EX-24.1 5 ex24-1.htm POWERS OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY OF SAMUEL J. PALMISANO
 
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Corporation”), which is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3, S-4, S-8, and/or other appropriate Form, for shares of capital stock of the Corporation or other interests issuable upon the exercise or surrender of any options assumed or exchanged by the Corporation that were issued by Micromuse Inc. hereby constitute and appoint Edward M. Lineen, Mark Loughridge, Timothy S. Shaughnessy, Jesse J. Greene, Jr., Daniel E. O’Donnell and Andrew Bonzani, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act, together or each without the others, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, or cause to be signed electronically any and all of said Registration Statements (which Registration Statements may constitute post-effective amendments to registration statements previously filed with the SEC) and any and all amendments to the aforementioned Registration Statements and to file said Registration Statements and amendments thereto so signed with all exhibits thereto, and with any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, have executed this Power of Attorney as of this 22nd day of February 2005.
 
/s/ Samuel J. Palmisano                 
Samuel J. Palmisano
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 

 
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF MARK LOUGHRIDGE
 
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Corporation”), which is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3, S-4, S-8, and/or other appropriate Form, for shares of capital stock of the Corporation or other interests issuable upon the exercise or surrender of any options assumed or exchanged by the Corporation that were issued by Micromuse Inc. hereby constitute and appoint Samuel J. Palmisano, Edward M. Lineen, Timothy S. Shaughnessy, Jesse J. Greene, Jr., Daniel E. O’Donnell and Andrew Bonzani, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act, together or each without the others, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, or cause to be signed electronically any and all of said Registration Statements (which Registration Statements may constitute post-effective amendments to registration statements previously filed with the SEC) and any and all amendments to the aforementioned Registration Statements and to file said Registration Statements and amendments thereto so signed with all exhibits thereto, and with any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, have executed this Power of Attorney as of this 22nd day of February 2005.
 
/s/ Mark Loughridge                 
Mark Loughridge
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
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POWER OF ATTORNEY OF TIMOTHY S. SHAUGHNESSY
 
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned Vice President and Controller of International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Corporation”), which is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3, S-4, S-8, and/or other appropriate Form, for shares of capital stock of the Corporation or other interests issuable upon the exercise or surrender of any options assumed or exchanged by the Corporation that were issued by Micromuse Inc. hereby constitute and appoint Samuel J. Palmisano, Edward M. Lineen, Mark Loughridge, Jesse J. Greene, Jr., Daniel E. O’Donnell and Andrew Bonzani, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act, together or each without the others, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, or cause to be signed electronically any and all of said Registration Statements (which Registration Statements may constitute post-effective amendments to registration statements previously filed with the SEC) and any and all amendments to the aforementioned Registration Statements and to file said Registration Statements and amendments thereto so signed with all exhibits thereto, and with any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, have executed this Power of Attorney as of this 22nd day of February 2005.
 
/s/ Timothy S. Shaughnessy         
Timothy S. Shaughnessy
Vice President and Controller
 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR
 
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned Director of International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (the “ Corporation”), which is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3, S-4, S-8, and/or other appropriate Form, for shares of capital stock of the Corporation or other interests issuable upon the exercise or surrender of any options assumed or exchanged by the Corporation that were issued by Micromuse Inc. hereby constitute and appoint Samuel J. Palmisano, Edward M. Lineen, Mark Loughridge, Timothy S. Shaughnessy, Jesse J. Greene, Jr., Daniel E. O’Donnell and Andrew Bonzani, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act, together or each without the others, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, or cause to be signed electronically any and all of said Registration Statements (which Registration Statements may constitute post-effective amendments to registration statements previously filed with the SEC) and any and all amendments to the aforementioned Registration Statements and to file said Registration Statements and amendments thereto so signed with all exhibits thereto, and with any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, have executed this Power of Attorney as of this 22nd day of February 2005.
 
/s/ Cathleen Black         
Cathleen Black
Director
/s/ Kenneth I. Chenault        
Kenneth I. Chenault
Director
/s/ Juergen Dormann           
Juergen Dormann
Director
/s/ Michael L. Eskew   
Michael L. Eskew
Director
/s/ Charles F. Knight   
Charles F. Knight
Director



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/s/ Minoru Makihara    
Minoru Makihara
Director
 
/s/ Lucio A. Noto      
Lucio A. Noto
Director
 
/s/ Joan E. Spero      
Joan E. Spero
Director
 
/s/ Sidney Taurel      
Sidney Taurel
Director
 
/s/ Charles M. Vest    
Charles M. Vest
Director
 
/s/ Lorenzo H. Zambrano  
Lorenzo H. Zambrano
Director
 

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