UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

NATIONAL IDGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

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In re: ) 

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EA15-001 (formerly PE14-016) ) 

Air Bag Inflator Rupture ) 

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AMENDMENT TO THE FEBRUARY 25. 2015 PBESERVATION OBDER AND 

TESTING CONTRQL PLAN 

This Amendment to the Preservation Order and Testing Control Plan 

("Amendment") is issued pursuant to the authority of the National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration ("NHTSA"), an operating administration of the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, and hereby amends the Preservation Order and Testing Control Plan of 

February 25, 2015 ("Preservation Order"). This Amendment is entered into by the parties 

pursuant to Paragraph 24 of the Preservation Order between NHTSA and TK Holdings Inc. 

("Takata"), for the purposes of amending the terms of that Order. 

The Preservation Order requires Takata to preserve certain PSAN air bag inflators 

manufactured by Takata that are the subject of an ongoing defect investigation by NHTSA 

and the subject of private litigation, and to implement a control plan for the inspection, 

testing, or analysis of those PSAN inflators. The majority of the subject inflator types are 

now subject to existing national recalls or will be according to the schedule set forth in the 

Amendment to the November 3, 2015 Consent Order issued by NHTSA on May 4, 2016. 

Takata and the Warehousing Entity referred to in Takata's Fifth Amended Chapter 11 Plan of 

Reorganization ("Warehousing Entity") have requested amendment of the Preservation Order to 

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enable Takata and the Warehousing Entity to reduce the number of preserved air bag 

inflators that have, or will, come into Takata's possession; to enable Takata to dispose of 

inflators no longer subject to preservation requirements in accordance with applicable legal 

requirements; and to account for foreign and other ammonium-nitrate containing inflators 

returned to Takata. This Amendment maintains a formal control plan in furtherance of the 

safety of vehicle owners, for the preservation and testing of certain inflators, for NHTSA' s 

ongoing defect investigation, and in the interests of vehicle manufacturers and parties in 

private litigation as necessary. 

Unless otherwise expressly modified herein, the terms and conditions of the 

February 25, 2015 Preservation Order and Testing Control Plan, issued by NHTSA in this 

matter and agreed to by Takata, remain in full force and effect. 

I. NATURE OF THE ACTION 

1. On June 11, 2014, NHTSA opened a formal defect investigation (formerly 

Preliminary Evaluation, PE14-016, now Engineering Analysis EA15-001) into Takata air 

bag inflators. 

2. Nineteen (19) vehicle manufacturers-BMW ofNorthAmerica, LLC 

("BMW"); Daimler Trucks North America LLC ("Daimler Trucks"); Daimler Vans USA 

LLC ("Daimler Vans"); FCA US LLC (f/k/a/ Chrysler Group LLC) ("FCA"); Ferrari North 

America, Inc. ("Ferrari"); Ford Motor Company ("Ford"); General Motors Holdings LLC 

("General Motors"); Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC ("Jaguar-Land Rover"); 

Karma Automotive on behalf of certain Fisker vehicles ("Karma"); American Honda Motor 

Co. ("Honda"); Mazda North American Operations ("Mazda"); McLaren Automotive, Ltd. 

("McLaren"); Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC ("MBUSA"); Mitsubishi Motors North America, 

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Inc. ("Mitsubishi"); Nissan North America, Inc. ("Nissan"); Subaru of America, Inc. 

("Subaru"); Tesla Motors, Inc. ("Tesla"); Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing 

North America, Inc. ("Toyota"); and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. 

("V olkswagen")-are conducting recalls, or preparing to launch recall repair programs, 

(collectively, "safety actions") in the United States to replace certain Takata air bag 

inflators. 

3. Those safety actions currently involve replacing Takata air bag inflators of the 

types designated SDI, PSDI, PSDl-4, PSDI-4K, PSDI-5 non-desiccated, PSDI-5 with 

calcium sulfate desiccant, SPI, PSPI, PSPI-1.1, PSPI-2, PSPI-6, and PSPI-L. The 

procedures originally agreed to by the vehicle manufacturers in conducting these safety 

actions provide that the inflators that are removed through the safety actions are shipped to 

Takata. 

