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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 11-K
(Mark One)
     
þ   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009
OR
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from             to             .
Commission file number: 000-17017
A.   Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:
DELL INC. 401(k) PLAN
B.   Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:
DELL INC.
ONE DELL WAY
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS 78682
 
 

 


 

DELL INC. 401(k) PLAN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
       
 
       
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SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE —
       
 
       
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  NOTE:    Other schedules required by Section 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor’s Rules and
Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 have been omitted as there were no transactions of the type required to be disclosed in such
schedules.

 


 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Participants and Benefits Administration Committee of the Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan:
In our opinion, the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2009 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental Schedule H, Part IV, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2009 is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Dallas, Texas
June 24, 2010

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DELL INC. 401(k) PLAN
STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008

 
                 
    2009     2008  
(in thousands)
               
ASSETS:
               
Investments:
               
Mutual funds
  $ 838,804     $ 583,187  
Separately managed funds
    462,413       314,546  
Stable value fund
    219,013       232,373  
Dell Stock Fund
    147,020       114,411  
Common collective trust
    116,516       75,126  
Participant loans
    56,076       57,931  
Short-term investment funds
    2,001       3,528  
 
           
 
               
Total investments
    1,841,843       1,381,102  
 
               
Receivables:
               
Interest income
    498       3  
Due from broker — unsettled trades
    1,029       -     
Employer contributions
    6,576       9,778  
 
           
 
               
Total receivables
    8,103       9,781  
 
           
 
               
Total assets
    1,849,946       1,390,883  
 
               
LIABILITIES:
               
Administrative expenses payable
    963       837  
Due to broker
    54       1,305  
 
           
 
               
Total liabilities
    1,017       2,142  
 
           
 
               
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS AT FAIR VALUE
    1,848,929       1,388,741  
 
               
ADJUSTMENT FROM FAIR VALUE TO CONTRACT VALUE FOR FULLY BENEFIT-RESPONSIVE STABLE VALUE FUND
    4,493       14,377  
 
           
 
               
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
  $ 1,853,422     $ 1,403,118  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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DELL INC. 401(k) PLAN
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009

 
         
(in thousands)
       
ADDITIONS:
       
Contributions:
       
Employee
  $ 139,642  
Employer
    90,356  
Employee rollovers
    12,035  
 
     
 
       
Total contributions
    242,033  
 
     
 
       
Investment income:
       
Interest and dividends
    28,116  
Interest on participant loans
    3,280  
Net appreciation in fair value of investments
    331,585  
 
     
 
       
Total investment income
    362,981  
 
     
 
       
Total additions
    605,014  
 
     
 
       
DEDUCTIONS:
       
Benefits paid to participants
    150,250  
Administrative expenses
    4,460  
 
     
 
       
Total deductions
    154,710  
 
     
 
       
INCREASE IN NET ASSETS
    450,304  
 
       
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS:
       
Beginning of year
    1,403,118  
 
     
 
       
End of year
  $ 1,853,422  
 
     
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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DELL INC. 401(k) PLAN
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008, AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009

 
1.   DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN
 
   
The following brief description of the Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan (the “Plan”) is provided for general information purposes only. Participants should refer to the Plan document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.
 
   
General — Dell Inc. (the “Company” or “Employer”) originally adopted the Plan on June 1, 1989, and subsequently amended and restated the Plan effective January 1, 2007, and January 1, 2009. The Benefits Administration Committee of the Company (“BAC”) controls and manages the operation and administration of the Plan.
 
   
The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering all U.S. resident employees of the Company who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Participation in the Plan is at the election of the employee. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”).
 
   
In 2006, the Company acquired Alienware Corporation (“Alienware”), and the Alienware employees became eligible to participate in the Plan on August 3, 2009. The BAC approved the assets of the Alienware Corporation Profit Sharing Plan & Trust to be merged into the Plan, with the transfer of participant accounts expected to occur by the end of 2011.
 
   
Dell acquired Perot Systems on November 3, 2009. As of January 1, 2010, the Perot Systems employees are eligible to participate in the Plan. The BAC approved the assets of the Perot Systems Corporation Retirement Savings Plan to be merged into the Plan, with the transfer of participant accounts to occur in 2010.
 
   
Participant Contributions — Contributions are made to the Plan by the Company on behalf of each eligible participant based upon the participant’s elected compensation deferral through payroll deductions. The deferrals are funded by the Company at the end of each payroll period. The amount eligible participants may elect to contribute to the Plan ranges from 1% to 50% of their eligible compensation, in whole percentages, up to the annual statutory limit of $16,500 as permitted by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“IRC”). Highly compensated employees, as defined by the IRC, may be subject to more restrictive maximum annual contribution limits if the Plan fails to satisfy certain testing criteria set forth in the IRC. The Plan relies on the safe harbor rules of Section 401(k)(12) of the IRC in order to satisfy the nondiscrimination testing requirements. Participants age 50 or over may elect to contribute an additional $5,500 (“catch-up contributions”) over the base statutory limit in accordance with the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001.
 
   
The Plan also permits employees to contribute balances from other qualified plans (“rollover contributions”).
 
   
Employer Contributions — For 2009, the Company matched 100% of the first 5% of eligible compensation that each participant contributed to the Plan. The Company’s matching contributions were made at the end of each payroll period. Additional discretionary Employer contributions may be made upon the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors.

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The Company made no additional discretionary contributions for the year ended December 31, 2009. All of the Company’s contributions are invested at the participant’s discretion among the fund elections. Neither participant, Company matching, nor discretionary contributions, if any, are required to be invested in the Dell Stock Fund.
 
   
Participant Accounts — Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions, allocations of Company matching and discretionary contributions, and Plan earnings or losses offset by withdrawals and Plan administrative expenses. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.
 
   
Vesting — Participants are immediately vested in their contributions and earnings thereon. Participants are also immediately vested in all Employer contributions and any earnings thereon.
 
   
Participants employed with the Company as of January 1, 2005, became fully vested in all Employer contributions and earnings thereon. Participants that terminated employment with the Company prior to January 1, 2005, forfeited unvested amounts to the Plan. If a portion of a participant’s account was forfeited and the participant returns to employment with the Company within five years from the date of termination, the previously forfeited amounts will be restored and fully vested if the Participant repays any prior distribution received from the Plan within five years from the participant’s date of rehire.
 
   
Forfeitures — Company contributions forfeited by unvested terminated participants may be used by the Company to satisfy Plan administrative expenses or to reduce future Company contributions. During 2009, $23,877 in forfeitures were used to reduce Company contributions. There were no unallocated forfeited non-vested accounts at December 31, 2009 and 2008.
 
