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15.10 Notice. Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the Committee under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing
and hand-delivered, or sent by registered or certified mail, to the address below, except where such documents are required to
be submitted on line:
Benefits Department
Amgen Inc.
One Amgen Center Drive
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-1799
Such notice shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery is made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark
on the receipt for registration or certification.
Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to a Participant under this Plan shall be sufficient if it is sent to the
Participant (1) electronically, or (2) in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by mail, to the last address of the Participant shown on
the records of the Company.
15.11 Successors. The provisions of this Plan shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Participant’s Employer and its successors and
assigns and the Participant and the Participant’s designated Beneficiaries.
15.12 Spouse’s Interest. The interest in the benefits hereunder of a spouse of a Participant who has predeceased the Participant shall
automatically pass to the Participant and shall not be transferable by such spouse in any manner, including but not limited to such
spouse’s will, nor shall such interest pass under the laws of intestate succession.
15.13 Validity. In case any provision of this Plan shall be illegal or invalid for any reason, said illegality or invalidity shall not affect the
remaining parts hereof, but this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provision had never been
inserted herein.
15.14 Incompetent. If the Committee determines in its discretion that a benefit under this Plan is to be paid to a minor, a person
declared incompetent or to a person incapable of handling the disposition of that person’s property, the Committee may direct
payment of such benefit to the guardian, legal representative or person having the care and custody of such minor, incompetent
or incapable person. The Committee may require proof of minority, incompetence, incapacity or guardianship, as it may deem
appropriate prior to distribution of the benefit. Any payment of a benefit shall be a payment for the account of the Participant and
the Participant’s Beneficiary, as the case may be, and shall be a complete discharge of any liability under the Plan for such
payment amount.
15.15 Insurance. The Employers, on their own behalf or on behalf of the trustee of the Trust, and, in their sole discretion, may
apply for and procure insurance on the life of the Participants, in such amounts and in such forms as the Trust may choose. The
Employers or the trustee of the Trust, as the case may be, shall be the sole owner and beneficiary of any such insurance. The
Participants shall have no interest whatsoever in any such policy or policies, and at the request of the Employers shall submit to
medical examinations and supply such information and execute such documents as may be required by the insurance company
or companies to whom the Employers have applied for insurance.
15.16 Legal Fees To Enforce Rights After Change of Control. The Company and each Employer is aware that upon the
occurrence of a Change of Control, the Board or the board of directors of a Participant’s Employer (which might then be
composed of new members) or a shareholder of the
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