Document:

Exhibit 10.16

 

 

 

	Office of the Senior Vice President	1 New Orchard Road
	Human Resources	Armonk, NY 10504

 

May 28, 2021

 

Maryjo Charbonnier

 

Dear Maryjo,

 

I am delighted to extend an offer of employment to
you at IBM as Chief Human Resources Officer, Kyndryl, currently the Managed Infrastructure Services unit of Global Technology Services
(excluding TSS).

 

The attachment outlines the specifics of our offer.
I am extremely excited about your joining the IBM team.

 

Please indicate your acceptance of this offer by
signing and returning the letter, along with the Sign-on Payment Repayment Agreement and the Noncompetition Agreement to me via email.

 

Sincerely,

 

	/s/ Nickle LaMoreaux	

Nickle LaMoreaux

Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer,

IBM Human Resources

 

Attachments

 

    

     

    

 

May 28, 2021

Maryjo Charbonnier

 

This letter (the “Offer Letter”) confirms
our offer of IBM employment to you as Chief Human Resources Officer, Kyndryl, reporting directly to Martin Schroeter, Chief Executive
Officer, Kyndryl and based in New York, NY. Your primary responsibilities will be to ensure completion of The Transaction, as described
below, and other responsibilities as agreed upon between you and Kyndryl’s Chief Executive Officer. The elements of your employment
offer are:

 

Cash Compensation:

 

Effective on your first day of employment, your annualized
base salary will be $615,000.00, and you will have an opportunity to receive a $770,000.00 bonus as set forth below. This is in addition
to your participation in the IBM benefits plans. As an employee, you will receive a paycheck on a semi-monthly basis, on or around the
15th and 31st of each month. For 2021, your base salary will be prorated to reflect your actual IBM start date and termination date.

 

In connection with IBM’s announced intention
to spin-off the Managed Infrastructure Services unit of its IBM Global Technology Services (GTS) business and organization (excluding
TSS) as a separate publicly listed company with IBM no longer owning any stake in the new company (the separate publicly listed company
referred to as “NewCo”, and the spin-off referred to as “The Transaction”), which will occur on the date of the
closing of such spin-off (referred to as “The Closing Date”), your bonus payment will depend on your successful completion
of The Transaction. If The Transaction is completed, your bonus will be paid no later than February 1, 2022. You must be an active employee
on The Closing Date in order to be eligible to receive the bonus payout. In the event of termination without Cause (as defined in your
Noncompetition Agreement with IBM) prior to The Closing Date, IBM in its sole discretion may decide to provide a partial payment of $200,000.00
of the bonus.

 

While IBM intends for The Transaction to be completed
by December 31, 2021, if The Transaction is not completed by such date, IBM’s Chief Executive Officer may in his discretion decide
to pay the bonus in full or in part and such payment shall be made no later than February 1, 2022, provided you are an active employee
of IBM or Newco on such payment date.

 

Additionally, you shall receive the bonus payable
by February 1, 2022, if The Transaction is not completed by December 31, 2021 for reasons beyond your reasonable control and your employment
is terminated without Cause (as defined in your Noncompetition Agreement with IBM).

 

Please note, if prior to December 31, 2021 for
strategic business reasons, (A) IBM unilaterally determines and formally announces that it will not complete The Transaction, or (B)
if NewCo is sold to another buyer, and in both cases, the IBM CEO determines that your performance in moving The Transaction to
closure was not a contributing factor in the decision not to complete The Transaction or sell to another buyer, and your performance
is otherwise satisfactory, you will receive the bonus payment one month following the later of: (1) IBM’s formal announcement
to not complete The Transaction (“Announcement Date”); or (2) the closing date of the sale of NewCo (“Sale
Date”). You must be an active employee on the Announcement Date or the Sale Date, as applicable, to receive the bonus
payout.

 

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May 28, 2021

Maryjo Charbonnier

 

New Hire Equity:

 

You will be awarded a new hire equity grant of $1,000,000.00
in planned value. You will receive 100% of this planned value as a special Performance Share Unit (PSU) award. Your award will be granted
on the 1st of the month following your Hire Date, or as soon as practical thereafter. The number of PSUs granted will be determined by
dividing the planned grant value by the average of IBM’s closing stock price for the 30 active trading days prior to the date of
grant.

 

In order to vest in your PSU award, you must meet
two performance criteria (“Performance Criteria”), or be excused for the non-performance:

 

		1.	You (a) successfully complete The Transaction as envisaged by no later than January 1, 2023 or (b) you are excused from completing
The Transaction as envisaged for reasons beyond your reasonable control as described in the Terms and Conditions document provided with
this offer letter; or (c) your employment is terminated without Cause (as such term is defined in your Noncompetition Agreement) by IBM.

 

		2.	If The Transaction is completed as envisaged, immediately following The Closing Date you accept employment at NewCo as the Chief Human
Resources Officer, provided this performance criterion is excused if NewCo’s offer of employment is not comparable in the aggregate
to the terms of this offer letter, including your annual salary, bonus, equity award, and geographic location which cannot be greater
than 50 miles from your work location.

 

If the performance criteria described above are satisfied
or excused, your award will generally vest and be released 33% on the six month anniversary of The Closing Date, 33% on the 1st
anniversary of The Closing Date, and 34% on the 2nd anniversary of The Closing Date, assuming all other conditions in your
equity award agreement and its incorporated terms and conditions are met.

 

Sign-on Equity Award:

 

You will be also be awarded a Sign-On Equity Grant
of $700,000.00 in planned value. You will receive 100% of this planned value in Retention Restricted Stock Units (RRSUs) (the “Sign-On
Equity Award”). Your award will be granted on the 1st of the month following your Hire Date, or as soon as practical thereafter.
The number of RRSUs granted will be determined by dividing the planned grant value by the average of IBM’s closing stock price
for the 30 active trading days prior to the date of grant. 100% of your Sign-on Equity Grant is anticipated to vest on the second anniversary
of the grant date. RRSUs are equivalent in value to shares of IBM stock and, once vested and released, are paid out in stock (or cash
in select countries). Upon The Closing Date, the Sign-On Equity Award will be converted in a manner consistent with similar awards.

 

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May 28, 2021

Maryjo Charbonnier

 

If IBM terminates your employment without Cause (as
defined in your Noncompetition Agreement with IBM) and your performance is otherwise satisfactory, you will continue to be eligible to
vest and receive your Sign-On Equity Award as scheduled.

 

Except as specified above, PSUs and RRSUs are subject
to the terms and conditions of the applicable IBM Long-Term Performance Plan, award agreements, and terms and conditions documents. Additional
details about the award will be provided to you after your IBM employment begins. Subsequent grants may be awarded in IBM’s discretion
based on your performance and contribution to the business.

 

Your formal award agreements and associated terms
and conditions for your New Hire Equity and Sign-On Equity will include the terms set forth in the draft documents provided to you with
this Offer Letter without material change, provided, however, that with respect to your New Hire Equity, the sentence on p. 10 of the
June 1, 2020 Terms & Conditions document that “if you cease to be an active employee for any reason (other than on account of
death or are disabled as described in Section 12 of the Plan) before they vest in accordance with the terms of your Equity Award Agreement,
all PSUs are cancelled immediately” shall not be interpreted to supersede the provisions therein with respect to vesting upon Performance
Criteria not being met due to certain specified reasons involving the termination of your employment.

 

Sign-on Bonus Payment:

 

As part of your employment offer, you will be provided
a sign-on bonus of $875,000.00, which will be included in one of your semi-monthly paychecks within two months of the commencement of
your IBM employment. This payment will be less applicable tax withholdings. Please note the payment is subject to the terms and conditions
of the repayment agreement attached and requires your signature. Please see the attached repayment agreement for the complete terms.

 

Executive Coach:

 

You will be provided with an Executive Coach via
Crenshaw through the earlier of  The Closing Date or December 31, 2021. The Executive Coach will either be paid for directly by IBM or
eligible for reimbursement.

 

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May 28, 2021

Maryjo Charbonnier

 

Benefits:

 

During your employment, you will be eligible to
participate in the various benefit plans which IBM generally makes available to its regular employees, including medical and dental coverage,
accident, disability and life insurance, as well as the IBM 401(k) Plus Plan. Additional details on these programs will be provided separately.
For detailed information on IBM Health Care Benefits, visit the Health Care Benefits at IBM site at http://www.ibm.com/employment/us/benefits/.

 

If you have additional benefits questions after visiting
our website, please contact Paul Dunkle.

 

Additionally, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires
companies to provide employees with a Notice of Exchanges which discusses the Health Insurance Marketplace; a public option where individuals
may purchase health care coverage. This notice is attached for your information.

 

As is customary at IBM, this offer is contingent
upon the completion of our pre-employment process, including verification of your application materials and your ability to work for IBM
without restriction (which means you do not have non-compete obligations or other restrictive clause with your current or former employer;
or any non-compete or other restrictions have been disclosed by you and resolved to IBM’s satisfaction).

 

IBM employees are required to comply with IBM’s
Business Conduct Guidelines. Once you have authorized access to the IBM Intranet, you will be able to read and/or print the contents of
these documents, and will be required to acknowledge receipt and compliance with the guidelines.

 

U.S. Laws and regulations prohibit the unauthorized
release of restricted technology to certain persons. IBM, in order to comply with these legal requirements, must ascertain whether someone
who may be given access to restricted technology is a “Foreign Person” subject to these export control restrictions. If someone
is a Foreign Person for export control purposes, then he/she may need to be granted an export license or other government authorization
before starting in a position with access to restricted technology. Therefore, if you indicated that you are a Foreign Person on your
employment application (by answering “no” to the question “Are you a U.S. citizen or national, a permanent resident?
or “yes” to the question “Are you a refugee, an asylee or authorized to work under the amnesty provisions of U.S. immigration
law?”), you will be contacted by a member of IBM’s Recruitment organization who will ask for your country(s) of citizenship
and permanent residence. Your country(s) of citizenship and permanent residence will enable IBM to determine the type of export license
which would be required, should you be placed in a position with access to restricted technology. Our ability to obtain an export license
for you may be a factor in IBM’s decision to continue with your pre-employment process, depending on the staffing needs of the hiring
manager.

 

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May 28, 2021

Maryjo Charbonnier

 

For tax and payroll purposes, you will require a
Social Security Number. If you do not have one, you must apply for a number at your Social Security Administration Office before your
first day of employment. Also, please note that IBM may be required to withhold federal tax at a different rate based upon your alien
residency tax filing status. For more information on this, please review IRS Publication 519 before completing the W4 from, http://www.irs.gov/publications/p519/ch01.html. If you are a nonresident alien, you will need to complete the W-4 form using the provided instructions on your first day of work,
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p519/ch08.html.

 

Your employment is also contingent upon your compliance
with the U.S. immigration law. The law requires you to complete the U.S. Government Employment Eligibility Verification form (I-9) and
to provide on your first day of employment documents that verify your identity and employment eligibility. By accepting this offer, you
will be required to comply with this law. The terms of this letter are not a contract of employment and do not imply employment for any
specific period of time. Rather, employment at IBM is at-will, which means that either you or IBM may terminate your employment at any
time, for any reason and without prior notice, subject to the provisions of this offer letter. No modification of this at-will status
is valid unless contained in writing signed by two authorized representatives of IBM.

 

On your first day of employment you will be required
to sign IBM’s form regarding confidential information and intellectual property. If you would like to review or discuss this document
in advance, please contact Paul Dunkle.

 

	Accepted:	/s/ Maryjo
    Charbonnier	 
	 	 	 
	Date:	June 1, 2021	 
	 	 	 
	Projected Start Date:	July 6, 2021	 

 

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Long-Term Incentive Award Acceptance Information

 

Dear Maryjo Charbonnier:

 

IBM’s grants to you become effective only after, and are conditioned
upon your accepting the terms and conditions of the award agreements, the accompanying “Terms and Conditions of Your Equity Award
Effective March 1, 2021” (“Terms and Conditions”) document attached below and the Long-Term Performance Plan (“LTPP”)
under which these long-term incentive awards are granted, including those provisions relating to the cancellation and rescission of awards.

 

If you have
not read the LTPP prospectus that governs your equity awards, please do so by viewing the “Prospectuses” section of the executive
compensation web site ( http://w3.ibm.com/hr/exec/comp/eq_prospectus.html). The prospectus contains the terms of
the LTPP and is the legal offering document covering IBM’s stock-based awards, and you should read it before accepting your grant. In
the event of any conflict between the terms of the LTPP and the information provided on this screen, the LTPP shall govern.

 

To record your acceptance and agreement to the terms and conditions
of your award, you must press the ACCEPT button below. By pressing the ACCEPT button below, you are certifying that you have read and
understand the terms and conditions of each award agreement, the Terms and Conditions document and the LTPP covering each stock-based
award listed here, and that you accept and agree to all the relevant terms and conditions.

 

Until
you formally accept your award, Restricted Stock Units and/or Performance Share Units will not be released to you or settled at
vesting and Stock Options will not be exercisable. In addition, after you accept your award and your RSU or PSU award vests, the
shares (net of taxes where applicable) will typically be available for sale, and/or transfer at https://www.stockplanconnect.com/
within 2 business days from the vesting and/or payout date, as applicable. As described in the plan documents, the Company withholds
taxes from your award (and/or reports income) as required by local laws. In some countries, the Company does not withhold taxes
because there is no requirement to do so. Irrespective of any withholding and/or reporting by the Company, it is important for you
to consult with your personal tax advisor to satisfy your individual tax obligations.

 

	Award
    Type	Award
    Date	Shares
    / Units	Long-Term
    Performance Plan
	Performance
    Share Units (PSUs)	August 2,
    2021	7,027	1999

 

     

     

    

 

	 	International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”)
	 	 
	 	Equity Award Agreement
	 	IBM Confidential
	 	 
	Plan	IBM
1999 Long-Term Performance Plan (the “Plan”)

 

		Award Type	Performance Share Units (PSUs)

 

		Purpose	The
                                            purpose of this Award is to retain selected executives. You recognize that this Award represents
                                            a potentially significant benefit to you and is awarded for the purpose stated here .

 

		Awarded to

Home Country	Maryjo Charbonnier 

United States (USA) 06J7481

 

	Award
                            Agreement	This Equity Award Agreement, together with the “Terms
                                            and Conditions of Your Equity Award Effective March 1, 2021” (“Terms and Conditions”)
                                            document and the Plan http://w3.ibm.com/hr/exec/comp/eq_prospectus.html, both
                                            of which are incorporated herein by reference, together constitute the entire agreement between
                                            you and IBM with respect to your Award . This Equity Award Agreement shall be governed by
                                            the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts or choice of law rules or
                                            principles.

