SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Amendment No. 9


Dell Inc.
________________________________________________________
(Name of Issuer)


Common Stock
_______________________________________________________
(Title of Class and Securities)

24702R101
_______________________________________________________

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

O. Mason Hawkins
Chairman of the Board and C.E.O.
 
Southeastern Asset Management, Inc.
6410 Poplar Avenue, Suite 900
Memphis, TN  38119
(901) 761-2474
___________________________________________________________

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
Receive Notices and Communications)


July 11, 2013
___________________________________________
(Date of Event which Requires
Filing of this Statement)


If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this Schedule because of Sections 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f), or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box:  o
 
 
 
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SCHEDULE 13D
 
CUSIP No.  24702R101
  
 
         
1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
                                
Southeastern Asset Management, Inc.      I.D. No. 62-0951781
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions)
   
   
 
(a) x
(b) o
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
 
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
                    
00:  Funds of investment advisory clients
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
 
 
o
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
Tennessee
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
(Discretionary Accounts)
 
34,281,460 shares
8
SHARED OR NO VOTING POWER
 
27,939,000 shares (Shared)
  7,615,168 shares (No Vote)
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
(Discretionary Accounts)
 
41,896,628 shares
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
27,939,000 shares (Shared)
                0 shares (None)
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
69,835,628* shares
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11 EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
 
 
x
See Item
5(a)
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
 
4.0%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 
IA
 
* This amount excludes 6,476,800 European style options that are only exercisable on the expiration date of the options and will not be exercisable within the next 60 days.
             
 
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SCHEDULE 13D
 
CUSIP No. 24702R101
  
 
         
1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
          
O. Mason Hawkins                         I.D. No. XXX-XX-XXXX
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions)
 
  
(a) o
(b) x
3
SEC USE ONLY
  
  
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
 
00:  None
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
  
  
o
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
Citizen of United States
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
(Discretionary Accounts)
 
None
8
SHARED OR NO VOTING POWER
 
None
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
        
None
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
None
0 shares (None)
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
  
None (See Item 3)
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW 11 EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
  
  
o
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11
  
0.0%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
  
IN
 
 
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This Amendment No. 9 amends and supplements the Statement on Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 8, 2013, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on February 12, 2013, Amendment No. 2 filed on March 5, 2013, Amendment No. 3 filed on March 15, 2013, Amendment No. 4 filed on May 10, 2013, Amendment No. 5 filed on May 13, 2013, Amendment No. 6 filed on May 16, 2013, Amendment No. 7 filed on June 18, 2013, and Amendment No. 8 filed on July 2, 2013 (the “Schedule 13D”), which relates to the common stock, par value $0.01 (the “Securities”) of Dell Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Schedule 13D. All items or responses not described herein remain as previously reported in the Schedule 13D.
 
Item 3.
Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
 
Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
 
The respective investment advisory clients of Southeastern used approximately $1,044,789,511.00 in the aggregate to purchase the Securities reported in the Schedule 13D. All assets used to purchase Securities were assets of these respective clients and none were assets of Southeastern. In addition, none of the proceeds used to purchase the Securities were provided through borrowings of any nature.
 
Item 4.
Purpose of Transaction
  
Item 4 is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following immediately after the fourteenth paragraph thereof:
 
On July 11, 2013, Carl C. Icahn appeared on Bloomberg TV at 4:00 pm, New York City time.  Mr. Icahn discussed the Issuer and, among other things, stated that Mr. Icahn and his affiliates and Southeastern would be coming out with a revised proposal that would add a fraction of a warrant with a $20 per share strike price to the existing proposal.  Mr. Icahn indicated that the precise terms of the warrants are still under discussion and that additional details regarding the revised proposal would be forthcoming shortly.
                                                                                           
Item 5.
Interest in Securities of the Issuer
  
Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
      
(a) The aggregate number and percentage of Securities to which this Schedule 13D relates is 69,835,628 shares of the common stock of the Issuer, constituting approximately 4.0% of the 1,756,073,637 shares outstanding.  This amount excludes 6,476,800 European style options that are only exercisable on the expiration date of the options and will not be exercisable within the next 60 days.  The calculation of the foregoing percentage is based on the number of shares disclosed as outstanding as of June 6, 2013 by the Issuer in its Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2013.
                  
