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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;6, 2011</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-right:4%"><B>Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Dell Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>



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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>74-2487834</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>One Dell Way</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Round Rock, Texas</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>78682</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Force10 Networks, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Lawrence P. Tu<BR>
Senior Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
Dell Inc.<BR>
One Dell Way<BR>
Round Rock, Texas 78682</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)<BR>
<B>(512)&nbsp;338-4400</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>Copies to:</I><BR>
<B>Janet B. Wright<BR>
Vice President-Corporate, Securities<BR>
&#038; Finance Counsel<BR>
Dell Inc.<BR>
One Dell Way<BR>
Round Rock, Texas 78682</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Non-accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Smaller reporting company <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>aggregate offering</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registration</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of securities to be registered</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registered(1)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>per share(2)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>price(2)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>fee</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $.01 par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,110,944</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(3)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">8.21</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">9,120,851</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,046</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this registration statement covers, in addition to the number of shares of common stock, $.01
par value, of the registrant (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) shown in the table above, an indeterminate
number of shares of Common Stock which, by reason of changes in the capitalization of the
registrant and other events specified in the Force10 Networks, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan
(the &#147;Plan&#148;), may become subject to the Plan.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule
457(h) under the Securities Act, based on the weighted average price per share of Common Stock
at which the options outstanding under the Plan may be exercised.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Represents the number of shares of Common Stock subject to options outstanding under the
Plan, as assumed by the registrant.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Dell Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
&#147;Company&#148;), in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July&nbsp;19, 2011 (the
&#147;Merger Agreement&#148;), among Dell Marketing, L.P., a Texas limited partnership, DII Firebird Corp., a
Delaware corporation and indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (&#147;Merger Sub&#148;), Force10
Networks, Inc. (&#147;Force10&#148;), a Delaware corporation, and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, a
Colorado limited liability company, pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into Force10 (the
&#147;Merger&#148;), with Force10 continuing as the surviving corporation of the Merger. The Merger became
effective on August&nbsp;25, 2011. In connection with the Merger, the Company assumed certain
outstanding stock option awards granted under the Force10 Networks, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan
(the &#147;Plan&#148;), which were converted into options to purchase common stock of the Company.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.*</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of this registration statement
will be sent or given to participants in the Plan. Such documents will not be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;), either as part of this registration statement
or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act.
These documents and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of
this registration statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company incorporates by reference herein the following documents filed by it with the SEC
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), excluding any
information furnished under Item&nbsp;2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, any furnished
exhibit related to such information, and any other information that is furnished and not filed:
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January&nbsp;28, 2011;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended April
29, 2011 and July&nbsp;29, 2011;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March&nbsp;8, 2011, March&nbsp;31, 2011,
July&nbsp;20, 2011, August&nbsp;10, 2011 and September&nbsp;9, 2011; and</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the description of the Company&#146;s common stock (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) contained in its
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August&nbsp;10, 2011, including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the Company incorporates by reference herein all documents filed by it pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any information furnished under
Item&nbsp;2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, any furnished exhibit related to such
information, and any other information that is furnished and not filed, unless specifically
incorporated by reference in this registration statement) subsequent to the date hereof and prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold. All such incorporated documents
shall be deemed to be a part of this registration statement from the date of filing of such
documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
into this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in this registration statement or
in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated into this
registration statement modifies or supersedes that statement. Any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
registration statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. The Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following summarizes certain arrangements by which controlling persons, directors and
officers of the Company, a Delaware corporation, are indemnified against liability which they may
incur in such capacities.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Delaware General Corporation Law. </I>Section&nbsp;145(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware (the &#147;Delaware General Corporation Law&#148;) provides that a corporation may indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that the person
is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the
person in connection with such action, suit or
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful. The
termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a
plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the
person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law states that a corporation may indemnify
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor
by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith
and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or
matter as to which the person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and
only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit
was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for such expenses as the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem
proper.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that to the extent that a
present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or
otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a)&nbsp;and (b)&nbsp;of
Section&nbsp;145, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified
against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
connection therewith.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(d) of the Delaware General Corporation Law states that any indemnification under
subsections (a)&nbsp;and (b)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;145 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation
only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or
former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has
met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a)&nbsp;and (b)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;145. Such
determination shall be made with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of
such determination (1)&nbsp;by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit
