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EX-3.1 - CERTIFICATE OF ELIMINATION - ILLUMINA, INC.exhibit31certificateofelim.htm
EX-4.1 - AMENDMENT TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT - ILLUMINA, INC.exhibit41amendmenttorights.htm


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): March 27, 2013
 
Illumina, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
001-35406
 
33-0804655
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
5200 Illumina Way, San Diego, California
 
92122
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
(858) 202-4500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
    
On March 27, 2013, Illumina, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Amendment to Rights Agreement (the “Amendment”), amending the Rights Agreement dated as of January 26, 2012, by and between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent (the “Rights Agreement”). The Amendment changed the “Final Expiration Date” (as defined in the Rights Agreement) from January 26, 2017 to March 27, 2013. Accordingly, the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock purchase rights granted under the Rights Agreement (the “Rights”) expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City  time on March 27, 2013, and the Rights Agreement terminated as of that time and is of no further force and effect.  The foregoing description of Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of the Amendment filed as Exhibit 4.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

The information required by this item is included in Item 1.01 above and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 3.03. Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders.

The information required by this item is included in Item 1.01 above and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

In connection with the adoption of the Amendment and the termination of the Rights Agreement, the Company has filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a Certificate of Elimination of the Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Elimination”) eliminating the Certificate of Designation with respect to the Company’s Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock which was issuable, under certain circumstances, upon exercise of the Rights.

The foregoing description of the Certificate of Elimination is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of the Certificate of Elimination filed as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
 
 
 
 
Exhibit
  
Description
 
 
3.1

  
Certificate of Elimination, dated March 27, 2013, relating to the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock

 
 
4.1

  
Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2013, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent






SIGNATURES
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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ILLUMINA, INC.
 
Date:
March 28, 2013
By:  
/s/ Christian C. Cabou
 
 
 
Christian C. Cabou
 
 
 
Senior Vice President and General Counsel







EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
 
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
 
 
3.1

  
Certificate of Elimination, dated March 27, 2013, relating to the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock

 
 
4.1

  
Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2013, between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent