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 <div style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 6.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"> <p align="right" style="border:none;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:right;"><a name="scotch"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration No. 333-____</font></b></a></p> </div>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">Form S-8</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --><b>New York</b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">13-0871985</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other
  jurisdiction</font></p>
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  or</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Identification
  No.)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">organization)</font></p>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New Orchard Road</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Armonk, New York 10504</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IBM Executive Deferred
Compensation Plan</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Full Title of the Plan)</font></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Andrew Bonzani, Esq.</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President, Assistant
General Counsel and Assistant Secretary</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">International Business
Machines Corporation</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Armonk, New York 10504</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(914) 499-1900</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name, address and telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)</font></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->Title&nbsp;of<br>
  securities<br>
  to&nbsp;be&nbsp;registered&nbsp;[1]</p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.96%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount<br>
  to&nbsp;be<br>
  registered</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.96%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed&nbsp;<br>
  maximum<br>
  offering&nbsp;price<br>
  per&nbsp;share</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.96%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed&nbsp;<br>
  maximum<br>
  aggregate&nbsp;<br>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;offering&nbsp;price&nbsp;[2]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.96%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;of<br>
  registration&nbsp;fee</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IBM EDCP Obligations</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">600,000,000</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">600,000,000</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">64,200</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="97" style="border:none;"></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">[1] The Obligations under
the IBM Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (the &#147;EDCP&#148; or the &#147;Plan&#148;) are
unsecured debt obligations of International Business Machines Corporation to
pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the
Plan.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">[2]&#160; Estimated solely for the
purpose of determining the registration fee.</font></p>


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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART I</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 1.&nbsp;<font style="letter-spacing:9.0pt;">&nbsp; </font>Plan Information</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All information required
by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this
Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) and the Note to Part I of Form
S-8.&#160; The information specified in Item 1
of Form S-8 will be delivered to Plan participants, as required. These
documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements
of Section 10(a) of the Act. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in the EDCP.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 2.&nbsp;<font style="letter-spacing:9.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>Registrant Information and
Employee Plan Annual Information</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All information required
by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this
Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and
the Note to Part I of Form S-8. The information specified in Item 2 of Form S-8
will be delivered to Plan participants, as required.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Part II</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3.&nbsp;<font style="letter-spacing:9.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>Incorporation of Documents by
Reference.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following
documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are
incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed a part hereof:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a) The Annual
Report of IBM on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2005, filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;).</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b) All other
reports filed by IBM pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
since December 31, 2005.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All documents
filed by IBM pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 4.&nbsp;<font style="letter-spacing:9.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>Description of Securities.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The EDCP, which was
formerly known as the IBM Extended Tax Deferred Savings Plan, was originally
approved by the IBM Board of Directors to be effective on and after January 1,
1995. $100,000,000 of debt Obligations (sometimes referred to in this
registration statement for convenience as the &#147;Obligations&#148;) were initially
registered by IBM under Registration Statement No. 33-60237.&#160; That Registration Statement was filed with
the Commission on June 15, 1995. $300,000,000 of additional debt Obligations
were subsequently registered by IBM under Registration Statement 333-23315,
which Registration Statement was filed with the Commission on March 14,
1997.&#160; $600,000,000 of additional debt
Obligations were subsequently registered by IBM under Registration Statement
333-33692, which Registration Statement was filed with the Commission on March
31, 2000.&#160; The instant $600,000,000 of
additional debt Obligations being registered pursuant to this Registration
Statement are, like each of the previous Obligations registered by IBM to date,
to be offered to certain eligible employees of IBM pursuant to the terms of the
EDCP.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The IBM EDCP Obligations
are general unsecured obligations of IBM to pay deferred compensation in the
future in accordance with the terms of the Plan from the general assets of
IBM.&#160; The EDCP Obligations rank &#147;pari
passu&#148; with</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">other unsecured and
unsubordinated indebtedness of IBM from time to time outstanding.&#160; &#147;Pari passu&#148; is a Latin term commonly used by
certain lawyers, accountants and other business professionals.&#160; In plain English, pari passu means ratably or
without preference.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The amount of
compensation deferred by each Participant under the EDCP is determined in
accordance with each Participant&#146;s Deferral Election Agreement under the Plan.
