BSX Boston Scientific Corporation

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 12, 2015

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (508) 683-4000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o  Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

ITEM 1.01                                  ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

On May 7, 2015, Boston Scientific Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement, (as supplemented by the Terms Agreement, also dated May 7, 2015, the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the Company and Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriters”), in connection with the Company’s previously announced pricing of $1.85 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior notes.  Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriters agreed to purchase $600,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 2.850% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “2020 Notes”), $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.375% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “2022 Notes”) and $750,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.850% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes” and, together with the 2020 Notes and the 2022 Notes, the “Notes”) under the Company’s  shelf registration statement.  The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and customary conditions to closing, indemnification rights and obligations of the parties and termination provisions.

The Company will pay interest on the Notes on May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning November 15, 2015.  The Company may redeem the Notes prior to maturity at its option at any time, in whole or in part, from time to time.  The redemption price will be the greater of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and the applicable redemption price of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date.

In the event that the acquisition of the American Medical systems urology portfolio (the “AMS Portfolio Acquisition”) has not been consummated on or prior to December 31, 2015, or such later date to which the outside date for the consummation of the AMS Portfolio Acquisition has been extended pursuant to the terms of the purchase agreement dated March 2, 2015 among the Company, Endo Health Solutions Inc. and American Medical Systems Holdings Inc. (the “Purchase Agreement”), or if, prior to such date, the Purchase Agreement is terminated for any reason, the Company will be required to redeem all outstanding 2022 Notes on the special mandatory redemption date at a special mandatory redemption price equal to 101% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the special mandatory redemption date.

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event (as defined in the Notes), the Company will be required to make an offer to repurchase all of the Notes then outstanding at a repurchase price equal to 101% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.

The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations and will rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s existing and future senior unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. The Notes will rank senior in right of payment to any existing and future indebtedness of the Company that is subordinated to the Notes.  The Notes will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of May 29, 2013 between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Indenture”). The Indenture contains covenants that restrict the Company’s ability, with certain exceptions, to (i) merge or consolidate with another entity or transfer all or substantially all of its property and assets, and (ii) incur liens. These covenants are subject to important exceptions and qualifications, as described in the Indenture. The Indenture also provides for customary events of default.

The foregoing descriptions of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes are summaries and are qualified in their entirety by reference to such documents, which are Exhibits 1.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, respectively, and all of which are incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 7.01                                  REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

The Company issued a press release on May 12, 2015, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1.

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ITEM 8.01                                  OTHER EVENTS

On May 12, 2015, the Company completed the offering of the Notes under its shelf registration statement.  The net proceeds from the offering of the Notes, after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses, were approximately $1.83 billion.  The Company previously announced that it intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with borrowings under its $750 million five-year term loan facility, to (i) pay the purchase price of the AMS Portfolio Acquisition and related fees and expenses and (ii) redeem all or a portion of its (a) 5.500% notes due November 2015 (the “November 2015 Notes”), of which $400 million aggregate principal amount was outstanding as of the date hereof, and (b) 6.400% notes due June 2016 (the “June 2016 Notes”), of which $600 million aggregate principal amount was outstanding as of the date hereof, and to pay related fees, expenses and premiums.  Following the completion of the offering, the Company will provide the trustee with redemption notices to redeem all of the November 2015 Notes and June 2016 Notes on June 11, 2015.

ITEM 9.01                                  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d)       Exhibits

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

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Exhibit 1.1

Execution Version

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Debt Securities

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT-BASIC PROVISIONS

May 7, 2015

To:                             The Underwriters named in the within-mentioned Terms Agreement

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Boston Scientific Corporation (the “Company”) proposes to issue and sell its Debt Securities having an aggregate principal amount of U.S. $1,850,000,000 or the equivalent thereof in foreign currencies or currency units (the “Securities”). The Securities will be issued under an indenture dated as of May 29, 2013 between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented from time to time by supplemental indentures and/or modified from time to time by resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company as provided in Section 301 of such indenture (such indenture as so supplemented and/or modified being hereinafter referred to as the “Indenture”).

Whenever the Company determines to make an offering of Securities, it will enter into an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a “Terms Agreement”) providing for the sale of such Securities to, and the purchase and offering thereof by, the underwriter or underwriters named therein (each an “Underwriter” and, collectively, the “Underwriters” or “you,” which terms shall include the underwriter or underwriters named therein whether acting alone in the resale of the Securities or as members of an underwriting syndicate). The Terms Agreement relating to each offering of Securities shall specify the principal amount of Securities to be issued and their terms not otherwise specified in the Indenture, the name or names of the Underwriters participating in such offering (subject to substitution as provided in Section 10 hereof) and the principal amount of Securities which each severally agrees to purchase, the name or names of the Underwriters acting as manager or co-managers in connection with such offering, if any (each a “Representative” and, collectively, the “Representatives,” which term shall include each Underwriter in the event that there shall be no manager or co-managers), the price at which the Securities are to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company, the initial public offering price, any delayed delivery arrangements and the time and place of delivery and payment. Each offering of Securities will be governed by this Agreement, as supplemented by the applicable Terms Agreement, and this Agreement and such Terms Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon each Underwriter participating in the offering of such Securities.

1.                                      Representations and Warranties.  The Company represents and warrants to you that as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Time (each as hereinafter defined) under such Terms Agreement (in each case, the “Representation Date”) as set forth below. Certain terms used in this Section 1 are defined in paragraph (C) hereof.

A.                                          If the offering of the Securities is a Delayed Offering (as specified in the relevant Terms Agreement), paragraph (i) below is applicable and, if the offering of the Securities is a Non-Delayed Offering (as so specified), paragraph (ii) below is applicable.

(i)        The Company meets the requirements for the use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Regulations”), and has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement (File No. 333-188918) on such Form, including a Basic Prospectus, for registration under the 1933 Act

of the offering and sale of the Securities. The Company may have filed one or more amendments thereto, and may have used a Preliminary Prospectus, each of which has previously been furnished to you. Such registration statement, as amended, including the financial statements, exhibits and schedules thereto, at each time of effectiveness under the 1933 Act, including any required information deemed to be a part thereof at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430B under the 1933 Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), is called the “Registration Statement.” Such Registration Statement, as so amended, has become effective. The offering of the Securities is a Delayed Offering and, although the Basic Prospectus may not include all the information with respect to the Securities and the offering thereof required by the 1933 Act and the rules thereunder to be included in the Final Prospectus, the Basic Prospectus included all such information required by the 1933 Act and the rules thereunder to be included therein as of the Effective Date. The Company will next file with the Commission pursuant to Rules 415 and 424(b) a Final Prospectus relating to the Securities and the offering thereof. The Final Prospectus shall only contain information in the Disclosure Package (as hereinafter defined) and the Final Term Sheet (as hereinafter defined), except to the extent the Representatives shall agree to any additional information.

