This Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue until the end of the fifth (5 th ) Contract Year, unless either party earlier terminates this Agreement within thirty (30) days of the end of the third (3) Contract year or fourth (4) Contract Year with 24 months’ notice to the other party or this Agreement is earlier terminated in accordance with Section 16.2 (as may be extended in accordance with this Section, the “ Term ”). The Term shall automatically be extended for successive 2-year periods unless and until one party gives the other party at least 24 months’ prior written notice of its desire to terminate as of the end of the then-current Term.