Within the past two years, have you or, to the best of your knowledge, anyone under your control or supervision or acting on your behalf, made any payment to any government official or entertained any government official in an effort to influence or induce that official to use his or her influence to assist the Company to obtain or retain business, or to obtain any benefit for the Company or any other person? “Payment” means any offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of payment or money, as well as any offer, gift, promise or authorization of the giving of anything of value. A “government official” is any person who is an officer or employee of, or who is acting in an official capacity for, any domestic or foreign government. “Government” means any government or government department, agency or instrumentality.