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: July 09, 2002 (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.) ARMONK, NEW YORK 10504 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) 914-499-1900 (Registrant's telephone number) Item 5. Other Events The company announced on June 4, 2002, the decision to sell its disk drive operations to Hitachi, Ltd. which under generally accepted accounting principles will be accounted for as a discontinued operation. The financial results from prior periods will be presented to conform with this accounting treatment. The company is publishing quarterly consolidated financial earnings results for 2001 and the first quarter of 2002 in order to facilitate an analysis by users of the company's financial statements under this format. The financial results reported as discontinued operations include the external original equipment manufacturer, (OEM) hard disk drive business and charges related to hard disk drives used in the company's e-server and e-storage products that were recorded in the Technology segment. The discontinued operations results do not reflect hard disk drive shipments to IBM internal customers. These results are included in Exhibit I of this Form 8-K. In addition, segment pre-tax income results from continuing operations are provided for the same periods in Exhibit II of this Form 8-K. Exhibit III of this Form 8-K is the registrant's press release dated June 4, 2002, regarding a definitive agreement between Hitachi and IBM on the transfer of their hard disk drive operations to a new standalone company under Hitachi ownership. Also, on June 4, 2002, the company announced that it would record pre-tax charges of approximately $2.0B to $2.5B, primarily in the second quarter, associated with the company's exit from the hard disk drive business, write-offs of assets in the Microelectronics business, and charges related to productivity initiatives, principally workforce reductions. IBM will describe these actions in additional detail when the company announces second quarter results on July 17, 2002. Exhibit IV of this Form 8-K is the registrant's press release dated June 4, 2002, regarding actions to strengthen the company's strategic and competitive position. 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. 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. Date: July 09, 2002 By: /s/ Robert F. Woods ------------------------------ (Robert F. Woods) Vice President and Controller Exhibit I INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL RESULTS CONTINUING/DISCONTINUED OPERATONS FORMAT 2001 (Unaudited; Dollars in millions except per share amounts) First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Full Year ------------- -------------- ------------- -------------- --------- REVENUE Global Services $8,471 $8,742 $8,682 $9,061 $34,956 Gross profit margin 25.5% 27.6% 28.4% 28.2% 27.5% Hardware 7,812 7,918 6,834 8,029 30,593 Gross profit margin 32.1% 32.1% 26.9% 30.9% 30.6% Software 2,918 3,036 3,201 3,784 12,939 Gross profit margin 80.2% 82.4% 81.5% 85.2% 82.5% Global Financing 832 845 822 927 3,426 Gross profit margin 47.3% 48.2% 51.0% 55.4% 50.6% Enterprise Investments/Other 276 293 244 340 1,153 Gross profit margin 49.5% 43.3% 40.8% 45.8% 45.0% TOTAL REVENUE 20,309 20,834 19,783 22,141 83,067 GROSS PROFIT 7,535 7,987 7,434 8,933 31,889 Gross profit margin 37.1% 38.3% 37.6% 40.3% 38.4% EXPENSE AND OTHER INCOME S,G&A 4,083 4,182 4,085 4,698 17,048 Expense to revenue 20.1% 20.1% 20.6% 21.2% 20.5% R,D&E 1,209 1,284 1,252 1,241 4,986 Expense to revenue 6.0% 6.2% 6.3% 5.6% 6.0% Intellectual property and custom development income (265) (354) (393) (464) (1,476) Other (income) & expense (69) (124) 29 (189) (353) Interest expense 70 58 53 53 234 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ TOTAL EXPENSE AND OTHER INCOME 5,028 5,046 5,026 5,339 20,439 Expense to revenue 24.8% 24.2% 25.4% 24.1% 24.6% INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES 2,507 2,941 2,408 3,594 11,450 Pre-tax margin 12.3% 14.1% 12.2% 16.2% 13.8% Provision for income taxes 730 850 695 1,029 3,304 Effective tax rate 29.1% 28.9% 28.9% 28.6% 28.9% NET INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS 1,777 2,091 1,713 2,565 