STIPULATION AND ORDER ADDING CATHERINE SUZUKI AS A PARTY IN HER CAPACITY AS TRUSTEE OF THE JUNZO SUZUKI IRREVOCABLE TRUST, THE KEIKO SUZUKI IRREVOCABLE TRUST, AND THE JUNZO SUZUKI AND KEIKO SUZUKI IRREVOCABLE TRUST

HOWARD D. McKIBBEN, District Judge.

WHEREAS, Junzo and Paul Suzuki and their affiliated entities and trusts (excepting First Hawaiian Bank), entered into a settlement agreement with plaintiffs on September 20, 2017;

WHEREAS, the parties previously sought First Hawaiian Bank's execution of the settlement;

WHEREAS, on December 6 and 8, 2017, Junzo, Keiko, Catherine (Ishii), and Paul Suzuki removed First Hawaiian Bank as trustee of their three irrevocable trusts and appointed Catherine Suzuki as trustee in its place;

WHEREAS, Catherine Suzuki has executed the settlement as the trustee of (1) the Junzo Suzuki Irrevocable Trust, (2) the Keiko Suzuki Irrevocable Trust, and (3) the Junzo and Keiko Suzuki Irrevocable Trust;

WHEREAS, the addition of Catherine Suzuki as trustee of the trusts will help facilitate Court approval of the class action settlement; and

WHEREAS, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 21 provides in pertinent part that "[o]n motion or on its own, the court may at any time, on just terms, add or drop a party..."

Based on the forgoing, the parties stipulate as follows:

1. That the Court add (1) Catherine Suzuki, trustee of the Junzo Suzuki Irrevocable Trust, (2) Catherine Suzuki, trustee of the Keiko Suzuki Irrevocable Trust, and (3) Catherine Suzuki, trustee of the Junzo and Keiko Suzuki Irrevocable Trust, as defendants to this action.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.