FWP 1 a07-6250_4fwp.htm FWP

 

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration No.  333-037034

$500,000,000

4.950% Notes Due 2011

International Business Machines Corporation

March 19, 2007

Pricing Term Sheet

Issuer

 

International Business Machines Corporation

Ratings

 

A1/A+/AA- (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch)

Format

 

SEC Registered

Size

 

$500,000,000

Trade Date

 

March 19, 2007

Settlement Date

 

March 22, 2007

Maturity

 

March 22, 2011

Interest Payment Dates

 

March 22 and September 22

First Payment Date

 

September 22, 2007

Pricing Benchmark

 

4.750% due March 31, 2011

Spread to Benchmark

 

+ 48 bps

Yield to Maturity

 

4.981%

Coupon

 

4.950%

Price to Public

 

99.889%

Underwriting Discount

 

0.20%

Price to Issuer

 

99.689%

Net Proceeds

 

$498,445,000

Day Count

 

30/360

Minimum Denomination

 

$100,000 and increments of $1,000

Ranking

 

Senior

Bookrunners

 

Barclays Capital Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc. and Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated

Billing and Delivering

 

Barclays Capital Inc.

Co-Managers

 

ABN AMRO Incorporated, Banc of America Securities LLC,
Cabrera Capital Markets, Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

CUSIP

 

459200DU2

ISIN

 

US459200DU23

 

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. toll free at 1-888-227-2275 ext. 2663,  Lehman Brothers Inc. toll free at 1-888-603-5847 or Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated toll free at 1-866-718-1649.

This pricing term sheet supplements the preliminary form of prospectus supplement issued by International Business Machines Corporation on March 19, 2007 relating to its Prospectus dated June 20, 2000.