8,146 Net margin 8.8% 10.0% 8.7% 11.6% 9.8% Preferred stock dividends 5 5 0 0 10 NET INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS APPLICABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS $1,772 $2,086 $1,713 $2,565 $8,136 ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (NET OF TAX) (27) (46) (118) (232) (423) ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ NET INCOME AFTER DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS $1,745 $2,040 $1,595 $2,333 $7,713 ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== EARNINGS PER SHARE ------------------ COMMON STOCK FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS: - ASSUMING DILUTION $1.00 $1.17 $0.97 $1.46 $4.59* - BASIC $1.02 $1.20 $0.99 $1.49 $4.69* COMMON STOCK FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS: - ASSUMING DILUTION ($0.02) ($0.03) ($0.07) ($0.13) ($0.24*) - BASIC ($0.02) ($0.03) ($0.07) ($0.14) ($0.24*) COMMON STOCK FROM TOTAL OPERATIONS: - ASSUMING DILUTION $0.98 $1.15** $0.90 $1.33 $4.35* - BASIC $1.00 $1.17 $0.92 $1.35 $4.45* AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING (M's) DILUTED 1,781.2 1,777.7 1,767.9 1,758.0 1,771.2 BASIC 1,740.9 1,738.2 1,731.8 1,722.4 1,733.3 * Earnings per share (EPS) in each quarter is computed using the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the quarter while EPS for the full year is computed using the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the year. Thus, the sum of the quarters' EPS may not equal the full-year EPS. ** Does not total due to rounding. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL RESULTS CONTINUING/DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS FORMAT 2002 (Unaudited; Dollars in millions except per share amounts) First Quarter ------------- REVENUE Global Services $8,229 Gross profit margin 26.0% Hardware 5,884 Gross profit margin 24.5% Software 2,897 Gross profit margin 81.1% Global Financing 783 Gross profit margin 56.6% Enterprise Investments/Other 237 Gross profit margin 56.2% TOTAL REVENUE 18,030 GROSS PROFIT 6,500 Gross profit margin 36.1% EXPENSE AND OTHER INCOME S,G&A 4,023 Expense to revenue 22.3% R,D&E 1,135 Expense to revenue 6.3% Intellectual property and custom development income (296) Other (income) & expense (205) Interest expense 30 ------ TOTAL EXPENSE AND OTHER INCOME 4,687 Expense to revenue 26.0% INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES 1,813 Pre-tax margin 10.1% Provision for income taxes 529 Effective tax rate 29.2% NET INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS 1,284 Net margin 7.1% Preferred stock dividends 0 NET INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS APPLICABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS $1,284 ====== DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (NET OF TAX) (92) ------ NET INCOME AFTER DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS $1,192 ====== EARNINGS PER SHARE ------------------ COMMON STOCK FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS: - ASSUMING DILUTION $0.73 - BASIC $0.75 COMMON STOCK FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS: - ASSUMING DILUTION ($0.05) - BASIC ($0.05) COMMON STOCK FROM TOTAL OPERATIONS: - ASSUMING DILUTION $0.68 - BASIC $0.69* AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING (M's) DILUTED 1,753.0 BASIC 1,718.4 * Does not total due to rounding. Exhibit II INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION SEGMENT DATA CONTINUING OPERATIONS FORMAT 2001 (UNAUDITED) FIRST QUARTER Pre-tax Income (Dollars in millions) From Pre-Tax ************ Revenue ************ Continuing Income External Internal Total Operations Margin SEGMENTS Global Services $ 8,471 $589 $9,060 $1,068 11.8% Enterprise Systems 3,136 167 3,303 391 11.8% Personal and Printing Systems 3,176 18 3,194 (58) (1.8%) Technology * 1,574 339 1,913 137 7.2% Software 2,918 214 3,132 586 18.7% Global Financing 834 226 1,060 273 25.8% Enterprise Investments 253 1 254 (140) (55.1%) TOTAL SEGMENTS 20,362 1,554 21,916 2,257 10.3% Eliminations / Other* (53) (1,554) (1,607) 250 TOTAL IBM $20,309 $0 $20,309 $2,507 12.3% * Reclassified to conform with 2002 presentation. 