The Company hereby employs the Executive, and the Executive hereby accepts such employment, for a term commencing as of the Effective Date and ending on December 31, 2020, with such arrangement to continue for successive one-year periods in accordance with the terms of this Agreement unless the Company or the Executive notifies the other of non-renewal in writing prior to three (3) months before the expiration of the initial term and each annual renewal, as applicable. (The period during which the Executive provides services hereunder being hereinafter referred to as the “Term.”) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive’s employment may be terminated during the Term in accordance with Sections 4 and 5. In the event that such notice is provided by Executive or the Company, the Company may require in its sole discretion that Executive cease reporting to work and/or to cease performing duties, in whole or in part, during all or any portion of said notice period.