definiens: means, with respect to a Party, any Person that, directly or indirectly, through one ( 1 ) or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is un der common control with such Party . For purposes of this definition, and, with correlative meaning s, the terms, and means ( a ) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting sec urities, by contract relating to voting rights or c orporate governance, or otherwise ; or ( b ) the ownership, dir ectly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent ( 50 % ) of the voting securities or other ownership interest of a Person ( or, with respect to a limited partnership or other similar entity, its general partner or controlling entity ) . The Parties acknowledge that in the case of certain entities o rganized under the laws of certain countries outside of the United States, the maximum percentage ownership permitted by law for a foreign investor may be less than fifty percent ( 50 % ), and that in such case such lower percentage sha ll be substituted in the preceding sentence, provided tha t such foreign investor has the power to direct the management or policies of such entity