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RULE 424(b)(3)
REGISTRATION NO.333-40669
PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 16
TO PROSPECTUS DATED December 10, 1997
(As supplemented December 12, 1997)
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES
(Fixed Rate Note)
(Due One Year or More from Date of Issue)
Designation: Fixed Rate Original Issue Date:
Medium-Term Notes Due September 15, 1998
September 15, 2008
Principal Amount: $75,000,000 Maturity Date:
September 15, 2008
Issue Price (as a percentage of Regular Record Dates:
Principal Amount): 100% Fifteenth calendar
day, whether or not a
Business Day,
immediately preceding
the corresponding
Interest Payment Date
Interest Rate: 6.25% Interest Payment Dates:
Semiannually, on the
15th day of
March and September,
commencing March 15,
1999
Commission or discount (as CUSIP No: 459 20Q BH6
a percentage of Principal
Amount): 0.00%
Redemption Provisions: See Below Form: [X] Book-Entry
[ ] Certificated
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OVERVIEW OF THIS DOCUMENT
This is a Pricing Supplement. It describes the Fixed Rate Notes now being
issued under the Medium Note Program of International Business Machines
Corporation. This document adds to, or "supplements" the description of the
Notes referred to in the accompanying Prospectus Supplement and Prospectus by
providing specific information about the Notes issued in this particular
transaction. It also amends the Prospectus Supplement and Prospectus to the
extent that the description of the Notes in this Pricing Supplement is not
consistent with the terms which are set forth in the Prospectus Supplement and
Prospectus.
INTEREST
Interest on the Notes will be calculated based on a year of 360 days
consisting of 12 months of 30 days each.
PAYMENT
If any payment of principal or interest is due on a day that is not a
Business Day, that payment may be made on the next succeeding Business Day. No
additional interest will accrue as a result of the delay in payment. For
purposes of this offering, the term "Business Day" means each day on which
commercial banks and foreign exchange markets settle payments in The City of New
York. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Pricing Supplement have the
meanings which have already been assigned to them in the accompanying Prospectus
Supplement and Prospectus.
REDEMPTION PROVISIONS:
The Notes are redeemable in whole, but not in part, by the Company on any
Interest Payment Date occurring either on or after September 15, 2000. When the
Company intends to redeem the Notes, it will give at least Thirty (30) CALENDAR
DAYS prior notice of the redemption. The redemption price will be at "par", in
other words, at 100% of the Principal Amount of the Notes.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Notes will be sold to Salomon Brothers Inc at the Issue Price set forth
above. In turn, Salomon Brothers Inc will resell the Notes to one or more
investors at varying prices related to prevailing market conditions at the time
of resale.
Dated: August 24, 1998