(ii)     The Company meets the requirements for the use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act and has filed with the Commission a registration statement (File No. 333-188918) on such Form, including a Basic Prospectus, for registration under the 1933 Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. The Company may have filed one or more amendments thereto, and including a Preliminary Prospectus, each of which has previously been furnished to you. Such registration statement, as amended, including the financial statements, exhibits and schedules thereto, at each time of effectiveness under the 1933 Act, including any required information deemed to be a part thereof at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430B under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, is called the “Registration Statement.” The Company will next file with the Commission either (x) a Final Prospectus relating to the Securities in accordance with Rules 430B and 424(b), or (y) prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, an amendment to such Registration Statement, including the form of Final Prospectus. In the case of clause (x), the Company has included in such Registration Statement, as amended at the Effective Date, all information (other than Rule 430B Information) required by the 1933 Act and the rules thereunder to be included in the Final Prospectus with respect to the Securities and the offering thereof. The Final Prospectus shall only contain information in the Disclosure Package (as hereinafter defined) and the Final Term Sheet (as hereinafter defined), except to the extent the Representatives shall agree to any additional information.

B.                                          On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, at the Applicable Time the Preliminary Prospectus did, and when the Final Prospectus is first filed (if required) in accordance with Rule 424(b) and at the Closing Time, the Final Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), and the respective rules thereunder; on the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; the Indenture complies in all material respects with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules thereunder; and, the Final Prospectus, will not, on the date such Final Prospectus is first issued and at the Closing Time, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to

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make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to (i) that part of the Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee or (ii) the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto); it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information in Exhibit 1 to the Terms Agreement.

C.                                          The term “Disclosure Package” shall mean (i) the Basic Prospectus, including any preliminary prospectus supplement, as amended or supplemented prior to the Applicable Time, (ii) the issuer free writing prospectuses as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act (each, an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”), if any, identified in Annex A to the Terms Agreement, (iii) any other free writing prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package and (iv) the Final Term Sheet, which shall be identified in Annex B to the Terms Agreement. As of the Applicable Time, the Disclosure Package did not, and at the Closing Time will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the Disclosure Package in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the Disclosure Package; it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information in Exhibit 1 to the Terms Agreement.

D.                                          The terms which follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated. The term “the Effective Date” shall mean each date that the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto became or become effective. “Applicable Time” shall mean the date and time on the date of execution of the Terms Agreement (as set forth in the Terms Agreement), which the Company has informed the Underwriters as the time when sales of the Securities may be first made by the Underwriters in the offering. “Basic Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus referred to in paragraph (A)(i) above contained in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date including, in the case of a Non-Delayed Offering, any Preliminary Prospectus. “Preliminary Prospectus” shall mean any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Basic Prospectus which describes the Securities and the offering thereof including the Basic Prospectus and is used prior to filing of the Final Prospectus. “Final Prospectus” shall mean the final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Applicable Time, together with the Basic Prospectus or, if, in the case of a Non-Delayed Offering, no filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) is required, shall mean the form of final prospectus relating to the Securities, including the Basic Prospectus, included in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the 1934 Act on or before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein to the terms “amend”, “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the 1934 Act after the Effective Date or the issue date of the

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Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference; provided that no such document filed after the Applicable Time shall be deemed incorporated into the Disclosure Package. A “Non-Delayed Offering” shall mean an offering of securities which is intended to commence promptly after the effective date of the Registration Statement, with the result that, pursuant to Rules 415 and 430B, all information (other than Rule 430B Information) with respect to the securities so offered must be included in such Registration Statement at the effective date thereof. A “Delayed Offering” shall mean an offering of securities pursuant to Rule 415 which does not commence promptly after the effective date of the Registration Statement, with the result that only information required pursuant to Rule 415 need be included in such Registration Statement at the effective date thereof with respect to the securities so offered. Whether an offering of the Securities is a Non-Delayed Offering or a Delayed Offering shall be set forth in the relevant Terms Agreement.

E.                                           (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) of the 1933 Act) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 of the 1933 Act, and (iv) at the Applicable Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (iv)), the Company was, is and will be a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act, that initially became effective within three years of the date hereof, and the Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act objecting to use of the automatic shelf registration statement form and the Company has not otherwise ceased to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration statement form. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the 1933 Act against the Company or related to the offering of the Securities has been initiated or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission.

F.                                            (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement relating to the Securities that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the 1933 Act and (ii) as of the Applicable Time, the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 of the 1933 Act that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer.

G.                                          Neither any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus nor the Final Term Sheet, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the offering of the Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representatives as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated by reference therein that has not been superseded or modified. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representatives and has promptly amended or supplemented or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict. The foregoing two sentences do not apply to statements in or

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omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such Exhibit 1 to the Terms Agreement.

H.                                         The Company has not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of the Closing Time and the completion of the Underwriters’ distribution of the Securities, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus reviewed and consented to by the Representatives and included in Annex A to the Terms Agreement or the Registration Statement.

I.                                              The consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved, except as indicated therein; the supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, if any, present fairly the information required to be stated therein; if pro forma financial statements are included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the assumptions used in preparing the pro forma financial statements included therein provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions or events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma columns therein reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the corresponding historical financial statement amounts. No pro forma financial information is required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to any acquisitions or dispositions by the Company pursuant to Regulation S-X with respect to any acquisitions or dispositions by the Company since January 1, 2014.

J.                                              The documents incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus and the Disclosure Package, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and, when read together and with the other information in the Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package and the Registration Statement, at each Representation Date, did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

K.                                         Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, except as may otherwise be stated therein or contemplated thereby, (i) there has been no material adverse change in the condition (financial or other), earnings, results of operations, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business and (ii) there have been no material transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business.

L.                                          The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as now being conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; and the

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Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other), earnings, results of operations, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise (a “Material Adverse Effect”).

M.                                       Schedule I hereto sets forth each domestic and foreign subsidiary of the Company which is a “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X of the 1933 Act (each, a “Material Subsidiary” and collectively, the “Material Subsidiaries”). Each Material Subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to be in good standing or to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and, except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each such Material Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company (except for directors’ qualifying shares and shares held by individuals for the purpose of satisfying the legal requirements of the jurisdiction of incorporation), directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity.

N.                                          Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its or any of their charters or bylaws, or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which it or any of them is a party or by which it or any of them or their properties may be bound where any such violation or default would have a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution of this Agreement, the execution and delivery of the Indenture and the applicable Terms Agreement (including this Agreement as incorporated by reference therein), the filing of the Registration Statement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein (including the issuance, authentication, sale and delivery of the Securities) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject where any such conflict, breach, default, creation or imposition would have a Material Adverse Effect, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or bylaws of the Company or, to the best of its knowledge, any law, administrative regulation or administrative or court decree (except for such violations of any law, administrative regulation or administrative or court decree that would not have a Material Adverse Effect and would not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), and no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental authority or agency is required for the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (including the issuance, authentication, sale and delivery of the Securities in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture) except such as may be required under the 1933 Act or the Regulations, the Trust Indenture Act or state securities or “blue sky” laws.

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O.                                          The Company and its Material Subsidiaries possess adequate certificates, authorities or permits issued by the appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except such certificates, authorities or permits which are not material to such conduct of their business, and neither the Company nor any of its Material Subsidiaries has, to the knowledge of the Company, received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect.

P.                                            Except as set forth in the Registration Statement or the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there is no action, suit or proceeding before or by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries that might reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or that might reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the offering of the Securities.

Q.                                          There are no contracts or documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which are required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement (including the documents incorporated by reference therein) by the 1933 Act or the Regulations which have not been so filed.

R.                                          The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Securities and the Indenture (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder.

S.                                            The Indenture has been duly and validly authorized, when executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due execution and delivery by the Trustee, constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to the applicability of general principles of equity, and has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.

