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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-076	Supreme Judicial Court Order in re COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic regarding access to state courthouses and court facilities (OE-144)Persons diagnosed with, exposed to or symptomatic of coronavirus, persons asked to self-quarantine, and persons who had travelled to China…	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)Court	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-007	City of Boston announcement of Mar. 15, 2020: public health emergency declared; Boston Public Schools closure from Mar. 17; Licensing Board restrictions on restaurants, bars and clubsPublic health emergency declared, details for BPS, restrictions for restaurants, bars, clubs (boston.gov, March 15, 2020)	Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Licensing Board for the City of Boston; Boston Public Schools	City of Boston, MassachusettsCity	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationCapacity limitSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MA-004	COVID-19 Order No. 3Order Temporarily Closing All Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-054	MBTA schedule revisions effective Mar. 17, 2020 (reduced subway, bus, Commuter Rail and ferry service under the COVID-19 emergency)MBTA Announces Schedule Revisions to Take Effect Tuesday, March 17	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (General Manager Steve Poftak)	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (Massachusetts; division of MassDOT)State	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantineOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-098	MBTA notice, 'MBTA Announces Schedule Revisions to Take Effect Tuesday, March 17' (Mar. 16, 2020)MBTA reduced service schedule effective March 17, 2020 ('Reductions in service support slowing spread of COVID-19, protect MBTA workforce…	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority	Massachusetts (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority)State	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineOther	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-B-127	COVID-19 Order No. 6 (Mar. 15, 2020), Order Temporarily Closing All Public and Private Elementary and Secondary SchoolsTemporary closure of all public and private elementary and secondary schools, March 17 - April 6, 2020	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-090	MBTA schedule revisions: all services on a reduced schedule effective March 17, 2020 until further noticeMBTA Announces Schedule Revisions to Take Effect Tuesday, March 17 (posted March 16, 2020)	MBTA (General Manager Steve Poftak)	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (Boston metropolitan transit)Sector regulator	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineOther	Primary source read
Ex. MA-006	COVID-19 Order No. 10Order Temporarily Closing All Child Care Programs and Authorizing the Temporary Creation and Operation of Emergency Child Care Programs	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-080	Emergency Order of the Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health directing all individuals to stay at their place of residence, directing all businesses to cease non-essential operations at physical locations, prohibiting all non-essential gatherings and ordering cessation of all non-essential travelEmergency Order of the Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health, Effective March 23, 2020 at 5:00 PM	Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health	Town of Provincetown (Barnstable County), MassachusettsCity	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-091	MBTA notice: MBTA discourages all non-essential travelMBTA Discourages All Non-Essential Travel (posted March 23, 2020)	MBTA	Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthoritySector regulator	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MA-008	COVID-19 Order No. 13Order Assuring Continued Operation of Essential Services in the Commonwealth, Closing Certain Workplaces, and Prohibiting Gatherings of More…	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-110	City of Chelsea page 'Closures, Businesses, and Public Gathering Restrictions' (April 2020), including the Chelsea Emergency Order delivered to Market Basket, Compare and other large retailersClosures, Businesses, and Public Gathering Restrictions (chelseama.gov, captured April 17, 2020)	City of Chelsea (City Manager; Board of Health)	City of Chelsea (Suffolk County), MassachusettsCity	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-055	MBTA service revisions of Mar. 23-25, 2020: Commuter Rail Reduced Service Schedule modified; all non-essential travel discouragedMBTA Discourages All Non-Essential Travel (targeted adjustments to Commuter Rail capacity effective Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2020)	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (General Manager Steve Poftak)	Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineOther	Primary source read
Ex. MA-010	COVID-19 Order No. 15Order Extending the Closure of Non-Emergency Child Care Programs (to May 4, 2020)	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MA-011	COVID-19 Order No. 16Order Extending the Temporary Closure of All Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-122	Supplemental Emergency Order (Emergency Order No. 3 supplement) reaffirming the construction and commercial landscaping suspension (Emergency Order No. 1, Mar. 20, 2020) and the stay-at-home order (Emergency Order No. 3, Mar. 22, 2020)Supplemental Emergency Order, March 30, 2020	Town of Nantucket (Select Board and Board of Health)	Town and County of Nantucket, MassachusettsCity	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. MA-012	COVID-19 Order No. 21Order Extending the Closing of Certain Workplaces and the Prohibition on Gatherings of More Than 10 People (Extending the Operation of…	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 31, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-056	MBTA service revision effective Monday, Apr. 6, 2020 (Saturday-level bus schedules; modified subway and Commuter Rail service)MBTA Issues Service Revision Effective Monday, April 6 (updated Apr. 3, 2020)	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority	Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityState	Apr. 2, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineOther	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-B-128	COVID-19 Order of April 21, 2020 extending the closure of schools and non-emergency child care through the end of the school year (reported as Order No. 27 (schools) and No. 28 (child care))Extension of school and child-care closures through the end of the 2019-2020 school year (June 29, 2020 for child care)	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Apr. 21, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MA-013	COVID-19 Order No. 27Order Extending the Closure of Non-Emergency Child Care Programs (to June 29, 2020)	