Dell 2007 Annual Report Download - page 239

Exhibit 99.1
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The annual meeting of Dell's stockholders was held on December 4, 2007. At that meeting, the following five proposals were submitted
to a vote of Dell's stockholders:
(1) Proposal 1 (Election of Directors) — A proposal for the election of the persons who will serve as Dell's directors until next year's
annual meeting.
(2) Proposal 2 (Ratification of Independent Auditor) — A proposal for the ratification of the Audit Committee's selection of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Dell's independent auditor for Fiscal 2008.
(3) Proposal 3 (Approval of the Amended and Restated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan) — A proposal for the approval of the Amended
and Restated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
(4) Stockholder Proposal 1 (Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines) — A proposal regarding the adoption of a stock ownership
requirement for executive officers.
(5) Stockholder Proposal 2 (Declaration of Dividend) — A proposal regarding the declaration of a dividend.
At the close of business on the record date for the meeting (which was October 26, 2007), there were 2,235,845,755 shares of common
stock outstanding and entitled to be voted at the meeting. Holders of 1,992,833,843 shares of common stock (representing a like number
of votes) were present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy. The following table sets forth the results of the voting:
Proposal For Withheld
1. Election of Directors:
Donald J. Carty 1,842,671,507 150,162,337
Michael S. Dell 1,946,689,752 46,144,091
William H. Gray, III 1,840,839,584 151,994,260
Sallie L. Krawcheck 1,953,903,925 38,929,919
Alan (A.G.) Lafley 1,889,157,561 103,676,283
Judy C. Lewent 1,893,116,243 99,717,600
Thomas W. Luce, III 1,716,997,296 275,836,548
Klaus S. Luft 1,885,666,266 107,167,577
Alex J. Mandl 1,903,646,695 89,187,149
Michael A. Miles 1,867,619,136 125,214,708
Sam Nunn 1,836,509,554 156,324,290
Broker
For Against Abstain Non-Votes
2. Ratification of Independent Auditor 1,857,638,826 121,077,627 14,117,387
3. Approval of the Amended and Restated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan 1,536,953,916 130,605,368 18,068,291 307,206,268
4. Stockholder Proposal 1 (Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines) 482,602,090 1,186,755,213 16,307,630 307,168,910
5. Stockholder Proposal 2 (Declaration of Dividend) 105,972,999 1,552,367,241 27,324,695 307,168,908
Proposal 1 (Election of Directors), Proposal 2 (Ratification of Independent Auditors) and Proposal 3 (Approval of the Amended and
Restated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan) each received more than the number of favorable votes required for approval and were
therefore duly and validly approved by the stockholders. Stockholder Proposal 1 (Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines) and
Stockholder Proposal 2 (Declaration of Dividend) each failed to receive a sufficient number of favorable votes and, therefore, were not
approved.