Roche to nominate slate of independent directors for election at Illumina, Inc.’s 2012 annual meeting

Election of director nominees and approval of other proposals would result in Roche-nominated directors comprising majority of the Board

Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today that it has provided notice to Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) that it will nominate a slate of highly qualified, independent candidates for election to Illumina’s Board of Directors and propose certain other matters for the consideration of Illumina’s shareholders at Illumina’s 2012 annual meeting, which, if adopted, would result in Roche-nominated directors comprising a majority of the Illumina board. Roche also named five alternate nominees for election to Illumina’s board.

In addition to the nomination of independent directors to fill the seats of the four directors whose terms of office are scheduled to expire at Illumina’s 2012 annual meeting, Roche will also propose increasing the size of Illumina’s board from nine directors to eleven directors with the resulting vacancies on the board to be filled by candidates nominated by Roche. This approach allows shareholders to elect Roche-nominated directors comprising a majority of Illumina’s board.

Severin Schwan, CEO of Roche Group, said, “Our proposed slate of directors is composed of well-qualified and distinguished executives who we believe, if elected, will act in the best interest of Illumina’s shareholders. We believe that the proposed directors will carefully review the value represented by Roche’s offer and ensure that Illumina acts in the best interests of its shareholders.”