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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. ECO-B-061	Executive Order No. 224COVID-19 Measures: Cabinet agency workers to verify full vaccination or wear face coverings and be tested weekly; State Health Director…	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	July 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. NC-059	Executive Order No. 232Directing the Issuance of a Statewide Standing Order to Expand Access to Monoclonal Antibody Treatment for COVID-19	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Sept. 2, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-054	NCDOT release, Sept. 2, 2021: five Hatteras-route employees positive and isolating for at least 14 days; Hatteras-Ocracoke round trips reduced from 60 to 44 from Sept. 3, 2021 until normal schedules can safely resume; Currituck-Knotts Island suspended Sept. 4-6, 2021; employees and passengers required to wear face coverings inside vessels and terminal facilities regardless of vaccination status per CDC and TSA requirementsNCDOT Reports Five Positive COVID-19 Tests Among Hatteras Ferry Staff	North Carolina Department of Transportation, Ferry Division	North Carolina (Hatteras-Ocracoke route; Currituck-Knotts Island route)State	Sept. 2, 2021	2021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-081	DES press release, 'North Carolina Reinstates Certain Unemployment Benefits Requirements' (Sept. 2, 2021)Executive Order No. 231 reinstates the waiting week and employer charging for weeks beginning after Sept. 4, 2021	North Carolina Division of Employment Security	North Carolina; Division of Employment Security, Department of Commerce (statewide)Sector regulator	Sept. 2, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-004	Revised Board of Health Rule Governing Face Coverings (Board draft, docx)Revised Board of Health Rule Requiring Face Coverings to be Worn in All Public Places	Board of County Commissioners as board of health (Manager's Report 21-7082)	Mecklenburg County including all cities and townsCounty	Aug. 20, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-003	Affidavit of Publication - Revised Board of Health Rule (legal ad IPL0040138)Affidavit of Publication, The Charlotte Observer, Sept. 9, 2021	Charlotte Observer Publishing Company (affidavit) for the County Manager's Office	Mecklenburg CountyCounty	Sept. 9, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-015	Revised Face Coverings Health Rule (Sept. 8, 2021)Revised Board of Health Rule Requiring Face Coverings to be Worn in All Public Places (Sept. 8, 2021)	Board of County Commissioners as board of health	Mecklenburg County including all cities and townsCounty	Sept. 8, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-026	Revised Health Rule (Sept. 12, 2021 version)Revised Board of Health Rule Requiring Face Coverings (09-12-21)	Board of County Commissioners as board of health	Mecklenburg County including all cities and townsCounty	Sept. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. NC-060	Executive Order No. 234Providing Flexibility in Certain Health Assessments and Immunization Requirements Due to Impacts of the Pandemic	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Sept. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. NC-061	Executive Order No. 236Extending Certain Health and Human Services Provisions in Previous Executive Orders and Delegations of Authority	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Oct. 4, 2021		Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-035	Revised Health Rule (Nov. 3, 2021) - post-periodRevised Board of Health Rule Requiring Face Coverings (11-03-21)	Board of County Commissioners as board of health	Mecklenburg CountyCounty	Nov. 3, 2021		Face-covering requirement	Primary source read
Ex. NC-062	Executive Order No. 238Further Extending Measures to Facilitate Vaccine Administration, COVID-19 Testing, and the Vaccine Verification Policy for Cabinet Agencies	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Nov. 29, 2021		Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-046	Termination of Face Covering OrderTermination of Face Covering Order, City of Raleigh, February 18, 2022	Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin	City of RaleighCity	Feb. 18, 2022		Emergency declarationFace-covering requirement	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-032	Media release: Mask Mandate to be amended March 7th, 2022 to No Longer Require Masks in Public, Indoor SpacesOrange County mask mandate amended March 7, 2022	Orange County (media release)	Orange CountyCounty	Mar. 2, 2022		Face-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-12-GM-077	North Carolina Bar Association, NC Lawyer, "We're Back! See You In June At The 2022 NCBA Annual Meeting" (May 17, 2022): the 2020 Charlotte meeting replaced by a virtual Annual Meeting; 2021 held "virtually again" (text of the page rendered to PDF)North Carolina Bar Association Annual Meeting 2020 and 2021	North Carolina Bar Association	Charlotte (2020 planned); rotating, NCOrganizer	May 17, 2022		Organizer notice	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. NC-063	Executive Order No. 267Termination of the COVID-19 State of Emergency	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Aug. 15, 2022		Emergency declaration	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-014	NCDOL Safety and Health Topic page, 'COVID-19' (labor.nc.gov/coronavirus): Hazard Overview, Solutions, Regulations ('Which standards apply?'), Learn MoreCOVID-19 (Coronavirus): the standards the OSH Division has adopted that apply to occupational exposure to COVID-19, including the General…	North