SAN DIEGO — Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN), a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of life science tools and integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and function, today sent a third letter to its stockholders highlighting Illumina’s tremendous growth prospects in the next generation sequencing market. The letter urges stockholders to reject Roche’s efforts to acquire Illumina at a grossly inadequate price, and reiterates the Board’s recommendation to vote for the election of Illumina’s highly qualified director nominees at its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and against Roche’s other proposals by completing the WHITE proxy card today.