   
Benefit Payments — Participants are entitled to receive a distribution of the vested portion of their account upon reaching age 591/2, termination of employment, disability, death, or in the event of financial hardship. A participant may defer benefit payments until reaching age 701/2, provided his or her vested account balance is greater than $5,000; otherwise, in the event of a distribution greater than $1,000 but less than $5,000, the participant may elect either a direct rollover to an individual retirement account (“IRA”) or another qualified plan or a lump-sum amount equal to the value of the vested portion of his or her account upon termination of service. If an employee fails to make an election of one of these options within 90 days of the termination date, his or her vested account balance will automatically be directed to a rollover IRA. Similarly, participants with a vested account balance of less than $1,000 may elect either of the options noted above. If an election is not made within 90 days of the termination date, the balance will be distributed to the participant in a lump sum. Payment of benefits prior to termination of service may be made under certain circumstances as defined by the Plan.
 
   
Administration and Plan Expenses — Plan assets are held in trust by J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Plan Trustee”). The Plan’s third-party recordkeeper is Hewitt Associates, LLP. Administrative expenses are primarily paid by the participants of the Plan and are allocated to participant accounts ratably based on fund balances.
 
   
Investments — The Plan is invested in mutual funds, a common collective trust, separately managed funds, the Dwight Stable Value Fund (the “Dwight Fund”) and the Dell Stock Fund. The following investments represent separately managed funds which are comprised of investments in common stocks, mutual funds and cash equivalents: Dell Inc. 401(k) Dodge & Cox Large Cap Fund, Dell Inc. 401(k) Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund, and the Dell Inc. 401(k) Times Square Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund (collectively, the “Core Funds”). The Plan invests in all investments on a unitized basis.
 
   
In addition to the Core Funds, participants may elect to contribute to funds that invest in a mix of the Core Funds and the Dwight Fund, based on target retirement dates (“Pre-Mixed Portfolios”). The Pre-Mixed Portfolios provide for diversification of investments based on the participants’ expected retirement date.

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The American Growth Fund and American Euro Pacific Growth Fund contain a trading restriction that requires shareholders who sell more than $5,000 from either fund to wait at least 30 days before repurchasing more than $5,000 worth of units of that fund per transaction. The restriction applies to transfers and reallocations of current account balances. The restriction does not apply to sales/purchases of $5,000 or less, rollovers, and retirement plan contributions and distributions. The restriction also excludes activity in any of the Pre-Mixed Portfolios that contain either the American Growth Fund or the American Euro Pacific Growth Fund.
 
   
Risks and Uncertainties — The Plan provides for various investments in common stock, short-term investments, mutual funds, a common collective trust, separately managed accounts, and the Dwight Fund. Investment securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market, and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, and the recent volatility in the financial markets, it is at least reasonably possible that changes will continue to occur in the near term that could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statement of net assets available for benefits.
 
   
Participant Loans — Participants may take out a maximum loan amount equal to the lesser of (i) $50,000 less the highest outstanding loan balance during the past 12 months or (ii) 50% of the available vested portion of their account balance less any current outstanding loan balance (minimum loan amount of $500). Each participant’s loan is collateralized by the participant’s vested account balance and is charged an interest rate equal to the prime rate on the date of loan origination plus 1.0% and a one-time fee of $75. Loan repayment period cannot exceed four and a half years except when the proceeds of the loan are used to acquire the participant’s primary residence, when the repayment period cannot exceed 20 years. At December 31, 2009, loans bore interest at rates ranging between 4.25% and 10.50% and are due at various dates through August 25, 2031.
 
   
Plan Termination — Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of Plan termination, Plan assets will be distributed in accordance with the Plan document.
 
2.   SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
   
Basis of Accounting — The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).
 
   
Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the use of management estimates. These estimates are subjective in nature and involve assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported amounts of investment income and deductions during the fiscal year. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
   
Contributions — Participant and Employer contributions are recorded in the period the Employer makes the payroll deduction or upon approval by the Company for discretionary Employer contributions, if any.
 
   
Investment Valuation and Income Recognition —The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Investments in shares of mutual funds are valued at quoted market prices, which represent the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year end.

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The investment in the common collective trust and separately managed accounts are stated at estimated fair value based on the fair value of the underlying investments and is allocated to participant accounts based on the unit value of the fund. Participant loans are valued using a discounted cash flow model.
 
   
The Dwight Fund is a stable value fund that is a separate account consisting of cash and fixed income investment funds wrapped with insurance contracts. The fair value of the Dwight Fund is based on the fair value of its underlying investments then adjusted by the issuer to contract value (see Note 3). Participants may ordinarily direct the withdrawal or transfer of all or a portion of their investment at contract value. Contract value represents contributions made to the fund, plus earnings, less participant withdrawals.
 
   
Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
 
   
The Plan presents, in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits, the net appreciation (depreciation) in the fair value of investments, which consist of realized gains and losses and the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on those investments.
 
   
Unit Values — Individual participant accounts invested in the common collective trust and separately managed accounts are maintained on a unit value basis. Participants do not have beneficial ownership in specific underlying securities or other assets in the common collective trust or the separately managed accounts, but have an interest therein represented by units valued as of the last business day of the period. The common collective trust and the separately managed accounts earn dividends and interest, which are automatically reinvested in additional units. Generally, contributions to and withdrawal payments from the common collective trust and the separately managed accounts are converted to units by dividing the amounts of such transactions by the unit values as last determined, and the participants’ accounts are charged or credited with the number of units properly attributable to each participant.
 
   
Contract Value — The Dwight Fund is considered to be a stable value fund and is therefore required to be reported at fair value. However, contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined-contribution plan attributable to direct or indirect investment in fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. As required by the applicable accounting guidance on the Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts, the statement of net assets available for benefits presents the Dwight Fund at fair value, and an additional line item is presented representing the adjustment from fair value to contract value. The statement of changes in net assets available for benefits is prepared on a contract value basis.
 
   
Payment of Benefits — Benefits are recorded when paid.
 
   
Accounting Pronouncements — The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) is the authoritative body for financial accounting and reporting in the United States.
 
   
During 2009, the Plan adopted fair value measurements guidance for all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a nonrecurring basis. In addition, the Plan adopted the new FASB fair value guidance related to the valuation of instruments in inactive markets and guidance related to the measurement of liabilities. The Plan’s adoption of these new pronouncements did not have a material impact on the Plan financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009 (see Note 3).

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In January 2010, the FASB issued additional guidance on the disclosure of fair value measurements, related to transfers in and out of Levels 1 and 2, and separate disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in Level 3. The new guidance also provides clarification on other disclosures related to the level of disaggregation among assets and liabilities and to the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value. As this new guidance provides only disclosure requirements, the adoption will not have any effect on the Plan’s reported net assets or changes in net assets.
 
   
Reclassification — Certain prior period balances have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. There was no impact on net assets available for benefits related to this reclassification.
 
