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\u00a9 Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Flags wave in front of Illumina’s global headquarters in San Diego, California, U.S., November 28, 2022. REUTERS\/Mike Blake<\/span>
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(Reuters) -Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) on Friday backed only one of Carl Icahn’s three nominees to Illumina Inc (NASDAQ:)’s board, saying that the activist investor’s push to remove the company’s CEO was too disruptive.<\/p>\n

ISS backed Icahn’s candidate Andrew Teno and said he could be an adequate replacement for Illumina Chairman John Thompson, but did not support any other Icahn nominee.<\/p>\n

The partial backing by ISS comes just two days after another proxy adviser, Glass Lewis, backed Teno and another Icahn nominee, and said shareholders should vote against the re-election of current CEO Francis deSouza and Chairman Thompson.<\/p>\n

Illumina, which specializes in gene sequencing, and Icahn have been locked in a months-long proxy battle, where Icahn has been looking to remove deSouza and Thompson from the company’s board and criticized Illumina’s deal to buy cancer test maker Grail.<\/p>\n

“In consideration of the lack of evidence of malfeasance by the CEO, and the fact that the dissident does not have a CEO candidate in hand … removal of CEO deSouza from the board seems excessively disruptive at this stage,” ISS said on Friday.<\/p>\n

Withholding support from Thomson, however, “appears to be the most direct approach to achieve the change that is warranted,” according to ISS.<\/p>\n

Teno has served on the boards of FirstEnergy (NYSE:) and Southwest Gas (NYSE:) and ISS recommended that he replace Thompson.<\/p>\n

The company will hold its annual shareholder meeting on May 25.<\/p>\n

ISS recommended that shareholders also withhold support from dissident nominees Vincent Intrieri and Jesse Lynn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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