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Published on 9/6/2017 in the Prospect News Investment Grade Daily.

New Issue: IBM prices $2 billion of fixed-, floating-rate notes in five tranches

By Devika Patel

Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 6 – IBM Credit LLC priced $2 billion of notes (A1/A+/A+) in five tranches on Tuesday, according to an FWP filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The company priced $600 million of two-year floating-rate notes at par to yield Libor plus 15 basis points.

The company also sold $600 million of four-year floating-rate notes at par to yield Libor plus 26 bps.

IBM sold $800 million of 1.625% two-year notes at a spread of Treasuries plus 37 basis points. These notes priced at 99.924 to yield 1.664%.

A $500 million tranche of 1.8% four-year notes priced at a spread of 47 bps over Treasuries. These notes priced at 99.793 to yield 1.864%.

IBM brought $500 million of 2.2% five-year notes at Treasuries plus 55 bps. These notes priced at par.

BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities LLC are the bookrunners.

Proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes.

The company is a subsidiary of International Business Machines Corp., an information technology and computer company is based in Armonk, N.Y.

Issuer:IBM Credit LLC
Amount:$2 billion
Description:Notes
Bookrunners:BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities LLC
Co-managers:ANZ Securities, Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC and TD Securities (USA) LLC
Trade date:Sept. 5
Settlement date:Sept. 8
Ratings:Moody’s: A1
S&P: A+
Fitch: A+
Distribution:SEC registered
Two-year floaters
Amount:$600 million
Maturity:Sept. 6, 2019
Coupon:Libor plus 15 bps
Price:Par
Yield:Libor plus 15 bps
Call feature:Non-callable
Four-year floaters
Amount:$600 million
Maturity:Jan. 20, 2021
Coupon:Libor plus 26 bps
Price:Par
Yield:Libor plus 26 bps
Call feature:Non-callable
Two-year notes
Amount:$800 million
Maturity:Sept. 6, 2019
Coupon:1.625%
Price:99.924
Yield:1.664%
Spread:Treasuries plus 37 bps
Call feature:Make-whole call at Treasuries plus 7 bps at any time
Four-year notes
Amount:$500 million
Maturity:Jan. 20, 2021
Coupon:1.8%
Price:99.793
Yield:1.864%
Spread:Treasuries plus 47 bps
Call feature:Make-whole call at Treasuries plus 10 bps at any time
Five-year notes
Amount:$500 million
Maturity:Sept. 8, 2022
Coupon:2.2%
Price:Par
Yield:2.2%
Spread:Treasuries plus 55 bps
Call feature:Make-whole call at Treasuries plus 12.5 bps at any time

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