T.                                           The Securities have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and the applicable Terms Agreement (or will have been so authorized prior to each issuance of Securities) and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and the Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company or a Pricing Committee thereof, and delivered to and paid for by the purchasers thereof, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms (subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and to principles relating to the availability of equitable remedies to the extent that adequate remedies at law may exist) and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, which will be substantially in the form heretofore delivered to you; and the Securities and the Indenture will conform when executed and delivered in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

U.                                          Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and except as where such failure would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, license or have the right to use the patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks,

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service marks, trade names and other rights or interests in items of intellectual property as are necessary for the operation and conduct of the businesses now operated by them (the “patent and proprietary rights”); and except as disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the Company has no knowledge of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any patent and proprietary rights which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect, and, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the Company has no knowledge that any person or entity is infringing or otherwise violating any of the Company’s patents, trademarks, servicemarks or copyrights in a manner that could materially affect the use thereof by the Company or any of its subsidiaries and which infringement would have a Material Adverse Effect.

V.                                          No labor disturbance by the employees of the Company or any subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent which might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

W.                                       The Company is not, and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

X.                                          Except as described in the Registration Statement or the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, to the knowledge of the Company, the properties, assets and operations of each of the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws (including, without limitation, common law), rules and regulations, orders, decrees, judgments, permits and licenses relating to worker health and safety, and to the protection and clean-up of the natural environment and to the protection or preservation of natural resources, including, without limitation, those relating to the processing, manufacturing, generation, handling, disposal, transportation or release of hazardous materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”). With respect to such properties, assets and operations, there are no events, conditions, circumstances, activities, practices, incidents, actions or plans of the Company or any of its subsidiaries of which the Company is aware that may interfere with or prevent compliance or continued compliance with applicable Environmental Laws or otherwise result in liability to the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to applicable Environmental Law in a manner that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as described in the Registration Statement or the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) to the Company’s knowledge, none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject of any federal, state, local or foreign investigation pursuant to Environmental Laws, (B) none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has received any written notice or claim pursuant to Environmental Laws and (C) there are no pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened actions, suits or proceedings against the Company, any of its subsidiaries or its properties, assets or operations, in connection with any Environmental Laws. The term “hazardous materials” shall mean those substances that are regulated by or pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws.

Y.                                          This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

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Z.                                           No holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement.

AA.                                 The Company maintains “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that have been designed by, or under the supervision of, the Company’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

BB.                                 The Company has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote compliance by the Company, its subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers and employees with Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions applicable to the Company, its subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers and employees, and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, their respective officers and employees and directors are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects. As of the Applicable Time and at the Closing Time, none of (a) the Company, any subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their respective directors or officers or (b) to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Company or such subsidiary’s respective employees is or will be a Sanctioned Person or organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country. No use of proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder will be used by the Company or any of its subsidiaries directly or to its knowledge indirectly to violate applicable Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions. The term “Anti-Corruption Laws” shall mean the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, and all similar laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries prohibiting bribery or corruption. “Sanctioned Country” shall mean a country or territory, which is itself a subject or target of any Sanctions (as of the Applicable Time and at the Closing Time, the Crimea region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria). “Sanctioned Person” shall mean (a) any person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or the United Kingdom, (b) any person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any person 50 percent or more owned or controlled by any such person. “Sanctions” shall mean economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or the United Kingdom.

Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with an offering of Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to the matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.

2.                                      Purchase and Sale.  The several commitments of the Underwriters to purchase securities pursuant to any Terms Agreement shall be deemed to have been made on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and shall be subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth.

A.                                          Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of, any Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters shall be made at the place set forth in the applicable Terms Agreement, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company, on the second business day (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of

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Section 10) following the date of the applicable Terms Agreement or such other time as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company (each such time and date being referred to as a “Closing Time”). Except as indicated in the applicable Terms Agreement, payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer in same-day funds against delivery of the Securities to be purchased by the Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters. Such Securities shall be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives may request in writing at least two business days prior to the applicable Closing Time or shall be in global or bearer form as permitted by the Indenture. Such Securities, which may be in temporary form, will be made available for examination and packaging by the Representatives on or before the first business day prior to the Closing Time.

B.                                          If authorized by the applicable Terms Agreement, the Underwriters named therein may solicit offers to purchase Securities from the Company pursuant to delayed delivery contracts (“Delayed Delivery Contracts”) substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, with such changes therein as the Company may approve.

C.                                          As compensation for arranging Delayed Delivery Contracts, the Company will pay to the Representatives at Closing Time, for the accounts of the Underwriters, a fee equal to that percentage of the principal amount of Securities for which Delayed Delivery Contracts are made at Closing Time as is specified in the applicable Terms Agreement. Any Delayed Delivery Contracts are to be with institutional investors of the types which will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement included in the Final Prospectus. If applicable, at Closing Time the Company will enter into Delayed Delivery Contracts (for not less than the minimum principal amount of Securities per Delayed Delivery Contract specified in the applicable Terms Agreement) with all purchasers proposed by the Underwriters and previously approved by the Company as provided below, but not for an aggregate principal amount of Securities in excess of that specified in the applicable Terms Agreement. The Underwriters will not have any responsibility for the validity or performance of Delayed Delivery Contracts.

D.                                          The Representatives are to submit to the Company, at least two business days prior to Closing Time, the names of any institutional investors with which it is proposed that the Company will enter into Delayed Delivery Contracts and the principal amount of Securities to be purchased by each of them, and the Company will advise the Representatives, at least one business day prior to Closing Time, of the names of the institutions with which the making of Delayed Delivery Contracts is approved by the Company and the principal amount of Securities to be covered by each such Delayed Delivery Contract.

E.                                           The principal amount of Securities agreed to be purchased by the respective Underwriters pursuant to the applicable Terms Agreement shall be reduced by the principal amount of Securities covered by Delayed Delivery Contracts, as to each Underwriter as set forth in a written notice delivered by the Representatives to the Company; provided, however, that the total principal amount of Securities to be purchased by all Underwriters shall be the total amount of Securities covered by the applicable Terms Agreement, less the principal amount of Securities covered by Delayed Delivery Contracts.

F.                                            The Company acknowledges and agrees that the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement and the Terms Agreement hereunder, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand.

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3.                                      Covenants of the Company.  The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:

A.                                          The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement, if not effective at the Applicable Time, and any amendment thereto, to become effective. Immediately following the execution of each Terms Agreement, the Company will prepare a final prospectus supplement to be included in the Final Prospectus setting forth the principal amount of Securities covered thereby and their terms not otherwise specified in the Indenture, the names of the Underwriters and the principal amount of Securities which each severally has agreed to purchase, the names of the Representatives, the price at which the Securities are to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company, the initial public offering price, the selling concession and reallowance, if any, any delayed delivery arrangements, and such other information as the Representatives and the Company reasonably deem necessary in connection with the offering of the Securities. Following the completion of the offering, the Company will promptly transmit copies of the Final Prospectus to the Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Regulations.

B.                                          If at any time when a prospectus is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or counsel for the Company, to further amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus in order that the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of either such counsel, at any such time to amend or supplement the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the Regulations, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission such amendment or supplement, whether by filing documents pursuant to the 1934 Act or otherwise, as may be necessary to correct such untrue statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement and the Disclosure Package comply with such requirements.

