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EXHIBIT 21
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION SUBSIDIARIES
Subsidiaries—as of December 31, 2010
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Company Name | | State or country of
incorporation or organization | | Voting percent owned directly or indirectly by registrant | |
|---|
IBM Argentina Sociedad Anonima | | Argentina | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Australia Limited | | Australia | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Oesterreich Internationale Bueromaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H. | | Austria | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Bahamas Limited | | Bahamas | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Foreign Sales Corporation | | Barbados | | | 100.00 | |
International Business Machines of Belgium sprl/buba | | Belgium | | | 100.00 | |
WTC Insurance Corporation, Ltd. | | Bermuda | | | 100.00 | |
IBM de Bolivia, S.A. | | Bolivia | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Brasil—Industria, Maquinas e Servicos Limitada | | Brazil | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Bulgaria Ltd. | | Bulgaria | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Canada Limited—IBM Canada Limitee | | Canada | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Tchad SARLU | | Chad | | | 100.00 | |
IBM de Chile S.A.C. | | Chile | | | 100.00 | |
IBM (China) Investment Company Limited | | China (P.R.C.) | | | 100.00 | |
IBM de Colombia & C.I.A. S.C.A. | | Colombia | | | 100.00 | |
IBM RDC | | Congo Republic | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Business Transformation Center, S.r.l. | | Costa Rica | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Croatia Ltd./IBM Hrvatska d.o.o. | | Croatia | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Ceska Republika spol. s.r.o. | | Czech Republic | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Danmark A/S | | Denmark | | | 100.00 | |
IBM del Ecuador, C.A. | | Ecuador | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Egypt Business Support Services | | Egypt | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Eesti Osauhing (IBM Estonia Ou) | | Estonia | | | 100.00 | |
Oy International Business Machines AB | | Finland | | | 100.00 | |
Compagnie IBM France, S.A.S. | | France | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Deutschland GmbH | | Germany | | | 100.00 | |
International Business Machines Ghana Limited | | Ghana | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Hellas Information Handling Systems S.A. | | Greece | | | 100.00 | |
IBM China/Hong Kong Limited | | Hong Kong | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Magyarorszagi Kft. | | Hungary | | | 100.00 | |
IBM India Private Limited | | India | | | 100.00 | |
PT IBM Indonesia | | Indonesia | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Ireland Limited | | Ireland | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Ireland Product Distribution Limited | | Ireland | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Israel Limited | | Israel | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Italia S.p.A. | | Italy | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Japan, Ltd. | | Japan | | | 100.00 | |
IBM East Africa Limited | | Kenya | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Korea, Inc. | | Korea (South) | | | 100.00 | |
Sabiedriba ar irobezotu atbildibu IBM Latvija | | Latvia | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Lietuva | | Lithuania | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Services Financial Sector Luxembourg Sarl | | Luxembourg | | | 100.00 | |
International Business Machines Madagascar SARLU | | Madagascar | | | 100.00 | |
International Information Services Management Limited | | Malawi | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. | | Malaysia | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Malta Limited | | Malta | | | 100.00 | |
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Company Name | | State or country of
incorporation or organization | | Voting percent owned directly or indirectly by registrant | |
|---|
International Business Machines (Mauritius) | | Mauritius | | | 100.00 | |
IBM de Mexico, S. de R.L. | | Mexico | | | 99.99 | (A) |
IBM Maroc | | Morocco | | | 100.00 | |
IBM International Group B.V. | | Netherlands | | | 100.00 | |
IBM International Holdings B.V. | | Netherlands | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Nederland B.V. | | Netherlands | | | 100.00 | |
IBM New Zealand Limited | | New Zealand | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Niger SARLU | | Niger | | | 100.00 | |
International Business Machines West Africa Limited | | Nigeria | | | 100.00 | |
International Business Machines AS | | Norway | | | 100.00 | |
IBM del Peru, S.A. | | Peru | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Philippines, Incorporated | | Philippines | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Polska Sp.z.o.o. | | Poland | | | 100.00 | |
Companhia IBM Portuguesa, S.A. | | Portugal | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Romania Srl | | Romania | | | 100.00 | |
IBM East Europe/Asia Ltd. | | Russia | | | 100.00 | |
IBM—International Business Machines d.o.o., Belgrade | | Serbia | | | 100.00 | |
International Information Services Management Limited | | Seychelles | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Limited | | Sierra Leone | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Singapore Pte. Ltd. | | Singapore | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Slovensko spol s.r.o. | | Slovak Republic | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Slovenija d.o.o. | | Slovenia | | | 100.00 | |
IBM South Africa (Pty) Ltd. | | South Africa | | | 100.00 | |
International Business Machines, S.A. | | Spain | | | 100.00 | |
International Busines Machines Svenska A.B. | | Sweden | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Schweiz AG—IBM Suisse SA—IBM Suizzera SA—IBM Switzerland Ltd. | | Switzerland | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Taiwan Corporation | | Taiwan | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Tanzania Limited | | Tanzania | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Thailand Company Limited | | Thailand | | | 99.99 | (A) |
IBM Tunisie | | Tunisia | | | 100.00 | |
IBM (International Business Machines) Turk Limited Sirketi | | Turkey | | | 100.00 | |
Technology Products and Services Limited | | Uganda | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Ukraine | | Ukraine | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Middle East FZ—LLC | | United Arab Emirates | | | 100.00 | |
IBM United Kingdom Limited | | United Kingdom | | | 100.00 | |
IBM del Uruguay, S.A. | | Uruguay | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Capital Inc. | | USA (Delaware) | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Credit LLC | | USA (Delaware) | | | 100.00 | |
IBM International Group Capital LLC | | USA (Delaware) | | | 100.00 | |
IBM International Foundation | | USA (Delaware) | | | 100.00 | |
IBM World Trade Corporation | | USA (Delaware) | | | 100.00 | |
IBM de Venezuela, S.A. | | Venezuela | | | 100.00 | |
IBM Vietnam Company | | Vietnam | | | 100.00 | |
International Business Machines Zambia Limited | | Zambia | | | 100.00 | |
- (A)
- Minor percentage held by other IBM shareholders subject to repurchase option.
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