Icahn tries to sway votes against Dell buyout deal
Investor Carl Icahn is Dell’s second largest shareholder
Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake are looking increasingly likely to obtain shareholder approval to take Dell Inc private in a $24.4bn (€19bn) deal. But activist investor Carl Icahn still sees room to gamble.
Mr Icahn, who is Dell's second-largest shareholder after Michael Dell, is now trying to sway investors to vote down the buyout deal by raising his competing offer for the number three PC maker.
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