Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
(a) The information set forth under Item 5.03 and Item 8.01 of this report is
incorporated by reference in this Item 3.03.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year.
On June 29, 2022, the Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of Dell Technologies
Inc. (the "Amended Bylaws") became effective as of the effectiveness on the same
date of the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Dell
Technologies Inc. (the "Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate"), as described
under Item 8.01 of this report. The Amended Bylaws amended and restated the
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Dell Technologies Inc. (the "prior
bylaws"), which had been in effect as the bylaws of Dell Technologies Inc. (the
"Company") since December 28, 2018.
The Amended Bylaws effected the following amendments (the "Bylaw Amendments") to
the prior bylaws:
•Section 2.03 of the prior bylaws, which set forth the notice and information to
be delivered to the Company and other procedures to be followed by a stockholder
wishing to nominate persons for election to the Board of Directors or to propose
other business at a meeting of stockholders, was amended to provide for the
following, among other amendments:
•the number of nominees that may be nominated for election to the Board of
Directors at a meeting of stockholders shall not exceed the number of directors
to be elected at the meeting;
•the stockholder's notice shall include information about, among other
additional matters: (i) any shares of any class or series of the Company's
capital stock to which the stockholder (or beneficial holder, if any, on whose
behalf the proposal is made) or any of their respective affiliates or associates
has the right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future; (ii)
any agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to any compensation or
payments to be paid to any proposed nominees or otherwise pertaining to the
proposed nominations or other proposed business; (iii) any proxy (subject to
exception), agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to
which the stockholder or beneficial owner has or shares a right to vote any
shares of any class or series of the Company's capital stock; (iv) any rights to
dividends or distributions on the shares of any class or series of the Company's
capital stock owned beneficially by the stockholder or beneficial owner that are
separated or separable from the underlying shares; (v) any performance-related
fees (other than an asset-based fee) that the stockholder or beneficial owner is
entitled to receive based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of
any class or series of the Company's capital stock; and (vi) the names and
addresses of other stockholders (including beneficial owners) known by the
proposing stockholder to support the nomination or other business proposal and,
to the extent known, the class or series of the Company's capital stock, and the
number of shares of each such class or series, owned beneficially or of record
by such other stockholders or other beneficial owners; and
•a proposed nominee for election to the Board of Directors, or a person on such
nominee's behalf, shall deliver to the Company within the specified notice
period (i) a completed and signed questionnaire with respect to the background
and qualification of the proposed nominee and the background of any other person
or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made and (ii) a written
representation and agreement that the proposed nominee (a) is not and shall not
become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not
given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such
proposed nominee, if elected as a director, shall act or vote on any issue or
question (a "voting commitment") that has not been disclosed to the Company, or
any voting commitment that could limit or interfere with such proposed nominee's
fiduciary duties under applicable law, (b) is not and shall not become a party
to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other
than the Company with respect to any direct or indirect compensation,
reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a
director that has not been disclosed to the Company, and (c) in the proposed
nominee's individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose
behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a
director, and shall comply with, all applicable publicly disclosed corporate
governance, code of conduct and ethics, conflict of interest, confidentiality,
corporate opportunities, trading and any other policies and guidelines of the
Company applicable to directors.
•The prior bylaws also were amended to eliminate provisions that had ceased to
be applicable or effective as of the closing on December 28, 2018 of the
transaction (the "Class V transaction") in which the Company paid $14 billion of
cash and issued 149,387,617 shares of its Class C common stock in exchange for
all outstanding shares of its Class V common stock, in a manner consistent with
such amendments effected to the Company's certificate of incorporation by the
Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate. The superseded provisions eliminated by
the Bylaw Amendments included those in Articles II, III and IV of the prior
bylaws referring to director groups that were replaced as of December 28, 2018
by the director groups currently in effect, and provisions in Article IV of the
prior bylaws relating
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to the Capital Stock Committee of the Board of Directors, which ceased to
operate upon the retirement of all outstanding Class V common stock at the
closing of the Class V transaction.
In addition, the Bylaw Amendments implemented technical and administrative
changes to the prior bylaws, including changes related to and consistent with
the foregoing amendments.
The foregoing description of the Bylaw Amendments is qualified in all respects
by reference to the text of the Amended Bylaws, which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to
this report and incorporated by reference in this Item 5.03.
The information set forth under Item 8.01 of this report is incorporated by
reference in this Item 5.03.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
(a) On June 27, 2022, the Company held its 2022 annual meeting of stockholders
(the "2022 annual meeting"). At the 2022 annual meeting, the Company's
stockholders voted on four proposals. The proposals are described in the
Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for the 2022 annual meeting
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 17, 2022 (the "proxy
statement").
