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Illumina, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 4/1/12 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 5/3/12, at 4:00pm ET   ·   For:  4/1/12   ·   Accession #:  1110803-12-104   ·   File #:  1-35406

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 5/03/12  Illumina, Inc.                    10-Q        4/01/12   66:7M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    390K 
 2: EX-10.1     Amended and Restated Lease Agreement, Dated March   HTML    340K 
                27, 2012, Between Are-Sd Region No. 32, LLC and                  
                Illumina                                                         
 3: EX-31.1     Certification of Jay T. Flatley Pursuant to         HTML     27K 
                Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                    
 4: EX-31.2     Certification of Marc A. Stapley Pursuant to        HTML     28K 
                Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                    
 5: EX-32.1     Certification of Jay T. Flatley Pursuant to 18      HTML     23K 
                U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to                      
                Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                    
 6: EX-32.2     Certification of Marc A. Stapley Pursuant to 18     HTML     23K 
                U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to                      
                Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                    
43: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     48K 
33: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    132K 
41: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML    113K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
45: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     40K 
                Income                                                           
61: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    167K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
35: R6          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     64K 
40: R7          Balance Sheet Account Details                       HTML    110K 
30: R8          Restructuring Activities                            HTML     52K 
22: R9          Acquisitions                                        HTML     45K 
62: R10         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    105K 
47: R11         Warranties                                          HTML     29K 
46: R12         Convertible Senior Notes                            HTML     70K 
51: R13         Share-based Compensation Expense                    HTML     51K 
52: R14         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     69K 
50: R15         Income Taxes                                        HTML     26K 
53: R16         Legal Proceedings                                   HTML     26K 
42: R17         Unsolicited Tender Offer                            HTML     25K 
44: R18         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     97K 
                (Policies)                                                       
49: R19         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     33K 
                (Tables)                                                         
66: R20         Balance Sheet Account Details (Tables)              HTML    117K 
56: R21         Restructuring Activities (Tables)                   HTML     51K 
37: R22         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     28K 
48: R23         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     98K 
39: R24         Warranties (Tables)                                 HTML     26K 
17: R25         Convertible Senior Notes (Tables)                   HTML     44K 
57: R26         Share-based Compensation Expense (Tables)           HTML     51K 
63: R27         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     46K 
26: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
25: R29         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     24K 
                (Details Textual)                                                
28: R30         Balance Sheet Account Details (Details)             HTML     42K 
29: R31         Balance Sheet Account Details (Details 1)           HTML     32K 
31: R32         Balance Sheet Account Details (Details 2)           HTML     33K 
16: R33         Balance Sheet Account Details (Details 3)           HTML     30K 
54: R34         Balance Sheet Account Details (Details 4)           HTML     58K 
36: R35         Balance Sheet Account Details (Details Textual)     HTML     44K 
38: R36         Restructuring Activities (Details)                  HTML     51K 
20: R37         Acquisitions (Details 1)                            HTML     23K 
65: R38         Acquisitions (Details Textual)                      HTML     69K 
13: R39         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     72K 
32: R40         Fair Value Measurements (Details Textual)           HTML     24K 
60: R41         Warranties (Details)                                HTML     32K 
19: R42         Convertible Senior Notes (Details)                  HTML     52K 
24: R43         Convertible Senior Notes (Details Textual)          HTML    118K 
27: R44         Share-based Compensation Expense (Details)          HTML     64K 
34: R45         Share-based Compensation Expense (Details Textual)  HTML     26K 
15: R46         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     46K 
21: R47         Stockholders' Equity (Details 1)                    HTML     50K 
14: R48         Stockholders' Equity (Details Textual)              HTML     92K 
59: R49         Income Taxes (Details Textual)                      HTML     27K 
18: R50         Legal Proceedings Legal Proceedings (Details        HTML     23K 
                Textual)                                                         
55: R51         Unsolicited Tender Offer Unsolicited Tender Offer   HTML     26K 
                (Details)                                                        
64: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     94K 
23: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS    953K 
 7: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- ilmn-20120401                       XML   1.39M 
 9: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- ilmn-20120401_cal               XML    195K 
10: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- ilmn-20120401_def                XML    321K 
11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- ilmn-20120401_lab                     XML   1.30M 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- ilmn-20120401_pre              XML    672K 
 8: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- ilmn-20120401                         XSD    138K 
58: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001110803-12-000104-xbrl      Zip    173K

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 2/16/24  Illumina, Inc.                    10-K       12/31/23  111:18M
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 2/17/21  Illumina, Inc.                    10-K        1/03/21  102:13M
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