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Restated Bylaws

Effective Date: July 18, 2003
Parties:

Dell

Sectors: Computer Hardware
EXHIBIT 3.3

RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

DELL INC.

A Delaware Corporation

Date of Adoption October 22, 1987

Date of Restatement ? July 18, 2003


RESTATED BYLAWS

of

DELL INC.

Table of Contents ARTICLE I OFFICES 1 Section 1. Registered Office 1 Section 2. Other Offices 1 ARTICLE II STOCKHOLDERS 1 Section 1. Place of Meetings 1 Section 2. Quorum; Adjournment and Postponement of Meetings; Vote Required 1 Section 3. Annual Meetings 2 Section 4. Special Meetings 2 Section 5. Record Date 3 Section 6. Notice of Meetings 3 Section 7. Stock List 3 Section 8. Proxies 4 Section 9. Voting; Elections; Inspectors 4 Section 10. Conduct of Meetings 5 Section 11. Treasury Stock 5 Section 12. Action Without Meeting 5 ARTICLE III BOARD OF DIRECTORS 5 Section 1. Power; Number; Term of Office 5 Section 2. Quorum 6 Section 3. Place of Meeting; Order of Business 6 Section 4. First Meeting 6 Section 5. Regular Meetings 6 Section 6. Special Meetings 6 Section 7. Removal 6 Section 8. Vacancies; Increases in the Number of Directors 7 Section 9. Compensation 7 Section 10. Action Without a Meeting; Telephone Conference Meeting 7


Section 11. Approval or Ratification of Acts or Contract by Stockholders 7 Section 12. Nomination of Directors; Stockholder Business at Annual Meetings 8 ARTICLE IV COMMITTEES 10 Section 1. Designation; Powers 10 Section 2. Procedure; Meetings; Quorum 10 Section 3. Substitution of Members 10 ARTICLE V OFFICERS 11 Section 1. Number, Titles and Term of Office 11 Section 2. Salaries 11 Section 3. Removal 11 Section 4. Vacancies 11 Section 5. Powers and Duties of the Chief Executive Officer 11 Section 6. Powers and Duties of the Chairman of the Board 11 Section 7. Powers and Duties of the President 12 Section 8. Vice Presidents 12 Section 9. Treasurer 12 Section 10. Assistant Treasurers 12 Section 11. Secretary 12 Section 12. Assistant Secretaries 12 Section 13. Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations 13 ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS 13 Section 1. Right to Indemnification 13 Section 2. Indemnification of Employees and Agents 14 Section 3. Right of Claimant to Bring Suit 14 Section 4. Nonexclusivity of Rights 14 Section 5. Insurance 14 Section 6. Savings Clause 15 ARTICLE VII CAPITAL STOCK 15 Section 1. Certificates of Stock 15 Section 2. Transfer of Shares 15 Section 3. Ownership of Shares 16 Section 4. Regulations Regarding Certificates 16 Section 5. Lost or Destroyed Certificates 16

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ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 16 Section 1. Fiscal Year 16 Section 2. Corporate Seal 16 Section 3. Notice and Waiver of Notice 16 Section 4. Resignations 17 Section 5. Facsimile Signatures 17 Section 6. Reliance upon Books, Reports and Records 17 ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS 17

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RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

DELL INC.

A Delaware Corporation

ARTICLE I

Offices

Section 1. Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation required by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware to be maintained in the State of Delaware, shall be the registered office named in the original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, or such other office as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors in the manner provided by law. Should the Corporation maintain a principal office within the State of Delaware such registered office need not be identical to such principal office of the Corporation.

Section 2. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

Stockholders

Section 1. Place of Meetings. All meetings of the stockholders shall be held the principal office of the Corporation, or, if the meeting is called by the Chairman of the Board, or by a majority of the Board of Directors, at the principal office of the Corporation or at such other place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be specified or fixed in the notices or waivers of notice thereof.

Section 2. Quorum; Adjournment and Postponement of Meetings; Vote Required. Unless otherwise required by law or provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, the presence, in person or represented by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote on any matter shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of considering such matter at a meeting of the stockholders.

If a meeting of stockholders cannot be organized because a quorum has not attended, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by


proxy, shall have the power to adjourn such meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken of the time and place of the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present and represented. Furthermore, after a meeting has been duly organized, the chairman of the meeting or the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken of the time and place of the adjourned meeting. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. The stockholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal from the meeting of a sufficient number of stockholders such that the number of stockholders that continue to be present or represented by proxy at the meeting is less than a quorum. Any previously scheduled meeting of stockholders may be postponed by resolution of the Board of Directors upon public notice given prior to the date previously scheduled for such meeting of stockholders.

Unless otherwise required by law or provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders. Directors of the Corporation shall be elected by a plurality of votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors.

