UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
October 13, 2011
AMGEN INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-12477 | 95-3540776 | ||
| (State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) | ||
| Amgen Inc. One Amgen Center Drive Thousand Oaks, CA |
91320-1799 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
805-447-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
| (d) | Election of Directors. |
On October 13, 2011, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Amgen Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of its Board from twelve to thirteen members and appointed Robert A. Bradway, the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, as a director of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Bradway will not receive any additional compensation for serving as a director and will not serve on any committees of the Board.
There are no other relationships or transactions between Mr. Bradway (or any member of his immediate family) and the Company (or any of its subsidiaries) and there is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Bradway and any other persons or entities pursuant to which Mr. Bradway was appointed as a director of the Company.
The full text of the press release announcing Mr. Bradway’s appointment is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits. |
| Exhibit |
Document Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release dated October 13, 2011. | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| AMGEN INC. | ||||||||
| Date: October 13, 2011 | By: | /s/ David J. Scott | ||||||
| Name: | David J. Scott | |||||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit |
Document Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release dated October 13, 2011. | |
Exhibit 99.1
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News Release |
One Amgen Center Drive Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-1799 Telephone (805) 447-1000 Fax (805) 499-3507 www.Amgen.com
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AMGEN APPOINTS ROBERT A. BRADWAY TO THE
COMPANY’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (Oct. 13, 2011) – Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Robert A. Bradway to the Company’s Board. Bradway, 48, is Amgen’s president and chief operating officer. The addition of Bradway brings the number of Amgen board members to 13.
Bradway joined Amgen in 2006 as vice president, Operations Strategy and served as executive vice president and chief financial officer from April 2007 to May 2010. Prior to joining Amgen, he was a managing director at Morgan Stanley in London where he had responsibility for the firm’s banking department and corporate finance activities in Europe. Bradway previously held positions of increasing responsibility at Morgan Stanley since 1985 with a focus on healthcare. Bradway currently serves on the Board of Directors of Norfolk Southern Corporation.
About Amgen
Amgen discovers, develops, manufactures and delivers innovative human therapeutics. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen was one of the first companies to realize the new science’s promise by bringing safe, effective medicines from lab to manufacturing plant to patient. Amgen therapeutics have changed the practice of medicine, helping millions of people around the world in the fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis, bone disease and other serious illnesses. With a deep and broad pipeline of potential new medicines, Amgen remains committed to advancing science to dramatically improve people’s lives. To learn more about our pioneering science and vital medicines, visit www.amgen.com. Follow us on www.twitter.com/amgen.
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CONTACT: Amgen, Thousand Oaks
Christine Regan, 805-447-5476 (media)
Arvind Sood, 805-447-1060 (investors)