form8-k.htm
 
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM 8-K
 
 
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
Date of Report:  October 30, 2008
(Date of earliest event reported)
 
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
New York
  
1-2360
  
13-0871985
(State of Incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
         
ARMONK, NEW YORK
  
10504
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 
914-499-1900
(Registrant’s telephone number)
 
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Financial Statements and Exhibits.

This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to incorporate by reference into Registration Statement No. 333-145104 on Form S-3, effective August 3, 2007, the documents included as Exhibit 1 and 2 hereto, relating to €750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Registrant.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits

Exhibit
Number
Description
   
      (1)
Underwriting Agreement dated October 23, 2008 among International Business Machines Corporation, BNP Paribas, HSBC Bank plc, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, UBS Limited, Banca IMI S.p.A., Banco Santander S.A., Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG and BBVA Securities Inc.
   
      (2)
Form of 6.625% Notes due 2014

 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Date: November 5, 2008
    
     
     
 
By:
/s/  Martin Schroeter
  
   
Martin Schroeter
  
   
Treasurer