Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Number 333-168333

 

$1,000,000,000
1.875% Notes Due August 1, 2022
International Business Machines Corporation
July 25, 2012
Pricing Term Sheet

 

Issuer

 

International Business Machines Corporation

Expected Issuer Ratings*

 

Aa3/AA-/A+ (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch)

Format

 

SEC Registered

Trade Date

 

July 25, 2012

Settlement Date

 

July 30, 2012 (T+3)

Size

 

$1,000,000,000

Maturity

 

August 1, 2022

Interest Payment Dates

 

February 1 and August 1

First Payment Date

 

February 1, 2013

Benchmark Treasury

 

1.750% due May 15, 2022

Benchmark Treasury Yield

 

1.403%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury

 

T + 65 bps

Yield to Maturity

 

2.053%

Coupon

 

1.875%

Make-Whole Call

 

T + 12.5 bps

Price to Public

 

98.398%

Underwriting Discount

 

0.400%

Price to Issuer

 

97.998%

Day Count

 

30/360

Minimum Denomination

 

$100,000 and multiples of $1,000

Bookrunners

 

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
UBS Securities LLC

Co-Managers

 

Loop Capital Markets, LLC
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.
SG Americas Securities, LLC
US Bancorp Investments, Inc.

CUSIP

 

459200 HG9

ISIN

 

US459200HG92

 


*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 BNP Paribas Securities Corp. toll-free at 800-854-5674, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. toll-free at 877-858-5407, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. toll-free at 800-503-4611, or UBS Securities LLC toll-free at 877-827-6444, ext. 561 3884.

 

This pricing term sheet supplements the preliminary form of prospectus supplement issued by International Business Machines Corporation on July 25, 2012 relating to its Prospectus dated July 27, 2010.