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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-MN-010	Minn. R. 5206.0600 (Employee Right-to-Know: Infectious Agents)Employee Right-to-Know Standard, Infectious Agents: employers' duty to evaluate the workplace for recognized infectious agents and to train…	Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (MNOSHA), Employee Right-to-Know standard under Minn. Stat. § 182.653, subds. 4a-4e, and § 182.655	MinnesotaState	Jan. 18, 2014	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-011	Minn. R. 4626.0045 (Food Code § 2-201.12, Exclusions and Restrictions)Minnesota Food Code: the person in charge shall exclude or restrict ill food employees	Minnesota Department of Health (Minnesota Food Code, Minn. R. ch. 4626, under Minn. Stat. §§ 31.101, 31.11, 144.05, 144.07, 144.08, 144.12, 157.011)	MinnesotaState	Jan. 2, 2019	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-012	Minn. R. 4626.1795 (Food Code § 8-404.11, Ceasing Operations and Emergency Reporting)Minnesota Food Code: licensee shall immediately discontinue operations on an imminent health hazard	Minnesota Department of Health (Minnesota Food Code, Minn. R. ch. 4626)	MinnesotaState	Jan. 2, 2019	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-021	Emergency Executive Orders compendium (City page)City of Saint Paul Emergency Executive Orders 2020-1 through 2022-18 and the emergency declaration continuations (full text as published by…	Mayor Melvin Carter III (Office of the Mayor; Saint Paul Emergency Management)	City of Saint Paul, MinnesotaCity	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-020	DLI, 'MNOSHA Compliance: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)' web page (captures Mar. 18, 2020; June 21, 2020; Oct. 22, 2020)MNOSHA Compliance: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)	Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, MNOSHA Compliance	MinnesotaState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-MN-014	MNOSHA, Safety and health guidelines for the employers and employees of essential work operations (COVID-19), as posted by April 6, 2020Safety and health guidelines for the employers and employees of essential work operations	Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, Minnesota OSHA (MNOSHA)	MinnesotaState	Apr. 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-008	Emergency Regulation No. 2020-11Operational conditions on Licensed Congregate Health Care Facilities (limited entry, communal dining suspended, cohorting, staff face…	Mayor Jacob Frey	City of MinneapolisCity	Apr. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MN-020	Emergency Executive Order 20-54, Protecting Workers from Unsafe Working Conditions and Retaliation During the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency (May 13, 2020)Protecting Workers from Unsafe Working Conditions and Retaliation During the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	May 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Workplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-055	Administrative Order Pertaining to Face Masks or Face Coverings in District Court Courtrooms During COVID-19 EmergencyOrder re face coverings in courtrooms	Hennepin County District Court, Fourth Judicial District	Hennepin County (Fourth Judicial District)Court	May 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-009	Emergency Regulation No. 2020-12Face coverings required in indoor spaces of public accommodation; employers to require employee face coverings	Mayor Jacob Frey	City of MinneapolisCity	May 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-027	Emergency Executive Order 2020-09Face coverings required at City-controlled property and at all businesses licensed by the City of Saint Paul	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City of Saint PaulCity	May 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-013	COVID-19 Preparedness Plan Requirements Guidance, General (all businesses), updated July 29, 2020COVID-19 Preparedness Plan Requirements: Guidance, General (minimum protections and protocols for all businesses)	Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry with the Department of Health and the Department of Employment and Economic Development (the 'Plan Guidance' the executive orders incorporate)	MinnesotaState	July 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyTelework mandateFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-029	Emergency Executive Order 2020-18Extending Emergency Executive Orders 2020-9 (face coverings) and 2020-10 (outdoor uses) without amendment	Mayor Melvin Carter III	City of Saint PaulCity	July 6, 2020	2020 Q3	Face-covering requirementOther	Primary source read
Ex. MN-048	Order Requiring Face Coverings at Court Facilities, No. ADM20-8001 (Minn. filed July 7, 2020)Order Requiring Face Coverings at Court Facilities	Minnesota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea	MinnesotaCourt	July 7, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MN-027	Emergency Executive Order 20-81, Requiring Minnesotans to Wear a Face Covering in Certain Settings to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 (July 22, 2020)Requiring Minnesotans to Wear a Face Covering in Certain Settings to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	July 22, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-019	MDH, 'Face Covering Requirements and Recommendations under Executive Order 20-81' (web page, first captured July 23, 2020; updated through 2021)Face Covering Requirements and Recommendations under Executive Order 20-81	Minnesota Department of Health	MinnesotaState	July 23, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-MSP-061	Metro Transit's response to coronavirus (COVID-19), last update July 30, 2020Face coverings required for all customers; no more than 10 riders on a 40-foot bus or 15 on a 60-foot bus; Next Bus Please; front-door…	Metro Transit (Metropolitan Council)	Twin Cities metropolitan areaSector regulator	July 30, 2020	2020 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-021	Emergency Executive Order 20-82 (Safe Learning Plan for the 2020-21 school year)Implementing a Safe Learning Plan for the 2020-21 School Year	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	July 30, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-MSP-060	Metropolitan Council's response to COVID-19 (page as of Aug. 11, 2020)Council facilities closed to walk-in traffic; staff remote; Metro Mobility and Transit Link for essential needs only with face coverings…	Metropolitan Council	Twin Cities metropolitan areaSector regulator	Aug. 11, 2020	2020 Q3	Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. MN-029	