or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, (2)&nbsp;by a committee of such directors designated by
majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, (3)&nbsp;if there are no such
directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or
(4)&nbsp;by the stockholders.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(f) of the Delaware General Corporation Law states that the indemnification and
advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of Section&nbsp;145
shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or
advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person&#146;s official capacity and as
to action in another capacity while holding such office.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation shall have
the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred
by such person in any such capacity or arising out of such person&#146;s status as such, whether or not
the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the
provisions of Section&nbsp;145.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(j) of the Delaware General Corporation Law states that the indemnification
and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, Section&nbsp;145 shall, unless
otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a
director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a person.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Certificate of Incorporation. </I>The Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
provides that the Company&#146;s officers and directors are entitled to indemnification from the Company
to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Bylaws</I>. The Restated Bylaws of the Company provide for the indemnification of the officers and
directors of the Company to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
The Restated Bylaws provide that each person who was or is made a party to, or is threatened to be
made a party to or is involved in, any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person, or a person of whom such
person is the legal representative, is or was or has agreed to become a director or officer of the
Company or is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director or
officer of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
including service with respect to employee benefit plans, shall be indemnified and held harmless by
the Company to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law against all
expense, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys&#146;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in
settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith, except that the
Company shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or
part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by
the board of directors of the Company.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Indemnification Agreements. </I>The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each
of its officers and directors. Those agreements establish processes and procedures for
indemnification claims and do not increase the scope of the indemnification provided.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Insurance. </I>The Company maintains directors and officers liability insurance, which covers
such persons against certain claims or liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties.
</DIV>

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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company herewith files or incorporates by reference to prior filings with the SEC the
exhibits set forth below.
</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B>  </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description of Exhibit</B>      </TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q of Dell Inc. (&#147;Dell&#148;) for the fiscal quarter ended April&nbsp;29, 2011,
Commission File No.&nbsp;0-17017).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Bylaws, as amended and effective as of August&nbsp;16, 2010 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of Dell&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July&nbsp;30, 2010,
Commission File No.&nbsp;0-17017).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Force10 Networks, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Hogan Lovells US LLP with respect to the legality of the securities registered hereby.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Hogan Lovells US LLP (contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*24
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this registration statement).</TD>
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    <TD>Filed herewith</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Round Rock, State of Texas,
on October&nbsp;6, 2011.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Dell Inc.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="center">/s/ Michael S. Dell
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center">Michael S. Dell&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="center">Chairman of the Board of Directors and<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<br>
(Duly Authorized Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael S. Dell, Lawrence
P. Tu, Brian T. Gladden and Janet B. Wright, and each of them, as such person&#146;s true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, from such person
and in each person&#146;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement or any registration
statement relating to this registration statement under Rule&nbsp;462 and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as
fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed as of October&nbsp;6, 2011 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Name</B>     </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael S. Dell
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael S. Dell
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James W. Breyer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James W. Breyer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Donald J. Carty
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Donald J. Carty
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Janet Clark
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Janet Clark
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Laura Conigliaro
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Laura Conigliaro
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ken Duberstein
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ken Duberstein
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William H. Gray, III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William H. Gray, III
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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Gerard J. Kleisterlee
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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Thomas W. Luce, III
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Klaus S. Luft
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Alex J. Mandl
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Alex J. Mandl
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Shantanu Narayen
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Shantanu Narayen
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ H. Ross Perot, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
H. Ross Perot, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Brian T. Gladden
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Brian T. Gladden
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;(Principal
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas W. Sweet
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Corporate Finance</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas W. Sweet
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;(Principal
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q of Dell Inc. (&#147;Dell&#148;) for the fiscal quarter ended April&nbsp;29, 2011,
Commission File No.&nbsp;0-17017).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Bylaws, as amended and effective as of August&nbsp;16, 2010 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of Dell&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July&nbsp;30, 2010,
Commission File No.&nbsp;0-17017).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*4.3
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Force10 Networks, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan.</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Hogan Lovells US LLP with respect to the legality of the securities registered hereby.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Hogan Lovells US LLP (contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 6, 2011
Registration Statement No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Dell Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
74-2487834
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
One Dell Way
Round Rock, Texas
78682
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Force10 Networks, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Lawrence P. Tu
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Dell Inc.
