definiens: means with respect to any person, any other perso n directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such pe rson ; provided, that, for purposes of this definiti on, ( including, with correlative meanings, th e terms and ), as used with respect to any person, means ( a ) the poss ession, directly or indirectly, of the power to dir ect or cause the direction of the management and policies of suc h person, whether through the ownership of voting s ecurities or by contract or otherwise, or ( b ) the ownership, directly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent ( 50 % ) of the voting securities of such person . For purposes of t his Section 1.3 ( Affiliate ), means an indi vidual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limi ted liability company, limited liability partnershi p, syndicate, person ( including a as defined in Section 13(d)(3 ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder ), trust, association, entity or governm ent or political subdivision, agency or instrumentality of a government