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IBM CORPORATION SUBSIDIARIES
Subsidiaries—as of December 31, 2004
Company Name
| | State or country of incorporation or organization
| | Voting % owned by immediate parent
| | Notes
|
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IBM Credit LLC | | USA (Delaware) | | 100.0000 | | |
IBM International Foundation | | USA (Delaware) | | 100.0000 | | |
IBM International Services Corporation | | USA (Delaware) | | 100.0000 | | |
| IBM Business Transformation Center, S.r.l. | | Costa Rica | | 100.0000 | | |
Tivoli Systems, Inc. | | USA (Delaware) | | 100.0000 | | |
IBM World Trade Corporation | | USA (Delaware) | | 100.0000 | | |
| IBM Bahamas Limited | | Bahamas | | 100.0000 | | |
| IBM Foreign Sales Corporation | | Barbados | | 100.0000 | | |
| WTC Insurance Corporation, Ltd. | | Bermuda | | 100.0000 | | |
| IBM Canada Limited — IBM Canada Limitee | | Canada | | 100.0000 | | |
| | IBM Americas Holding Limited | | Bermuda | | 100.0000 | | |
| | | IBM Brasil— Industria, Maquinas e Servicos Limitada | | Brazil | | 100.0000 | | |
| | IBM Argentina Sociedad Anonima | | Argentina | | 90.0000 | (B) | |
| | IBM Canada Credit Services Company | | Canada | | 100.0000 | | |
| IBM de Bolivia, S.A. | | Bolivia | | 99.9869 | | |
| IBM de Chile, S.A.C. | | Chile | | 99.9998 | (B) | |
| IBM de Colombia, S.A. | | Colombia | | 87.0678 | (B) | |
| IBM del Ecuador, C.A. | | Ecuador | | 100.0000 | | |
| Grupo IBM Mexico, S.A. de C.V. | | Mexico | | 100.0000 | | |
| | IBM de Mexico, S.A. | | Mexico | | 99.9993 | (A) | |
| IBM del Peru, S.A. | | Peru | | 99.9999 | | |
| IBM del Uruguay, S.A. | | Uruguay | | 100.0000 | | |
| IBM de Venezuela, S.A. | | Venezuela | | 100.0000 | | |
| IBM A/NZ Holdings Pty. Limited | | Australia | | 90.0000 | | |
| | IBM Australia Limited | | Australia | | 100.0000 | | |
| | IBM New Zealand Limited | | New Zealand | | 100.0000 | | |
| IBM India Limited | | India | | 100.0000 | | |
| PT IBM Indonesia | | Indonesia | | 99.0000 | | |
| IBM World Trade Asia Holdings LLC | | Delaware | | 100.0000 | | |
| | YK IBM AP Holdings | | Japan | | 100.0000 | | |
| | | IBM Japan, Ltd. | | Japan | | 100.0000 | | |
| IBM Korea, Inc. | | Korea (South) | | 100.0000 | | |
| IBM Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. | | Malaysia | | 100.0000 | | |
| IBM Philippines, Incorporated | | Philippines | | 99.9991 | (A) | |
| IBM Thailand Company Limited | | Thailand | | 99.9985 | (A) | |
| IBM Vietnam Company | | Vietnam | | 100.0000 | | |
| IBM Bulgaria Ltd. | | Bulgaria | | 100.0000 | | |
| IBM Croatia Ltd./IBM Hrvatska d.o.o. | | Croatia | | 100.0000 | | |
| IBM Egypt Business Support Services | | Egypt | | 99.8000 | | |
| IBM Eesti Osauhing (IBM Estonia Ou) | | Estonia | | 100.0000 | | |
| IBM Italia S.p.A. | | Italy | | 100.0000 | | |
| | Companhia IBM Portuguesa, S.A. | | Portugal | | 100.0000 | | |
| | IBM Hellas Information Handling Systems S.A. | | Greece | | 99.9999 | (B) | |
| | IBM Israel Limited | | Israel | | 100.0000 | | |
| | IBM (International Business Machines)Turk Limited Sirketi | | Turkey | | 98.0000 | (B) | |
| | IBM South Africa Group Ltd. | | South Africa | | 100.0000 | | |
