- Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Expires: February 28, 2011 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Petrus Financial Services, Ltd.

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 9/20/2009

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

PEROT SYSTEMS CORP [PER]

(Last) (First) (Middle)

2300 WEST PLANO PARKWAY

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) ___ X ___ Other (specify below)
/ Member - 10% Owner Group(1)(2)

(Street)

PLANO, TX 75075

(City) (State) (Zip)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	4000	D

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Explanation of Responses:
( 1)	The reporting person may be deemed to be a member of a group for the purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), with eleven other stockholders of Issuer, as described in a Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 30, 2009. Each member of the group, including the reporting person, entered into a Tender and Voting Agreement with the Issuer, Dell Inc. and DII - Holdings Inc. in connection with those certain tender offer and merger transactions proposed to be entered into between the Issuer, Dell Inc. and DII - Holdings Inc., whereby each member of the group agreed to tender its shares in Issuer and to vote or take such other necessary actions in support of the tender offer and merger.
( 2)	The reporting person and each member of the group declares that neither the filing of this statement nor anything herein shall be construed as an admission that such person is, for the purposes of Section 13(d) or 13(g) of the Act or any other purpose, a member of a group with respect to the Issuer or securities of the Issuer.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Petrus Financial Services, Ltd. 2300 WEST PLANO PARKWAY PLANO, TX 75075				Member - 10% Owner Group(1)(2)

Signatures
Petrus Financial Services, Ltd., By: Petrus Management Corporation, its General Partner, By: /s/ J. Y. Robb III, Name: J. Y. Robb III, President		9/30/2009
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
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