Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Number 333-190160

 

International Business Machines Corporation
November 4, 2015
Pricing Term Sheet

 

2.875% Notes due 2022

 

Issuer

 

International Business Machines Corporation

 

 

 

Expected Issuer Ratings*

 

Aa3/AA-/A+ (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch)

 

 

 

Format

 

SEC Registered

 

 

 

Trade Date

 

November 4, 2015

 

 

 

Settlement Date

 

November 9, 2015 (T+3)

 

 

 

Joint Book-Running Managers

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Santander Investment Securities Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

 

 

 

Co-Managers

 

ING Financial Markets LLC, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

 

 

 

Size

 

$900,000,000

 

 

 

Maturity

 

November 9, 2022

 

 

 

Interest Payment Dates

 

May 9 and November 9

 

 

 

First Interest Payment Date

 

May 9, 2016

 

 

 

Coupon

 

2.875%

 

 

 

Benchmark Treasury

 

1.875% due October 31, 2022

 

 

 

Benchmark Treasury Yield

 

1.991%

 

 

 

Spread to Benchmark Treasury

 

T + 95 bps

 

 

 

Yield to Maturity

 

2.941%

 

 

 

Make-Whole Call

 

T + 15 bps

 

 

 

Par Call

 

Not Applicable

 

 

 

Price to Public

 

99.585%

 

 

 

Underwriting Discount

 

0.30%

 

 

 

Day Count

 

30/360

 

 

 

Minimum Denomination

 

$100,000 and multiples of $1,000

 

 

 

CUSIP

 

459200 JC6

 

 

 

ISIN

 

US459200JC60

 


*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 Goldman, Sachs & Co. toll-free at (866) 471-2526, RBC Capital Markets, LLC toll-free at (866) 375-6829, Santander Investment Securities Inc. toll-free at (855) 403-3636 or U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. toll-free at (877) 558-2607.

 

This pricing term sheet supplements the preliminary form of prospectus supplement issued by International Business Machines Corporation on November 4, 2015 relating to its prospectus dated July 26, 2013.