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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-077	VA ABC Bureau of Law Enforcement COVID-19 Response, Licensee Topics (version 15, September 29, 2020)Bureau of Law Enforcement responses on procedural and regulatory matters for licensed businesses affected by COVID-19 (Topics 1 onward…	Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, Bureau of Law Enforcement (Travis G. Hill, Chief Executive Officer)	Virginia (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	Sept. 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Alcohol and barsWorkplace rulesSupply chainOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-107	LED Bulletin 20-02, Lawful Product Returns for Event Cancellations Attributable to COVID-19 ConcernsBulletin 20-02: Lawful Product Returns For Event Cancellations Attributable to COVID-19 Concerns	Colorado Department of Revenue, Liquor Enforcement Division	Colorado (State alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Events and venuesSupply chainOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-007	Press release: TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat (temporary distance education; cancellation of licensed combative sports events; advisory board meetings cancelled)TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat: Agency Approves Temporary Distance Learning, Cancels Events and Meetings	Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (Executive Director Brian E. Francis)	Texas; Texas Department of Licensing and RegulationSector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capSchools and child careEvents and venuesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-024	Temporary Waiver of Regulations that Prohibit or Limit Online, Electronic, or Distance Theoretical Instruction (effective Mar. 13, 2020; amended May 27, 2020)Temporary Waiver of Regulations that Prohibit or Limit Online, Electronic, or Distance Theoretical Instruction	DPOR Director Mary Broz-Vaughan	Virginia; DPOR (all regulatory boards, including the Board for Barbers and Cosmetology)Sector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Schools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-031	NCEES COVID-19 exam administration updates (chronology: April 2020 pencil-and-paper exams cancelled; Pearson VUE capacity limits through 2021; masks required at Pearson VUE centers from Dec. 1, 2021)Latest Information on COVID-19 Response (NCEES)	NCEES	All States; National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (the council of the State engineering and surveying licensing boards, which administers the FE, PE, FS and PS examinations for every board)Sector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DC-083	OSSE, Child Care Provider Closures and Public Funding (issued March 13, 2020)Child Care Provider Closures and Public Funding	Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)	District of ColumbiaSector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MN-057	Board of Dentistry 'COVID-19 (Coronavirus)' resource page: Pandemic Response Updates (Mar. 13 to May 7, 2020), 'Recommendation on Limitation of Practice', 'Implementation Plan for Management and Treatment of Non-emergent and Elective Dental Care' templatesBoard of Dentistry COVID-19 Pandemic Response Updates	Minnesota Board of Dentistry	MinnesotaSector regulator	June 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-015	Board of Pharmacy compilation, 'COVID-19 Response Efforts' (updated Oct. 6, 2025): rescinded and continuing COVID-19 waivers, resolutions and emergency rules with issue and rescission datesCOVID-19 Response Efforts: Rescinded COVID-19 Waivers and Guidance; COVID-19 Immunization Waivers; COVID-19 Waivers and Resolutions for…	State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy	State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy; State levelSector regulator	Oct. 6, 2025		Health care ordersSupply chainOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. FL-088	FLHSMV COVID-19 Emergency Order (commercial motor vehicles) (Mar. 14, 2020)COVID-19 Emergency Order (Pursuant to Executive Order 20-52): suspension of registration, IFTA/IRP and hours-of-service enforcement for…	Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Executive Director Terry L. Rhodes	FloridaSector regulator	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Supply chainOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-053	Press release: IDFPR Announces Measures to Assist Licensees and Education Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic (five variances: renewals due Mar. 1-July 31, 2020 extended to Sept. 30, 2020; CE deadlines extended; live-attendance requirement waived; massage-school online instruction; cosmetology-school online theory above the 10 percent limit)Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Announces Measures to Assist Licensees and Education Providers During the…	Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Secretary Deborah Hagan	Illinois; Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (Division of Professional Regulation and Division of Real Estate)Sector regulator	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Schools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-054	Division of Professional Regulation Variances (Mar. 20, 2020; 13 pages): renewal extension, CE extension, live-attendance waiver, massage-school and cosmetology-school online instructionDPR Variances (Mar. 20, 2020)	IDFPR Division of Professional Regulation	Illinois; IDFPR Division of Professional RegulationSector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Schools and child careOther	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. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-070	Coronavirus Update - ARE 5.0 (chronology from March 2020: Prometric test centers closed; ARE appointments cancelled; seat credits; masks required at test centers; online proctoring launched Nov. 16, 2020; continued closures and short-notice cancellations into 2021)Coronavirus Update--ARE 5.0 (updated Feb. 3-4, 2021)	NCARB	All States; National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (council of the 55 architectural licensing boards; administers the Architect Registration Examination)Sector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
