Company: BSX
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000885725-25-000017
Chunk: 129

Company: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 129
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’s Pre-Approval Policy
It is the Audit Committee’s policy to approve in advance the types and amounts of audit, audit-related, tax and any other services to be provided by our independent registered public accounting firm. In situations where it is not possible to obtain full Audit Committee approval, the Audit Committee has delegated authority to the Chair of the Audit Committee to grant pre-approval of auditing, audit-related, tax and all other services. Any pre-approved decisions by the Chair are required to be reviewed with the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. The Audit Committee approved all of Ernst & Young LLP’s services for 2023 and 2024 and, in doing so, considered whether the provision of such services is compatible with maintaining independence.

#### 2025 Proxy Statement109
| Proposal 4:                                                
 Stockholder Proposal Titled “Support Simple Majority Vote” |

| Our Board makes no recommendation on the Stockholder Proposal titled “Support Simple Majority Vote.” 
 Vote Required: Majority of votes cast                                                                |

The following stockholder proposal has been submitted to the Company for action at the Annual Meeting by John Chevedden of 2215 Nelson Avenue, No. 205, Redondo Beach, CA 90278, beneficial owner of at least 100 shares of the Company’s common stock. In accordance with proxy regulations, the following is the complete text of the proposal, which is reproduced as submitted to the Company. All statements contained in the stockholder proposal and supporting statement are the sole responsibility of the proponent.

#### Proposal 4 - Support Simple Majority Vote
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Shareholders request that our board take each step necessary so that each voting requirement in our charter and bylaws (that is explicit or implicit due to default to state law) that calls for a greater than simple majority vote be replaced by a requirement for a majority of the votes cast for and against applicable proposals, or a simple majority in compliance with applicable laws. If necessary this means the closest standard to a majority of the votes cast for and against such proposals consistent with applicable laws. This includes making the necessary changes in plain English.

Shareholders are willing to pay a premium for shares of companies that have excellent corporate governance. Supermajority voting requirements have been found to be one of 6 entrenching mechanisms that are negatively related to company performance according to “What Matters in Corporate Governance” by Lucien Bebchuk, Alma Cohen and Allen Ferrell of the Harvard Law School. Supermajority requirements are used to block initiatives supported by most