Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Reuters: Technology News: Icahn agrees to limit Dell stake, can team up on bid

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Icahn agrees to limit Dell stake, can team up on bid
Apr 16th 2013, 13:09

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A man wipes the logo of the Dell IT firm at the CeBIT exhibition centre in Hannover February 28, 2010. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A man wipes the logo of the Dell IT firm at the CeBIT exhibition centre in Hannover February 28, 2010.

Credit: Reuters/Thomas Peter

Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:09am EDT

(Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has agreed to limit his investment in Dell Inc and in return can team up with other shareholders on a potential bid for the personal computer maker, Dell said on Tuesday.

An agreement with activist investor Icahn prevents him from buying shares that would bring his Dell ownership to more than 10 percent or signing deals with other shareholders that would bring their collective ownership to more than 15 percent, Dell said.

Icahn, who owns a $1 billion stake in Dell, is part of a group of shareholders opposed to a proposal by founder Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake to take the company private.

Icahn and private equity company Blackstone have each offered alternative that would keep part of the company public. They have had preliminary talks about working together.

Southeastern Asset Management, the activist investor that owns 8.4 percent of Dell, said earlier this month the computer maker's evaluation of a $24.4 billion leveraged buyout deal with its founder and buyout firm Silver Lake was flawed.

Southeastern published a letter it sent to Dell's board of directors asserting the company's March 29 proxy statement failed to make a compelling case for shareholders to accept the $13.65 per share offer from Michael Dell and Silver Lake. The letter says Dell's special committee did not properly explore all options.

Dell was regarded as a model of innovation as recently as the early 2000s but has struggled to make up for declining market share of the global PC market.

(Reporting by Nicola Leske; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick and Jeffrey Benkoe)

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A better description of Icahn would be "Corporate Raiding, Company Killing, Greedy MFing Carl Icahn".

Apr 16, 2013 10:17am EDT  --  Report as abuse
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