4. Commencing on the effective date of, and as defined in, Takata's Fifth 

Amended Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization ("Chapter 11 Plan"), Takata and those vehicle 

manufacturers requiring post-effective date warehousing, shipping, and/or disposal services 

from Takata shall put in place substitute procedures for recalled or returned inflators. Such 

procedures shall be consistent with Takata's Chapter 11 Plan (including without limitation 

section 5.9(c)), and may contemplate that the recalled or returned inflators continue to be 

warehoused, shipped, and/or disposed of by Takata, provided that Takata and the vehicle 

manufacturers reach mutual agreement. Takata shall provide copies of such procedures to 

NHTSA within five ( 5) business days of reaching mutual written agreement with a vehicle 

manufacturer. If vehicle manufacturers elect not to use Takata for warehousing, shipping, 

and/or disposing of their inflators, nothing in this Amended Preservation Order shall affect 

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the obligations, if any, of those manufacturers to preserve or provide access to such inflators 

or other materials. 

5. Takata acknowledges that after it receives inflators described by Paragraphs 

2-3, it assumes control over those inflators and is the primary source of these inflators for 

further inspection, testing, or analysis. Takata also acknowledges that it has within its 

possession, custody, or control inflators described by Paragraphs 2-3, which it obtained in a 

manner other than through removal pursuant to safety actions. The inflators subject to the 

safety actions described by Paragraphs 2-3, whether received by Takata through the safety 

actions or otherwise obtained by Takata, are referred to herein as "recalled or returned 

inflators." Takata PSAN inflators removed from vehicles located in foreign countries 

pursuant to recall activities and shipped to Takata in the United States for warehousing 

and/or disposal are referred to herein as "foreign recalled inflators." Foreign recalled 

inflators shall be subject to this Preservation Order when imported to the United States, and 

foreign recalled inflators already in the United States and in the possession or custody of 

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Takata are now subject to the Preservation Order with retroactive application of the 

Preservation Order to the date of import, except that foreign recalled inflators previously 

disposed of are no longer subject to the Preservation Order. 

6. Takata also acknowledges that it has within its possession, custody, or control 

certain inflators which ruptured prior to being removed in a safety action. These inflators 

are referred to herein as "ruptured inflators." Takata also acknowledges that it has within 

its possession, custody, or control certain ammonium nitrate-containing inflators removed 

from vehicles in the United States not subject to a safety action described in Paragraphs 2-3. 

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These inflators are referred to herein as "other ammonium nitrate-containinginflators." 

7. Inspection, testing, and analysis of inflators provide information critical to 

NHTSA's defect investigation, including information for, among other things, the purposes 

of evaluating the root cause of inflator rupture, determining whether current safety actions 

are sufficient to address the safety risk and to provide an effective remedy to vehicle 

owners, and deciding what, if any, further actions are necessary to protect the safety of 

vehicle occupants. As the federal agency charged with ensuring the safety of motor vehicles 

in the United States, NHTSA has primary regulatory interest in the safety actions involving 

Takata inflators and in the preservation and testing of inflators in connection with NHTSA's 

related defect investigation. Takata acknowledges that NHTSA, as the federal agency 

charged with ensuring the safety of motor vehicles in the United States, has primary 

regulatory interest in the safety actions involving Takata inflators and in the preservation 

and testing of inflators in connection with NHTSA' s related defect investigation. 

8. In connection with NHTSA's defect investigation, Takata has been 

inspecting, testing, and analyzing recalled or returned inflators, and providing NHTSA with 

information on the testing, including the results of the testing. Certain of the vehicle 

manufacturers conducting safety actions involving Takata air bag inflators in the United 

States have also formed a coalition to perform their own testing of PSAN inflators through 

an independent, third-party engineering firm. 

9. Takata inflators are also the subject of ongoing private litigation alleging 

economic harm and personal injuries allegedly caused by Takata inflators. Many of these 

lawsuits are now, or are anticipated to be, subject to coordinated or consolidated pretrial 

proceedings inln re: Takata Airbag Products Liability Litigation, Case No. 1:15-md-02599-

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FAM(S.D. Fla.). 

