Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Number 333-190160

 

International Business Machines Corporation
February 6, 2014
Pricing Term Sheet

 

Floating Rate Notes due 2016

Floating Rate Notes due 2019

1.95% Notes due 2019

3.625% Notes due 2024

 

Issuer

International Business Machines Corporation

 

 

Expected Issuer Ratings*

Aa3/AA-/A+ (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch)

 

 

Format

SEC Registered

 

 

Trade Date

February 6, 2014

 

 

Settlement Date

February 12, 2014 (T+4)

 

 

Joint Bookrunning Managers

BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Goldman, Sachs & Co., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC

 

 

Co-Managers

BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, Danske Markets Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., Mischler Financial Group, Inc. and Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc.

 

 

 

2016 Floating Rate Notes

 

2019 Floating Rate Notes

 

2019 Notes

 

2024 Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Size

$1,000,000,000

 

$750,000,000

 

$750,000,000

 

$2,000,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maturity

February 5, 2016

 

February 12, 2019

 

February 12, 2019

 

February 12, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Payment Dates

Quarterly on February 5, May 5, August 5 and November 5

 

Quarterly on February 12, May 12, August 12 and November 12

 

February 12 and August 12

 

February 12 and August 12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Interest Payment Date

May 5, 2014

 

May 12, 2014

 

August 12, 2014

 

August 12, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coupon

Spread to LIBOR: + 7 bps

 

Designated LIBOR page:

Reuters Screen

LIBOR01 Page

 

Index Maturity: 3 Months

 

Interest Reset Period:

Quarterly

 

Interest Reset Dates:

February 5, May 5,

August 5 and

November 5

 

Initial Interest Rate: Three

month LIBOR plus 7

bps, determined on

February 10, 2014

 

Spread to LIBOR: + 37 bps

 

Designated LIBOR page:

Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page

 

Index Maturity: 3 Months

 

Interest Reset Period:

Quarterly

 

Interest Reset Dates:

February 12, May 12,

August 12 and

November 12

 

Initial Interest Rate: Three

month LIBOR plus 37

bps, determined on

February 10, 2014

 

1.95%

 

3.625%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benchmark Treasury

Not Applicable

 

Not Applicable

 

1.50% due

January 31, 2019

 

2.75% due November 15, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benchmark Treasury Yield

Not Applicable

 

Not Applicable

 

1.521%

 

2.70%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spread to Benchmark Treasury

Not Applicable

 

Not Applicable

 

T + 48 bps

 

T + 95 bps

 



 

Yield to Maturity

Not Applicable

 

Not Applicable

 

2.001%

 

3.65%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make-Whole Call

Not Applicable

 

Not Applicable

 

T + 7.5 bps

 

T + 15 bps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Par Call

Not Applicable

 

Not Applicable

 

Not Applicable

 

Not Applicable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Price to Public

100%

 

100%

 

99.758%

 

99.792%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Underwriting Discount

0.10%

 

0.25%

 

0.25%

 

0.40%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day Count

Actual/360, Modified Following Business Day

 

Actual/360, Modified Following Business Day

 

30/360

 

30/360

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minimum Denomination

$100,000 and multiples of $1,000

 

$100,000 and multiples of $1,000

 

$100,000 and multiples of $1,000

 

$100,000 and multiples of $1,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP

459200 HV6

 

459200 HW4

 

459200 HT1

 

459200 HU8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ISIN

US459200HV69

 

US459200HW43

 

US459200HT14

 

US459200HU86

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Settlement

IBM will deliver the Notes to the underwriters at the closing of this offering when the underwriters pay IBM the purchase price of the Notes. The underwriting agreement provides that the closing will occur on February 12, 2014, which is four business days after the date of the prospectus supplement. Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 generally requires that securities trades in the secondary market settle in three business days, unless the parties to a trade expressly agree otherwise.

 


*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, Goldman, Sachs & Co. toll-free at (866) 471-2526, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. toll-free at (866) 811-8049, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at (212) 834-453, Mizuho Securities USA Inc. toll-free at (866) 271-7403 and RBC Capital Markets, LLC toll-free at (866) 375-6829.

 

This pricing term sheet supplements the preliminary form of prospectus supplement issued by International Business Machines Corporation on February 6, 2014 relating to its Prospectus dated July 26, 2013.