 

	Grant	Date of Grant	#
PSUs Awarded
	 	August 2,
2021	        7,027

 

		Vesting	In
                                            connection with IBM’s announced intention to spin-off the Managed Infrastructure Services
                                            Unit of its IBM Global Technology Services (GTS) business and organization (excluding TSS)
                                            as a separate publicly listed company (the separate publicly listed company referred to as
                                            “NewCo” and the spin-off referred to as “The Transaction”), which
                                            will occur on the date of the closing of such spin-off (referred to as “The Closing
                                            Date”). You can earn the PSUs awarded above, provided both of the following “Performance
                                            Criteria” have been met:

 

		1.	You ensure successful completion
of The Transaction as envisaged (for the avoidance of doubt, as a spin-off of the Managed Infrastructure Services Unit of the GTS business
(excluding TSS)), with IBM no longer owning any equity stake in NewCo following The Closing Date of The Transaction; and

 

		2.	You accept employment as Chief
Human Resources Officer of NewCo immediately following The Closing Date of The Transaction

 

		If both of the above Performance Criteria are satisfied as determined by the IBM Chief Executive
                                                                             Officer, your awards will be converted into shares of NewCo Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) according to the stated conversion formula
                                                                             for all unvested IBM equity awards on or around The Closing Date, and will vest in accordance with the following schedule:

 

		·	33%
                                            on the six-month anniversary of The Closing Date

		·	33%
                                            on the 1st anniversary of The Closing Date

		·	34%
                                            on the 2 nd anniversary of The Closing Date

 

	Payout
                          of Awards	Following the vesting dates described above, the Company or
NewCo shall deliver to you a number of shares of Capital Stock equal to the number of your earned RSUs, net of any applicable tax withholding,
and the respective PSUs shall thereafter be canceled.
	 	 
	 	All payouts under this Award are subject to the provisions
of the Plan, this Agreement and the Terms and Conditions document, including those relating to the cancellation and rescission of awards.

 

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	 	 	International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”)
	 	 	Equity Award Agreement
	 	 	 
		Terms and
 Conditions of Your

Equity Award	Refer to the Terms and Conditions document attached for an explanation
                     of the terms and conditions applicable to your Award, including those relating to:
			•	Cancellation and rescission of awards (also see below)
	 	 	•	Jurisdiction, governing law,
                                            expenses and taxes
	 	 	•	Non-solicitation of Company
                                            employees and clients, if applicable
	 	 	•	Treatment of your award in
                                            the event the Performance Criteria above cannot be met , including Performance Criteria that
                                            cannot met by no fault of your own
	 	 	•	Treatment of your Award in
                                            the event of death or disability or leave of absence
	 	 	•	Treatment of your Award upon
                                            termination of employment, including for cause, and under all other circumstances
	 	 	 
	 	 	It is strongly recommended that you print the Terms and Conditions
document for later reference .

 

		Cancellation and

Rescission	You understand that IBM may cancel, modify, rescind, suspend,
withhold or otherwise limit or restrict this Award in accordance with the terms of the Plan, including, without limitation, canceling
or rescinding this Award if you render services for a competitor prior to, or during the Rescission Period. You understand that the Rescission
Period that has been established is 12 months. Refer to the Terms and Conditions document and the Plan for further details.

 

		Data Privacy,

Electronic Delivery	By accepting this Award, you agree that data, including your
personal data, necessary to administer this Award may be exchanged among IBM and its subsidiaries and affiliates as necessary, and with
any vendor engaged by IBM to administer this Award, subject to the Terms and Conditions document; you also consent to receiving information
and materials in connection with this Award or any subsequent awards under IBM’s long-term performance plans, including without limitation
any prospectuses and plan documents, by any means of electronic delivery available now and/or in the future (including without limitation
by e-mail, by Web site access and/or by facsimile), such consent to remain in effect unless and until revoked in writing by you.

 

		Extraordinary

 Compensation	Your participation in the Plan is voluntary. The value of this
Award is an extraordinary item of income, is not part of your normal or expected compensation and shall not be considered in calculating
any severance, redundancy, end of service payments, bonus, long-service awards, pension, retirement or other benefits or similar payments.
The Plan is discretionary in nature. This Award is a one-time benefit that does not create any contractual or other right to receive
additional awards or other benefits in the future. Future grants, if any, are at the sole grace and discretion of IBM, including but
not limited to, the timing of the grant, the number of units and vesting provisions. This Equity Award Agreement is not part of your
employment agreement, if any.

 

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	 	International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”)
	 	Equity Award Agreement
	 	 
	Accept
                            Your Award	This Award is considered valid when you accept it. This Award
will be cancelled unless you accept it no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on September 28, 2021. By pressing the Accept
button below to accept your Award, you acknowledge having received and read this Equity Award Agreement, the Terms and Conditions document
and the Plan under which this Award was granted and you agree (i) not to hedge the economic risk of this Award or any previously-granted
outstanding awards, which includes entering into any derivative transaction on IBM securities (e.g., any short sale, put, swap, forward,
option, collar, etc.), (ii) to comply with the terms of the Plan, this Equity Award Agreement and the Terms and Conditions
document, including those provisions relating to cancellation and rescission of awards and jurisdiction and governing law, and (iii) that
by your acceptance of this Award, all awards previously granted to you under the Plan or other IBM Long -Term Performance Plans are subject
to (A) jurisdiction, governing law, expenses, taxes and administration section of the Terms and Conditions document (unless you
are, and have been for at least 30 days immediately preceding, a resident of or an employee in Massachusetts at the time of the termination
of your employment with IBM, in which case the jurisdiction, governing law, expenses, taxes and administration terms of your previous
awards shall apply) and (B) any cancellation, rescission or recovery required by applicable laws, rules, regulations or standards,
including without limitation any requirements or standards of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or the New York Stock Exchange.

  

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IBM

 

 

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF YOUR 

EQUITY AWARD: 

EFFECTIVE March 1,
2021

 

     

     

    

 

Terms and Conditions
of Your Equity Award

 

Table of Contents

 

	Introduction	3
	 	 
	How to Use This Document	3
	 	 
	Definition of Terms	4
	 	 
	Provisions that apply to all countries	6
	 	 
	Provisions that apply to select countries	8
	 	 
	Provisions that apply to the Performance Share Units
    (PSUs)	9
	 	 
	a. Performance Share Units (“PSUs”)
    including Cash-Settled PSUs	9
	 	 
	Provisions that apply to specific countries	12
	 	 
	a. Denmark	12
	 	 
	b. Israel	12
	 	 
	c. United States	12

 

	

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Terms and Conditions
of Your Equity Award

 

Introduction

 

This document provides you with the terms and conditions
of your Award that are in addition to the terms and conditions contained in your Equity Award Agreement for your specific Award. Also,
your Award is subject to the terms and conditions in the governing plan document; the applicable document is indicated in your Equity
Award Agreement and can be found at https://w3cms.s3-api.us-geo.objectstorage.softlayer.net/inline-files/LTPP_1999_august_2007_prospectus.pdf.

 

How to Use This Document

 

Terms and conditions that apply to all awards in all countries can
be found on page 6. Review these in addition to any award- or country-specific terms and conditions that may be listed. Once you
have reviewed these general terms, check in your Equity Award Agreement for any award-specific and/or country-specific terms that apply
to your Award.

 

	

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Terms and Conditions of Your Equity Award:

 

Definition of Terms

 

The following are defined terms from the Long-Term Performance Plan,
your Equity Award Agreement, or this Terms and Conditions document. These are provided for your information. In addition to this document,
see the Plan prospectus and your Equity Award Agreement for more details.

 

“Awards” -- The grant of any form of stock option, stock
appreciation right, stock or cash award, whether granted singly, in combination or in tandem, to a Participant pursuant to such terms,
conditions, performance requirements, limitations and restrictions as the Committee may establish in order to fulfill the objectives
of the Plan.

 

“Board” -- The Board of Directors of International Business
Machines Corporation (“IBM”).

 

“Capital Stock” -- Authorized and issued or unissued Capital
Stock of IBM, at such par value as may be established from time to time.

 

“Committee” -- The committee designated by the Board to
administer the Plan.

 

“Company” -- IBM and its affiliates and subsidiaries including
subsidiaries of subsidiaries and partnerships and other business ventures in which IBM has an equity interest.

 

“Engage in or Associate with” includes, without limitation,
engagement or association as a sole proprietor, owner, employer, director, partner, principal, joint venture, associate, employee, member,
consultant, or contractor. This also includes engagement or association as a shareholder or investor during the course of your employment
with the Company, and includes beneficial ownership of five percent (5%) or more of any class of outstanding stock of a competitor of
the Company following the termination of your employment with the Company.

 

“Equity Award Agreement” -- The document provided to the
Participant which provides the grant details.

 

“Fair Market Value” -- The average of the high and low prices
of Capital Stock on the New York Stock Exchange for the date in question, provided that, if no sales of Capital Stock were made on said
exchange on that date, the average of the high and low prices of Capital Stock as reported for the most recent preceding day on which
sales of Capital Stock were made on said exchange.

 

“NewCo” – Referred to as the working name of the
envisaged new company that is created as a result of IBM spinning-off the Managed Infrastructure Services Unit of its IBM Global Technology
Services (GTS) business and organization (excluding TSS) as a separate publicly listed company, with IBM no longer owning any equity
stake in the new company.

 

	

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Terms and Conditions
of Your Equity Award:

 

“Participant” -- An individual to whom an Award has been
made under the Plan. Awards may be made to any employee of, or any other individual providing services to, the Company. However, incentive
stock options may be granted only to individuals who are employed by IBM or by a subsidiary corporation (within the meaning of section
424(f) of the Code) of IBM, including a subsidiary that becomes such after the adoption of the Plan.

 

“Performance Team” -- For purposes of the Plan, the Performance
Team refers to the team of IBM’s senior leaders who run IBM Business Units or geographies, including the chairman and CEO. The
CEO selects and invites these senior leaders to join the Performance Team.

 

“Plan” -- Any IBM Long-Term Performance Plan.

 

“Termination of Employment” -- For the purposes of determining
when you cease to be an employee for the cancellation of any Award, a Participant will be deemed to be terminated if the Participant
is no longer employed by IBM or a subsidiary corporation that employed the Participant when the Award was granted unless approved by
a method designated by those administering the Plan.

 

“The Announcement Date” – If applicable, the date
that IBM formally announces that it will not complete the spin-off of the Managed Infrastructure Services Unit of its IBM Global Technology
Services business and organization (excluding TSS) as a separate publicly listed company, with IBM no longer owning any equity stake
in the new company.

 

“The Closing Date” – The date that IBM completes
the spin-off of the Managed Infrastructure Services Unit of its IBM Global Technology Services (GTS) business and organization (excluding
TSS) as a separate publicly listed Company, with IBM no longer owning any equity stake in the new company.

 

“The Sale Date” – If applicable, the date that IBM
completes the sale of the Managed Infrastructure Services Unit of its IBM Global Technology Services business and organization (excluding
TSS) to another buyer (rather than being spun-off as a separate publicly listed company).

 

“The Transaction” – The spin-off of the Managed
Infrastructure Services Unit of IBM’s Global Technology Services business and organization (excluding TSS) as a separate publicly
listed company, with IBM no longer owning any equity stake in the new company.

 

	

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Terms and Conditions of Your Equity Award:

 

Provisions that apply to all countries

 

The following provisions apply to all countries and for the following
Award types: Performance Share Units and Cash-Settled Performance Share Units.

 

Cancellation and Rescission

 

All determinations regarding enforcement, waiver or modification
of the cancellation and rescission and other provisions of the Plan and your Equity Award Agreement (including the provisions relating
to termination of employment, death and disability) shall be made in IBM’s sole discretion. Determinations made under your Equity
Award Agreement and the Plan need not be uniform and may be made selectively among individuals, whether or not such individuals are similarly
situated.

 

You
agree that the cancellation and rescission provisions of the Plan and your Equity Award Agreement are reasonable and agree not to challenge
the reasonableness of such provisions, even where forfeiture of your Award is the penalty for violation. Engaging in Detrimental Activity
(as defined in the Plan) may result in cancellation or rescission of your Award. Detrimental Activity includes your acceptance of an
offer to Engage in or Associate with any business which is or becomes competitive with the Company.

 

Jurisdiction, Governing Law, Expenses, Taxes and Administration

 

Your Equity Award Agreement shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of law rules. You agree that any action or proceeding
with respect to your Equity Award Agreement shall be brought exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in New York County or,
Westchester County, New York. You agree to the personal jurisdiction thereof, and irrevocably waive any objection to the venue of such
action, including any objection that the action has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

If any court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision
of your Equity Award Agreement, or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible
so as to effect the intent of the parties, and the remainder of your Equity Award Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

 

If you or the Company brings an action
to enforce your Equity Award Agreement and the Company prevails, you will pay all costs and expenses incurred by the Company in connection
with that action and in connection with collection, including reasonable attorneys’ fees.

 

If the Company, in its sole discretion, determines that
it has incurred or will incur any obligation to withhold taxes as a result of your Award, without limiting the Company’s rights
under Section 9 of the Plan, the Company may withhold the number of shares that it determines is required to satisfy such liability
and/or the Company may withhold amounts from other compensation to the extent required to satisfy such liability under federal, state,
provincial, local, foreign or other tax laws. To the extent that such amounts are not withheld, the Company may require you to pay to
the Company any amount demanded by the Company for the purpose of satisfying such liability.

 

	

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If the Company changes the vendor engaged to administer
the Plan, you consent to moving all of the shares you have received under the Plan that is in an account with such vendor (including
unvested and previously vested shares), to the new vendor that the Company engages to administer the Plan. Such consent will remain in
effect unless and until revoked in writing by you.

 

	

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Terms and Conditions of Your Equity Award:

 

Provisions that apply to select countries

 

The following provisions apply to select countries and
for the following Award types, Performance Share Units and Cash-Settled Performance Share Units, granted to all individuals in all countries
except those with a home country of Latin America, specifically: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico,
Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

 

Non-Solicitation

 

In consideration of your Award, you agree that during your
employment with the Company and for two years following the termination of your employment for any reason, you will not directly or indirectly
hire, solicit or make an offer to any employee of the Company to be employed or perform services outside of the Company. Also, you agree
that during your employment with the Company and for one year following the termination of your employment for any reason, you will not
directly or indirectly, solicit, for competitive business purposes, any customer of the Company with which you were involved as part
of your job responsibilities during the last year of your employment with the Company. By accepting your Award, you acknowledge that
the Company would suffer irreparable harm if you fail to comply with the foregoing, and that the Company would be entitled to any appropriate
relief, including money damages, equitable relief and attorneys’ fees.

