Honeywell Internationalreason 02 of 4it owns a thing that cannot be built or permitted twicederived 2026-09-11accession 0000773840-26-000124
The retained 48% stake in Quantinuum—valued at over $7B after a $6.6B deconsolidation gain—represents an embedded call option on the quantum-computing market. If Quantinuum scales successfully, this stake appreciates outside HON's core operations; if it does not, the equity-method treatment limits balance-sheet drag to proportional losses without further cash outflows.
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It held on this filing. No finding was written because nothing in it bore on the reason — the sentences it was read against are below.
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the claims it rests on
“On June 4, 2026, the Company's former consolidated subsidiary Quantinuum completed its IPO; upon completion the Company retained a 48% noncontrolling ownership interest”
“The Company recognized a gain of $6,629 million as a result of the deconsolidation of Quantinuum”
“As of June 30, 2026, the carrying amount of the Company's equity method investment in Quantinuum was $7,260 million”
“Basis differences related to equity method goodwill were $6.1 billion”