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. PA-117	Closure of all Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores at the end of business Mar. 17, 2020 (indefinite); limited online sales resumed Apr. 1, 2020; curbside pickup from Apr. 20, 2020 (under the Governor's Apr. 20 amendment, PA-110); phased store reopening with the county phases from May 8, 2020PLCB store closures and phased reopening (Mar. 17 - June 2020)	Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board	PennsylvaniaSector regulator	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureAlcohol and barsSupply chain	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BAL-105	MDOT MTA COVID-19 service reductions, boarding rules and face-covering requirement (agency web notice, captured Apr. 17, 2020)MDOT MTA Coronavirus (COVID-19) page: service status and face-covering requirement	Maryland Department of Transportation, Maryland Transit Administration	Baltimore region (MDOT Maryland Transit Administration: Local Bus, Light RailLink, Metro SubwayLink, MobilityLink, Commuter Bus, MARC)Sector regulator	Apr. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-078	Virginia ABC message to customers and industry partners, March 20, 2020Message to Customers and Industry Partners (March 20, 2020): ABC store operations under COVID-19	Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (Chief Executive Officer)	Virginia (State alcoholic-beverage regulator and State retailer of distilled spirits)Sector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Supply chainOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-016	Emergency Rule, 22 Tex. Admin. Code § 291.30 (Medication Limitations)22 TAC § 291.30. Medication Limitations (chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine dispensing restricted)	Texas State Board of Pharmacy (emergency board business meeting of Mar. 20, 2020)	Texas State Board of Pharmacy; State levelSector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care ordersSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-019	Minutes, Emergency Board Business Meeting held via videoconference, Mar. 20, 2020Minutes of the Emergency Board Business Meeting under the authority of the Governor's Proclamation of Emergency Disaster: adoption of…	Texas State Board of Pharmacy	Texas State Board of Pharmacy; State levelSector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersSupply chainOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-066	GT USA Wilmington letter to partners, Mar. 19, 2020: from Mar. 20, 2020 every truck driver asked two screening questions at the gate (foreign travel outside the U.S. or Canada in 14 days; fever, illness or congestion); a 'yes' bars entry to the portUpdate on Port Gate Security (truck driver screening questions; entry refused)	GT USA Wilmington, LLC (private concessionaire operating the State-owned Port of Wilmington for the Diamond State Port Corporation), Commercial Vice President David J. Harriss	Delaware (Port of Wilmington)Sector regulator	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-044	DBPR Emergency Order 2020-02Emergency Order 2020-02 (suspension of section 499.006(9), Florida Statutes, as to personal protective equipment)	Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Secretary Halsey Beshears	Florida (State business and alcoholic-beverage regulator)Sector regulator	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Supply chainOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-060	PCCA news release, Mar. 23, 2020: the port 'will remain open to provide critical infrastructure services' as area businesses close; the port will remain accessible to port employees, terminal operators, labor, pilots, tug and barge operators, seafarers, stevedores, agents and line handlers if Texas or Nueces County issues a shelter-in-place order; screening protocols and social distancingPort of Corpus Christi Remains Open as COVID-19 Pandemic Evolves	Port of Corpus Christi Authority (PCCA); Chief Executive Officer Sean Strawbridge	Texas (Port of Corpus Christi; Nueces and San Patricio Counties)Sector regulator	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Workplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. FL-091	DBPR Emergency Order 2020-02Emergency Order 2020-02 (suspending the adulterated-device bar on expired personal protective equipment)	Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Secretary Halsey Beshears	FloridaSector regulator	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-070	GoTriangle COVID-19 Updates page (as of Aug. 8, 2020)GoTriangle COVID-19 Updates - fares suspended, rear-door boarding, face coverings required from June 22, 2020	GoTriangle	GoTriangle (Research Triangle Regional Public Transportation Authority; Wake, Durham and Orange Counties)Sector regulator	June 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-065	Temporary rule; emergency action, 'Emergency Measures To Address Fishery Observer Coverage During the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic', 85 Fed. Reg. 17285 (Mar. 27, 2020), RIN 0648-BJ70, Docket No. 200321-0084Emergency Measures To Address Fishery Observer Coverage During the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic	National Marine Fisheries Service (Assistant Administrator for Fisheries)	National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce (all federally managed fisheries)Sector regulator	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read

Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, Bureau of Law Enforcement (Travis G. Hill, Chief Executive Officer), VA ABC Bureau of Law Enforcement COVID-19 Response, Licensee Topics (version 15, September 29, 2020) (Sept. 29, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-077)
Colorado Department of Revenue, Liquor Enforcement Division, LED Bulletin 20-02, Lawful Product Returns for Event Cancellations Attributable to COVID-19 Concerns (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-107)
