Sentences and paragraphs of ILMN's Risk Factors and MD&A, 10-K 2026-02-12 against 10-K 2025-02-12.
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AddedRisk Factors
In addition, a reduction or delay in research and development budgets and government funding may adversely affect our business. Many of our customers’, and a portion of our own, research and development and other activities have been funded, or may be funded in the future, by government grants, including from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, or NIH. Any reduction, delay, or elimination of government funding, or failure to comply with grant requirements, could materially and adversely affect our or our customers’ research programs, product development, manufacturing operations and financial condition.
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AddedRisk Factors
A portion of our revenue is increasingly derived from a small number of large, centralized laboratory customers. If these customers continue to represent a growing share of our total sales, the loss of, or reduction in purchases by, any one of these key customers could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Increased customer concentration may result in greater pricing pressure, reduced negotiating leverage, and increased exposure to credit risk. As a result, our operating results could therefore fluctuate more significantly from period to period in the future, depending on the purchasing patterns of these large customers.
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AddedRisk Factors
Changes in tariffs, trade restrictions, and customs or export/import regulations have impacted, and we expect will continue to impact, our business by increasing costs and administrative burdens, disrupting cross-border flows, and affecting customer demand.
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AddedRisk Factors
We operate a diversified, global supply chain. Recent tariff measures and related policy actions have already resulted in higher input costs and longer lead times, and we expect continued volatility in tariff rates, sector-specific duties, and licensing or other trade requirements in the U.S. and key international markets (including China) that may further raise costs, constrain pricing, reduce demand, or cause inventory imbalances. While we pursue mitigation efforts, these actions may not be successful, timely, or economically feasible, and our ability to pass cost increases to customers may be limited, any of which could adversely affect our business, cash flows, financial condition, and results of operations.
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AddedRisk Factors
In addition, from time to time, we develop and implement product updates, including significant hardware or software updates to in-service products, such as our NovaSeq X sequencing platform. Such product updates may materially impact how such products operate. Therefore, if we are unable to implement such updates on a cost-effective and timely basis, or if such updates are not successful technologically or operationally for our customers, our business and reputation could be adversely affected, and our financial results could suffer.
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AddedRisk Factors
In addition, we market certain products “For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures,” or RUO. Although some decentralized clinical laboratories may independently choose to incorporate RUO components into laboratory‑developed tests (LDTs) under applicable frameworks, our RUO labeling and policies prohibit promoting clinical use. Nevertheless, regulators could interpret our interactions with such labs—including sales practices, training, technical support, collateral, or performance data sharing—as evidence of diagnostic intended use or off‑label promotion, exposing us to inspections, warning letters, civil or criminal penalties, injunctions, product seizures, mandatory recalls, or requirements to obtain clearances/approvals or to re‑label products. Outside the U.S., under the EU IVDR, a lab that uses RUO products for patient testing can be deemed the manufacturer of the test, which increases scrutiny of our role and could result in parallel regulatory or reputational risk. Even with robust compliance training and operating procedures, government investigations (including qui tam actions), customer audits, loss of key customers, and delays in product availability could arise, which could have material adverse effects on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and reputation.
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AddedRisk Factors
In addition, from time to time, we undertake significant changes to our enterprise applications, including enterprise resource planning and adjacent systems. If these projects are delayed, exceed cost estimates, or do not perform as intended, we could experience operational disruptions (for example, in order processing, manufacturing, fulfillment, or financial reporting) and incremental costs, any of which could adversely affect our business, results of operations, or financial condition.
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AddedMD&A
On June 22, 2025, we entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the Purchase Agreement) with Standard BioTools to acquire SomaLogic and other specified assets for $350 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments. The Purchase Agreement further provides for, in connection with the revenues generated from certain products and services, (i) royalty streams and (ii) up to $75 million in potential milestone payments to Standard BioTools. We believe the acquisition will enhance our presence in the expanding proteomics market and advance our multiomics strategy. The transaction was completed on January 30, 2026. See note 13. Subsequent Events for further details.
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AddedMD&A
Beginning in April 2025, the U.S. government and several other countries enacted tariffs. Under the current tariff environment, the largest cost impact to us relates to importation from our manufacturing facility in Singapore. The remainder is a mix of importation of parts and sub-assemblies to our manufacturing operations in the United States and importation into China. We have and will continue to take several actions to fully mitigate the impact of these tariffs, and we partially mitigated the impact in 2025, through supply chain optimization, cost measures, and pricing actions. Based on the current tariff environment, our aim is to more fully mitigate the impact in 2026.
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AddedMD&A
(1)Total other income (expense), net in 2024 primarily relates to Core Illumina segment.
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AddedMD&A
On June 22, 2025, we entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the Purchase Agreement) with Standard BioTools to acquire SomaLogic and other specified assets for $350 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments. The Purchase Agreement further provides for, in connection with the revenues generated from certain products and services, (i) royalty streams and (ii) up to $75 million in potential milestone payments to Standard BioTools. The transaction was completed on January 30, 2026. See note 13. Subsequent Events for further details.
Read it in 10-K 2026-02-12 at sec.gov ↗