10. Plaintiffs in private litigation against Takata have expressed interest in 

inspecting Takata recalled and returned inflators and other ammonium nitrate-containing 

inflators and testing artifacts, as well as conducting their own inflator testing, including the 

possibility of forming a consortium for testing. There remains a federal interest in ensuring 

that NHTSA, in the course of its ongoing defect investigation, has full access to information 

on any testing performed on Takata inflators, including by plaintiffs, their experts, and any 

plaintiffs' consortium. 

11. NHTSA issues this Amenchnent pursuant to its authority under the National 

Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, as amended and recodified (the "Safety 

Act"), 49 U.S.C. § 30101, et seq., as delegated by the Secretary of Transportation, 49 

C.F.R. § 1.95, to inspect and investigate, 49 U.S.C. § 30166(b)(l), to ensure that defective 

vehicles and equipment are recalled, 49 U.S.C. §§ 30118-30119, to ensure the adequacy of 

recalls, 49 U.S.C. § 30120(c), and to require any person to file reports or answers to specific 

questions, 49 U.S.C. § 30166(g). It is AGREED by Takata and ORDERED by NHTSA as 

follows: 

II. TERMS OF AMENDMENT TO THE PRESERVATION ORDER 

12. This Amendment is not intended to nor shall it interfere with any ongoing or 

future testing or analysis by NHTSA, Takata, vehicle manufacturers, private litigants or 

other third parties, or hamper any efforts by NHTSA to coordinate testing results and 

conduct its defect investigation pursuant to its primary regulatory interest in the safety 

actions involving Takata inflators and in the preservation, inspection and testing of inflators 

in connection with NHTSA' s related defect investigation. 

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13. In cooperation with NHTSA' s defect investigation, Takata shall provide to 

NHTSA, on terms acceptable to NHTSA, information on its inspection, testing, or analysis 

of the recalled or returned inflators, including but not limited to information on the 

procedures used for such inspection, testing, or analysis and the results of such inspection, 

testing, or analysis. 

14. Except for testing, inspection, or analysis, as provided by Paragraphs 16-17, 

and unless otherwise provided for by the terms of this Amendment (inclu9ing Section III, 

below), Takata shall take reasonable and appropriate steps designed to prevent the partial or 

full destruction, alteration, deletion, shredding, incineration, or loss of recalled or returned 

inflators, propellant from such recalled or returned inflators, ruptured inflators, foreign 

recalled inflators, other ammonium nitrate-containing inflators, as described by Paragraphs 

3, 5 & 6, and any Takata PSAN inflator type covered by a future safety action, that comes 

into Takata's control or possession. Takata shall also take reasonable and appropriate steps 

designed to prevent the partial or full destruction, alteration, deletion, shredding, 

incineration, or loss of documents, data, and tangible things reasonably anticipated to be 

relevant to the subject ofNHTSA's defect investigation, including but not limited to all such 

records and materials associated with Takata's inspection, testing, or analysis of inflators. 

Takata shall make available and submit to NHTSA upon NHTSA's request all data and other 

records reflecting the results of Takata's inspection, testing, or analysis of inflators and shall 

respond to any request from NHTSA for the submission of other records and materials 

covered by this Paragraph. 

15. As of the date of execution of this Amendment by Takata and approval by 

NHTSA, Takata shall: 

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a. Secure and preserve all recalled or returned inflators, ruptured 

inflators, foreign recalled inflators, and other ammonium nitrate-containing inflators 

in the United States within Takata's control or possession (as described by 

Paragraphs 3, 5 & 6), and any Takata PSAN inflator type covered by a future safety 

action that comes into Takata's control or possession, in a manner reasonably 

designed to ensure that inflators not the subject of its testing or analysis are preserved 

in unaltered form; 

b. Maintain records that enable Takata to track by unique serial number all 

recalled or returned inflators, ruptured inflators, foreign recalled inflators, and other 

ammonium nitrate-containing inflators (as described by Paragraphs 3, 5 & 6), and any 