 

	

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Terms and Conditions
of Your Equity Award: 

Provisions that apply to the Performance Share Units
(PSUs) for all countries

 

		a.	Performance
                                            Share Units (“PSUs”) including Cash-Settled PSUs

 

Treatment of your Award in the Event that the Performance
Criteria cannot be met

 

Performance Criteria are not met because IBM unilaterally
determines that The Transaction will no longer be completed as envisaged

 

If for strategic business reasons, IBM unilaterally
decides to formally change course and announces that it will not move forward with The Transaction as envisaged (The Announcement Date),
and the IBM Chief Executive Officer determines that the decision to change course was not made as a result of your performance in moving
The Transaction to closure, IBM agrees that you satisfied the Performance Criteria of your Equity Award Agreement upon your termination
of employment with IBM, and your PSUs will be released on the following schedule after The Announcement Date:

 

		·	33%
                                            on the 6 month anniversary of The Announcement Date

		·	33%
                                            on the 1st anniversary of The Announcement Date

		·	34%
                                            on the 2nd anniversary of The Announcement Date

 

Performance Criteria are not met because NewCo is purchased
by another buyer If, during the course of completing The Transaction, NewCo is purchased by another buyer, and you are selected and
agree to the role in NewCo that is designated in your Award Agreement immediately following the sale of NewCo, IBM agrees that you
satisfied the Performance Criteria of your Equity Award Agreement and your PSUs will convert to NewCo RSUs or a substantially equivalent
cash or equity-based award in an affiliate of buyer and vest in accordance with your Equity Award agreement.

 

If, however, NewCo is purchased by another buyer, and the
IBM Chief Executive Officer determines that the decision to sell to another buyer was not made as a result of your performance in moving
The Transaction to closure, but you were NOT selected for a role in NewCo that is substantially comparable to the role designated in
your Award Agreement, IBM agrees that you satisfied the Performance Criteria of your Equity Award agreement upon your termination
of employment with IBM, and your PSUs will be released on the following schedule after The Sale Date:

 

		·	33%
                                            on the 6 month anniversary of the Sale Date

		·	33%
                                            on the 1st anniversary of The Sale Date

		·	34%
                                            on the 2nd anniversary of The Sale Date

 

	

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Performance Criteria not met Due to Termination by IBM
without Cause

 

If prior to completion of The Transaction or prior to The
Sale Date, IBM terminates your employment without Cause (as such term is defined in section 2 of your Noncompetition Agreement), IBM
agrees that you satisfied the Performance Criteria of your Equity Award Agreement upon your termination of employment, and your PSUs
will be released on the following schedule after the date of your termination from employment (the “Termination Date”):

 

		·	33%
                                            on the 6 month anniversary of The Termination Date

		·	33%
                                            on the 1st anniversary of The Termination Date

		·	34%
                                            on the 2nd anniversary of The Termination Date

 

Performance Criteria not met Due to Lack of Comparable
Offer of Employment:

 

If The Transaction is completed, and you do not accept employment
with NewCo because (i) you are not selected for the role in NewCo that is substantially comparable to the role that is designated
in your Award Agreement; or (ii) the offer of employment is not comparable in the aggregate with your annual salary, bonus and equity
award in effect at the time of the Transaction, IBM agrees that you satisfied the Performance Criteria of your Equity Award Agreement
upon your termination of employment, and your PSUs will be released on the following schedule after the date of your termination from
employment (the “Termination Date”):

 

		·	33%
                                            on the 6 month anniversary of The Termination Date

		·	33%
                                            on the 1st anniversary of The Termination Date

		·	34%
                                            on the 2nd anniversary of The Termination Date

 

Performance Criteria not met for other reasons

 

If, other than by death or disability described below, your
performance conditions are not met for any other reason by January 1, 2023, your PSUs will be cancelled when the performance criteria
have been determined to have not been met.

 

Termination of Employment, including Death and Disability,
and Leave of Absence

 

Termination of Employment and Leave of Absence

 

If you cease to be an active employee for any reason (other
than on account of death or are disabled as described in Section 12 of the Plan) before they vest in accordance with the terms of
your Equity Award Agreement, all PSUs are canceled immediately.

 

	

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Death or Disability

 

Prior to the Date of Payout, (i) in the event of your
death or (ii) if you are disabled (as described in Section 12 of the Plan), all PSUs shall continue to vest and be released
according to the terms of your Equity Award Agreement. In the event The Transaction does not occur as envisaged by January 1, 2023,
the PSUs would be released by January 1, 2023.

 

	

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Terms and Conditions
of Your Equity Award: 

Provisions
that apply to specific countries

 

	a.	Denmark

 

		i.	All Awards

 

Non-Solicitation

 

The following part of the above non-solicitation provision
does not apply to those individuals with the home country of Denmark: “In consideration of your Award, you agree that during your
employment with the Company and for two years following the termination of your employment for any reason, you will not directly or indirectly
hire, solicit or make an offer to any employee of the Company to be employed or perform services outside of the Company.”

 

	b.	Israel

 

		i.	All Awards

 

Data Privacy

 

In addition to the data privacy provisions in your Equity
Award Agreement, you agree that data, including your personal data, necessary to administer this Award may be exchanged among IBM and
its subsidiaries and affiliates as necessary (including transferring such data out of the country of origin both in and out of the EEA),
and with any vendor engaged by IBM to administer this Award.

 

	c.	United States

 

		i.	All Awards

 

Nothing in the Plan prospectus, your Equity Award Agreement
or this Document affects your rights, immunities, or obligations under any federal, state, or local law, including under the Defend Trade
Secrets Act of 2016, as described in Company policies, or prohibits you from reporting possible violations of law or regulation to a
government agency, as protected by law.

 

If you are, and have been for at least 30 days immediately
preceding, a resident of, or an employee in Massachusetts at the time of the termination of your employment with IBM, cancellation and
rescission provisions of the Plan will not apply if you engage in competitive activities after your employment relationship has ended
with IBM. For the avoidance of doubt, cancellation and rescission provisions of the Plan will apply if you engage in (1) any Detrimental
Activity prior to your employment relationship ending with IBM or (2) any Detrimental Activity described in Section 13(a) of
the Plan other than engaging in competitive activities after your employment relationship has ended with IBM.

 

	

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Long-Term Incentive Award Acceptance
Information

 

Dear Maryjo Charbonnier:

 

IBM’s grants to you become effective only after, and are conditioned
upon your accepting the terms and conditions of the award agreements, the accompanying “Terms and Conditions of Your Equity Award
Effective June 1, 2020” (“Terms and Conditions”) document attached below and the Long-Term Performance Plan (“LTPP”)
under which these long-term incentive awards are granted, including those provisions relating to the cancellation and rescission of awards.

 

If you have
not read the LTPP prospectus that governs your equity awards, please do so by viewing the “Prospectuses” section of the executive
compensation web site ( http://w3.ibm.com/hr/exec/comp/eq_prospectus.html). The prospectus contains the terms of
the LTPP and is the legal offering document covering IBM’s stock-based awards, and you should read it before accepting your grant. In
the event of any conflict between the terms of the LTPP and the information provided on this screen, the LTPP shall govern.

 

To record your acceptance and agreement to the terms and conditions
of your award, you must press the ACCEPT button below. By pressing the ACCEPT button below, you are certifying that you have read and
understand the terms and conditions of each award agreement, the Terms and Conditions document and the LTPP covering each stock-based
award listed here, and that you accept and agree to all the relevant terms and conditions.

 

Until
you formally accept your award, Restricted Stock Units and/or Performance Share Units will not be released to you or settled at
vesting and Stock Options will not be exercisable. In addition, after you accept your award and your RSU or PSU award vests, the
shares (net of taxes where applicable) will typically be available for sale, and/or transfer at https://www.stockplanconnect.com/
within 2 business days from the vesting and/or payout date, as applicable. As described in the plan documents, the Company withholds
taxes from your award (and/or reports income) as required by local laws. In some countries, the Company does not withhold taxes
because there is no requirement to do so. Irrespective of any withholding and/or reporting by the Company, it is important for you
to consult with your personal tax advisor to satisfy your individual tax obligations.

 

	Award
    Type	Award
    Date	Shares
    / Units	Long-Term
    

Performance Plan
	Retention
    Restricted Stock Units	August 2,
    2021	4,919	1999

 

     

     

    

 

	 	International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”)
	 	 
	 	Equity Award Agreement
	 	IBM Confidential
	 	 
	Plan	IBM 1999 Long-Term Performance
Plan (the “Plan”)

 

		Award Type	Retention Restricted Stock
Units (RRSUs)

 

		Purpose	The
                                            purpose of this Award is to retain selected executives. You recognize that this Award represents
                                            a potentially significant benefit to you and is awarded for the purpose stated here .

 

		Awarded to

Home Country	Maryjo Charbonnier 

United States (USA) 06J7481

 

		Award
                            Agreement	This Equity Award Agreement, together with the “Terms
                                            and Conditions of Your Equity Award Effective June 1, 2020” (“Terms and Conditions”)
                                            document and the Plan http://w3.ibm.com/hr/exec/comp/eq_prospectus.html, both
                                            of which are incorporated herein by reference, together constitute the entire agreement between
                                            you and IBM with respect to your Award . This Equity Award Agreement shall be governed by
                                            the laws of the State of New York , without regard to conflicts or choice of law rules or
                                            principles.

 

	Grant	Date of Grant: August 2,
2021
	 	Number of Units Awarded: 4,919

  

		Vesting	This
                                            Award vests as set forth below, subject to your continued employment with the Company as
                                            described in the Terms and Conditions document.

 

		Units	           Date
	 	4,919	August 2, 2023

 

			Notwithstanding the above, if IBM terminates your employment without Cause (as defined in your
                                                                             Noncompetition Agreement with IBM) and your performance is otherwise satisfactory, this Award will continue to vest in accordance
                                                                             with the schedule above.

 

	Terms and

Conditions of Your

Equity Award	Refer
to the Terms and Conditions document http://w3.ibm.com/hr/exec/comp/eq_prospectus.html for an explanation of the terms and conditions applicable to your
Award, including those relating to:
	 	 •	Cancellation and rescission
                                            of awards (also see below)
	 	•	Jurisdiction, governing law,
                                            expenses and taxes
	 	•	Non-solicitation of Company
                                            employees and clients, if applicable
	 	•	Treatment of your Award in
                                            the event of death or disability or leave of absence
	 	•	Treatment of your Award upon
                                            termination of employment, including retirement or for cause.
	 	 
	 	It is strongly recommended that you print the Terms and
Conditions document for later reference .

 

		Cancellation and

Rescission	You understand that IBM may cancel, modify, rescind, suspend,
withhold or otherwise limit or restrict this Award in accordance with the terms of the Plan, including, without limitation, canceling
or rescinding this Award if you render services for a competitor prior to, or during the Rescission Period. You understand that the Rescission
Period that has been established is three years. Refer to the Terms and Conditions document and the Plan for further details.

 

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	 	International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”)
	 	Equity Award Agreement
	 	 
	Data Privacy,

Electronic Delivery	By accepting this
                                            Award, you agree that data, including your personal data, necessary to administer this Award
                                            may be exchanged among IBM and its subsidiaries and affiliates as necessary, and with any
                                            vendor engaged by IBM to administer this Award, subject to the Terms and Conditions document;
                                            you also consent to receiving information and materials in connection with this Award or
                                            any subsequent awards under IBM’s long-term performance plans, including without limitation
                                            any prospectuses and plan documents, by any means of electronic delivery available now and/or
                                            in the future (including without limitation by e-mail, by Web site access and/or by facsimile),
                                            such consent to remain in effect unless and until revoked in writing by you.

 

	Extraordinary

Compensation	Your participation in
                                            the Plan is voluntary. The value of this Award is an extraordinary item of income, is not
                                            part of your normal or expected compensation and shall not be considered in calculating any
                                            severance, redundancy, end of service payments, bonus, long-service awards, pension, retirement
                                            or other benefits or similar payments. The Plan is discretionary in nature. This Award is
                                            a one-time benefit that does not create any contractual or other right to receive additional
                                            awards or other benefits in the future. Future grants, if any, are at the sole grace and
                                            discretion of IBM, including but not limited to, the timing of the grant, the number of units
                                            and vesting provisions. This Equity Award Agreement is not part of your employment agreement,
                                            if any.

 

	Accept
Your Award	This Award is considered valid when you accept it. This Award
will be cancelled unless you accept it no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on September 28, 2021. By pressing the Accept
button below to accept your Award, you acknowledge having received and read this Equity Award Agreement, the Terms and Conditions document
and the Plan under which this Award was granted and you agree (i) not to hedge the economic risk of this Award or any previously-granted
outstanding awards, which includes entering into any derivative transaction on IBM securities (e.g., any short sale, put, swap, forward,
option, collar, etc.), (ii) to comply with the terms of the Plan, this Equity Award Agreement and the Terms and Conditions
document, including those provisions relating to cancellation and rescission of awards and jurisdiction and governing law, and (iii) that
by your acceptance of this Award, all awards previously granted to you under the Plan or other IBM Long -Term Performance Plans are subject
to jurisdiction, governing law, expenses, taxes and administration section of the Terms and Conditions document (unless you are, and
have been for at least 30 days immediately preceding, a resident of or an employee in Massachusetts at the time of the termination of
your employment with IBM, in which case the jurisdiction, governing law, expenses, taxes and administration terms of your previous awards
shall apply).

  

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IBM

 

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF YOUR 

EQUITY AWARD: 

EFFECTIVE JUNE
1, 2020

 

     

     

    

 

Terms and Conditions
of Your Equity Award

 

Table
of Contents

 

	Introduction	3
	 	 
	How to Use This Document	3
	 	 
	Definition of Terms	4
	 	 
	Provisions that apply to all Award types and all
    countries	6
	 	 
	Provisions that apply to all Award types but not
    all countries	8
	 	 
	Provisions that apply to specific Award types for
    all countries	9

 

	a.	Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) including Cash-Settled RSUs and Retention RSUs (“RRSUs”)	9

 

	i.	All RSUs	9

 

	ii.	RSUs Other Than Cash-Settled RSUs and Cash-Settled RRSUs	11

 

	iii.	Cash-Settled RSUs including Cash-Settled RRSUs	11

 

	b.	Restricted Stock	11

 

	c.	Stock Options (“Options”) and Stock Appreciation Rights (“SARs”)	13

 

	i.	All Option and SAR Awards	13

 

	ii.	All SAR Awards	14

 

	d.	Performance Share Units (“PSUs”)	15

 

	Provisions that apply to specific countries	16

 

	a.	Denmark	16

 

	b.	Israel	16

 

	c.	United States	16

 

	

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Terms and Conditions
of Your Equity Award:

 

Introduction

 

This document provides you with the terms and conditions of your Award
that are in addition to the terms and conditions contained in your Equity Award Agreement for your specific Award. Also, your Award is
subject to the terms and conditions in the governing plan document; the applicable document is indicated in your Equity Award Agreement
and can be found at http://w3.ibm.com/hr/exec/comp/eq_prospectus.shtml.