One Dell Way
Round Rock, Texas 78682
(Name and address of agent for service)
(512) 338-4400
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Janet B. Wright
Vice President-Corporate, Securities
& Finance Counsel
Dell Inc.
One Dell Way
Round Rock, Texas 78682
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate offering
registration
Title of securities to be registered
registered(1)
per share(2)
price(2)
fee
Common Stock, $.01 par value
1,110,944
(3)
$
8.21
$
9,120,851
$
1,046
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this registration statement covers, in addition to the number of shares of common stock, $.01
par value, of the registrant (the "Common Stock") shown in the table above, an indeterminate
number of shares of Common Stock which, by reason of changes in the capitalization of the
registrant and other events specified in the Force10 Networks, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan
(the "Plan"), may become subject to the Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule
457(h) under the Securities Act, based on the weighted average price per share of Common Stock
at which the options outstanding under the Plan may be exercised.
(3)
Represents the number of shares of Common Stock subject to options outstanding under the
Plan, as assumed by the registrant.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Dell Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 19, 2011 (the
"Merger Agreement"), among Dell Marketing, L.P., a Texas limited partnership, DII Firebird Corp., a
Delaware corporation and indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company ("Merger Sub"), Force10
Networks, Inc. ("Force10"), a Delaware corporation, and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, a
Colorado limited liability company, pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into Force10 (the
"Merger"), with Force10 continuing as the surviving corporation of the Merger. The Merger became
effective on August 25, 2011. In connection with the Merger, the Company assumed certain
outstanding stock option awards granted under the Force10 Networks, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan
(the "Plan"), which were converted into options to purchase common stock of the Company.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this registration statement
will be sent or given to participants in the Plan. Such documents will not be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), either as part of this registration statement
or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.
These documents and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of
this registration statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Company incorporates by reference herein the following documents filed by it with the SEC
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), excluding any
information furnished under Item 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, any furnished
exhibit related to such information, and any other information that is furnished and not filed:
(1)
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 28, 2011;
(2)
the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended April
29, 2011 and July 29, 2011;
(3)
the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March 8, 2011, March 31, 2011,
July 20, 2011, August 10, 2011 and September 9, 2011; and
(4)
the description of the Company's common stock (the "Common Stock") contained in its
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 10, 2011, including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, the Company incorporates by reference herein all documents filed by it pursuant
to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any information furnished under
Item 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, any furnished exhibit related to such
information, and any other information that is furnished and not filed, unless specifically
incorporated by reference in this registration statement) subsequent to the date hereof and prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold. All such incorporated documents
shall be deemed to be a part of this registration statement from the date of filing of such
documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
into this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in this registration statement or
in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated into this
registration statement modifies or supersedes that statement. Any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
registration statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable. The Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The following summarizes certain arrangements by which controlling persons, directors and
officers of the Company, a Delaware corporation, are indemnified against liability which they may
incur in such capacities.
Delaware General Corporation Law.
Section 145(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware (the "Delaware General Corporation Law") provides that a corporation may indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that the person
is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the
person in connection with such action, suit or
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proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful. The
termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a
plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the
person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person's conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law states that a corporation may indemnify
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor
by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith
and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or
matter as to which the person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and
only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit
was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for such expenses as the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem
proper.
Section 145(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that to the extent that a
present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or
otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of
Section 145, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified
against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
connection therewith.
Section 145(d) of the Delaware General Corporation Law states that any indemnification under
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation
only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or
former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has
met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145. Such
determination shall be made with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of
such determination (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit
or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, (2) by a committee of such directors designated by
majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, (3) if there are no such
directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or
(4) by the stockholders.
