Company: BSX
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000885725-25-000017
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Company: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form: DEF 14A
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 cash and equity compensation in the aggregate during a calendar year.

#### Employee Directors
Directors who are also employees of the Company receive no compensation for serving on the Board or Board committees. Accordingly, Mr. Mahoney did not receive any compensation related to his services as a director in 2024. For a description of compensation paid to Mr. Mahoney in 2024 in his role as President and Chief Executive Officer, please see the Compensation Discussion & Analysis and the Executive Compensation sections in this Proxy Statement.

#### Other Payments and Benefits
We pay for, or reimburse our directors for, transportation, hotel, meals and other incidental expenses incurred in connection with their performance of services for us, including attending Board and committee meetings and participating in director education programs. Our corporate aircraft is made available to our directors for certain travel to and from our Board meetings, as well as for certain other Company business travel. We also extend directors’ and officers’ indemnity insurance coverage to each of our directors.

#### Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation Plan
Each non-employee director may, by written election, defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual cash retainer, annual cash committee chair fees and equity compensation under our Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation Plan. Eligible directors may elect to defer payment of all or a portion of their cash and equity compensation, in increments of 25%, as deferred restricted stock units, to be released upon a director’s separation from Board service.

#### Director Stock Ownership Guidelines
We believe the stock ownership requirements for our non-employee directors align the interests of our directors with the long-term interests of our stockholders. Our director stock ownership guidelines provide that each non-employee director should own shares with a value equal to at least five times the current annual cash retainer amount within five years of joining the Board. For purposes of satisfying this obligation, restricted stock units (whether or not vested), common stock, or restricted stock unit deferrals under a Company deferred compensation plan may be included in the aggregate number of shares held by a director. All of our non-employee directors either currently meet our director stock ownership guidelines or we expect that they will meet the guidelines within five years of becoming a director. The Nominating and Governance Committee monitors compliance with these guidelines on an annual basis. For information regarding the stock ownership guidelines applicable to our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, please see Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines beginning on page 68 .

#### 362025 Proxy Statement

#### Director Compensation

#### Director Compensation Table
The table below summarizes the compensation paid