Reuters - Silver Lake's Dell Bid Started at $11.22 per Share

Private equity firm Silver Lake Partners bid as low as $11.22 per share for Dell in mid 2012, when it first discussed a buyout with founder and CEO Michael Dell, writes Reuters. Since then Silver Lake and Michael Dell raised their bid to take the business private to $13.65 a share. At $24.4 billion, it would be the largest private equity-led buyout since the 2008 financial crisis, writes Reuters.

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