UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report: May 19, 2004
(Date of earliest event reported)
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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New York |
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1-2360 |
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13-0871985 |
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ARMONK, NEW YORK |
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10504 |
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914-499-1900
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Item 5. Other Events
Attachment I of this Form 8-K are the slides used by IBM’s Chairman and CEO Samuel J. Palmisano during the 2004 Spring Securities Analysts Meeting held on Wednesday, May 19, 2004. During his remarks, Mr. Palmisano noted that IBM expects gross profit margins to gradually improve quarter to quarter this year, with the objective to grow gross profit dollars. Additional information regarding statements made during this meeting about Return on Invested Capital (ROIC), including a reconciliation of those statements to comparable GAAP measures, can be found in IBM's Form 8-K dated April 15, 2004.
IBM’s web site (www.ibm.com) contains a significant amount of information about IBM, including financial and other information for investors (www.ibm.com/investor/). IBM encourages investors to visit its various web sites from time to time, as information is updated and new information is posted.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
Date: May 19, 2004
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/s/ Andrew Bonzani |
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(Andrew Bonzani) |
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Assistant Secretary & |
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Associate General Counsel |
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Attachment I
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Securities Analyst Meeting
May 19, 2004
Samuel J. Palmisano
Chairman and CEO
Certain comments made in this presentation may be characterized as forward looking under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Those statements involve a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially.
Additional information concerning these factors is contained in the Company’s filing with the SEC. Copies are available from the SEC, from the IBM Web site, or from IBM Investor Relations.
© 2004 IBM Corporation
I. Is the industry’s return to growth driven by cyclical or more fundamental forces?
II. Is IT a $1.2 trillion industry returning to mid-single-digit growth, or is there a much bigger opportunity?
III. What are the winning
strategies to capture value,
going forward?
IV. What are the implications for the IBM business model?
V. How will investors profit?
© 2004 IBM Corporation
I. Is the industry’s return to growth driven by cyclical or more fundamental forces?
II. Is IT a $1.2 trillion industry returning to mid-single-digit growth, or is there a much bigger opportunity?
III. What are the winning strategies to capture value, going forward?
IV. What are the implications for the IBM business model?
May 19, 2004
New York, NY