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See the information under the “Litigation, Claims, and Government Investigations” caption in Note 5, which we incorporate here by reference.
−Removed: Within this section, we use a threshold of $1 million in disclosing material environmental proceedings involving a governmental authority.
−Removed: As previously disclosed in our 2021 Form 10-K, several counties and cities in California asserted that the Ritz-Carlton hotels in California failed to comply with certain state statutes regulating hazardous and other waste handling and disposal.
−Removed: In July 2022, we executed final settlement documents to fully settle the matter, and in August the settlement was approved by the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Riverside.
−Removed: The settlement involves payments by the Company below the above-referenced $1 million disclosure threshold.
+Added: Within this section, we use a threshold of $1 million in disclosing material environmental proceedings involving a governmental authority, if any.
From time to time, we are also subject to other legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business, including adjustments proposed during governmental examinations of the various tax returns we file.
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