Icahn Proposes Dell (DELL) Start Offer for 1.1B Shares at $14/Share
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Open Letter To Dell Shareholders
NEW YORK, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Â Carl C. Icahn and his affiliates today delivered the following open letter to shareholders of Dell Inc.Â
Dear Fellow Dell Shareholders:
We take this opportunity to respond to rumors regarding the availability of financing for our proposal for a recapitalization at Dell and to address recent statements by Dell that demean the prospects of Dell. We are amazed by these statements by the Dell Board. In what other context would the person tasked with selling a product actually spend their efforts negatively positioning the very product they are trying to sell? Is that how the supposed "go-shop" was conducted? Can you imagine a real estate broker running advertisements warning of termite danger in a house each time a prospective buyer seems interested? Dell's statements, and in particular the June 5 presentation by Dell, only convinces us further that the $13.65 price in the pending Michael Dell/Silver Lake deal significantly undervalues the Company.  We have also come to the conclusion that a Board that has circulated this information while we were attempting to proceed with our proposed recapitalization (which would allow Dell stockholders the opportunity to retain their Dell shares and to elect to receive a distribution of either $12.00 per share in cash, or $12.00 in additional shares of Dell common stock valued at $1.65 per share), will never accept our proposal as a Superior Proposal as defined in Dell's February 5 Merger Agreement. As a result, and in order to settle all questions regarding liquidity, we propose that Dell engage in the $14 per share tender offer described below. In order to implement our tender offer proposal we will: (1) seek to defeat the Michael Dell/Silver Lake transaction at the July 18 Special Meeting and we ask you to vote against that transaction as we believe the $13.65 per share purchase price substantially undervalues Dell; and (2) once the Michael Dell/Silver Lake transaction is defeated, seek to elect our slate of directors at the 2013 Dell annual meeting of shareholders to implement our proposed $14 per share tender offer.
We propose that Dell commence a tender offer for approximately 1.1 billion Dell... More
