SAN DIEGO & HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) and Solexa, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLXA) announced today that each of Illumina and Solexa will hold its special meeting of stockholders at their respective offices on January 26, 2007 at 9:00 a.m., local time. The record date for each company’s special meeting of stockholders is the close of business on December 15, 2006. The primary purpose of these special meetings is for the stockholders to consider and vote upon a proposal to approve and adopt the previously announced merger agreement between Illumina and Solexa, in the case of the Solexa special meeting, and a proposal to approve the issuance of shares of Illumina common stock in the proposed merger with Solexa, in the case of the Illumina special meeting.
