Shareholders will receive one common share of Grail for every six shares of Illumina, which will retain a 14.5% stake in the unit after the spinoff on June 24. Shares of Illumina were up 4% in extended trading. The gene sequencing machine maker founded Grail and spun it off in 2016, but re-acquired it in 2021 for $7.1 billion to enter the cancer early-detection market.
Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the spin-off of GRAIL. GRAIL is anticipated to spin off from Illumina on June 24, 2024, and has applied to list on Nasdaq as "GRAL."
Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, today announced the appointment of Everett Cunningham as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), effective June 10.