definiens: means, with respect to a particular Party, a Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Party . For the purposes of this definition, the wor d ( including, with correlative meaning, the terms or ) me ans the possession, either directly or indirectly through o ne or more intermediaries, of ( a ) power to direct o r cause the direction of the management or policies of such ent ity ( whether through ownership of securities or oth er ownership interests, by contract or otherwise ), or ( b ) beneficial ownership of more than 50 % of the vo ting securities or other ownership interest ( whether dir ectly or pursuant to any option, warrant or other s imilar arrangement ) or other comparable equity interests o f an entity . For clarity, once a Person ceases to b e an Affiliate of a Party ( and is not itself a Party as a result of the assignment of this Agreement to suc h Person in accordance with Section 12.5 ), then, without any fu rther action, such Person shall cease to have any a utomatic rights under this Agreement by reason of having bee n an Affiliate of such Party but any sublicenses gr anted by a Party to an Affiliate shall remain in effect unless and until terminated