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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
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. AGY-USCG-PORTS-009	Temporary Final Rule, Safety Zone; COVID-19 NorCal Maritime 2020, San Francisco Bay, CA, 85 Fed. Reg. 15724 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Docket USCG-2020-0166)Safety Zone; COVID-19 NorCal Maritime 2020, San Francisco Bay, CA	Captain of the Port Sector San Francisco, U.S. Coast Guard	United States Coast Guard, Captain of the Port San Francisco; San Francisco Bay, CaliforniaFederal	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. CO-003	Executive Order D 2020 004Ordering Closure of Downhill Ski Resorts Due to the Presence of COVID-19 in the State of Colorado	Governor Jared Polis	ColoradoState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureEvents and venues	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. 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-LA-027	Public Order Under City of Los Angeles Emergency Authority, New City Measures to Address COVID-19 (Mar. 15, 2020)Public Order Under City of Los Angeles Emergency Authority: New City Measures to Address COVID-19	Mayor Eric Garcetti	City of Los AngelesCity	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SLC-003	Public Health Order 2020-01Public Health Order 2020-01 (restaurants, bars and taverns; resorts; theatres and venues; lodging; transportation; public gathering places…	Summit County Health Officer Richard C. Bullough, PhD (Board of Health caption)	Summit County, UtahCounty	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureGathering capHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. OH-004	Director's Order Limiting the Sale of Food and Beverages, Liquor, Beer and Wine to Carry-out and Delivery OnlyIn Re: Order Limiting the Sale of Food and Beverages, Liquor, Beer and Wine to Carry-out and Delivery Only	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-029	Letter to Credit Unions 20-CU-02NCUA Actions Related to COVID-19	NCUA Chairman Rodney E. Hood	United States; National Credit Union Administration (federal)Federal	Mar. 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-051	News release, 'Statue of Liberty National Monument & Ellis Island to Close Temporarily Starting March 16'Statue of Liberty National Monument & Ellis Island to Close Temporarily Starting March 16	Superintendent, Statue of Liberty National Monument	Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island (NY/NJ)Federal	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-070	Administrative Order restricting public access to the Howard T. Markey National Courts Building (Mar. 16, 2020)Restricting Public Access to the National Courts Building	Chief Judge Sharon Prost, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Howard T. Markey National Courts Building, Washington, D.C.; shared with the Court of Federal Claims)Court	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-084	Notice, 'LM Visitors Centers Closed to the Public' (Mar. 16, 2020)LM Visitors Centers Closed to the Public	DOE Office of Legacy Management	U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Legacy Management (visitor centers at Fernald, OH; Weldon Spring, MO; Rocky Flats, CO; Grand Junction, CO; and other sites)Federal	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Business closure	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-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-068	'COVID-19 FAQ' (operations changes, captured May 23, 2020)Suspension of non-emergency repairs, annual inspections and skilled-trades and maintenance work in occupied units; suspension of planned…	New York City Housing Authority (Chair Gregory Russ)	New York City Housing Authority, New YorkCity	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-070	'Coronavirus' page: HACLA offices closed to walk-in traffic until further notice (captured Mar. 21, 2020)Closure of all HACLA offices to walk-in traffic effective immediately; phone lines remain open	Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (President and CEO Douglas Guthrie)	Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA), California (public housing authority)City	Mar. 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-021	SLA Guidance on Restrictions for Licensees and To-Go & Delivery Sales in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak (Restrictions in Response to COVID-19 page)New York State Liquor Authority Guidance on Restrictions for Licensees and To-Go & Delivery Sales in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak…	New York State Liquor Authority	New York (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-068	Guidance to Licensees on Limitations of On-Sale PrivilegesGuidance to Licensees on Limitations of On-Sale Privileges (prevention of COVID-19 transmission in restaurants, bars, wineries and…	California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control	California (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-113	ILCC COVID19 Q&A (March 2020)ILCC COVID-19 Q&A on Executive Orders 2020-07 and 2020-10 (bars and restaurants closed to on-premises consumption; to-go and delivery)	Illinois Liquor Control Commission	Illinois (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-114	ILCC COVID-19 Related Action, Guidance on Temporary Delivery of Alcoholic Liquor (updated October 26, 2020)Guidance on Temporary Delivery of Alcoholic Liquor (to-go and delivery authorization for all licensed retailers, including on-premises-only…	Illinois Liquor Control Commission	Illinois (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-019	NJMVC website notice: MVC agencies, road testing and inspection facilities closed to the public; expirations extended (as archived nearest April 1, 2020)COVID-19 Response notice on njmvc.gov home page	New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (Chief Administrator), at