 

As an Award recipient, you can see a personalized summary of all your
outstanding equity grants in the “Personal statement” section of the IBM executive compensation web site (http://w3.ibm.com/hr/exec/comp).
This site also contains other information about long- term incentive awards, including copies of the prospectus (the governing plan document).
If you have additional questions and you are based in the U.S., you can call the IBM Benefits Center at 866-937-0720, weekdays from 8:00
a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time (TTY available at 800-426-6537). Outside of the U.S. dial your country’s toll-free AT&T
Direct® access number, and then enter 866-937-0720. In the U.S., call 800-331- 1140 to obtain AT&T Direct access numbers. Access
numbers are also available online at www.att.com/traveler or from your local operator.

 

How to Use This Document

 

Terms and conditions that apply to all awards in all countries can
be found on page 6. Review these in addition to any award- or country-specific terms and conditions that may be listed. Once you
have reviewed these general terms, check in your Equity Award Agreement for any award-specific and/or country-specific terms that apply
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Terms and Conditions
of Your Equity Award:

 

Definition of Terms

 

The following are defined terms from the Long-Term Performance Plan,
your Equity Award Agreement, or this Terms and Conditions document. These are provided for your information. In addition to this document,
see the Plan prospectus and your Equity Award Agreement for more details.

 

“Awards” -- The grant of any form of stock option, stock
appreciation right, stock or cash award, whether granted singly, in combination or in tandem, to a Participant pursuant to such terms,
conditions, performance requirements, limitations and restrictions as the Committee may establish in order to fulfill the objectives
of the Plan.

 

“Board” -- The Board of Directors of International Business
Machines Corporation (“IBM”).

 

“Capital Stock” -- Authorized and issued or unissued Capital
Stock of IBM, at such par value as may be established from time to time.

 

“Committee” -- The committee designated by the Board to
administer the Plan.

 

“Company” -- IBM and its affiliates and subsidiaries including
subsidiaries of subsidiaries and partnerships and other business ventures in which IBM has an equity interest.

 

“Engage in or Associate with” includes, without limitation,
engagement or association as a sole proprietor, owner, employer, director, partner, principal, joint venture, associate, employee, member,
consultant, or contractor. This also includes engagement or association as a shareholder or investor during the course of your employment
with the Company, and includes beneficial ownership of five percent (5%) or more of any class of outstanding stock of a competitor of
the Company following the termination of your employment with the Company.

 

“Equity Award Agreement” -- The document provided to the
Participant which provides the grant details.

 

“Fair Market Value” -- The average of the high and low prices
of Capital Stock on the New York Stock Exchange for the date in question, provided that, if no sales of Capital Stock were made on said
exchange on that date, the average of the high and low prices of Capital Stock as reported for the most recent preceding day on which
sales of Capital Stock were made on said exchange.

 

“Participant” -- An individual to whom an Award has been
made under the Plan. Awards may be made to any employee of, or any other individual providing services to, the Company. However, incentive
stock options may be granted only to individuals who are employed by IBM or by a subsidiary corporation (within the meaning
of section 424(f) of the Code) of IBM, including a subsidiary that becomes such after the adoption of the Plan.

 

	

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“Performance Team” -- For purposes of the Plan, the Performance
Team refers to the team of IBM’s senior leaders who run IBM Business Units or geographies, including the chairman and CEO. The
CEO selects and invites these senior leaders to join the Performance Team.

 

“Plan” -- Any IBM Long-Term Performance Plan.

 

“Termination of Employment” -- For the purposes of determining
when you cease to be an employee for the cancellation of any Award, a Participant will be deemed to be terminated if the Participant
is no longer employed by IBM or a subsidiary corporation that employed the Participant when the Award was granted unless approved by
a method designated by those administering the Plan.

 

	

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Terms and Conditions
of Your Equity Award:

 

Provisions that apply to all Award
types and all countries

 

The following terms apply to all countries and
for all Award types (Restricted Stock Units, Cash-Settled Restricted Stock Units, Restricted Stock, Stock Options, Stock Appreciation
Rights and Performance Share Units).

 

Cancellation and Rescission

 

All determinations regarding enforcement, waiver or modification
of the cancellation and rescission and other provisions of the Plan and your Equity Award Agreement (including the provisions relating
to termination of employment, death and disability) shall be made in IBM’s sole discretion. Determinations made under your Equity
Award Agreement and the Plan need not be uniform and may be made selectively among individuals, whether or not such individuals are similarly
situated.

 

You agree that the cancellation and
rescission provisions of the Plan and your Equity Award Agreement are reasonable and agree not to challenge the reasonableness of such
provisions, even where forfeiture of your Award is the penalty for violation. Engaging in Detrimental Activity (as defined in the Plan)
during employment or after your employment relationship has ended may result in cancellation or rescission of your Award.

 

The cancellation and rescission provisions of the Plan
may be triggered by your acceptance of an offer to Engage in or Associate with any business which is or becomes competitive with the
Company, or your engagement in competitive activities after your employment relationship with IBM has ended if: (i) on or prior
to the grant date stated in your latest Equity Award Agreement you have entered into a Noncompetition Agreement with IBM; or (ii) the
Award is a Retention Restricted Stock Unit award. Notwithstanding the above, the cancellation and rescission provisions of the Plan will
apply to all Awards if during your employment with IBM you engage in any Detrimental Activity, including competitive activities, described
in Section 13(a) of the Plan.

 

For
the avoidance of doubt: (a) all other cancellation and rescission provisions of the Plan will apply to all Awards if after your
employment relationship has ended with IBM but during the Rescission Period you engage in any Detrimental Activity described in Section 13(a) (excluding
Section 13(a)(i)) of the Plan; and (b) the cancellation and rescission provisions of the Plan will apply to all Awards
if during your employment with IBM you engage in any Detrimental Activity, including competitive activities, described in Section 13(a)of
the Plan.

 

Jurisdiction, Governing Law, Expenses, Taxes and Administration

 

Your Equity Award Agreement shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of law rules. You agree that any action or proceeding
with respect to your Equity Award Agreement shall be brought exclusively in the state and federal courts
sitting in New York County or, Westchester County, New York. You agree to the personal jurisdiction thereof, and irrevocably waive any
objection to the venue of such action, including any objection that the action has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

	

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If any court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision
of your Equity Award Agreement, or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible
so as to effect the intent of the parties, and the remainder of your Equity Award Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

 

If you or the Company brings an action
to enforce your Equity Award Agreement and the Company prevails, you will pay all costs and expenses incurred by the Company in connection
with that action and in connection with collection, including reasonable attorneys’ fees.

 

If the Company, in its sole discretion, determines that
it has incurred or will incur any obligation to withhold taxes as a result of your Award, without limiting the Company’s rights
under Section 9 of the Plan, the Company may withhold the number of shares that it determines is required to satisfy such liability
and/or the Company may withhold amounts from other compensation to the extent required to satisfy such liability under federal, state,
provincial, local, foreign or other tax laws. To the extent that such amounts are not withheld, the Company may require you to pay to
the Company any amount demanded by the Company for the purpose of satisfying such liability.

 

If the Company changes the vendor engaged to administer
the Plan, you consent to moving all of the shares you have received under the Plan that is in an account with such vendor (including
unvested and previously vested shares), to the new vendor that the Company engages to administer the Plan. Such consent will remain in
effect unless and until revoked in writing by you.

 

	

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Terms and Conditions
of Your Equity Award:

 

Provisions that apply to all Award
types but not all countries

 

The following provision applies to all Award types (Restricted
Stock Units, Cash- Settled Restricted Stock Units, Restricted Stock, Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and Performance Share Units)
granted to all individuals in all countries except those with a home country of Latin America, specifically: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,
Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

 

Non-Solicitation

 

In consideration of your Award, you agree that during your
employment with the Company and for two years following the termination of your employment for any reason, you will not directly or indirectly
hire, solicit or make an offer to any employee of the Company to be employed or perform services outside of the Company. Also, you agree
that during your employment with the Company and for one year following the termination of your employment for any reason, you will not
directly or indirectly, solicit, for competitive business purposes, any customer of the Company with which you were involved as part
of your job responsibilities during the last year of your employment with the Company. By accepting your Award, you acknowledge that
the Company would suffer irreparable harm if you fail to comply with the foregoing, and that the Company would be entitled to any appropriate
relief, including money damages, equitable relief and attorneys’ fees.

 

	

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Terms
and Conditions of Your Equity Award:

 

Provisions that apply to specific
Award types for all countries

 

	a.	Restricted
                                            Stock Units (“RSUs”) including Cash-Settled RSUs and Retention RSUs (“RRSUs”)

 

All references in this document to RSUs include RRSUs,
unless explicitly stated otherwise

 

		i.	All RSUs

 

Termination of Employment including Death, Disability
and Leave of Absence

 

Termination of Employment

 

In the event you cease to be an employee (other than on
account of death or are disabled as described in Section 12 of the Plan) prior to the Vesting Date(s) set in your Equity Award
Agreement, all then unvested RSUs, including RRSUs, under your Award shall be canceled.

 

However, your unvested and/or outstanding RSUs, but not
RRSUs, will continue to vest upon the termination of employment if all of the following criteria are met:

 

		·	You
                                            are on the Performance Team or any successor team thereto, at the time of termination of
                                            employment;

		·	You
                                            have completed at least one year of active service since the award date of grant;

		·	You
                                            have reached age 55 with 15 years of service at the time of termination of employment (age
                                            60 with 15 years of service for the Chairman and CEO); and

		·	Appropriate
                                            senior management, the Committee or the Board, as appropriate, do not exercise their discretion
                                            to cancel or otherwise limit the vesting of the RSUs.

 

Death or Disability

 

Upon your death all RSUs covered by this Agreement shall
vest immediately and your Vesting Date shall be your date of death. If you are disabled as described in Section 12 of the Plan,
your RSUs shall continue to vest according to the terms of your Award.

 

Leave of Absence

 

In the event of a management approved leave of absence,
any unvested RSUs shall continue to vest as if you were an active employee of the Company, subject to the terms in this document and
your Equity Award Agreement. If you return to active status, your unvested RSUs will continue to vest in accordance with the terms in
this document and your Equity Award Agreement.

 

	

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Dividend Equivalents

 

IBM shall not pay dividend equivalents on cash-settled or
stock-settled unvested RSU awards.

 

	

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Terms and Conditions of Your Equity Award:

Provisions that apply to specific Award types for all countries

 

		ii.	RSUs Other Than Cash-Settled RSUs and Cash-Settled
                                            RRSUs

 

Settlement of Award

 

Subject to Sections 12 and 13 of the Plan and the section
 “Termination of Employment including Death, Disability and Leave of Absence” above, upon the Vesting Date(s), or as soon thereafter
as may be practicable but in no event later than March 15 of the following calendar year, IBM shall make a payment to Participant
in shares of Capital Stock equal to the number of vested RSUs, subject to any applicable tax withholding requirements as described in
Section 9 of the Plan, and the respective RSUs shall thereupon be canceled. RSUs are not shares of Capital Stock and do not convey
any stockholder rights.

 

		iii.	Cash-Settled RSUs including Cash-Settled RRSUs

 

Settlement of Award

 

Subject to Sections 12 and 13 of the Plan and the section
entitled “Termination of Employment including Death, Disability and Leave of Absence” above, upon the Vesting Date(s), or as
soon thereafter as may be practicable but in no event later than March 15 of the following calendar year, the Company shall make
a payment to Participant in cash equal to the Fair Market Value of the vested RSUs, subject to any applicable tax withholding requirements
as described in Section 9 of the Plan, and the respective RSUs shall thereupon be canceled. Fair Market Value will be calculated
in your home country currency at the exchange rate on the applicable Vesting Date using a commercially reasonable measure of exchange
rate. RSUs are not shares of Capital Stock and do not convey any stockholder rights.

 

		b.	Restricted
                                            Stock

 

Settlement of Award

 

Subject to Sections 12 and 13 of the Plan and the
paragraph entitled “Termination of Employment including Death, Disability or Leave of Absence” below, upon the Vesting
Date(s), or as soon thereafter as may be practicable but in no event later than March 15 of the following calendar year, the
shares of Restricted Stock awarded under your Equity Award Agreement will be deliverable to you, subject to any applicable tax
withholding requirements as described in Section 9 of the Plan.

 

	

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Terms and Conditions of Your Equity Award:

Provisions that apply to specific Award types for all countries

 

Termination of Employment including Death, Disability
and Leave of Absence

 

Termination of Employment

 

In the event you cease to be an employee (other than on
account of death or are disabled as described in Section 12 of the Plan) prior to the Vesting Date(s) in your Equity Award
Agreement, all then unvested shares of Restricted Stock under your Award shall be canceled (unless your Equity Award Agreement provides
otherwise).

 

Death or Disability

 

Upon your death all unvested shares of Restricted Stock
covered by your Equity Award Agreement shall vest immediately and your Vesting Date shall be your date of death. If you are disabled
as described in Section 12 of the Plan, your unvested shares of Restricted Stock shall continue to vest according to the terms of
your Equity Award Agreement.

 

Leave of Absence

 

In the event of a management approved leave of absence,
any unvested shares of Restricted Stock shall continue to vest as if you were an active employee of the Company, subject to the terms
in this document and your Equity Award Agreement. If you return to active status, your unvested shares of Restricted Stock will continue
to vest in accordance with the terms in this document and your Equity Award Agreement.

 

Dividends and Other Rights

 

During the period that the Restricted Stock is held by IBM
hereunder, such stock will remain on the books of IBM in your name, may be voted by you, and any applicable dividends shall be paid to
you. Shares issued in stock splits or similar events which relate to Restricted Stock then held by IBM in your name shall be issued in
your name but shall be held by IBM under the terms hereof.

