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Shareholder Services Has Given a Stamp of Approval to Dell Founder Michael Dell's Bid
Jul 10, 2013Prominent 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 ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Dell's Special Committee Has Advised Company Founder to Raise His Acquisition Offer
Jul 5, 2013Dell's special committee has advised company founder, and prospective new owner, Michael Dell, to raise his acquisition offer following an improved counter-offer by rival Carl Icahn and his associate investors. The independent committee, ...
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Icahn Is Approaching Investors for $5.2bn in Loans to Buy out Ailing PC Maker DELL
Jun 26, 2013Billionaire Carl Icahn is approaching investors for$5.2bn in loans to back an alternative bid to buy out ailing PC maker Dell. Icahn,who will become Dell's largest external investor if Southeastern sell him about$1bn of its Dell shares,is ...
Tags: Carl Icahn, Dell, PC, investor
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The Dell Buyout Saga Continues Apace
May 13, 2013The Dell buyout saga continues apace, with activist investor Carl Icahn teaming up with Southeastern Asset Management to provide yet another alternative to founder Michael Dell's $24.4bn (£15.9bn) offer to buy back his company. In a ...
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Dell Last Week Released a Filing to The US SEC
Apr 3, 2013Dell 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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DELL Board Is Apparently Looking at Takeover Proposals to Dell's Private Offer of $24.4bn
Mar 25, 2013A 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
Mar 11, 2013Michael 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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Thomas Cook Has Improved Its Website Performance with The Use of Dell's Monitoring Tool
Feb 17, 2013Travel company Thomas Cook has improved its website performance with the use of Dell's Foglight Performance Monitoring tool, resulting in an estimated 30 per cent increase in bookings. The tool, which is based on technology that Dell ...
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Southeastern Has Written a Letter to Dell's Board of Directors to Express Disappointment
Feb 17, 2013Southeastern Asset Management, Dell's biggest external shareholder, has written a letter to Dell's board of directors to express its "extreme disappointment" at the company's $24.4bn (£15.54bn) buyout deal, claiming that it "grossly ...
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Michael Dell Might Be Celebrating Having Agreed a Buyout for His Company
Feb 16, 2013Michael Dell might be celebrating having agreed a buyout for his company, but $24.4 billion leveraged deal has seen a backlash, with one of the company’s largest shareholders, Southeastern Asset Management, planning to oppose the ...
Tags: Dell, buyout, Southeastern Asset Management
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Sharemarket Rebounded After US Stocks Rose Due to Better-Than-Expected Economic Data
Feb 6, 2013The sharemarket rebounded today after US stocks rose due to better-than-expected economic data, suggesting optimism over the global economy is stronger than political concerns in Spain and Italy. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 0.8 ...
Tags: US Indexes, economy
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Dell Has Announced That It Is to Be Acquired by Its Founder Michael Dell
Feb 5, 2013PC manufacturer Dell has announced that it is to be acquired by its founder Michael Dell, and his private equity investment partners Silver Lake. In a statement on Dell's website, the firm explained that Dell stockholders will receive ...
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Dell Will Launch His Private-Equity-Backed Plan to Take Dell, The Company He Started
Feb 4, 2013Michael Dell will launch his private-equity-backed plan to take Dell, the company he started in 1984, private as early as next week. The founder and CEO of the PC vendor is expected to offer $24bn (£15.3bn) or more with the backing ...
Tags: Michael Dell, Silver Lake Partners, Dell
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Microsoft May Be Planning to Invest Between $1 Billion and $3 Billion as a Buyout of Dell
Jan 24, 2013A Tuesday report from CNBC hinted that Microsoft may be planning to invest between $1 billion and $3 billion as part of a leveraged buyout of Dell. Citing “sources close to the matter,” the network’s David Faber said ...
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DELL Is Said to Be Close to Being Bought out for About $24bn as The Crisis Amid PC Makers
Jan 23, 2013Dell is said to be close to being bought out for about $24bn (£15.1bn) as the crisis amid PC makers takes its toll on one of the world's largest technology firms. The company, which has switched its focus from producing PCs to ...
Tags: Dell, PC, IT service