UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 23, 2021
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On September 23, 2021, Dell Technologies Inc. (“Dell”) received a favorable private letter ruling from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, which confirmed the tax-free status of its planned spin-off of VMware, Inc. (“VMware”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Subject to certain closing conditions, the transaction is expected to close in early November 2021.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This current report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The words “may,” “will,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “aim,” “seek,” and similar expressions as they relate to Dell or its management are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. All statements by Dell regarding the expected timing, completion and effects of the proposed transaction and similar matters are forward-looking statements. The expectations expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements may not turn out to be correct. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and are based on current expectations and involve a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. Dell may not be able to complete the proposed transaction on the contemplated terms or other acceptable terms or at all because of a number of factors, including the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the definitive agreement governing the proposed transaction, the failure to obtain adequate financing sources for the VMware Special Dividend, the failure of VMware to satisfy certain rating agency criteria, the effect of the announcement of the transaction on Dell’s ability to retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with its customers, suppliers, operating results and business generally, and other risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could affect Dell’s results in future periods, including, but not limited to, the following: the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; competitive pressures; Dell’s reliance on third-party suppliers for products and components, including reliance on single-source or limited-source suppliers; Dell’s ability to achieve favorable pricing from its vendors; adverse global economic conditions and instability in financial markets; Dell’s execution of its growth, business, and acquisition strategies; the success of Dell’s cost efficiency measures; Dell’s ability to manage solutions and products and services transitions in an effective manner; Dell’s ability to deliver high-quality products, software, and services; cyber-attacks or other data security incidents; Dell’s foreign operations and ability to generate substantial non-U.S. net revenue; Dell’s product, services, customer, and geographic sales mix, and seasonal sales trends; the performance of Dell’s sales channel partners; access to the capital markets by Dell’s or its customers; material impairment of the value of goodwill or intangible assets; weak economic conditions and the effect of additional regulation on Dell’s financial services activities; counterparty default risks; the loss by Dell of any contracts for ISG services and solutions and its ability to perform such contracts at their estimated costs; loss by Dell of government contracts; Dell’s ability to develop and protect its proprietary intellectual property or obtain licenses to intellectual property developed by others on commercially reasonable and competitive terms; disruptions in Dell’s infrastructure; Dell’s ability to hedge effectively its exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates; expiration of tax holidays or favorable tax rate structures, or unfavorable outcomes in tax audits and other tax compliance matters; impairment of portfolio investments; unfavorable results of legal proceedings; compliance requirements of changing environmental and safety laws or other laws; the effect of armed hostilities, terrorism, natural disasters, and public health issues; Dell’s dependence on the services of Michael Dell and key employees; Dell’s level of indebtedness; and the impact of the financial performance of VMware.
This list of risks, uncertainties, and other factors is not complete. Dell discusses some of these matters more fully, as well as certain risk factors that could affect Dell’s business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects, in its reports filed with the SEC, including Dell’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 29, 2021, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K. Any or all forward-looking statements Dell makes may turn out to be wrong and can be affected by inaccurate assumptions Dell might make or by known or unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, including those identified in this current report. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements made in this current report, which speaks only as of its date. Dell does not undertake to update, and expressly disclaims any duty to update, its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of circumstances or events that arise after the date they are made, new information, or otherwise.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: September 27, 2021 | Dell Technologies Inc. | ||||||||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Robert Potts | ||||||||||||||||
| Robert Potts Senior Vice President and Assistant Secretary | |||||||||||||||||
| (Duly Authorized Officer) | |||||||||||||||||
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