Obligations in an amount equal to each Participant&#146;s Deferral Account
(consisting of deferred amounts, IBM Matching Contributions and any
appreciation or depreciation in value thereon) will be payable upon the
Participant&#146;s termination or retirement if the balance of the Participant&#146;s
Accounts is less than $25,000, or during the February following the calendar
year of termination or retirement, if the balance of the Participant&#146;s Accounts
is $25,000 or more.&#160; Based on the
Participant&#146;s election, balances in excess of $25,000 at retirement may be paid
in installments over a period of up to 10 years.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under the Plan,
Obligations may be linked to the investment performance of one or more of the
various investment funds offered to participants in the IBM Savings Plan at the
election of the Participant (other than those funds available through the IBM
Savings Plan Mutual Fund Window).&#160; The
IBM Savings Plan was formerly known as the IBM TDSP 401(k), and before that,
was known as the IBM Tax Deferred Savings Plan. Each of IBM&#146;s Obligations to a
Participant under the EDCP (as measured in such Participant&#146;s Deferral Account)
will be adjusted to reflect the investment experience of the underlying IBM
Savings Plan investment fund(s), including any appreciation or depreciation
thereunder.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Obligations cannot be
alienated, sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, attached, garnished,
impignorated, or otherwise encumbered, and pass only to a survivor beneficiary,
as determined under the IBM Savings Plan.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Obligations are not
subject to redemption, in whole or in part, prior to the termination,
retirement or death of the Participant. However, IBM reserves the right to
amend or terminate the Plan at any time, except that no such amendment or
termination can adversely affect a Participant&#146;s right to Obligations in the
amount of the Participant&#146;s Accounts as of the date of such amendment or
termination.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Obligations are not
convertible into another security of IBM. The Obligations will not have the
benefit of any negative pledge or any other affirmative or negative covenant on
the part of IBM.&#160; Neither will the Obligations
have the benefit of any lien or impignoration on any</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">specific property of
IBM.&#160;&#160; No trustee has been appointed
having the authority to take action with respect to the Obligations and each
Participant will be responsible for acting independently with respect to, among
other things, the giving of notices, responding to any requests for consents,
waivers or amendments pertaining to the Obligations, enforcing covenants and
taking action upon a default.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.&nbsp;<font style="letter-spacing:9.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>Interests of Named Experts and
Counsel.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The validity of
the IBM EDCP Obligations offered hereby has been passed upon by Andrew Bonzani,
Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of IBM. Mr.
