International Business Machines Corporation Provides Information to the Shareholders

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is one of the world's leading computer services companies. Net sales break down by activity as follows: - cognitive solutions and transaction processing software development (41.4%); - IT services (31.6%): consulting (management of logistic chains, financial performance, CRM, human resources, etc.), application management, systems integration, cloud computing, hosting, technical support services, etc.; - sale of IT infrastructure (25.3%): hybrid IT infrastructure solutions, microcomputers, servers, peripheral devices, networks, data storage equipment, etc.; - financing of computer equipment (1%); - other (0.7%). Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (41.5%), Americas (9.8%), Europe/Middle East/Africa (29.7%), Japan (9%) and Asia/Pacific (10%).