Withdrawal Announcement 900-315 
                          December 19, 2000 

                          Declaration of Plan to Discontinue Lease,
                          Rental, and Maintenance Services for Selected
                          Machines 

 


                          Overview

                          Periodically, IBM provides notice to customers of plans to terminate lease, rental, and maintenance services for
                          machines under an IBM Agreement. At this time, we are providing notice that selected machine types and
                          models will be discontinued from lease, rental, and maintenance services. Refer to the Withdrawn Machine
                          Types and Models section for a complete list of the machine types and models, and the effective dates. 

                          IBM will not send any further correspondence of this nature for these machines. 

                          Description

                          Withdrawn Machine Types and Models

                          IBM will withdraw from its lease, rental, and maintenance agreements, the following IBM machine types/models
                          effective March 31, 2001: 

                                    Machine
                                    Type           Model

                                    7209           002

                          IBM will withdraw from its lease, rental, and maintenance agreements, the following IBM machine types/models
                          effective June 30, 2001: 

                                    Machine
                                    Type           Model

                                    1358           All
                                    3900           120, 160, 600, 900
                                    7590           002

                          IBM will withdraw from its lease, rental, and maintenance agreements, the following IBM machine types/models
                          effective September 30, 2001: 

                                    Machine
                                    Type           Model

                                    7586           40P

                          IBM will withdraw from its lease, rental, and maintenance agreements, the following IBM machine types/models
                          effective December 31, 2001: 

                                    Machine
                                    Type           Model

                                    3812           All
                                    3816           All
                                    3930           All

                          IBM will withdraw from its lease, rental, and maintenance agreements, the following IBM machine types/models
                          effective December 31, 2002: 

                                    Machine
                                    Type           Model

                                    7592           R01, RM1