until and unless such Key Person is replaced in accordance with the definition of “Key Person”, but the same shall not constitute a For Cause Event or Event of Default by Ascendant Member.
Upon Ascendant Member funding its Initial Capital Contribution, the Company shall pay to Ascendant Member, or an Affiliate thereof as designated by Ascendant Member, an amount equal to $2,940,000.00.
(a) The Members and their respective officers, employees, the Managing Member and Affiliates shall devote such time to the Company business as they deem to be necessary or desirable in connection with their respective duties and responsibilities hereunder. Except as provided hereunder or as otherwise agreed to in writing by the Managing Member and all disinterested Members, no Member nor any member, partner, shareholder, officer, director, employee, agent or representative of any Member shall receive any salary or other remuneration for its services rendered pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) Each of the Members recognizes that each of the other Members and its members, managers partners, shareholders, officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, the Managing Member and Affiliates, have or may have other business interests, activities and investments, some of which may be in conflict or competition with the business of the Company and that each of the other Members and its members, managers, partners, shareholders, officers and directors, employees, agents, representatives, the Managing Member and Affiliates, are entitled to carry on such other business interests, activities and investments. Except as set forth below, each of the Members may engage in or possess an interest in any other business or venture of any kind, independently or with others, including, without limitation, owning, financing, acquiring, leasing, promoting, developing, improving, operating, managing and servicing real property and mortgage loans on its own behalf or on behalf of other entities with which any of the Members is affiliated or otherwise, and each of the Members may engage in any such activities, whether or not competitive with the Company, without any obligation to offer any interest in such activities to the Company or to the other Members. Neither the Company nor the other Members shall have any right, by virtue of this Agreement, in or to such activities, or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of such activities, even if competitive with the business of the Company, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, and except for any costs to be borne by any third party under any agreement with the Company, the Company shall be responsible for paying, and shall pay, all direct costs and expenses related to the business of the Company and of acquiring, holding, owning, servicing and collecting upon the Company Property. Subject to the preceding sentence, all fees and expenses payable under Section 7.04, costs and expenses relating to any employees, staff or other personnel approved by the Managing Member to provide day-to-day operations and financial reporting to oversee the operations of Company Property, costs of
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