| Title of each class | Capital stock, par value $.20 per share |
| Trading symbol | IBM |
| Common Stock |
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 : October 15, 2021
(Date of earliest event reported)
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| New York | | 1-2360 | | 13-0871985 |
| (State of Incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS employer Identification No.) |
One New Orchard Road | | |
| Armonk, New York | | 10504 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
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:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | | Trading symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange
on which registered |
| Capital stock, par value $.20 per share | | IBM | | New York Stock Exchange |
| | | | | NYSE Chicago |
| 2.625% Notes due 2022 | | IBM 22A | | New York Stock Exchange |
| 1.250% Notes due 2023 | | IBM 23A | | New York Stock Exchange |
| 0.375% Notes due 2023 | | IBM 23B | | New York Stock Exchange |
| 1.125% Notes due 2024 | | IBM 24A | | New York Stock Exchange |
| 2.875% Notes due 2025 | | IBM 25A | | New York Stock Exchange |
| 0.950% Notes due 2025 | | IBM 25B | | New York Stock Exchange |
| 0.875% Notes due 2025 | | IBM 25C | | New York Stock Exchange |
| 0.300% Notes due 2026 | | IBM 26B | | New York Stock Exchange |
| 1.250% Notes due 2027 | | IBM 27B | | New York Stock Exchange |
| 0.300% Notes due 2028 | | IBM 28B | | New York Stock Exchange |
| 1.750% Notes due 2028 | | IBM 28A | | New York Stock Exchange |
| 1.500% Notes due 2029 | | IBM 29 | | New York Stock Exchange |
| 1.750% Notes due 2031 | | IBM 31 | | New York Stock Exchange |
| 0.650% Notes due 2032 | | IBM 32A | | New York Stock Exchange |
| 1.200% Notes due 2040 | | IBM 40 | | New York Stock Exchange |
| 7.00% Debentures due 2025 | | IBM 25 | | New York Stock Exchange |
| 6.22% Debentures due 2027 | | IBM 27 | | New York Stock Exchange |
| 6.50% Debentures due 2028 | | IBM 28 | | New York Stock Exchange |
| 7.00% Debentures due 2045 | | IBM 45 | | New York Stock Exchange |
| 7.125% Debentures due 2096 | | IBM 96 | | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ¨
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
| Item 5.04 | Temporary Suspension of Trading Under Registrant’s Employee Benefit Plans. |
On October 15, 2021, International Business Machines Corporation (the “Company”) sent a notice (the “Blackout Notice”) to its directors and executive officers informing them that they will be subject to certain trading restrictions with respect to Company common stock acquired in connection with their services as a director or an executive officer of the Company as a result of a blackout period (the “Blackout Period”), described below, under the IBM 401(k) Plus Plan (the “Plan”), a retirement plan sponsored by the Company that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The administrator of the Plan will impose restrictions on transactions by participants in the Plan during the Blackout Period in order to provide for the conversion of the IBM Stock Fund of the Plan (the “IBM Stock Fund”), which is an investment option under the Plan that consists primarily of shares of Company common stock, into a new stock fund in respect of common stock of Kyndryl Holdings, Inc., in connection with, and contingent upon, the closing of the spin-off contemplated under the separation and distribution agreement and certain other transaction-related agreements among the Company and Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. (the “Spin-Off”), expected to close before the end of 2021. During this Blackout Period, Plan participants and beneficiaries temporarily will be prevented from effecting transactions involving the IBM Stock Fund. Such Blackout Period is currently expected to begin at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on November 3, 2021, and to end at the end of the day on November 10.
A copy of the Blackout Notice to directors and executive officers of the Company, which includes the information required by Rule 104(b) of Regulation BTR, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits:
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.
| | International Business Machines Corporation |
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| Dated: October 15, 2021 | By: | /s/ Frank Sedlarcik |
| | | Frank Sedlarcik |
| | | Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Secretary |
