Are refurbs now shipping with Leopard installed?

I sent my brother a refurb iMac for the holidays. He hasn't set it up yet (they did the free overnight shipping, I didn't even expect him to get it yet!) but he said the box, which appeared slightly damaged in transit (one side was opened), only came with the 2 start up disks- no Leopard upgrade disk.
Does anyone know if the refurbs are now shipping with Leopard preinstalled? I ordered this on 12/18, so it's what I'm thinking- otherwise, I'm concerned that the disk may have either fallen out/been taken out. . .
Thanks. (no, he hasn't turned it on yet- I asked him to, but I think he's afraid of it, and is waiting for Tuesday when folks will be able to help him get it set up!)

I had a refurb mini delivered a month ago and it included the "upgrade" Leopard DVD

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