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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DE-001	Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health ThreatDeclaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-021	Order Declaring a Judicial EmergencyDeclaration of a statewide judicial emergency effective 8:00 a.m. March 16, 2020 for 30 days; trial courts authorized to continue all trials…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (Chief Justice; statewide)Court	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-DE-003	20 Del. C. §§ 3131-3147 (Public Health Emergencies: definitions; isolation and quarantine; vaccination and treatment; rules and regulations; liability)Delaware Code, Title 20, Chapter 31, Subchapter V: Public Health Emergencies	Delaware General Assembly (codified statute; enacted by 73 Del. Laws, c. 355 (2002))	DelawareState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-DE-010	Division of Small Business, COVID-19 posters for businesses (required signage pack: face covering, social distancing, hand hygiene)DSB COVID-19 Posters (business signage required by the Phase 1 and Phase 2 Responsibilities of all Businesses)	Delaware Division of Small Business	DelawareState	May 31, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DE-029	Twenty-Fifth Modification of the Declaration of a State of EmergencyTwenty-Fifth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (school reopening under DDOE instructions; notification of positive…	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	Aug. 26, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DE-030	Twenty-Sixth Modification of the Declaration of a State of EmergencyTwenty-Sixth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (youth and amateur adult sports: DPH-approved plans; tournaments barred…	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	Sept. 1, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-DE-001	20 Del. C. §§ 3115-3117 (General authority of the Governor; Powers; Activation of emergency or disaster response)Delaware Code, Title 20, Chapter 31, Subchapter III: The Governor and Emergency Management	Delaware General Assembly (codified statute)	DelawareState	Feb. 21, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureCurfew and hoursStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DE-038	Twenty-Ninth Modification of the Declaration of a State of EmergencyTwenty-Ninth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (all active restrictions combined; general face-covering and distancing…	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	May 18, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-029	Release: Delaware Courts move to Phase 3 of reopening plan, restart jury trials June 1; Chief Justice extends judicial emergency to July 2, 2021Release announcing the fifteenth 30-day extension, the June 1, 2021 return to Phase 3 with jury trials, the continued courthouse mask…	Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz	Delaware Judiciary (statewide)Court	May 26, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-060	Administrative Order No. 21 (extension of the judicial emergency effective June 3, 2021; Phase 3 from June 1, 2021)Fifteenth 30-day extension; Phase 3 (jury trials) from June 1, 2021; staffing to 100 percent from July 6, 2021; audiovisual proceedings…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	May 26, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DE-053	Sixteenth Extension of the Declaration of a State of EmergencySixteenth Extension of the Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	June 13, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. DE-039	First Revision of the Twenty-Ninth Modification of the Declaration of a State of EmergencyFirst Revision of the Twenty-Ninth Modification (face coverings in child care homes and centers, schools and State facilities restated)	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	June 15, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-040	Release: Delaware Courts to lift judicial emergency on July 13, 2021 and lift mask mandate for the fully vaccinated on July 1, 2021Release announcing the sixteenth and final extension (to July 13, 2021), the end of the mask mandate for fully vaccinated persons on July 1…	Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz	Delaware Judiciary (statewide)Court	June 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-061	Administrative Order No. 22 (extension of the judicial emergency until 8:00 a.m. July 13, 2021)Sixteenth and final extension: judicial emergency continued to 8:00 a.m. July 13, 2021; audiovisual proceedings and tolling of the Speedy…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	June 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. DE-041	Declaration of a Public Health Emergency for the State of DelawareDeclaration of a Public Health Emergency (vaccination, treatment and testing powers; insurer prior-authorization waiver; long-term-care…	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	July 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care ordersVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read
Ex. DE-040	Termination of State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health ThreatTermination of State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	July 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. DE-042	Extension of Declaration of a Public Health Emergency (First Extension)Extension of Declaration of a Public Health Emergency for the State of Delaware	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	Aug. 10, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. DE-066	Emergency Order amending 14 DE Admin. Code 934, DELACARE: Regulations for Family and Large Family Child Care Homes, § 5.3DDOE Emergency Order: masks required of children kindergarten through twelfth grade, staff, family members and visitors inside family and…	Susan S. Bunting, Ed.D., Secretary of Education, Department of Education (Office of Child Care Licensing)	DelawareSector regulator	Aug. 13, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-041	Release: Delaware Courts to restore mask mandate on Monday, August 16, 2021 to combat the COVID-19 Delta variant; Chief Justice also orders mandatory weekly COVID testing for all unvaccinated court employeesRelease announcing universal masking in all State court facilities from Aug. 16, 2021 and weekly testing of unvaccinated judicial employees…	Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz ('as administrative head of all state courts')	Delaware Judiciary (statewide)Court	Aug. 11, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-062	Administrative Order of August 11, 2021 (universal masking in judicial facilities; weekly testing of unvaccinated judicial officers and employees)Q3 2021 Delta-wave order: face masks for all persons entering any judicial facility regardless of vaccination status from Aug. 16, 2021…	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court	Aug. 11, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. DE-044	Emergency Secretary's Order amending 16 Del. Admin. C. § 4202, Control of Communicable and Other Disease Conditions, § 7.7 (COVID-19 Mitigation and Prevention)DHSS Emergency Secretary's Order: universal mask use in K-12 schools; masks in State congregate settings (repealing and replacing the Aug.