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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MET-BNA-060	Shelby County Health Directive No. 6 (with Health Directives Nos. 3, 4 and 5, April-June 2020)Health Directives Nos. 3 through 6 (Back to Business Phases 1 and 2 conditions)	Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., Health Officer)	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty		2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BNA-061	Shelby County Health Directive No. 7Health Directive No. 7 (Back to Business: unlisted businesses remain closed; 50 percent occupancy for retail, gyms, civic facilities and…	Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, DNP, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer)	Shelby County, Tennessee (all municipalities and unincorporated areas)County	June 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-071	Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 16: Formal Issuance of Safer at HomeHealth Directive No. 16, Safer at Home (all businesses except those listed required to close physical locations to the public; retail and…	Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, DNP, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer)	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty	Dec. 21, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TN-016	Tenn. Att'y Gen. Op. No. 21-15Authority Issues Involving County Health Departments	Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter, State of Tennessee	TennesseeState	May 26, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-030	Knox County Health Department Safer at Home OrderSafer at Home Order (closure of businesses not performing essential services)	Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Public Health Officer and Health Director, Knox County Health Department	Knox County, Tennessee (including the City of Knoxville)County	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TN-003	Tenn. Code Ann. sec. 68-2-609Orders of county health officer (quarantine of a place or person; closure of a public establishment, facility, or building)	Tennessee General Assembly (codified statute); exercised by county health officers	TennesseeState	May 26, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-032	Knox County Health Department Order adopting Executive Orders 30 and 31 and the Knox County phased reopeningReopening Order (Phase One; effective 8:00 a.m. EDT May 1, 2020)	Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Health Director and Health Officer	Knox County, TennesseeCounty	May 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TN-002	Tenn. Code Ann. sec. 68-5-104Quarantine - Penalty for escape (duty of local health authorities to isolate or quarantine the case or premise)	Tennessee General Assembly (codified statute); administered by local (municipal and county) health authorities and the Commissioner of Health	TennesseeState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TN-013	Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. ch. 1200-23-01 (Food Service Establishment), Rules.01(20),.02(7)(a) and.03(3)(b)Rules of the Tennessee Department of Health, Chapter 1200-23-01, Food Service Establishment (compilation dated January 2005, as published by…	Tennessee Department of Health, Division of General Environmental Health	TennesseeState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TN-005	Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. ch. 1200-14-01 (Communicable and Environmental Diseases), Rules.15,.25,.26 and.27Rules of the Tennessee Department of Health, Chapter 1200-14-01, Communicable and Environmental Diseases (compilation dated November 2004…	Tennessee Department of Health, Communicable and Environmental Disease Services	TennesseeState	June 7, 1974	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-074	Summary of Safer at Home Health Directive No. 16 and Face Mask Directive No. 4Department summary: retail 50 percent; indoor dining 25 percent; gyms 50 percent; four-week Safer at Home period	Shelby County Health Department	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty	Dec. 21, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCurfew and hours	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-031	Knox County Health Department Order extending Safer at HomeSafer at Home Extension Order (April 26-30, 2020)	Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Public Health Officer	Knox County, TennesseeCounty	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-035	Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-3COVID-19 Bar Closure Regulation (Limited Service Restaurants closed)	Knox County Board of Health	Knox County, TennesseeCounty	July 29, 2020	2020 Q3	Business closureAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. TN-013	Executive Order No. 30An Order Allowing Tennesseans to Return to Work Safely While Encouraging Continued Adherence to Health Guidelines to Limit the Spread of…	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Apr. 28, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-001	Amended and Restated Order 1 from the Chief Medical DirectorAmended and Restated Order 1 (bars and restaurants: no on-premises consumption)	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Metro Public Health Department	Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee (Metropolitan Government)County	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TN-018	The Local Spot, Inc. v. Lee, No. 3:20-cv-00421, Doc. 59 (M.D. Tenn. July 14, 2020) (order refusing temporary restraining order)Order on Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (bars and restaurants v. Governor Lee, Mayor Cooper and Chief Medical Director…	United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Richardson, J.)	