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: March 8, 2018
(Date of earliest event reported)
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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New York |
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1-2360 |
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13-0871985 |
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(State of Incorporation) |
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(Commission File Number) |
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(IRS employer Identification No.) |
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ARMONK, NEW YORK |
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10504 |
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(Address of principal executive offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
914-499-1900
(Registrant’s telephone number)
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Item 7.01 (Regulation FD Disclosure)
Exhibit 99.1 contains IBM’s presentation materials for IBM’s Investor Briefing on March 8, 2018. The information in this Item 7.01, including the corresponding Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished with the Commission and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”).
In an effort to provide investors with additional information regarding the company’s results as determined by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the company has disclosed in the attached presentation materials certain non-GAAP information, which management believes provides useful information to investors. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP are included in the presentation materials, which are attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.
These materials may contain forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which statements involve numerous factors that could cause actual results to differ materially. Additional information about those factors is contained in IBM’s filings with the SEC, available from the SEC, IBM’s web site or IBM’s Investor Relations.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibit is being furnished as part of this report:
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Exhibit No. |
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Description of Exhibit |
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99.1 |
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IBM’s web site (www.ibm.com) contains a significant amount of information about IBM, including financial and other information for investors (www.ibm.com/investor/). IBM encourages investors to visit its various web sites from time to time, as information is updated and new information is posted.