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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-075	Iowa DOC COVID-19 page, 'Iowa Corrections-Specific Responses to COVID-19: Changes Effective Immediately (updated 3/14/20)'Visiting suspended at all prisons until further notice; all volunteer activities in the prisons suspended until further notice	Iowa Department of Corrections (Director Beth Skinner)	Iowa Department of Corrections; State levelState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-090	Harris County Sheriff's Office notice, 'Harris County Jail Suspends Inmate Visitation To Prevent Coronavirus Outbreak' (as archived Mar. 16, 2020)Visitation to the Harris County Jail suspended until further notice effective Saturday, Mar. 14, 2020; attorney-client and essential visits…	Harris County Sheriff's Office (Sheriff Ed Gonzalez)	Harris County, Texas (Sheriff's Office; Harris County Jail); county levelCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-079	Executive Order No. 2020-03Relative to Declaring a State of Emergency to Respond to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Governor Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero	Guam (unincorporated territory) - Governor (I Maga'hagan Guahan)Territorial	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-010	Mississippi Back-to-Business Liability Assurance and Health Care Emergency Response Liability Protection Act (S.B. 3049, 2020)Immunity from suit for COVID-19 exposure claims conditioned on a good-faith attempt to follow applicable public health guidance; premises…	Legislature of Mississippi; approved by Governor Tate Reeves July 8, 2020	MississippiState	July 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-C-134	Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (as amended)Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency	Supreme Court of Georgia (Chief Justice Harold D. Melton)	GeorgiaCourt	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	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. GA-001	Executive Order 03.14.20.01Declaration of Public Health State of Emergency for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Governor Brian P. Kemp	GeorgiaState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. GA-062	Order Declaring Statewide Judicial EmergencyStatewide judicial emergency (jury trials, grand juries and deadlines suspended)	Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia	GeorgiaCourt	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-AUS-077	Order Declaring a Local State of Disaster for Williamson County, TexasDeclaration of a local state of disaster for Williamson County	Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell, Jr.	Williamson County, TexasCounty	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-067	Declaration of the Existence of a Local Emergency (March 14, 2020)Palm Springs local emergency (March 14, 2020)	City of Palm Springs (Director of Emergency Services; City Council ratification)	City of Palm Springs, Riverside County, CaliforniaCity	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SEA-006	Civil Emergency Order: Moratorium on Residential EvictionsCivil Emergency Order, City of Seattle, Moratorium on Residential Evictions	Mayor Jenny A. Durkan	City of Seattle, WashingtonCity	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MS-002	Proclamation declaring a State of Emergency (COVID-19)Proclamation of State of Emergency	Governor Tate Reeves	MississippiState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-087	Executive Order 2020-07Temporary restrictions on entry into health care facilities, residential care facilities, congregate care facilities, and juvenile justice…	Governor Gretchen Whitmer	MichiganState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capHealth care orders	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. SEC-12-034	Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020), as amendedStatewide Judicial Emergency	Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia	GeorgiaCourt	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-028	Board statement of March 15, 2020, Federal Reserve Actions to Support the Flow of Credit to Households and BusinessesFederal Reserve Actions to Support the Flow of Credit to Households and Businesses	Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System	United States; Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (federal)Federal	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-002	Insurance Circular Letter No. 6 (2020)Coronavirus and Telehealth Services	Superintendent of Financial Services	New York; Department of Financial ServicesSector regulator	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-001	22 M.R.S. secs. 801-825: sec. 801(4-A) (extreme public health emergency) and 801(10) (public health threat); sec. 802 (authority of department; health emergency; emergency rules; Governor's declaration); sec. 803 (inspection); sec. 804 (enforcement by agents, local health officers, sheriffs and law enforcement; cease-and-desist; fines; injunction); sec. 805 (court orders); sec. 807 (control of communicable diseases; designated facilities); sec. 808 (investigations); sec. 810 (emergency temporary custody of person or property); secs. 811-812 (court-ordered public health measures); sec. 816 (compliance-conditioned immunity); sec. 820 (extreme public health emergency powers); secs. 821-822 (reporting); sec. 825 (penalties)Title 22, Chapter 250: Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated January 5, 2026)	Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 250, Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions; administered by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention)	MaineState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-004	37-B M.R.S. secs. 703 (definitions), 741(3)(H) (delegation), 742 (emergency proclamation; Governor's powers; sec. 742(1)(C)(2), (5), (8), (12), (13) and (1)(E)), 743 (termination), 786 (enforcement; Class E crime; arrest), 822 (compliance-conditioned immunity), 827 (aid in emergency; Class E crime), 829 (duty of agencies to execute and enforce orders), 834 (inconsistent laws suspended)Title 37-B, Chapter 13: Maine Emergency Management Agency (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated October 20, 2025)	Maine Legislature (37-B M.R.S. chapter 13, Maine Emergency Management Agency; Governor's emergency powers)	MaineState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OK-006	63 O.S. 683.9 (text effective Nov. 