Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF LOUIS V. GERSTNER, JR.
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of International Business
Machines Corporation, a New York corporation (the "Corporation"), which is
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 up
to 25,148,227 shares of capital stock of the Corporation or other interests
issuable under the IBM 1997 Long-Term Performance Plan, as such number may
be adjusted to reflect the proposed stock split, hereby constitute and
appoint G. Richard Thoman, Lawrence R. Ricciardi, Jeffrey D. Serkes, John
R. Joyce, and John E. Hickey, 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 25th day of February 1997.
/s/ Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
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Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF JOHN R. JOYCE
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 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 up to 25,148,227
shares of capital stock of the Corporation or other interests issuable
under the IBM 1997 Long-Term Performance Plan, as such number may be
adjusted to reflect the proposed stock split, hereby constitute and appoint
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., G. Richard Thoman, Lawrence R. Ricciardi, Jeffrey
D. Serkes, and John E. Hickey, 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 25th day of February 1997.
/s/ John R. Joyce
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John R. Joyce
Vice President and Controller
Exhibit 24
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 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 up to 25,148,227 shares of capital stock of
the Corporation or other interests issuable under the IBM 1997 Long-Term
Performance Plan, as such number may be adjusted to reflect the proposed
stock split, hereby constitute and appoint Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., G.
Richard Thoman, Lawrence R. Ricciardi, Jeffrey D. Serkes, John R. Joyce,
and John E. Hickey, 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 25th day of February 1997.
/s/ Cathleen Black
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Cathleen Black
/s/ Harold Brown
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Harold Brown
/s/ Juergen Dormann
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Juergen Dormann
/s/ Nannerl O. Keohane
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Nannerl O. Keohane
/s/ Charles F. Knight
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Charles F. Knight
/s/ Lucio A. Noto
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Lucio A. Noto
/s/ John B. Slaughter
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John B. Slaughter
/s/ Alex Trotman
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Alex Trotman
/s/ Charles M. Vest
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Charles M. Vest