definiens: means any Person directly or indirectly controlled by, controlling or under common control with, a Party, but only for so long as such control shall continue . For purposes of this defin ition, ( including, with correlative meanings,, and ) shall exist with respect to a Person in the event of the possession, direct or indirect, of ( i ) the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person ( whether through ownership of securities, by contract or otherwise ), or ( ii ) at l east fifty percent ( 50 % ) of the voting securities o r other comparable equity interests . The Parties acknowledg e that in the case of certain entities organized un der the laws of certain countries outside of the United States, the maximum percentage ownership permitted by law f or a foreign investor may be less than fifty percent ( 50 % ), and that in such case, such lower percentage sh all be substituted in the preceding sentence, provided tha t such foreign investor has the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Pe rson . For the avoidance of doubt, neither of the Pa rties shall be deemed to be an of the other