Edgar Filing: AMGEN INC - Form SC TO-I/A

AMGEN INC.

Dated: November 22, 2011

/s/ Jonathan M. Peacock

Jonathan M. Peacock

Title:

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Amendment No. 3 to Schedule TO

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE TO

(Amendment No. 3)

TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(D)(1) OR 13(E)(1)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

AMGEN INC.

(Name Of Subject Company (Issuer) And Filing Person (Offeror))

Common Shares, par value $0.0001 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

031162100

(CUSIP Number of Common Stock)

David J. Scott, Esq.

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

One Amgen Center Drive

Thousand Oaks, California 91320-1799

(805) 447-1000

(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)

With a copy to:

Charles K. Ruck, Esq.

Gregory P. Rodgers, Esq.

Latham & Watkins LLP

885 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

(212) 906-1200

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE



Transaction Valuation*		Amount Of Filing Fee**
$5,000,000,000.00		$573,000.00

*	The transaction value is estimated only for purposes of calculating the filing fee. This amount is based on the offer to purchase for not more than $5 billion in aggregate of up to 92,592,593 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value, at the minimum tender offer price of $54.00 per share.

**	Previously paid. The amount of the filing fee, calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as modified by Fee Rate Advisory No. 3 for fiscal year 2012, equals $114.60 per million dollars of the value of the transaction.

¨	Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.


Amount Previously Paid:	N/A	Filing Party:	N/A
Form or Registration No.:	N/A	Date Filed:	N/A

¨	Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.

amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer: ¨

If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon:

Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)

Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third Party Tender Offer)

SCHEDULE TO

This Amendment No. 3 amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO originally filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by Amgen Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Amgen” or the “Company”), on November 8, 2011, in connection with the Company’s offer to purchase up to $5 billion in value of shares of its common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Shares”), at a price not greater than $60.00 nor less than $54.00 per Share, to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest.

Only those items amended are reported in this Amendment No. 3. Except as specifically provided herein, the information contained in the Schedule TO remains unchanged and this Amendment No. 3 does not modify any of the information previously reported on the Schedule TO. You should read this Amendment No. 3 together with the Schedule TO, the Offer to Purchase dated November 8, 2011 and the related Letter of Transmittal.

ITEM 12.

EXHIBITS.

“Item 12. Exhibits” to the Schedule TO is hereby amended and restated as follows:


(a)(1)(i)*		Offer to Purchase, dated November 8, 2011.

(a)(1)(ii) *		Form of Letter of Transmittal (including IRS Form W-9 and Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on IRS Form W-9).

(a)(1)(iii) *		Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

(a)(1)(iv) *		Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.

(a)(1)(v) *		Letter to Clients for Use by Brokers, Dealers, Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.

(a)(1)(vi) *		Internal Communications Materials, dated November 8, 2011

(a)(1)(vii) *		Letter of Transmittal for Tender of Shares of Common Stock of Amgen Inc. for Participants in the Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(a)(1)(viii)*		Spanish Translation of Memorandum to Participants in the Amgen Retirement and Savings Plan and the Retirement and Savings Plan for Amgen Manufacturing, Limited.

(a)(2)		Not applicable.

(a)(3)		Not applicable.

(a)(4)		Not applicable.

(a)(5)(i)*		Press Release, dated November 7, 2011.

(a)(5)(ii)*		Summary Advertisement, dated November 8, 2011.

(a)(5)(iii)**		Press Release, dated November 22, 2011.

(b)(1)		Indenture, dated as of August 4, 2003, between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as trustee. (Filed as an exhibit to Form S-3 Registration Statement dated August 4, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference.)

(b)(2)		Officers’ Certificate of Amgen Inc., dated as of November 10, 2011, including forms of the Company’s 1.875% Senior Notes due 2014, 2.50% Senior Notes due 2016, 3.875% Senior Notes due 2021 and 5.15% Senior Notes due 2041. (Filed as an exhibit to Form 8-K on November 10, 2011 and incorporated herein by reference.)

(d)(1)		Amgen Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan. (Filed as Appendix A to Amgen Inc.’s Proxy Statement on March 26, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference.)

(d)(2)		Form of Stock Option Agreement for the Amgen Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan. (As Amended on March 2, 2011.) (Filed as an exhibit to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 on May 10, 2011 and incorporated herein by reference.)



(d)(3)		Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for the Amgen Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan. (As Amended on March 2, 2011.) (Filed as an exhibit to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 on May 10, 2011 and incorporated herein by reference.)

(d)(4)		Amgen Inc. 2009 Performance Award Program. (As Amended and Restated on December 4, 2009.) (Filed as an exhibit to Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 on March 1, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference.)

(d)(5)		Form of Performance Unit Agreement for the Amgen Inc. 2009 Performance Award Program. (As Amended on March 2, 2011.) (Filed as an exhibit to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 on May 10, 2011 and incorporated herein by reference.)

(d)(6)		Amgen Inc. 2009 Director Equity Incentive Program. (Filed as an exhibit to Form 8-K on May 8, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference.)

(d)(7)		Form of Grant of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement and Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for the Amgen Inc. 2009 Director Equity Incentive Program. (Filed as an exhibit to Form 8-K on May 8, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference.)

(d)(8)		Agreement between Amgen Inc. and Mr. Jonathan M. Peacock, dated July 5, 2010. (Filed as an exhibit to Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2010 on November 8, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference.)

(g)		None.

(h)		None.

* Previously filed on Schedule TO

** Filed herewith

SIGNATURES

After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this Schedule TO is true, complete and correct.