Can the buyer use the servers for a cloud service, move the contract to a financing vehicle, and what happens if it pays late?
Dell’s standard terms are for the buyer’s own internal use. IREN’s agreement widens that to running the servers as part of cloud services for its customers. Either party may move the contract to an affiliate only if the new party is in North America, is not a competitor, assumes the obligations in writing and has credit Dell is satisfied with, backed by a parent guarantee in the same form IREN Limited gave. Dell may cancel an order only for an uncured material breach after notice, and the buyer has a cure period for late payment before Dell can suspend. The letter is headed “Non-Financed”: Dell sold the servers, it did not finance them. For lenders: moving the supply contract into a borrower vehicle needs Dell’s credit sign-off and a parent guarantee.
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What the filed contracts say
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What the filed wording says
Dell–IREN purchase agreement
The servers may be used to provide cloud services to the buyer’s customers.
Dell–IREN purchase agreement
Dell may cancel an order only for a material breach not cured after written notice.
Dell–IREN purchase agreement
The buyer has a cure period for non-payment before Dell can suspend.
Dell–IREN purchase agreement
The contract can move to an affiliate in North America that is not a competitor and assumes the obligations.
Dell–IREN purchase agreement
The new party needs credit Dell accepts and a parent guarantee in the same form as IREN Limited’s.
Dell–IREN purchase agreement
The letter is headed “Non-Financed”.
The filed wording
B. Clause 1.1 is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “1.1 Scope. The CTS governs Customer’s purchase and/or use and Supplier’s provisioning of Products, Services and Third Party Products (if applicable) (collectively, the “Offerings”), for Customer’s own internal use which will include, Customer's (or its Affiliates') use as part of service offerings for its customers on a software-as-a-service, infrastructure-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service, hosted, turn- key, on-demand, service bureau or other similar basis.
Dell purchase agreement with IREN’s Hardware 3 subsidiary (GPU servers), amending Dell’s Commercial Terms of Sale, amendment B, new clause 1.1 · IREN 10-Q, Exhibit 10.4
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