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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MA-002	COVID-19 Order No. 1Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, s. 20	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MA-003	COVID-19 Order No. 2Order Prohibiting Gatherings of More Than 250 People	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MA-005	COVID-19 Order No. 5Order Prohibiting Gatherings of More Than 25 People and On-Premises Consumption of Food or Drink	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	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. 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. SEC-07-019	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	Business closureTelework mandateGathering cap	Confirmed from a secondary source
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. MET-BOS-052	Order of the Mayor in Conjunction with the Board of Health requiring face coverings in essential businesses and building common areasOrder of the Mayor in Conjunction with the Board of Health (face coverings), April 10, 2020	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone in conjunction with the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress)	City of Somerville, MassachusettsCity	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q2	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-162	Emergency Order requiring face coverings in essential businesses, on employees, in building common areas; retail occupancy limits; ice cream trucks prohibitedAdditional Emergency Order from the Salem Board of Health (April 9, 2020)	Mayor and Board of Health of the City of Salem (David Greenbaum, Health Agent)	City of Salem, MassachusettsCity	Apr. 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MA-015	COVID-19 Order No. 30Order Further Extending the Closing of Certain Workplaces and the Prohibition on Gatherings of More Than 10 People	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	Apr. 28, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-155	Town of Brookline COVID-19 page as of May 1, 2020 (banner: 'Face coverings must be worn in public'; links to Voluntary Construction Suspension and Emergency Parking Rules)Brookline COVID-19 information page (brooklinema.gov/covid-19, raw Wayback capture of May 1, 2020)	Town of Brookline	Town of Brookline, MassachusettsCity	May 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureFace-covering requirementOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
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. MA-016	COVID-19 Order No. 31Order Requiring Face Coverings in Public Places Where Social Distancing Is Not Possible	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	May 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	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-017	COVID-19 Order No. 33Order Implementing a Phased Reopening of Workplaces and Imposing Workplace Safety Measures to Address COVID-19	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	May 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-10-046	Sector-Specific Workplace Safety Standards for Manufacturing to Address COVID-19 (Phase I), with checklistSafety Standards and Checklist: Manufacturing (mass.gov, May 18, 2020)	Governor Charles D. Baker; Department of Public Health; Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development	MassachusettsState	May 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-16-076	COVID-19 Order No. 33Order Implementing a Phased Reopening of Workplaces and Imposing Workplace Safety Measures to Address COVID-19	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	May 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-18-030	Sector-Specific Workplace Safety Standards for Close Contact Personal Services to Address COVID-19 (Mandatory Safety Standards)Safety Standards and Checklist: Close Contact Personal Services	Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development with the Department of Public Health, under COVID-19 Order No. 33	MassachusettsSector regulator	May 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-023	Amended Temporary Emergency Restrictions on City Public Meetings, City Events, and City Permitted Events Due to COVID-19Amended Temporary Emergency Restrictions on City Public Meetings, City Events, and City Permitted Events Due to COVID-19, Amended on June…	City Manager Louis A. DePasquale	City of Cambridge, MassachusettsCity	June 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capEvents and venuesCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MA-020	COVID-19 Order No. 38Revised Order Regulating Gatherings Throughout the Commonwealth	Governor Charles D. Baker	MassachusettsState	June 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-053	Emergency Order Revising Face Coverings Mandate for Summer Months (universal mask mandate, $300 fine)City of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Revising Face Coverings Mandate for Summer Months	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress)	City of Somerville, MassachusettsCity	June 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-021	Second Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks or Cloth Face Coverings in All Public Places, Businesses, and in Common Areas of Residential BuildingsSecond Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks or Cloth Face Coverings in All Public Places, Businesses, and in…	Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health (Assaad J. Sayah, M.D.) and City Manager (Louis A. DePasquale)	City of Cambridge, MassachusettsCity	June 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-057	Emergency Order Extending Business ClosureCity of Somerville Mayor and Board of Health Emergency Order Extending Business Closure	Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress)	City of Somerville, MassachusettsCity	July 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureCapacity limitGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-036	Workplace Safety and Reopening Standards for Businesses and Other Entities Providing Youth and Adult Amateur Sports Activities - Phase III, Step 1 (July 6, 2020; amended Aug. 13, Oct. 2 and Oct. 4, 2020 and Feb. 8, 2021)Mandatory sector rules for youth and adult amateur sports: risk categories and levels of play, no indoor tournaments, 25-player caps…	Secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (Kathleen A. Theoharides)	Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (Secretary), sector-specific rules for youth and adult amateur sports under the Governor's reopening orders; State levelState	July 6, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read

Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 1 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MA-002)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 2 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MA-003)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 5 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MA-005)
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)
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)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 13 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. SEC-07-019)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 21 (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. MA-012)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone in conjunction with the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress), Order of the Mayor in Conjunction with the Board of Health requiring face coverings in essential businesses and building common areas (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-052)
Mayor and Board of Health of the City of Salem (David Greenbaum, Health Agent), Emergency Order requiring face coverings in essential businesses, on employees, in building common areas; retail occupancy limits; ice cream trucks prohibited (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-162)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 30 (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. MA-015)
Town of Brookline, Town of Brookline COVID-19 page as of May 1, 2020 (banner: 'Face coverings must be worn in public'; links to Voluntary Construction Suspension and Emergency Parking Rules) (Ex. MET-BOS-155)
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)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 31 (May 1, 2020) (Ex. MA-016)
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. 33 (May 18, 2020) (Ex. MA-017)
Governor Charles D. Baker; Department of Public Health; Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, Sector-Specific Workplace Safety Standards for Manufacturing to Address COVID-19 (Phase I), with checklist (May 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-10-046)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 33 (May 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-076)
Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development with the Department of Public Health, under COVID-19 Order No. 33, Sector-Specific Workplace Safety Standards for Close Contact Personal Services to Address COVID-19 (Mandatory Safety Standards) (May 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-18-030)
City Manager Louis A. DePasquale, Amended Temporary Emergency Restrictions on City Public Meetings, City Events, and City Permitted Events Due to COVID-19 (June 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-023)
Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 38 (June 6, 2020) (Ex. MA-020)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress), Emergency Order Revising Face Coverings Mandate for Summer Months (universal mask mandate, $300 fine) (June 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-053)
Cambridge Commissioner of Public Health (Assaad J. Sayah, M.D.) and City Manager (Louis A. DePasquale), Second Amended Temporary Emergency Order Requiring the Wearing of Masks or Cloth Face Coverings in All Public Places, Businesses, and in Common Areas of Residential Buildings (June 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-021)
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Board of Health (agent Douglas Kress), Emergency Order Extending Business Closure (July 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-057)
Secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (Kathleen A. Theoharides), Workplace Safety and Reopening Standards for Businesses and Other Entities Providing Youth and Adult Amateur Sports Activities - Phase III, Step 1 (July 6, 2020; amended Aug. 13, Oct. 2 and Oct. 4, 2020 and Feb. 8, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-036)

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