3.  
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
 
   
The following tables present the hierarchy for the Plan’s assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2009 and 2008.
                                       
  December 31, 2009
  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3    
  Quoted            
  Prices in            
  Active   Significant        
  Markets for   Other   Significant    
  Identical   Observable   Unobservable    
  Assets   Inputs   Inputs   Total
  (in thousands)
Mutual funds:
                                     
Fixed income funds
  $ -          $ 216,840       $ -          $ 216,840  
Domestic equity funds
    -            290,859         -            290,859  
International equity funds
    -            331,105         -            331,105  
 
                             
Total mutual funds
    -            838,804         -            838,804  
 
                                     
Separately managed funds:
                                     
Mutual funds - fixed income
    -            62,897         -            62,897  
Short-term investment funds
    18,710         -            -            18,710  
Common stock
    380,806         -            -            380,806  
 
                             
Total separately managed funds
    399,516         62,897         -            462,413  
 
                                     
Stable value fund:
                                     
Fixed income funds
    -            204,880         -            204,880  
Short-term investment funds
    13,756         -            -            13,756  
Synthetic contract wrappers
    -            377         -            377  
 
                             
Total stable value fund
    13,756         205,257         -            219,013  
 
                                     
Dell Stock Fund
    147,020         -            -            147,020  
Common collective trust
    -            116,516         -            116,516  
Participant loans
    -            56,076         -            56,076  
Short-term investment funds
    2,001         -            -            2,001  
 
                             
 
                                     
Total assets measured at fair value
  $ 562,293       $ 1,279,550       $ -          $ 1,841,843  
 
                             

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  December 31, 2008
  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3    
  Quoted            
  Prices in            
  Active   Significant        
  Markets for   Other   Significant    
  Identical   Observable   Unobservable    
  Assets   Inputs   Inputs   Total
  (in thousands)
Mutual funds:
                                     
Fixed income funds
  $ -          $ 169,240       $ -          $ 169,240  
Growth funds
    -            210,908         -            210,908  
International equity funds
    -            203,039         -            203,039  
 
                             
Total mutual funds
    -            583,187         -            583,187  
 
                                     
Separately managed funds:
                                     
Mutual funds - fixed income
    -            64,602         -            64,602  
Short-term investment funds
    16,032         -            -            16,032  
Common stock
    233,912         -            -            233,912  
 
                             
Total separately managed funds
    249,944         64,602         -            314,546  
 
                                     
Stable value fund:
                                     
Fixed income funds
    -            189,333         -            189,333  
Short-term investment funds
    42,658         -            -            42,658  
Synthetic contract wrappers
    -            382         -            382  
 
                             
Total stable value fund
    42,658         189,715         -            232,373  
 
                                     
Dell Stock Fund
    114,411         -            -            114,411  
Common collective trust
    -            75,126         -            75,126  
Participant loans
    -            57,931         -            57,931  
Short-term investment funds
    3,528         -            -            3,528  
 
                             
 
                                     
Total assets measured at fair value
  $ 410,541       $ 970,561       $ -          $ 1,381,102  
 
                             
   
The valuation methods described in Note 2 may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future values. Furthermore, although the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.

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The following is a description of valuation methodologies used for the fair value measurements of investments:
     
Mutual funds
 
Consists of registered investment companies investments valued at their net asset value, which can be market corroborated.
 
   
Separately managed funds
 
Consists of various common stocks and mutual funds. The values of the separately managed funds may be market corroborated as their underlying investments are the following: stocks, level 1, are valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which the security is traded and mutual funds, level 2, are valued at their net asset value, which can be market corroborated.
 
   
Stable value fund
 
Consists of cash and fixed income investment funds wrapped with insurance contracts. The fixed income investment funds are valued at their net asset value, and the fair value of the wrapped insurance contracts is determined using a discounted cash flow model with inputs derived from observable market data. The valuation of the wrapped insurance contracts is not significant to the overall valuation of the Fund.
 
   
Dell Stock Fund
 
Consists of Dell stock which is valued at the closing price reported on the active market.
 
   
Common collective trust
 
Consists of a common collective trust valued at estimated fair value by the issuer of the fund, and can be market corroborated.
 
   
Participant loans
 
Valued at fair value using a discounted cash flow model with inputs derived from observable market data.
 
   
Short-term investment funds
 
Consists of money market funds, which are valued at their net asset value, which can be market corroborated.

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4.  
INVESTMENTS
 
   
The following table presents investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets at December 31:
                 
    2009   2008
    (in thousands)  
Mutual funds:
               
American Euro Pacific Growth Fund
  256,038     169,429  
PIMCO Total Return Fund
    216,840       169,240  
Neuberger Berman Genesis Fund
    146,977       119,245  
American Growth Fund
    143,882       91,662  
 
               
Separately managed funds:
               
Dell Inc. 401(k) Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund
    194,836       140,513  
Dell Inc. 401(k) Dodge & Cox Large Cap Value Fund
    175,151       122,201  
 
               
Dwight Stable Value Fund
    219,013       232,373  
 
               
Dell Stock Fund
    147,020       114,411  
 
               
Common collective trust:
               
BlackRock Equity Index Fund (formerly BGI Equity Index Fund)
    116,516       75,126  
   
At December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Plan owned 10,238,164 and 11,172,963 shares of the Dell Stock Fund valued at $147,020,035 and $114,411,141, respectively. This represents approximately 8% of the Plan’s investments as of December 31, 2009 and 2008. The value of amounts invested in the Dell Stock Fund is among other things, dependent upon the performance of Dell Inc. and the market’s valuation of such performance. It is at least reasonably possible that changes in the fair value of the Dell Stock Fund in the near term could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statement of net assets available for benefits and the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits.
 
   
The changes in fair value during 2009 for the Plan’s investments (including investments purchased, sold, as well as held during the year) are as follows:
         
  2009
  (in thousands)
 
       
Mutual funds
  $ 159,333  
Separately managed funds:
       
Common stock
    99,772  
Mutual fund
    550  
Stable value fund
    5,261  
Dell Stock Fund
    44,589  
Common collective trust
    23,586  
Participant loans
    (1,506 )
 
     
 
       
Total net change in fair value of investments
  $ 331,585  
 
     

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5.  
STABLE VALUE FUND
 
   
The Dwight Fund is a self-managed stable value investment option. The Dwight Fund may invest in a variety of stable value products including guaranteed investment contracts (“GICs”) issued by insurance companies and other financial institutions, and other investment products (separate account contracts and synthetic GICs) with similar characteristics. The Dwight Fund did not hold any GIC contracts or any separate account contracts during the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008.
 
   
A synthetic GIC (“SIC”), also known as a wrap contract, is an investment contract issued by an insurance company or other financial institution, backed by a portfolio of bonds or other fixed income assets that are owned by the Plan. These assets underlying the wrap contract are maintained by a third party custodian, separate from the contract issuer’s general assets. The contracts are obligated to provide an interest rate not less than zero. SICs utilize the benefit responsive wrap contracts to provide market and cash flow risk protection to the Plan thus guaranteeing the value of the underlying investment for the life of the contract. This enables the Plan to realize a specific known value for the assets if it needs to liquidate them to make benefit payments. These contracts provide that realized and unrealized gains and losses on the underlying assets are not reflected immediately in the net assets of the Dwight Fund, but rather are amortized over the duration of the underlying assets or other agreed upon period through adjustments to the future interest crediting rates. The issuer guarantees that all qualified participant withdrawals will occur at contract value, which represents contributions made under the contract, plus earnings, less withdrawals made under the contract and administrative expenses.
 
