definiens: shall mean any corporation, firm, limited liability company, partner -ship or other entity, which directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Party to this Agreement . For the purposes of this Paragraph 1.1, 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 interests in th e entity, 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 direction of the management or policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise . For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties agree that a company is deemed to be under another company if the two companies are owned or controlled by the same group of indivi duals