Company: BSX
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000885725-25-000017
Chunk: 12

Company: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 12
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 If you “ABSTAIN,” it will not count as a share actually voted and will have no effect on the determination of this proposal. If you sign your proxy card with no further instructions, your shares will be counted as an “ABSTAIN.”

| How many votes are required to approve each proposal? |

1. Under our By-Laws, except as otherwise required by law, each nominee for director shall be elected to the Board by the affirmative vote of the majority of votes cast, virtually at the meeting or by proxy, by the holders of shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present; provided, however, that if the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected at any such meeting, as determined by the Corporate Secretary of the Company as of the record date for such meeting, the directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast, virtually at the meeting or by proxy. The number of nominees does not exceed the number of directors to be elected at the Annual Meeting. The affirmative vote of the majority of votes cast means that the number of shares voted “FOR” exceeds the number of votes cast “AGAINST” with respect to a given nominee. For each nominee, you may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST” or “ABSTAIN.” If you “ABSTAIN,” it will be counted for the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present for conducting the Annual Meeting, but it will not count as a share actually voted and will have no effect on the determination of the nominee’s election. In the event that a director nominee fails to receive an affirmative majority of the votes cast in an election where the number of nominees is less than or equal to the number of directors to be elected, the Board, within its powers, may decrease the number of directors, fill the vacancy, or take other appropriate action.

2. The affirmative vote of a majority of shares with voting power present virtually or represented by proxy and which have actually voted on the proposal is required to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers. The vote is advisory and non-binding in nature, but the Executive Compensation and Human Resources Committee of our Board (Compensation Committee) will take into consideration the outcome of the vote when considering future executive compensation arrangements. You may vote “FOR,” “AGAINST” or “ABSTAIN.” If you “ABSTAIN,” it will be counted for the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present for conducting the Annual Meeting, but it will