   
The assets underlying the SICs in the Dwight Fund are comprised of cash equivalents, fixed income funds, and a wrap contract. There were no valuation reserves against the SICs at December 31, 2009 and 2008.
 
   
Crediting interest rates on the SICs are reset monthly based on yield to maturity and expected cash flow over the life of the related supporting assets. All contracts have a minimum guarantee on all rate resets of an interest rate of not less than zero percent.
 
   
The crediting interest rates for the SICs in the Dwight Fund as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, ranged from 1.24% to 2.98% and 2.83% to 4.64%, respectively. The aggregate average annual yield for the SICs in the Dwight Fund for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, were 2.78% and 3.93%, respectively. There are no restrictions on participant withdrawals from the Dwight Fund. Certain withdrawals which are not deemed to be participant initiated and not in compliance with the investment contracts’ provisions, are subject to certain penalties.
 
6.  
TAX STATUS
 
   
The Plan obtained its latest determination letter dated August 18, 2003, from the Internal Revenue Service informing the Company that the Plan and related trust are designed in compliance with Section 401(a) of the IRC. The Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter. However, the Plan administrator believes that the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. The Company believes that the related trust is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the IRC. Therefore, the financial statements contain no provision for income taxes. The Plan filed for a new determination letter in December 2009.

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7.  
EXEMPT PARTY-IN-INTEREST-INTEREST TRANSACTIONS
 
   
The Plan invests in a money market fund, short-term investments, and mutual funds offered by the Plan Trustee. These transactions qualify as exempt party-in-interest transactions. Administrative expenses on the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits include amounts paid to the Plan Trustee as well as to Hewitt Associates, LLP, Mercer Investment Consulting, and Financial Engines, Inc., which are also exempt parties-in-interest.
 
8.  
ISSUANCE OF UNREGISTERED SHARES
 
   
In prior years, the Company inadvertently failed to register with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission the issuance of certain Dell Inc. common stock held by the Plan. As a result, the Company made a registered rescission offer to buy back these shares from eligible Plan participants at the original purchase price plus interest, or to reimburse eligible Plan participants for losses that they may have incurred if their shares had been sold. Shares eligible for the rescission offer were purchased by Plan participants between March 31, 2006, and April 3, 2007. The registered rescission offer to eligible Plan participants, which was effective as of August 8, 2008, and expired on September 26, 2008, resulted in the repurchase from participants of the following shares at the stated fair value. Additional interest and losses were paid and allocated to participant accounts during 2009 and 2008 and is included in the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits as Employer contributions.
                 
    2009   2008
    (in thousands, except shares)
 
               
Repurchased shares
    42,558       402,879  
 
               
Fair value
  $ 450     $ 6,849  
Interest and losses
    322       7,750  
9.  
RECONCILIATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO FORM 5500
 
   
The following tables reconciles the net assets available for benefits at December 31 from the Plan’s financial statements to Form 5500. The stable value fund is adjusted to contract value in the Plan’s financial statements, but is shown on Form 5500 at fair value.
                   
  2009   2008
  (in thousands)
 
                 
Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements
  1,853,422       1,403,118  
Certain deemed distributions of participant loans
    -         (193 )
Adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully
benefit-responsive stable value fund
    (4,493 )       (14,377 )
 
             
 
                 
Net assets available for benefits per Form 5500
  $ 1,848,929       $ 1,388,548  
 
             
   
Certain loans are treated as deemed distributions for tax purposes and removed from Plan assets on the Form 5500. For financial statement reporting purposes, these loans are reported as part of Plan assets as they have not been cancelled and are considered outstanding under the terms of the Plan document and related loan policies.

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The following is a reconciliation of the Plan’s increase in net assets available for benefits reported in the Plan financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009, to the Plan’s increase in net assets available for benefits reported in the Plan’s Form 5500:
         
  2009
  (in thousands)
 
       
Increase in net assets available for benefits per financial statements
  $ 450,304  
Add: Reversal of prior year adjustment from contract value to fair
value for fully benefit-responsive stable value fund
    14,377  
Reversal for prior year deemed distributions
    193  
Less: Current year adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully
benefit-responsive stable value fund
    (4,493 )
 
     
 
       
Increase in net assets available for benefits per Form 5500
  $ 460,381  
 
     
10.  
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
 
   
Effective January 1, 2010, The Bank of New York Mellon replaced JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the Plan’s Trustee.
 
   
Effective April 1, 2010, the Company elected to impose a 20% cap on the percentage of future contributions a participant can invest in the Dell Stock Fund investment option. In conjunction with the contribution restriction, participants are no longer permitted to make an elective transfer or balance that will increase their position in the Dell Stock Fund above 20% of their total account balance. In addition, there is a 14 day trading restriction that prevents participants from reallocating or transferring money back into the Dell Stock Fund for 14 days from the date of the last transfer out of the fund.
 
   
For the year ended December 31, 2009, subsequent events were evaluated through June 24, 2010, the date the financial statements were available to be issued.
* * * * * *

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DELL INC. 401(k) PLAN
FORM 5500, SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i — SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)
DECEMBER 31, 2009
(In thousands)

 
                                       
                  Number               (e) Current  
(a)   (b) Identity of Issue   (c) Description     of shares     (d) Cost**       Value  
     
 
                               
     
Dell Inc. Common Stock
                               
  *  
Dell Stock Fund
  Company Stock, $0.01 par value     10,238             $ 147,020  
     
 
                             
     
 
                               
     
Short-Term Investment Funds:
                               
  *  
JPMorgan Domestic Liquidity
  Short-Term Investment                   $ 2,001  
     
 
                             
     
 
                               
     
Mutual Funds:
                               
     
Neuberger Berman Genesis Fund
  Registered Investment Fund     3,892             $ 146,977  
     
American Euro Pacific Growth Fund
  Registered Investment Fund     6,689               256,038  
     
Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund
  Registered Investment Fund     2,357               75,067  
     
PIMCO Total Return Fund
  Registered Investment Fund     20,078               216,840  
     
American Growth Fund
  Registered Investment Fund     5,274               143,882  
     
 
                             
     
 
                               
     
Total Mutual Funds
                          $ 838,804  
     
 
                             
     
 
                               
     
Separately Managed Funds:
                               
     
Dell Inc. 401(k) Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund —
                               
  *  
JPMorgan Domestic Liquidity
  Short-Term Investment                   $ 6,871  
     