Section 145(f) of the Delaware General Corporation Law states that the indemnification and
advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of Section 145
shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or
advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's official capacity and as
to action in another capacity while holding such office.
Section 145(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation shall have
the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred
by such person in any such capacity or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not
the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the
provisions of Section 145.
Section 145(j) of the Delaware General Corporation Law states that the indemnification
and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, Section 145 shall, unless
otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a
director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a person.
Certificate of Incorporation.
The Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
provides that the Company's officers and directors are entitled to indemnification from the Company
to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Bylaws
. The Restated Bylaws of the Company provide for the indemnification of the officers and
directors of the Company to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
The Restated Bylaws provide that each person who was or is made a party to, or is threatened to be
made a party to or is involved in, any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person, or a person of whom such
person is the legal representative, is or was or has agreed to become a director or officer of the
Company or is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director or
officer of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
including service with respect to employee benefit plans, shall be indemnified and held harmless by
the Company to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law against all
expense, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys'
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fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in
settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith, except that the
Company shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or
part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by
the board of directors of the Company.
Indemnification Agreements.
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each
of its officers and directors. Those agreements establish processes and procedures for
indemnification claims and do not increase the scope of the indemnification provided.
Insurance.
The Company maintains directors and officers liability insurance, which covers
such persons against certain claims or liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The Company herewith files or incorporates by reference to prior filings with the SEC the
exhibits set forth below.
Exhibit
No.
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Dell Inc. ("Dell") for the fiscal quarter ended April 29, 2011,
Commission File No. 0-17017).
4.2
Restated Bylaws, as amended and effective as of August 16, 2010 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 of Dell's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July 30, 2010,
Commission File No. 0-17017).
*4.3
Force10 Networks, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan.
*5
Opinion of Hogan Lovells US LLP with respect to the legality of the securities registered hereby.
*23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
*23.2
Consent of Hogan Lovells US LLP (contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5).
*24
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this registration statement).
*
Filed herewith
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
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(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Round Rock, State of Texas,
on October 6, 2011.
Dell Inc.
By:
/s/ Michael S. Dell
Michael S. Dell
Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Chief Executive Officer
(Duly Authorized Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael S. Dell, Lawrence
P. Tu, Brian T. Gladden and Janet B. Wright, and each of them, as such person's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, from such person
and in each person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement or any registration
statement relating to this registration statement under Rule 462 and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as
fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his, her or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed as of October 6, 2011 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
Name
Title
/s/ Michael S. Dell
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive
Michael S. Dell
Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ James W. Breyer
Director
James W. Breyer
/s/ Donald J. Carty
Director
Donald J. Carty
/s/ Janet Clark
Director
Janet Clark
/s/ Laura Conigliaro
Director
Laura Conigliaro
/s/ Ken Duberstein
Director
Ken Duberstein
/s/ William H. Gray, III
Director
William H. Gray, III
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Name
Title
/s/ Gerard J. Kleisterlee
Director
Gerard J. Kleisterlee
/s/ Thomas W. Luce, III
Director
Thomas W. Luce, III
/s/ Klaus S. Luft
Director
Klaus S. Luft
/s/ Alex J. Mandl
Director
Alex J. Mandl
/s/ Shantanu Narayen
Director
Shantanu Narayen
/s/ H. Ross Perot, Jr.
Director
H. Ross Perot, Jr.
/s/ Brian T. Gladden
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Brian T. Gladden
(Principal
Financial Officer)
/s/ Thomas W. Sweet
Vice President, Corporate Finance
Thomas W. Sweet
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No.
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Dell Inc. ("Dell") for the fiscal quarter ended April 29, 2011,
Commission File No. 0-17017).
4.2
Restated Bylaws, as amended and effective as of August 16, 2010 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 of Dell's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July 30, 2010,
Commission File No. 0-17017).
*4.3
Force10 Networks, Inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan.
*5
Opinion of Hogan Lovells US LLP with respect to the legality of the securities registered hereby.
*23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
*23.2
Consent of Hogan Lovells US LLP (contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5).
*24
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this registration statement).
*
Filed herewith