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China's Lenovo Group signed a definitive agreement on Wednesday to acquire IBM's personal computing division. Lenovo will pay $1.25 billion in cash and equity for the business, which is expected to transform it into the world's No. 3 PC maker, the companies announced.

In addition to money, IBM will also take a 18.9 percent stake in Lenovo, they said. The cash and equity, combined with the assumption of debt, brings the total value of the deal to about $1.75 billion. It is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2005.

A deal between the two companies comes as no surprise. It's been the talk of the PC industry since last week, when reports of IBM's plans to sell its PC business appeared in The New York Times. However, few details were known about the nature of the deal and its possible affect on IBM's existing PC customers until the announcement on Wednesday.

IBM and Lenovo said customers will see no change in product