Date 10/26/2008

Diluted earnings of $2.05 per share, up 22 percent;
Net income of $2.8 billion, up 20 percent;
Total revenues of $25.3 billion, up 5 percent;
Global Technology Services revenues up 8 percent; pre-tax income up 16 percent;
Global Business Services revenues up 7 percent; pre-tax income up 39 percent;
Total services pre-tax margin at six-year high;
Services signings of $12.7 billion, down 4 percent; short-term services signings up 13 percent;
Software revenues up 12 percent; pre-tax income up 19 percent;
System z mainframe revenues up 25 percent;
E/ME/A revenues up 10 percent; Asia Pacific up 6 percent; Americas up 3 percent;
Revenues from growth markets up 13 percent.