Employee understands that this Agreement shall be null and void if not executed by Employee within twenty-one (21) days following the date Employee receives it. In the event that Employee signs this Agreement within twenty-one days, then the Company has seven days after such date to countersign the Agreement and return a fully-executed version to Employee. This Agreement will become effective on the eighth (8th) day after Employee signed this Agreement, so long as it has been signed by the Company and has not been revoked by either Party before that date (the “Effective Date”).