Director Investor Copyright Business Wire 2009

Bill began his career at Procter and Gamble as a production manager and controlsengineer. Bill earned his Masters of Business Administration from Santa ClaraUniversity and a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering fromCalifornia Polytechnic University. "Bill brings more than 20 years of advanced manufacturing, engineering, andsupply chain experience," said Joel McComb. "His success in the semiconductorindustry will be directly applied to our efforts to scale and automate ourglobal manufacturing and supply chain operations." About Mr. Bonnars CompensationThe Company granted an option to purchase 200,000 shares of Illumina's commonstock to Mr Bonnar as part of his inducement to join the company. About IlluminaIllumina () is a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketerof next-generation life-science tools and integrated systems for the analysis ofgenetic variation and biological function.

We believe this information will enable researchers to correlategenetic variation and biological function, which will enhance drug discovery andclinical research, allow diseases to be detected earlier, and permit betterchoices of drugs for individual patients. "Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of1995: this release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks anduncertainties. Among the important factors that could cause actual results todiffer materially from those in any forward-looking statements are Illumina'sability (i) to develop and commercialize further our BeadArray, VeraCode, andSolexa technologies and to deploy new sequencing, gene expression, andgenotyping products and applications for our technology platforms, (ii) tomanufacture robust instrumentation and reagents technology, together with otherfactors detailed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commissionincluding our recent filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q or in information disclosedin public conference calls, the date and time of which are released beforehand.We disclaim any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statementsbeyond the date of this release. Director, Investor Copyright Business Wire 2009.

Only three years ago, this young man, with the perilously thin limbs and fluorescent smile, traded in his Longhorn burnt orange for the dying shade of Sonic green.After paying his dues for one year at Texas, Durant entered the 2007 NBA Draft as the best player on the board. 1 overall pick.As a freshman in college, Durant proved to all NBA executives that he could score. Maybe the problem was the world simply hadn’t seen enough of him. But becoming the biggest basketball star in a part of the country crazy for college football was a dubious honor. Basketball careers don’t usually blossom in the flatlands.Except this wasn’t the same toothpick that we saw at the University of Texas. This wasn’t the same player that waited until the final game of his rookie season to record his first career double-double.