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Apr. 21, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MA-014	COVID-19 Order No. 28Order Extending the Temporary Closure of All Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools (for the remainder of the 2019-20 school…	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Apr. 21, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-057	MBTA face-covering requirement effective May 6, 2020 (Executive Order for face coverings takes effect)Executive Order for Face Coverings Takes Effect Wednesday, May 6	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (implementing the Governor's Order No. 31)State	May 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-092	MBTA face-covering requirement for all customers effective May 6, 2020 (with rear-door boarding and disinfection protocols)Executive Order for Face Coverings Takes Effect Wednesday, May 6 (posted May 5, 2020)	MBTA (implementing COVID-19 Order No. 31)	Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthoritySector regulator	May 5, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. MA-022	COVID-19 Order No. 41Order Authorizing the Reopening of Child Care Programs and Rescinding Eight COVID-19 Orders	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	June 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Schools and child careCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-032	Commission votes of July 2, 2020 (release of July 3, 2020): MGC Votes to Vacate Previous Orders Which Temporarily Suspended Casino and Racing OperationsVacatur of the May 14, 2020 suspension order (casinos) and the May 7, 2020 postponement order (racing), effective July 6, 2020, subject to…	Massachusetts Gaming Commission	Massachusetts Gaming Commission (State gaming and racing regulator)Sector regulator	July 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineEvents and venues	Primary source read

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Supreme Judicial Court Order in re COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic regarding access to state courthouses and court facilities (OE-144) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-076)
Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Licensing Board for the City of Boston; Boston Public Schools, City of Boston announcement of Mar. 15, 2020: public health emergency declared; Boston Public Schools closure from Mar. 17; Licensing Board restrictions on restaurants, bars and clubs (Ex. MET-BOS-007)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 3 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MA-004)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (General Manager Steve Poftak), MBTA schedule revisions effective Mar. 17, 2020 (reduced subway, bus, Commuter Rail and ferry service under the COVID-19 emergency) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-054)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, MBTA notice, 'MBTA Announces Schedule Revisions to Take Effect Tuesday, March 17' (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-098)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 6 (Mar. 15, 2020), Order Temporarily Closing All Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools (Ex. ECO-B-127)
MBTA (General Manager Steve Poftak), MBTA schedule revisions: all services on a reduced schedule effective March 17, 2020 until further notice (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-090)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 10 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. MA-006)
Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health, Emergency Order of the Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health directing all individuals to stay at their place of residence, directing all businesses to cease non-essential operations at physical locations, prohibiting all non-essential gatherings and ordering cessation of all non-essential travel (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-080)
MBTA, MBTA notice: MBTA discourages all non-essential travel (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-091)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 13 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MA-008)
City of Chelsea (City Manager; Board of Health), City of Chelsea page 'Closures, Businesses, and Public Gathering Restrictions' (April 2020), including the Chelsea Emergency Order delivered to Market Basket, Compare and other large retailers (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-110)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (General Manager Steve Poftak), MBTA service revisions of Mar. 23-25, 2020: Commuter Rail Reduced Service Schedule modified; all non-essential travel discouraged (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-055)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 15 (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. MA-010)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 16 (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. MA-011)
Town of Nantucket (Select Board and Board of Health), Supplemental Emergency Order (Emergency Order No. 3 supplement) reaffirming the construction and commercial landscaping suspension (Emergency Order No. 1, Mar. 20, 2020) and the stay-at-home order (Emergency Order No. 3, Mar. 22, 2020) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-122)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 21 (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. MA-012)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, MBTA service revision effective Monday, Apr. 6, 2020 (Saturday-level bus schedules; modified subway and Commuter Rail service) (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-056)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order of April 21, 2020 extending the closure of schools and non-emergency child care through the end of the school year (reported as Order No. 27 (schools) and No. 28 (child care)) (Apr. 21, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-128)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 27 (Apr. 21, 2020) (Ex. MA-013)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 28 (Apr. 21, 2020) (Ex. MA-014)
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, MBTA face-covering requirement effective May 6, 2020 (Executive Order for face coverings takes effect) (May 5, 2020) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-057)
MBTA (implementing COVID-19 Order No. 31), MBTA face-covering requirement for all customers effective May 6, 2020 (with rear-door boarding and disinfection protocols) (May 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-092)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 41 (June 26, 2020) (Ex. MA-022)
Massachusetts Gaming Commission, Commission votes of July 2, 2020 (release of July 3, 2020): MGC Votes to Vacate Previous Orders Which Temporarily Suspended Casino and Racing Operations (Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-032)

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