Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  SOUTHEASTERN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/TN/
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
05/09/2013		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
DELL INC [Dell]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
6410 POPLAR AVENUE, SUITE 900		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) __X__ Other (specify below)
member of 10% owner group
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

MEMPHIS, TN 38119		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
SOUTHEASTERN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/TN/
6410 POPLAR AVENUE
SUITE 900
MEMPHIS, TN 38119		       member of 10% owner group

Signatures

/s/ Andrew R. McCarroll, General Counsel, Southeastern Asset Management, Inc. 05/17/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

No securities are beneficially owned

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
 
Remarks:
On May 10, 2013, Southeastern Asset Management, Inc. (the "Reporting Person") filed Amendment No. 4 to its Schedule 13D (as so amended, the "Schedule 13D") reporting beneficial ownership, within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), of 121,149,658 outstanding shares of the Issuer's common stock and an additional 25,000,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of currently exercisable options.  In addition, the Reporting Person acknowledged its membership in a group with the Icahn Parties (as defined in the Schedule 13D) and may be deemed to beneficially own 226,617,980 shares, constituting approximately 12.7% of shares outstanding.  The Reporting Person has no pecuniary interest in any such shares and expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares for all purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act other than Rule 16a-1(a)(1) thereunder.  In addition, the Reporting Person has no pecuniary interest in and expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares beneficially owned by the Icahn Parties.

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