0001104659-07-049962.txt : 20070626 0001104659-07-049962.hdr.sgml : 20070626 20070626141250 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-07-049962 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070626 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20070626 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070626 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000051143 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMPUTER & OFFICE EQUIPMENT [3570] IRS NUMBER: 130871985 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-02360 FILM NUMBER: 07940767 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 NEW ORCHARD ROAD CITY: ARMONK STATE: NY ZIP: 10504 BUSINESS PHONE: 9144991900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 NEW ORCHARD RD CITY: ARMONK STATE: NY ZIP: 10504 8-K 1 a07-17329_18k.htm 8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report: June 26, 2007
(Date of earliest event reported)

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES
CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York		1-2360		13-0871985
(State of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS employer Identification No.)

ARMONK, NEW YORK		10504
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

914-499-1900
(Registrant’s telephone number)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 5.02(d) Election of New Director:

On June 26, 2007, IBM announced that the IBM Board of Directors elected William R. Brody to the Board effective July 31, 2007. The press release is Exhibit 99.1 of this Form 8-K.

IBM’s web site (www.ibm.com) contains a significant amount of information about IBM, including financial and other information for investors (www.ibm.com/investor/). IBM encourages investors to visit its various web sites from time to time, as information is updated and new information is posted.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

Date: June 26, 2007

EX-99.1 2 a07-17329_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

WILLIAM R. BRODY ELECTED TO IBM BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ARMONK, N.Y., June 26, 2007 . . . The IBM (NYSE: IBM) board of directors today elected William R. Brody, president of The Johns Hopkins University, to the board effective July 31, 2007.

Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer, said: “We are delighted that Bill will be joining the IBM board, bringing with him extensive experience as a leader of a world-renowned teaching and research institution that will be extremely beneficial to IBM.”

Dr. Brody became president of The Johns Hopkins University in 1996. Immediately prior to assuming the position, Dr. Brody was provost of the Academic Health Center at the University of Minnesota. From 1987 to 1994 he was the Martin Donner Professor and director of the Department of Radiology, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and professor of biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins and radiologist-in-chief of The Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Dr. Brody received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his M.D. and Ph.D., also in electrical engineering, from Stanford University.

When Dr. Brody joins the IBM board on July 31, 2007, the board will have a total of 13 members.

/s/ Andrew Bonzani

Andrew Bonzani

Vice President,

Assistant General

Assistant Secretary