AEGON NV AMER REGD CERT(1 SH EURO.12)
  Common Stock     69               442  
     
AMGEN INC COM STK USDO.0001
  Common Stock     58               3,253  
     
AOL INC USDO .01
  Common Stock     20               464  
     
AUTODESK INC COM STK NPV
  Common Stock     8               201  
     
BAKER HUGHES INC COM STK USD1
  Common Stock     52               2,105  
     
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP COM STK USD
  Common Stock     54               1,510  
     
BB&T CORP COM STK USD5
  Common Stock     44               1,116  
     
BMC SOFTWARE INC COM STK USD0 .01
  Common Stock     31               1,243  
     
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP COM STK USD0 .01
  Common Stock     159               1,427  
     
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC COM STK USD0 .01
  Common Stock     42               249  
     
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP COM STK USD0 .01
  Common Stock     104               3,987  
     
CARDINAL HEALTH INC COM STK NPV
  Common Stock     10               310  
     
CAREFUSION CORP USD0 .01
  Common Stock     36               894  
     
CARMAX INC COM STK USD0 .50
  Common Stock     28               684  
     
CATERPILLAR INC COM STK USD1
  Common Stock     15               832  
     
CEMEX S.A.B. DE C.V. ADR EACH REP 10 CPO
  Common Stock     48               570  
     
CHEVRON CORP COM STK USD0 .75
  Common Stock     29               2,255  
     
CITRiX SYSThMS INC COM STK USD0 .001
  Common Stock     37               1,540  
     
COMCAST CORP COM CLS ‘A’ USD 0.01
  Common Stock     243               4,104  
     
COMPUTER SCIENCES CORP COM STK USD1
  Common Stock     23               1,306  
     
COMPUWARE CORP COM STK USD0 .01
  Common Stock     76               549  
     
COVIDIEN PLC SHS
  Common Stock     22               1,062  
     
CREDIT SUISSE GROUP ADR-EACH REPR 1 ORD(
  Common Stock     9               437  
     
DIAGEO ADR EACH REPR 4 ORD GBPO.28 101/1
  Common Stock     3               236  
     
DIRECTV COM USD0 .01 CLASS ‘A’
  Common Stock     11               380  
     
DISH NETWORK CORP CLASS’A’COM STK USD0 .01
  Common Stock     25               509  
     
DODGE & COX INCOME FUND COM NPV
  Mutual Fund     4,853               62,897  
     
DOMTAR CORPORATION COM STK USD0 .01
  Common Stock     1               69  
     
DOW CHEMICAL CO COM STK USD2.50
  Common Stock     95               2,628  
     
EATON CORP COM USD0 .50
  Common Stock     18               1,145  
     
EBAY INC COM STK USD0 .001
  Common Stock     85               2,001  
     
ELECTRONIC ARTS COM STK USD0 .01
  Common Stock     35               628  
     
ERICSSON(LM) TEL ADR EACH REP 10 ORD’B’
  Common Stock     66               607  
     
FEDEX CORP COM STK USD0 .10
  Common Stock     40               3,338  
     
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. COM STK USD0.06
  Common Stock     244               3,692  
(Continued)  

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DELL INC. 401(k) PLAN
FORM 5500, SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i — SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)
DECEMBER 31, 2009
(In thousands)
 
                                       
                  Number               (e) Current  
(a)   (b) Identity of Issue   (c) Description     of shares     (d) Cost**       Value  
     
 
                               
     
GENWORTH FINANCIAL INC COM STK USD0 .001
  Common Stock     21             $ 238  
     
GLAXOSMITHKLINE ADR EACH REPR 2 ORD GBPO
  Common Stock     66               2,789  
     
HEWLETT-PACKARD CO COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     119               6,104  
     
HITACHI ADR-EACH CNV INTO 10 NPV
  Common Stock     10               313  
     
HOME DEPOT INC COM STK USD0 .05
  Common Stock     85               2,471  
     
HSBC HLDGS ADR EACH REPR 5 USD0.50
  Common Stock     12               708  
     
INTERPUBLIC GROUP COMPANIES INC COM STK
  Common Stock     75               554  
     
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV
  Common Stock     10               294  
     
LEGG MASON INC COM STK USD0.10
  Common Stock     14               422  
     
LIBERTY GLOBAL INC COM STK SERIES ‘C’ US
  Common Stock     6               131  
     
LIBERTY GLOBAL INC COM STK USD0.01 SER’A
  Common Stock     7               149  
     
LIBERTY MEDIA CORP (NEW) SER‘A’ USD0.01
  Common Stock     1               53  
     
LIBERTY MEDIA HOLDING COM STK USD0.01 ‘A
  Common Stock     115               1,247  
     
LOEWS CORP COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     17               622  
     
MACY’S INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     38               630  
     
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS COM STK USD0.0
  Common Stock     75               1,523  
     
MEDTRONIC INC COM STK USD0.10
  Common Stock     20               888  
     
MERCK & CO INC(NEW) COM STK USD0.50
  Common Stock     117               4,275  
     
MOLEX INC CLASS‘A’N.VTG COM STK USD0.05
  Common Stock     37               708  
     
MOLEX INC COM STK USD0.05
  Common Stock     5               116  
     
MOTOROLA INC USD0.01
  Common Stock     406               3,147  
     
NEWS CORP CLASS‘A’NON VTG COM STKUSDO.01
  Common Stock     248               3,399  
     
NOKIA CORP ADR EACH REPR 1 EUR0.06
  Common Stock     41               520  
     
NOVARTIS AG ADR EACH REPR 1 CHFO.50(REGD)
  Common Stock     62               3,375  
     
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP COM USD0.20
  Common Stock     39               3,173  
     
PANASONIC CORP ADR-EACH CNV INTO 10 ORD
  Common Stock     76               1,091  
     
PFIZER INC COM STK USD0.05
  Common Stock     170               3,092  
     
PITNEY BOWES INC COM STK USD1
  Common Stock     35               797  
     
ROYAL DUTCH SRELL ADR EACR REPR 2’A’SRS
  Common Stock     14               811  
     
SANOFI-AVENTIS ADR ECH REP 1/2 ORD EUR2
  Common Stock     55               2,156  
     
SCHLUMBERGER COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     60               3,905  
     
SLM CORP COM STK USD0.20
  Common Stock     50               561  
     
SONY CORP ADR EACH REPR 1 ORD
  Common Stock     58               1,694  
     
SPRINT NEXTEL CORP FON COM STK NPV
  Common Stock     353               1,293  
     
STATE STREET CORP COM STK USD1
  Common Stock     5               218  
     
SUNTRUST BANKS INC COM STK USD1
  Common Stock     42               854  
     
SYMANTEC CORP COM STK USDO.01
  Common Stock     50               886  
     
SYNOPSYS INC COM STK USDO.01
  Common Stock     33               735  
     
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC COM STK USD
  Common Stock     3               134  
     
