Company: BSX
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000885725-25-000017
Chunk: 29

Company: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 29
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 than Mr. Mahoney, our President and Chief Executive Officer, all of our directors are independent under the independence standards set forth in the NYSE Corporate Governance Standards .

The Board monitors its compliance with the NYSE requirements for director independence on an ongoing basis, including through an annual review of director questionnaires and consideration of transactions and relationships between each director or any member of his or her immediate family and the Company, as well as other relevant facts and circumstances. The Board and the Nominating and Governance Committee considered the directors’ responses to a questionnaire asking about their and their immediate family members’ relationships with the Company and other potential conflicts of interest, as well as material provided by management related to transactions, relationships or arrangements between the Company and the directors or parties related to the directors. The Board made its determination as to whether any relationship between a director and our Company is a material relationship based on the facts and circumstances of the relationship, the amounts involved in the relationship, the director’s interest in such relationship, if any, and such other factors as the Board, in its judgment, deemed appropriate.

#### 2025 Proxy Statement21

#### Corporate Governance

#### Director Nomination Process
The Nominating and Governance Committee routinely evaluates the current composition of the Board to ensure it has the appropriate mix of skills and experiences to effectively perform its oversight functions and has primary responsibility for determining the appropriate skills and characteristics required of new Board members. The Nominating and Governance Committee considers, with input from the Board, those factors it deems appropriate, such as independence, experience, strength of character, judgment, technical skills, diversity and the extent to which the individual would fill a present need on the Board. The Board also considers the business of the Company, including strategy, risks, and opportunities, and the extent to which these create a need for particular skills on the Board. The aim is to assemble a Board that is strong in its collective knowledge and that consists of individuals who bring a variety of complementary attributes and who, taken together, have the appropriate skills and experience to oversee the Company’s business. The Nominating and Governance Committee considers diversity as one of a number of important factors in identifying nominees for director. The Nominating and Governance Committee reviews the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines on at least an annual basis to ensure the effectiveness of such policies and procedures.

Director nominees must, at a minimum, meet the general criteria outlined in our Corporate Governance Guidelines. Generally, directors should be individuals who have succeeded in their particular field and who demonstrate integrity, reliability, knowledge