C.                                          With respect to each sale of Securities, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives as soon as practicable earnings statements of the Company that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and Rule 158 of the Regulations.

D.                                          From the date of a Terms Agreement, and for so long as a prospectus is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with the sale of Securities covered by such Terms Agreement, the Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to file any documents amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, whether pursuant to the 1934 Act, the 1933 Act or otherwise, and will furnish them with copies of any such proposed amendment or supplement or other documents proposed to be filed a reasonable time in advance of filing and will provide the Representatives the opportunity to review and comment on such documents.

E.                                           From the date of a Terms Agreement, and for so long as a prospectus is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with the sale of Securities covered by such Terms Agreement, the Company will notify the Representatives immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) of the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement, (ii) of the mailing or the delivery to the Commission for filing of any supplement to the Final Prospectus or any document to be filed pursuant to the 1934 Act which will be incorporated by reference into the Final Prospectus, (iii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission with respect to the

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Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus or any prospectus supplement related thereto, (iv) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus or for additional information relating to the offering of the Securities, (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose and (vi) the commencement or threat of any Section 8A proceeding against the Company in connection with the Securities. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof as soon as practicable.

F.                                            The Company will deliver to the Representatives a conformed copy of the Registration Statement, any documents incorporated by reference therein (unless such documents are available on the “EDGAR” website), and each amendment thereto for each of the Underwriters. So long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the 1933 Act, the Company will deliver to the Representatives as many copies of any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request.

G.                                          The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives, after consultation with the Company, may collectively designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities, provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.

H.                                         The Company, during the period when the Final Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file promptly all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 14 of the 1934 Act.

I.                                              Between the date of any Terms Agreement and the Closing Time the Company will not, without the prior consent of the Representatives, offer or sell, or enter into any agreement to sell, any debt securities of the Company with a maturity of more than one year, including additional Securities.

J.                                        The Company and the Representatives will prepare a final term sheet containing only a description of the Securities, in a form agreed between the Company and the Representatives, and the Company will file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the 1933 Act within the time required by such rule (such term sheet, the “Final Term Sheet”).

K.                                   The Company represents that it has not made, and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Representative represents that it has not made, and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Company, it will not make, any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act) required to be filed with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the 1933 Act; provided that the prior written consent of the Company and the Representatives hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Annex A to the Terms Agreement. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the Representatives is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”. The Company agrees that (i) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and (ii) has

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complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 of the 1933 Act applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping. The Company consents to the use by any Underwriter of a free writing prospectus that (a) is not an “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433, and (b) contains only (i) information describing the preliminary terms of the Securities or their offering, (ii) information permitted by Rule 134 under the 1933 Act or (iii) information that describes the final terms of the Securities or their offering and that is included in the Final Term Sheet of the Company contemplated in Section 3(J).

L.                                     The Company agrees to pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) of the 1933 Act without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the 1933 Act.

4.                                      Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations.  The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase Securities pursuant to any Terms Agreement are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein contained as of the Applicable Time and Closing Time, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company’s officers made in any certificate furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of all of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following further conditions:

A.                                          If the Registration Statement has not become effective prior to the Applicable Time, unless the Representatives agree in writing to a later time, the Registration Statement will become effective not later than (i) 6:00 p.m. New York City time, on the date of determination of the public offering price, if such determination occurred at or prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on such date or (ii) 12:00 Noon on the business day following the day on which the public offering price was determined, if such determination occurred after 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on such date; if filing of the Final Prospectus, or any supplement thereto, is required pursuant to Rule 424(b), the Final Prospectus, and any such supplement, shall have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b). The Company will (i) prepare the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if necessary, in a form approved by the Underwriters and file such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) under the 1933 Act by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the business day immediately following the date of determination of the public offering price of the Securities and, at the time of filing, either pay to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the 1933 Act.

B.                                          At the applicable Closing Time (i) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings thereof or initiated or threatened by the Commission, (ii) there shall not have been since the execution of such Terms Agreement any decrease in the ratings of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purpose of Rule 436(g) under the 1933 Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change and (iii) there shall not have come to the attention of the Representatives any facts that would cause them reasonably to believe that the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, at the time it was required to be delivered to a purchaser of the Securities, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

C.                                          At the applicable Closing Time you shall have received:

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1.                                      The favorable opinion, dated as of the Closing Time, of Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel of the Company, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C.

2.                                      The favorable opinion, dated as of the Closing Time, of Vance Brown, Vice President, Chief Corporate Counsel & Assistant Secretary of the Company, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D.

3.                                      The favorable opinion or opinions, dated as of the applicable Closing Time, of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Indenture, the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

D.                                          At the applicable Closing Time there shall not have been, since the Applicable Time or since the date and time of which information is given in the Disclosure Package, any material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, results of operations, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), and the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, dated as of such Closing Time, to the effect that:

1.                                      the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Time with the same effect as if made at the Closing Time and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Time;

2.                                      no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened; and

3.                                      since the date of the most recent financial statements or financial data included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no material adverse change in the condition (financial or other), earnings, results of operations, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

You shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP or other independent certified public accountants acceptable to the Representatives a letter or letters, dated the date of the applicable Terms Agreement and as of the applicable Closing Time, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certified financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; provided that such letters shall use a “cut-off” date no more than five business days prior to the respective dates of such letters.

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E.                                     At the applicable Closing Time, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and related proceedings or in order to evidence the accuracy and completeness of any of the representations and warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be in all material respects satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters.

If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, the applicable Terms Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the applicable Closing Time, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 5.

5.                                            Payment of Expenses.  The Company will pay all reasonable and necessary expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement and each Terms Agreement, including (a) the preparing, printing or other production and filing of the Registration Statement (as originally filed) and all amendments thereto, (b) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, (c) the reasonable fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel and accountants and of the Trustee and its counsel, (d) the qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(G), including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of any Blue Sky Survey, (e) the printing or other production and delivery to the Underwriters in quantities as hereinabove stated of copies of the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (f) the production and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Indenture and any Blue Sky Survey reasonably requested by the Representatives, (g) the fees of rating agencies, (h) the fees and expenses, if any, incurred in connection with the listing of the Securities on any securities exchange, and (i) (x) the fees and expenses, if any, incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, FINRA and (y) the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith.

If a Terms Agreement is terminated by the Representatives in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 or Sections 9(i) and 9(iv), or if the sale of any Securities provided for herein or in any Terms Agreement is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth herein is not satisfied by the Company or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters named in such Terms Agreement for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters, that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.

6.                                      Indemnification.

A.                                    The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20(a) of the 1934 Act, against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses whatsoever as incurred (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees and any and all expenses reasonably and necessarily incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation), joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a

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material fact contained in the Registration Statement for the registration of the Securities, as originally filed or any amendment thereof, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any related Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, or in any supplement thereto or amendment thereof, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein; it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described in Exhibit 1 to the Terms Agreement. This indemnity will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have, including under this Agreement.

B.                                    Each Underwriter severally, and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of the directors of the Company, each of the officers of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement, and each other person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20(a) of the 1934 Act, against any losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses whatsoever as incurred (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees and any and all expenses reasonably and necessarily incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation) to which they or any of them may become subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement for the registration of the Securities, as originally filed or any amendment thereof, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (ii) upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any related Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, or in any supplement thereto or amendment thereof, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter as set forth in Exhibit 1 to the Terms Agreement. It being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in the Terms Agreement. This indemnity will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have, including under this Agreement.