TIME WARNER CABLE INC USD0.01
  Common Stock     41               1,703  
     
TIME WARNER INC USD0.01
  Common Stock     108               3,157  
     
TRAVELERS COS INC/THE
  Common Stock     26               1,281  
     
TYCO ELECTRONICS LTD SWITZERLD SHS
  Common Stock     55               1,342  
     
TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD. USD0.80
  Common Stock     28               1,016  
     
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     69               2,094  
     
US BANCORP DELAWARE COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     28               619  
     
VODAFONE GROUP SPON ADR REP 10
  Common Stock     44               1,009  
     
VULCAN MATERIALS CO COM STK USD1
  Common Stock     9               495  
     
WALGREEN CO COM STK USD0.078125
  Common Stock     27               984  
     
WAL-MART STORES INC COM STK USD0.10
  Common Stock     24               1,261  
     
WELLPOINT INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     43               2,477  
     
WELLS FARGO & CO COM STK USD1 2/3
  Common Stock     149               4,013  
     
XEROX CORP COM STK USD1
  Common Stock     209               1,768  
     
 
                             
     
 
                               
     
Total Dell Inc. 401(k) Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund
                          $ 194,836  
     
 
                             
(Continued)  

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DELL INC. 401(k) PLAN
FORM 5500, SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i — SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)
DECEMBER 31, 2009
(In thousands)

 
                                       
                  Number               (e) Current  
(a)   (b) Identity of Issue   (c) Description     of shares     (d) Cost**       Value  
 
     
Dell Inc. 401(k) Dodge & Cox Large Cap Value —
                               
  *  
JPMorgan Domestic Liquidity
  Short-Term Investment                   $ 6,922  
     
AEGON NV AMER REGD CERT (1 SH EURO.12)
  Common Stock     67               432  
     
AMGEN INC COM STK USD0. 0001
  Common Stock     73               4,130  
     
AOL INC USD0.01
  Common Stock     27               624  
     
AUTODESK INC COM STK NPV
  Common Stock     11               280  
     
BAKER HUGHES INC COM STK USD1
  Common Stock     72               2,894  
     
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP COM STK USD
  Common Stock     73               2,042  
     
BB&T CORP COM STK USD5
  Common Stock     53               1,345  
     
BMC SOFTWARE INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     43               1,724  
     
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     218               1,962  
     
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEM S INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     74               440  
     
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     140               5,360  
     
CARDINAL HEALTH INC COM STK NPV
  Common Stock     15               474  
     
CAREFUSION CORP USD0.01
  Common Stock     47               1,175  
     
CARMAX INC COM STK USD0.50
  Common Stock     44               1,055  
     
CATERPILLAR INC COM STK USD1
  Common Stock     20               1,128  
     
CEMEX S.A.B. DE C.V. ADR EACH REP 10 CPO
  Common Stock     66               777  
     
CHEVRON CORP COM STK USD0.75
  Common Stock     39               3,009  
     
CITRIX SYSTEMS INC COM STK USD0.001
  Common Stock     50               2,081  
     
COMCAST CORP COM CLS ‘A’ USD 0.01
  Common Stock     323               5,442  
     
COMPUTER SCIENCES CORP COM STK USD1
  Common Stock     31               1,766  
     
COMPUWARE CORP COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     110               795  
     
COVIDIEN PLC SHS
  Common Stock     30               1,437  
     
CREDIT SUISSE GROUP ADR-EACH REPR 1 ORD (BK) LEVEL II
  Common Stock     12               595  
     
DIAGEO ADR EACH REPR 4 ORD GBPO.28 101/1
  Common Stock     4               264  
     
DIRECTV COM USD0.01 CLASS ‘A’
  Common Stock     15               516  
     
DISH NETWORK CORP CLASS‘A’COM STK USD0.0
  Common Stock     37               758  
     
DOW CHEMICAL CO COM STK USD2.50
  Common Stock     130               3,592  
     
EATON CORP COM USD0.50
  Common Stock     24               1,527  
     
EBAY INC COM STK USD0.001
  Common Stock     115               2,707  
     
ELECTRONIC ARTS COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     48               848  
     
ERICSSON(LM) TEL ADR EACH REP 10 OlU) B’ SEK1
  Common Stock     83               762  
     
FEDEX CORP COM STK USD0.10
  Common Stock     51               4,256  
     
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. COM STK USD0.06
  Common Stock     330               4,993  
     
GENWORTH FINANCIAL INC COM STK USD0.001
  Common Stock     36               404  
     
GLAXOSMITHKLINE ADR EACH REPR 2 ORD GBPO
  Common Stock     90               3,781  
     
HEWLETT-PACKARD CO COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     158               8,139  
     
HITACHI ADR-EACH CNV INTO 10 NPV
  Common Stock     21               654  
     
HOME DEPOT INC COM STK USD0.05
  Common Stock     114               3,298  
     
HSBC HLDGS ADR EACH REPR 5 USD0.50
  Common Stock     20               1,167  
     
INTERPUBLIC GROUP COMPANIES INC COM STK USD0.10
  Common Stock     110               815  
     
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV ADR EORD EUR0.20
  Common Stock     17               486  
     
LEGG MASON INC COM STK USD0.10
  Common Stock     15               437  
     
LIBERTY GLOBAL INC COM STK SERIES ‘C’ USD0.01
  Common Stock     6               140  
     
LIBERTY GLOBAL INC COM STK USD0.01 SER’A
  Common Stock     5               101  
     
LIBERTY MEDIA CORP (NEW) SER‘A’ USD0.01
  Common Stock     2               71  
     
LIBERTY MEDIA HOLDING COM STK USD0.01’ A
  Common Stock     157               1,696  
     
LOEWS CORP COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     22               803  
     
MACY’S INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     55               917  
     
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS COM STK USD0.001
  Common Stock     100               2,030  
     
MEDTRONIC INC COM STK USD0.10
  Common Stock     22               976  
     
MERCK & CO INC(NEW) COM STK USD0.50
  Common Stock     155               5,664  
(Continued)  

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DELL INC. 401(k) PLAN
FORM 5500, SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i — SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)
DECEMBER 31, 2009
(In thousands)

 
                                       
                  Number               (e) Current  
(a)   (b) Identity of Issue   (c) Description     of shares     (d) Cost**       Value  
     
 
                               
     
MOLEX INC CLASS‘A’N.VTG COM STK USD0.05
  Common Stock     54             $ 1,033  
     
MOTOROLA INC USD0.01
  Common Stock     554               4,301  
     
NEWS CORP CLASS‘A’NON VTG COM STKUSDO.01
  Common Stock     343               4,690  
     
NOKIA CORP ADR EACH REPR 1 EUR0.06
  Common Stock     55               707  
     
NOVARTIS AG ADR EACH REPR 1 CHF0.50(REGD
  Common Stock     79               4,273  
     
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP COM USD0.20
  Common Stock     54               4,352  
     
PANASONIC CORP ADR-EACH CNV INTO 10 ORD
  Common Stock     109               1,564  
     
