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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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
RICHO ANNA

(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)
07/31/2009
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(1) 07/31/2009 F 894 D $63.11 18,335 D
Common Stock(2) 1,877.8227 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
Explanation of Responses:
1. These shares include the following Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) granted under the Company's Amended and Restated 1991 Equity Incentive Plan: 5,000 RSUs which vests in two equal annual installments of 2,500 each commencing 7/31/2010; 2,529 RSUs which vest in three equal annual installments of 843 each commencing 4/29/2010; and 5,700 RSUs which vests in four equal annual installments of 1,425 each commencing 4/29/2010. Vested RSUs will be paid in shares of the Company's common stock on a one-to-one basis unless payment is otherwise deferred by the reporting person.
2. 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/ Anna S. Richo 07/31/2009
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY


		Know all men by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of N. Cris Prince, Elain Cleary, Andrea A.
Robinson and Mark A. Schlossberg, signing singly, the undersigned?s true
and lawful attorney in-fact to execute for and on behalf of the undersigned
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder, as may be required as a
result of the undersigned?s position as an officer and/or director of Amgen
Inc. (the ?Company?).

		The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
 full power and authority to execute such Forms 3, 4 and 5 as fully to all
 intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact?s
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned?s
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.

		This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4
and 5 with respect to the undersigned?s holdings of and transactions
in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-
in-fact.

		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power
of Attorney to be executed as of this 10th day of July, 2009.




							/s/ Anna S. Richo
							Name:  Anna S. Richo