UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 8, 2023
Illumina, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
001-35406
(Commission File Number)
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Delaware
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
5200 Illumina Way, San Diego, CA 92122
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
(858) 202-4500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
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| | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On June 11, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Illumina, Inc. (the “Company”) accepted the resignation of Francis deSouza, which Mr. deSouza submitted to the Board on June 8, 2023, as Chief Executive Officer and as a director of the Company, effective immediately, and the Board appointed Charles Dadswell, the Company’s current Senior Vice President and General Counsel, to serve as interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, until the Board’s search for a permanent Chief Executive Officer is completed. Mr. Dadswell will also continue to serve as the Company’s Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Mr. deSouza will continue to serve in an advisory capacity to the Company until July 31, 2023. Accordingly, the Board reduced its size to ten (10) members.
Mr. Dadswell, 65, has served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company since April 2013. At this time, the Company has not entered into, amended, or modified any plan, contract, agreement, grant or award in connection with the Board’s appointment of Mr. Dadswell to serve as interim Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Dadswell has no family relationship with any directors or executive officers of the Company, nor are there any arrangements or understandings between Mr. Dadswell and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as an officer of the Company. There are no related party transactions between Mr. Dadswell and the Company reportable under Item 5.02 of Form 8-K and Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
A copy of the press release announcing the Company’s Chief Executive Officer transition plan is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: June 13, 2023
| ILLUMINA, INC. |
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| By: | /s/ CHARLES DADSWELL |
| Name: | Charles Dadswell |
| Title: | Interim Chief Executive Officer, General Counsel & Secretary |
