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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. NC-001	Executive Order No. 116Declaration of a State of Emergency to Coordinate Response and Protective Actions to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Mar. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-008	Mecklenburg County and City of Charlotte Joint Proclamation of a State of EmergencyJoint Proclamation of a State of Emergency (COVID-19)	George Dunlap, Chair, Board of County Commissioners, and Vi Alexander Lyles, Mayor of Charlotte, with the six town mayors	Mecklenburg County; City of Charlotte; Towns of Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville, Matthews, Mint Hill and PinevilleCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. NC-049	Order of the Chief Justice, 13 March 2020 (Emergency Directives 1 and 2)Order of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina (COVID-19)	Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Supreme Court of North Carolina	North CarolinaCourt	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-020	Order for Prohibiting Mass GatheringsOrder for Prohibiting Mass Gatherings (COVID-19)	Gibbie Harris, MSPH, BSN, Mecklenburg County Health Director	Mecklenburg CountyCounty	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. NC-050	Order of the Chief Justice, 19 March 2020Order of the Chief Justice (extension of filing deadlines and time computations)	Chief Justice Cheri Beasley	North CarolinaCourt	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. NC-003	Executive Order No. 118Limiting Operations of Restaurants and Bars and Broadening Unemployment Insurance Benefits in Response to COVID-19	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. NC-067	Order of Abatement of Imminent Hazard (restaurants and bars), March 17, 2020Abatement order requiring restaurants and bars to limit food and beverage sales to carry-out, drive-through and delivery	Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen	North CarolinaSector regulator	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureHealth care ordersAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-047	NCDOT release, Mar. 18, 2020: visitors not allowed on Ocracoke-bound ferries from 5:00 a.m. Mar. 19, 2020 under the Hyde County emergency declaration; visitor reservations cancelled and refunded; only residents, property owners, workers, vendors and service providers may board; county law enforcement at terminals to check identificationHyde County Restricts Visitation to Ocracoke Island Beginning March 19	Hyde County Board of Commissioners (emergency declaration), implemented by the North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division	North Carolina (Hyde County; Ocracoke Island; Swan Quarter-Ocracoke and Cedar Island-Ocracoke ferry routes)County	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. NC-039	Executive Order No. 119Facilitating Critical Motor Vehicle Operations and Delegating Authority to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to…	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Travel and quarantineSchools and child careCourts and public officesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-050	Proclamation of Emergency RestrictionsProclamation of Emergency Restrictions by the Chairman of the Wake County Board of Commissioners	Gregory D. Ford, Chairman, Wake County Board of Commissioners	Wake County, including by consent the City of Raleigh and the Towns of Apex, Cary, Fuquay-Varina, Garner, Holly Springs, Knightdale, Morrisville, Rolesville, Wake Forest, Wendell and Zebulon, and the Wake portions of Durham, Angier and ClaytonCounty	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capHealth care ordersEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. NC-004	Executive Order No. 120Additional Limitations on Mass Gatherings, Restrictions on Venues and Long Term Care Facilities, and Extension of School Closure Date	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-018	Revised Joint Proclamation... Restricting Movement of All Individuals... to Stay at Their Place of Residence (Mecklenburg County Stay at Home Order)Revised Joint Proclamation restricting movement of all individuals to stay at their place of residence except for essential services…	Chair George Dunlap, Mayor Vi Lyles and the six town mayors, in conjunction with the Emergency Management Coordinator and in consultation with the Public Health Director	Mecklenburg County; City of Charlotte; Towns of Matthews, Pineville, Mint Hill, Davidson, Huntersville and CorneliusCounty	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-075	Register of Deeds website notice, 'Effective Until Further Notice': access to the office limited; services by appointment only; attorneys urged to e-record (as archived April 2, 2020)Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds COVID-19 access limitation (appointment only; e-recording)	Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds Fredrick Smith	Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (Register of Deeds)County	Apr. 2, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. NC-051	Order of the Chief Justice, 2 April 2020 (Emergency Directives 1-7)Order of the Chief Justice (Emergency Directives 1 through 7)	Chief Justice Cheri Beasley	North CarolinaCourt	Apr. 2, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-043	Session Law 2020-3 (S.B. 704), COVID-19 Recovery ActAn Act to Provide Aid to North Carolinians in Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Crisis	General Assembly of North Carolina (ratified May 2, 2020); signed by Governor Roy Cooper May 4, 2020	North Carolina (General Assembly; Division of Motor Vehicles; notaries)State	May 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. NC-034	S.L. 2020-3, secs. 2.10, 2.11, 4.7COVID-19 Recovery Act (remote instruction for 2019-20; Remote Instruction Plans for 2020-21; DMV credential deadline extensions)	General Assembly of North Carolina	North CarolinaState	May 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Schools and child careCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-12-054	Session Law 2020-3, Part IV (Emergency Video Notarization)COVID-19 Recovery Act, Part IV: Emergency Video Notarization and Emergency Video Witnessing	General Assembly of North Carolina (S.L. 2020-3; S.B. 704)	North CarolinaState	May 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. NC-010	Executive Order No. 138Easing Restrictions on Travel, Business Operations, and Mass Gatherings: Phase 1	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	May 5, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. NC-011	Executive Order No. 141Easing Restrictions on Travel, Business Operations, and Mass Gatherings: Phase 2	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	