SEC Info - Dell Inc - ‘10-K’ for 2/1/08

Exhibit 99.1

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The annual meeting of Dell’s stockholders was held on December 4, 2007. At that meeting, the following five proposals were submitted to a vote of Dell’s stockholders:


(1)	Proposal 1 (Election of Directors) — A proposal for the election of the persons who will serve as Dell’s directors until next year’s annual meeting.

(2)	Proposal 2 (Ratification of Independent Auditor) — A proposal for the ratification of the Audit Committee’s selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Dell’s independent auditor for Fiscal 2008.

(3)	Proposal 3 (Approval of the Amended and Restated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan) — A proposal for the approval of the Amended and Restated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

(4)	Stockholder Proposal 1 (Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines) — A proposal regarding the adoption of a stock ownership requirement for executive officers.

(5)	Stockholder Proposal 2 (Declaration of Dividend) — A proposal regarding the declaration of a dividend.

At the close of business on the record date for the meeting (which was October 26, 2007), there were 2,235,845,755 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to be voted at the meeting. Holders of 1,992,833,843 shares of common stock (representing a like number of votes) were present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy. The following table sets forth the results of the voting:

C: C:


Proposal			For		Withheld

	1.	Election of Directors:
		Donald J. Carty		1,842,671,507		150,162,337
		Michael S. Dell		1,946,689,752		46,144,091
		William H. Gray, III		1,840,839,584		151,994,260
		Sallie L. Krawcheck		1,953,903,925		38,929,919
		Alan (A.G.) Lafley		1,889,157,561		103,676,283
		Judy C. Lewent		1,893,116,243		99,717,600
		Thomas W. Luce, III		1,716,997,296		275,836,548
		Klaus S. Luft		1,885,666,266		107,167,577
		Alex J. Mandl		1,903,646,695		89,187,149
		Michael A. Miles		1,867,619,136		125,214,708
		Sam Nunn		1,836,509,554		156,324,290


							Broker
	For		Against		Abstain		Non-Votes

2. Ratification of Independent Auditor		1,857,638,826		121,077,627		14,117,387
3. Approval of the Amended and Restated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan		1,536,953,916		130,605,368		18,068,291		307,206,268
4. Stockholder Proposal 1 (Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines)		482,602,090		1,186,755,213		16,307,630		307,168,910
5. Stockholder Proposal 2 (Declaration of Dividend)		105,972,999		1,552,367,241		27,324,695		307,168,908

Proposal 1 (Election of Directors), Proposal 2 (Ratification of Independent Auditors) and Proposal 3 (Approval of the Amended and Restated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan) each received more than the number of favorable votes required for approval and were therefore duly and validly approved by the stockholders. Stockholder Proposal 1 (Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines) and Stockholder Proposal 2 (Declaration of Dividend) each failed to receive a sufficient number of favorable votes and, therefore, were not approved.

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Filed on:	3/31/08	8-K
For Period End:	2/1/08
	12/4/07	4, DEF 14A
	10/26/07
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Dell Inc – ‘10-K’ for 2/1/08 – ‘EX-99.1’

On: Monday, 3/31/08, at 4:31pm ET · For: 2/1/08 · Accession #: 950134-8-5718 · File #: 0-17017

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EX-99.1 — Item 4 – Submission of Matters to A Vote of Security Holders

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