---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-043386"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HHH"
cik: "0001981792"
company_name: "Howard Hughes Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T02:33:50.632554+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HHH Chairman Bill Ackman to retire; Scot Sellers named new Chairman; Ben Hakim nominated

## Summary
- Bill Ackman will not stand for re-election at 2024 annual meeting; no disagreement with company.
- R. Scot Sellers, current Presiding Director, expected to be named Chairman after annual meeting if re-elected.
- Ben Hakim, Pershing Square partner since 2012, nominated to fill Ackman's board seat.
- Seaport Entertainment spin-off expected in 2024; HHH to become pure-play MPC company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-043386
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HHH
- cik: 0001981792
- company_name: Howard Hughes Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1981792/000110465924043386/0001104659-24-043386-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1981792/000110465924043386/tm2410959d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-043386
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-043386.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-043386.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ben Hakim was appointed as Director at Howard Hughes Holdings Inc..
  - Action: nominated
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board has nominated Ben Hakim, Partner at Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., to fill the vacancy left by Mr. Ackman.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1981792/000110465924043386/0001104659-24-043386-index.htm
- Executive change
  R. Scot Sellers changed role as Chairman of the Board at Howard Hughes Holdings Inc..
  - Action: expected to be named Chairman
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: R. Scot Sellers, the Presiding Director of the Board, is expected to replace Mr. Ackman as Chairman of the Board following the 2024 Annual Meeting if Mr. Sellers is re-elected to the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1981792/000110465924043386/0001104659-24-043386-index.htm
- Executive change
  William A. Ackman departed as Chairman of the board of directors at Howard Hughes Holdings Inc..
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Chairman of the board of directors
  source text: On April 3, 2021, William A. Ackman, Chairman of the board of directors (the “Board”) of Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Board of his decision not to stand for re-election at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2024 Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1981792/000110465924043386/0001104659-24-043386-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.