# Stockholder Information

The following information is provided as a convenient reference for IBM stockholders:

## 1986 Annual Meeting
- **Date and Location**: The 1986 Annual Meeting of stockholders will be held in the Albert Thomas Convention and Exhibit Center, Houston, Texas, on Monday, April 28, at 10 a.m.

## Notice of Annual Meeting
- **Proxy Statement and Proxy Voting Card**: Notice of the Annual Meeting, Proxy Statement, and Proxy Voting Card are mailed to each stockholder in March. The Proxy Statement describes the items of business to be voted on at the Annual Meeting and provides biographies of the Board's nominees for director and their principal affiliations with other companies or organizations, as well as other information about the company.

## The Report of the IBM Annual Meeting
- **Content**: The Report of the IBM Annual Meeting, mailed to each stockholder in June, summarizes the activities at the Annual Meeting, including a report on the company, questions and answers of general interest, and the results of voting on items of business.

## IBM Stock Transfer
- **Department**: IBM Stock Transfer is handled by the IBM Stockholder Relations Department, 590 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10022.
- **Services**: The department maintains stockholder records and can answer questions regarding stockholders' accounts. Stockholders wishing to transfer stock or to change the name on a stock certificate should contact the department for instructions.

## Stock Certificates
- **Valuability**: Stock certificates are valuable and should be safeguarded, since replacement takes time and requires payment of a surety bond premium by the stockholder. If a stock certificate is lost, stolen, or destroyed, Stockholder Relations should be notified. Registered mail should be used whenever stock is mailed.

## IBM Stock Trading
- **Exchanges**: IBM Stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange, other exchanges in the United States, and exchanges in Austria, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.

## Stock Transfer Offices
- **IBM Stockholder Relations Department**:
  - 590 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10022
  - One IBM Plaza, Chicago, Ill. 60611
- **Co-Transfer Agents**:
  - Trust Général du Canada
    - 1100 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3B 2G7
  - National Trust Company
    - 21 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5C 1B3

## Registrars
- **Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York**
  - 30 West Broadway, New York, NY, 10007
- **The First National Bank of Chicago**
  - One First National Plaza, Chicago, Ill. 60670
- **Montreal Trust Company**
  - One Place Ville Marie, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3B 3L6
  - 15 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 1B4

## Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, and Community Programs
- **Document**: A document outlines programs in the United States for women, minorities, and handicapped persons, and reviews IBM's Affirmative Action efforts in the community.

## IBM Programs in the Community, Education, and the Arts
- **Brochure**: A brochure describes support programs for education, community service, hospitals, the arts, and other areas, with examples of employee involvement in communities.

## IBM Operations in South Africa
- **Report**: A report summarizes the company's business in that country. This report describes the personnel principles and practices to which IBM adheres in doing business in South Africa.

## IBM Annual Report Translations and Recordings
- **Languages**: The report is translated into French, German, and Japanese. An audio cassette recording in English is available for the blind.

## A Service for Deaf Stockholders
- **Teletypewriter**: A service provided by the IBM Stockholder Relations Department enables deaf stockholders who have access to a teletypewriter to communicate with the department's New York City office. Stockholders who wish to use the service should call (212) 407-4552.

## For Information
- **Stockholders' Accounts**: Call (212) 725-7000.
- **General Questions about IBM**: Call (800) 426-3333. Outside the continental U.S., call (617) 895-2874.

## International Business Machines Corporation Corporate Headquarters
- **Address**: Armonk, NY, 10504