Bonzani is eligible for participation in the EDCP.&#160; Mr. Bonzani has purchased EDCP Obligations
from IBM in the past and may continue to do so in the future.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 6.&nbsp;<font style="letter-spacing:9.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>Indemnification of Directors
and Officers.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The By-Laws of IBM
(Article&nbsp;VI, Section&nbsp;6) provide the following:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;The Corporation
shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as in effect at any
time, indemnify any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action
or proceeding whether civil or criminal (including an action or proceeding by
or in the right of the Corporation or any other corporation of any type or
kind, domestic or foreign, or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise, for which any director or officer of the
Corporation served in any capacity at the request of the Corporation), by
reason of the fact that such person or such person&#146;s testator or intestate was
a director or officer of the Corporation, or served such other corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise in
any capacity, against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable
expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees actually and necessarily incurred as a
result of such action or proceeding, or any appeal therein. Such
indemnification shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be
paid advances of any expenses incurred by such person in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding, consistent with the provisions of applicable law in
effect at any time. Indemnification shall</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">be deemed to be &#145;permitted&#146;
within the meaning of the first sentence hereof if it is not expressly
prohibited by applicable law as in effect at the time.&#148;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Certificate of
Incorporation of IBM (Article&nbsp;Eleven) provides the following:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Pursuant to
Section&nbsp;402(b) of the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York,
the liability of the Corporation&#146;s directors to the Corporation or its
stockholders for damages for breach of duty as a director shall be eliminated
to the fullest extent permitted by the Business Corporation Law of the State of
New York, as it exists on the date hereof or as it may hereafter be amended. No
amendment to or repeal of this Article shall apply to or have any effect on the
liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with
respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such
amendment or repeal.&#148;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">With certain
limitations, Sections&nbsp;721 through 726 of the New York Business Corporation
Law permit a corporation to indemnify a director or officer made a party to an
action (i)&nbsp;by a corporation or in its right in order to procure a judgment
in its favor unless he shall have breached his duties, or (ii)&nbsp;other than
an action by or in the right of the corporation in order to procure a judgment
in its favor, if such director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in or, in certain cases not opposed to, such
corporation&#146;s interest and additionally, in criminal actions, had no reasonable
cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, IBM
maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance policies.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 7.&nbsp;<font style="letter-spacing:9.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>Exemption from Registration
Claimed.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.<font style="letter-spacing:9.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>Exhibits.</font></b></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IBM Executive Compensation Plan, as amended to date.
  Incorporated by reference to:</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit 4 to
  Form S-8 (Registration Statement 333-33692), filed March 31, 2000;</font></p>
  </td>
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  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit 10.2 to
  IBM&#146;s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005; and</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="74%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:74.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit 10.1 to
  IBM&#146;s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Andrew Bonzani, Esq., Vice President,
  Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, regarding the legality of
  the EDCP Obligations being registered.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</font></p>
  </td>
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  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.3</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Andrew Bonzani, Esq., Vice President,
  Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary (included in
  Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Powers of Attorney</font></p>
  </td>
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  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="83%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:83.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certified Resolutions of the IBM Board of Directors
  authorizing execution of this registration statement by Power of Attorney.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.<font style="letter-spacing:9.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>Undertakings.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a) The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1) To file,
during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) to include any prospectus
required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii) to reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this Registration Statement; and (iii) to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
this Registration Statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">paragraphs is contained
in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant
to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2) That, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3) To remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4) That, for the
purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to
any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities: The undersigned
registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the
undersigned registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless of
the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the
securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the
following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the
purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such
purchaser: (i) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned
registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on
behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
registrant; (iii) the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to
the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant
or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(iv) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
undersigned registrant to the purchaser.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b) The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c) Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>


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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town
of North Castle, State of New York, on the 31st day of October, 2006.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;Andrew Bonzani</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name: Andrew Bonzani, Esq.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="54%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title: Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated, on the 31st
day of October, 2006.</font></p>

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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Title</font></b></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman,
  President and Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Samuel J.
  Palmisano</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal
  Executive Officer)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior Vice
  President and Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mark Loughridge</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal
  Financial Officer)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President
  and</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Timothy S.
  Shaughnessy</font></p>
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  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Controller
  (Controller)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cathleen Black</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Kenneth I.
  Chenault</font></p>
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  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->*</p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Juergen Dormann</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt 0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>

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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">* The undersigned, by
signing his name hereto, does hereby execute this Registration Statement
pursuant to powers of attorney filed as Exhibit 24.1 to this Registration
Statement.</font></p>

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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;Andrew Bonzani</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="51%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Andrew Bonzani, Esq.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="51%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Attorney-in-Fact</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>

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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Plan.&#160; Pursuant the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit
plan) have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of North Castle,
State of New York, on October 31, 2006.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->IBM Executive Deferred</p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Compensation
  Plan</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Plan)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Steven H.
  Hinden</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Steven H. Hinden</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director,
  Executive Compensation</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Plan
  Administrator)</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT
INDEX</font></b></p>

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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.86%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Description</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IBM Executive Compensation Plan, as amended.
