Timeline: The long path to a Dell buyout

By Poornima Gupta and Greg Roumeliotis SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dell Inc founder Michael Dell's efforts to take the PC company private began last summer with an idea pitched by its top institutional shareholder, Southeastern Asset Management. Here is a timeline of the discussions as disclosed on Friday in Dell's preliminary proxy statement: June 15, 2012 -- Southeastern Asset Management, which owns 146.5 million shares or about 8.4 percent of Dell, contacts CEO Michael Dell to suggest "a going private transaction" and expresses the fund's interest in participating in it. ...



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