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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-013	PA DOC COVID-19 page (as archived Mar. 21, 2020), with the Mar. 13, 2020 release 'Department of Corrections Cancels Visits Statewide, Begins Enhanced Screenings of ALL Employees'All visitation suspended effective Mar. 13, 2020; enhanced screening of every person entering a facility; inmates with flu-like symptoms…	Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (Secretary John E. Wetzel)	Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; State levelState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-051	Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission suspension of cash toll collection statewide effective 8 p.m., Mar. 16, 2020 (temporary safety measure; converted to permanent all-electronic tolling in June 2020)PA Turnpike Temporarily Will Not Accept Cash To Safeguard Employee and Traveler Health	Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission	Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (Commonwealth instrumentality; 552-mile toll system)State	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Workplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-100	PennDOT 'Coronavirus Statewide' operations page, updated 10:00 a.m. Mar. 30, 2020: all Driver License and Photo License Centers closed from close of business Mar. 16, 2020 until further notice; driver licenses, photo IDs, learner's permits, CDLs, registrations, safety and emissions inspections and disability placards expiring Mar. 16-Apr. 30, 2020 extended to May 31, 2020; CDL downgrades for expired medical certificates paused under FMCSA waivers; driver exams through Apr. 3 cancelled; all district and county maintenance offices closed for two weeks; 'construction projects have been suspended in all counties until further notice'; rest areas and welcome centers closed statewide from 12:01 a.m. Mar. 17 with a list of reopened locations; motorcycle training clinics postponed; REAL ID issuance paused; Acting Secretary's order accepting electronic administrative-appeal filingsCoronavirus Statewide - PennDOT operational changes (Driver License Centers closed; expirations extended; maintenance offices closed…	Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Acting Secretary Yassmin Gramian	Pennsylvania (statewide: Driver License and Photo License Centers; district and county maintenance offices; construction projects; rest areas and welcome centers)State	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-014	Emergency Order suspending door-to-door, public-event and in-person sales and marketing of competitive electric and natural gas supply (announced by press release of March 16, 2020)PUC Suspends Door-to-Door, In-Person Marketing Activities for Energy Suppliers During Governor's Proclamation of Disaster Emergency	Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Chairman Gladys Brown Dutrieuille (Emergency Order), Docket No. M-2020-3019254	Pennsylvania (State public utility commission)Sector regulator	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-002	Emergency Order No. 1 (Prohibition on Non-Essential Businesses)Emergency Order Temporarily Prohibiting Operation of Non-Essential Businesses to Prevent the Spread of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH	City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCity	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-043	Township office closed to the public (Mar. 16, 2020); public access to the Township Municipal Building by appointment only from Nov. 16, 2020 (memorandum of Nov. 20, 2020); Township rule requiring all employees to wear face masks in all Township facilities (posted 2021, captured Sept. 20, 2021)Haverford Township building-access and employee mask rules, 2020-2021	Township of Haverford (Township Manager David R. Burman; Board of Commissioners)	Township of Haverford (Havertown), Delaware County, PennsylvaniaCity	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-049	President Judge Administrative Order No. 7 of 2020In re: Stay of Issuance of Residential Writs of Possession and Stay of Execution of Issued Residential Writs of Possession	President Judge Idee C. Fox and Administrative Judge Jacqueline F. Allen	First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County)Court	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-066	Release: Freeholder Board Declares State of Emergency in Camden CountyFreeholder Board Declares State of Emergency in Camden County (Mar. 16, 2020)	Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr.)	Camden County, New JerseyCounty	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-010	Executive Order No. 2020-001 (Subject: COVID-19)Executive Order 2020-001, COVID-19	Mayor William Peduto	City of Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCity	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-011	Executive Order No. 2020-002 (Subject: COVID-19)Executive Order 2020-002, COVID-19	Mayor William Peduto	City of Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCity	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venuesCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-050	Operational Changes for Allegheny County (COVID-19) as posted March 17, 2020Operational Changes for Allegheny County	Allegheny County (County Executive Rich Fitzgerald; County departments), official web page	Allegheny County, PennsylvaniaCounty	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. PA-084	Order declaring a general statewide judicial emergency, In re General Statewide Judicial Emergency, No. 531 Judicial Administration DocketIn re: General Statewide Judicial Emergency - Order (No. 531 Judicial Administration Docket)	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam)	PennsylvaniaCourt	