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Speaker 1: and I don't know. I'm just glad that it was

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Speaker 1: settled between Dan and and the minority partners UH so

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Speaker 1: that they can move ahead. But I don't have any

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Speaker 1: comment on on that investigation. I have not been a

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Speaker 1: part of of it, and I don't have any information

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Speaker 1: about it. M h m hmmmmmm.