1, 2009 to June 30, 2025)Emergency Powers and Duties of Governor	Oklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003)	OklahomaState	Nov. 1, 2009	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capSupply chainStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. ME-001	Proclamation of State of Civil Emergency to Further Protect Public HealthProclamation of State of Civil Emergency to Further Protect Public Health	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-069	Hays County Local Disaster DeclarationDeclaration of a local state of disaster for Hays County	Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra	Hays County, TexasCounty	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BAL-080	Executive Order 2020-02, COVID-19 State of EmergencyCOVID-19 State of Emergency (and closure of specified places of assembly)	County Executive Calvin Ball	Howard County, MarylandCounty	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-001	Declaration of a Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of BostonDeclaration of a Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of Boston	Boston Public Health Commission, acting through Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves	City of Boston (Suffolk County), MassachusettsCity	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care orders	Primary source read

Iowa Department of Corrections (Director Beth Skinner), Iowa DOC COVID-19 page, 'Iowa Corrections-Specific Responses to COVID-19: Changes Effective Immediately (updated 3/14/20)' (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-075)
Harris County Sheriff's Office (Sheriff Ed Gonzalez), Harris County Sheriff's Office notice, 'Harris County Jail Suspends Inmate Visitation To Prevent Coronavirus Outbreak' (as archived Mar. 16, 2020) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-090)
Governor Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero, Executive Order No. 2020-03 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-079)
Legislature of Mississippi; approved by Governor Tate Reeves July 8, 2020, Mississippi Back-to-Business Liability Assurance and Health Care Emergency Response Liability Protection Act (S.B. 3049, 2020) (July 8, 2020) (Ex. DUT-MS-010)
Supreme Court of Georgia (Chief Justice Harold D. Melton), Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (as amended) (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-134)
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)
Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 03.14.20.01 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. GA-001)
Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. GA-062)
Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell, Jr, Order Declaring a Local State of Disaster for Williamson County, Texas (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-077)
City of Palm Springs (Director of Emergency Services; City Council ratification), Declaration of the Existence of a Local Emergency (March 14, 2020) (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-067)
Mayor Jenny A. Durkan, Civil Emergency Order: Moratorium on Residential Evictions (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-SEA-006)
Governor Tate Reeves, Proclamation declaring a State of Emergency (COVID-19) (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. MS-002)
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order 2020-07 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-087)
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)
Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of Georgia, Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020), as amended (Ex. SEC-12-034)
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Board statement of March 15, 2020, Federal Reserve Actions to Support the Flow of Credit to Households and Businesses (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-028)
Superintendent of Financial Services, Insurance Circular Letter No. 6 (2020) (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-002)
Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 250, Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions; administered by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention), 22 M.R.S. secs. 801-825: sec. 801(4-A) (extreme public health emergency) and 801(10) (public health threat); sec. 802 (authority of department; health emergency; emergency rules; Governor's declaration); sec. 803 (inspection); sec. 804 (enforcement by agents, local health officers, sheriffs and law enforcement; cease-and-desist; fines; injunction); sec. 805 (court orders); sec. 807 (control of communicable diseases; designated facilities); sec. 808 (investigations); sec. 810 (emergency temporary custody of person or property); secs. 811-812 (court-ordered public health measures); sec. 816 (compliance-conditioned immunity); sec. 820 (extreme public health emergency powers); secs. 821-822 (reporting); sec. 825 (penalties) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-001)
Maine Legislature (37-B M.R.S. chapter 13, Maine Emergency Management Agency; Governor's emergency powers), 37-B M.R.S. secs. 703 (definitions), 741(3)(H) (delegation), 742 (emergency proclamation; Governor's powers; sec. 742(1)(C)(2), (5), (8), (12), (13) and (1)(E)), 743 (termination), 786 (enforcement; Class E crime; arrest), 822 (compliance-conditioned immunity), 827 (aid in emergency; Class E crime), 829 (duty of agencies to execute and enforce orders), 834 (inconsistent laws suspended) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-004)
Oklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003), 63 O.S. 683.9 (text effective Nov. 1, 2009 to June 30, 2025) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OK-006)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Proclamation of State of Civil Emergency to Further Protect Public Health (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. ME-001)
Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra, Hays County Local Disaster Declaration (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-069)
County Executive Calvin Ball, Executive Order 2020-02, COVID-19 State of Emergency (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-BAL-080)
Boston Public Health Commission, acting through Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves, Declaration of a Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of Boston (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-001)

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