Takata PSAN inflator type covered by a future safety action, in Takata's possession, 

custody, or control; 

c. Secure and preserve, in unaltered form, all testing data, video, 

photographs, test results, electronic files and communications related to inflatortesting, 

which is in Takata's possession, custody, or control; 

d. Set aside no fewer than 5 percent of all recalled or returned inflators and 

foreign recalled inflators (as described by Paragraphs 3 & 5 and the variation 

requirements established by Paragraph 16 and the protocol referred to in Paragraph 18) 

currently within Takata's possession; 

e. Set aside no fewer than 5 percent of all recalled or returned inflators and 

foreign recalled inflators (as described by Paragraphs 3 & 5 and the variation 

requirements established by Paragraph 16 and the protocol referred to in Paragraph 18) 

which come into Takata's possession after the date ofthis Amendment; 

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f. Set aside no fewer than 5 percent of all other ammonium nitratecontaining Takata inflators (as described by Paragraph 6 and the variation requirements 

established by Paragraph 16 and the protocol referred to in Paragraph 18) currently 

within Takata's possession; and 

g. Set aside no fewer than 5 percent of all other ammonium nitratecontaining Takata inflators (as described by Paragraph 6 and the variation requirements 

established by Paragraph 16 and the protocol referred to in Paragraph 18) which come 

into Takata's possession after the date of this Amended Preservation Order. 

16. The inflators set aside pursuant to Paragraph 15.d and e shall be in proportion to 

the overall number of recalled or returned inflators received by Takata from each State (as 

defined by 49 U.S.C. § 30102(a)(10)), or country for foreign inflators, and the number of 

recalled or returned inflators from such State that fall within each of the types of inflators subject 

to the safety actions identified in Paragraph 2, including the inflator types identified in Paragraph 

3 or any Takata PSAN inflator type covered by a future safety action. As is reasonably 

practicable, the inflators set aside pursuant to Paragraph 15.d and e shall also include a diversity 

of inflators, based on factors including but not limited to make, model, and model year of the 

vehicles from which they were removed and age and type of inflator. These inflators shall be set 

aside for the purpose of future inspection, testing, or analysis requested by NHTSA or private 

plaintiffs (including a consortium thereof, or their experts, consultants, or other designated 

person or entity). Inflators set aside pursuant to Paragraph 15.f and g shall be subject to 

· requirements equivalent to those applicable to recalled or returned inflators under this paragraph 

to the extent reasonably practicable. 

17. Inflators other than those set aside pursuant to Paragraph 15 .d, e, f, and 

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g may be inspected, tested, and analyzed by any of the entities listed in Paragraph 2, a 

coalition of those vehicle manufacturers, or anyone acting on behalf of these entities. 

Such inspection, testing, or analysis, including the allocation of inflators for such 

purposes, shall be subject to NHTSA's regulatory oversight pursuant to the Safety Act 

and all regulations thereunder. 

18. The previous written protocol, which addresses the following issues, shall 

remain in full force and effect: 

a. Establish a process for a private plaintiff, or a consortium thereof, the 

Takata Restitution Funds Special Master, or the Trustee of the PSAN PI/WD Trust 

as defmed in Takata's Chapter 11 Plan ("Trustee"), to seek access to inflators for 

inspection, testing, or analysis by submitting an application to Takata; 

b. Require each applicant to certify that the applicant (or the applicant's 

expert, consultant, or other designated person or entity) is qualified safely to handle 

and test inflators in accordance with law and may require the applicant to release 

Takata from any liability associated with applicant's handling and testing of such 

inflators; 

c. Require each applicant to certify that the applicant has agreed to 

provide information on the inspection, testing, or analysis of Takata inflators to 

NHTSA by signing Exhibit A, a copy of which shall be submitted to Takata in 

support of the application; 

d. Require each applicant to provide a name, address, phone number, 

and email address for each person responsible for providing information on the 

inspection, testing, or analysis of Takata inflators to NHTSA; 

