definiens: means, collectively, the following : ( a ) Ascension Health or Ascension Health Care Network ; ( b ) any Entity that is an Affiliate of Ascension Health or Ascension Health Care Network on the Supplement Effective Date, or thereafter becomes an Affiliate of Ascension Health ; ( c ) any Entity that purchases after the Supplement Effective Date from Ascension Health or any Affiliate of Ascension Health, all or substantially all of the assets of Ascension Health or such Affiliate, or of any division, marketing unit or business unit thereof, provided that such Entity agrees in writing to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement ; ( d ) any Entity that after the Supplement Effective Date is created using assets of Ascension Health or any Affiliate of Ascension Health, provided that such Entity agrees in writing to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement ; ( e ) any Entity into which Ascension Health or any Affiliate of Ascension Health merges or consolidates, provided that such Entity has assumed Ascension Health 's obligations under this Agreement, and provided further that such Entity agrees in writing to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement ; ( f ) any Entity which merges into or consolidates with Ascension Health or any Affiliate of Ascension Health ; ( g ) any Entity, including any corporation, joint venture, partnership or manufacturing or retail facility, in which on or after the Supplement Effective Date, Ascension Health or any Affiliate of Ascension Health has an ownership interest and as to which Ascension Health or such Affiliate has management or operational responsibility ; ASCENSION HEALTH CONFIDENTIAL ActiveUS 10 1830987v.1 Exhibit 1 Page 7 any person or Entity engaged in the provision of products or services to Ascension Health or another Eligible Recipient identified in clauses ( a ) through { g } ( e.g., contract personnel working at a Ascension Health site ), but only in connection with the provision of such products or services to Ascension Health or such other Eligible Recipient ; any customer of an Eligible Recipient identified in clauses ( a ) through { g } above, or an Entity to which such an Eligible Recipient is a subcontractor, but only in connection with the provision of products or services ( other than the Services provided hereunder ) by such Eligible Recipient to such customer ; and other entities to which the Parties agree