Company: BSX
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000885725-25-000017
Chunk: 92

Company: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 92
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, which are highly variable and difficult to predict, and net sales from acquisitions completed after the establishment of the internal financial plan, as applicable; (ii) Adjusted EPS equals adjusted net income (loss) divided by weighted average shares outstanding for the performance year (adjusted net income (loss) equals GAAP net income (loss) excluding certain charges (credits) from GAAP net income, including, but not limited to, amortization expense, goodwill and other intangible asset impairment charges, acquisition/divestiture-related net charges (credits), investment portfolio net losses (gains) and impairments, restructuring and restructuring-related net charges (credits), and certain litigation-related net charges (credits), European Union Medical Device Regulation (EU MDR) implementation costs, debt extinguishment net charges, deferred tax expenses (benefits) and discrete tax items); and (iii) Adjusted OIM reflects the Company’s adjusted operating income (GAAP revenue less cost of goods sold less operating expenses, adjusted for certain items consistent with those excluded to determine Adjusted EPS) as a percentage of net sales.

For a discussion of the Company level targets under the 2024 ABP, funding of the aggregate bonus pool and the individual performance component of the 2024 ABP, please see Short-Term Incentives on page 57 .

2024 Relative Total Shareholder Return Performance Share Program

Our 2024 rTSR PSP is administered under our 2011 LTIP, as effective at the time of grant of performance-based RSUs under the program. The rTSR performance-based RSUs awarded under the rTSR PSP vest upon the satisfaction of both the Company performance criteria and service criteria under the 2024 rTSR PSP, subject to acceleration in the event of certain qualifying terminations discussed below. Our executives, including our NEOs, were eligible to participate in the 2024 rTSR PSP, which is administered by our Compensation Committee. For a discussion of the rTSR performance-based RSUs awarded to our NEOs in 2024, please see 2024 Long-Term Incentive Awards for Our NEOs on page 64 .

#### Company Performance Criteria
For a discussion of the Company performance criteria under the 2024 rTSR PSP, please see 2024 Long-Term Incentive Awards for Our NEOs on page 64 .

Calculation of TSR and Percentile Performance. The TSR for the Company and each other company in the S&P 500 Health Care Index for the three-year performance