May 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. NC-012	Executive Order No. 142Temporary Prohibitions on Evictions and Extending the Prohibition on Utility Shut-Offs	Governor Roy Cooper	North CarolinaState	May 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. NC-052	Order of the Chief Justice, 21 May 2020 (Emergency Directives 9-16)Order of the Chief Justice (Emergency Directives 9 through 16; no jury trials)	Chief Justice Cheri Beasley	North CarolinaCourt	May 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-030	Media release: Orange County Extends Emergency Declaration, Mandates Face CoveringsOrange County Extends Emergency Declaration, Mandates Face Coverings (June 10, 2020)	Orange County (media release quoting Chair Penny Rich and Health Director Quintana Stewart)	Orange County (Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough)County	June 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CLT-011	Amended Joint Proclamation (face coverings)Amended Joint Proclamation of the Chairman and Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners, Mayor of the City of Charlotte and Mayor of the…	Chair George Dunlap; Mayor Vi Lyles; Mayor John Higdon (Matthews), in consultation with the Public Health Director	Mecklenburg County; City of Charlotte; Town of MatthewsCounty	July 7, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. NC-053	Order of the Chief Justice, 16 July 2020 (Emergency Directives 21 and 22)Order Issuing Emergency Directives 21 and 22 (face coverings in court facilities; jury trial resumption plans)	Chief Justice Cheri Beasley	North CarolinaCourt	July 16, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-043	Emergency Proclamation (prohibition of alcohol sales 11 p.m.-7 a.m.)Emergency Proclamation, City of Raleigh, July 20, 2020 - Prohibition of Alcohol Sales	Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin	City of RaleighCity	July 20, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Curfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read

Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 116 (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. NC-001)
George Dunlap, Chair, Board of County Commissioners, and Vi Alexander Lyles, Mayor of Charlotte, with the six town mayors, Mecklenburg County and City of Charlotte Joint Proclamation of a State of Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-008)
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Order of the Chief Justice, 13 March 2020 (Emergency Directives 1 and 2) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. NC-049)
Gibbie Harris, MSPH, BSN, Mecklenburg County Health Director, Order for Prohibiting Mass Gatherings (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-020)
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Order of the Chief Justice, 19 March 2020 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. NC-050)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 118 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. NC-003)
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen, Order of Abatement of Imminent Hazard (restaurants and bars), March 17, 2020 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. NC-067)
Hyde County Board of Commissioners (emergency declaration), implemented by the North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division, NCDOT release, Mar. 18, 2020: visitors not allowed on Ocracoke-bound ferries from 5:00 a.m. Mar. 19, 2020 under the Hyde County emergency declaration; visitor reservations cancelled and refunded; only residents, property owners, workers, vendors and service providers may board; county law enforcement at terminals to check identification (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-047)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 119 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. NC-039)
Gregory D. Ford, Chairman, Wake County Board of Commissioners, Proclamation of Emergency Restrictions (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-050)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 120 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. NC-004)
Chair George Dunlap, Mayor Vi Lyles and the six town mayors, in conjunction with the Emergency Management Coordinator and in consultation with the Public Health Director, Revised Joint Proclamation... Restricting Movement of All Individuals... to Stay at Their Place of Residence (Mecklenburg County Stay at Home Order) (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-018)
Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds Fredrick Smith, Register of Deeds website notice, 'Effective Until Further Notice': access to the office limited; services by appointment only; attorneys urged to e-record (as archived April 2, 2020) (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-075)
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Order of the Chief Justice, 2 April 2020 (Emergency Directives 1-7) (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. NC-051)
General Assembly of North Carolina (ratified May 2, 2020); signed by Governor Roy Cooper May 4, 2020, Session Law 2020-3 (S.B. 704), COVID-19 Recovery Act (May 4, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-043)
General Assembly of North Carolina, S.L. 2020-3, secs. 2.10, 2.11, 4.7 (May 4, 2020) (Ex. NC-034)
General Assembly of North Carolina (S.L. 2020-3; S.B. 704), Session Law 2020-3, Part IV (Emergency Video Notarization) (May 4, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-054)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 138 (May 5, 2020) (Ex. NC-010)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 141 (May 20, 2020) (Ex. NC-011)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 142 (May 30, 2020) (Ex. NC-012)
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Order of the Chief Justice, 21 May 2020 (Emergency Directives 9-16) (May 21, 2020) (Ex. NC-052)
Orange County (media release quoting Chair Penny Rich and Health Director Quintana Stewart), Media release: Orange County Extends Emergency Declaration, Mandates Face Coverings (June 10, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-030)
Chair George Dunlap; Mayor Vi Lyles; Mayor John Higdon (Matthews), in consultation with the Public Health Director, Amended Joint Proclamation (face coverings) (July 7, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-011)
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Order of the Chief Justice, 16 July 2020 (Emergency Directives 21 and 22) (July 16, 2020) (Ex. NC-053)
Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin, Emergency Proclamation (prohibition of alcohol sales 11 p.m.-7 a.m.) (July 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-043)

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