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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">USDA Releases New Terms
and Conditions (dated 12/31/2025)</span></b></p>

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Litigation</span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued the following <a href="https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/usda-general-terms-conditions-2025.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">USDA Terms and Conditions</a> (effective 12/31/2025) which
are applicable to new awards and amendments to existing awards which incorporate
these new terms and conditions. Per the <a href="https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/general-information/staff-offices/office-chief-financial-officer/federal-financial-assistance-policy/usda-general-terms-and-conditions" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">USDA
website</a>, “Recipients who receive USDA grants, cooperative agreements, and
similar arrangements (including mutual interest agreements), must comply with
the applicable USDA General Terms and Conditions…These terms and conditions are
in addition to the assurance and certifications made as part of the award or
agreement, and any terms, conditions, and restrictions reflected on or in the
official award or agreement document.”</span></p>

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</span><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)">Please be advised that the new USDA Terms &
Conditions appear problematic and are the subject of a new lawsuit.</span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)"> </span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">UC Legal is working with the California Attorney
General’s office to file a declaration in support of the lawsuit filed by
California and about twenty (20) other states (<i>Massachusetts et al. v. USDA
et al</i> Case No. 1:26-cv-11396) challenging the USDA Terms and
Conditions. The Plaintiff States filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction
asking the court to preliminarily enjoin USDA from applying and enforcing the
challenged conditions to Plaintiff States.  For further specifics on this matter, please refer to the attached copy of the lawsuit
as well as the attached memo supporting the Motion for Preliminary Injunction. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">UC
Legal hopes to know more about how the Court will rule on that motion in the
next few weeks.  </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif"><u style=""><font color="#000000">USDA Funded Awards - (including agencies within the USDA, such as NIFA
and APHIS)</font></u></span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">The CA Attorney General’s Office and UC Legal have requested the campuses
to hold off on accepting/certifying to the new terms, pending the outcome of
the preliminary injunction. Accordingly, RED is temporarily holding off on executing
and processing newly received USDA awards (including incoming subawards) and
amendments to existing awards/subawards which incorporate the new USDA General
Terms and Conditions.  </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">UC Legal has also requested that campuses wait to draw down on USDA
awarded funds and to hold off on taking other actions that would require
certifying to the new USDA Terms and Conditions. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif">RED is aware
of a USDA proposal deadline next week. For such proposals, the following </span><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;font-size:12pt">Reservation
of Rights language should be included with the application:</span></p>

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and Conditions include multiple terms and conditions that are the subject of
ongoing litigation in Massachusetts v. USDA, Case No.
26-cv-11396 (D. Mass), including Sections 12.2, 13.5, 13.8 and 13.10
of the USDA General Terms and Conditions for Federal Awards.</font></span></i></p>

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Riverside does not agree to the disputed terms and reserves the right to review
the applicable terms at the time it receives any proposed award in light
of any developments in that ongoing litigation.”</span></i><b style=""><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99)"> </span></b></font><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;color:rgb(7,55,99);font-size:12pt"></span></p>

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