C.                                    Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify each party against whom indemnification is to be sought in writing of the commencement thereof (but the failure so to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have under this Section 6). In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein, and to the extent it may elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid

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notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by one of the indemnifying parties in connection with the defense of such action, (ii) the indemnifying parties shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified parties to have charge of the defense of such action within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, or (iii) such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them which are different from or additional to those available to one or all of the indemnifying parties (in which case the indemnifying parties shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such fees and expenses shall be borne by the indemnifying parties. Anything in this subsection to the contrary notwithstanding, an indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any claim or action effected without its written consent; provided, however, that such consent was not unreasonably withheld. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

D.                                    If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(B) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

7.                                      Contribution.  In order to provide for contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in Section 6 is for any reason held to be unavailable from any indemnifying party or is insufficient to hold harmless a party indemnified thereunder, then the indemnifying parties shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses of the nature contemplated by such indemnification provision (including any investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claims asserted, but after deducting in the case of losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses suffered by the Company any contribution received by the Company from persons, other than the Underwriters, who may also be liable for contributions, including persons who control the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20(a) of the 1934 Act, officers of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and directors of the Company) as incurred to which the Company and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject, in such proportions as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Underwriters from the offering of the Securities or, if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law or indemnification is not available as a result of the indemnifying party not having received notice as provided in Section 6 hereof, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Underwriters in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Underwriters shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as (x) the total proceeds from the offering (net of underwriting discounts and

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commissions but before deducting expenses) received by the Company and (y) the underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, respectively, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Final Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company and of the Underwriters shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no case shall any Underwriter be liable or responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount applicable to the securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7 and the preceding sentence, no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20(a) of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20(a) of the 1934 Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 7. Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against another party or parties, notify each party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party or parties shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any obligation it or they may have under this Section 7 or otherwise. The obligation of the Underwriters to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 shall be several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

8.                                      Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery.  All representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements contained in this Agreement or any Term Agreement, or contained in certificates of officers of the Company submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any termination of the applicable Terms Agreement (including this Agreement as incorporated by reference therein), or any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, controlling person or the Company, and shall survive delivery of, and payment for, any Securities to the Underwriters.

9.                                      Termination.  The Representatives may terminate the applicable Terms Agreement (including this Agreement, as incorporated by reference therein), immediately upon notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to the applicable Closing Time (i) if there has been, since the date of such Terms Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, results of operations, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not from transactions arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other calamity or crisis or change in general domestic or international economic, political or financial conditions either within or outside of the United States the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any Securities of the Company has been suspended by the Commission or any securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market, or if trading generally on the American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange or in the over-the-counter market has been suspended, or minimum or maximum prices for

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trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities have been required, by either of said exchanges or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority, or if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities, or (iv) there shall have been since the execution of such Terms Agreement any decrease in the ratings of any of the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purpose of Rule 436(g) under the 1933 Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.

10.                               Default.  If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at the applicable Closing Time to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under the applicable Terms Agreement (the “Defaulted Securities”), then the Representatives shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth. If, however, during such 24 hours you shall not have completed such arrangements for the purchase of all of the Defaulted Securities, then:

A.                                          if the aggregate principal amount of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased pursuant to such Terms Agreement, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations under the applicable Terms Agreement (including this Agreement as incorporated by reference therein) bear to the underwriting obligations of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, unless otherwise agreed, or

B.                                          if the aggregate principal amount of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased pursuant to such Terms Agreement, such Terms Agreement (including this Agreement as incorporated by reference therein) shall terminate, without any liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company.

No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under the applicable Terms Agreement or this Agreement.

In the event of a default by any Underwriter or Underwriters as set forth in this Section which does not result in termination of the applicable Terms Agreement, either the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the applicable Closing Time for a period not exceeding seven days in order that any required changes in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected.

11.                               Notices.  All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to you as provided in the applicable Terms Agreement. Notices to the Company shall be directed to it at Boston Scientific Corporation, 300 Boston Scientific Way, Marlborough, Massachusetts 01752-1234 (fax: 508-683-4350); Attention of the Chief Financial Officer with a copy to the Assistant General Counsel.

12.                               Parties.  The applicable Terms Agreement and this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters and the Company, and their respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section 6 hereof. Nothing expressed or mentioned in the applicable Terms Agreement or this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto or thereto and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of the applicable Terms

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Agreement or this Agreement or any provision therein or herein contained. The applicable Terms Agreement and this Agreement and all conditions and provisions thereof and hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties and their respective successors and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.

13.                               Authority of the Representatives.  Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by the Representatives shall be binding upon the Underwriters.

14.                               Governing Law.  THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH TERMS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

15.                               Amendments or Waivers.  No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

16.                               Counterparts.  This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

17.                               Headings.  The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.

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SCHEDULE I

MATERIAL SUBSIDIARIES

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Boston Scientific Group plc

Boston Scientific Limited

Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.

Guidant Delaware Holding Corporation

Boston Scientific Wayne Corporation

Target Therapeutics, Inc.

Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation

Boston Scientific do Brasil Ltda.

EXHIBIT A

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Debt Securities

TERMS AGREEMENT

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EXHIBIT B

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Debt Securities

DELAYED DELIVERY CONTRACT

                             ,         

Boston Scientific Corporation
c/o [Name and address of Representatives]

Attention:

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned hereby agree to purchase from Boston Scientific Corporation (the “Company”), and the Company agrees to sell to the undersigned on                          ,          (the “Delivery Date”), principal amount of the Company’s Debt Securities due                            ,          (the “Securities”), offered by the Company’s Basic Prospectus dated         , as supplemented by its Final Prospectus dated                            ,         , receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, at a purchase price of         % of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest from         , to the Delivery Date, and on the further terms and conditions set forth in the contract.

Payment for the Securities which the undersigned has agreed to purchase on the Delivery Date shall be made to the Company or by wire transfer in same day funds, on the Delivery Date, upon delivery to the undersigned at the office of [name and address of Representatives], of the Securities to be purchased by the undersigned in definitive form and in such denominations and registered in such names as the undersigned may designate by written or telegraphic communication addressed to the Company not less than five full business days prior to the Delivery Date.

The obligation of the undersigned to take delivery of and make payment for Securities on the Delivery Date shall be subject only to the conditions that (1) the purchase of Securities to be made by the undersigned shall not on the Delivery Date be prohibited under the laws of the jurisdiction to which the undersigned is subject and (2) the Company, on or before                            ,         , shall have sold to the Underwriters of the Securities (the “Underwriters”) such principal amount of the Securities as is to be sold to them pursuant to the Terms Agreement dated                            ,          between the Company and the Underwriters. The obligation of the undersigned to take delivery of and make payment for Securities shall not be affected by the failure of any purchaser to take delivery of and make payment for Securities pursuant to other contracts similar to this contract. The undersigned represents and warrants to you that its investment in the Securities is not, as of the date hereof, prohibited under the laws of any jurisdiction to which the undersigned is subject and which govern such investment.

Promptly after completion of the sale to the Underwriters, the Company will mail or deliver to the undersigned at its address set forth below notice to such effect, accompanied by a copy of the opinion of counsel for the Company delivered to the Underwriters in connection therewith.

