The Dell board is standing behind a buyout offer from the company’s CEO and founder，and it has asked shareholders of the slumping PC maker to approve the deal in a July 18 vote.
戴爾董事會支持該公司首席執行官和創始人提出的私有化方案，并呼吁其股東在7月18日的投票表決中通過該方案。(《華盛頓郵報》)
On Friday the company filed proxy materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with a special meeting scheduled for July 18.
該公司5月31日已向美國證券交易委員會遞交了交易方案的委托材料，并定于7月18日召開特別股東大會，就私有化交易舉行投票。(《金融時報》)
Dell directors unanimously recommended an offer from Michael Dell and the investment firm Silver Lake Partners to take the company private for $24.4 billion，or $13.65 per share，according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
戴爾公司的董事們一致推薦創始人邁克爾·戴爾和私募股權投資公司銀湖提出的244億美元私有化方案。根據美國證券交易委員會提供的材料，該方案中每股的收購價格為13.65美元。(《華盛頓郵報》)
Dell’s board said in a letter to shareholders that it had looked into the possibility of continuing with or modifying the PC maker’s business plan，changing its dividend policy，selling to a strategic buyer，and selling or spinning off parts of the business.
戴爾董事會在致股東的一封信中稱，公司已評估了多種戰略和財務備選方案的可能性，包括繼續執行或改進其業務規劃，改變股息分配政策，出售給戰略收購者，出售或剝離部分業務。(路透社)
“A sale to the Michael Dell/Silver Lake group ... is the best alternative available—in a challenging business environment it offers certainty and a very material premium over pre-announcement trading prices，” Dell said.
戴爾稱，“邁克爾·戴爾和銀湖集團的收購要約是最佳的可選擇方案。在充滿競爭的商業環境中，該方案提供了確定性，并且收購價格大大高于宣布這個消息之前戴爾股票的交易價格。(路透社)
自今年1月11日此消息曝光以來，該公司股價累計漲幅已達到23%。上周五，戴爾股價在納斯達克證券交易所常規交易中報收于13.36美元，較上一交易日上漲不到1%。