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (Executive Director Brian E. Francis), Press release: TDLR Takes Action in Response to COVID-19 Threat (temporary distance education; cancellation of licensed combative sports events; advisory board meetings cancelled) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-007)
DPOR Director Mary Broz-Vaughan, Temporary Waiver of Regulations that Prohibit or Limit Online, Electronic, or Distance Theoretical Instruction (effective Mar. 13, 2020; amended May 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-024)
NCEES, NCEES COVID-19 exam administration updates (chronology: April 2020 pencil-and-paper exams cancelled; Pearson VUE capacity limits through 2021; masks required at Pearson VUE centers from Dec. 1, 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-031)
Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), OSSE, Child Care Provider Closures and Public Funding (issued March 13, 2020) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. DC-083)
Minnesota Board of Dentistry, Board of Dentistry 'COVID-19 (Coronavirus)' resource page: Pandemic Response Updates (Mar. 13 to May 7, 2020), 'Recommendation on Limitation of Practice', 'Implementation Plan for Management and Treatment of Non-emergent and Elective Dental Care' templates (June 1, 2020) (Ex. MN-057)
State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy, Board of Pharmacy compilation, 'COVID-19 Response Efforts' (updated Oct. 6, 2025): rescinded and continuing COVID-19 waivers, resolutions and emergency rules with issue and rescission dates (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-015)
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Executive Director Terry L. Rhodes, FLHSMV COVID-19 Emergency Order (commercial motor vehicles) (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. FL-088)
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Secretary Deborah Hagan, Press release: IDFPR Announces Measures to Assist Licensees and Education Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic (five variances: renewals due Mar. 1-July 31, 2020 extended to Sept. 30, 2020; CE deadlines extended; live-attendance requirement waived; massage-school online instruction; cosmetology-school online theory above the 10 percent limit) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-053)
IDFPR Division of Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation Variances (Mar. 20, 2020; 13 pages): renewal extension, CE extension, live-attendance waiver, massage-school and cosmetology-school online instruction (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-054)
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)
NCARB, Coronavirus Update - ARE 5.0 (chronology from March 2020: Prometric test centers closed; ARE appointments cancelled; seat credits; masks required at test centers; online proctoring launched Nov. 16, 2020; continued closures and short-notice cancellations into 2021) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-070)
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)
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, Closure of all Fine Wine & Good Spirits stores at the end of business Mar. 17, 2020 (indefinite); limited online sales resumed Apr. 1, 2020; curbside pickup from Apr. 20, 2020 (under the Governor's Apr. 20 amendment, PA-110); phased store reopening with the county phases from May 8, 2020 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. PA-117)
Maryland Department of Transportation, Maryland Transit Administration, MDOT MTA COVID-19 service reductions, boarding rules and face-covering requirement (agency web notice, captured Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-BAL-105)
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (Chief Executive Officer), Virginia ABC message to customers and industry partners, March 20, 2020 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-078)
Texas State Board of Pharmacy (emergency board business meeting of Mar. 20, 2020), Emergency Rule, 22 Tex. Admin. Code § 291.30 (Medication Limitations) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-016)
Texas State Board of Pharmacy, Minutes, Emergency Board Business Meeting held via videoconference, Mar. 20, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-019)
GT USA Wilmington, LLC (private concessionaire operating the State-owned Port of Wilmington for the Diamond State Port Corporation), Commercial Vice President David J. Harriss, GT USA Wilmington letter to partners, Mar. 19, 2020: from Mar. 20, 2020 every truck driver asked two screening questions at the gate (foreign travel outside the U.S. or Canada in 14 days; fever, illness or congestion); a 'yes' bars entry to the port (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-066)
Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Secretary Halsey Beshears, DBPR Emergency Order 2020-02 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-044)
Port of Corpus Christi Authority (PCCA); Chief Executive Officer Sean Strawbridge, PCCA news release, Mar. 23, 2020: the port 'will remain open to provide critical infrastructure services' as area businesses close; the port will remain accessible to port employees, terminal operators, labor, pilots, tug and barge operators, seafarers, stevedores, agents and line handlers if Texas or Nueces County issues a shelter-in-place order; screening protocols and social distancing (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-060)
Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Secretary Halsey Beshears, DBPR Emergency Order 2020-02 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. FL-091)
GoTriangle, GoTriangle COVID-19 Updates page (as of Aug. 8, 2020) (June 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-070)
National Marine Fisheries Service (Assistant Administrator for Fisheries), Temporary rule; emergency action, 'Emergency Measures To Address Fishery Observer Coverage During the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic', 85 Fed. Reg. 17285 (Mar. 27, 2020), RIN 0648-BJ70, Docket No. 200321-0084 (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-065)

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