Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 17, 2013

 

 

Dell Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   0-17017   74-2487834

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

One Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas   78682
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 289-3355

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

  ¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

  ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a) On October 17, 2013, Dell Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2013 Annual Meeting”), at which the Company’s stockholders voted on the four proposals identified below.

(b) The final voting results with respect to each proposal voted upon at the 2013 Annual Meeting are set forth below. As of the record date for the 2013 Annual Meeting, holders of a total of 1,758,728,793 shares of outstanding common stock of the Company were entitled to vote on the proposals.

Proposal 1 – Election of Ten Directors

The stockholders approved the Company’s proposal for the election of ten nominees to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of common stock present or represented by proxy at the 2013 Annual Meeting, as set forth below:

 

     For      Against      Abstentions      Broker Non-Votes  

Donald J. Carty

      878,293,563         154,894,669         63,042,880         181,280,892   

Janet F. Clark

      926,477,712         106,750,287         63,003,112         181,280,892   

Laura Conigliaro

      926,498,544         106,736,451         62,996,116         181,280,892   

Michael S. Dell

      901,954,522         127,809,880         66,466,709         181,280,892   

Kenneth M. Duberstein

      915,784,628         117,296,708         63,149,775         181,280,892   

Gerard J. Kleisterlee

      922,017,527         111,034,608         63,178,976         181,280,892   

Klaus S. Luft

      921,848,773         111,271,934         63,110,405         181,280,892   

Alex J. Mandl

      914,930,937         118,198,627         63,101,548         181,280,892   

Shantanu Narayen

      859,789,638         173,384,470         63,057,004         181,280,892   

H. Ross Perot, Jr.

      924,541,244         108,694,159         62,995,708         181,280,892   

Director James W. Breyer did not stand for re-election as a director at the 2013 Annual Meeting. Accordingly, at the time of the 2013 Annual Meeting, Mr. Breyer’s service as a director expired, and the total number of authorized directors constituting the entire Board was reduced from 11 directors to ten directors.

Proposal 2 – Ratification of Independent Auditor

The stockholders approved the Company’s proposal for ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2014, as set forth below:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

1,130,205,365   83,426,185   63,880,454   —  

Proposal 3 – Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation

The stockholders approved, in a non-binding advisory vote, the Company’s proposal to approve the compensation of its named executive officers as disclosed in the definitive proxy statement for the 2013 Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 24, 2013, as set forth below:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

935,071,769   98,110,678   63,046,398   181,283,158

 

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Stockholder Proposal (Proposal 4) – Right to Act by Written Consent

The stockholders did not approve the stockholder proposal requesting that the Board undertake such steps as may be necessary to permit the Company’s stockholders to act by written consent instead of at a meeting of stockholders, as set forth below:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

441,589,767   586,473,094   68,165,985   181,283,158

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  DELL INC.
Date: October 21, 2013   By:  

/s/ Janet B. Wright

    Janet B. Wright,
    Vice President and Assistant Secretary
    (Duly Authorized Officer)

 

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