Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Number 333-168333

 

International Business Machines Corporation
May 8, 2012
Pricing Term Sheet

 

0.750% Notes due 2015

1.875% Notes due 2019

 

Issuer

International Business Machines Corporation

Expected Issuer Ratings*

Aa3/A+/A+ (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch)

 

Format

SEC Registered

 

Trade Date

May 8, 2012

 

Settlement Date

(T+3); May 11, 2012

 

Joint Bookrunning Managers

Barclays Capital Inc.

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

RBS Securities Inc.

 

Co-Managers

CIBC World Markets Corp.

Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc.

TD Securities (USA) LLC

UBS Securities LLC

 

 

2015 Notes

2019 Notes

Principal Amount

$900,000,000

$600,000,000

Maturity

May 11, 2015

May 15, 2019

Interest Payment Dates

May 11 and November 11

May 15 and November 15

First Interest Payment Date

November 11, 2012

November 15, 2012 (long first coupon)

Benchmark Treasury

0.375% due April, 2015

1.250% due April, 2019

Benchmark Treasury Yield

0.356%

1.248%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury

T + 45 bps

T + 65 bps

Yield to Maturity

0.806%

1.898%

Coupon

0.750%

1.875%

Make-Whole Call

T + 10 bps

T + 12.5 bps

Price to Public

99.834%

99.850%

Underwriting Discount

0.15%

0.35%

Day Count

30/360

30/360

Minimum Denomination

$100,000 and multiples of $1,000

$100,000 and multiples of $1,000

CUSIP

459200 HD6

459200 HE4

ISIN

US459200HD61

US459200HE45

 


*Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

 

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates.  Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering.  You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC web site at www.sec.gov.  Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Barclays Capital Inc. at (888) 603-5847 (toll-free) , HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. at (866) 811-8049 (toll-free), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at (212) 834-4533 (collect) and RBS Securities Inc. at (866) 884-2071 (toll-free).

 

This pricing term sheet supplements the preliminary form of prospectus supplement issued by International Business Machines Corporation on May 8, 2012 relating to its Prospectus dated July 27, 2010.