   
Common  
Shares  Held
    
% of outstanding  
Common Shares
  
Voting Authority
            
             
Sole:
    
34,281,460
      
2.0
%
Shared:
    
27,939,000
*
    
1.6
%
None:
    
7,615,168
      
0.4
%
                 
Total
    
69,835,628
**
    
4.0
%
 
*Consists of shares owned by Longleaf Partners Fund.  This amount excludes 6,476,800 European style options that are only exercisable on the expiration date of the options and will not be exercisable within the next 60 days.
    
 
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**Does not include 352,500 shares held by one non-discretionary account over which the filing parties have neither voting nor dispositive authority. Beneficial ownership is expressly disclaimed with respect to these shares. 
           
Dispositive Authority
            
             
Sole:
    
41,896,628
      
2.4
%
Shared:
    
27,939,000
*
    
 1.6
%
None:
    
0
      
0.0
%
                 
Total
    
69,835,628
**
    
4.0
%
 
*Consists of shares owned by Longleaf Partners Fund.  This amount excludes 6,476,800 European style options that are only exercisable on the expiration date of the options and will not be exercisable within the next 60 days.

 **Does not include 352,500 shares held by one non-discretionary account over which the filing parties have neither voting nor dispositive authority. Beneficial ownership is expressly disclaimed with respect to these shares. 
                    
Southeastern has agreed to act in concert with High River Limited Partnership, Hopper Investments LLC, Barberry Corp., Icahn Partners Master Fund LP, Icahn Partners Master Fund II LP, Icahn Partners Master Fund III LP, Icahn Offshore LP, Icahn Partners LP, Icahn Onshore LP, Icahn Capital LP, IPH GP LLC, Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P., Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc., Beckton Corp. and Carl C. Icahn (collectively, the “Icahn Parties”) solely for the purposes of promoting the transactions and proposals contained in the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Side Letter, and the May 9 Letter, including pursuing a superior proposal in connection with the proposed management buyout transaction, urging shareholders to vote against the proposed management buyout transaction, the joint solicitation for proxies for the 2013 Annual Meeting and the joint solicitation of proxies for the Special Meeting.  Based on the foregoing, the Icahn Parties and Southeastern have formed a “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and may be deemed to beneficially own 222,314,278 Securities, constituting approximately 12.7% of the 1,756,073,637 Securities outstanding.  However, Southeastern expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of the 152,478,650 Securities beneficially owned by the Icahn Parties and their related affiliates. Southeastern, in accordance with its fiduciary duties, also expressly retains the sole voting and investment power of the Securities it beneficially owns. The Icahn Parties and their related affiliates have filed a separate Schedule 13D with respect to their interests.                        
                                 
(b) Southeastern generally has the sole power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of the Securities held for discretionary accounts of its investment clients, and may be granted the sole power to vote or direct the vote of such Securities; such powers may be retained by or shared with the respective clients for shared or non-discretionary accounts.  Shares held by any Series of Longleaf Partners Funds Trust are reported in the “shared” category.
   
(c) Purchase or sale transactions in the Securities during the past 60 days are disclosed on Schedule II.
       
(d) The investment advisory clients of Southeastern have the sole right to receive and, subject to notice, to withdraw the proceeds from the sale of the Securities, and the sole power to direct the receipt of dividends from any of the Securities held for their respective accounts.  Such clients may also terminate the investment advisory agreements without penalty upon appropriate notice. Southeastern does not have an economic interest in any of the Securities reported herein.
      
(e) Not applicable.
 
             
 
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Signatures
  
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
   
Dated:  July 11, 2013
   
 
Southeastern Asset Management, Inc.
  
         
         
 
By:
  /s/ O. Mason Hawkins  
   
Name:  O. Mason Hawkins
  
   
Title:  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
  
         
       
 
O. Mason Hawkins, Individually
  
         
         
   /s/ O. Mason Hawkins  
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                  
 
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Joint Filing Agreement
 
In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the persons or entities named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of this Schedule 13D with respect to the Securities of the Issuer and further agree that this joint filing agreement be included as an exhibit to this Schedule 13D. In evidence thereof, the undersigned hereby execute this Agreement as of July 11, 2013.
  
 
Southeastern Asset Management, Inc.
  