2001 (UNAUDITED) SECOND QUARTER Pre-tax Income (Dollars in millions) From Pre-Tax ************ Revenue ************ Continuing Income External Internal Total Operations Margin Segments Global Services $ 8,742 $650 $9,392 $1,307 13.9% Enterprise Systems 3,477 205 3,682 526 14.3% Personal and Printing Systems 3,067 14 3,081 (8) (0.3%) Technology * 1,380 388 1,768 102 5.8% Software 3,036 236 3,272 711 21.7% Global Financing 838 217 1,055 291 27.6% Enterprise Investments 287 0 287 (27) (9.4%) TOTAL SEGMENTS 20,827 1,710 22,537 2,902 12.9% Eliminations / Other* 7 (1,710) (1,703) 39 TOTAL IBM $20,834 $0 $20,834 $2,941 14.1% * Reclassified to conform with 2002 presentation. 2001 (UNAUDITED) THIRD QUARTER Pre-tax Income (Dollars in millions) From Pre-Tax ************ Revenue ************ Continuing Income External Internal Total Operations Margin Segments Global Services $ 8,682 $ 684 $ 9,366 $1,373 14.7% Enterprise Systems 3,056 175 3,231 194 6.0% Personal and Printing Systems 2,829 18 2,847 (70) (2.5)% Technology * 1,006 416 1,422 (78) (5.5%) Software 3,201 236 3,437 704 20.5% Global Financing 814 204 1,018 314 30.8% Enterprise Investments 242 1 243 (76) (31.3%) TOTAL SEGMENTS 19,830 1,734 21,564 2,361 10.9% Eliminations / Other* (47) (1,734) (1,781) 47 TOTAL IBM $19,783 $0 $19,783 $2,408 12.2% * Reclassified to conform with 2002 presentation. 2001 (UNAUDITED) FOURTH QUARTER Pre-tax Income (Dollars in millions) From Pre-Tax ************ Revenue ************ Continuing Income External Internal Total Operations Margin Segments Global Services $ 9,061 $ 724 $ 9,785 $1,413 14.4% Enterprise Systems 4,074 163 4,237 719 17.0% Personal and Printing Systems 2,910 23 2,933 (17) (0.6%) Technology * 1,189 308 1,497 16 1.1% Software 3,784 295 4,079 1,167 28.6% Global Financing 921 189 1,110 265 23.9% Enterprise Investments 336 2 338 (74) (21.9%) TOTAL SEGMENTS 22,275 1,704 23,979 3,489 14.6% Eliminations / Other* (134) (1,704) (1,838) 105 TOTAL IBM $22,141 $0 $22,141 $3,594 16.2% * Reclassified to conform with 2002 presentation. 2001 (UNAUDITED) Full Year Pre-tax Income (Dollars in millions) From Pre-Tax ************ Revenue ************ Continuing Income External Internal Total Operations Margin Segments Global Services $34,956 $2,647 $37,603 $5,161 13.7% Enterprise Systems 13,743 710 14,453 1,830 12.7% Personal and Printing Systems 11,982 73 12,055 (153) (1.3%) Technology * 5,149 1,451 6,600 177 2.7% Software 12,939 981 13,920 3,168 22.8% Global Financing 3,407 836 4,243 1,143 26.9% Enterprise Investments 1,118 4 1,122 (317) (28.3%) TOTAL SEGMENTS 83,294 6,702 89,996 11,009 12.2% Eliminations / Other* (227) (6,702) (6,929) 441 TOTAL IBM $83,067 $0 $83,067 $11,450 13.8% * Reclassified to conform with 2002 presentation. INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION SEGMENT DATA CONTINUING OPERATIONS FORMAT 2002 (UNAUDITED) FIRST QUARTER Pre-tax Income (Dollars in millions) From Pre-Tax ************ Revenue ************ Continuing Income External Internal Total Operations Margin SEGMENTS Global Services $ 8,229 $ 640 $ 8,869 $1,073 12.1% Enterprise Systems 2,484 166 2,650 177 6.7% Personal and Printing Systems 2,511 13 2,524 65 2.6% Technology* 930 236 1,166 (139) (11.9%) Software 2,897 227 3,124 560 17.9% Global Financing 768 186 954 222 23.3% Enterprise Investments 231 1 232 (53) (22.8%) TOTAL SEGMENTS 18,050 1,469 19,519 1,905 9.8% Eliminations / Other* (20) (1,469) (1,489) (92) TOTAL IBM $18,030 $0 $18,030 $1,813 10.1% * Reclassified to conform with 2002 presentation. Exhibit III Contact: Yasuo Hirano Hitachi, Ltd. +81-3-3258-2057 yasuo_hirano@hdq.hitachi.co.jp Scott Brooks IBM Corporation 914-499-6734 srbrooks@us.ibm.com HITACHI AND IBM REACH DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT ON HARD DISK DRIVE OPERATIONS TOKYO, Japan and SAN JOSE, Calif. -- June 4, 2002 -- Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT, TSE: 6501) and IBM today announced that they have reached a definitive agreement to transfer their hard disk drive (HDD) operations to a new standalone company under majority Hitachi ownership. These plans were originally announced in April as part of a larger storage relationship between the two companies. Hitachi has agreed to purchase the majority of IBM's HDD-related assets for $2.05 billion, which includes the transfer of IBM's HDD-related