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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-PA-006	Statute (Act of May 18, 1937, P.L. 654, No. 174)General Safety Law	General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	PennsylvaniaState	May 18, 1937	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-PA-003	Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Title 35, Part V, Chapter 73, sec. 7301)35 Pa.C.S. sec. 7301, General authority of Governor	General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	PennsylvaniaState	Nov. 26, 1978	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-PA-004	Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Chapter 77, sec. 7707)35 Pa.C.S. sec. 7707, Penalties	General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	PennsylvaniaState	Nov. 26, 1978	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-PA-013	Statute (Retail Food Facility Safety Act, 3 Pa.C.S. ch. 57, subch. A)3 Pa.C.S. sec. 5708, Infectious persons	General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	PennsylvaniaState	Nov. 23, 2010	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-PA-016	Statute (Retail Food Facility Safety Act, 3 Pa.C.S. ch. 57, subch. A)3 Pa.C.S. sec. 5710, Retail food facility and employee cleanliness	General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	PennsylvaniaState	Nov. 23, 2010	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. PA-001	Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (COVID-19)Proclamation of Disaster Emergency	Governor Tom Wolf	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-046	Emergency Declaration (Mar. 7, 2020) and Council Resolution continuing it (Mar. 10, 2020) (County release: Delaware County March 10 Update on Novel Coronavirus)Delaware County March 10 Update on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Delaware County Council (Chairman Brian P. Zidek); Department of Public Relations	Delaware County, PennsylvaniaCounty	Mar. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-072	Resolution continuing the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration (Resolution 31-2020, Mar. 10, 2020) (county PDF 'COVID19Resolution.pdf')Delaware County Council COVID-19 Resolution	Delaware County Council	Delaware County, PennsylvaniaCounty	Mar. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-033	'COVID-19 Update as of 3.12.20' (Mar. 12, 2020)Authority's statement on the COVID-19 crisis and 30-day review of contracted events (immediately before the Commonwealth's closure orders)	Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority (Board Chairman Gregory Fox; ASM Global as operator)	Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority, Pennsylvania (Commonwealth authority operating the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia)State	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Events and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-001	Emergency Order Prohibiting Mass GatheringsEmergency Order Prohibiting Mass Gatherings to Prevent the Spread of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Health Commissioner, Department of Public Health	City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCity	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
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. MET-PHL-039	Resolution Ratifying and Extending Declaration of Disaster EmergencyRatifying and Extending Declaration of Disaster Emergency (Mar. 18, 2020)	Bucks County Board of Commissioners (Diane Ellis-Marseglia, Robert Harvie Jr., Gene DiGirolamo)	Bucks County, PennsylvaniaCounty	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PIT-009	Declaration of Emergency (Declaration of Disaster Emergency) of the City of PittsburghEmergency Declaration: Resolution providing for a Declaration of Emergency issued by the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh... as it pertains…	Mayor William Peduto (ratified by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, Resolution 140 of 2020, March 17, 2020)	City of Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCity	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering capEvents and venues	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. 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-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-PHL-079	Proclamation of Local EmergencyCounty of Camden, State of New Jersey, Proclamation of Local Emergency	Louis Cappelli, Jr., Freeholder Director, and Samuel M. Spino, Emergency Management Coordinator, County of Camden	Camden County, New JerseyCounty	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationTelework mandateQuarantine and isolation	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. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-026	Press release: Gaming Control Board Suspends Gaming Operations For All CasinosBoard instructs the six casinos still open to conclude all gaming activities and patron entry by 6:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2020 (the…	Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board	Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator)Sector regulator	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-056	Resolution 140 of 2020 ratifying the Mayor's Declaration of Emergency of March 13, 2020Resolution providing for ratification by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, of a Declaration of Emergency issued by the Mayor of the…	Council of the City of Pittsburgh; Resolution 140 of 2020, File 2020-0221	City of Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCity	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-067	Amended and reissued state of emergency declaration (playgrounds; self-service food and beverage)Freeholders Amend State of Emergency Declaration (Mar. 18, 2020)	Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr.)	Camden County, New JerseyCounty	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-076	PhilaPort COVID-19 Updates (page first published Mar. 25, 2020; updates through June 2, 2021)COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update: Updates on COVID-19 relating to the Port of Philadelphia	PhilaPort	PhilaPort (Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, an independent agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)State	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTelework mandateWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-11-021	Industry Operation Guidance: list of life-sustaining businesses that may continue physical operations (accompanying the Order of the Governor and Order of the Secretary of Health Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining, Mar. 19, 2020)COVID-19 Life Sustaining Business list (Mar. 19, 2020 version)	Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine (list implementing the Orders of Mar. 19, 2020)	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closure	Primary source read

General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Statute (Act of May 18, 1937, P.L. 654, No. 174) (standing) (Ex. DUT-PA-006)
General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Title 35, Part V, Chapter 73, sec. 7301) (standing) (Ex. DUT-PA-003)
General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Chapter 77, sec. 7707) (standing) (Ex. DUT-PA-004)
General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Statute (Retail Food Facility Safety Act, 3 Pa.C.S. ch. 57, subch. A) (standing) (Ex. DUT-PA-013)
General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Statute (Retail Food Facility Safety Act, 3 Pa.C.S. ch. 57, subch. A) (standing) (Ex. DUT-PA-016)
Governor Tom Wolf, Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (COVID-19) (Mar. 6, 2020) (Ex. PA-001)
Delaware County Council (Chairman Brian P. Zidek); Department of Public Relations, Emergency Declaration (Mar. 7, 2020) and Council Resolution continuing it (Mar. 10, 2020) (County release: Delaware County March 10 Update on Novel Coronavirus) (Ex. MET-PHL-046)
Delaware County Council, Resolution continuing the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration (Resolution 31-2020, Mar. 10, 2020) (county PDF 'COVID19Resolution.pdf') (Ex. MET-PHL-072)
Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority (Board Chairman Gregory Fox; ASM Global as operator), 'COVID-19 Update as of 3.12.20' (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-033)
Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Health Commissioner, Department of Public Health, Emergency Order Prohibiting Mass Gatherings (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-001)
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)
Bucks County Board of Commissioners (Diane Ellis-Marseglia, Robert Harvie Jr., Gene DiGirolamo), Resolution Ratifying and Extending Declaration of Disaster Emergency (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-039)
Mayor William Peduto (ratified by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, Resolution 140 of 2020, March 17, 2020), Declaration of Emergency (Declaration of Disaster Emergency) of the City of Pittsburgh (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-009)
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)
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)
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)
Louis Cappelli, Jr., Freeholder Director, and Samuel M. Spino, Emergency Management Coordinator, County of Camden, Proclamation of Local Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-079)
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)
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, Press release: Gaming Control Board Suspends Gaming Operations For All Casinos (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-026)
Council of the City of Pittsburgh; Resolution 140 of 2020, File 2020-0221, Resolution 140 of 2020 ratifying the Mayor's Declaration of Emergency of March 13, 2020 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-056)
Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr.), Amended and reissued state of emergency declaration (playgrounds; self-service food and beverage) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-067)
PhilaPort, PhilaPort COVID-19 Updates (page first published Mar. 25, 2020; updates through June 2, 2021) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-076)
Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine (list implementing the Orders of Mar. 19, 2020), Industry Operation Guidance: list of life-sustaining businesses that may continue physical operations (accompanying the Order of the Governor and Order of the Secretary of Health Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining, Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-11-021)

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