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. PA-102	PennDOT release (Mar. 16, 2020)PennDOT Closes All Driver, Photo License Centers, Extends Expiration Dates and Suspends Construction in Response to COVID-19	Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)	PennsylvaniaSector regulator	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. PA-119	Statewide closure of all K-12 schools announced Mar. 13, 2020 (effective Mar. 16 for ten business days), extended Mar. 23 and Mar. 30, 2020, and made permanent for the 2019-2020 school year Apr. 9, 2020Statewide K-12 school closure (Mar. 13 - end of the 2019-2020 school year)	Governor Tom Wolf	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-12-040	Order of Mar. 16, 2020, No. 531 Judicial Administration Docket (statewide judicial emergency)In re: General Statewide Judicial Emergency	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania	PennsylvaniaCourt	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-065	Coronavirus - Child Care page (archived Apr. 2, 2020): list of child care providers 'approved to operate during the COVID-19 public health emergency' for personnel in life-sustaining positionsChild Care Centers - providers approved to operate during the COVID-19 public health emergency	Pennsylvania DHS / OCDEL	Pennsylvania; Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning (child-care licensing)Sector regulator	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureSchools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-048	Notice: First Judicial District Announces Plans for Temporary Closures Due to COVID-19First Judicial District Announces Plans for Temporary Closures Due to COVID-19	First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas and Municipal Court of Philadelphia)	First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)Court	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-050	Administrative Governing Board Order No. 9 of 2020In re: Declaration [of] Judicial Emergency	Idee C. Fox, President Judge, Chair, Administrative Governing Board of the First Judicial District	First Judicial District of PennsylvaniaCourt	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. PA-081	Press release: Gov. Wolf Puts Statewide COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts in Effect, Stresses Need for Every Pennsylvanian to Take Action to Stop the SpreadGov. Wolf Puts Statewide COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts in Effect	Governor Tom Wolf (Office of the Governor press release)	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTravel and quarantineSchools and child careAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. PA-083	DHS Coronavirus - Child Care page: list of child care providers approved by waiver to operate during the closure (archived Mar. 29, 2020)Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Child Care (Child Care Centers approved to operate)	Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL)	PennsylvaniaSector regulator	Mar. 29, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-047	Emergency Order No. 2020-01In re: Temporary Restrictions on Operations of the Court of Common Pleas of the Seventh Judicial District Due to Exigent Circumstances…	President Judge Wallace H. Bateman, Jr.	Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas, Seventh Judicial District)Court	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. PA-091	Department of State summary: Pennsylvania Authorizes Licensed Health Care Professionals to Provide Services via Telemedicine During Coronavirus EmergencyTelemedicine Summary (Mar. 18, 2020)	Department of State, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs (suspension granted by Governor Wolf under 35 Pa.C.S. § 7301(f))	PennsylvaniaSector regulator	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-086	Coronavirus Update: Montgomery County Offices Closed to the Public (Mar. 19, 2020)Coronavirus Update: Montgomery County Offices Closed to the Public	Montgomery County Recorder of Deeds (Jeanne Sorg) / County of Montgomery	Montgomery County, PennsylvaniaCounty	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. PA-085	Administrative Order closing all Pennsylvania courts to the public (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket)In re: General Statewide Judicial Emergency - Order (courts closed to the public)	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam)	PennsylvaniaCourt	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-053	Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission closure of all 17 service plazas (Mar. 17, 2020) and reopening on Mar. 20, 2020 with restrooms and limited take-out food onlyPA Turnpike to Reopen All 17 Service Plazas Starting Friday Morning: Restrooms and limited food items will be available inside each facility	Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission	Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (17 service plazas)State	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureOther	Primary source read

Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (Secretary John E. Wetzel), PA DOC COVID-19 page (as archived Mar. 21, 2020), with the Mar. 13, 2020 release 'Department of Corrections Cancels Visits Statewide, Begins Enhanced Screenings of ALL Employees' (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-013)
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission suspension of cash toll collection statewide effective 8 p.m., Mar. 16, 2020 (temporary safety measure; converted to permanent all-electronic tolling in June 2020) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-051)
