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 (Date of earliest event
                         reported) November 20, 2002.

                  INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                                                1-2360            13-0871985
                New York                  (Commission File    (I.R.S. Employer
        (State of Incorporation)              Number)        Identification No.)
            Armonk, New York                   10504
(Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip Code)


                Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 914-499-1900





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Item 7. Financial Information, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

     This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to incorporate by
reference into Registration Statement No. 333-37034 on Form S-3, effective
June 20, 2000, the documents included as Exhibits 1 and 2 hereto, relating to
$2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the
Registrant.

     The following exhibits are hereby filed with this report:


        Exhibit
        Number                            Description
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         (1)                  Underwriting Agreement dated November 20, 2002,
                              among International Business Machines
                              Corporation, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Morgan
                              Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Salomon Smith Barney
                              Inc., ABN AMRO Incorporated, Banc of America
                              Securities LLC, Banc One Capital Markets, Inc.,
                              Banca IMI S.p.A., Banca Nazionale del Lavoro
                              S.p.A., Barclays Capital Inc., Bayerische
                              Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG, Bear Stearns & Co.
                              Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Caboto
                              IntesaBci-Sim S.p.A., Credit Suisse First Boston
                              Corporation, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.,
                              Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein-Granchester,
                              Inc., Fleet Securities, Inc., Goldman, Sachs &
                              Co., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., ING Financial
                              Markets LLC, Lehman Brothers Inc., Merrill Lynch
                              Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, RBC
                              Dominion Securities Corporation, The Royal Bank
                              of Scotland plc, UBS Warburg LLC, Utendahl
                              Capital Partners, L.P. and The Williams Capital
                              Group, L.P.


         (2)                  Form of 4.750% Note due 2012.

         (3)                  Form of 5.875% Debenture due 2032.





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                                  SIGNATURES

     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.


                           INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
                           -------------------------------------------
                                         (Registrant)


                                    By:    /s/ Andrew Bonzani
                                          ------------------------------
                                          Name: Andrew Bonzani
                                          Title:   Assistant Secretary


Date:  November 26, 2001.





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                                 Exhibit Index
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        Exhibit
        Number                            Description
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         (1)                  Underwriting Agreement dated November 20, 2002,
                              among International Business Machines
                              Corporation, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Morgan
                              Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Salomon Smith Barney
                              Inc., ABN AMRO Incorporated, Banc of America
                              Securities LLC, Banc One Capital Markets, Inc.,
                              Banca IMI S.p.A., Banca Nazionale del Lavoro
                              S.p.A., Barclays Capital Inc., Bayerische
                              Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG, Bear Stearns & Co.
                              Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Caboto
                              IntesaBci-Sim S.p.A., Credit Suisse First Boston
                              Corporation, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.,
                              Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein- Granchester,
                              Inc., Fleet Securities, Inc., Goldman, Sachs &
                              Co., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., ING Financial
                              Markets LLC, Lehman Brothers Inc., Merrill Lynch
                              Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, RBC
                              Dominion Securities Corporation, The Royal Bank
                              of Scotland plc, UBS Warburg LLC, Utendahl
                              Capital Partners, L.P. and The Williams Capital
                              Group, L.P.

         (2)                  Form of 4.750% Note due 2012.

         (3)                  Form of 5.875% Debenture due 2032.