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* REESE DAVID M (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE AMGEN CENTER DRIVE (Street) THOUSAND OAKS (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, Research and Development
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/01/2019
	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	05/01/2019		F		163	D	$179.3232	32,859	D
Common Stock	05/01/2019		F		851	D	$179.3232	31,738(1)(2)	D

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 equity plans: 686 RSUs which vest in installments of 338 on 5/3/2019 and 348 on 5/3/2020; 3,297 RSUs which vest in installments of 1,624 on 5/1/2020 and 1,673 on 5/1/2021; 660 RSUs which vest in installments of 325 on 5/1/2020 and 335 on 5/1/2021; 1,014 RSUs which vest in installments of 334 on 4/27/2020, 335 on 4/27/2021 and 345 on 4/27/2022; and 12,830 RSUs which vest in installments of 4,233 on 11/2/2020 4,234 on 11/2/2021 and 4,363 on 11/2/2022. Vested RSUs will be paid in shares of the Company's common stock on a one-to-one basis.

2. These shares include 507 Dividend Equivalents (DEs) granted pursuant to the Amgen Inc. Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Incentive Plan and subject to a qualifying dividend reinvestment plan. DEs are credited to 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/ David M. Reese	05/01/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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