---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001571996-23-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DELL"
cik: "0001571996"
company_name: "Dell Technologies Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T08:40:25.461836+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Simon Patterson resigns; Steven Mollenkopf appointed to Dell board

## Summary
- Simon Patterson resigned from the Board effective September 26, 2023.
- Steven M. Mollenkopf appointed to the Board effective September 27, 2023 as a Group I director.
- Mollenkopf is former Qualcomm CEO (2014-2021) and current Boeing director.
- He will receive initial cash retainer of $100k and equity retainer of $225k in RSUs.
- Board determined Mollenkopf independent under NYSE standards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001571996-23-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DELL
- cik: 0001571996
- company_name: Dell Technologies Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1571996/000157199623000034/0001571996-23-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1571996/000157199623000034/dell-20230920.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001571996-23-000034
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001571996-23-000034.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001571996-23-000034.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Simon Patterson resigned as Director at Dell Technologies Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Simon Patterson, a director of Dell Technologies Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) of his intention to resign from the Board effective September 26, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1571996/000157199623000034/0001571996-23-000034-index.htm
- Executive change
  Steven M. Mollenkopf was appointed as Director at Dell Technologies Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board appointed Mr. Steven M. Mollenkopf to the Board effective September 27, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1571996/000157199623000034/0001571996-23-000034-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.