(b) As of the record date for the annual meeting, an aggregate of 748,145,864
shares of the Company's common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at
the meeting, of which 378,480,523 are shares of Class A common stock, 95,350,227
are shares of Class B common stock and 274,315,114 are shares of Class C common
stock.
Each share of Class A common stock and each share of Class B common stock is
entitled to ten votes per share. Each share of Class C common stock is entitled
to one vote per share.
The final voting results with respect to each proposal voted upon at the 2022
annual meeting are set forth below.
Proposal 1
The holders of the outstanding shares of all outstanding series of the Company's
common stock, voting together as a single class, elected to the Board of
Directors of the Company each of the seven nominees for Group I director, and
the holders of the Company's outstanding Class C common stock, voting separately
as a series, elected to the Board of Directors of the Company the nominee for
Group IV director, each as specified in the proxy statement, based on the
following numbers of votes:
Group I Director Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes
Michael S. Dell 4,820,075,753 100,450,363 38,430,149
David W. Dorman 4,834,276,239 86,249,877 38,430,149
Egon Durban 4,788,349,414 132,176,702 38,430,149
David Grain 4,912,117,674 8,408,442 38,430,149
William D. Green 4,875,435,540 45,090,576 38,430,149
Simon Patterson 4,868,406,811 52,119,305 38,430,149
Lynn Vojvodich Radakovich 4,876,257,262 44,268,854 38,430,149
Group IV Director Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes
Ellen J. Kullman 139,204,769 45,387,497 38,430,149
There were no abstentions with respect to this proposal.
Each nominee elected to the Board of Directors at the 2022 annual meeting as a
Group I director or Group IV director was elected for a term commencing on the
date of the 2022 annual meeting and ending on the earlier of the date on which
the director's successor is elected and qualified and the date of the director's
death, resignation, disqualification or removal.
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Proposal 2
The holders of the outstanding shares of all outstanding series of the Company's
common stock, voting together as a single class, ratified the appointment of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public
accounting firm for the Company's fiscal year ending February 3, 2023, based on
the following numbers of votes:
For Against Abstentions
4,941,045,587 16,378,718 1,531,960
There were no broker non-votes with respect to this proposal.
Proposal 3
The holders of the outstanding shares of all outstanding series of the Company's
common stock, voting together as a single class, approved, by an advisory vote,
the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the
proxy statement, based on the following numbers of votes:
For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
4,815,059,527 103,641,050 1,825,539 38,430,149
Proposal 4
The Company's stockholders adopted the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of Dell Technologies Inc. in the form annexed to the proxy
statement, based on the following numbers of votes of (a) the outstanding shares
of all outstanding series of the common stock, voting together as a single
class, (b) the outstanding shares of the Class A common stock, voting separately
as a series, and (c) the outstanding shares of the Class B common stock, voting
separately as a series:
Outstanding shares of all outstanding series of common stock
For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
4,887,273,478 32,551,587 701,051 38,430,149
Outstanding shares of Class A common stock
For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
3,782,431,590 0 0 0
Outstanding shares of Class B common stock
For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
953,502,260 0 0 0
Item 8.01 Other Events.
As described under Item 5.07 of this report, on June 27, 2022, the Company's
stockholders voted at the 2022 annual meeting to adopt the Sixth Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Dell Technologies Inc. The Board of
Directors of the Company approved the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate and
recommended its adoption by stockholders on April 27, 2022. The Sixth Amended
and Restated Certificate was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware on June 29, 2022 and became effective on that date.
The Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate amended the Fifth Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Dell Technologies Inc. (the "prior
certificate of incorporation") to:
•amend the forum selection provision in Article XIII of the prior certificate of
incorporation to provide that, unless the Company consents in writing to the
selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United
States shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint
asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933;
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•eliminate provisions of the prior certificate of incorporation that ceased to
be applicable or effective as of the closing on December 28, 2018 of the Class V
transaction referred to under Item 5.03 of this report and to make other
technical and administrative changes related to and consistent with such
amendments; and
•restate the prior certificate of incorporation to reflect the foregoing
amendments.
A description of the amendments to the prior certificate of incorporation
effected by the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate is set forth in the
description of Proposal 4 of the proxy statement referred to under Item 5.07 of
this report.
A copy of the Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to
this report and incorporated by reference in this Item 8.01.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
The following are herewith filed as exhibits to this report:
Exhibit
Number Description
3.1 Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Dell
Technologies Inc.
3.2 Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of Dell Technologies Inc.
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded
within the Inline XBRL document.
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