Dell Inc. : taking the company private (B) / Edward Hjerpe, Joseph Yang, Vincent Veschi, James S. O'Rourke.
In February of 2013, Michael Dell of Dell Inc. and Silver Lake Partners, a private equity firm, announced a merger agreement to buy back shares of Dell Inc. stock and take the company private. Years of decline in the PC market and a falling stock price were believed to be the reason why the two part...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | In February of 2013, Michael Dell of Dell Inc. and Silver Lake Partners, a private equity firm, announced a merger agreement to buy back shares of Dell Inc. stock and take the company private. Years of decline in the PC market and a falling stock price were believed to be the reason why the two parties wanted to take Dell Inc. off the market. Corporate Raider Carl Icahn got wind of the private negotiations, and issued a letter to the Dell Inc. board criticizing the deal and proposing a better offer. Dell Inc. is faced with issuing a response to Icahn and shareholders about the best options for Dell moving forward. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in Hjerpe, E., Yang, J., Veschi, V., & ORourke, J. S. (2014). Dell Inc.: Taking the company private (B). 14-06 (B). Notre Dame, IN: The Eugene D. Fanning Center for Business Communication, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 1526403145 9781526403148 |