Company: BSX
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 424B2
Source: 0001104659-25-016521
Chunk: 106

Company: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 424B2
Chunk 106
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. If the applicable issuer exercises the defeasance option with respect to debt securities of any series, the guarantees by each guarantor of such series of debt securities will be released concurrently with the defeasance of the debt securities of that series.

To exercise any such option, the applicable issuer or the applicable guarantor is required to deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that the deposit and related defeasance would not cause the beneficial owners of the debt securities of that series to recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes and, in the case of a discharge pursuant to (1) above, such opinion of counsel must be based upon a ruling to such effect received by the applicable issuer or the applicable guarantor from or published by the United States Internal Revenue Service or a change in applicable U.S. federal income tax law to such effect. The applicable issuer or the applicable guarantor is required to deliver to the trustee an officer’s certificate and an opinion of counsel stating that all conditions precedent provided for in the indenture with respect to the defeasance have been complied with.

#### Subordination
Certain provisions of the indenture relating to the subordination of the subordinated debt securities and guarantees are summarized below. The extent to which a particular series of subordinated debt securities or the guarantees thereof are subordinated to other indebtedness of an issuer or guarantor will be set forth

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in the prospectus supplement for that series and the indenture may be modified by a supplemental indenture to reflect those subordination provisions. The particular terms of subordination of an issue of subordinated debt securities or guarantees may supersede the general provisions of the indenture summarized below.

Upon any distribution to the applicable issuer or guarantor’s creditors in a liquidation, dissolution or reorganization, payment of the principal of, premium, if any, on and interest, if any, on the subordinated debt securities or guarantees will be subordinated to the extent provided in the indenture in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all senior indebtedness, but the applicable issuer or guarantor’s obligation to make payment of the principal of and premium, if any, on and interest, if any, in respect of the subordinated debt securities or guarantees will not otherwise be affected. Except as provided in a prospectus supplement and the related authorizing resolution and/or supplemental indenture, if any, no payment of principal or interest may be made on the subordinated