 

Transferability

 

Shares of Restricted Stock awarded under your Equity Award
Agreement cannot be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered prior to the vesting of your Award as set forth in your
Equity Award Agreement and any such sale, assignment, transfer, pledge or encumbrance, or any attempt thereof, shall be void.

 

	

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Terms and Conditions of Your Equity Award:

Provisions that apply to specific Award types for all countries

 

		c.	Stock
                                            Options (“Options”) and Stock Appreciation Rights (“SARs”)

  

		i.	All Option and SAR Awards

 

Termination of Employment including Death, Disability
and Leave of Absence

 

Termination of Employment

 

In the event you cease to be an employee (other than on
account of death or are disabled as described in Section 12 of the Plan):

 

		·	Any
                                            Options or SARs that are not exercisable as of the date your employment terminates shall
                                            be canceled immediately (unless your Equity Award Agreement provides otherwise), and

 

		·	Any
                                            Options or SARs that are exercisable as of the date your employment terminates (other than
                                            for cause) will remain exercisable for 90 days (not three months) after the date of termination,
                                            after which any unexercised Options or SARs are canceled; provided, however, if you are a
                                            banded executive when your employment with the Company terminates (other than for cause)
                                            after you have attained age 55 and completed at least 15 years of service with the Company
                                            at the time of termination, any Options or SARs that are exercisable as of the date your
                                            employment terminates shall remain exercisable for the full term as in your Equity Award
                                            Agreement (unless your Equity Award Agreement provides otherwise).

 

Death or Disability

 

In the event of your death, all Options or SARs shall become
fully exercisable and remain exercisable for their full term.

 

In the event you are disabled (as described in Section 12
of the Plan), any unvested Options or SARs shall continue to vest and be exercisable.

 

	

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Terms and Conditions of Your Equity Award:

Provisions that apply to specific Award types for all countries

 

Leave of Absence

 

In the event of a management approved leave of absence,
any unvested Options or SARs shall continue to vest and be exercisable as if you were an active employee of the Company, subject to the
terms in this document and your Equity Award Agreement. If you return to active status, your Options or SARs will continue to vest and
be exercisable in accordance with their terms. If you do not return to active status,

 

		·	Your
                                            unvested Options or SARs will be canceled immediately; and

 

		·	Your
                                            vested Options or SARs will be canceled on the later of the 91st day following your last
                                            day of active employment or the date of the termination of your leave of absence; provided,
                                            however, if you are a banded executive when your employment terminates (other than for cause)
                                            after you have attained age 55 and completed at least 15 years of service with the Company
                                            at the time of termination, any Options or SARs that are exercisable as of the date your
                                            employment terminates shall remain exercisable for the full term as in your Equity Award
                                            Agreement.

 

Termination of Employment for Cause

 

If your employment terminates for cause, all exercisable
and not exercisable Options or SARs are canceled immediately.

 

		ii.	All SAR Awards

 

Settlement of Award 

 

Upon exercise, the Company shall deliver an aggregate amount,
in cash, equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of a share of Capital Stock on the date of exercise over the Exercise Price set
forth in your Equity Award Agreement multiplied by the number of SARs exercised, subject to any applicable tax withholding requirements
as described in Section 9 of the Plan. The value of the Award will be calculated in your home country currency at the exchange rate
on the date the Award becomes fully vested using a commercially reasonable measure of exchange rate.

 

	

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Terms and Conditions of Your Equity Award:

Provisions that apply to specific Award types for all countries

 

	d.	Performance
                                            Share Units (“PSUs”)

 

Termination of Employment, including Death and Disability,
and Leave of Absence

 

Termination of Employment and Leave of Absence

 

If you cease to be an active employee for any reason (other
than on account of death or are disabled as described in Section 12 of the Plan) before the Date of Payout (in the case of a recipient
in the United States, at year end of the applicable PSU Performance Period), all PSUs are canceled immediately. However, if at the time
that you cease to be an active employee (provided you are not terminated for cause), you are a banded executive, have attained age 55,
completed at least 15 years of service with the Company, and completed at least one year of active service during the PSU Performance
Period (as set forth in your Equity Award Agreement), the PSUs granted hereunder shall be paid out on the Date of Payout (as set forth
in your Equity Award Agreement) in an amount that will be prorated for the time that you work as an active executive during the PSU Performance
Period, and adjusted for the performance score determined for the entire applicable performance period(s).

 

However, provided you are not terminated for cause, your
unvested PSUs will continue to vest if all of the following criteria are met at the time you cease to be an active employee:

 

		o	You are on the Performance Team, or any successor team thereto;

		o	You have completed at least one year of active service during the PSU
                                            Performance Period (as set forth in your Equity Award Agreement);

		o	You have reached age 55 with 15 years of service (age 60 with 15 years
                                            of service for the Chairman and CEO);

		o	The Committee has certified that all performance conditions have been
                                            met; and

		o	Appropriate senior management, the Committee or the Board, as appropriate,
                                            do not exercise their discretion to cancel or otherwise limit the payout.

 

Death or Disability

 

Prior to the Date of Payout, (i) in the event of your
death or (ii) if you are disabled (as described in Section 12 of the Plan), all PSUs shall continue to vest according to the
terms of your Equity Award Agreement and the PSUs will be paid on the Date of Payout, based on IBM performance, if applicable, over the
entire applicable Performance Period(s).

 

	

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Terms and Conditions of Your Equity Award:

Provisions
that apply to specific countries

 

	a.	Denmark

 

		i.	All Awards

 

Non-Solicitation

 

The following part of the above non-solicitation provision
does not apply to those individuals with the home country of Denmark: “In consideration of your Award, you agree that during your
employment with the Company and for two years following the termination of your employment for any reason, you will not directly or indirectly
hire, solicit or make an offer to any employee of the Company to be employed or perform services outside of the Company.”

 

	b.	Israel

 

		i.	All Awards

 

Data Privacy

 

In addition to the data privacy provisions in your Equity
Award Agreement, you agree that data, including your personal data, necessary to administer this Award may be exchanged among IBM and
its subsidiaries and affiliates as necessary (including transferring such data out of the country of origin both in and out of the EEA),
and with any vendor engaged by IBM to administer this Award.

 

	c.	United
                                            States

 

		i.	All Awards

 

Nothing in the Plan prospectus, your Equity Award Agreement
or this Document affects your rights, immunities, or obligations under any federal, state, or local law, including under the Defend Trade
Secrets Act of 2016, as described in Company policies, or prohibits you from reporting possible violations of law or regulation to a
government agency, as protected by law.

 

If you are, and have been for at least 30 days immediately preceding,
a resident of, or an employee in Massachusetts at the time of the termination of your employment with IBM, cancellation and rescission
provisions of the Plan will not apply if you engage in competitive activities after your employment relationship has ended with IBM.
For the avoidance of doubt, cancellation and rescission provisions of the Plan will apply if you engage in (1) any Detrimental Activity
prior to your employment relationship ending with IBM or (2) any Detrimental Activity described in Section 13(a) of the
Plan other than engaging in competitive activities after your employment relationship has ended with IBM.

 

	

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IBM

 

Executive Sign-on Payment Repayment Agreement

 

This form must be completed in order to
receive your Sign-On Payment.

 

	Employee Name	Date of Hire	E-Mail Address
	 	 	 
	Maryjo Charbonnier	TBD	 
	 	 	 
	Phone	Resident Location	Work Location
	 	 	 
	 	 	New York

 

Prior to receiving any payment, I understand and agree to the following
terms:

 

		·	I am eligible to receive a sign-on payment in the total amount of $875,000.00.
The payment (“Payment Amount”) will be made as identified in the schedule below.

		·	The Payment Amount is earned on the Payment Earned Date identified in the
schedule below.

		·	Except as otherwise provided below, if my employment with IBM or NewCo ends
within one year after my date of hire, I will repay to my employer the Payment Amount.

		·	In connection with IBM’s announced intention to spin-off the Managed
Infrastructure Services business (NewCo) as a separate publicly listed company, which will occur on the date of the closing of such spin-off
(the Closing Date), referred to below as the Transaction, my repayment requirement will continue with NewCo.

		·	However, in the event that my employment with IBM or NewCo is terminated
within the first year of my employment for any of the following reasons, the repayment requirement mentioned above will not apply.

		1.	IBM unilaterally decides to formally change course and announces that it will not move forward with the Transaction, and the IBM Chief
Executive Officer determines that my performance in moving The Transaction to closure was not a contributing factor in the decision not
to complete The Transaction, and my performance was otherwise satisfactory;

		2.	NewCo is purchased by another buyer and the IBM Chief Executive Officer determines that my performance was not a contributing factor
in the decision to sell to another buyer, and my performance was otherwise satisfactory, but I am NOT selected for a role in NewCo that
is substantially comparable in the aggregate to the terms of my offer letter, including my annual salary, bonus, equity award, and geographic
location (which cannot be greater than 50 miles from my work location); or

		3.	Without Cause (as defined in my Noncompetition Agreement with IBM).

		·	If I take a leave of absence from working for my employer on an active, full-time
basis before the Payment Earned Date or during the repayment period, the Payment Earned Date and my obligation to repay the relevant installment
payment will be extended for the period of the leave of absence.

		·	Similarly, if I convert to part-time employment status from active, full-time
employment at IBM before the Payment Earned Date or during the repayment period, the Payment Earned Date and my obligation to repay the
payment will be extended for the period of time represented by the difference between one year’s active, full-time employment and
the hours worked on my part- time employment schedule.

 

To the extent permitted by law, I also authorize my employer to deduct
any unearned sign-on payment balance, less any tax withholdings, owed to my employer from any funds my employer may owe me at the time
of my departure, such as wages, commissions, vacation, or bonus payments. If, after my employer has deducted the amount from funds owed
to me at the time of my departure, a balance owed to my employer remains, I shall repay the balance to my employer.

 

	*IBM Confidential	1 

 

    

     

    

 

IBM

 

Executive Sign-on Payment Repayment Agreement

 

This Sign-on Payment Repayment Agreement does not constitute a contract
of employment or create or grant any right to continued employment with IBM for any period of time. My employment remains “at will”
and may end at any time by IBM, NewCo or me, as applicable.

 

	Payment Amount	Payment Date	Payment Earned Date
	$875,000	Within 60 days of hire	1 year from my date of hire
	 	 	at IBM

 

	Employee Signature	Date
	/s/
    Maryjo Charbonnier	6/1/21

 

	*IBM Confidential	2 

 

    

     

    

 

 

NONCOMPETITION
AGREEMENT

 

In recognition of your
critical role as a senior executive with International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”) and your access to IBM Confidential
Information and/or IBM customer goodwill by virtue of your position, your membership on the Acceleration Team, and/or your appointment
as an IBM Fellow; and/or as mutually agreed upon consideration for your promotion or hiring as a senior executive, including your eligibility
for awards to be granted to you under an IBM Long-Term Performance Plan (which constitutes independent consideration for Paragraph 1(e)
herein); and/or for other good and valuable consideration, you (“Employee” or “you”) agree to the terms and conditions
herein of this Noncompetition Agreement (the “Agreement”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed
to them in Paragraph 2.

 

1.     Covenants.

 

You acknowledge and agree that:

 

a)         the
compensation that you will receive in connection with this Agreement, including any equity awards, cash and/or other compensation, your
position as a senior executive, and/or your appointment to or continued membership on the Acceleration Team or any successor team or
group (“AT”), if applicable, and/or your appointment as an IBM Fellow, if applicable, is consideration for your work at IBM,
your agreement to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and your compliance with the post-employment restrictive covenants included
in this Agreement.

 

b)         (i)
the business in which IBM and its affiliates (collectively, the “Company”) are engaged is intensely competitive; (ii) your
employment by IBM and/or your membership on the AT, if applicable, and/or your role as an IBM Fellow, if applicable, requires that
you have access to, and knowledge of, IBM Confidential Information, including IBM Confidential Information that pertains not only to
your business or unit, but also to the Company’s global operations; (iii) you are given access to, and develop relationships with,
customers of the Company at the time and expense of the Company; and (iv) by your training, experience and expertise, your services
to the Company are, and will continue to be, extraordinary, special and unique.

 

    

    

    

 

c)          (i) the disclosure of IBM Confidential Information would place the Company at a serious competitive disadvantage and would do
serious damage, financial and otherwise, to the business of the Company; and (ii) you will keep in strict confidence, and will not, directly
or indirectly, at any time during or after your employment with IBM, disclose, furnish, disseminate, make available, rely on or use,
except in the course of performing your duties of employment with IBM, any IBM Confidential Information or any other trade secrets or
confidential business and technical information of the Company or its customers or vendors, without limitation as to when or how you
may have acquired such information.

 

d)          (i)
IBM Confidential Information, whether reduced to writing, maintained on any form of electronic media, or maintained in your mind or memory
and whether compiled by the Company and/or you, is owned by the Company; (ii) IBM Confidential Information includes, but is not limited
to, information that derives independent economic value from not being generally known to or readily ascertainable through proper means
by others who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, and is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances
to maintain the secrecy of such information; (iii) IBM Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, information that constitutes
a trade secret of the Company; and (iv) the retention, disclosure and/or use of such IBM Confidential Information by you during or after
your employment with IBM (except in the course of performing your duties and obligations to the Company) shall constitute a misappropriation
of the Company’s trade secrets.

 

e)        during
your employment with IBM and for twelve (12) months following the termination of your employment either by you or by IBM; (i) you
will not directly or indirectly, within the Restricted Area, Engage in or Associate with (a) any Business Enterprise or (b) any
competitor of the Company, if performing the duties and responsibilities of such engagement or
association could result in you (1) intentionally or unintentionally using, disclosing, or relying upon IBM Confidential Information
to which you had access by virtue of your job duties or other responsibilities with IBM or (2) exploiting customer goodwill
cultivated in the course of your employment with IBM; however, in the event that your employment with IBM is terminated by IBM as a
direct result of a resource action or similar restructuring action and not for Cause, the post-employment restriction in this clause
will not apply; and (ii) you will not directly or indirectly solicit, for competitive business purposes, any actual or prospective
customer of the Company which you were directly or indirectly involved with or exposed to confidential information about as part of
your job responsibilities during the last twelve (12) months of your employment with IBM.

 

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f)          during
your employment with IBM and for two {2) years following the termination of your employment either by you or by IBM for any reason, you
will not directly or indirectly, within the Restricted Area, hire, solicit or make an offer to, or attempt to or participate or assist
in any effort to hire, solicit, or make an offer to, any Employee of the Company to be employed or to perform services outside of the
Company.