Carolina Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Division	North CarolinaState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NC-001	N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 130A, Article 6 (Communicable Diseases), Part 1, secs. 130A-133 to 130A-148, including sec. 130A-144 (Investigation and control measures) and sec. 130A-145 (Quarantine and isolation authority)Communicable Diseases: reporting, investigation, control measures, quarantine and isolation authority	General Assembly of North Carolina	North CarolinaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	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-004	N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 14-288.20A (Violation of emergency prohibitions and restrictions)Violation of emergency prohibitions and restrictions: Class 2 misdemeanor	General Assembly of North Carolina	North CarolinaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NC-005	N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 95, Article 16, secs. 95-126 to 95-160, including sec. 95-129 (Rights and duties of employers), sec. 95-131 (adoption of standards), sec. 95-138 (Civil penalties) and sec. 95-139 (Criminal penalties)Occupational Safety and Health Act of North Carolina: the general duty clause and the duty to comply with adopted standards	General Assembly of North Carolina	North CarolinaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding 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

Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 224 (July 29, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-061)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 232 (Sept. 2, 2021) (Ex. NC-059)
North Carolina Department of Transportation, Ferry Division, NCDOT release, Sept. 2, 2021: five Hatteras-route employees positive and isolating for at least 14 days; Hatteras-Ocracoke round trips reduced from 60 to 44 from Sept. 3, 2021 until normal schedules can safely resume; Currituck-Knotts Island suspended Sept. 4-6, 2021; employees and passengers required to wear face coverings inside vessels and terminal facilities regardless of vaccination status per CDC and TSA requirements (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-054)
North Carolina Division of Employment Security, DES press release, 'North Carolina Reinstates Certain Unemployment Benefits Requirements' (Sept. 2, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-081)
Board of County Commissioners as board of health (Manager's Report 21-7082), Revised Board of Health Rule Governing Face Coverings (Board draft, docx) (Aug. 20, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-004)
Charlotte Observer Publishing Company (affidavit) for the County Manager's Office, Affidavit of Publication - Revised Board of Health Rule (legal ad IPL0040138) (Sept. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-003)
Board of County Commissioners as board of health, Revised Face Coverings Health Rule (Sept. 8, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-015)
Board of County Commissioners as board of health, Revised Health Rule (Sept. 12, 2021 version) (Ex. MET-CLT-026)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 234 (Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. NC-060)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 236 (Oct. 4, 2021) (Ex. NC-061)
Board of County Commissioners as board of health, Revised Health Rule (Nov. 3, 2021) - post-period (Ex. MET-CLT-035)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 238 (Nov. 29, 2021) (Ex. NC-062)
Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin, Termination of Face Covering Order (Feb. 18, 2022) (Ex. MET-CLT-046)
Orange County (media release), Media release: Mask Mandate to be amended March 7th, 2022 to No Longer Require Masks in Public, Indoor Spaces (Mar. 2, 2022) (Ex. MET-CLT-032)
North Carolina Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association, NC Lawyer, "We're Back! See You In June At The 2022 NCBA Annual Meeting" (May 17, 2022): the 2020 Charlotte meeting replaced by a virtual Annual Meeting; 2021 held "virtually again" (text of the page rendered to PDF) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-077)
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)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 267 (Aug. 15, 2022) (Ex. NC-063)
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)
North Carolina Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Division, NCDOL Safety and Health Topic page, 'COVID-19' (labor.nc.gov/coronavirus): Hazard Overview, Solutions, Regulations ('Which standards apply?'), Learn More (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-014)
General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 130A, Article 6 (Communicable Diseases), Part 1, secs. 130A-133 to 130A-148, including sec. 130A-144 (Investigation and control measures) and sec. 130A-145 (Quarantine and isolation authority) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-001)
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. 14-288.20A (Violation of emergency prohibitions and restrictions) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-004)
General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 95, Article 16, secs. 95-126 to 95-160, including sec. 95-129 (Rights and duties of employers), sec. 95-131 (adoption of standards), sec. 95-138 (Civil penalties) and sec. 95-139 (Criminal penalties) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-005)
General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 130A-41 (Powers and duties of local health director) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-010)

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