---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-203033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMGN"
cik: "0000318154"
company_name: "AMGEN INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T06:35:50.222149+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Amgen appoints Matthew C. Busch as new Chief Accounting Officer effective Aug 14, 2023

## Summary
- Matthew C. Busch, 49, named VP, Finance and CAO; succeeds Linda H. Louie who moves to VP, Finance.
- Busch's annual base salary set at $450,000; bonus target 40% of salary; long-term equity award $500,000.
- Busch has held various finance roles at Amgen since 2004, most recently VP, Finance since 2021.
- No employment agreement or family relationships with other officers or directors disclosed.
- Transition part of leadership development; Louie will lead corporate financial planning and analysis.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-203033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMGN
- cik: 0000318154
- company_name: AMGEN INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318154/000119312523203033/0001193125-23-203033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318154/000119312523203033/d525761d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-203033
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-203033.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-203033.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew C. Busch was appointed as Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at AMGEN INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On August 1, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Amgen Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Matthew C. Busch, age 49, to serve as the Company’s Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer (“CAO”), effective August 14, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318154/000119312523203033/0001193125-23-203033-index.htm
- Executive change
  Linda H. Louie changed role as Vice President, Finance at AMGEN INC.
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: Vice President, Finance
  source text: Linda H. Louie, the Company’s current CAO, has served in this role since July 2020, and effective August 14, 2023, as part of the Company’s leadership development activities, Ms. Louie will move to the role of the Company’s Vice President, Finance, with responsibility for corporate financial planning and analysis, and will step down as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318154/000119312523203033/0001193125-23-203033-index.htm

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