dell technologies inc dell said wednesday it agreed to pay 1 billion to settle a lawsuit against the company in delaware court of chancery stemming from its december 2018 transaction involving its class v stock the plaintiffs generally alleged that the director defendants and the stockholder defendants breached their fiduciary duties under delaware law to the former holders of the class v common stock in connection with the class v transaction by offering a transaction value that was allegedly billions of dollars below fair value according to a filing the settlement also covers claims against goldman sachs  co gs  the financial adviser on the deal that was also named as a defendant shares of dell are down 246 in 2022 compared to a 163 drop by the sp 500 spx 