intellectual property portfolio to the new organization. Hitachi will initially own 70 percent of this new company and will make a series of fixed payments to IBM before assuming full ownership after three years. The new company will be based in San Jose, California, and managed by an independent team comprising executives from Hitachi and IBM's existing HDD operations. The chief executive officer will be Dr. Jun Naruse, Corporate Managing Director of Hitachi, Ltd., formerly CEO of Hitachi Data Systems, and the chief operating officer will be Dr. Douglas Grose, currently general manager of IBM's Storage Technology Division. Hitachi will select the new company's board of directors, and IBM will not be involved in its operations. The new organization will bring together approximately 24,000 employees, about 18,000 from IBM and 6,000 from Hitachi, with major manufacturing operations at 11 locations around the world. Certain IBM HDD operations are not included in the deal. Hitachi estimates the new company may deliver approximately $5 billion in sales in fiscal year 2003, and will target annual sales of $7 billion by fiscal year 2006. IBM and Hitachi have each agreed to multi-year HDD supply commitments from the new company. -more- HITACHI AND IBM REACH DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT/PAGE 2 Pending the completion of applicable regulatory processes, the deal is expected to close before year-end. "The purchase of IBM's HDD business brings us the valuable business assets required for long-term success in this highly competitive market," said Masaaki Hayashi, Senior Vice President and Director, Hitachi, Ltd. "By combining HDD research, development, manufacturing, marketing and sales into an independently operating company, we are creating a new industry leader fully focused on the $20 billion disk-drive market. This new company is uniquely positioned for success by its broad customer portfolio, its unparalleled technological capabilities and its strong position in key growth markets, including storage-intensive consumer electronics." "Customers will benefit from the increased efficiencies of the new company and its ability to quickly bring advanced technologies and products to market," said John E. Kelly III, senior vice president and general manager of IBM's Technology Group. "The singular focus on the HDD business will provide employees with the dedicated resources necessary to fully apply their industry-leading expertise to developing new HDD technologies and market opportunities." In addition, IBM and Hitachi are proceeding with separate negotiations related to a planned multi-year alliance to research and develop new open standards-based technologies specific to next-generation storage networks, systems and solutions. The companies have created a process to review joint projects designed to improve interoperability, reduce complexity and improve cost of ownership for storage systems customers. Additional information on this alliance will be announced when negotiations are finalized. # # # -Cautionary Statement- Statements in this document contain forward-looking information which reflect Hitachi's current views with respect to certain future events and financial performance. Actual results may differ materially from this forecast. Further, this forward-looking information is based upon assumptions of future events which may not prove to be accurate. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forecast include, but are not limited to: rapid technological change; uncertainty as to the new company's ability to continue to develop products and to market products that incorporate new technology on a timely and cost-effective basis and achieve market acceptance; fluctuations in product demand and industry capacity; increasing commoditization of information technology products, and intensifying price competition in the market for such products; fluctuations in rates of exchange for the U.S. dollar and other currencies in which the new company makes significant sales or in which the new company's assets and liabilities are denominated; uncertainty as to the new company's access to liquidity or long-term financing, particularly in the context of restrictions on availability of