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:  March 7, 2005

(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:

 

o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 



 

Item 7.01 (Regulation FD Disclosure)

 

Attachment I of this Form 8-K, which is hereby furnished, contains additional information about return on invested capital in the document entitled “Understanding Our Company: An IBM Prospectus” that is being delivered to stockholders along with the IBM Annual Report 2004.

 

IBM’s web site (www.ibm.com) contains a significant amount of information about IBM, including financial and other information for investors (www.ibm.com/investor/).  IBM encourages investors to visit its various web sites from time to time, as information is updated and new information is posted.

 

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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: March 7, 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew Bonzani

 

 

 

(Andrew Bonzani)

 

 

 

Assistant Secretary &

 

 

 

Associate General Counsel

 

 

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ATTACHMENT I

 

RECONCILIATION OF IBM TOTAL RETURN ON INVESTED CAPITAL (ROIC)

 

ROIC = Income from continuing operations excluding Interest expense/Invested Capital

Invested Capital = Long-term debt + Stockholders’ equity

 

The reconciliation to the most comparable U.S. GAAP measurements for the numerator and denominator are as follows:

 

(dollars in millions)

 

 

 

2004

 

2003

 

2002

 

2001

 

2000

 

1999

 

1998

 

1997

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

 

 

 

$

8,448

 

$

7,613

 

$

5,334

 

$

8,146

 

$

7,874

 

$

7,359

 

$

5,469

 

$

5,528

 

Add: Interest expense, after tax *

 

 

 

97

 

102

 

103

 

103

 

100

 

91

 

98

 

96

 

Income from continuing operations, excluding interest expense

 

(a)

 

$

8,545

 

$

7,715

 

$

5,437

 

$

8,249

 

$

7,974

 

$

7,450

 

$

5,567

 

$

5,624

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

 

 

 

$

14,828

 

$

16,986

 

$

19,986

 

$

15,963

 

$

18,371

 

$

14,124

 

$

15,508

 

$

13,696

 

Stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

29,747

 

27,864

 

22,782

 

23,448

 

20,550

 

20,426

 

19,383

 

19,816

 

IBM Invested Capital

 

(b)

 

$

44,575

 

$

44,850

 

$

42,768

 

$

39,411

 

$

38,921

 

$

34,550

 

$

34,891

 

$

33,512

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total IBM ROIC

 

(a)/(b)

 

19

%

17

%

13

%

21

%

20

%

22

%

16

%

17

%

 


*      Calculated using IBM’s consolidated effective tax rate for each respective period.

 

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RECONCILIATION OF RETURN ON INVESTED CAPITAL

EXCLUDING NON-GLOBAL FINANCING BUSINESS

AND ONE-TIME PENSION SETTLEMENT CHARGE

 

The reconciliation to the most comparable U.S. GAAP measurements for the numerator and denominator is as follows:

 

(dollars in millions)

 

 

 

2004

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

 

 

 

$

8,448

 

Less: Global Financing net income

 

 

 

(937

)

Non-Global Financing income from continuing operations

 

 

 

$

7,511

 

Add: Interest Expense, after tax*

 

 

 

97

 

Add: One-time pension charge, after tax **

 

 

 

195

 

Non-Global Financing income from continuing operations, excluding interest expense and one-time pension charge

 

(a)

 

$

7,803

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

Total IBM Invested Capital:

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

 

 

 

$

14,828

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

29,747

 

Add: One-time pension charge, net of tax**
(Retained Earnings)

 

 

 

195

 

Adjusted Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

29,942

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IBM Invested Capital, adjusted for one-time pension charge

 

 

 

44,770

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Global Financing Invested Capital:

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt ***

 

 

 

$

14,435

 

Stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

3,255

 

Global Financing Invested Capital

 

 

 

$

17,690

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-Global Financing Invested Capital, adjusted for one-time pension charge

 

(b)

 

$

27,080

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Invested Capital excluding Non-Global Financing Business and one-time Pension Settlement Charge

 

(a)/(b)

 

29

%

 


*

 

Calculated using IBM’s consolidated effective tax rate.

**

 

Calculated using IBM’s U.S marginal tax rate.

***

 

Allocated based on ratio of Global Financing debt to total debt.

 

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