…	Molly K. Magarik, Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services	DelawareSector regulator	Aug. 13, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. DE-045	Emergency Order amending 14 DE Admin. Code 933, DELACARE: Regulations for Early Care and Education and School-Age Centers, § 5.3DDOE Emergency Order: masks required of children kindergarten through twelfth grade, staff, family members and visitors inside child care…	Susan S. Bunting, Ed.D., Secretary of Education, Department of Education (Office of Child Care Licensing)	DelawareSector regulator	Aug. 13, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-B-145	Executive Order of August 10, 2021 requiring masks indoors in public and private schools, effective August 16, 2021Delaware school mask requirement for 2021-22 (K-12 public and private; child care)	Governor John Carney	DelawareState	Aug. 10, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-067	Emergency Secretary's Order amending 16 Del. Admin. Code 4202 (Control of Communicable and Other Disease Conditions), adding section 7.7 (COVID-19 Mitigation and Prevention; 7.7.1 Schools) and section 12 (severability)Emergency Order: 16 Del. Admin. Code 4202, section 7.7 (universal indoor masking in K-12 schools)	Secretary, Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (Molly Magarik), with the Division of Public Health	DelawareSector regulator	Aug. 13, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-068	Emergency Orders adding mask requirements to 14 Del. Admin. Code 933 (Early Care and Education and School-Age Centers), 934 (Family and Large Family Child Care Homes), 938 (Youth Camps, new section 5.3), 815 and 105 (published 25 Del. Reg. 227-244, Sept. 1, 2021)OCCL emergency mask orders for child care and youth camps	Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing	DelawareSector regulator	Aug. 13, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source

Governor John C. Carney, Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. DE-001)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-021)
Delaware General Assembly (codified statute; enacted by 73 Del. Laws, c. 355 (2002)), 20 Del. C. §§ 3131-3147 (Public Health Emergencies: definitions; isolation and quarantine; vaccination and treatment; rules and regulations; liability) (standing) (Ex. DUT-DE-003)
Delaware Division of Small Business, Division of Small Business, COVID-19 posters for businesses (required signage pack: face covering, social distancing, hand hygiene) (May 31, 2020) (Ex. DUT-DE-010)
Governor John C. Carney, Twenty-Fifth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (Aug. 26, 2020) (Ex. DE-029)
Governor John C. Carney, Twenty-Sixth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (Sept. 1, 2020) (Ex. DE-030)
Delaware General Assembly (codified statute), 20 Del. C. §§ 3115-3117 (General authority of the Governor; Powers; Activation of emergency or disaster response) (standing) (Ex. DUT-DE-001)
Governor John C. Carney, Twenty-Ninth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (May 18, 2021) (Ex. DE-038)
Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz, Release: Delaware Courts move to Phase 3 of reopening plan, restart jury trials June 1; Chief Justice extends judicial emergency to July 2, 2021 (May 26, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-029)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 21 (extension of the judicial emergency effective June 3, 2021; Phase 3 from June 1, 2021) (May 26, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-060)
Governor John C. Carney, Sixteenth Extension of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (June 13, 2021) (Ex. DE-053)
Governor John C. Carney, First Revision of the Twenty-Ninth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (June 15, 2021) (Ex. DE-039)
Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz, Release: Delaware Courts to lift judicial emergency on July 13, 2021 and lift mask mandate for the fully vaccinated on July 1, 2021 (June 29, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-040)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 22 (extension of the judicial emergency until 8:00 a.m. July 13, 2021) (June 29, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-061)
Governor John C. Carney, Declaration of a Public Health Emergency for the State of Delaware (July 12, 2021) (Ex. DE-041)
Governor John C. Carney, Termination of State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat (July 12, 2021) (Ex. DE-040)
Governor John C. Carney, Extension of Declaration of a Public Health Emergency (First Extension) (Aug. 10, 2021) (Ex. DE-042)
Susan S. Bunting, Ed.D., Secretary of Education, Department of Education (Office of Child Care Licensing), Emergency Order amending 14 DE Admin. Code 934, DELACARE: Regulations for Family and Large Family Child Care Homes, § 5.3 (Aug. 13, 2021) (Ex. DE-066)
Delaware Judiciary, for Chief Justice Seitz ('as administrative head of all state courts'), Release: Delaware Courts to restore mask mandate on Monday, August 16, 2021 to combat the COVID-19 Delta variant; Chief Justice also orders mandatory weekly COVID testing for all unvaccinated court employees (Aug. 11, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-041)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order of August 11, 2021 (universal masking in judicial facilities; weekly testing of unvaccinated judicial officers and employees) (Aug. 11, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-062)
Molly K. Magarik, Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services, Emergency Secretary's Order amending 16 Del. Admin. C. § 4202, Control of Communicable and Other Disease Conditions, § 7.7 (COVID-19 Mitigation and Prevention) (Aug. 13, 2021) (Ex. DE-044)
Susan S. Bunting, Ed.D., Secretary of Education, Department of Education (Office of Child Care Licensing), Emergency Order amending 14 DE Admin. Code 933, DELACARE: Regulations for Early Care and Education and School-Age Centers, § 5.3 (Aug. 13, 2021) (Ex. DE-045)
Governor John Carney, Executive Order of August 10, 2021 requiring masks indoors in public and private schools, effective August 16, 2021 (Aug. 10, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-145)
Secretary, Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (Molly Magarik), with the Division of Public Health, Emergency Secretary's Order amending 16 Del. Admin. Code 4202 (Control of Communicable and Other Disease Conditions), adding section 7.7 (COVID-19 Mitigation and Prevention; 7.7.1 Schools) and section 12 (severability) (Aug. 13, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-067)
Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing, Emergency Orders adding mask requirements to 14 Del. Admin. Code 933 (Early Care and Education and School-Age Centers), 934 (Family and Large Family Child Care Homes), 938 (Youth Camps, new section 5.3), 815 and 105 (published 25 Del. Reg. 227-244, Sept. 1, 2021) (Aug. 13, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-068)

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