Common use of Payment Clause in Contracts

Payment. The following replaces 1.6b: 1. As long as the country operates in a free currency exchange market, Customer and IBM agree that IBM will accept payment in the applicable country national currency calculated at the country official exchange rate published by the bank specified in a Transaction Document on the date payment is made. 2. If the government of a country establishes any restriction or limitation on its free currency exchange markets, Customer agrees to make payments to IBM in US dollars to a bank account in New York, NY, USA, designated by IBM in the Transaction Document, provided that such payment is not illegal under country law. If such method of payment is forbidden by country law, Customer agrees to pay the amount indicated in the Transaction Document in country national currency, calculated at the official exchange rate that is in use for the remittance of dividends and net earnings to foreign investors outside the country. Customer agrees to pay accordingly, including any late payment fee. The late payment fee is calculated and payable in US dollars at two percent (or the maximum rate allowed by local law if such is less than two percent) of the delinquent amount due per each thirty day period during which any delinquent balance remains unpaid.