A source said that unless Dell's special committee revises the voting standard, talks of Dell's buyout by CEO Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake will collapse.

Carl Icahn contested the conditions in Michael Dell's latest offer to the PC maker Dell Inc. On Monday, billionaire investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management, an investment firm, stated that Michael Dell wanted to avoid the voting process behind the deal.

Private equity firm Silver Lake Management is maintaining its offer of US $13.75 per share for Dell Inc.'s buyout.

A source familiar about the deal but requested anonymity claimed that Dell Inc. will not be selling its shares for a bid below US $14.

Michael Dell together with Silver Lake Management LLC considered US$24.4 billion buyout offer for Dell Inc to be their utmost and final bid.

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn said in an interview with Bloomberg TV his planned sweetening of his takeover bid for Dell Inc with an additional warrant offer.

Icahn offered Dell Inc. shareholder improved deal and a warrant. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn revealed that he wants Michael Dell to improve his US$24.

Three shareholders at Dell Inc said that they would vote against Michael Dell and Silver Lake’s proposed buyout offer valued at US$24.4 billion.

Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management planned buyout for Dell Inc. was backed by the company’s shareholder, Yacktman Asset Management.

Yacktman Asset Management expressed its support for Carl Icahn's buyout offer for Dell. Yacktman Asset Management, Dell Inc's stockholder gave its support for Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management's buyout offer for the PC manufacturer.