         
         
 
By:
  /s/ O. Mason Hawkins  
   
Name:  O. Mason Hawkins
  
   
Title:  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
  
         
                                                  

 
O. Mason Hawkins, Individually
  
         
         
   /s/ O. Mason Hawkins  
         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Schedule II of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 
SCHEDULE II
Transactions in the Last Sixty Days
                     
Transaction Type
Date
# of Shares
  
Price Per Share
*
           
Sale
5/17/2013
95,100
  
$ 13.41
  
Sale
5/20/2013
1,900
  
$ 13.40
  
Sale
5/20/2013
13,750
  
$ 13.40
  
Sale
5/20/2013
22,250
  
$ 13.40
  
Sale
5/20/2013
16,000
  
$ 13.40
  
Sale
5/20/2013
8,000
  
$ 13.40
  
Sale
5/20/2013
7,000
  
$ 13.40
  
Sale
5/20/2013
6,000
  
$ 13.40
  
Sale
5/20/2013
5,000
  
$ 13.40
  
Sale
5/20/2013
3,380
  
$ 13.40
  
Sale
5/20/2013
17,000
  
$ 13.40
  
Sale
5/20/2013
2,120
  
$ 13.40
  
Sale
5/28/2013
4,000
  
$ 13.36
  
Sale
5/28/2013
5,000
  
$ 13.36
  
Sale
5/28/2013
3,000
  
$ 13.36
  
Sale
5/28/2013
3,000
  
$ 13.36
  
Sale
5/28/2013
13,000
  
$ 13.36
  
Sale
5/28/2013
3,000
  
$ 13.36
  
Sale
5/28/2013
227,400
  
$ 13.36
  
Sale
6/10/2013
284,902
  
$ 13.43
  
Sale
6/12/2013
282,200
  
$ 13.37
  
Sale
6/18/2013
71,657,828
†
$ 13.52
  
Sale
6/20/2013
183,200
  
$ 13.35
  
Sale
6/20/2013
17,500
  
$ 13.36
  
Sale
6/21/2013
32,300
  
$ 13.35
  
Sale
6/24/2013
500
  
$ 13.31
  
Sale
6/24/2013
1,000
  
$ 13.31
  
Sale
6/24/2013
5,000
  
$ 13.31
  
Sale
6/24/2013
1,000
  
$ 13.31
  
Sale
6/24/2013
23,000
  
$ 13.31
  
Sale
6/25/2013
80,600
  
$ 13.42
  
Sale
6/26/2013
127,400
  
$ 13.42
  
Sale
7/1/2013
117,100
  
$ 13.32
  
Sale
7/2/2013
9,100
  
$ 13.33
  
Sale
7/2/2013
2,500
  
$ 13.33
  
Sale
7/2/2013
6,000
  
$ 13.33
  
Sale
7/2/2013
15,000
  
$ 13.33
  
Sale
7/2/2013
6,000
  
$ 13.33
  
Sale
7/2/2013
3,000
  
$ 13.33
  
Sale
7/2/2013
42,000
  
$ 13.33
  
Sale
7/2/2013
40,000
  
$ 13.33
  
Sale
7/2/2013
4,000
  
$ 13.33
  
Sale
7/2/2013
28,000
  
$ 13.33
  
Sale
7/2/2013
10,000
  
$ 13.33
  
Sale
7/2/2013
3,000
  
$ 13.33
  
Sale
7/2/2013
5,000
  
$ 13.33
  
Sale
7/2/2013
16,000
  
$ 13.33
  
Sale
7/10/2013
126,300
  
$ 13.34
  
  
Sales by Southeastern at the direction of a client in the ordinary course of business on NASDAQ or through Electronic Communication Networks (ECNs).
   
          
 
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In addition to the above transactions, on May 17, 2013, May 30, 2013, and July 1, 2013, clients of Southeastern withdrawing assets removed 689,000, 1,122,000, and 917,700 shares, respectively, from Southeastern’s discretion.
                
Transaction Type
Date
# of Shares
Price Per Share
       
Exercise of Options**
5/15/2013
25,000,000
$ 7.00
    
* Net of commissions
    
**The exercise of these options did not alter Southeastern’s beneficial ownership of the underlying Securities as Southeastern had previously reported beneficial ownership of such Securities in the Schedule 13D.
      
† On June 18, 2013, Southeastern and the Icahn Buyer entered into the Stock Purchase Agreement, as more fully described in Item 4 and incorporated by reference hereto.
       
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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