Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Number 333-190160

 

€2,500,000,000
€1,500,000,000 1.875% Notes Due November 6, 2020

€1,000,000,000 2.875% Notes Due November 7, 2025
International Business Machines Corporation
October 31, 2013
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

 

October 31, 2013

Settlement Date

 

November 7, 2013 (T+5)

Listing

 

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

Bookrunners

 

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Société Générale and UniCredit Bank AG

Co-Managers

 

Banca IMI Spa., Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., Lloyds Bank plc and Santander Investment Securities Inc.

 

 

2020 Notes

 

2025 Notes

Size

 

€1,500,000,000

 

€1,000,000,000

Maturity

 

November 6, 2020

 

November 7, 2025

Interest Payment Date

 

November 6 of each year

 

November 7 of each year

First Payment Date

 

November 6, 2014

 

November 7, 2014

Benchmark Bund

 

DBR 2.250% due September 4, 2020

 

DBR 2.000% due August 15, 2023

Benchmark Bund Yield

 

1.048%

 

1.695%

Spread to Benchmark Bund

 

+89 bps

 

+118.7 bps

Mid Swaps Yield

 

1.518%

 

2.202%

Spread to Mid Swaps

 

+42 bps

 

+68 bps

Yield to Maturity

 

1.938%

 

2.882%

Coupon

 

1.875% (payable annually)

 

2.875% (payable annually)

Make-Whole Call

 

 

 

 

Reference Bund

 

DBR 2.250% due September 4, 2020

 

DBR 2.000% due August 15, 2023

Spread to Reference Bund

 

+13 bps

 

+17 bps

Price to Public

 

99.591%

 

99.930%

Underwriting Discount

 

0.300%

 

0.425%

Price to Issuer

 

99.291%

 

99.505%

Day Count

 

Actual / Actual (ICMA)

 

Actual / Actual (ICMA)

Minimum Denomination

 

€100,000 and multiples of €1,000

 

€100,000 and multiples of €1,000

CUSIP

 

459200 HQ7

 

459200 HR5

 


*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 Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch at 1 800-503-4611, Goldman, Sachs & Co. at 1-866-471-2526, Société Générale at +44 20 7676 7618 or UniCredit Bank AG at +49 89 378 41771.

 

This pricing term sheet supplements the preliminary form of prospectus supplement issued by International Business Machines Corporation on October 31, 2013 relating to its Prospectus dated July 26, 2013.