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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AK-003	COVID-19 Health Mandate 001Health Mandate 001 (visitation at State institutions; non-student-contact days at public schools)	Governor Mike Dunleavy; Commissioner Adam Crum (DHSS); Dr. Anne Zink (Chief Medical Officer)	AlaskaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child careCourts and public offices	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. NC-002	Executive Order No. 117Prohibiting Mass Gatherings and Directing the Statewide Closure of K-12 Public Schools to Limit the Spread of COVID-19	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-002	Administrative Bulletin No. OE-2020-023Executive Order to implement the necessary closure of governmental and private sector operations in order to combat the effects of…	Governor Wanda Vazquez Garced	Puerto Rico (Commonwealth; territory of the United States) - GovernorTerritorial	Mar. 15, 2020		Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careCurfew and hours	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. MET-BOS-007	City of Boston announcement of Mar. 15, 2020: public health emergency declared; Boston Public Schools closure from Mar. 17; Licensing Board restrictions on restaurants, bars and clubsPublic health emergency declared, details for BPS, restrictions for restaurants, bars, clubs (boston.gov, March 15, 2020)	Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Licensing Board for the City of Boston; Boston Public Schools	City of Boston, MassachusettsCity	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationCapacity limitSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-003	Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (school closure; nursing homes; social distancing; transportation; National Guard)Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and providing measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus	Governor Steve Bullock	MontanaState	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Emergency declarationGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-031	Letter to Credit Unions 20-CU-03Identification of Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers During COVID-19	NCUA	United States; National Credit Union Administration (federal)Federal	Mar. 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Stay-at-homeTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-011	News release, 'PGCPS to Temporarily Close Following COVID-19 Announcement' (Mar. 12, 2020)Closure of all PGCPS schools March 16 through March 27, 2020	Prince George's County Public Schools (Chief Executive Officer Monica Goldson), implementing State Superintendent Karen Salmon's closure announcement of March 12, 2020	Prince George's County Public Schools, Maryland (county school system)County	Mar. 12, 2020		Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-062	UIL COVID-19 Information: suspension of all UIL sanctioned contests (March 13-19, 2020) and cancellation of spring activities (April 17, 2020)Suspension and then cancellation of all UIL athletic and academic contests for spring 2020 following GA-08 and GA-16	University Interscholastic League (Executive Director Charles Breithaupt)	University Interscholastic League (a part of The University of Texas at Austin, Tex. Educ. Code s. 33.083); State levelState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capSchools and child careEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DE-067	Governor's directive closing Delaware public schools March 16-27, 2020Governor Carney Directs Two-Week Closure of Delaware Public Schools	Governor John C. Carney (with the Department of Education)	DelawareState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-008	W. Va. Code ch. 15, art. 5 (whole article), §§ 15-5-2, 15-5-6, 15-5-17 and 15-5-18 relied onEmergency Management Act: definition of 'disaster' (including 'epidemic'); proclamation of a state of emergency and additional powers of the…	West Virginia Legislature (codified statute)	West VirginiaState	Feb. 23, 2023	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-B-025	Executive Order No. 104Aggressive social distancing measures: gatherings limited to 50; closure of all schools, colleges, casinos, racetracks, gyms, theaters…	Governor Philip D. Murphy	New JerseyState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capSchools and child careCurfew and hours	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-B-059	Executive Order No. 117Prohibiting Mass Gatherings and Directing the Statewide Closure of K-12 Public Schools to Limit the Spread of COVID-19	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-B-065	Executive Order No. 2020-09Closing Public Schools, Cancelling Elections, and Other Provisions Due to COVID-19	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-B-109	Executive Order No. 20-08School Closures and the Provision of School-Based and Child Care Services in Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak	Governor Kate Brown (also as Superintendent of Public Instruction)	OregonState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. FED-190	The President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America: 15 Days to Slow the SpreadThe President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America - 15 Days to Slow the Spread	The President and the White House Coronavirus Task Force (with CDC)	United StatesFederal	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MA-004	COVID-19 Order No. 3Order Temporarily Closing All Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-003	Amended Order of County Judge Clay JenkinsAmended Order (Community Gatherings of 50; restaurants take-out only; bars closed)	Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins	Dallas County, TexasCounty	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-IND-001	Public Health Order (unnumbered order of March 16, 2020, re-issued as Public Health Order 