By the execution hereof, the undersigned represents and warrants to the Company that all necessary corporate action for the due execution and delivery of this contract and the payment for and purchase of the Securities has been taken by it and no further authorization or approval of any governmental or other regulatory authority is required for such execution, delivery, payment or purchase,

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and that, upon acceptance hereof by the Company and mailing or delivery of a copy as provided below, this contract will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the undersigned in accordance with its terms.

Accepted:

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF OPINION OF SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP

1.                                      The Company is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the law of the State of Delaware with corporate power and authority under such laws to conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

2.                                      The Company (a) has the corporate power to execute, deliver and perform each Opinion Document to which it is a party and (b) has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of each Opinion Document to which it is a party.

3.                                      The execution and delivery by the Company of each Opinion Document to which it is a party, do not, and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder will not (a) result in a violation of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws, (b) result in a violation of Generally Applicable Law or (c) result in a breach of, a default under or the acceleration of (or entitle any party to accelerate) the maturity of any obligation of the Company under, or result in or require the creation of any lien upon or security interest in any property of the Company pursuant to the terms of, any agreement or document listed in Schedule C.

4.                                      No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any United States federal or New York governmental authority or regulatory body, is required for the due execution, delivery or performance by the Company of any Opinion Document to which it is a party, except as have been obtained and are in full force and effect under the Securities Act or the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), or as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in the United States in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes.

5.                                      The Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company.

6.                                      The Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

7.                                      The Notes have been duly executed by the Company and, when authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture and delivered and paid for as provided in the Underwriting Agreement, the Notes will be the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

8.                                      The Company is not required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).

9.                                      The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.

10.                               The statements in the Base Prospectus under the caption “Description of Debt Securities” and the statements in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “Description of the Notes”, in each case, insofar as such statements constitute summaries

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of documents referred to therein, fairly summarize in all material respects the documents referred to therein.

11.                               The statements in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences”, insofar as such statements constitute summaries of legal matters referred to therein, fairly summarize in all material respects the legal matters referred to therein.

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF OPINION OF VANCE BROWN

(i)                                     the Company has been duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware;

(ii)                                  the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect;

(iii)                               each Material Subsidiary has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as now being conducted and as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect;

(iv)                              except as otherwise described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each Material Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and, to the best of my knowledge, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each Material Subsidiary is owned by the Company (except for directors’ qualifying shares and shares held by individuals for the purpose of satisfying the legal requirements of the jurisdiction of incorporation), directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interests, claims, liens or encumbrances;

(v)                                 neither the execution and delivery of the Indenture, the issue and sale of the Notes, nor the consummation of any other of the transactions contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement nor the fulfillment of the terms of the Underwriting Agreement will conflict with, result in a breach of, violate or constitute a default under, the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or the terms of any indenture or other agreement or instrument known to me and to which the Company or any of the Company’s Material Subsidiaries is a party or may be bound (except for such conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults that would not have a Material Adverse Effect), or any material judgment, decree, order statute, rule or regulation known to me to be applicable to the Company or any of the Company’s Material Subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Company’s Material Subsidiaries (except for such conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults that would not have a Material Adverse Effect); and

(vi)                              to my knowledge (A) there are no pending or threatened legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus which are not described as required; and to my knowledge, the statements included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus describing legal proceedings relating to the Company, subject to the qualifications contained therein, are accurate in all material respects; and (B) there is no contract or other document of a character required to be described in the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, which is not described or filed as required.

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Debt Securities

TERMS AGREEMENT

Dated: May 7, 2015

To:                     Boston Scientific Corporation
300 Boston Scientific Way
Marlborough, Massachusetts 01752-1234

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We understand that Boston Scientific Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell its Debt Securities having an aggregate principal amount of $1,850,000,000 (as described in more detail below, the “Securities”). Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein or incorporated by reference herein, the underwriters named below (the “Underwriters”) hereby offer to purchase such Securities.

The Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters, which are to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of May 29, 2013, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, as supplemented from time to time by supplemental indentures and/or modified from time to time by resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company or a Pricing Committee thereof as provided in Section 301 of such Indenture, shall have the following terms:

All of the provisions contained in the document entitled “Boston Scientific Corporation Debt Securities, Underwriting Agreement-Basic Provisions,” dated as of May 7, 2015, are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein. Terms defined in such document are used herein as therein defined. For the avoidance of doubt, the offering referred to in the Terms Agreement is Non-Delayed Offering, as such term is defined therein.

Each Underwriter named below severally agrees, subject to the terms and provisions of this Terms Agreement, including the terms and provisions incorporated by reference herein, to purchase the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite its name:

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Any notice by the Company to the Underwriters pursuant to this Terms Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication addressed to:

·                                          Barclays Capital Inc., 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Syndicate Registration, Fax: 646-834-8133.

·                                          Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, Attention: General Counsel, Fax: 646-291-1469.

·                                          Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Debt Capital Markets Syndicate, with a copy to General Counsel, Fax: 212-797-4561.

·                                          J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk, 3rd Floor, Fax: 212-834-6081.

Please accept this offer by signing a copy of this Terms Agreement in the space set forth below and returning the signed copy to us.

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[Signature Page to 2015 BSX Terms Agreement]

ANNEX A

ISSUER FREE WRITING PROSPECTUSES

·                                          The Final Term Sheet, in substantially the form of Annex B hereto.

ANNEX B

FORM OF FINAL TERM SHEET

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act of 1933

Registration Statement No. 333-188918

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, dated May 7, 2015

Boston Scientific Corporation

$1,850,000,000

Senior Notes Offering

Terms and Conditions — 5-, 7- and 10-Year Fixed Rate Notes

Pro Forma Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

Note:

(1)                     A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

THE ISSUER HAS FILED A REGISTRATION STATEMENT (INCLUDING A PROSPECTUS) WITH THE SEC FOR THE OFFERING TO WHICH THIS COMMUNICATION RELATES.  BEFORE YOU INVEST, YOU SHOULD READ THE PROSPECTUS IN THAT REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS THE ISSUER HAS FILED WITH THE SEC FOR MORE COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ISSUER AND THIS OFFERING.  YOU MAY GET THESE DOCUMENTS FOR FREE BY VISITING EDGAR ON THE SEC WEB SITE AT WWW.SEC.GOV.  ALTERNATIVELY, THE ISSUER, ANY UNDERWRITER OR ANY DEALER PARTICIPATING IN THE OFFERING WILL ARRANGE TO SEND YOU THE PROSPECTUS IF YOU REQUEST IT BY CALLING BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC. TOLL-FREE AT (888) 603-5847, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. TOLL-FREE AT (800) 831-9146, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. TOLL-FREE AT (800) 503-4611 OR J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC COLLECT AT (212) 834-4533.

ANY DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS COMMUNICATION AND SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. SUCH DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES WERE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SENT VIA BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER EMAIL SYSTEM.

EXHIBIT 1

INFORMATION FURNISHED BY THE UNDERWRITERS

·                                          the names of the Underwriters on the cover page of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus.