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e. Establish criteria that provide for expeditious approval of an 

application, except for good cause; 

f. Provide for access to inflators within 45 days or such other time as 

can be agreed upon, except for good cause, from the date that such access is 

requested by an applicant, and, subject to availability, accommodate the type(s) of 

inflators requested by the applicant when and as reasonably practicable (including by 

age of inflator and geographic location, make, model, and model year of the vehicle 

from which the inflator was removed); 

g. Establish a mechanism for an applicant to obtain available 

information on the type of inflators provided to the applicant (including age of 

inflator and geographic location, make, model, and model year of the vehicle from 

which the inflator was removed); 

h. Ensure that the allocation of inflators to applicants takes into account 

the need to maintain a sufficient quantity of inflators for future applicants; 

i. Provide for reporting to NHTSA on the application process, including 

the submission and approval of applications and the provision of access to inflators 

pursuant to such approvals; and 

j. Private plaintiff representatives and the vehicle manufacturers may 

provide recommendations to Takata on specific types of inflators retained pursuant 

to Paragraphs 15( d)-(g). 

If NHTSA determines that any changes to the written protocols are warranted, NHTSA 

shall inform Takata in writing of such proposed changes with copies to the Trustee, Future 

Claims Representative (as defined in the Chapter 11 Plan), and Trustee Advisory 

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Committee (as defined in the PSAN PI/WD Trust Agreement)-collectively, the "Notice 

Parties"-and Takata shall make prompt and reasonable efforts to accommodate NHTSA's 

feedback. Takata shall provide a revised copy, if applicable, of the proposed written 

protocols to NHTSA no later than 5 business days after receiving any such feedback from 

NHTSA. Upon acceptance by NHTSA of the proposed written protocols, or amendments 

thereto, NHTSA will make the final written protocols publicly available. The fmal written 

protocols shall not be subject to attorney-client privilege or attorney work-product protection 

and shall not include confidential business information or information otherwise not subject 

to public disclosure by NHTSA. 

19. Takata shall not release any foreign recalled inflator, recalled or returned 

inflator, or ruptured inflator (as described by Paragraphs 3, 5 & 6), any Takata PSAN 

inflator type covered by a future safety action that comes into Takata's possession, or other 

ammonium nitrate-containing inflators, to the Takata Restitution Funds Special Master, the 

Trustee, any vehicle manufacturer, private plaintiff, or consortium thereof(including their 

experts, consultants, or other designated person or entity), for inspection, testing, or 

analysis unless that Takata Restitution Funds Special Master, the Trustee, vehicle 

manufacturer, private plaintiff, or consortium thereof accedes to this Amendment by 

signing a copy of Exhibit A, requiring preservation of materials associated with the 

inspection, testing, or analysis and provision of information on the inspection, testing, or 

analysis to NHTSA, on terms acceptable to NHTSA. 

20. Takata shall, upon written request by NHTSA, address Takata's compliance 

with this Amendment by, at NHTSA' s election and in its sole discretion, submitting a 

written report to NHTSA or meeting with NHTSArepresentatives. 

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21 . Takata shall provide written notice of each required submission under the 

Preservation Order and this Amendment by electronic mail to NHTSA's Director, Office 

of Defects Investigation (currently Stephen Ridella, Stephen.Ridella@dot.gov), and with a 

copy to NHTSA's Assistant Chief Counsel for Litigation and Enforcement (currently 

Emily Su, Emily.Su@dot.gov). NHTSA will provide notice to Takata ifthe individuals 

holding these positions ortheir email addresses change. 

22. On demand by NHTSA, Takata shall release into NHTSA's custody any 

recalled or returned inflator or other category ofinflators subject to this Amendment, 

including any Takata PSAN inflator type covered by a future safety action that comes into 

Takata's possession, for inspection, testing, or analysis, including any recalled or returned 

inflator or category ofinflators otherwise required to be set aside pursuant to Paragraph 15.d 

e, f, or g, with notice to the Notice Parties. Nothing herein shall limitNHTSA's ability to 

carry out its defect investigation. 

