Michael Dell has won the battle to take the company he founded in 1984 private after shareholders voted in favour of the deal on the table from Michael Dell and private equity company Silver Lake. It means that the company will be taken ...
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Dell founder Michael Dell and investor Silver Lake Management have had their proposed $24.9bn buyout of ailing PC maker Dell approved by holders of the voting shares. The buyout, which is the largest of its kind since 2007, has been ...
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Dell's board has struck down new shareholder voting guidelines for a buyout proposed by company founder Michael Dell and his associates, Silver Lake Partners, which are in a fight with investor Carl Icahn to take the PC maker private. ...
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Prominent shareholder advisory group Institutional Shareholder Services has given a stamp of approval to Dell founder Michael Dell's bid to take the company private. "ISS recommends clients vote for this transaction, which offers a 25.5 ...
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Carl Icahn has acquired a larger stake in Dell and called for a better buyout offer than the proposal of US$13.65 per share from Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners. Icahn has proposed that Dell commence a tender offer for around 1.1 ...
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The board of Dell has backed its founder's bid for the company in partnership with venture capital firm Silver Lake. A special committee set up by the company has recommended Michael Dell's bid, rejecting an alternative offer from ...
A plan proposed by Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management last week as an alternative to Michael Dell's proposal to take his namesake company private would leave it short of cash, Dell's board warned the bidders on Monday. It wants ...
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DELL has acquired cloud software firm Enstratius as part of the computer maker's efforts to diversify and reduce its dependence on the slow-growing PC segment. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The announcement comes with Dell ...
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The Blackstone Group has pulled out of the race to buy Dell. The investment group, together with tech investors Insight Venture Partners and Francisco Partners, had made an original offer of $14.25 per share (£9.28). Further ...
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Dell last week released a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that highlighted commercial considerations that led to the firm looking to go private, citing the financial outlook for the PC market as a primary reason. ...
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A special committee of Dell board members is apparently looking at takeover proposals to rival original owner Michael Dell's private offer of $24.4bn (£16bn). According to source quoted by Reuters, higher bids from Investment group ...
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Michael Dell is facing new opposition to his plan to take his eponymously named company private after "activist investor" Carl Icahn demanded a $15.7bn (£10.4bn) special dividend. The billionaire investor wants to force Dell to pay ...
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