Insider trade

Director sold ~$3.31M of ILMN shares in the open market

Traded Aug 20, 2026 · Filed Aug 21, 2026

Illumina, Inc.ILMN

~$3.31M
Reported value · 15K sh @ $216.88: 1.75M
Holds after · shares reported: +24.6%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +0.2%, $213.24 → $265.72 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A board member of Illumina, Inc. sold $3.31M of Illumina, Inc. shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Aug 20, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 21, 2026

DirectorIndirect holding$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$3,310,239

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

21 days after results of Jul 30, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $213.24 on Aug 20, 2026, at its 52-week high, after a 10% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $91.00 (Oct 14, 2025) to $213.24 (Aug 20, 2026), 100% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $193.76 on Jul 9, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

Securities lawsuit open at the trade date

A securities lawsuit naming the company as a defendant was filed on Dec 21, 2023 in the U.S. District Court, S.D. California. A filing is an allegation, not a finding.

3 such cases were open. Louisiana Sheriffs' Pension & Relief Fund v. Illumina, Inc., docket 3:23-cv-02328, via CourtListener (court records). Nature of suit 850, company named as first defendant

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-4.3%	+0.5%	-4.8%
30 days	+14.4%	+0.6%	+13.8%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001193125-26-361476
Filed / recorded: Aug 21, 2026, 11:42 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: ILLUMINA, INC.
Issuer CIK: 1110803
Ticker: ILMN
Reporting person: Keith A. Meister
Relationship: Director
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 20, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 15,263
Price per share: $216.88
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 1,745,375
Ownership form: Indirect — See Footnotes
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions within the range of $216.14 to $217.13.
These securities of Illumina, Inc. (the "Issuer") are held for the accounts of certain private investment funds (collectively, the "Corvex Funds") for which Corvex Management LP ("Corvex") acts as investment adviser, including Corvex Master Fund LP and Corvex Select Equity Master Fund LP. The general partner of Corvex is controlled by Keith Meister.
For the purposes of this filing, each of Corvex and Mr. Meister disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his or its pecuniary interest therein. This filing shall not be deemed an admission that Corvex or Mr. Meister is the beneficial owner of any of the reported securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise.