The news comes months after activist investor Carl Icahn tried to place three of his representatives on Illumina’s board ahead of the company’s annual shareholder meeting last month. In his pitch, Icahn pointed to deSouza’s and the incumbent board’s failure “to take actions to maximize value for the company’s stockholders.”
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Illumina Inc. on Friday said it had expanded its board, adding two C-suite executives a week after shareholders voted to replace the gene sequencing company’s chairman with activist investor Carl Icahn’s nominee.
Illumina Inc. CEO Francis deSouza survived a challenge to his board seat from activist investor Carl Icahn last week by securing more than twice the shareholder votes than the number his challenger received, the company said in a filing on Tuesday.