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      "text": "The $110,000 salary narrative is misleading. Mitra's Time-Based LTIP Units generate approximately $7.4 million per year in tax-advantaged distributions at current rates, growing to an estimated $17.3 million by year 10 at the Company's recent ~10% annual dividend growth rate by our estimate. Cumulative distributions over the ten-year life could reach $110-120 million on Time-Based units alone.",
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      "text": "The termination provisions create a Board that would reward the CEO for firing him. Firing Mitra for poor performance (e.g. stock declines, bad acquisitions, operational failures) is a termination \"without cause\", we believe triggering full immediate acceleration of all LTIP units (~$500 million+ at current prices).",
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      "text": "The David Simon Retention Award (2011-2014). The late David Simon, who passed away in March 2026, led Simon Property Group as CEO for 31 years... granted him a one-time retention award of 1,000,000 LTIP Units, valued at approximately $120 million at the grant-date stock price.",
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