Duties and Conflicts. The Managing Member only shall be required to devote such time to the management of the business of the Company as it deems necessary to promote the interests of the Company. Each Member recognizes that the other Members (including the Managing Member) and their Affiliates have or may hereafter have other business interests, activities and investments, some of which may be in conflict or competition with the business or properties of the Company, and that such Persons are entitled to carry on such other business interests, activities and investments. The Members (including the Managing Member) and their Affiliates may engage in or possess an interest in any other business or venture of any kind, independently or with others, on their own behalf or on behalf of other entities with which they are affiliated or associated, and such persons may engage in any activities, whether or not competitive with the Company, without any obligation to offer any interest in such activities to the Company or to any Member. Neither the Company nor any Member 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. Without limiting the foregoing, each Member recognizes that (a) the Managing Member and/or its Affiliates (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) own, independently and/or with others, direct and/or indirect interests in Shopping Center Projects in which the Company and its Subsidiaries have no interest and which may be in conflict or competition with the business or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (b) the Managing Member intends to continue to conduct and expand such business and activities and (c) the Managing Member and its Affiliates (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) are entitled to carry on such other business and activities and own such properties without any obligation to offer any interest in such business, activities or properties to the Company or to any Member.
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Sources: Operating Agreement (General Growth Properties, Inc.), Operating Agreement (New GGP, Inc.), Operating Agreement (New GGP, Inc.)