III. RELEASE OF INFLATORS FROM PRESERVATION OBLIGATIONS 

23. Recalled or returned inflators, foreign recalled inflators, or other ammonium 

nitrate-containing inflators, designated for disposal shall not be subject to the preservation 

obligations set forth in the Preservation Order or this Amendment (the "NHTSA 

preservation obligations") fifteen (15) business days after NHTSA's confirmation of receipt 

of a Disposal Designation by Takata. A Disposal Designation identifies a specific quantity 

of recalled or returned inflators, foreign recalled inflators, or other ammonium nitratecontaining inflators, for disposal and release from preservation. Takata shall certify that the 

release of inflators covered in that Disposal Designation does not, and will not, violate any 

other law or regulation. Takata's submission to NHTSA shall be contemporaneously 

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provided to the Notice Parties, a representative of the private litigation plaintiffs and a 

representative of the vehicle manufacturers, and shall contain reasonably available 

information identifying the specific inflators or types of inflators to be disposed of. 

24. Once released from the applicable NHTSA preservation obligations, and if 

not subject to any other preservation obligation, Takata may dispose of the recalled or 

returned inflators, foreign recalled inflators, or other ammonium nitrate-containing inflators, 

subject to the Disposal Designation in conformity with all relevant regulatory requirements. 

25. Propellant designated for disposal shall not be subject to the NHTSA 

preservation obligations fifteen (15) business days after NHTSA's confirmation of receipt of 

a Propellant Disposal Designation by Takata. A Propellant Disposal Designation identifies 

a specific quantity and type of propellant for disposal. Takata shall certify that the release of 

propellant covered in that Propellant Disposal Designation does not, and will not, violate 

any other law or regulation. Once released from the NHTSA preservation obligations, 

Takata may dispose of the propellant subject to the Propellant Disposal Designation in 

conformity with all relevant regulatory requirements. Takata's submission to NHTSA shall 

be contemporaneously provided to the Notice Parties, a representative of the private 

litigation plaintiffs and a representative of the vehicle manufacturers, and shall contain 

reasonably available information identifying the propellant to be disposed. 

26. All recalled or returned inflators, foreign recalled inflators, or other 

ammonium nitrate-containing inflators, that ruptured or exhibited failures of any kind during 

testing ("testing failure inflators") shall not be subject to the NHTSA preservation 

obligations fifteen ( 15) business days after NHTSA' s confirmation of receipt of a 

submission by Takata designating a set of such inflators for disposal ("Test Failure Disposal 

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Designation"). Such inflators consist of all inert deployed recalled or returned inflators, 

foreign recalled inflators, or other ammonium nitrate-containing inflators. Takata shall 

certify that, for all testing failure inflators, it has, and shall maintain for use by litigants, 

complete and accurate records documenting the failure including, but not limited to, data 

and photos. Takata shall further certify that the release of inflators covered in the Test 

Failure Disposal Designation does not, and will not, violate any other law or regulation. 

Once released from the NHTSA preservation obligations, Takata may dispose of the testing 

failure inflators subject to the Test Failure Disposal Designation in conformity with all 

relevant regulatory requirements. However, Takata shall retain 10% of all tested recalled or 

returned inflators in their post-test condition. The 10% to be retained shall be identified by 

Plaintiffs' Working Group, with consultation from the vehicle manufacturers, within the 

later of ( 1) 90 days of the execution of this Amended Preservation Order or (2) 90 days of 

being provided a complete list of tested inflators by Takata. Takata's Test Failure Disposal 

Designation submission to NHTSA shall be contemporaneously provided to the Notice 

Parties, a representative of the private litigation plaintiffs and a representative of the vehicle 

manufacturers, and shall contain reasonably available information identifying the testing 

failure inflators to be disposed. 

27. Takata acknowledges that it is subject to other preservation obligations outside 

the scope of this Amendment and that it bears full responsibility for compliance with such 

obligations. The terms of this Amendment allowing for recalled or returned inflators, foreign 

recalled inflators, other ammonium nitrate-containing inflators, and/or propellant to be released 

from the NHTSA preservation obligations and disposed of do not supersede or otherwise affect 

such other preservation obligations of Takata. 

