) announced Friday that it has filed definitive proxy materials with the SEC in connection with a Special Meeting to be held on July 18, 2013 to approve a transaction under which Founder and CEO Michael Dell in partnership with Silver Lake, will acquire Dell for $13.65 per share in cash. The Special Committee of Dell's Board of Directors issued an open letter to shareholders recommending that shareholders vote to approve the transaction and outlining the reasons for the recommendation. Shareholder Southeastern Asset Management also issued an open letter to Dell stockholders, urging them not to take any action in response to Dell's proxy materials. Southeastern, along with shareholder Carl Icahn, submitted an alternate bid for Dell on May 10, including a $12 per share cash distribution or $12 in additional shares worth $1.65 per share. Dell closed at $13.36 Friday, a gain of $0.08 on higher than average volume.

) announced Friday the expiration of the tender offer by Anheuser-Busch Mexico Holdings, to acquire all outstanding shares of Grupo Modelo not already owned by AB InBev for $9.15 per share in cash. The tender offer expired at 2:00 p.m., Mexico City time, on May 31, 2013. As of the expiration of the tender offer, a preliminary total of 1,966,744,040 shares had been tendered into and not withdrawn from the tender offer, representing approximately 89% of Modelo's outstanding Series C shares not previously owned by AB InBev. When added to AB InBev's existing ownership interest in Modelo, AB InBev and its affiliates will, following the settlement of the tender offer, own approximately 95% of Modelo's outstanding shares. Anheuser-Busch InBev closed at $91.92 Friday, a loss of 2.5% on higher than average volume.