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STOCKHOLDER INFORMATION
IBM Stockholder Services
Stockholders with questions about their accounts should contact:
First Chicago Trust Company, a division of EquiServe
Mail Suite 4688
P.O. Box 2530
Jersey City, New Jersey 07303-2530
(888) IBM-6700
Investors residing outside the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico
should call (201) 324-0405.
Stockholders can also reach First Chicago Trust Company via the
Internet at: ibmfct@em.fcnbd.com
Hearing-impaired stockholders with access to a telecommunications
device (TDD) can communicate directly with First Chicago Trust
Company by calling (201) 222-4489.
IBM on the Internet
Topics featured in this Annual Report can be found via the IBM home
page on the Internet (http:// www.ibm.com). Financial results, news on
IBM products, services and other activities can also be found via that
address. Stockholders of record can receive online account informa-
tion and answers to frequently asked questions regarding stockholder
accounts via the Internet (http:// www.ibm.com/investor).
Stockholders of record can also consent to receive future IBM Annual
Reports and Proxy Statements online through the Internet at this site.
IBM Investor Services
The Investor Services Program brochure outlines a number of services
provided for IBM stockholders and potential IBM investors, including
the reinvestment of dividends, direct purchase and the deposit of IBM
stock certificates for safekeeping. Call (888) 421-8860 for a copy of the
brochure. Investors residing outside the United States, Canada and
Puerto Rico should call (201) 324-0405.
Annual Meeting
The IBM Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held on Tuesday,
April 27, 1999, at 10 a.m. (EST) at the James L. Knight Center at the
Miami Convention Center in Miami, Florida.
IBM Stock
IBM common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange,
on other exchanges in the United States and around the world.
Stockholder Communications
Stockholders in the United States and Canada can get quarterly
financial results, listen to a summary of Mr. Gerstner’s Annual Meeting
remarks and hear voting results from the meeting by calling
(800) IBM-7800. Callers can also request printed copies of the infor-
mation via mail or fax. Stockholders residing outside the United
States, Canada and Puerto Rico should call (402) 573-9861.
Investors with other requests may write to:
IBM Stockholder Relations
IBM Corporation
New Orchard Road
Armonk, New York 10504
Literature for IBM Stockholders
The following literature on IBM is available without charge from First
Chicago Trust Company, a division of EquiServe
Mail Suite 4688
P.O. Box 2530
Jersey City, New Jersey 07303-2530
(201) 324-0405
The Form 10-K Annual Report and Form 10-Q Quarterly Reports to the
SEC provide additional information on IBM’s business. The 10-K is
issued in April; 10-Q reports are released in May, August and November.
An audio cassette recording of the 1998 Annual Report is available for
sight-impaired stockholders.
IBM Credit Corporation’s Annual Report is available in April.
“Progress Report: Environment and Well-Being” reports on IBM’s envi-
ronmental, safety and energy programs.
“Valuing Diversity: An Ongoing Commitment” communicates to the
company’s entire community of employees, customers, stockholders,
vendors, suppliers, business partners and employment applicants the
importance IBM places on the diversity of the company’s workplace
and marketplace.
General Information
For answers to general questions about IBM from within the continental
United States, call (800) IBM-4YOU. From outside the United States,
call (770) 863-1234.
Corporate Offices
International Business Machines Corporation
New Orchard Road
Armonk, New York 10504
(914) 499-1900
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