definiens: means any person, corporation, partnership or other entity that directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Party . For purposes of this definition, or means ownership directly or through one or more Affiliates, of fifty percent ( 50 % ) or more of the shares of stock entitled to vote for the election of directors, in the case of a corporation, or fifty percent ( 50 % ) or more of the equity interest in the case of any other type of legal entity, status as a general partner in any partnership, or any other arrangement whereby a Party controls or has the right to control the Board of Directors or - 1 -equivalent governing body of a corporation or other entity, or the ability to cause the direction of the management or policies of a corporation or other entity . Notwithstanding the foregoing, for [COMPANY], excludes any parent entity that controls [COMPANY], including F. Hoffman La Roche, Ltd. and its successors ( ), and entities that control, are under common control ( as defined in this Section ) with, such parent entity, and entities that are controlled by such parent entity, other than entities controlled through [COMPANY]