FORM 8-K

 

 

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)

May 22, 2013

 

 

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 No.)

 

One Amgen Center Drive

Thousand Oaks, California

  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)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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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.

(e) As noted in Item 5.07 below, at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Amgen Inc. (the “Company”), held on May 22, 2013 (the “Annual Meeting”), the Company’s stockholders approved the Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) which, among other things, increased the number of shares of the Company’s common stock, $.0001 par value per share, available for issuance under the Plan by 17,100,000 shares, from 87,180,107 shares to 104,280,107 shares (plus any shares granted under prior plan awards that are added back to the Plan’s authorized pool pursuant to the replenishment provisions described in the Plan). In addition, the Plan provides for the following material changes: (i) incorporate certain changes to the share counting provision of the Plan to provide that shares withheld to pay for tax obligations with respect to “full value” awards (or awards that are settled in shares, excluding stock options and stock appreciation rights) and repurchases of restricted shares will be available for issuance again under the Plan; (ii) require that dividends and dividend equivalents payable in connection with performance-based awards will only be paid to the extent that the performance-based vesting conditions are satisfied and the shares underlying such awards are earned and vest; (iii) provide the administrator with discretion to allow for automatic exercises of certain “in-the-money” stock options and stock appreciation rights shortly prior to the expiration of their term; and (iv) eliminate certain performance criteria that may be used to award “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.

A brief description of the material terms of the Plan, including the amendments, is set forth on pages 21 to 34 of the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the Annual Meeting, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 8, 2013 (the “Proxy Statement”) and is incorporated herein by reference. That summary and the foregoing description of the Plan are qualified in their entirety by reference to the text of the Plan, which was filed as Appendix C to the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Company held its Annual Meeting on May 22, 2013. The final results of the voting for each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders at the meeting are as follows:

Item 1 - Election of Directors

Each of the following 13 nominees for director were elected to serve a one-year term expiring at the Company’s 2014 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier retirement, resignation, disqualification, removal or death.

 

Name

   Votes For      Votes Against      Abstain      Broker Non-
Votes
 

Dr. David Baltimore

     568,032,042         10,373,724         1,218,078         78,250,694   

Mr. Frank J. Biondi, Jr.

     517,076,311         60,619,041         1,928,493         78,250,693   

Mr. Robert A. Bradway

     555,200,407         18,510,101         5,913,339         78,250,691   

Mr. François de Carbonnel

     572,269,428         5,214,106         2,140,313         78,250,692   

Dr. Vance D. Coffman

     565,040,702         13,308,712         1,274,428         78,250,696   

Mr. Robert A. Eckert

     572,812,727         5,495,627         1,315,491         78,250,694   

Dr. Rebecca M. Henderson

     573,542,668         4,890,627         1,190,554         78,250,689   

Mr. Frank C. Herringer

     568,448,257         9,889,746         1,285,842         78,250,693   

Dr. Tyler Jacks

     573,459,317         4,912,799         1,251,726         78,250,696   

Dr. Gilbert S. Omenn

     568,825,812         9,534,924         1,263,109         78,250,694   

Ms. Judith C. Pelham

     570,187,780         7,575,473         1,860,956         78,250,330   

Mr. Leonard D. Schaeffer

     569,349,796         8,996,705         1,277,343         78,250,695   

Dr. Ronald D. Sugar

     567,526,873         10,647,828         1,449,144         78,250,693   

 

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Item 2 - Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accountants

Ernst & Young LLP was ratified as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013. No Broker Non-Votes resulted from the vote on this proposal.

 

For:

   648,333,290

Against: 

   7,728,650

Abstain: 

   1,812,598

Item 3 - Advisory Vote to Approve Our Executive Compensation

The advisory vote to approve our executive compensation was approved.

 

For:

   496,672,458

Against: 

   79,119,807

Abstain: 

   3,830,355

Broker Non-Votes: 78,251,918

Item 4 – Approval of Proposed Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Incentive Plan

The proposed Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Incentive Plan was approved.

 

For:

 

471,804,509

Against: 

 

104,347,011

Abstain: 

 

3,471,105

Broker Non-Votes: 78,251,914

No other matters were submitted for stockholder action.

A copy of the press release announcing the vote results 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

 

99.1   Press Release, dated May 22, 2013

 

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SIGNATURE

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: May 22, 2013      
    By:  

/s/ David J. Scott

    Name:   David J. Scott
    Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
      Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

No.

 

Document Description

99.1   Press Release, dated May 22, 2013

 

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