Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Number 333-190160

 

£300,000,000
2.625% Notes Due 2022

International Business Machines Corporation
July 29, 2015
Pricing Term Sheet

 

Issuer

 

International Business Machines Corporation

Issuer Ratings*

 

Aa3/AA-/A+ (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch)

Format

 

SEC Registered

Form

 

Registered Form

Trade Date

 

July 29, 2015

Settlement Date

 

August 5, 2015 (T+5)

Listing

 

Application will be made to list the Notes on the New York Stock Exchange

Active Bookrunners

 

Barclays Bank PLC
BNP Paribas
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch
HSBC Bank plc

Passive Bookrunners

 

Lloyds Bank plc
Société Générale

Principal Amount

 

£300,000,000

Maturity

 

August 5, 2022

Interest Payment Date

 

August 5 of each year

First Payment Date

 

August 5, 2016

Benchmark Gilt

 

4.000% due March 7, 2022

Benchmark Gilt Yield

 

1.662% (semi-annual)

Spread to Benchmark Gilt

 

100 bps

Yield to Maturity

 

2.662% (semi-annual)

Coupon

 

2.625%, accruing from August 5, 2015

Make-Whole Call

 

15 bps spread to reference Gilt

Price to Public

 

99.655%

Underwriting Discount

 

0.30%

Price to Issuer

 

99.355%

Day Count

 

Actual / Actual (ICMA)

Minimum Denomination

 

£100,000 and integral multiples of £1,000 in excess thereof

CUSIP / ISIN / Common Code

 

459200 JB8 / XS1271665280 / 127166528

 


*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 Barclays Bank PLC at (888) 603-5847, BNP Paribas at (800) 854-5674, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch at (800) 503-4611 or HSBC Bank plc, toll free at 1-866-811-8049.

 

This pricing term sheet supplements the preliminary form of prospectus supplement issued by International Business Machines Corporation on July 29, 2015 relating to its Prospectus dated July 26, 2013.

 

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