definiens: means, with respect to a specified Person, any entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person . As used in this Section 1.7, ( and, with correlative meanings, the terms and ) means, in the case of a corporation, the ownership of fifty percent ( 50 % ) or more of the outstanding voting securities thereof or, in the case of any other type of entity, an interest that results in the ability to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such party or the power to appoint fifty percent ( 50 % ) or more of the members of the governing body of the party or, where ownership of fifty percent ( 50 % ) or more of such s ecurities or interest is prohibited by law, ownership of the maximum amount legally permitted . Notwithstanding the foregoing, Affiliates of a Party shall exclude Persons who are financial investors in such Person or under common control of such investors o ther than such Person and its parent and subsidiary entities