EA Initial Growth Cap 105%
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- Kind
- Floor / minimum
- Statement
- Cisco Enterprise Agreement 3.0 Buying Program Offer Description (EDCS-25881943 Ver 2.1, last modified Mon Jul 27 14:28:26 PDT 2026) §2.1(A): Certain Full Commit Suites in the Collaboration, Security and Services Portfolios are subject to Initial Growth Cap. “If Your Consumption of a Suite or Add-On at any time during the first six months of the Suite Term exceeds 105% of Your initial Entitlement (“Initial Growth Cap”), then Cisco has the right to initiate a True Forward at the next quarterly anniversary of the Initial EA Order.” Archived EA 3.0 Program Terms (Jan 24, 2024) also print Initial Growth Cap at 105% of initial Entitlement (and Exceptional Growth after six months above 115% of then-current Entitlement). The Jul 2026 Buying Program OD is the current source; the Jan 2024 Program Terms are cited for comparison.
- Applies when
- Full Commit Suites in Collaboration, Security and Services Portfolios that include Growth Allowance / Initial Growth Cap per Buying Program OD / Portfolio Features.
- Applies to
- Cisco EA Purchased Suites and Add-Ons subject to Initial Growth Cap (Collaboration, Security, Services Portfolios as named). Not Microsoft EA.
- Aliases
- Initial Growth Cap; 105% first six months; quarterly True Forward trigger
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