  Incorporated by reference to:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:85.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit 4 to Form S-8 (Registration Statement
  333-33692), filed March 31, 2000);</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:85.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit 10.2 to IBM&#146;s Form 10-Q for the quarter
  ended March 31, 2005; and</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:85.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit 10.1 to IBM&#146;s Form 10-K for the year ended
  December 31, 2005.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Andrew Bonzani, Esq., Vice President,
  Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, regarding the legality of
  the Obligations being registered.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Andrew Bonzani, Esq., Vice President,
  Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary (included in
  Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Powers of Attorney</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.2</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certified Resolutions of the IBM Board of Directors
  authorizing execution of this registration statement by Power of Attorney.</font></p>
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Registration No. 333-____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES
CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York
13-0871985
(State or other
  jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation
  or
Identification
  No.)
organization)
New Orchard Road
Armonk, New York 10504
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
IBM Executive Deferred
Compensation Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Andrew Bonzani, Esq.
Vice President, Assistant
General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
International Business
Machines Corporation
Armonk, New York 10504
(914) 499-1900
(Name, address and telephone number, including area
code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
securities
to be registered [1]
Amount
to be
registered
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price [2]
Amount of
registration fee
IBM EDCP Obligations
$
600,000,000
100%
$
600,000,000
$
64,200
[1] The Obligations under
the IBM Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (the "EDCP" or the "Plan") are
unsecured debt obligations of International Business Machines Corporation to
pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the
Plan.
[2]  Estimated solely for the
purpose of determining the registration fee.
PART I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information
All information required
by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this
Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and the Note to Part I of Form
S-8.  The information specified in Item 1
of Form S-8 will be delivered to Plan participants, as required. These
documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements
of Section 10(a) of the Act. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the same meanings ascribed to them in the EDCP.
Item 2.
Registrant Information and
Employee Plan Annual Information
All information required
by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this
Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and
the Note to Part I of Form S-8. The information specified in Item 2 of Form S-8
will be delivered to Plan participants, as required.
Part II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by
Reference.
The following
documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are
incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed a part hereof:
(a) The Annual
Report of IBM on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2005, filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act").
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(b) All other
reports filed by IBM pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
since December 31, 2005.
All documents
filed by IBM pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
The EDCP, which was
formerly known as the IBM Extended Tax Deferred Savings Plan, was originally
approved by the IBM Board of Directors to be effective on and after January 1,
1995. $100,000,000 of debt Obligations (sometimes referred to in this
registration statement for convenience as the "Obligations") were initially
registered by IBM under Registration Statement No. 33-60237.  That Registration Statement was filed with
the Commission on June 15, 1995. $300,000,000 of additional debt Obligations
were subsequently registered by IBM under Registration Statement 333-23315,
which Registration Statement was filed with the Commission on March 14,
1997.  $600,000,000 of additional debt
Obligations were subsequently registered by IBM under Registration Statement
333-33692, which Registration Statement was filed with the Commission on March
31, 2000.  The instant $600,000,000 of
additional debt Obligations being registered pursuant to this Registration
Statement are, like each of the previous Obligations registered by IBM to date,
to be offered to certain eligible employees of IBM pursuant to the terms of the
EDCP.
The IBM EDCP Obligations
are general unsecured obligations of IBM to pay deferred compensation in the
future in accordance with the terms of the Plan from the general assets of
IBM.  The EDCP Obligations rank "pari
passu" with
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other unsecured and
unsubordinated indebtedness of IBM from time to time outstanding.  "Pari passu" is a Latin term commonly used by
certain lawyers, accountants and other business professionals.  In plain English, pari passu means ratably or
without preference.
The amount of
compensation deferred by each Participant under the EDCP is determined in
accordance with each Participant's Deferral Election Agreement under the Plan.