1-2020)Public Health Order 1-2020 (school closure; gatherings; on-site food and beverage consumption prohibited; entertainment and fitness venues…	Marion County Public Health Department (MCPHD), Virginia A. Caine, M.D., Director and Chief Medical Officer	Marion County, Indiana (consolidated City of Indianapolis)County	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capSchools and child careAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-NYC-049	Mayor's press release No. 151-20, 'New York City to Close All School Buildings and Transition to Remote Learning' (Mar. 15, 2020)Closure of all New York City public school buildings effective March 16, 2020; remote learning from March 23, 2020	Mayor Bill de Blasio (announcement); New York City Department of Education (implementation)	New York City (Department of Education)City	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-NYC-054	Executive Order Number 4 of 2020, Local Emergency Order No. 2Suspension of all classroom and extracurricular functions in all public and private schools in Nassau County	County Executive Laura Curran	Nassau County, New YorkCounty	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-002	Emergency Order No. 1 (Prohibition on Non-Essential Businesses)Emergency Order Temporarily Prohibiting Operation of Non-Essential Businesses to Prevent the Spread of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH	City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCity	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-066	Release: Freeholder Board Declares State of Emergency in Camden CountyFreeholder Board Declares State of Emergency in Camden County (Mar. 16, 2020)	Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr.)	Camden County, New JerseyCounty	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read

Governor Mike Dunleavy; Commissioner Adam Crum (DHSS); Dr. Anne Zink (Chief Medical Officer), COVID-19 Health Mandate 001 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AK-003)
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)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 117 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. NC-002)
Governor Wanda Vazquez Garced, Administrative Bulletin No. OE-2020-023 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-002)
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)
Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Licensing Board for the City of Boston; Boston Public Schools, City of Boston announcement of Mar. 15, 2020: public health emergency declared; Boston Public Schools closure from Mar. 17; Licensing Board restrictions on restaurants, bars and clubs (Ex. MET-BOS-007)
Governor Steve Bullock, Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (school closure; nursing homes; social distancing; transportation; National Guard) (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MT-003)
NCUA, Letter to Credit Unions 20-CU-03 (Mar. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-031)
Prince George's County Public Schools (Chief Executive Officer Monica Goldson), implementing State Superintendent Karen Salmon's closure announcement of March 12, 2020, News release, 'PGCPS to Temporarily Close Following COVID-19 Announcement' (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-011)
University Interscholastic League (Executive Director Charles Breithaupt), UIL COVID-19 Information: suspension of all UIL sanctioned contests (March 13-19, 2020) and cancellation of spring activities (April 17, 2020) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-062)
Governor John C. Carney (with the Department of Education), Governor's directive closing Delaware public schools March 16-27, 2020 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. DE-067)
West Virginia Legislature (codified statute), W. Va. Code ch. 15, art. 5 (whole article), §§ 15-5-2, 15-5-6, 15-5-17 and 15-5-18 relied on (standing) (Ex. DUT-WV-008)
Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 104 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-025)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 117 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-059)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-09 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-065)
Governor Kate Brown (also as Superintendent of Public Instruction), Executive Order No. 20-08 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-109)
The President and the White House Coronavirus Task Force (with CDC), The President's Coronavirus Guidelines for America: 15 Days to Slow the Spread (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-190)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 3 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MA-004)
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, Amended Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-DFW-003)
Marion County Public Health Department (MCPHD), Virginia A. Caine, M.D., Director and Chief Medical Officer, Public Health Order (unnumbered order of March 16, 2020, re-issued as Public Health Order 1-2020) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-IND-001)
Mayor Bill de Blasio (announcement); New York City Department of Education (implementation), Mayor's press release No. 151-20, 'New York City to Close All School Buildings and Transition to Remote Learning' (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-NYC-049)
County Executive Laura Curran, Executive Order Number 4 of 2020, Local Emergency Order No. 2 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-NYC-054)
Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Emergency Order No. 1 (Prohibition on Non-Essential Businesses) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-002)
Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr.), Release: Freeholder Board Declares State of Emergency in Camden County (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-066)

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