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IV. TIME PERIOD OF AMENDMENT TO THE PRESERVATION ORDER 

28. Upon NHTSA's closure ofEA15-001 (formerly PE14-016) the terms of 

the Preservation Order and this Amendment shall be automatically terminated, subject to 

the below 90-day waiting period. However, the NHTSA Administrator may issue a 

written order providing notice of termination earlier, at the Administrator's sole 

discretion. The Preservation Order and Amendment shall remain in effect for 90 days 

following closure ofEA15-001 or the issuance of the written order of the NHTSA 

Administrator. NHTSA and Takata anticipate that this 90-day term will allow the Notice 

Parties and any remaining private party litigants to obtain an appropriate preservation 

order, if necessary. 

V. AMENDMENT 

29. This Amendment to the Preservation Order cannot be modified, amended, 

or waived other than by a writing agreed to by NHTSA and Takata setting forth such 

modification, amendment, or waiver. NHTSA reserves all authority to take any further 

action permitted by law. 

VI. INTERPRETATION CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL LAW 

30. Nothing in this Amendment shall be interpreted or construed in a manner 

inconsistent with, or contravening, any federal law, rule, or regulation, in effect at the time 

of the execution of this Amendment by Takata and approval by NHTSA or any subsequent 

amendment. 

VII. MISCELLANEOUS 

31. This Amendment does not release Takata from civil or criminal liabilities, if 

any, that may be asserted by the United States, the Department of Transportation, NHTSA, 

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or any other governmental entity. 

32. This Amendment shall be effective following its execution by Takata and 

approval by NHTSA and shall remain in effect until termination pursuant to Paragraph 28 

and for. a period of 90 days thereafter as provided in that paragraph. NHTSA may bring an 

action against Takata in any United States District Court to enforce this Amendment to 1he 

Preservation Order, including in response to any material breach by Takata of its obligations 

hereunder. Takata hereby waives any and all objections as to venue in such enforcement 

action and any and all defenses to the enforceability of this Amendment to the Preservation 

Order. Nothing herein shall constitute an admission of any wrongdoing or to the 

jurisdiction ofNHTSA as to any other order, proceeding, ordemand. 

33. This Amended Preservation Order constitutes the entire agreement regarding 

the resolution of the subject matter therein. 

34. This Amendment to the Preservation Order shall be binding upon, and inure 

to the benefit of, Takata and its directors, officers, employees, agents, subsidiaries, 

successors, and assigns. Commencing on the effective date ofTak:ata's Chapter 11 Plan, such 

agents, subsidiaries, successors, and assigns shall be determined consistent with the provisions of 

Takata's Chapter 11 Plan (including without limitation section 5.9( c )). Takata and the 

Warehousing Entity hereby waive any and all defenses to the enforceability of this 

Amendment that may exist or arise in connection with any person or entity succeeding to 

the interests or obligations herein, including as a result of any changes to the corporate 

structure or relationships among or between Takata and any of its parents, subsidiaries, or 

affiliates. 

35. This Amendment to the Preservation Order shall not be construed to 

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create rights in, or grant any cause of action to, any individual or entity not party to this 

Amendment to the Preservation Order, other than as expressly provided herein. 

36. If any provision of this Amendment to the Preservation Order is held illegal or 

unenforceable in a judicial proceeding, the remainder of this Amendment to the Preservation 

Order shall remain operative and binding, but only if the elimination of the invalidated 

provision does not alter the fundamental terms of this Amendment to the Preservation Order 

(including, without limitation, Paragraphs 14-19 and 23-27). 

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APPROVED AND SO ORDERED: 

NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY 

ADMINISTRATION, 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Dated: April 12,2018 By: II ORIGINAL SIGNED BY II 

Heidi King 

Deputy Administrator 

__--· Dated: April 12, 2018 

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orrison 

Chief Counsel 

Dated: April 12, 2018 

Emily 

By: 

Su ./ 

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Assistant Chief Counsel 

for Litigation & Enforcement 

Dated: April 12, 2018 By: _, Arija Flowers 

Trial Attorney 

Litigation & Enforcement 

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AGREED: 

TK SERVICES INC. 

Dated: April 12, 2018 By: ___________________________________ 

Mike Rains 

President 
AGREED: 

Dated: April 12, 2018 By: 

Sara 1:::. Wilson 

Covington & Burling LLP 

Outside Counsel 

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