·                                          the following information under the caption “Underwriting” in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus:

·      the names of the Underwriters and their respective allocations

·      the second sentence of the fourth paragraph

·      the first paragraph under the sub-heading “Commissions and Discounts”

·      the third and fourth sentences under the sub-heading “New Issue of Notes

·                  the two paragraphs under the sub-heading “Price Stabilization and Short Positions”

Exhibit 4.2

This Security is a Registered Security in permanent global form within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary.  This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture.  Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive registered form, this Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to the nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

Unless this Security is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Security issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

$500,000,000
2.850% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2020

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION promises to pay
to Cede & Co. or registered assigns the principal sum of
FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($500,000,000) on
May 15, 2020.

Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing November 15, 2015.

Regular Record Dates: May 1 and November 1.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Dated:  May 12, 2015

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

Dated:  May 12, 2015

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

[REVERSE OF FORM OF SECURITY]

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

2.850% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2020

1.                                      Interest.  BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), which definition shall include any successor thereto in accordance with the Indenture (as defined below), promises to pay, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, interest on the principal amount set forth on the reverse side hereof at a rate of 2.850% per annum.  Interest on the Securities will accrue from and including the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from May 12, 2015 through but excluding the date on which interest is paid.  Interest shall be payable in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing November 15, 2015.  Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

2.                                      Method of Payment.  The Company will pay interest on the Securities to the Persons who are registered Holders of Securities at the close of business on the immediately preceding May 1 and November 1 of each year (each, a “Regular Record Date”).  Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments.  The Company will pay principal, the Redemption Price (pursuant to paragraph 5 herein), any Change of Control Payment and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.  At the Company’s option, interest may be paid by check mailed to the registered address of the Holder or by wire transfer to an account designated by the Holder of this Security; provided, however, that so long as the Securities are registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), or its nominee, all payments of principal, Redemption Price (pursuant to paragraph 5 herein) and interest in respect thereof will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds.

3.                                      Paying Agent and Security Registrar.  Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, will act as Paying Agent and Security Registrar.  The Company may change any Paying Agent or Security Registrar without notice.

4.                                      Indenture.  The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of May 29, 2013 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).  This Security is one of an issue of Securities of the Company issued under the Indenture.  The terms of the Securities include those stated herein and in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time (the “TIA”).  The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of the Securities are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.  The Securities constitute senior indebtedness of the Company and, as such, shall be general unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company ranking equally with all of the Company’s unsecured and unsubordinated obligations.  The Company may, subject to the terms of the Indenture and applicable law,

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issue additional Securities under the Indenture.  The Securities issued on May 12, 2015 and any additional Securities subsequently issued shall be treated as a single class for all purposes of the Indenture.  The Indenture limits the ability of the Company to incur certain liens and to merge or consolidate with another entity or transfer all or substantially all of its property and assets.

5.                                      Optional Redemption.  The Securities will be redeemable at any time prior to May 15, 2020, at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, on at least 15 days, but no more than 60 days prior written notice mailed to the registered holders of the Securities (with a copy to the Trustee) to be redeemed, on any date prior to maturity at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed or (ii) as determined by a Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities to, but not including, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of holders as of the close of business on a regular record date to receive interest due on the related interest payment date).

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated (on a day count basis) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by a Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means (1) Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and their respective successors; provided, however, that, if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary United States Government securities dealer in the United States (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (2) any other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

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“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and ask prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

If the Company redeems only some of the Securities, the Trustee shall determine by lot the Securities to be redeemed or, in the case of Securities held in global form, pursuant to applicable Depositary procedures.

6.                                      Repurchase at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control Repurchase Event.  If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the Securities as described under paragraph 5 above, each Holder of the Securities will have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion (equal to $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Securities pursuant to the offer described below (a “Change of Control Offer”) at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Holder’s Securities that are repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of repurchase (the “Change of Control Payment”), subject to the rights of Holders of Securities on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.

The Company will be required to send a notice to each Holder of the Securities by first class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, within 30 days following the date upon which any Change of Control Repurchase Event occurred, or at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control but after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control. The notice will govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer and will describe, among other things, the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and the purchase date. The purchase date will be at least 30 days but no more than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (a “Change of Control Payment Date”). If the notice is mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, the notice will state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control being consummated on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:

·                                          accept for payment all properly tendered Securities or portions of Securities not validly withdrawn;

·                                          deposit with the Paying Agent the required payment for all properly tendered Securities or portions of Securities not validly withdrawn; and

·                                          deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the repurchased Securities, accompanied by an officers’ certificate stating, among other things, the aggregate principal amount of repurchased Securities.

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The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer with respect to the Securities upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for such an offer made by the Company and the third party purchases all Securities properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. In addition, the Company will not repurchase any Securities if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture.

The Corporation will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder, to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable, in connection with the repurchase of Securities as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Securities, the Corporation will comply with those securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Securities by virtue of any such conflict.

For purposes of the foregoing discussion, the following definitions apply:

“Capital Stock” means the capital stock of every class whether now or hereafter authorized, regardless of whether such capital stock shall be limited to a fixed sum or percentage with respect to the rights of the holders thereof to participate in dividends and in the distribution of assets upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such corporation.

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

·                                          the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and the assets of the Company’s subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries;

·                                          the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which its Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or

·                                          the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be considered to be a Change of Control if (a) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a

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holding company and (b)(x) immediately following that transaction, the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of the holding company are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (y) immediately following that transaction, no person is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company.

“Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event.

“Fitch” means Fitch, Inc. and its successors.

“Investment Grade” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moody’s), a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P) and a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Fitch); provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to maintain a rating by more than two Rating Agencies at any time and if only two Rating Agencies provide a rating with respect to the Securities, then “Investment Grade” with respect to the Securities shall mean the applicable rating described above of such two Rating Agencies with respect to the Securities.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation, and its successors.

“Rating Agencies” means each of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch, or if any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch ceases to rate the Securities or fails to make a rating of the Securities publicly available, any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act that is selected by the Company as a replacement agency for Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, or each of them, as the case may be; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to maintain a rating by more than two Rating Agencies at any time.

“Rating Event” means the rating of the Securities shall be decreased by each of the Rating Agencies independently by one or more gradations during the Rating Period (as defined below). If the rating of the Securities by each of the Rating Agencies is Investment Grade, then “Rating Event” will mean the rating of the Securities shall be decreased by one or more gradations by each Rating Agency so that the rating of the Securities by each of the Rating Agencies falls below Investment Grade, on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 30-day period following public notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control (the “Rating Period”) (which 30-day period shall be extended by no more than 60 days from the date of the occurrence of the Change of Control if the rating of the Securities is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies and each other Rating Agency has either downgraded, or publicly announced that it is considering downgrading, the Securities). A Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Rating Event for purposes of the definition of “Change of Control Repurchase Event”) if each Rating Agency making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply does not announce

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or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee under the Indenture in writing at the Company’s request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Rating Event).

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of McGraw-Hill Financial, Inc., and its successors.

“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any specified person as of any date, the Capital Stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.

7.                                      Sinking Fund.  No sinking fund is provided for the Securities.

8.                                      Denominations, Transfer, Exchange.  The Securities are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.  A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture.  No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906, 1107 or 1305 of the Indenture not involving any transfer.

9.                                      Persons Deemed Owners.  The registered Holder of a Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

10.                               Unclaimed Money.  Subject to any applicable abandoned property laws, if money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent will pay the money back to the Company at its written request.  After that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as unsecured general creditors unless an “abandoned property” law designates another Person.

