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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MET-BNA-075	Shelby County Health Order No. 27Health Order No. 27 (effective October 27, 2021 until November 30, 2021; supersedes Health Order No. 26; school masks continue; indoor…	Shelby County Health Department (Bruce Randolph, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer; Michelle Taylor, M.D., Dr.P.H., Health Director)	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty	Oct. 27, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
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. MET-BNA-077	Shelby County Health Department directive requiring universal indoor masking in schools and daycares (August 2021; numbered Health Directive No. 24 in the Department's sequence)School and daycare universal indoor masking order (August 2021)	Shelby County Health Department	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty		2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BNA-078	Shelby County Health Order No. 26Health Order No. 26 (September-October 2021: indoor mask requirements in businesses and schools continued)	Shelby County Health Department	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty		2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BNA-076	Shelby County Health Order No. 25Health Order No. 25 (August 2021: countywide indoor mask requirement reimposed; Executive Order No. 84 treated as an exception for school…	Shelby County Health Department	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty	Aug. 27, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	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. 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-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. 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-023	Amended and Restated Order 8 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Cloth Face Coverings or MasksAmended and Restated Order 8 (face coverings; businesses shall require; K-12 schools shall require)	Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health	Nashville and Davidson County, TennesseeCounty	Apr. 9, 2021	2021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. TN-066	Public Chapter No. 6, Third Extraordinary Session (2021) (SB 9014 / HB 9077)An Act to amend Tennessee Code Annotated... relative to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic (Tenn. Code Ann. Title 14)	Tennessee General Assembly (112th, Third Extraordinary Session), signed by Governor Lee	TennesseeState	Nov. 12, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-084	G.S. v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552-SHL-atc (W.D. Tenn.), Order granting attorney's fees and post-judgment interest (Doc. 148, filed Nov. 7, 2023), reciting the TRO of Sept. 3, 2021 (2021 WL 4057812) and the preliminary injunction of Sept. 17, 2021 (Doc. 62)Fee order reciting the Shelby County school-mask injunction history (TRO September 3, 2021; preliminary injunction September 17, 2021…	Hon. Sheryl H. Lipman, United States District Judge	Shelby County, Tennessee (United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee)Court	Nov. 7, 2023	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. TN-017	Executive Order No. 36An Order Suspending Provisions of Certain Statutes and Rules and Taking Other Necessary Measures in Order to Facilitate the Treatment and…	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	May 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationSchools and child careHealth care ordersCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. TN-068	S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317, Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order (E.D. Tenn. Oct. 12, 2021)Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction: Knox County Board of Education ordered to enforce a mask mandate…	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (Greer, J.)	Tennessee (Knox County)Court	Oct. 12, 2021		Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-080	S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 48, filed Oct. 12, 2021; original Memorandum Opinion and Order, Doc. 35, Sept. 24, 2021)Preliminary injunction: Knox County Board of Education ordered to enforce a mask mandate with immediate effect; Governor Lee enjoined from…	Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge	Knox County, Tennessee (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee)Court	Oct. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-105	Executive Order No. 22An Order Directing Tennesseans to Stay Home Unless Engaging in Essential Activities to Limit Their Exposure to and Spread of COVID-19	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. TN-008	Executive Order No. 23An Order Amending Executive Order No. 22, Requiring Tennesseans to Stay Home Unless Engaging in Essential Activity or Essential Services	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Apr. 2, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. TN-007	Executive Order No. 22An Order Directing Tennesseans to Stay Home Unless Engaging in Essential Activities to Limit Their Exposure to and Spread of COVID-19…	Governor Bill Lee	TennesseeState	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. TN-076	Safer at Home Declaration (Sumner County)Safer at Home Declaration from the Sumner County Mayor	Sumner County Mayor Anthony Holt	Sumner County, Tennessee (Gallatin, Hendersonville)County	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. TN-086	G.S. ex rel. Schwaigert v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552, 2021 WL 4057812 (W.D. Tenn. Sept. 3, 2021) (temporary restraining order)Temporary restraining order enjoining enforcement of Executive Order No. 84 in Shelby County	United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (Lipman, J.)	Tennessee (Shelby County)Court	Sept. 3, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source

Shelby County Health Department (Bruce Randolph, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer; Michelle Taylor, M.D., Dr.P.H., Health Director), Shelby County Health Order No. 27 (Oct. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-075)
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)
Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Department directive requiring universal indoor masking in schools and daycares (August 2021; numbered Health Directive No. 24 in the Department's sequence) (Ex. MET-BNA-077)
Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Order No. 26 (Ex. MET-BNA-078)
Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Order No. 25 (Aug. 27, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-076)
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)
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)
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)
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. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health, Amended and Restated Order 8 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Cloth Face Coverings or Masks (Apr. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-023)
Tennessee General Assembly (112th, Third Extraordinary Session), signed by Governor Lee, Public Chapter No. 6, Third Extraordinary Session (2021) (SB 9014 / HB 9077) (Nov. 12, 2021) (Ex. TN-066)
Hon. Sheryl H. Lipman, United States District Judge, G.S. v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552-SHL-atc (W.D. Tenn.), Order granting attorney's fees and post-judgment interest (Doc. 148, filed Nov. 7, 2023), reciting the TRO of Sept. 3, 2021 (2021 WL 4057812) and the preliminary injunction of Sept. 17, 2021 (Doc. 62) (Ex. MET-BNA-084)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 36 (May 12, 2020) (Ex. TN-017)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (Greer, J.), S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317, Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order (E.D. Tenn. Oct. 12, 2021) (Ex. TN-068)
Hon. J. Ronnie Greer, United States District Judge, S.B. v. Lee, No. 3:21-cv-00317-JRG-DCP (E.D. Tenn.), Amended Memorandum Opinion and Order granting preliminary injunction (Doc. 48, filed Oct. 12, 2021; original Memorandum Opinion and Order, Doc. 35, Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-080)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 22 (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-105)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 23 (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. TN-008)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 22 (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. TN-007)
Sumner County Mayor Anthony Holt, Safer at Home Declaration (Sumner County) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. TN-076)
United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (Lipman, J.), G.S. ex rel. Schwaigert v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552, 2021 WL 4057812 (W.D. Tenn. Sept. 3, 2021) (temporary restraining order) (Ex. TN-086)

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