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Item 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
Not applicable.
PART III
Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OF THE
REGISTRANT
Information about our Directors is incorporated by reference from the section entitled ITEM 1
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS in our Proxy Statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed
with the SEC within 120 days of December 31, 2011 (the Proxy Statement). Information about compliance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is incorporated by reference from the section entitled
OTHER MATTERS Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance in our Proxy Statement.
Information about the procedures by which stockholders may recommend nominees for the Board of Directors is
incorporated by reference from Appendix A AMGEN INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS GUIDELINES FOR
DIRECTOR QUALIFICATIONS AND EVALUATIONS in our Proxy Statement. Information about our Audit
Committee, members of the committee and our Audit Committee financial experts is incorporated by reference
from the section entitled CORPORATE GOVERNANCE — Board Committees and Charters — Audit
Committee in our Proxy Statement. Information about our executive officers is contained in the discussion
entitled Item 1. Business — Executive Officers of the Registrant.
Code of Ethics
We maintain a code of ethics applicable to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer,
principal accounting officer or controller, and other persons performing similar functions. To view this code of
ethics free of charge, please visit our website at www.amgen.com (This website address is not intended to
function as a hyperlink, and the information contained in our website is not intended to be a part of this filing).
We intend to satisfy the disclosure requirements under Item 5.05 of Form 8-K regarding an amendment to, or
waiver from, a provision of this code of ethics, if any, by posting such information on our website as set forth
above.
Item 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Information about director and executive compensation is incorporated by reference from the section
entitled EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION in our Proxy Statement. Information about compensation committee
matters is incorporated by reference from the sections entitled CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Board
Committees and Charters Compensation and Management Development Committee and CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE — Compensation Committee Report in our Proxy Statement.
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