SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Balachandran Madhavan

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

ONE AMGEN CENTER DRIVE

(Street)

THOUSAND OAKS

91320-1799

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
AMGEN INC [ AMGN ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	EVP, Operations

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/07/2015

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	05/07/2015		M		6,000	A	$58.43	39,394	D
Common Stock	05/07/2015		M		15,750	A	$54.69	55,144	D
Common Stock	05/07/2015		S		6,000	D	$157.9153⁽¹⁾	49,144	D
Common Stock	05/07/2015		S		15,750	D	$157.8542⁽²⁾	33,394⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	D
Common Stock								56,573	I	By Family Trust

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Nqso (Right to Buy)	$58.43	05/07/2015		M			6,000	04/26/2011	04/26/2020	Common Stock	6,000	$0	0	D
Nqso (Right to Buy)	$54.69	05/07/2015		M			15,750	04/25/2013	04/25/2021	Common Stock	15,750	$0	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The price reported is an average price. The prices ranged from $157.90 to $157.94 per share. Full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth above is available upon request by the SEC, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer.

2. The price reported is an average price. The prices ranged from $157.81 to $157.93 per share. Full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth above is available upon request by the SEC, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer.

3. These shares include the following Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) granted under the Company's equity plans: 855 RSUs which vest on 4/27/2016; 17,845 RSUs which vest in one installment of 8,789 on 7/31/2015 and one installment of 9,056 on 7/31/2016; 5,010 RSUs which vest in one installment of 2,467 on 1/28/2016 and one installment of 2,543 on 1/28/2017; 4,707 RSUs which vest in two equal installments of 1,553 each on 1/31/2016 and 1/31/2017 and one installment of 1,601 on 1/31/2018; and 3,677 RSUs which vest in two equal installments of 1,213 on 1/30/2017 and 1/30/2018 and one installment of 1,251 on 1/30/2019. Vested RSUs will be paid in shares of the Company's common stock on a one-to-one basis.

4. These shares include 1,300 Dividend Equivalents (DEs) granted pursuant to the Amgen Inc. 2009 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan and subject to a qualifying dividend reinvestment plan. DEs are credited on the reporting person's unvested RSUs and are paid out in shares of the Company's common stock on a one-to-one basis according to the vesting schedule, along with a cash payment for any remaining fractional share amount.

	/s/ Madhavan Balachandran	05/07/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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