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:  June 20, 2025

(Date of earliest event reported)

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

914-499-1900

(Registrant’s telephone number)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Title of each class		Trading symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Capital stock, par value $.20 per share		IBM		New York Stock Exchange
				NYSE Texas
2.875% Notes due 2025		IBM 25A		New York Stock Exchange
0.300% Notes due 2026		IBM 26B		New York Stock Exchange
1.250% Notes due 2027		IBM 27B		New York Stock Exchange
3.375% Notes due 2027		IBM 27F		New York Stock Exchange
0.300% Notes due 2028		IBM 28B		New York Stock Exchange
1.750% Notes due 2028		IBM 28A		New York Stock Exchange
1.500% Notes due 2029		IBM 29		New York Stock Exchange
0.875% Notes due 2030		IBM 30A		New York Stock Exchange
2.900% Notes due 2030		IBM 30C		New York Stock Exchange
1.750% Notes due 2031		IBM 31		New York Stock Exchange
3.625% Notes due 2031		IBM 31B		New York Stock Exchange
0.650% Notes due 2032		IBM 32A		New York Stock Exchange
3.150% Notes due 2033		IBM 33A		New York Stock Exchange
1.250% Notes due 2034		IBM 34		New York Stock Exchange
3.750% Notes due 2035		IBM 35		New York Stock Exchange
3.450% Notes due 2037		IBM 37		New York Stock Exchange
4.875% Notes due 2038		IBM 38		New York Stock Exchange
1.200% Notes due 2040		IBM 40		New York Stock Exchange
4.000% Notes due 2043		IBM 43		New York Stock Exchange
3.800% Notes due 2045		IBM 45A		New York Stock Exchange
7.00% Debentures due 2025		IBM 25		New York Stock Exchange
6.22% Debentures due 2027		IBM 27		New York Stock Exchange
6.50% Debentures due 2028		IBM 28		New York Stock Exchange
5.875% Debentures due 2032		IBM 32D		New York Stock Exchange
7.00% Debentures due 2045		IBM 45		New York Stock Exchange
7.125% Debentures due 2096		IBM 96		New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐        

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.          ☐

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. 

On June 20, 2025, International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”) (i) entered into Amendment No. 2 (the “Three-Year Amendment”) to the existing $2.5 billion Three-Year Credit Agreement dated as of June 22, 2021 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Three-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2022, the “Existing Three-Year Credit Agreement”), among IBM, the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, BNP Paribas, Citibank N.A. and Royal Bank of Canada, as Syndication Agents, and the Documentation Agents named therein and (ii) entered into Amendment No. 2 (the “Five-Year Amendment”) to the existing $7.5 billion Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of June 22, 2021 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2022, the “Existing Five-Year Credit Agreement”), among IBM, the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, BNP Paribas, Citibank N.A. and Royal Bank of Canada, as Syndication Agents, and the Documentation Agents named therein.

The Three-Year Amendment, among other things, extends the maturity of the Existing Three-Year Credit Agreement to June 20, 2028. The Five-Year Amendment, among other things, extends the maturity of the Existing Five-Year Credit Agreement to June 22, 2030. The foregoing descriptions of the Three-Year Amendment and the Five-Year Amendment do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Three-Year Amendment and the Five-Year Amendment, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to this report, and are incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein. 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 (d) Exhibits

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.