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INTERNATIONALBUSINESSMACHINESCORPORATION ANDSUBSIDIARYCOMPANIES
104_ StockholderInformation
IBMSTOCKHOLDERSERVICES
Stockholderswithquestionsabouttheiraccountsshouldcontact:
Computershare TrustCompany,N.A.
P.O.Box43072
Providence,RhodeIsland02940-3072
(888)IBM-6700
InvestorsresidingoutsidetheUnitedStates,CanadaandPuertoRico
shouldcall(781)575-2727.
Stockholderscanalsoreach Computershare TrustCompany,N.A.via
e-mailat:[email protected]
Hearing-impairedstockholderswithaccesstoatelecommunications
device(TDD)cancommunicatedirectlywith Computershare Trust
Company, N.A.,bycalling(800)490-1493.Stockholdersresidingoutside
theUnitedStates,CanadaandPuertoRicoshouldcall(781)575-2694.
IBMONTHEINTERNET
TopicsfeaturedinthisAnnualReportcanbefoundviatheIBMhome
pageontheInternet(http://www.ibm.com).Financialresults,newsonIBM
products,servicesandotheractivitiescanalsobefoundviathataddress.
Stockholdersofrecordcanreceiveonlineaccountinformationand
answerstofrequentlyaskedquestionsregardingstockholderaccounts
viatheinternet(http://www.ibm.com/investor).
StockholdersofrecordcanalsoconsenttoreceivefutureIBMAnnual
ReportsandProxyStatementsonlinethroughtheInternetatthissite.
IBMfilesreportswiththeSecuritiesandExchangeCommission(SEC),
includingannualreportsonForm10-K,quarterlyreportsonForm10-Q,
currentreportsonForm8-KandanyotherfilingsrequiredbytheSEC.
CertificationsbyIBM’sChiefExecutiveOfficerandChiefFinancialOfficer
areincludedintheSECreports andsubmissionstotheNewYorkStock
Exchange,ChicagoStockExchangeandPacificStockExchange.
IBM’swebsite(http://www.ibm.com)containsasignificantamountof
informationaboutIBM,including thecompany’s annualreportonForm
10-K, quarterlyreportsonForm10-Q,currentreportsonForm8-K,and
allamendmentstothosereportsassoonasreasonablypracticable
aftersuchmaterialiselectronicallyfiledwithorfurnishedtotheSEC
(http://www.ibm.com/investor).Thesematerialsareavailablefreeof
chargeonorthroughourwebsite.
Thepublicmayreadandcopyanymaterials thecompany files with
theSECattheSEC’sPublicReferenceRoomat 100F Street,NE,
Washington,DC 20549.Thepublicmayobtaininformationontheoperation
ofthePublicReferenceRoombycallingtheSECat1-800-SEC-0330.
TheSECmaintainsanInternetsite(http://www.sec.gov)thatcontains
reports,proxyandinformationstatements,andotherinformationregarding
issuersthatfileelectronicallywiththeSEC.
IBMINVESTORSERVICESPROGRAM
TheInvestorServicesProgrambrochureoutlinesanumberofservices
providedforIBMstockholdersandpotentialIBMinvestors,including
thereinvestmentofdividends,directpurchaseandthedepositofIBM
stockcertificatesforsafekeeping.Call(888)421-8860foracopyofthe
brochure.InvestorsresidingoutsidetheUnitedStates,Canadaand
PuertoRicoshouldcall(781)575-2727.
Investorswithotherrequestsmaywriteto:
IBM StockholderRelations
NewOrchardRoad
Armonk,NewYork10504
IBMSTOCK
IBMcommonstockislistedontheNewYorkStockExchangeandon
otherexchangesintheUnitedStatesand outsidetheUnitedStates.
ANNUALMEETING
TheIBMAnnualMeetingofStockholderswillbeheldonTuesday,
April25,2006,at10a.m. in the AssemblyHalloftheTulsaConvention
Center,West4thStreetandSouthHoustonAvenue,Tulsa,Oklahoma.
STOCKHOLDERCOMMUNICATIONS
StockholdersintheUnitedStatesandCanadacangetquarterlyfinancial
results,listentoasummaryoftheAnnualMeetingremarksandhearvot-
ingresultsfromthemeetingbycalling(800)IBM-7800.Callerscanalso
requestprintedcopiesoftheinformationviamailorfax.Stockholders
residingoutsidetheUnitedStates,CanadaandPuertoRicoshouldcall
(402)573-9861.
LITERATUREFORIBMSTOCKHOLDERS
ThefollowingliteratureonIBMisavailablewithoutchargefrom:
Computershare TrustCompany,N.A.
P.O.Box43072
Providence,RhodeIsland02940-3072
(888)IBM-6700
InvestorsresidingoutsidetheUnitedStates,CanadaandPuertoRico
shouldcall(781)575-2727.
TheForm10-KAnnualReportandForm10-QQuarterlyReportsto
theSECprovideadditionalinformationonIBM’sbusiness.The10-K
reportisreleased byMarch;10-Qreportsarereleased by May,August
andNovember.
Anaudiocassetterecordingofthe2005 AnnualReportwillbeavailable
forsight-impairedstockholdersinJune.
“InnovationsinCorporateResponsibility2004-2005”reportson
IBM’scommunityrelationsprogramsandemployeeprograms,its
commitmenttoimprovingeducation,thecompany’scorporate
governanceandmanagementsystem,itshealthandsafetyprograms,
environmentalandenergypriorities,andtheimportanceforIBM
ofdiversityintheworkplaceandmarketplace.Furtherinformationis
alsoavailableonIBM’scorporateresponsibilityreportingwebsite:
(http://www.ibm.com/ibm/responsibility).
GENERALINFORMATION
ForanswerstogeneralquestionsaboutIBMfromwithinthecontinental
UnitedStates, call(800)IBM-4YOU.FromoutsidetheUnitedStates,
CanadaandPuertoRico, call(404)238-1234.
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Armonk,NewYork10504
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