Company: BSX
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 424B2
Source: 0001104659-25-016521
Chunk: 41

Company: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 424B2
Chunk 41
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 charge that is imposed or withheld in The Netherlands pursuant to the Dutch Withholding Tax Act 2021 ( Wet bronbelasting 2021 ), which for the avoidance of doubt shall include (without limitation) any such taxes withheld by us after the first indication that the Dutch revenue service ( Belastingdienst ) may be of the view that the Dutch Withholding Tax Act 2021 applies in relation to all or some of the notes; or

(k)

any combination of the above.

We, or the guarantor, as the case may be, will use reasonable efforts to obtain and provide the paying agent with the official acknowledgment of the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (or, if, notwithstanding such reasonable efforts, such acknowledgment is not available, certified copies or other reasonable documentation) evidencing any payment of any taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges in respect of which we, or the guarantor, as the case may be, has paid any Additional Amounts. Copies of such documentation will be made available to the holders of the notes upon reasonable request therefor, and will be made available at the offices of the paying agent.

We, or the guarantor, as the case may be, will also pay and reimburse the holders for any present or future stamp, issue, registration, court or documentary taxes or any excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies (including any penalties, interest and other liabilities relating thereto) that arise in any Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (or, in the case of enforcement of the notes, the indenture or the guarantees, in any jurisdiction) from the execution, issuance, delivery, registration or enforcement of the notes, the indenture, the guarantees or any other document or instrument in relation thereto, or any payments under or with respect to the notes or the guarantees (other than, in each case, in connection with a transfer of the notes after this offering and limited, solely to the extent of such taxes, charges or similar levies that arise from the receipt of any payments of principal or interest on the notes, to any such taxes, charges or similar levies that are not excluded under clauses (a) through (d) and (f) through (j) above).

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Wherever there is mentioned, in any context in the indenture or this “Description of the Notes,” the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest with respect to the notes (including payments thereof made pursuant to