PFIZER INC COM STK USD0.05
  Common Stock     204               3,713  
     
PITNEY BOWES INC COM STK USD1
  Common Stock     49               1,115  
     
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL ADR EACH REPR 2 ‘A’ SHS
  Common Stock     20               1,172  
     
SANOFI-AVENTIS ADR ECH REP 1/2 ORD EUR2
  Common Stock     77               3,012  
     
SCHLUMBERGER COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     85               5,533  
     
SLM CORP COM STK USD0.20
  Common Stock     100               1,125  
     
SONY CORP ADR EACH REPR 1 ORD
  Common Stock     81               2,335  
     
SPRINT NEXTEL CORP FON COM STK NPV
  Common Stock     504               1,844  
     
STATE STREET CORP COM STK USD1
  Common Stock     7               296  
     
SUNTRUST BANKS INC COM STK USD1
  Common Stock     55               1,122  
     
SYMANTEC CORP COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     67               1,190  
     
SYNOPSYS INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     44               987  
     
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC COM STK USD
  Common Stock     4               172  
     
TIME WARNER CABLE INC USD0.01
  Common Stock     53               2,184  
     
TIME WARNER INC USD0.01
  Common Stock     146               4,264  
     
TRAVELERS COS INC/THE
  Common Stock     31               1,521  
     
TYCO ELECTRONICS LTD SWITZERLD SHS
  Common Stock     69               1,694  
     
TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD. USD0.80
  Common Stock     38               1,359  
     
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     95               2,886  
     
US BANCORP DELAWARE COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     37               822  
     
VODAFONE GROUP SPON ADR REP 10 ORD SHS
  Common Stock     59               1,362  
     
VULCAN MATERIALS CO COM STK USD1
  Common Stock     12               648  
     
WALGREEN CO COM STK USDO.078125
  Common Stock     36               1,322  
     
WAL-MART STORES INC COM STK USD0.10
  Common Stock     32               1,721  
     
WELLPOINT INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     59               3,422  
     
WELLS FARGO & CO COM STK USD1 2/3
  Common Stock     198               5,341  
     
XEROX CORP COM STK USD1
  Common Stock     281               2,378  
     
 
                             
     
 
                               
     
Total Dell Inc. 401(k) Dodge & Cox Large Cap Value
                          $ 175,151  
     
 
                             
     
 
                               
     
Dell Inc. 401(k) Times Square/Mid Cap Growth Fund
                               
  *  
JPMorgan Domestic Liquidity
  Short-Term Investment                   $ 4,917  
     
ADVISORY BOARD INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     19               592  
     
AECOM TECHNOLOGY CORP COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     36               990  
     
AERCAP HOLDINGS N.V. EURO.01
  Common Stock     86               782  
     
ALBERTO-CULVER COMPANY (NEW) COM STK USD
  Common Stock     44               1,280  
     
ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEM COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     26               1,647  
     
ALTERA CORP COM STK USDO.001
  Common Stock     36               821  
     
AMDOCS ORD GBPO.01
  Common Stock     38               1,070  
     
AMEDISYS INC COM STK USD0.001
  Common Stock     13               622  
     
AMERICAN ECOLOGY CORP COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     34               586  
     
AMPHENOL CORP CLASS’AUOM STK USD0.001
  Common Stock     20               942  
     
ANALOG DEVICES INC COM STK USD0.16 2/3
  Common Stock     52               1,639  
     
ARCHIPELAGO LEARNING INC USD0.01
  Common Stock     21               441  
     
ASSURED GUARANTY LTD COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     19               413  
     
ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS INC COM STK USD0.
  Common Stock     21               719  
     
ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS INC COM STK
  Common Stock     7               257  
     
BIO RAD LABORATORIES INC CLASS‘A’COM STK
  Common Stock     16               1,495  
(Continued)  

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DELL INC. 401(k) PLAN
FORM 5500, SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i — SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)
DECEMBER 31, 2009
(In thousands)

 
                                       
                  Number               (e) Current  
(a)   (b) Identity of Issue   (c) Description     of shares     (d) Cost**       Value  
     
 
                               
     
BLACKBOARD INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     23             $ 1,044  
     
BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC COM STK USD0
  Common Stock     34               618  
     
BRUKER CORP COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     61               736  
     
CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORP COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     11               443  
     
CARLISLE COS INC COM STK USD1
  Common Stock     26               877  
     
CEPHALON INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     19               1,155  
     
CLARCOR INC COM STK USD1
  Common Stock     23               743  
     
CLEAN HARBORS INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     15               894  
     
COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC COM STK USD0.50
  Common Stock     18               726  
     
CORE LABORATORIES NV EUR0.01
  Common Stock     7               827  
     
CORPORATE EXECUTIVE BOARD CO COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     17               381  
     
COSTAR GROUP INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     23               961  
     
DAVITA INC COM STK USD0.001
  Common Stock     58               3,407  
     
DENBURY RESOURCES INC COM STK USD0.001
  Common Stock     65               962  
     
DEVRY INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     9               505  
     
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INC CLS ‘A’ USD0.01
  Common Stock     16               483  
     
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INC CLS ‘C’ USD0.01
  Common Stock     36               943  
     
DOLBY LABORATORIES INC COM STK USD0.001
  Common Stock     15               735  
     
DRIL QUIP INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     18               1,017  
     
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES L.P. COM STK
  Common Stock     17               893  
     
FLOWERS FOODS INC COM STK USDO.01
  Common Stock     34               808  
     
GARDNER DENVER INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     20               847  
     
GENTEX CORP COM STK USD0.06
  Common Stock     45               794  
     
GLACIER BANCORP COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     39               528  
     
GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC COM STK USD0.001
  Common Stock     41               2,224  
     
GRACO INC COM STK USD1
  Common Stock     32               917  
     
GRAND CANYON EDUCATION INC USD0.01
  Common Stock     51               973  
     
HAEMONETICS CORP COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     20               1,081  
     
HENRY JACK & ASSOCIATES INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     45               1,040  
     
HERBALIFE LTD
  Common Stock     17               690  
     
IHS INC COM STK USD0.01 CLASS A
  Common Stock     13               713  
     
INFORMATICA CORP COM STK USD0.001
  Common Stock     29               755  
     
INTERACTIVE DATA CORP COM STK NPV
  Common Stock     30               751  
     
INVESCO LTD COM STK USD0.20
  Common Stock     33               780  
     
JARDEN CORP COM STK NPV
  Common Stock     20               609  
     
KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     28               932  
     
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP COM STK NPV
  Common Stock     33               1,008  
     
MAGELLAN HEALTH SERVICES INC
  Common Stock     33               1,344  
     
MANTECH INTERNATIONAL CORP COM STK USD0.
  Common Stock     19               917  
     
MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC COM STK US
  Common Stock     7               644  
     