| | | IBM South Africa (Pty) Ltd. | | South Africa | | 100.0000 | | |
| IBM East Africa Limited | | Kenya | | 66.6667 | (B) | |
| Sabiedriba ar irobezotu atbildibu IBM Latvija | | Latvia | | 100.0000 | | |
| IBM Lietuva | | Lithuania | | 100.0000 | | |
| IBM Holdings B.V. | | Netherlands | | 100.0000 | | |
| | IBM China Holdings B.V. | | Netherlands | | 100.0000 | | |
| | | IBM China Company Limited | | P.R.C. | | 100.0000 | | |
| | | IBM China/Hong Kong Limited | | Hong Kong | | 100.0000 | | |
| | IBM Global Holdings B.V. | | Netherlands | | 65.2564 | (B) | |
| | | IBM Central Holding GmbH | | Germany | | 100.0000 | | |
| | | | IBM Ceska Republika spol. s r.o | | Czech Republic | | 96.8000 | (B) | |
| | | | IBM Deutschland GmbH | | Germany | | 89.3500 | (B) | |
| | | | | IBM Oesterreich Internationale Bueromaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H. | | Austria | | 100.0000 | | |
| | | | | IBM (Schweiz)-IBM (Suisse)-IBM (Svizzera)-IBM (Switzerland) | | Switzerland | | 100.0000 | | |
| | | | IBM East Europe/Asia Ltd. | | Russia | | 100.0000 | | |
| | | | IBM Polska Sp.z.o.o. | | Poland | | 100.0000 | | |
| | | | International Business Machines Corporation Magyarorszagi Kft. | | Hungary | | 99.9291 | (B) | |
| | | IBM International Holdings B.V. | | Netherlands | | 100.0000 | | |
| | | | IBM Ireland Limited | | Ireland | | 100.0000 | | |
| | | | IBM Singapore Pte. Ltd. | | Singapore | | 100.0000 | | |
| | | IBM North Region Holdings | | United Kingdom | | 99.9999 | (A) | |
| | | | IBM Nederland N.V. | | Netherlands | | 88.2353 | (B) | |
| | | | IBM United Kingdom Holdings Limited | | United Kingdom | | 100.0000 | | |
| | | | | IBM United Kingdom Limited | | United Kingdom | | 100.0000 | | |
| | IBM International B.V. | | Netherlands | | 100.0000 | | |
| | | IBM Europe Holding B.V. | | Netherlands | | 100.0000 | | |
| | | | Compagnie IBM France S.A. | | France | | 100.0000 | | |
| | | | | IBM International Treasury Services Company | | Ireland | | 34.7826 | (B) | |
| | | | | IBM Maroc | | Morocco | | 50.9987 | (B) | |
| | | | | IBM Tunisie | | Tunisia | | 100.0000 | | |
| | International Business Machines of Belgium S.A. | | Belgium | | 99.9998 | (B) | |
| IBM Taiwan Holdings B.V. | | Netherlands | | 100.0000 | | |
| | IBM Taiwan Corporation | | Taiwan | | 100.0000 | | |
| International Business Machines West Africa Limited | | Nigeria | | 87.5000 | (B) | |
| International Business Machines A/S | | Norway | | 60.0000 | (B) | |
| IBM Romania Srl | | Romania | | 100.0000 | | |
| IBM Slovensko spol s.r.o. | | Slovak Republic | | 100.0000 | | |
| IBM Slovenija d.o.o. | | Slovenia | | 100.0000 | | |
| International Business Machines, S.A. | | Spain | | 100.0000 | | |
| IBM Nordic Aktiebolag | | Sweden | | 100.0000 | | |
| | IBM Danmark A/S | | Denmark | | 100.0000 | | |
| | Oy International Business Machines AB | | Finland | | 100.0000 | | |
| | International Business Machines Svenska AB | | Sweden | | 100.0000 | | |
| IBM Middle East FZ-LLC | | United Arab Emirates | | 100.0000 | | |
- (A)
- Minor percentage held by other IBM shareholders subject to repurchase option.
- (B)
- Remaining percentage owned by other wholly-owned IBM company(s).
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