POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR
-----------------------------
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director of
International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation, which
will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under
the provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1996 on Form 10-K,
hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., G. Richard Thoman,
Lawrence R. Ricciardi, John R. Joyce, Jeffrey D. Serkes, and John E. Hickey his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them with full power
to act without the others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and any and
all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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 he or
she 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, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 25th day of February, 1997.
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/s/ Cathleen P. Black
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Director
CATHLEEN P. BLACK
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR
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KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director of
International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation, which
will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under
the provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1996 on Form 10-K,
hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., G. Richard Thoman,
Lawrence R. Ricciardi, John R. Joyce, Jeffrey D. Serkes, and John E. Hickey his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them with full power
to act without the others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and any and
all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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 he or
she 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, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 25th day of February, 1997.
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/s/ Harold Brown
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Director
HAROLD BROWN
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR
-----------------------------
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director of
International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation, which
will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under
the provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1996 on Form 10-K,
hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., G. Richard Thoman,
Lawrence R. Ricciardi, John R. Joyce, Jeffrey D. Serkes, and John E. Hickey his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them with full power
to act without the others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and any and
all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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 he or
she 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, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 25th day of February, 1997.
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/s/ Dormann
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Director
JUERGEN DORMANN
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR
-----------------------------
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director of
International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation, which
will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under
the provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1996 on Form 10-K,
hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., G. Richard Thoman,
Lawrence R. Ricciardi, John R. Joyce, Jeffrey D. Serkes, and John E. Hickey his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them with full power
to act without the others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and any and
all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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 he or
she 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, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 25th day of February, 1997.
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/s/ Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
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Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR
-----------------------------
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director of
International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation, which
will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under
the provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1996 on Form 10-K,
hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., G. Richard Thoman,
Lawrence R. Ricciardi, John R. Joyce, Jeffrey D. Serkes, and John E. Hickey his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them with full power
to act without the others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and any and
all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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 he or
she 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, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 25th day of February, 1997.
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/s/ Nannerl O. Keohane
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Director
NANNERL O. KEOHANE
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR
-----------------------------
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director of
International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation, which
will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under
the provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1996 on Form 10-K,
hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., G. Richard Thoman,
Lawrence R. Ricciardi, John R. Joyce, Jeffrey D. Serkes, and John E. Hickey his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them with full power
to act without the others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and any and
all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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 he or
she 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, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 25th day of February, 1997.
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/s/ Charles F. Knight
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Director
CHARLES F. KNIGHT
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR
-----------------------------
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director of
International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation, which
will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under
the provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1996 on Form 10-K,
hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., G. Richard Thoman,
Lawrence R. Ricciardi, John R. Joyce, Jeffrey D. Serkes, and John E. Hickey his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them with full power
to act without the others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and any and
all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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 he or
she 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, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 25th day of February, 1997.
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/s/ Lucio A. Noto
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Director
LUCIO A. NOTO
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR
-----------------------------
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director of
International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation, which
will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under
the provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1996 on Form 10-K,
hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., G. Richard Thoman,
Lawrence R. Ricciardi, John R. Joyce, Jeffrey D. Serkes, and John E. Hickey his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them with full power
to act without the others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and any and
all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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 he or
she 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, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 25th day of February, 1997.
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/s/ John B. Slaughter
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Director
JOHN B. SLAUGHTER
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR
-----------------------------
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director of
International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation, which
will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under
the provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1996 on Form 10-K,
hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., G. Richard Thoman,
Lawrence R. Ricciardi, John R. Joyce, Jeffrey D. Serkes, and John E. Hickey his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them with full power
to act without the others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and any and
all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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 he or
she 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, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 25th day of February, 1997.
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/s/ Alex Trotman
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Director
ALEX TROTMAN
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR
-----------------------------
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director of
International Business Machines Corporation, a New York corporation, which
will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under
the provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1996 on Form 10-K,
hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., G. Richard Thoman,
Lawrence R. Ricciardi, John R. Joyce, Jeffrey D. Serkes, and John E. Hickey his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them with full power
to act without the others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and any and
all amendments thereto, and any and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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 he or
she 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, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 25th day of February, 1997.
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/s/ Charles M. Vest
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Director
CHARLES M. VEST