definiens: means any corporation, firm, limited liability company, partnership or other entity thatdirectly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Party . As used in this Section 1.1and throughout the Agreement, 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 fiftypercent ( 50 % ) or more of the equity interests in the case of any other type of legal entity, or status as a generalpartner in any partnership, or the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and the policies of a legalentity, whether through the ownership or possession of a majority of the outstanding voting or equity interest, or anyother arrangement whereby a Party 1 controls or has the right to control the Board of Directors or equivalent governing body of a corporation or other entity, or if such level of ownership or control is prohibited in any country, any entity owned or controlled by or owning orcontrolling at the maximum control or ownership right permitted in the country where such entity exists