the Governor's direction under Executive Orders 103 and 104 (2020)	New Jersey (State agency: Motor Vehicle Commission)State	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-069	USG directive of March 16, 2020 moving all 26 institutions to online instruction for the remainder of the spring semester (USG coronavirus page)Systemwide move to online instruction for the remainder of spring 2020; students directed not to return to campus; limited operations	Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (Chancellor Steve Wrigley)	University System of Georgia, Board of Regents (26 institutions); State levelState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-048	COVID-19 News notice (Commission website): closure of all licensed casinos and charitable gaming licenseesAll Mississippi licensed casinos to close at midnight March 16, 2020; all charitable gaming licensees to cease operations by 8:00 a.m. March…	Mississippi Gaming Commission	Mississippi Gaming Commission (State gaming regulator)Sector regulator	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-050	Order of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board (LGCB-5531-20): Order Closing CasinosAll gaming operations at the land-based casino, all riverboat casinos and all slots-at-the-track facilities to cease at midnight March 16…	Louisiana Gaming Control Board, Chairman Ronnie Jones	Louisiana Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator)Sector regulator	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closure	Primary source read

Governor Wanda Vazquez Garced, Administrative Bulletin No. OE-2020-023 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-002)
Captain of the Port Sector San Francisco, U.S. Coast Guard, Temporary Final Rule, Safety Zone; COVID-19 NorCal Maritime 2020, San Francisco Bay, CA, 85 Fed. Reg. 15724 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Docket USCG-2020-0166) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-009)
Governor Jared Polis, Executive Order D 2020 004 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. CO-003)
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)
County Executive Calvin Ball, Executive Order 2020-02, COVID-19 State of Emergency (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-BAL-080)
Mayor Eric Garcetti, Public Order Under City of Los Angeles Emergency Authority, New City Measures to Address COVID-19 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-LA-027)
Summit County Health Officer Richard C. Bullough, PhD (Board of Health caption), Public Health Order 2020-01 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-SLC-003)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Order Limiting the Sale of Food and Beverages, Liquor, Beer and Wine to Carry-out and Delivery Only (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. OH-004)
NCUA Chairman Rodney E. Hood, Letter to Credit Unions 20-CU-02 (Mar. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-FINANCIAL-029)
Superintendent, Statue of Liberty National Monument, News release, 'Statue of Liberty National Monument & Ellis Island to Close Temporarily Starting March 16' (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-051)
Chief Judge Sharon Prost, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Administrative Order restricting public access to the Howard T. Markey National Courts Building (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-070)
DOE Office of Legacy Management, Notice, 'LM Visitors Centers Closed to the Public' (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-084)
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)
New York City Housing Authority (Chair Gregory Russ), 'COVID-19 FAQ' (operations changes, captured May 23, 2020) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-068)
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (President and CEO Douglas Guthrie), 'Coronavirus' page: HACLA offices closed to walk-in traffic until further notice (captured Mar. 21, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-070)
New York State Liquor Authority, SLA Guidance on Restrictions for Licensees and To-Go & Delivery Sales in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak (Restrictions in Response to COVID-19 page) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-021)
California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Guidance to Licensees on Limitations of On-Sale Privileges (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-068)
Illinois Liquor Control Commission, ILCC COVID19 Q&A (March 2020) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-113)
Illinois Liquor Control Commission, ILCC COVID-19 Related Action, Guidance on Temporary Delivery of Alcoholic Liquor (updated October 26, 2020) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-114)
New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (Chief Administrator), at the Governor's direction under Executive Orders 103 and 104 (2020), NJMVC website notice: MVC agencies, road testing and inspection facilities closed to the public; expirations extended (as archived nearest April 1, 2020) (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-019)
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (Chancellor Steve Wrigley), USG directive of March 16, 2020 moving all 26 institutions to online instruction for the remainder of the spring semester (USG coronavirus page) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-069)
Mississippi Gaming Commission, COVID-19 News notice (Commission website): closure of all licensed casinos and charitable gaming licensees (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-048)
Louisiana Gaming Control Board, Chairman Ronnie Jones, Order of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board (LGCB-5531-20): Order Closing Casinos (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-050)

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