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: January 19, 2017

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES
CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

914-499-1900

(Registrant’s telephone number)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 2.02.   Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

The registrant’s press release dated January 19, 2017, regarding its financial results for the periods ended December 31, 2016, including consolidated financial statements for the periods ended December 31, 2016, is Exhibit 99.1 of this Form 8-K.

 

In an effort to provide investors with additional information regarding the company’s results as determined by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the company has disclosed in the attached press release certain non-GAAP information which management believes provides useful information to investors. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP are included in the press release, which is Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K. The rationale for management’s use of non-GAAP measures is included in Exhibit 99.2 to this Form 8-K.

 

The information in this Item 2.02, including the corresponding Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, is hereby filed.

 

Item 7.01.   Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

The slides for IBM’s Chief Financial Officer Martin Schroeter’s fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 earnings presentation on January 19, 2017 are Exhibit 99.3 to this Form 8-K.

 

The information in this Item 7.01, including the corresponding Exhibit 99.3, is being furnished with the Commission and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

The following exhibits are being filed as part of this report:

 

Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibit
99.1		Earnings Release of the Registrant, dated January 19, 2017
99.2		Non-GAAP Financial Information

 

The following exhibit is being furnished as part of this report:

 

Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibit
99.3		Earnings Presentation of the Registrant, dated January 19, 2017

 

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: January 19, 2017
	By:	/s/ Stanley J. Sutula III
		Stanley J. Sutula III
		Vice President and Controller

 

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