MAX CAPITAL GROUP COM STK USD1
  Common Stock     37               830  
     
MINDRAY MEDICAL IN SPON ADR EACH REP 10
  Common Stock     24               818  
     
MOHAWK INDUSTRIES COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     17               809  
     
MONSTER WORLDWIDE INC COM STK USD0.001
  Common Stock     43               750  
     
NATIONAL CINEMEDIA INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     28               457  
     
NETAPP INC COM STK NPV
  Common Stock     24               825  
     
NEUSTAR INC-CLASS COM STK USD0.001
  Common Stock     44               1,009  
     
NICE SYSTEMS ADR EACH REPR 1 ORD ILSI
  Common Stock     35               1,077  
     
NOVELLUS SYSTEMS INC COM STK NPV
  Common Stock     50               1,158  
     
OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL INC COM STK USD.025
  Common Stock     18               1,042  
     
ONYX PHARMACEUTICALS COM STK USD0.001
  Common Stock     31               912  
     
ORBITAL SCIENCES COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     69               1,053  
     
PERRIGO CO COM STK NPV
  Common Stock     9               371  
     
PROASSURANCE CORP COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     13               687  
     
QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     49               737  
(Continued)  

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DELL INC. 401(k) PLAN
FORM 5500, SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i — SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)
DECEMBER 31, 2009
(In thousands)

 
                                       
                  Number               (e) Current  
(a)   (b) Identity of Issue   (c) Description     of shares     (d) Cost**       Value  
     
 
                               
     
RANGE RESOURCES CORP COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     18             $ 897  
     
RED HAT USD0.0001
  Common Stock     23               695  
     
RENAISSANCERE HLDGS COM STK USD1
  Common Stock     27               1,435  
     
RESMED INC COM STK USD0.004
  Common Stock     14               732  
     
RESOURCES CONNECTION INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     49               1,040  
     
SBA COMMUNICATIONS COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     70               2,391  
     
SIRONA DENTAL SYSTEMS INC COM STK USD0.0
  Common Stock     26               819  
     
SOLERA HOLDINGS INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     28               1,023  
     
SRA INTERNATIONAL INC CLASS‘A’COM STK US
  Common Stock     41               779  
     
STERICYCLE INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     17               938  
     
STRAYER EDUCATION INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     4               850  
     
SYBASE INC COM STK USD0.001
  Common Stock     21               907  
     
TALECRIS BIOTHERAPEUTICS HLDGS CORP NPV
  Common Stock     34               746  
     
TIFFANY & CO COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     19               796  
     
TRANSDIGM INC USD0.01
  Common Stock     30               1,434  
     
UTI WORLDWIDE INC ORD NPV
  Common Stock     45               650  
     
VARIAN SEMICONDUCT EQUIP ASSOC INC COM S
  Common Stock     40               1,439  
     
WABCO HOLDINGS INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     43               1,096  
     
WABTEC CORPORATIONCOM USD0.01
  Common Stock     18               739  
     
WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS INC COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     27               996  
     
WHITING PETROLEUM CORP COM STK USD0.001
  Common Stock     11               750  
     
WILEY(JOHN)& SONS INC CLASS ‘A’COM STK US
  Common Stock     21               888  
     
WRIGHT EXPRESS CORP COM STK USD0.01
  Common Stock     38               1,224  
     
ZIONS BANCORP COM STK NPV
  Common Stock     55               709  
     
 
                             
     
 
                               
     
Total Dell Inc. 401(k) Times Square/Mid Cap Growth Fund
                          $ 92,426  
     
 
                             
     
 
                               
     
Total Separately Managed Funds
                          $ 462,413  
     
 
                             
     
 
                               
     
Common Collective Trust:
                               
     
BlackRock (formerly BGI) Equity Index Fund
  Common Collective Trust     3,144             $ 116,516  
     
 
                             
(Continued)  

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DELL INC. 401(k) PLAN
FORM 5500, SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i — SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009
(In thousands)
 
                             
                        (e) Current  
(a)   (b) Identity of Issue   (c) Description           (d) Cost**     Value  
 
                           
 
  Dwight Stable Value Fund                        
 
  Bank of America 03-068   Dwight Target 2 Fund               $ 21,140  
 
      Dwight Target 5 Fund                 8,222  
 
      Dwight Intermediate Core Plus Fund                 10,759  
 
      Synthetic Contract Wrapper,#03-068, 2.98%                 144  
 
                         
 
                           
 
                        40,265  
 
                         
 
                           
 
  ING Life & Annuity 60074   Dwight Target 2 Fund                 21,160  
 
      Dwight Target 5 Fund                 8,229  
 
      Dwight Intermediate Core Plus Fund                 10,769  
 
      Synthetic Contract Wrapper, #60074, 2.81%                 36  
 
                         
 
                           
 
                        40,194  
 
                         
 
                           
*
  JP Morgan Chase ADELL-BC   Dwight Target 2 Fund                 21,172  
 
      Dwight Target 5 Fund                 8,234  
 
      Dwight Intermediate Core Plus Fund                 10,775  
 
      Synthetic Contract Wrapper, #ADELL-S, 2.96%                 120  
 
                         
 
                           
 
                        40,301  
 
                         
 
                           
 
  Monumental MDA00603TR   Dwight Target 2 Fund                 21,178  
 
      Dwight Target 5 Fund                 8,237  
 
      Dwight Intermediate Core Plus Fund                 10,778  
 
      Synthetic Contract Wrapper, #MDA-00603TR, 2.91%                 36  
 
                         
 
                           
 
                        40,229  
 
                         
 
                           
 
  Pacific Life Insurance G-26953.01   Dwight Target 2 Fund                 21,136  
 
      Dwight Target 5 Fund                 8,220  
 
      Dwight Intermediate Core Plus Fund                 10,757  
 
      Synthetic Contract Wrapper, #G-26953.01.0001, 2.93%                 41  
 
                         
 
                           
 
                        40,154  
 
                         
 
                           
*
  JPMorgan Domestic Liquidity   Short-term Investment Fund                 13,756  
 
  SEI Stable Asset Value   Common Collective Trust                 4,114  
 
                         
 
                           
 
  Total Dwight Stable Value Fund                   $ 219,013  
 
                         
 
                           
*
  Participant Loans   Loans bearing interest rates ranging from 4.25%                    
 
     
to 10.5%, due at various dates through August 25, 2031
              $ 56,076  
 
                         
 
                           
 
              Total Investments   $ 1,841,843  
 
                         
 
*   Party-in-Interest
 
**   Cost information is not required for participant-directed investments
(Concluded)  

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SIGNATURES
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the Plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  DELL INC. 401(K) PLAN

By:   Benefits Administration Committee of the Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan
 
 
 
Date: June 24, 2010     By:   /s/ Janet B. Wright    
      Janet B. Wright   
      On Behalf of the Benefits Administration Committee   

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
     
 
Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
   
23.1
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants