EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF LOUIS V. GERSTNER, JR.
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned Chairman of
the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of International Business
Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (the "Corporation"), which is
about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"),
Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 one or
more Registration Statements on Form S-8, or other appropriate Form, for
shares of capital stock of the Corporation or other interests issuable under
the IBM 2000 Employees Stock Purchase Plan, hereby constitute and appoint
John R. Joyce, Lawrence R. Ricciardi, Mark Loughridge, Walter S. Berman,
Daniel E. O'Donnell and Andrew Bonzani, and each of them, my true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act, together or each
without the others, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign, or cause to be signed electronically, any and all of
said Registration Statements (which Registration Statements may constitute
post-effective amendments to registration statements previously filed with
the SEC) and any and all amendments to the aforementioned Registration
Statements, and to file said Registration Statements and amendments thereto
so signed with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done
in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, have executed this Power of
Attorney as of this 29th day of February, 2000.
/s/ LOUIS V. GERSTNER, JR.
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Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF JOHN R. JOYCE
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of International Business
Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (the "Corporation"), which is
about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"),
Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 one or
more Registration Statements on Form S-8, or other appropriate Form, for
shares of capital stock of the Corporation or other interests issuable under
the IBM 2000 Employees Stock Purchase Plan, hereby constitute and appoint
Louis V. Gerstner, Lawrence R. Ricciardi, Mark Loughridge, Walter S. Berman,
Daniel E. O'Donnell and Andrew Bonzani, and each of them, my true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act, together or each
without the others, for me and in my name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign, or cause to be signed electronically, any and all of
said Registration Statements (which Registration Statements may constitute
post-effective amendments to registration statements previously filed with
the SEC) and any and all amendments to the aforementioned Registration
Statements, and to file said Registration Statements and amendments thereto
so signed with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the SEC, hereby granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done
in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, have executed this Power of
Attorney as of this 29th day of February, 2000.
/s/ JOHN R. JOYCE
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John R. Joyce
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF MARK LOUGHRIDGE
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned Vice
President and Controller of International Business Machines Corporation, a
New York corporation (the "Corporation"), which is about to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 one or more Registration Statements
on Form S-8, or other appropriate Form, for shares of capital stock of the
Corporation or other interests issuable under the IBM 2000 Employees Stock
Purchase Plan, hereby constitute and appoint Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., John R.
Joyce, Lawrence R. Ricciardi, Walter S. Berman, Daniel E. O'Donnell and
Andrew Bonzani, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power to act, together or each without the others, for me
and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, or cause
to be signed electronically, any and all of said Registration Statements
(which Registration Statements may constitute post-effective amendments to
registration statements previously filed with the SEC) and any and all
amendments to the aforementioned Registration Statements, and to file said
Registration Statements and amendments thereto so signed with all exhibits
thereto, and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, have executed this Power of
Attorney as of this 29th day of February, 2000.
/s/ MARK LOUGHRIDGE
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Mark Loughridge
Vice President and
Controller
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned Director of
International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (the
"Corporation"), which is about to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC"), Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933 one or more Registration Statements on Form S-8, or
other appropriate Form, for shares of capital stock of the Corporation or
other interests issuable under the IBM 2000 Employees Stock Purchase Plan,
hereby constitute and appoint Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., John R. Joyce, Lawrence
R. Ricciardi, Mark Loughridge, Walter S. Berman, Daniel E. O'Donnell and
Andrew Bonzani, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power to act, together or each without the others, for me
and in my name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, or cause
to be signed electronically, any and all of said Registration Statements
(which Registration Statements may constitute post-effective amendments to
registration statements previously filed with the SEC) and any and all
amendments to the aforementioned Registration Statements, and to file said
Registration Statements and amendments thereto so signed with all exhibits
thereto, and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
SEC, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, have executed this Power of
Attorney as of this 29th day of February, 2000.
/s/ CATHLEEN BLACK
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Director
/s/ KENNETH I. CHENAULT
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Director
/s/ JUERGEN DORMANN
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Director
/s/ NANNERL O. KEOHANE
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Director
/s/ CHARLES F. KNIGHT
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Director
/s/ MINORU MAKIHARA
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Director
/s/ LUCIO A. NOTO
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Director
/s/ JOHN B. SLAUGHTER
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Director
/s/ ALEX TROTMAN
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Director
/s/ LODEWIJK C. VAN WACHEM
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Director