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): | October 23, 2013 | |
Illumina, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-35406 | 33-0804655 |
_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction | _____________ (Commission | ______________ (I.R.S. Employer |
of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
5200 Illumina Way, San Diego, California | 92122 | |
_________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices) | ___________ (Zip Code) | |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | (858) 202-4500 | |
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On October 23, 2013 Illumina unveiled an enhancement to the product roadmap for the HiSeq family of instruments. Available in Q2 2014 and enabled by a new high throughput kit, certain HiSeq instruments will be capable of producing up to 1 terabase of sequencing data and up to 4 billion clusters in 6 days. This enhancement is primarily due to improvements in reagent chemistry.
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In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall expressly be set forth by specific reference in such filing.
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: October 23, 2013 | By: | /s/ Charles E. Dadswell | ||
Name: Charles E. Dadswell | ||||
Title: Senior Vice President & General Counsel | ||||