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Acting Secretary Yassmin Gramian, PennDOT 'Coronavirus Statewide' operations page, updated 10:00 a.m. Mar. 30, 2020: all Driver License and Photo License Centers closed from close of business Mar. 16, 2020 until further notice; driver licenses, photo IDs, learner's permits, CDLs, registrations, safety and emissions inspections and disability placards expiring Mar. 16-Apr. 30, 2020 extended to May 31, 2020; CDL downgrades for expired medical certificates paused under FMCSA waivers; driver exams through Apr. 3 cancelled; all district and county maintenance offices closed for two weeks; 'construction projects have been suspended in all counties until further notice'; rest areas and welcome centers closed statewide from 12:01 a.m. Mar. 17 with a list of reopened locations; motorcycle training clinics postponed; REAL ID issuance paused; Acting Secretary's order accepting electronic administrative-appeal filings (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-100)
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Chairman Gladys Brown Dutrieuille (Emergency Order), Docket No. M-2020-3019254, Emergency Order suspending door-to-door, public-event and in-person sales and marketing of competitive electric and natural gas supply (announced by press release of March 16, 2020) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-014)
Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Emergency Order No. 1 (Prohibition on Non-Essential Businesses) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-002)
Township of Haverford (Township Manager David R. Burman; Board of Commissioners), Township office closed to the public (Mar. 16, 2020); public access to the Township Municipal Building by appointment only from Nov. 16, 2020 (memorandum of Nov. 20, 2020); Township rule requiring all employees to wear face masks in all Township facilities (posted 2021, captured Sept. 20, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-043)
President Judge Idee C. Fox and Administrative Judge Jacqueline F. Allen, President Judge Administrative Order No. 7 of 2020 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-049)
Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr.), Release: Freeholder Board Declares State of Emergency in Camden County (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-066)
Mayor William Peduto, Executive Order No. 2020-001 (Subject: COVID-19) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-010)
Mayor William Peduto, Executive Order No. 2020-002 (Subject: COVID-19) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-011)
Allegheny County (County Executive Rich Fitzgerald; County departments), official web page, Operational Changes for Allegheny County (COVID-19) as posted March 17, 2020 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-050)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Order declaring a general statewide judicial emergency, In re General Statewide Judicial Emergency, No. 531 Judicial Administration Docket (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. PA-084)
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), PennDOT release (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. PA-102)
Governor Tom Wolf, Statewide closure of all K-12 schools announced Mar. 13, 2020 (effective Mar. 16 for ten business days), extended Mar. 23 and Mar. 30, 2020, and made permanent for the 2019-2020 school year Apr. 9, 2020 (Ex. PA-119)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Order of Mar. 16, 2020, No. 531 Judicial Administration Docket (statewide judicial emergency) (Ex. SEC-12-040)
Pennsylvania DHS / OCDEL, Coronavirus - Child Care page (archived Apr. 2, 2020): list of child care providers 'approved to operate during the COVID-19 public health emergency' for personnel in life-sustaining positions (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-065)
First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas and Municipal Court of Philadelphia), Notice: First Judicial District Announces Plans for Temporary Closures Due to COVID-19 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-048)
Idee C. Fox, President Judge, Chair, Administrative Governing Board of the First Judicial District, Administrative Governing Board Order No. 9 of 2020 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-050)
Governor Tom Wolf (Office of the Governor press release), Press release: Gov. Wolf Puts Statewide COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts in Effect, Stresses Need for Every Pennsylvanian to Take Action to Stop the Spread (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. PA-081)
Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL), DHS Coronavirus - Child Care page: list of child care providers approved by waiver to operate during the closure (archived Mar. 29, 2020) (Ex. PA-083)
President Judge Wallace H. Bateman, Jr, Emergency Order No. 2020-01 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-047)
Department of State, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs (suspension granted by Governor Wolf under 35 Pa.C.S. § 7301(f)), Department of State summary: Pennsylvania Authorizes Licensed Health Care Professionals to Provide Services via Telemedicine During Coronavirus Emergency (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. PA-091)
Montgomery County Recorder of Deeds (Jeanne Sorg) / County of Montgomery, Coronavirus Update: Montgomery County Offices Closed to the Public (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-086)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Administrative Order closing all Pennsylvania courts to the public (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. PA-085)
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission closure of all 17 service plazas (Mar. 17, 2020) and reopening on Mar. 20, 2020 with restrooms and limited take-out food only (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-053)

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