Obligations in an amount equal to each Participant's Deferral Account
(consisting of deferred amounts, IBM Matching Contributions and any
appreciation or depreciation in value thereon) will be payable upon the
Participant's termination or retirement if the balance of the Participant's
Accounts is less than $25,000, or during the February following the calendar
year of termination or retirement, if the balance of the Participant's Accounts
is $25,000 or more.  Based on the
Participant's election, balances in excess of $25,000 at retirement may be paid
in installments over a period of up to 10 years.
Under the Plan,
Obligations may be linked to the investment performance of one or more of the
various investment funds offered to participants in the IBM Savings Plan at the
election of the Participant (other than those funds available through the IBM
Savings Plan Mutual Fund Window).  The
IBM Savings Plan was formerly known as the IBM TDSP 401(k), and before that,
was known as the IBM Tax Deferred Savings Plan. Each of IBM's Obligations to a
Participant under the EDCP (as measured in such Participant's Deferral Account)
will be adjusted to reflect the investment experience of the underlying IBM
Savings Plan investment fund(s), including any appreciation or depreciation
thereunder.
The Obligations cannot be
alienated, sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, attached, garnished,
impignorated, or otherwise encumbered, and pass only to a survivor beneficiary,
as determined under the IBM Savings Plan.
The Obligations are not
subject to redemption, in whole or in part, prior to the termination,
retirement or death of the Participant. However, IBM reserves the right to
amend or terminate the Plan at any time, except that no such amendment or
termination can adversely affect a Participant's right to Obligations in the
amount of the Participant's Accounts as of the date of such amendment or
termination.
The Obligations are not
convertible into another security of IBM. The Obligations will not have the
benefit of any negative pledge or any other affirmative or negative covenant on
the part of IBM.  Neither will the Obligations
have the benefit of any lien or impignoration on any
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specific property of
IBM.   No trustee has been appointed
having the authority to take action with respect to the Obligations and each
Participant will be responsible for acting independently with respect to, among
other things, the giving of notices, responding to any requests for consents,
waivers or amendments pertaining to the Obligations, enforcing covenants and
taking action upon a default.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and
Counsel.
The validity of
the IBM EDCP Obligations offered hereby has been passed upon by Andrew Bonzani,
Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of IBM. Mr.
Bonzani is eligible for participation in the EDCP.  Mr. Bonzani has purchased EDCP Obligations
from IBM in the past and may continue to do so in the future.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors
and Officers.
The By-Laws of IBM
(Article VI, Section 6) provide the following:
"The Corporation
shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as in effect at any
time, indemnify any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to an action
or proceeding whether civil or criminal (including an action or proceeding by
or in the right of the Corporation or any other corporation of any type or
kind, domestic or foreign, or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise, for which any director or officer of the
Corporation served in any capacity at the request of the Corporation), by
reason of the fact that such person or such person's testator or intestate was
a director or officer of the Corporation, or served such other corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise in
any capacity, against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable
expenses, including attorneys' fees actually and necessarily incurred as a
result of such action or proceeding, or any appeal therein. Such
indemnification shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be
paid advances of any expenses incurred by such person in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding, consistent with the provisions of applicable law in
effect at any time. Indemnification shall
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be deemed to be 'permitted'
within the meaning of the first sentence hereof if it is not expressly
prohibited by applicable law as in effect at the time."
The Certificate of
Incorporation of IBM (Article Eleven) provides the following:
"Pursuant to
Section 402(b) of the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York,
the liability of the Corporation's directors to the Corporation or its
stockholders for damages for breach of duty as a director shall be eliminated
to the fullest extent permitted by the Business Corporation Law of the State of
New York, as it exists on the date hereof or as it may hereafter be amended. No
amendment to or repeal of this Article shall apply to or have any effect on the
liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with
respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such
amendment or repeal."