 

2.        Definitions. 

 

The following terms have the meanings
provided below.

 

a)         “Business
Enterprise” means any entity that engages in, or owns or controls an interest in any entity that engages in, competition with any
business unit or division of the Company in which you worked at any time during the three (3) year period prior to the termination of
your employment.

 

b)        “Cause”
means, as reasonably determined by IBM, the occurrence of any of the following: (i) embezzlement, misappropriation of corporate funds
or other material acts of dishonesty; (ii) commission or conviction of any felony or of any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or
entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to any felony or misdemeanor (other than a minor traffic violation or
other minor infraction); (iii) engagement in any activity that you know or should know could harm the business or reputation of the Company;
(iv) failure to adhere to the Company’s corporate codes, policies or procedures; (v) a breach of any covenant in any employment
agreement or any intellectual property agreement, or a breach of any other provision of your employment agreement, in either case if
the breach is not cured to the Company’s satisfaction within a reasonable period after you are provided with notice of the breach
(no notice and cure period is required if the breach cannot be cured); (vi) failure by you to perform your duties or follow management
direction, which failure is not cured to the Company’s satisfaction within a reasonable period of time after a written demand for
substantial performance is delivered to you (no notice or cure period is required if the failure to perform cannot be cured); (vii) violation
of any statutory, contractual or common law duty or obligation to the Company, including, without limitation, the duty of loyalty; (viii)
rendering of services for any organization or engaging directly or indirectly in any business which is or becomes competitive with the
Company, or which organization or business, or the rendering of services to such organization or business, is or becomes otherwise prejudicial
to or in conflict with the interests of the Company; or (ix) acceptance of an offer to Engage in or Associate with any business which
is or becomes competitive with the Company; provided, however, that the mere failure to achieve performance objectives
shall not constitute Cause.

 

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c)           “Employee
of the Company” means any employee of the Company who worked within the Restricted Area at any time in the twelve (12) month period
immediately preceding any actual or attempted hiring, solicitation or making of an offer.

 

d)          “Engage in or Associate with” includes, without limitation, engagement or association as a sole proprietor, owner, employer,
director, partner, principal, joint venturer, associate, employee, member, consultant, or contractor. The phrase also includes engagement
or association as a shareholder or investor during the course of your employment with IBM, and includes beneficial ownership of five percent
(5%) or more of any class of outstanding stock of a Business Enterprise or competitor of the Company following the termination of your
employment with IBM.

 

e)           “IBM
Confidential Information” is any information of a confidential or secret nature that is disclosed to you, or created or learned
by you, that relates to the business of the Company, including but not limited to trade secrets. Examples of IBM Confidential Information
include, but are not limited to: the Company’s formulae, patterns, compilations, programs, devices, methods, techniques, software, tools,
systems, and processes, the Company’s selling, manufacturing, and servicing methods and business techniques, implementation strategies,
and information about any of the foregoing, the Company’s training, service, and business manuals, promotional materials, training courses,
and other training and instructional materials, vendor and product information, customer and prospective customer lists, other customer
and prospective customer information, client data, global strategic plans, marketing plans, information about the Company’s management
techniques and management strategies, information regarding long-term business opportunities, information regarding the development status
of specific Company products, assessments of the global competitive landscape of the industries in which the Company competes, plans
for investment in or acquisition, divestiture or disposition of products or companies or business units, expansion plans, financial status
and plans, compensation information, and personnel information.

 

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f)           “Restricted
Area” means any geographic area in the world in which you worked or for which you had job responsibilities, including supervisory
responsibilities, during the last twelve (12) months of your employment with IBM. You acknowledge that IBM is a global company and that
the responsibilities of certain IBM employees, including, without limitation, AT members, are global in scope.

 

3.    Acknowledgements. 

 

You acknowledge
that a mere agreement not to disclose, use or rely on IBM Confidential Information after your employment by IBM ends would be
inadequate, standing alone, to protect IBM’s legitimate business interests. You acknowledge that disclosure of, use of, or reliance
on IBM Confidential Information, whether or not intentional, is often difficult or impossible for the Company to detect until it is
too late to obtain any effective remedy. You acknowledge that the Company will suffer irreparable harm if you fail to comply with
Paragraph  1 or otherwise improperly disclose, use, or rely on IBM Confidential Information. You acknowledge that the restrictions
set forth in Paragraph I are reasonable as to geography, scope and duration. You acknowledge that you have the right to consult with
counsel prior to signing this Agreement.

 

4.     Injunctive
Relief. 

 

You agree that
the Company would suffer irreparable harm if you were to breach, or threaten to breach, any provision of this Agreement and that the Company
would by reason of such breach, or threatened breach, be entitled to injunctive relief in a court of appropriate jurisdiction, without
the need to post any bond, and you further consent and stipulate to the entry of such injunctive relief in such a court prohibiting you
from breaching, or further breaching, this Agreement. This Paragraph shall not, however, diminish the right of the Company to claim and
recover damages in addition to injunctive relief.

 

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5.     Severability.

 

In the
event that any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the validity and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. Moreover, if any one or more of the
provisions contained in this Agreement shall be held to be excessively broad as to duration, geographic scope, activity or subject,
such provisions shall be construed by limiting and reducing them so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent allowed by applicable
law. Furthermore, a determination in any jurisdiction that this Agreement, in whole or in part, is invalid or unenforceable shall
not in any way affect or impair the validity or enforceability of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.

 

6.     Headings. 

 

The headings
in this Agreement are inserted for convenience and reference only and shall in no way affect, define, limit or describe the scope, intent
or construction of any provision hereof.

 

7.     Waiver. 

 

The failure
of IBM to enforce any terms, provisions or covenants of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of the same or of the right
of IBM to enforce the same. Waiver by IBM of any claim for breach or default by you (or by any other employee or former employee of IBM)
of any term or provision of this Agreement (or any similar agreement between IBM and you or any other employee or former employee of IBM)
shall not operate as a waiver of any other claim for breach or default.

 

8.     Successors
and Assigns. 

 

This Agreement
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon IBM, any successor organization which shall succeed to IBM by acquisition, merger, consolidation
or operation of law, or by acquisition of assets of IBM and any assigns. You may not assign your obligations under this Agreement.

 

9.     Disclosure
of Existence of Covenants. 

 

You agree that
while employed by IBM and for two (2) years thereafter, you will communicate the contents of this Agreement to any person, firm, association,
partnership, corporation or other entity which you intend to be employed by, associated with or represent, prior to accepting such employment,
association or representation.

 

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10.  Notice to
IBM of Prospective Position.

 

You agree that if, at
any time during your employment or within twelve (12) months following the termination of your employment with IBM, you are offered and
intend to accept a position with any person, firm, association, partnership, corporation or other entity other than the Company, you will
provide the Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer for IBM Corporation with two (2) weeks’ written notice prior to
accepting any such position. This two (2) weeks’ written notice is separate from any other notice obligations you may have under
agreements with IBM. If for any reason you cannot, despite using your best efforts, provide the two (2) weeks’ written notice prior to
accepting any such position, you agree that you will provide two (2) weeks’ written notice prior to commencing that new position. You
acknowledge and agree that a two (2) week written notice period is appropriate and necessary to permit IBM to determine whether, in its
view, your proposed new position could lead to a violation of this Agreement, and you agree that you will provide IBM with such information
as IBM may request to allow IBM to complete its assessment (except that you need not provide any information that would constitute confidential
or trade secret information of any entity other than the Company). During the notice period required by this Paragraph, IBM may choose,
in its sole discretion, to limit your duties in your position with IBM and to restrict your access to IBM’s premises, systems, products,
information, and employees. IBM is committed to protect its trade secrets and other confidential and proprietary information, and will
take all necessary and appropriate steps to do so. You agree to cooperate with IBM in good faith to ensure that its trade secrets and
other confidential and proprietary information are not disclosed, either intentionally or inadvertently.

 

11.  No Oral Modification.

 

This
Agreement may not be changed orally, but may be changed only in a writing signed by the Employee
and a duly authorized representative of IBM.

 

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12.  Entire Agreement.

 

Although
this Agreement sets forth the entire understanding between the Employee and IBM concerning the restrictive covenants herein, this
Agreement does not impair, diminish, restrict or waive any other restrictive covenant, nondisclosure obligation or confidentiality
obligation of the Employee to the Company under any other agreement, policy, plan or program of the Company. Nothing herein affects
your rights, immunities or obligations under any federal, state or local law, including under the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016,
as described in the Company’s Business Conduct Guidelines, or prohibits you from reporting possible violations of law or regulation
to a government agency, as protected by law. The Employee and IBM represent that, in executing this Agreement, the Employee and IBM
have not relied upon any representations or statements made, other than those set forth herein, with regard to the subject matter,
basis or effect of this Agreement.

 

13.  Governing
Law and Choice of Forum. 

 

This Agreement
shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of law rules.
The parties agree that any action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement shall be brought exclusively in the state and federal courts
sitting in New York County or Westchester County, New York. The parties agree to the personal jurisdiction thereof, and irrevocably waive
any objection to the venue of such action, including any objection that the action has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Notwithstanding
this Paragraph, (a) if you are, and have been for at least 30 (thirty) days immediately preceding, a resident of or an employee in Massachusetts
at the time of the termination of your employment with IBM, the law of Massachusetts shall apply to this Agreement, and (b) if you reside
in Massachusetts, and have resided for at least 30 (thirty) days immediately preceding, at the time of the termination of your employment
with IBM, any action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement may be brought in the county where you reside.

 

	MARYJO CHARBONNIER	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES
CORPORATION

 

	By:	/s/ Maryjo Charbonnier	 	By:	/s/ Joanna Daly
	 	(Employee Signature)	 	 	Joanna Daly
	 	 	 	 	Vice President, Compensation &
Benefits

 

	 	 	6/1/21	 
	Employee Serial No.	 	Date	 

 

Please see attached letter from Nickle LaMoraux for additional terms & exclusions dated 6/7/21

 

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	Office of the Senior Vice President	1 New Orchard Road
	Human Resources	Armonk, NY 10504

 

June
7, 2021

 

Ms.
Maryjo Charbonnier

196
Old Army Road

Scarsdale,
NY 10583

 

Dear
Maryjo,

 

This
letter is to clarify that the Noncompetition Agreement and the Agreement Regarding Confidential Information, Intellectual Property, and
Other Matters (the “Agreements”) provided with your offer letter relates only to the scope of your role as Chief Human Resources
Officer, NewCo/Kyndry l (GTS Managed Infrastructure Services) and not to other parts of IBM’s business.

 

Your
actions as CHRO, Kyndryl, to support the Transaction, including the transfer of IBM employees to Kyndryl entities and hiring of employees
to Kyndryl before and after the Transaction, shall not be considered as violating your non-solicitation obligations under the Agreements
provided that such activities comply with agreements between IBM and Kyndryl regarding hiring and soliciting each other’s employees.
Further you will not be considered in violation of your non-solicitation obligations under the Agreements simply by virtue of a recruitment
function reporting to you, including where IBM or Kyndryl employees respond to general job postings.

 

However,
your non-solicitation obligations under the Agreements are interpreted as requiring you to refrain from: (i) involvement in identifying
or recommending covered Employees for opportunities outside IBM and/or Kyndryl (“the Company”); (ii) taking part in discussions
about or providing an opinion on the suitability of a covered Employee for opportunities outside the Company; (iii) referring a covered
Employee to a opportunity outside the Company; and (iv) reviewing or advising on proposed terms and conditions of employment of a covered
Employee outside of the Company.

 

Sincerely,

 

	/s/ Nickle J. LaMoreaux	 
	Nickle J. LaMoreaux	 
	Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer,	 
	IBM Human ResourcesExhibit 10.17

 

	 	 	International
    Business Machines Corporation ("IBM")

    

    Equity Award Agreement

    IBM Confidential
	Plan	 	IBM
    1999 Long-Term Performance Plan (the "Plan")
	Award
    Type	 	Performance
    Share Units (PSUs)
	Purpose	 	The purpose
    of this Award is to retain selected executives.  You recognize that this Award represents a potentially significant benefit
    to you and is awarded for the purpose stated here.
	Awarded
    to

    Home Country	 	EdwardSebold

    United States (USA) 01G8551
	Award
    Agreement	 	This
    Equity Award Agreement, together with the "Terms and Conditions of Your Equity Award Effective May 1, 2021" ("Terms
    and Conditions") document and the Plan http://w3.ibm.com/hr/exec/comp/eq_prospectus.html,
    both of which are incorporated herein by reference, together constitute the entire agreement between you and IBM with respect to
    your Award.  This Equity Award Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts
    or choice of law rules or principles.
	Grant	 	Date of Grant	# PSUs Awarded
	 	 	 May 3, 2021	7,356	 
	Vesting 	 	In connection with IBM’s announced intention to spin-off the Managed Infrastructure Services Unit of its IBM Global Technology Services (GTS) business and organization (excluding TSS) as a separate publicly listed company (the separate publicly listed company referred to as “NewCo” and the spin-off referred to as “The Transaction”), which will occur on the date of the closing of such spin-off (referred to as “The Closing Date”). You can earn the PSUs awarded above, provided both of the following “Performance Criteria” have been met:

         

        1.     You ensure successful
completion of The Transaction as envisaged (for the avoidance of doubt, as a spin-off of the Managed Infrastructure Services Unit of
the GTS business (excluding TSS)), with IBM no longer owning any equity stake in NewCo following The Closing Date of The Transaction;
and

         

        2.     You continue employment
with NewCo immediately following The Closing Date of The Transaction

         

        If both of the above Performance Criteria are satisfied
as determined by the IBM Chief Executive Officer, your awards will be converted into shares of NewCo Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) according
to the stated conversion formula for all unvested IBM equity awards on or around The Closing Date, and will vest in accordance with the
following schedule:

        ·      33%
on the six-month anniversary of The Closing Date
 ·      33%
on the 1st anniversary of The Closing Date

·      34% on the 2nd anniversary
of The Closing Date

	Payout of Awards	 	Following the vesting dates described above, the Company or NewCo shall deliver to you a number of shares of Capital Stock equal to the number of your earned RSUs, net of any applicable tax withholding, and the respective PSUs shall thereafter be canceled. 

         

        All payouts under this Award are subject to the provisions of the Plan, this Agreement and the Terms and Conditions document, including those relating to the cancellation and rescission of awards.

