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Question: Anthony Paolone - JPMorgan - Analyst
: Thanks and good morning. Maybe for Bill to start here. You've been in this process for for a little while now, and you've talked pretty
clearly about what you want to do with it. So just wondering what you think the timeline is to see the first transactions completed
and is this something that you've got a pipeline teed up and ready to go or or do you just now start to get go into the market and
find deals?
Question: Anthony Paolone - JPMorgan - Analyst
: Okay. That's really helpful. And if I could just ask a follow up to all of this, you have the $900 million. It's substantial, but I think it
sounds like your plans are also quite substantial. So how does capital allocation work going forward related to what goes into new
businesses versus the traditional real estate Howard Hughes? You have probably over $1 billion worth of apartment assets. You're
getting this density in Hawaii that increases the value there. I guess, like, do you envision changing or moving capital out of the
legacy real estate into other areas or does that all just be left alone?
Question: Anthony Paolone - JPMorgan - Analyst
: Okay. Appreciate all of the context, Bill.
Question: Connor Mitchell - Piper Sandler - Analyst
: Hey, good morning. Thanks for taking my question. I guess just thinking about David being the CEO of the holding company now
and then longer down the line when there's a few more companies or portfolio companies underneath the holding. Is the plan for
you guys to appoint somebody to oversee the MPC business or will David kind of be still in charge of the CEO of the company overall
as well as the MPC business and maybe just put in department heads or company CEOs for the different, acquired businesses down
the line.
Question: Connor Mitchell - Piper Sandler - Analyst
: Okay. I appreciate that. And then, you mentioned that maybe you want to bring the debt up to investment grade. Can you just walk
us through some of the steps that might be needed to change or improve the balance sheet in a way to reach the investment grade
that you're aspiring to?
Question: Connor Mitchell - Piper Sandler - Analyst
: Okay. And then just to follow up quickly, is the $900 million cash infusion, is any of that kind of plan to pay off any of the debts for
the Howard Hughes at the moment or is that really just being held to acquire the new businesses to develop the insurance business
or more along the lines of the parent company movements.
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Question: Connor Mitchell - Piper Sandler - Analyst
: Okay. I appreciate all the color. Thank you.
Question: John Kim - BMO Capital Markets - Analyst
: Thank you. I had a similar line of questioning. If you look at the cash flow statement of Howard Hughes, cash flow from operations
been positive to the last three years. It turned negative this quarter, partially offset by cash flow from investments. I think a lot of
that is property development, but the point is it's very lumpy investments, especially condo and commercial developments.
So my question is Howard Hughes -- is the cash flow generation going to accelerate over the next few years and be self-funding or
will it really be after the current, kind of, developments planned coming to fruition?
Question: John Kim - BMO Capital Markets - Analyst
: Okay. And David, you talked about, during the quarter, home sales up sequentially, down year-over-year of a strong, quarter last
year. But how has activity and the home sales market been since Liberation Day?
Question: John Kim - BMO Capital Markets - Analyst
: Okay. My final question is for Bill, the $900 million cash injection into the company, how much of that will be earmarked for the
insurance investment versus other investments that you're looking at? And what are your return on invested capital hurdle rates on
new investments.
Question: John Kim - BMO Capital Markets - Analyst
: Appreciate it. Thank you.
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