First Amendment to the $10,250,000,000 Amended and Restated Five-Year Credit Agreement dated as of July 2, 2020, among International Business Machines Corporation, as the Borrower, the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties to such agreement, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, BNP Paribas, Citibank, N.A., and Royal Bank of Canada and Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as Syndication Agents, and the Documentation Agents named therein

(i)          adding the following new defined terms in the appropriate alphabetical order:

““Affected Financial Institution”: (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.

“IBA”: as defined in Section 1.3.

“Resolution Authority”: an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.

“UK Financial Institutions”: any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.

“UK Resolution Authority”: the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.”;

(ii)          amending and restating the definition of “Bail-In Action” in its entirety, as follows:

““Bail-In Action”: the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.”; and

(iii)          amending and restating the definition of “Bail-In Legislation” in its entirety, as follows:

““Bail-In Legislation”: (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).”

(iv)          amending and restating the definition of “Write-Down and Conversion Powers” in its entirety, as follows:

““Write-Down and Conversion Powers”:  (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-in Legislation Schedule to cancel, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations, of that Person or any other Person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.”

“1.3          Interest Rates; LIBOR Notification.  The interest rate on a Loan denominated in Dollars or Euros may be derived from an interest rate benchmark that is, or may in the future become, the subject of regulatory reform.  Regulators have signaled the need to use alternative benchmark reference rates for some of these interest rate benchmarks and, as a result, such interest rate benchmarks may cease to comply with applicable laws and regulations, may be permanently discontinued, and/or the basis on which they are calculated may change. The London interbank offered rate is intended to represent the rate at which contributing banks may obtain short-term borrowings from each other in the London interbank market.  In July 2017, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority announced that, after the end of 2021, it would no longer persuade or compel contributing banks to make rate submissions to the ICE Benchmark Administration (together with any successor to the ICE Benchmark Administrator, the “IBA”) for purposes of the IBA setting the London interbank offered rate.  As a result, it is possible that commencing in 2022, the London interbank offered rate may no longer be available or may no longer be deemed an appropriate reference rate upon which to determine the interest rate on Eurodollar Loans. In light of this eventuality, public and private sector industry initiatives are currently underway to identify new or alternative reference rates to be used in place of the London interbank offered rate.  Section 2.14(b) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest.  The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrowers, pursuant to Section 2.14(b), of any change to the reference rate upon which the interest rate on Eurodollar Loans or Index Rate Competitive Loans is based (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the establishment of any alternate rate of interest shall be subject to the requirements of Section 2.14(b) in all respects).  However, the Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept

any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission or any other matter related to the London interbank offered rate or other rates in the definition of “Eurodollar Rate” or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof (including, without limitation, any such alternative, successor or replacement rate implemented pursuant to Section 2.14(b)), including without limitation, whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the Eurodollar Rate or have the same volume or liquidity as did the London interbank offered rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailability.”

“(or in the case of an Extension Request delivered during the year ended December 31, 2021, by two years, so long as no Extension Request was delivered during the year ended December 31, 2020)”

(i)          inserting the following language before the parenthetical at the end of clause (d):

“, regardless of whether such claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding is brought by IBM or any Subsidiary Borrower”

“; provided, that no Borrower shall have any obligation hereunder to any indemnified person with respect to indemnified liabilities arising from (x) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such indemnified person, its affiliates or the directors, officers, employees and agents of such indemnified person, acting as such, in each case as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or (y) a material breach by such indemnified person, its affiliates or the directors, officers, employees and agents of such indemnified person, acting as such, of its or their obligations under this Agreement, in each case as determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction”

(iii)          inserting the following proviso after the penultimate sentence of Section 11.5:

“; provided, that nothing in this sentence shall relieve IBM or any Subsidiary Borrower of any obligation it may have to indemnify an indemnified person, as provided in this paragraph, against any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages asserted against such indemnified person by a third party and the foregoing waivers shall be in addition to IBM and each Subsidiary Borrower’s indemnification obligations under this Agreement.”

“11.26          Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under this Agreement may be subject to the

Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

(a)         the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and

(b)         the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

(i)          a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

(ii)         a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement; or

(iii)        the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.”

(a)  the Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received duly executed counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of IBM and Lenders representing the Required Lenders;

(b)  the 364-Day Credit Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2020, among IBM, IBM Credit LLC, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, shall be effective; and

(c)  on or before the First Amendment Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received, for its own account and the account of each Lender, as applicable, the fees and expenses in the amounts and on the dates previously agreed to in writing by IBM.

(a)  as of the First Amendment Effective Date, each of the representations and warranties made by any Borrower in or pursuant to the Credit Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the First Amendment Effective Date as if made on and as of the First Amendment Effective Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date; and

(b)  both immediately prior to and after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the First Amendment Effective Date.

SECTION 5.  Expenses.  IBM shall reimburse the Administrative Agent for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including, reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees, in connection with or relating to this Amendment.

SECTION 6.  Integration.  This Amendment represents the agreement of IBM, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent or any such Lender relative to subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein.

Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of (x) this Amendment that is an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record (an “Electronic Signature”) transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.  The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this Amendment shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in any electronic form (including deliveries by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be; provided that nothing in this Amendment shall require the Administrative Agent to accept Electronic Signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent and pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided, further, without limiting the foregoing, (i) to the extent the Administrative Agent has agreed to accept any Electronic Signature, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders shall be entitled to rely on such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of IBM without further verification thereof and without any obligation

to review the appearance or form of any such Electronic Signature and (ii) upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any Electronic Signature  shall be promptly followed by a manually executed counterpart.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, IBM hereby (i) agrees that, for all purposes, including without limitation, in connection with any workout, restructuring, enforcement of remedies, bankruptcy proceedings or litigation among the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and IBM, Electronic Signatures transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page and/or any electronic images of this Amendment shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as any paper original, (ii) the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders may, at its option, create one or more copies of this Amendment in the form of an imaged electronic record in any format, which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, and destroy the original paper document (and all such electronic records shall be considered an original for all purposes and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record), (iii) waives any argument, defense or right to contest the legal effect, validity or enforceability of this Amendment based solely on the lack of paper original copies of this Amendment, including with respect to any signature pages thereto and (iv) waives any claim against any indemnified person for any Liabilities arising solely from the Administrative Agent’s and/or any Lender’s reliance on or use of Electronic Signatures and/or transmissions by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page, including any indemnified liabilities arising as a result of the failure of IBM to use any available security measures in connection with the execution, delivery or transmission of any Electronic Signature.

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	INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ Simon J. Beaumont
		Name:	Simon J. Beaumont
		Title:	Vice President and Treasurer