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<strong>Company:</strong>
<p>Amgen Inc.</p>
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<strong>Year:</strong>
<p>2025 </p>
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<strong>Issue Area:</strong>
<p>Health </p>
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<p>Independent Board Chairs </p>
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<strong>Status:</strong>
<p>Challenged</p>
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<h2>Resolution Text</h2>
<p>Shareholders request that the Board of Directors adopt an enduring policy, and<br>amend the governing documents as necessary in order that 2 separate people hold<br>the office of the Chairman and the office of the CEO.<br><br>Whenever possible, the Chairman of the Board shall be an Independent Director.<br>The Board has the discretion to select a Temporary Chairman of the Board who is<br>not an Independent Director to serve while the Board is seeking an Independent<br>Chairman of the Board on an expedited basis.<br><br>It is a best practice to adopt this policy soon. However this policy could be phased<br>in when there is a contract renewal for our current CEO or for the next CEO<br>transition.</p>
<p>The roles of Chairman and CEO are fundamentally different and should be held by<br>2 directors, a CEO and a Chairman who is completely independent of the CEO and<br>our company.<br><br>A lead director is no substitute for an independent Board Chairman.<br><br>Additionally Amgen may not have the best person as lead director. Lead director,<br>Robert Eckert, has 13-years long tenure as an Amgen director. As director tenure<br>goes up director independence goes down. Independence is the most important<br>attribute in a lead director because the Amgen Chairman is not independent.<br><br>Previously Mr. Eckert had 11-years as a CEO and Chairman at a toy company. I<br>have not seen any argument that more than a decade in the 2 jobs of Chairman and<br>CEO at a toy company is the best qualification for overseeing the Amgen person<br>who has more than a decade in the 2 jobs at Amgen.<br><br>Please vote yes:</p>
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<div class=”views-field views-field-nothing”><span class=”field-content”> John Chevedden</span></div><div class=”views-field views-field-title views-field-field-shareholder”><span class=”field-content”>Chevedden Corporate Governance</span></div>
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