{"id":41047,"date":"2013-02-04T10:02:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T10:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dell-buyout-talks-on-track-likely-to-finish-soon-dell\/41038\/"},"modified":"2013-02-04T10:02:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T10:02:00","slug":"dell-buyout-talks-on-track-likely-to-finish-soon-dell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/dell-buyout-talks-on-track-likely-to-finish-soon-dell\/41047\/","title":{"rendered":"Dell Buyout Talks on Track, Likely to Finish Soon (DELL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* SMW - News Links *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3490797620\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=DELL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASDAQ: DELL<\/a>) was nearing to make itself private as people involved in the deal, continued negotiating over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-41047\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The report said that shareholders might be offered approximately $13 to $14 a share; however, the negotiations over the final price were still on until Sunday, the sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Shares have climbed nearly 3% to $13.63 as of Friday, boosting Company\u2019s market valuation to nearly $23.7 billion ever since the news emerged that PC maker was closing on to sell itself to a private consortium led by founder and Chief Executive Michele Dell and private equity firm <a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/metal\/silver-price.aspx\">Silver<\/a> Lake Partners \u00a0and Microsoft Corp. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=MSFT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASDAQ: MSFT<\/a>). While Dell will become the majority stakeholder (he currently hold 16% stake), <a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/metal\/silver-price.aspx\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"silver price today\">Silver<\/a> Lake and Microsoft will be minority stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>If the deal materializes then it will be the largest leveraged buyout (LBO) since the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knowfinance.com\/category\/financial-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">financial crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Round Rock, Texas-based Company, which once had a market capitalization in excess of $100 billion and was the leading player in the PC market, saw its fortune eroded as it struggled to sale PCs and laptops in the backdrop of proliferation of smartphones and tablets usage.<\/p>\n<p>The WSJ report said that, the talks continued to progress among all concerned parties as of Sunday, which was in line with expectations. The Consortium has secured debt financing of $15 billion from four investment banks&#8212;Bank of America, Barclays, Credit Suisse and RBC Capital.<\/p>\n<p>For private equity firms\u2019 executives and debt investors this deal assumes lots of significance as it will help them to gauge investors\u2019 appetite for colossal buyout deals and private equity firms\u2019 enthusiasm to pursue them.<\/p>\n<p>Thus far, the biggest LBO was made by a consortium led by the Blackstone Group. 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