According to a report from Reuters, Dell Inc informed Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management through a letter that the company will not give further details about the company unless the board has already decided that their offer was "superior" to the offer made by Dell founder, Michael Dell. The special committee of the Board of Directors of Dell mentioned in the letter on Monday that the representatives and affiliates of Icahn had requested for company information a number of times, as well as a request for data room access for a possible investor-lender.
The special committee commented, "Please do understand that unless we receive information that is responsive to our May 13 letter, we are not in a position to evaluate whether your proposal meets that standard."
The May 13 letter of the Special Committee was asking for detailed information regarding the proposed offer of Icahn and his associates, Southeastern. It had been said that it was not clear to the board and its special committee what Icahn is intending to make, "an actual acquisition proposal that the Board could evaluate" or if he is planned his offer to be an option in the incident that the pending sale to Silver Lake and Michael Dell will not be approved.
In early part of May 2013, Icahn and Southeastern tendered an offer of US$12 in cash per share or further shares to current investors as an option to Michael Dell's US$24.4 billion offer to take the company.
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