credit prevailing in U.S.; uncertainty as to the new company's ability to implement measures to reduce the potential negative impact of fluctuations in product demand and/or exchange rates; general economic conditions and the regulatory and trade environment of the new company's major markets, continued stagnation or deterioration of the Japanese or other East Asian economies, or direct or indirect restriction by other nations of imports; uncertainty as to the new company's access to, or protection for, certain intellectual property rights; the new company's dependence on alliances with other corporations in designing or developing certain products; and the market prices of equity securities in Japan, declines in which may result in write-downs of equity securities Hitachi holds. # # # HITACHI AND IBM REACH DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT/PAGE 3 ADDITIONAL HITACHI PRESS CONTACTS: Japan: Tsuyoshi Miyata, Hirotaka Ohno Hitachi, Ltd. Tel: +81-3-3258-2057 tsuyoshi_miyata@hdq.hitachi.co.jp hirotaka_ohn@hdq.hitachi.co.jp Singapore: Yuji Hoshino Hitachi Asia Ltd. Tel: +65-231-2522 yhoshino@has.hitachi.com.sg US: Masahiro Takahashi Hitachi America, Ltd. Tel: +1-650-244-7902 masahiro.takahashi@hal.hitachi.com UK: Kantaro Tanii Hitachi Europe Ltd. Tel: +44-1628-585379 Kantaro.tanii@hitachi-eu.com Exhibit IV Contact: Bill Hughes (914) 499-6565 bhughes@us.ibm.com IBM ANNOUNCES ACTIONS TO STRENGTHEN STRATEGIC AND COMPETITIVE POSITION; ANTICIPATES SECOND-QUARTER CHARGE ARMONK, N.Y., June 4, 2002 . . . IBM today announced a series of actions to improve further the company's competitive and strategic position in the changing information technology industry. As announced yesterday, Hitachi Ltd., has agreed to purchase IBM's disk drive operations and form a new company majority-owned by Hitachi. In addition, IBM and Hitachi are proceeding with separate negotiations related to a planned multi-year alliance to research and develop open technologies for next-generation storage networks, systems and solutions. The companies have created a process to review joint projects designed to improve interoperability, reduce complexity and improve cost of ownership for storage systems customers. IBM also is realigning its Microelectronics Division to increase operational efficiencies and capitalize on emerging growth opportunities. As part of this realignment, the Division will increase its use of leading-edge copper technology and close older aluminum technology capacity. The Division will increase its focus on custom-chip design and manufacturing, and advanced foundry, while adding new technology design services, which were announced today. Further, IBM is rebalancing skills and reducing its workforce in other business units and headquarters staffs. These actions will enhance IBM's competitiveness by improving productivity and operational efficiencies over the long term. The majority of the employees affected by these actions have been notified. - more - - 2 - As a result of all of these actions, IBM will record pre-tax charges of approximately $2.0 billion to $2.5 billion, primarily in the second quarter. These include charges associated with the company's exit from the hard disk drive business, write-offs of assets in the Microelectronics business, and charges related to productivity initiatives, principally workforce reduction. "These actions will not only substantially lower IBM's annual operating expenses, more important, they strengthen the company's strategic position in the near and long term," said John R. Joyce, senior vice president and chief financial officer. "We are moving quickly to occupy the strategic areas in the technology and storage marketplace," added Nick Donofrio, senior vice president, Technology and Manufacturing. "At our core, we are a technology company, and we will continue to focus on leading-edge products, such as our copper technology and move away from maturing technologies, and align our operations to meet that shift in demand. The actions we are taking now will better position IBM in areas where there is both long-term growth and profitability." IBM will describe today's actions in additional detail when the company announces second-quarter results in mid-July. # # #