definiens: means any corporation or other business entity : ( i ) of which more than fifty percent ( 50 % ) or more of the securities or other ownership interests ( or, if the jurisdiction where such entity is domiciled prohibits foreign ownership of such amount, the maximum ownership interest permitted by such laws ) representing the equity, the voting stock or general partnership interests are owned, or controlled, directly or indirectly, by MERCK or ( ii ) which, directly or indirectly, owns, or controls more than fifty percent ( 50 % ) or more of the securities or other ownership interests representing the equity, the voting stock or, if applicable, the general partnership interest, of MERCK ; or ( iii ) which otherwise, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with MERCK, where, for the purposes of this Section, the word ( with the correlative meanings for the terms or ) means the actual power to direct or cause the direction of the management of the applicable business entity