On March 30, 2023, Illumina, Inc announced that it has filed a preliminary proxy statement soliciting proxies and urged the shareholders to vote for its board nominees: John Thompson, Francis deSouza, Frances Arnold, Caroline Dorsa, Robert Epstein, Scott Gottlieb, Gary Guthart, Philip Schiller and Susan Siegel and urged the shareholders to withhold vote for the Carl Icahn board nominees: Vincent Intrieri, Jesse Lynn, and Andrew Teno. In addition, the Company stated that the board recommends shareholders to vote for other proposal advisory vote to approve compensation provided to the named executive officers as disclosed in this proxy statement the Company's annual general meeting.