Amgen Announces Proposals To Declassify Board To Be Presented At 2007 Annual Meeting And Adopts Majority Vote Bylaw

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) announced today that its Board unanimously voted to approve corporate governance initiatives to declassify the Board of Directors and adopt a majority vote standard for the election of Directors in uncontested elections.