Docket No. 20-9042, First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-061)
Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Mark E. Escott, MD, MPH, Medical Director and Interim Health Authority), Health Authority Order of Control Measures for Healthcare Facilities (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-034)
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins (Community Gatherings) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-DFW-002)
Mayor Betsy Price (emergency management director), Declaration of Public Health Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-DFW-056)
Denton County Judge Andy Eads, Executive Order AE-20-03, Disaster Declaration and Executive Order of the Denton County Judge (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-DFW-073)
County Judge Nelson W. Wolff, Declaration of Public Health Emergency (declaration of local state of disaster) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-SAT-002)
Offshore Technology Conference (sponsoring societies led by SPE), OTC 2020 Houston Postponed Release (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SEC-10-GM-003)
Supreme Court of Texas (with the Court of Criminal Appeals), First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9042 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-036)
Offshore Technology Conference (sponsored by SPE, AAPG, SEG, AIChE, AIME, ASCE, ASME, IEEE OES, MTS, SNAME, SPE and others; a not-for-profit), Organizer notice (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SEC-23-GM-001)

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