definiens: of a Party means any Person that, d irectly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, now or hereafter controls, is contr olled by, or is under common control with such Person as of such date . As used herein, the term ( including the terms and ) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the m anagement and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities or other int erests, by contract or otherwise ( b ) means any and all of the following ari sing under the laws of the United States or any foreign jurisdiction : claims, counterclaims, cross- claims, demands, causes of action, Liabilities, lawsuits, arbitrations, proceedings, third - party in terventions, or any other form of claim, whether or not fixed, contingent or absolute, matured or un matured, direct or indirect, liquidated or unliquidated, accrued or unaccrued, known or unknow n, whether or not required to be reflected in financial statements or disclosed in the notes ther eto