Emergency Executive Order 20-85Authorizing and Directing Higher Education Institutions to Provide Safe and Effective Learning Environments to their Students	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	Aug. 26, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-MSP-057	Hennepin County District Court COVID-19 Information page (Sept. 19, 2020 capture)COVID-19 Information: courthouse entry requirements (face covering, six-foot distancing), remote hearings, list of Fourth District COVID-19…	Hennepin County District Court, Fourth Judicial District (Minnesota Judicial Branch page)	Hennepin County (Fourth Judicial District)Court	Sept. 19, 2020	2020 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-009	Minn. R. 5205.0010 (current text, published October 30, 2025)Adoption of Federal Occupational Safety and Health Standards by Reference (29 C.F.R. parts 1904, 1910 and others, with the listed Federal…	Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (MNOSHA), by rule under Minn. Stat. § 182.655	MinnesotaState	Oct. 30, 2025	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-001	Minn. Stat. § 144.12, subd. 1 (2020)Regulation, Enforcement, Licenses, Fees: Commissioner of Health's power to control communicable disease, disinfection and quarantine of…	Minnesota Legislature (codified; administered by the Commissioner of Health)	MinnesotaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-002	Minn. Stat. § 144.419 (2020)Isolation and Quarantine of Persons	Minnesota Legislature (Laws 2002, ch. 402, the Minnesota Emergency Health Powers Act, as amended; administered by the Commissioner of Health)	MinnesotaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MN-003	Minn. Stat. § 144.4196 (2020)Employee Protection (isolation and quarantine)	Minnesota Legislature (Laws 2005, ch. 149, § 5; Laws 2018, ch. 167, §§ 2-3)	MinnesotaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read

Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (MNOSHA), Employee Right-to-Know standard under Minn. Stat. § 182.653, subds. 4a-4e, and § 182.655, Minn. R. 5206.0600 (Employee Right-to-Know: Infectious Agents) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MN-010)
Minnesota Department of Health (Minnesota Food Code, Minn. R. ch. 4626, under Minn. Stat. §§ 31.101, 31.11, 144.05, 144.07, 144.08, 144.12, 157.011), Minn. R. 4626.0045 (Food Code § 2-201.12, Exclusions and Restrictions) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MN-011)
Minnesota Department of Health (Minnesota Food Code, Minn. R. ch. 4626), Minn. R. 4626.1795 (Food Code § 8-404.11, Ceasing Operations and Emergency Reporting) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MN-012)
Mayor Melvin Carter III (Office of the Mayor; Saint Paul Emergency Management), Emergency Executive Orders compendium (City page) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSP-021)
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, MNOSHA Compliance, DLI, 'MNOSHA Compliance: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)' web page (captures Mar. 18, 2020; June 21, 2020; Oct. 22, 2020) (Ex. DUT-MN-020)
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, Minnesota OSHA (MNOSHA), MNOSHA, Safety and health guidelines for the employers and employees of essential work operations (COVID-19), as posted by April 6, 2020 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MN-014)
Mayor Jacob Frey, Emergency Regulation No. 2020-11 (Apr. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSP-008)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-54, Protecting Workers from Unsafe Working Conditions and Retaliation During the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency (May 13, 2020) (Ex. MN-020)
Hennepin County District Court, Fourth Judicial District, Administrative Order Pertaining to Face Masks or Face Coverings in District Court Courtrooms During COVID-19 Emergency (May 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSP-055)
Mayor Jacob Frey, Emergency Regulation No. 2020-12 (May 21, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSP-009)
Mayor Melvin Carter III, Emergency Executive Order 2020-09 (May 27, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSP-027)
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry with the Department of Health and the Department of Employment and Economic Development (the 'Plan Guidance' the executive orders incorporate), COVID-19 Preparedness Plan Requirements Guidance, General (all businesses), updated July 29, 2020 (Ex. DUT-MN-013)
Mayor Melvin Carter III, Emergency Executive Order 2020-18 (July 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSP-029)
Minnesota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea, Order Requiring Face Coverings at Court Facilities, No. ADM20-8001 (Minn. filed July 7, 2020) (Ex. MN-048)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-81, Requiring Minnesotans to Wear a Face Covering in Certain Settings to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 (July 22, 2020) (Ex. MN-027)
Minnesota Department of Health, MDH, 'Face Covering Requirements and Recommendations under Executive Order 20-81' (web page, first captured July 23, 2020; updated through 2021) (Ex. DUT-MN-019)
Metro Transit (Metropolitan Council), Metro Transit's response to coronavirus (COVID-19), last update July 30, 2020 (Ex. MET-MSP-061)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-82 (Safe Learning Plan for the 2020-21 school year) (July 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-021)
Metropolitan Council, Metropolitan Council's response to COVID-19 (page as of Aug. 11, 2020) (Ex. MET-MSP-060)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-85 (Aug. 26, 2020) (Ex. MN-029)
Hennepin County District Court, Fourth Judicial District (Minnesota Judicial Branch page), Hennepin County District Court COVID-19 Information page (Sept. 19, 2020 capture) (Ex. MET-MSP-057)
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (MNOSHA), by rule under Minn. Stat. § 182.655, Minn. R. 5205.0010 (current text, published October 30, 2025) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MN-009)
Minnesota Legislature (codified; administered by the Commissioner of Health), Minn. Stat. § 144.12, subd. 1 (2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MN-001)
Minnesota Legislature (Laws 2002, ch. 402, the Minnesota Emergency Health Powers Act, as amended; administered by the Commissioner of Health), Minn. Stat. § 144.419 (2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MN-002)
Minnesota Legislature (Laws 2005, ch. 149, § 5; Laws 2018, ch. 167, §§ 2-3), Minn. Stat. § 144.4196 (2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MN-003)

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