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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Patton Cynthia M (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE AMGEN CENTER DRIVE (Street) THOUSAND OAKS CA 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) SVP & CCO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/30/2019
	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)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	08/30/2019		M		5,749	A	$156.35	32,648	D
Common Stock	08/30/2019		S		5,749	D	$208.0672(1)	26,899	D
Common Stock	08/30/2019		M		2,875	A	$162.6	29,774	D
Common Stock	08/30/2019		S		2,875	D	$208.0672(2)	26,899	D
Common Stock	08/30/2019		S		4,802	D	$208.0672(3)	22,097(4)(5)	D
Common Stock								264.49(6)	I	401(k) Plan

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)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Nqso (Right to Buy)	$156.35	08/30/2019		M			5,749	05/03/2018	05/03/2026	Common Stock	5,749	$0	2,962	D
Nqso (Right to Buy)	$162.6	08/30/2019		M			2,875	05/01/2019	05/01/2027	Common Stock	2,875	$0	5,839	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The price reported is an average price. The prices ranged from $207.425 to $208.520 per share for this cashless exercise of 5,749 stock options expiring May 3, 2026. 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 staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer.

2. The price reported is an average price. The prices ranged from $207.425 to $208.520 per share for this cashless exercise of 2,875 stock options expiring May 1, 2027. 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 staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer.

3. The price reported is an average price. The prices ranged from $207.425 to $208.520 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 staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer.

4. These shares include the following RSUs granted under the Company's equity plans: 348 RSUs which vest on 5/3/2020; 660 RSUs which vest in installments of 325 on 5/1/2020 and 335 on 5/1/2021; 901 RSUs which vest in installments of 297 on 4/27/2020, 297 on 4/27/2021 and 307 on 4/27/2022; and 902 RSUs which will vest in installments of 297 on 5/3/2021, 298 on 5/3/2022 and 307 on 5/3/2023. Vested RSUs will be paid in shares of the Company's common stock on a one-to-one basis.

5. These shares include 116 Dividend Equivalents (DEs) granted pursuant to the Amgen Inc. 2009 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.

6. These are shares acquired under the Company's 401(k) Plan and represent interests in the Company's stock fund as of this filing.

	/s/ Cynthia M. Patton	09/04/2019
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