Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Balachandran Madhavan
  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, Operations
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
ONE AMGEN CENTER DRIVE
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/05/2014
(Street)

THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91320-1799
4. If Amendment, Date 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
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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 03/05/2014   A   11,043 A $ 0 57,195 (1) (2) D  
Common Stock               34,851 I By Family Trust

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: 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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Balachandran Madhavan
ONE AMGEN CENTER DRIVE
THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91320-1799
      EVP, Operations  

Signatures

 /s/ Madhavan Balachandran   03/06/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) These shares include the following Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) granted under the Company's equity plans: 875 RSUs which fully vest on 4/26/2014; 3,015 RSUs which vest in one installment of 1,485 on 4/25/2014 and one installment of 1,530 on 4/25/2015; 2,512 RSUs which vest in three installments of 828, 829 and 855 on 4/27/2014, 4/27/2015 and 4/27/2016, respectively; 26,634 RSUs which vest in two equal installments of 8,789 each on 7/31/2014 and 7/31/2015 and one installment of 9,056 on 7/31/2016; 7,477 RSUs which vest in two equal installments of 2,467 each on 1/28/2015 and 1/28/2016 and one installment of 2,543 on 1/28/2017; and 4,707 RSUs which vest in two equal installments of 1,553 each on 1/31/2016 and 1/31/2017 and one installment of 1,601 on 1/31/2018. Vested RSUs will be paid in shares of the Company's common stock on a one-to-one basis.
(2) These shares include 932 Dividend Equivalents (DEs) granted pursuant to the Amgen Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan and subject to a qualifying dividend reinvestment plan. DEs are credited on 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.

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