Tennessee (Middle District of Tennessee; Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County)Court	July 14, 2020	2020 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-002	Order 3 from the Chief Medical Director: Safer at Home OrderSafer at Home Order (closure of businesses not performing essential services; gatherings of more than ten prohibited)	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Metro Public Health Department	Nashville and Davidson County, TennesseeCounty	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. TN-018	Executive Order No. 38An Order Expanding the Number of Tennesseans Who May Return to Work Safely While Urging Continued Adherence to Health and Social Distancing…	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	May 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TN-001	Tenn. Code Ann. sec. 68-1-201Power to quarantine	Tennessee General Assembly (codified statute); administered by the Commissioner of Health	TennesseeState	May 26, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-053	Civil Emergency Proclamation and Executive Order No. 13-2020Amending the Safer at Home Order: Back to Business Phase 1 (supersedes Executive Order No. 12-2020)	Mayor Jim Strickland	City of Memphis, TennesseeCity	May 5, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. TN-027	Executive Order No. 70An Order to Reduce the Spread of COVID-19 and Preserve Health Care Capacity by Limiting Gatherings and Spectator Events and Urging Working…	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Dec. 20, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-003	First Extension of Amended and Restated Order 3 from the Chief Medical Director, Safer at Home OrderFirst Extension of Amended and Restated Order 3 (Safer at Home extended to May 1, 2020)	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	Nashville and Davidson County, TennesseeCounty	Apr. 21, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-004	Amendment and Second Extension of Amended and Restated Order 3 from the Chief Medical DirectorAmendment and Second Extension of Order 3 (Safer at Home extended beyond May 1, 2020)	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	Nashville and Davidson County, TennesseeCounty	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-006	Order 5 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase One ReopeningOrder 5 (Phase One: gatherings above ten prohibited; hospitality, educational, sports and entertainment venues remain closed)	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	Nashville and Davidson County, TennesseeCounty	May 8, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-010	Order 9 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Two with Modifications: ReopeningOrder 9 (Phase Three paused; hybrid Phase Two; bars closed; restaurant and gathering limits)	Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health	Nashville and Davidson County, TennesseeCounty	July 2, 2020	2020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read

Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., Health Officer), Shelby County Health Directive No. 6 (with Health Directives Nos. 3, 4 and 5, April-June 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-060)
Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, DNP, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer), Shelby County Health Directive No. 7 (June 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-061)
Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, DNP, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer), Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 16: Formal Issuance of Safer at Home (Dec. 21, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-071)
Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter, State of Tennessee, Tenn. Att'y Gen. Op. No. 21-15 (May 26, 2021) (Ex. DUT-TN-016)
Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Public Health Officer and Health Director, Knox County Health Department, Knox County Health Department Safer at Home Order (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-030)
Tennessee General Assembly (codified statute); exercised by county health officers, Tenn. Code Ann. sec. 68-2-609 (standing) (Ex. DUT-TN-003)
Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Health Director and Health Officer, Knox County Health Department Order adopting Executive Orders 30 and 31 and the Knox County phased reopening (May 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-032)
Tennessee General Assembly (codified statute); administered by local (municipal and county) health authorities and the Commissioner of Health, Tenn. Code Ann. sec. 68-5-104 (standing) (Ex. DUT-TN-002)
Tennessee Department of Health, Division of General Environmental Health, Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. ch. 1200-23-01 (Food Service Establishment), Rules.01(20),.02(7)(a) and.03(3)(b) (standing) (Ex. DUT-TN-013)
Tennessee Department of Health, Communicable and Environmental Disease Services, Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. ch. 1200-14-01 (Communicable and Environmental Diseases), Rules.15,.25,.26 and.27 (standing) (Ex. DUT-TN-005)
Shelby County Health Department, Summary of Safer at Home Health Directive No. 16 and Face Mask Directive No. 4 (Dec. 21, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-074)
Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Public Health Officer, Knox County Health Department Order extending Safer at Home (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-031)
Knox County Board of Health, Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-3 (July 29, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-035)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 30 (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. TN-013)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Metro Public Health Department, Amended and Restated Order 1 from the Chief Medical Director (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-001)
United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Richardson, J.), The Local Spot, Inc. v. Lee, No. 3:20-cv-00421, Doc. 59 (M.D. Tenn. July 14, 2020) (order refusing temporary restraining order) (Ex. DUT-TN-018)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Metro Public Health Department, Order 3 from the Chief Medical Director: Safer at Home Order (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-002)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 38 (May 22, 2020) (Ex. TN-018)
Tennessee General Assembly (codified statute); administered by the Commissioner of Health, Tenn. Code Ann. sec. 68-1-201 (standing) (Ex. DUT-TN-001)
Mayor Jim Strickland, Civil Emergency Proclamation and Executive Order No. 13-2020 (May 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-053)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 70 (Dec. 20, 2020) (Ex. TN-027)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, First Extension of Amended and Restated Order 3 from the Chief Medical Director, Safer at Home Order (Apr. 21, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-003)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Amendment and Second Extension of Amended and Restated Order 3 from the Chief Medical Director (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-004)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Order 5 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase One Reopening (May 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-006)
Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Order 9 from the Chief Medical Director: Phase Two with Modifications: Reopening (July 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-010)

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