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Earlier today, Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell and his partners at Silver Lake raised their offer for Dell shares to $13.75 from an earlier bid of $13.65.
"This is our best and final proposal," they said.
Icahn has been pushing for a deal that could potentially value the company at $15.50 to $18.00 per share.
"I've been through a lot of these fights," said Icahn at CNBC's Delivering Alpha conference last week. "Most of these boards are pretty dysfunctional but I've never seen a board as bad as Dell's. They go out and scare the shareholders."
Dell will be holding a vote on the buyout offer on August 2 at 9 a.m. Dallas time.
Here's the tweet:
All would be swell at Dell if Michael and the board bid farewell.
—Carl Icahn (@Carl_C_Icahn) July 24, 2013