With certain
limitations, Sections 721 through 726 of the New York Business Corporation
Law permit a corporation to indemnify a director or officer made a party to an
action (i) by a corporation or in its right in order to procure a judgment
in its favor unless he shall have breached his duties, or (ii) other than
an action by or in the right of the corporation in order to procure a judgment
in its favor, if such director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in or, in certain cases not opposed to, such
corporation's interest and additionally, in criminal actions, had no reasonable
cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
In addition, IBM
maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance policies.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration
Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
IBM Executive Compensation Plan, as amended to date.
  Incorporated by reference to:
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(i)
Exhibit 4 to
  Form S-8 (Registration Statement 333-33692), filed March 31, 2000;
(ii)
Exhibit 10.2 to
  IBM's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005; and
(iii)
Exhibit 10.1 to
  IBM's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.
5.1
Opinion of Andrew Bonzani, Esq., Vice President,
  Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, regarding the legality of
  the EDCP Obligations being registered.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.3
Consent of Andrew Bonzani, Esq., Vice President,
  Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary (included in
  Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers of Attorney
24.2
Certified Resolutions of the IBM Board of Directors
  authorizing execution of this registration statement by Power of Attorney.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a) The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file,
during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) to include any prospectus
required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii) to reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this Registration Statement; and (iii) to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
this Registration Statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those
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paragraphs is contained
in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant
to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the
purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to
any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities: The undersigned
registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the
undersigned registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless of
the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the
securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the
following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the
purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such
purchaser: (i) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned
registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on
behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
registrant; (iii) the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to
the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant
or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(iv) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(b) The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
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reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town
of North Castle, State of New York, on the 31st day of October, 2006.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Andrew Bonzani
Name: Andrew Bonzani, Esq.
Title: Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and
  Assistant Secretary
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated, on the 31st
day of October, 2006.
Signature
Title
*
Chairman,
  President and Chief Executive Officer
Samuel J.
  Palmisano
(Principal
  Executive Officer)
*
Senior Vice
  President and Chief Financial Officer
Mark Loughridge
(Principal
  Financial Officer)
*
Vice President
  and
Timothy S.
  Shaughnessy
Controller
  (Controller)
*
Cathleen Black
Director
*
Kenneth I.
  Chenault
Director
*
Juergen Dormann
Director
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*
Michael L. Eskew
Director
*
Shirley Ann
  Jackson
Director
*
Minoru Makihara
Director
*
Lucio A. Noto
Director
*
James W. Owens
Director
*
Joan E. Spero
Director
*
Sidney Taurel
Director
*
Charles M. Vest
Director
*
Lorenzo H.
  Zambrano
Director
* The undersigned, by
signing his name hereto, does hereby execute this Registration Statement
pursuant to powers of attorney filed as Exhibit 24.1 to this Registration
Statement.
By:
/s/ Andrew Bonzani
Andrew Bonzani, Esq.
Attorney-in-Fact
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The Plan.  Pursuant the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit
plan) have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Town of North Castle,
State of New York, on October 31, 2006.
IBM Executive Deferred
Compensation
  Plan
(Plan)
/s/ Steven H.
  Hinden
Steven H. Hinden
Director,
  Executive Compensation
(Plan
  Administrator)
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
EXHIBIT NO.
Description
4.1
IBM Executive Compensation Plan, as amended.
  Incorporated by reference to:
(i)
Exhibit 4 to Form S-8 (Registration Statement
  333-33692), filed March 31, 2000);
(ii)
Exhibit 10.2 to IBM's Form 10-Q for the quarter
  ended March 31, 2005; and
(iii)
Exhibit 10.1 to IBM's Form 10-K for the year ended
  December 31, 2005.
5.1
Opinion of Andrew Bonzani, Esq., Vice President,
  Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, regarding the legality of
  the Obligations being registered.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.3
Consent of Andrew Bonzani, Esq., Vice President,
  Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary (included in
  Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers of Attorney
24.2
Certified Resolutions of the IBM Board of Directors
  authorizing execution of this registration statement by Power of Attorney.
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