 

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	 	 	International
    Business Machines Corporation ("IBM")

    Equity Award Agreement
	Terms and Conditions of Your Equity Award	 	
    Refer to the Terms and Conditions document attached for an explanation
    of the terms and conditions applicable to your Award, including those relating to:

     

    ·       Cancellation and rescission of awards (also see below)

 ·       Jurisdiction, governing law, expenses and taxes

 ·       Non-solicitation of Company employees and clients, if applicable

 ·       Treatment of your award in the event the Performance Criteria above cannot be met

 ·       Treatment of your Award in the event of death or disability or leave of absence

 ·       Treatment of your Award upon termination of employment, including for cause, and under all
other circumstances.

     

    It is strongly recommended that you print the Terms and Conditions
    document for later reference.

	Cancellation and Rescission	 	You understand that IBM may cancel, modify, rescind, suspend, withhold or otherwise limit or restrict this Award in accordance with the terms of the Plan, including, without limitation, canceling or rescinding this Award if you render services for a competitor prior to, or during the Rescission Period.  You understand that the Rescission Period that has been established is 12 months.  Refer to the Terms and Conditions document and the Plan for further details.
	Data Privacy, Electronic Delivery	 	By accepting this Award, you agree that data, including your personal data, necessary to administer this Award may be exchanged among IBM and its subsidiaries and affiliates as necessary, and with any vendor engaged by IBM to administer this Award, subject to the Terms and Conditions document; you also consent to receiving information and materials in connection with this Award or any subsequent awards under IBM's long-term performance plans, including without limitation any prospectuses and plan documents, by any means of electronic delivery available now and/or in the future (including without limitation by e-mail, by Web site access and/or by facsimile), such consent to remain in effect unless and until revoked in writing by you.
	Extraordinary Compensation	 	Your participation in the Plan is voluntary.  The value of this Award is an extraordinary item of income, is not part of your normal or expected compensation and shall not be considered in calculating any severance, redundancy, end of service payments, bonus, long-service awards, pension, retirement or other benefits or similar payments.  The Plan is discretionary in nature.  This Award is a one-time benefit that does not create any contractual or other right to receive additional awards or other benefits in the future.  Future grants, if any, are at the sole grace and discretion of IBM, including but not limited to, the timing of the grant, the number of units and vesting provisions.  This Equity Award Agreement is not part of your employment agreement, if any.  

 

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	 	 	International
    Business Machines Corporation ("IBM")

    Equity Award Agreement
	Accept Your Award	 	This Award is considered valid when you accept it.  This Award will be cancelled unless you accept it by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time two business days prior to the Closing Date. By pressing the Accept button below to accept your Award, you acknowledge having received and read this Equity Award Agreement, the Terms and Conditions document and the Plan under which this Award was granted and you agree (i) not to hedge the economic risk of this Award or any previously-granted outstanding awards, which includes entering into any derivative transaction on  IBM securities (e.g., any short sale, put, swap, forward, option, collar, etc.), (ii) to comply with the terms of the Plan, this Equity Award Agreement and the Terms and Conditions document, including those provisions relating to cancellation and rescission of awards and jurisdiction and governing law, and (iii) that by your acceptance of this Award, all awards previously granted to you under the Plan or other IBM Long-Term Performance Plans are subject to (A) jurisdiction, governing law, expenses, taxes and administration section of the Terms and Conditions document (unless you are, and have been for at least 30 days immediately preceding, a resident of or an employee in Massachusetts at the time of the termination of your employment with IBM, in which case the jurisdiction, governing law, expenses, taxes and administration terms of your previous awards shall apply) and (B) any cancellation, rescission or recovery required by applicable laws, rules, regulations or standards, including without limitation any requirements or standards of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or the New York Stock Exchange.

 

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IBM

 

TERMS
AND CONDITIONS OF YOUR

EQUITY
AWARD: 

EFFECTIVE
May 1, 2021

 

    

    

    

 

Terms and Conditions of
Your Equity Award

 

Table of Contents

 

	Introduction	3
	 	 
	How to Use This Document	3
	 	 
	Definition of Terms	4
	 	 
	Provisions that apply to all countries	6
	 	 
	Provisions that apply to select countries	8
	 	 
	Provisions that apply to the Performance Share Units (PSUs)	9
	 	 
	a. Performance Share Units (“PSUs”) including Cash-Settled PSUs	9
	 	 
	Provisions that apply to specific countries	10
	 	 
	a. Denmark	10
	 	 
	b. Israel	10
	 	 
	c. United States	10

 

    
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Terms and Conditions of Your Equity Award

 

Introduction

 

This document provides you with the terms and conditions of your Award
that are in addition to the terms and conditions contained in your Equity Award Agreement for your specific Award. Also, your Award is
subject to the terms and conditions in the governing plan document; the applicable document is indicated in your Equity Award Agreement
and can be found at https://w3cms.s3-api.us-geo.objectstorage.softlayer.net/inline-files/LTPP_1999_august_2007_prospectus.pdf.

 

How to Use This Document

 

Terms and conditions that apply to all awards in all countries
can be found on page 6. Review these in addition to any award- or country-specific terms and conditions that may be listed. Once you have
reviewed these general terms, check in your Equity Award Agreement for any award-specific and/or country-specific terms that apply to
your Award.

 

    
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Terms
and Conditions of Your Equity Award:

 

Definition
of Terms

 

The
following are defined terms from the Long-Term Performance Plan, your Equity Award Agreement, or this Terms and Conditions document.
These are provided for your information. In addition to this document, see the Plan prospectus and your Equity Award Agreement for more
details.

 

“Awards”
-- The grant of any form of stock option, stock appreciation right, stock or cash award, whether granted singly, in combination or in
tandem, to a Participant pursuant to such terms, conditions, performance requirements, limitations and restrictions as the Committee
may establish in order to fulfill the objectives of the Plan.

 

"Board"
-- The Board of Directors of International Business Machines Corporation ("IBM").

 

"Capital
Stock" -- Authorized and issued or unissued Capital Stock of IBM, at such par value as may be established from time to time.

 

“Committee”
-- The committee designated by the Board to administer the Plan.

 

"Company"
-- IBM and its affiliates and subsidiaries including subsidiaries of subsidiaries and partnerships and other business ventures in which
IBM has an equity interest.

 

“Engage
in or Associate with” includes, without limitation, engagement or association as a sole proprietor, owner, employer, director,
partner, principal, joint venture, associate, employee, member, consultant, or contractor. This also includes engagement or association
as a shareholder or investor during the course of your employment with the Company, and includes beneficial ownership of five percent
(5%) or more of any class of outstanding stock of a competitor of the Company following the termination of your employment with the Company.

 

“Equity
Award Agreement” -- The document provided to the Participant which provides the grant details.

 

"Fair
Market Value" -- The average of the high and low prices of Capital Stock on the New York Stock Exchange for the date in question,
provided that, if no sales of Capital Stock were made on said exchange on that date, the average of the high and low prices of Capital
Stock as reported for the most recent preceding day on which sales of Capital Stock were made on said exchange.

 

“NewCo”
 – Referred to as the working name of the envisaged new company that is created as a result of IBM spinning-off the Managed Infrastructure
Services Unit of its IBM Global Technology Services (GTS) business and organization (excluding TSS) as a separate
publicly listed company, with IBM no longer owning any equity stake in the new company.

 

    
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"Participant"
-- An individual to whom an Award has been made under the Plan. Awards may be made to any employee of, or any other individual providing
services to, the Company. However, incentive stock options may be granted only to individuals who are employed by IBM or by a subsidiary
corporation (within the meaning of section 424(f) of the Code) of IBM, including a subsidiary that becomes such after the adoption of
the Plan.

 

“Performance
Team” -- For purposes of the Plan, the Performance Team refers to the team of IBM’s senior leaders who run IBM Business Units
or geographies, including the chairman and CEO. The CEO selects and invites these senior leaders to join the Performance Team.

 

“Plan”
-- Any IBM Long-Term Performance Plan.

 

“Termination
of Employment” -- For the purposes of determining when you cease to be an employee for the cancellation of any Award, a Participant
will be deemed to be terminated if the Participant is no longer employed by IBM or a subsidiary corporation that employed the Participant
when the Award was granted unless approved by a method designated by those administering the Plan.

 

“The
Announcement Date” – If applicable, the date that IBM formally announces that it will not complete the spin-off of the Managed
Infrastructure Services Unit of its IBM Global Technology Services business and organization (excluding TSS) as a separate publicly listed
company, with IBM no longer owning any equity stake in the new company.

 

“The
Closing Date” – The date that IBM completes the spin-off of the Managed Infrastructure Services Unit of its IBM Global Technology
Services (GTS) business and organization (excluding TSS) as a separate publicly listed Company, with IBM no longer owning any equity
stake in the new company.

 

“The
Sale Date” – If applicable, the date that IBM completes the sale of the Managed Infrastructure Services Unit of its IBM Global
Technology Services business and organization (excluding TSS) to another buyer (rather than being spun-off as a separate publicly listed
company).

 

“The
Transaction” – The spin-off of the Managed Infrastructure Services Unit of IBM’s Global Technology Services
business and organization (excluding TSS) as a separate publicly listed company, with IBM no longer owning any equity stake in the
new company.

 

    
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Terms
and Conditions of Your Equity Award:

 

Provisions
that apply to all countries

 

The
following provisions apply to all countries and for the following Award types: Performance Share Units and Cash-Settled Performance Share
Units.

 

Cancellation
and Rescission

 

All
determinations regarding enforcement, waiver or modification of the cancellation and rescission and other provisions of the Plan and
your Equity Award Agreement (including the provisions relating to termination of employment, death and disability) shall be made in
IBM’s sole discretion. Determinations made under your Equity Award Agreement and the Plan need not be uniform and may be made
selectively among individuals, whether or not such individuals are similarly situated.

 

You
agree that the cancellation and rescission provisions of the Plan and your Equity Award Agreement are reasonable and agree not to challenge
the reasonableness of such provisions, even where forfeiture of your Award is the penalty for violation. Engaging in Detrimental Activity
(as defined in the Plan) may result in cancellation or rescission of your Award. Detrimental Activity includes your acceptance of an
offer to Engage in or Associate with any business which is or becomes competitive with the Company.

 

Jurisdiction,
Governing Law, Expenses, Taxes and Administration

 

Your
Equity Award Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its
conflict of law rules. You agree that any action or proceeding with respect to your Equity Award Agreement shall be brought exclusively
in the state and federal courts sitting in New York County or, Westchester County, New York. You agree to the personal jurisdiction thereof,
and irrevocably waive any objection to the venue of such action, including any objection that the action has been brought in an inconvenient
forum.

 

If
any court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of your Equity Award Agreement, or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that
provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of the parties, and the remainder of your Equity
Award Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

 

If
you or the Company brings an action to enforce your Equity Award Agreement and the Company prevails, you will pay all costs and expenses
incurred by the Company in connection with that action and in connection with collection, including reasonable attorneys’ fees.

 

    
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If
the Company, in its sole discretion, determines that it has incurred or will incur any obligation to withhold taxes as a result of
your Award, without limiting the Company’s rights under Section 9 of the Plan, the Company may withhold the number of shares
that it determines is required to satisfy such liability and/or the Company may withhold amounts from other compensation to the
extent required to satisfy such liability under federal, state, provincial, local, foreign or other tax laws. To the extent that
such amounts are not withheld, the Company may require you to pay to the Company any amount demanded by the Company for the purpose
of satisfying such liability.

 

If
the Company changes the vendor engaged to administer the Plan, you consent to moving all of the shares you have received under the Plan
that is in an account with such vendor (including unvested and previously vested shares), to the new vendor that the Company engages
to administer the Plan. Such consent will remain in effect unless and until revoked in writing by you.

 

    
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Terms and Conditions of Your Equity Award:

 

Provisions
that apply to select countries

 

The following provisions apply to select countries and
for the following Award types, Performance Share Units and Cash-Settled Performance Share Units, granted to all individuals in all countries
except those with a home country of Latin America, specifically: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico,
Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

 

Non-Solicitation

 

In consideration of your Award, you agree that during
your employment with the Company and for two years following the termination of your employment for any reason, you will not directly
or indirectly hire, solicit or make an offer to any employee of the Company to be employed or perform services outside of the Company.
Also, you agree that during your employment with the Company and for one year following the termination of your employment for any reason,
you will not directly or indirectly, solicit, for competitive business purposes, any customer of the Company with which you were involved
as part of your job responsibilities during the last year of your employment with the Company. By accepting your Award, you acknowledge
that the Company would suffer irreparable harm if you fail to comply with the foregoing, and that the Company would be entitled to any
appropriate relief, including money damages, equitable relief and attorneys’ fees.

 

    
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Terms and Conditions of Your Equity Award:

 

Provisions that apply to the Performance
Share Units (PSUs) for all countries

 

a. Performance Share Units (“PSUs”) including Cash-Settled PSUs

 

Treatment of your Award in the Event that the Performance
Criteria cannot be met

 

If, other than by death or disability described below,
your performance conditions are not met for any other reason by January 1, 2023, your PSUs will be cancelled when the performance criteria
have been determined to have not been met.

 

Termination of Employment, including Death and Disability,
and Leave of Absence

 

Termination of Employment and Leave of Absence

 

If you cease to be an active employee for any reason (other
than on account of death or are disabled as described in Section 12 of the Plan) before they vest in accordance with the terms of your
Equity Award Agreement, all PSUs are canceled immediately.

 

Death or Disability

 

Prior to the Date of Payout, (i) in the event of your death
or (ii) if you are disabled (as described in Section 12 of the Plan), all PSUs shall continue to vest and be released according to the
terms of your Equity Award Agreement. In the event The Transaction does not occur as envisaged by January 1, 2023, the PSUs would be released
by January 1, 2023.

 

    
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Terms and Conditions of Your Equity Award:

 

Provisions
that apply to specific countries

 

a. Denmark

 

i. All Awards

 

Non-Solicitation

 

The following part of the above non-solicitation provision
does not apply to those individuals with the home country of Denmark: “In consideration of your Award, you agree that during your
employment with the Company and for two years following the termination of your employment for any reason, you will not directly or indirectly
hire, solicit or make an offer to any employee of the Company to be employed or perform services outside of the Company.”

 

b. Israel

 

i. All Awards

 

Data Privacy

 

In addition to the data privacy provisions in your Equity
Award Agreement, you agree that data, including your personal data, necessary to administer this Award may be exchanged among IBM and
its subsidiaries and affiliates as necessary (including transferring such data out of the country of origin both in and out of the EEA),
and with any vendor engaged by IBM to administer this Award.

