---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950157-24-001364"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ILMN"
cik: "0001110803"
company_name: "ILLUMINA, INC."
filed_at: "2024-10-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T21:08:32.988361+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Illumina General Counsel Charles Dadswell to exit; Scott Davies named interim GC

## Summary
- Dadswell steps down as General Counsel and Secretary effective Oct 3, 2024; serves as advisor to CEO/Board through Mar 31, 2025.
- Scott Davies, VP Legal – Chief Corporate Counsel, appointed Interim General Counsel and Secretary.
- Dadswell eligible for $600K cash lump-sum payment plus regular compensation during advisory period upon satisfactory service.
- Separation Agreement provides $620K severance (52 weeks salary), COBRA for 12 months, outplacement, and 2024 bonus if unpaid.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950157-24-001364
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ILMN
- cik: 0001110803
- company_name: ILLUMINA, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-10-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1110803/000095015724001364/0000950157-24-001364-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1110803/000095015724001364/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-24-001364
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-24-001364.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-24-001364.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Charles Dadswell departed as General Counsel and Secretary at ILLUMINA, INC..
  - Action: leave
  - Role: General Counsel and Secretary
  source text: Charles Dadswell, the Company’s General Counsel and Secretary, will leave Illumina.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1110803/000095015724001364/0000950157-24-001364-index.htm
- Executive change
  Scott Davies was appointed as Interim General Counsel and Secretary at ILLUMINA, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim General Counsel and Secretary
  source text: As of the Effective Date, Scott Davies, Vice President, Legal – Chief Corporate Counsel and Assistant Secretary, will serve as Interim General Counsel and Secretary.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1110803/000095015724001364/0000950157-24-001364-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.