Section 3. Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held for the election of directors on such date in each year and at such time as shall be designated by the Board of Directors. An annual meeting shall be held at such place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. At each annual meeting, the stockholders shall elect by a plurality vote the successors of the directors whose terms expire at such meeting, and shall transact such other business as may be properly brought before the meeting. A failure to hold the annual meeting at the designated time or to elect a sufficient number of directors to conduct the business of the Corporation shall not affect otherwise valid corporate acts or work a forfeiture or dissolution of the Corporation, except as otherwise required by law.

Section 4. Special Meetings. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board (if any), or by a majority of the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the

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Secretary upon the written request therefor, stating the purpose or purposes of the meeting, delivered to such officer, signed by the holders of at least fifty percent (50%) of the issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote at such meeting.

Section 5. Record Date. For the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders, or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors of the Corporation may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination of stockholders, which date shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. If the Board of Directors does not fix a record date for any meeting of the stockholders, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at such meeting shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if in accordance with Article VIII, Section 3 of these bylaws notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. If, in accordance with Section 12 of this Article II, corporate action without a meeting of stockholders is to be taken, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to such corporate action in writing, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be the day on which the first written consent is expressed. The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

Section 6. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of the place, date and hour of all meetings, and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given by or at the direction of the Chairman of the Board (if any) or the President, the Secretary or the other person(s) calling the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting. Such notice may be delivered either personally or by mail. If mailed, notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

Section 7. Stock List. A complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order for each class of stock and showing the address of each such stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of such stockholder, shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or if not so specified,

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at the place where the meeting is to be held. The stock list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

Section 8. Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to a corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy. Proxies for use at any meeting of stockholders shall be filed with the Secretary, or such other officer as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine by resolution, before or at the time of the meeting. All proxies shall be received and taken charge of and all ballots shall be received and canvassed by the secretary of the meeting who shall decide all questions touching upon the qualification of voters, the validity of the proxies, and the acceptance or rejection of votes, unless an inspector or inspectors shall have been appointed by the chairman of the meeting, in which event such inspector or inspectors shall decide all such questions.

No proxy shall be valid after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. Each proxy shall be revocable unless expressly provided therein to be irrevocable and coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power.

Should a proxy designate two or more persons to act as proxies, unless such instrument shall provide the contrary, a majority of such persons present at any meeting at which their powers thereunder are to be exercised shall have and may exercise all the powers of voting or giving consents thereby conferred, or if only one be present, then such powers may be exercised by that one; or, if an even number attend and a majority do not agree on any particular issue, each proxy so attending shall be entitled to exercise such powers in respect of the same portion of the shares as he is of the proxies representing such shares.

Section 9. Voting; Elections; Inspectors. Unless otherwise required by law or provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote which is registered in his name on the record date for the meeting. Shares registered in the name of another corporation, domestic or foreign, may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the bylaw (or comparable instrument) of such corporation may prescribe, or in the absence of such provision, as the Board of Directors (or comparable body) of such corporation may determine. Shares registered in the name of a deceased person may be voted by his executor or administrator, either in person or by proxy.

All voting, except as required by the Certificate of Incorporation or where otherwise required by law, may be by a voice vote; provided, however, that upon demand therefor by stockholders holding a majority of the issued and outstanding stock present in person or by proxy at any meeting a stock vote shall be taken. Every stock vote shall be taken by written ballots, each of which shall state the name of the stockholder or proxy voting and such other information as may be required under the procedure established for the

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meeting. All elections of directors shall be by ballot, unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. The chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce at the meeting the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting.

At any meeting at which a vote is taken by ballots, the chairman of the meeting may appoint one or more inspectors, each of whom shall subscribe an oath or affirmation to execute faithfully the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. Such inspector shall receive the ballots, count the votes and make and sign a certificate of the result thereof. The chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to serve as inspector, except no candidate for the office of director shall be appointed as an inspector. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, cumulative voting for the election of directors shall be prohibited.

Section 10. Conduct of Meetings. Unless otherwise determined by resolution of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board shall, or shall designate an appropriate officer of the Corporation to, call any annual or special meeting of stockholders to order, act as chairman of any such meeting and determine the rules of order and procedure to be followed in the conduct of any such meeting. The Secretary or an Assistant Secretary (if the Secretary is absent, is otherwise unable to act or delegates such duties to such Assistant Secretary) shall act as secretary of each meeting of stockholders.

Section 11. Treasury Stock. The Corporation shall not vote, directly or indirectly, shares of its own stock owned by it and such shares shall not be counted for quorum purposes.

Section 12. Action Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such holders and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such holders.

ARTICLE III

Board of Directors

Section 1. Power; Number; Term of Office. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors, and subject to the restrictions imposed by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, they may exercise all the powers of the Corporation.

The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors, shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors (provided that no decrease in the number of directors which would have the effect of shortening the term of an incumbent director may be made by the Board of Directors). If the Board of Directors makes no such determination, the number of directors shall be the number set forth in the

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Certificate of Incorporation. Each director shall hold office for the term for which he is elected, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.

Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, directors need not be stockholders nor residents of the State of Delaware.

Section 2. Quorum. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, a majority of the total nu ...

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