 

c. United States

 

i. All Awards

 

Nothing in the Plan prospectus, your Equity Award Agreement
or this Document affects your rights, immunities, or obligations under any federal, state, or local law, including under the Defend Trade
Secrets Act of 2016, as described in Company policies, or prohibits you from reporting possible violations of law or regulation to a government
agency, as protected by law.

 

If you are, and have been for at least 30 days immediately
preceding, a resident of, or an employee in Massachusetts at the time of the termination of your employment with IBM, cancellation and
rescission provisions of the Plan will not apply if you engage in competitive activities after your employment relationship has ended
with IBM. For the avoidance of doubt, cancellation and rescission provisions of the Plan will apply if you engage in (1) any Detrimental
Activity prior to your employment relationship ending with IBM or (2) any Detrimental Activity described in Section 13(a) of the Plan
other than engaging in competitive activities after your employment relationship has ended with IBM.

 

    
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NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT

 

In recognition
of the critical role that you will play as a senior executive with International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”) and in
recognition of your access to IBM Confidential Information by virtue of this position, and further as consideration for your being hired
as a senior executive, along with any and all awards to be granted to you under an International Business Machines Corporation Long-Term
Performance Plan (“LTPP”), as well as your appointment to and/or membership on the Integration & Values Team (“I&VT”),
and/or for other good and valuable consideration, you (“Employee” or “you”) agree to the terms and conditions of this
Noncompetition Agreement (this “Agreement”) as follows:

 

1.      Covenants.

 

(a)    You
acknowledge and agree that the compensation that you will receive in connection with this Agreement and your appointment to or continued
membership on the I&VT, including any equity awards, cash and other compensation, is consideration both for your work at IBM and for
your compliance with the post-employment restrictive covenants included in Paragraph 1 of this Agreement.

 

(b)    You
acknowledge and agree that as a member of the I&VT (i) you will be exposed to some of the most sensitive IBM Confidential Information
possessed by IBM and its affiliates (collectively, the “Company”), including global strategic plans, marketing plans, information
regarding long-term business opportunities, and information regarding the development status of specific Company products, as well as
extensive assessments of the global competitive landscape of the industries in which the Company competes; (ii) the IBM Confidential
Information to which you will be exposed will pertain not only to the specific Company business or unit in which you are an executive,
but also to confidential strategies, plans, and services that are Company-wide and that are specific to businesses and units other than
your own; and (iii) this IBM Confidential Information represents the product of the Company’s substantial global investment in research
and innovation, is critical to the Company’s competitive success, is disclosed to the Company’s senior leaders only on a strictly confidential
basis, and is not made accessible to the public or to the Company’s competitors.

 

     

     

    

 

(c)    You
further acknowledge and agree that: (i) the business in which the Company is engaged is intensely competitive and that, separate
from your role as a member of the l&VT, your employment by IBM will require that you have access to, and knowledge of, IBM
Confidential Information; (ii) you will be given access to, and develop relationships with, customers of the Company at the time and
expense of the Company; and (iii) by your training, experience and expertise, your services to the Company will be extraordinary,
special and unique.

 

(d)    You
acknowledge and agree that: (i) the disclosure of IBM Confidential Information would place the Company at a serious competitive disadvantage
and would do serious damage, financial and otherwise, to the business of the Company; (ii) you will keep in strict confidence, and will
not, directly or indirectly, at any time during or after your employment with IBM, disclose, furnish, disseminate, make available or
use, except in the course of performing your duties of employment, any IBM Confidential Information or any trade secrets or confidential
business and technical information of the Company’s customers or vendors, without limitation as to when or how you may have acquired
such information; and (iii) all such information, whether reduced to writing, maintained on any form of electronic media, or maintained
in your mind or memory and whether compiled by the Company, and/or you, derives independent economic value from not being readily known
to or ascertainable by proper means by others who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, that reasonable efforts have
been made by the Company to maintain the secrecy of such information, that such information is the sole property of the Company, and
that any retention and use of such information by you during or after your employment with IBM (except in the course of performing your
duties and obligations hereunder) shall constitute a misappropriation of the Company’s trade secrets.

 

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(e)    You
acknowledge and agree that during your employment with IBM and for twelve (12) months following the termination of your employment either
by you for any reason, by IBM for “Cause,” or by IBM without Cause where IBM elects, pursuant to Paragraph 4 below, to make
certain severance payments to you, that:

 

(i) you will not directly
or indirectly within the “Restricted Area” “Engage in or Associate with” (a) any “Business Enterprise” or
(b) any competitor of the Company, if performing the duties and responsibilities of such engagement or association could result in you
intentionally or unintentionally using, disclosing, or relying upon IBM Confidential Information to which you had access by virtue of
your job duties or other responsibilities with IBM; and

 

(ii)
you will not directly or indirectly solicit, for competitive business purposes, any customer of the Company with which you were
directly or indirectly involved as part of your job responsibilities during the last twelve (12) months of your employment with
IBM.

 

(f)       You
further acknowledge and agree that during your employment with IBM and for two (2) years following the termination of your
employment by either you or by IBM for any reason, you will not directly or indirectly within the “Restricted Area,” hire,
solicit or make an offer to, or attempt to or participate or assist in any effort to hire, solicit, or make an offer to, any
employee of the Company to be employed or to perform services outside of the Company. For purposes of this subsection l (f),
 “employee of the Company” includes any employee of the Company who worked within the Restricted Area at any time in the
12-month period immediately preceding any actual or attempted hiring, solicitation or making of an offer.

 

2.       Definitions.

 

(a)    For purposes of
this Agreement, “Business_Enterprise” shall mean any entity that engages in, or owns or controls an interest in any entity
that engages in, competition with any business unit or division of the Company in which you worked at any time during the three (3)
year period prior to the termination of your employment.

 

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(b)    For
purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean, as reasonably determined by IBM, the occurrence of any of the following: (i)
embezzlement, misappropriation of corporate funds or other material acts of dishonesty; (ii) commission or conviction of any felony,
or of any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to any felony or
misdemeanor (other than a minor traffic violation or other minor infraction); (iii) engagement in any activity that you know or should
know could harm the business or reputation of the Company; (iv) failure to adhere to the Company’s corporate codes, policies or procedures;
(v) a breach of any covenant in any employment agreement or any intellectual property agreement, or a breach of any other provision of
your employment agreement, in either case if the breach is not cured to the Company’s satisfaction within a reasonable period after you
are provided with notice of the breach (no notice and cure period is required if the breach cannot be cured), provided, however,
that the mere failure to achieve performance objectives shall not constitute Cause; (vi) failure by you to perform your duties or follow
management direction, which failure is not cured to the Company’s satisfaction within a reasonable period of time after a written demand
for substantial performance is delivered to you (no notice or cure period is required if the failure to perform cannot be cured); or
(vii) violation of any statutory, contractual or common law duty or obligation to the Company, including without limitation the duty
of loyalty.

 

(c)    For purposes of
this Agreement, “Engage in or Associate with” shall include without limitation engagement or association as a sole proprietor,
owner, employer, director, partner, principal, joint venture, associate, employee, member, consultant, or contractor. The phrase also
shall include engagement or association as a shareholder or investor during the course of your employment with IBM, and shall include
beneficial ownership of 5% or more of any class of outstanding stock of a Business Enterprise or competitor of the Company following
the termination of your employment with IBM.

 

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(d)    For
purposes of this Agreement, “IBM Confidential Information” shall include, without limitation, the Company’s formulae, patterns.
compilations, programs, devices, methods, techniques, software, tools, systems. and processes, the Company’s selling, manufacturing, servicing
methods and business techniques, implementation strategies, and information about any of the foregoing, the Company’s training, service,
and business manuals, promotional materials, training courses and other training and instructional materials, vendor and product information,
customer and prospective customer lists, other customer and prospective customer information, client data, global strategic plans. marketing
plans, information about the Company’s management techniques and management strategies, information regarding long-term business opportunities.
information regarding the development status of specific Company products. assessments of the global competitive landscape of the industries
in which the Company competes, plans for acquisition or disposition of products or companies or business units, expansion plans, financial
status and plans, compensation information, personnel information, and other business information and trade secrets of the Company, and
also as defined by the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, as amended from time to time.

 

(e)    For
purposes of this Agreement, “I&VT” shall mean the Integration and Values Team or any successor team or group constituted
by the Company from time to time.

 

(f)     For purposes of this
Agreement, “Restricted Area” shall mean any geographic area in the world in which you worked or for which you had job responsibilities,
including supervisory responsibilities, during the last twelve (12) months of your employment with IBM. You acknowledge that as a result
of your membership in the I&VT your job responsibilities with the Company are global in scope.

 

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3.       Acknowledgements.

 

You acknowledge that a mere
agreement not to disclose, use. or rely on IBM Confidential Information after your employment by IBM ends would be inadequate,
standing alone, to protect IBM’s legitimate business interests. You further acknowledge that disclosure of, use of. or reliance on
IBM Confidential Information, whether or not intentional, is often difficult or impossible for the Company to detect until it is too
late to obtain any effective remedy. You further acknowledge that the Company would suffer irreparable harm if you fail to comply
with Paragraph I or otherwise improperly disclose, use, or rely on IBM Confidential Information. You acknowledge that the
restrictions set forth in Paragraph I are reasonable as to geography and duration.

 

4.       Termination
without Cause.

 

In the event
that IBM terminates your employment without Cause. IBM may elect in its sole discretion to offer to you severance payments (in an amount
and on terms that IBM will determine, and disclose to you, prior to your termination of employment) in accordance with IBM’s regular
payroll practices and subject to all applicable foreign, federal, state and local withholdings or other taxes that IBM may from time
to time be required to withhold. In the event you agree to such payments and without limiting the generality of the foregoing. IBM may
cease making such payments under this Paragraph 4 if IBM believes that you are in breach of any of your obligations in this Agreement.
Without prejudice to any other remedies under this Agreement or under applicable law, IBM may also seek to recoup any payments made to
you under this Paragraph 4 if you breach any of your obligations under this Agreement

 

5.       Injunctive
Relief.

 

You agree
that the Company would suffer irreparable harm if you were to breach, or threaten to breach, any provision of this Agreement and
that the Company would by reason of such breach, or threatened breach, be entitled to injunctive relief in a court of appropriate
jurisdiction, without the need to post any bond, and you further consent and stipulate to the entry of such injunctive relief in
such a court prohibiting you from breaching this Agreement. This Paragraph 5 shall not, however, diminish the right of the Company
to claim and recover damages in addition to injunctive relief.

 

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6.       Severability.

 

In
the event that any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the validity and enforceability
of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. Moreover, if any one or more of the provisions contained
in this Agreement shall be held to be excessively broad as to duration, activity or subject, such provisions shall be construed by limiting
and reducing them so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent allowed by applicable law. Furthermore, a determination in any jurisdiction
that this Agreement, in whole or in part, is invalid or unenforceable shall not in any way affect or impair the validity or enforceability
of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.

 

7.       Captions.

 

The captions
in this Agreement are inserted for convenience and reference only and shall in no way affect, define, limit or describe the scope, intent
or construction of any provision hereof.

 

8.       Waiver.

 

The
failure of IBM to enforce any terms, provisions or covenants of this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of the same or of the
right of IBM to enforce the same. Waiver by IBM of any breach or default by you (or by any other employee or former employee of IBM)
of any term or provision of this Agreement (or any similar agreement between IBM and you or any other employee or former employee of
IBM) shall not operate as a waiver of any other breach or default.

 

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9.       Successors
and Assigns.

 

This Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of and be binding upon IBM, any successor organization which shall succeed to IBM by acquisition, merger, consolidation
or operation of law, or by acquisition of assets of IBM and any assigns. You may not assign your obligations under this Agreement.

 

10.     Disclosure
of Existence of Covenants.

 

You
agree that while employed by IBM and for two (2) years thereafter, you will communicate the contents of this Agreement to any
person, firm, association, partnership, corporation or other entity which you intend to be employed by, associated with or
represent, prior to accepting such employment, association, or representation,

 

11.     Notice
to IBM of Prospective Position.

 

You
agree that if, at any time during your employment or within twelve (12) months following the termination of your employment with IBM,
you are offered and intend to accept a position to Engage in or Associate with any person, firm, association, partnership, corporation
or other entity other than the Company, you will provide the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for IBM Corporation with two weeks’
written notice prior to accepting any such position. If for any reason you cannot, despite using your best efforts, provide the two weeks’
notice prior to accepting any such position, you agree that you will provide two weeks’ notice prior to commencing that new position.
You acknowledge and agree that a two week notice period is appropriate and necessary to permit IBM to determine whether, in its view,
your proposed new position could lead to a violation of this Agreement, and you agree that you will provide IBM with such information
as IBM may request to allow IBM to complete its assessment (except that you need not provide any information that would constitute confidential
or trade secret information of any entity other than the Company). If you are offered and intend to accept such a position while you
are still employed by IBM, you further acknowledge and agree that during the two-week notice period required by this Paragraph, IBM may
choose, in its sole discretion, to limit your duties in your position with IBM and to restrict your access to IBM’s premises, systems,
products, information, and employees.

 

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12.    No
Oral Modification.

 

This Agreement
may not be changed orally, but may be changed only in a writing signed by the Employee and a duly authorized representative of IBM.

 

13.    Entire
Agreement.

 

Although this
Agreement sets forth the entire understanding between the Employee and IBM concerning the restrictive covenants herein, this Agreement
does not impair, diminish, restrict or waive any other restrictive covenant, nondisclosure obligation or confidentiality obligation of
the Employee to IBM under any other agreement, policy, plan or program of IBM. The Employee and IBM represent that, in executing this
Agreement, the Employee and IBM have not relied upon any representations or statements made, other than those set forth herein, with regard
to the subject matter, basis or effect of this Agreement.

 

14.    Governing
Law and Choice of Forum.

 

This Agreement shall
be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of law rules. The
parties acknowledge that the state and federal courts in New York and Westchester Counties have substantial experience in commercial
disputes, including noncompetition and other employment related matters. For this reason, the parties agree that any action or proceeding
with respect to this Agreement shall be brought exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in New York County or Westchester
County, New York. The parties agree to the personal jurisdiction thereof, and irrevocably waive any objection to the venue of such action,
including any objection that the action has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

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	Edward J. Sebold	 
	Edward J. Sebold (Print)	 

 

	/s/ Edward J. Sebold	 
	Edward J. Sebold (Signature)	 

 

	4/25/2012	 
	Date	 

 

	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 

MACHINES CORPORATION	 

 

	By:	/s/ J. Randall
                                                                     MacDonald 	

	J. Randall MacDonald 

Senior VP - Human Resources	 

 

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