According to Taiwan's "Business Times" reported, IBM has announced the 4th quarter of last year's brilliant performance, the company's stock price so high Diego, according to Bloomberg News reported Thursday that IBM CEO Sam Palmisano has decided to give non-supervisory employees of long-term per share value of USD 1,000 as the red envelopes.

Palmisano, in his letter to company employees in a memo that, IBM continue to beat the market with competitors, and the company's strategic growth plan has also made exciting progress.

Palmisano wrote in the memo: "My long-term success, IBM is more than 400,000 people work, innovation and superior execution under the the product. "

he said, IBM2010-year strategic plan since 2007, at the end of 2010, and consistent performance in this period of non- supervisory staff will receive shares of IBM. These shares will be released in 2015.

understanding of this situation according to one anonymous pointed out that as many as hundreds of thousands of IBM employees will receive this award.

to date by the end of December last year, IBM employs 40 people. But in the end the company's spokesman did not say how many employees will get this award.

IBM has announced the 4th quarter of last year's results, performance has been outstanding, beating analysts had forecast, but also in enterprises to increase expenditure on hardware and software, all sectors of the business rise in income are reported.

IBM also said the company is moving towards the year 2015 U.S. dollars per share, operating profit more than doubled to long-term goal.

IBM shares rose 11 cents Thursday to $ 155.8 per share, hit a new high, the stock rose 12%last year.