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Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
This Form 8-K/A is being filed solely to amend the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by The Howard Hughes Corporation (the “Company”) on May 10, 2022 to add as Exhibit 16.1 the letter received on May 10, 2022 from the Company’s former independent registered public accounting firm, Ernst & Young LLP, regarding the disclosure made in the original filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit Number |
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| 16.1 | Ernst & Young LLP Letter, dated May 10, 2022. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Peter F. Riley | |
| Peter F. Riley | ||
| Senior Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel | ||
Date: May 11, 2022
Exhibit 16.1
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Ernst & Young LLP 5 Houston Center 1401 McKinney, Suite 2400 Houston, TX 77010 |
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May 10, 2022
Securities and Exchange Commission
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have read Item 4.01 of Form 8-K dated May 10, 2022 of The Howard Hughes Corporation and are in agreement with the statements contained in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th paragraphs therein. We have no basis to agree or disagree with other statements of the registrant contained therein.
| /s/ Ernst & Young LLP |