11.                               Amendment, Supplement, Waiver.  The Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of the Holders of any outstanding Securities, amend, waive or supplement the Indenture or the Securities for certain specified purposes, including, among other things, curing ambiguities, defects or inconsistencies, or making any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect.  Other amendments and modifications of the Indenture or the Securities may be made by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities affected, subject to certain exceptions requiring the consent of the Holders of each Security affected thereby.

12.                               Successor Corporation.  When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Securities and the Indenture and the transaction complies with the terms of Article 8 of the Indenture, the predecessor corporation, subject to certain exceptions, will be released from those obligations.

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13.                               Defaults and Remedies.  Events of Default are set forth in the Indenture.  Subject to certain limitations in the Indenture, if an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or Section 501(6) of the Indenture) occurs and is continuing, then the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may, or the Trustee may, declare the principal of, plus accrued interest, if any, to be due and payable immediately.  If an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or Section 501(6) of the Indenture occurs and is continuing, the principal of and accrued interest on all of the Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.  Holders of the Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture.  The Trustee may require reasonable security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Securities.  Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.  The Company must furnish an annual compliance certificate to the Trustee.

14.                               No Recourse Against Others.  A director, officer, employee, or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any of its Affiliates shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.  Each Holder of the Securities by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability.  The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

15.                               Defeasance.  The Indenture contains provisions (which provisions apply to this Security) for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness of the Company in respect of this Security and (b) certain restrictive covenants and Defaults and Events of Default, in each case upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein.

16.                               Authentication.  This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication to this Security.

17.                               GOVERNING LAW.  THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

The Company will furnish to any Holder of Securities upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture.  Requests may be made to:

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
300 Boston Scientific Way
Marlborough, Massachusetts 01752
Telephone:  (508) 683-4000
Telecopy:  (508) 683-4350
Attention:  General Counsel

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

If you the holder want to assign this Security, fill in the form below and have your signature guaranteed:

I or we assign and transfer this Security to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             (Insert assignee’s social security or tax ID number)                                                                                                                              (Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code) and irrevocably appoint                                                                                     agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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This Security is a Registered Security in permanent global form within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary.  This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture.  Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive registered form, this Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to the nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

Unless this Security is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Security issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

$100,000,000
2.850% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2020

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION promises to pay
to Cede & Co. or registered assigns the principal sum of
ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($100,000,000) on
May 15, 2020.

Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing November 15, 2015.

Regular Record Dates: May 1 and November 1.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Dated:  May 12, 2015

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

Dated:  May 12, 2015

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

[REVERSE OF FORM OF SECURITY]

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

2.850% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2020

18.          Interest.  BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), which definition shall include any successor thereto in accordance with the Indenture (as defined below), promises to pay, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, interest on the principal amount set forth on the reverse side hereof at a rate of 2.850% per annum.  Interest on the Securities will accrue from and including the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from May 12, 2015 through but excluding the date on which interest is paid.  Interest shall be payable in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing November 15, 2015.  Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

19.          Method of Payment.  The Company will pay interest on the Securities to the Persons who are registered Holders of Securities at the close of business on the immediately preceding May 1 and November 1 of each year (each, a “Regular Record Date”).  Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments.  The Company will pay principal, the Redemption Price (pursuant to paragraph 5 herein), any Change of Control Payment and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.  At the Company’s option, interest may be paid by check mailed to the registered address of the Holder or by wire transfer to an account designated by the Holder of this Security; provided, however, that so long as the Securities are registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), or its nominee, all payments of principal, Redemption Price (pursuant to paragraph 5 herein) and interest in respect thereof will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds.

20.          Paying Agent and Security Registrar.  Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, will act as Paying Agent and Security Registrar.  The Company may change any Paying Agent or Security Registrar without notice.

21.          Indenture.  The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of May 29, 2013 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).  This Security is one of an issue of Securities of the Company issued under the Indenture.  The terms of the Securities include those stated herein and in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time (the “TIA”).  The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of the Securities are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.  The Securities constitute senior indebtedness of the Company and, as such, shall be general unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company ranking equally with all of the Company’s unsecured and unsubordinated obligations.  The Company may, subject to the terms of the Indenture and applicable law,

issue additional Securities under the Indenture.  The Securities issued on May 12, 2015 and any additional Securities subsequently issued shall be treated as a single class for all purposes of the Indenture.  The Indenture limits the ability of the Company to incur certain liens and to merge or consolidate with another entity or transfer all or substantially all of its property and assets.

22.          Optional Redemption.  The Securities will be redeemable at any time prior to May 15, 2020, at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, on at least 15 days, but no more than 60 days prior written notice mailed to the registered holders of the Securities (with a copy to the Trustee) to be redeemed, on any date prior to maturity at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed or (ii) as determined by a Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities to, but not including, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of holders as of the close of business on a regular record date to receive interest due on the related interest payment date).

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated (on a day count basis) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by a Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means (1) Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and their respective successors; provided, however, that, if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary United States Government securities dealer in the United States (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (2) any other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and ask prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

If the Company redeems only some of the Securities, the Trustee shall determine by lot the Securities to be redeemed or, in the case of Securities held in global form, pursuant to applicable Depositary procedures.

23.                               Repurchase at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control Repurchase Event.  If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the Securities as described under paragraph 5 above, each Holder of the Securities will have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion (equal to $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Securities pursuant to the offer described below (a “Change of Control Offer”) at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Holder’s Securities that are repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of repurchase (the “Change of Control Payment”), subject to the rights of Holders of Securities on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.

The Company will be required to send a notice to each Holder of the Securities by first class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, within 30 days following the date upon which any Change of Control Repurchase Event occurred, or at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control but after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control. The notice will govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer and will describe, among other things, the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and the purchase date. The purchase date will be at least 30 days but no more than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (a “Change of Control Payment Date”). If the notice is mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, the notice will state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control being consummated on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:

·                                          accept for payment all properly tendered Securities or portions of Securities not validly withdrawn;

·                                          deposit with the Paying Agent the required payment for all properly tendered Securities or portions of Securities not validly withdrawn; and

·                                          deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the repurchased Securities, accompanied by an officers’ certificate stating, among other things, the aggregate principal amount of repurchased Securities.

The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer with respect to the Securities upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for such an offer made by the Company and the third party purchases all Securities properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. In addition, the Company will not repurchase any Securities if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture.

The Corporation will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder, to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable, in connection with the repurchase of Securities as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Securities, the Corporation will comply with those securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Securities by virtue of any such conflict.

For purposes of the foregoing discussion, the following definitions apply:

“Capital Stock” means the capital stock of every class whether now or hereafter authorized, regardless of whether such capital stock shall be limited to a fixed sum or percentage with respect to the rights of the holders thereof to participate in dividends and in the distribution of assets upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such corporation.

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

·                                          the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and the assets of the Company’s subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries;

·                                          the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which its Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or

·                                          the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be considered to be a Change of Control if (a) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a

holding company and (b)(x) immediately following that transaction, the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of the holding company are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (y) immediately following that transaction, no person is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company.

“Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event.

“Fitch” means Fitch, Inc. and its successors.

“Investment Grade” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moody’s), a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P) and a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Fitch); provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to maintain a rating by more than two Rating Agencies at any time and if only two Rating Agencies provide a rating with respect to the Securities, then “Investment Grade” with respect to the Securities shall mean the applicable rating described above of such two Rating Agencies with respect to the Securities.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation, and its successors.

“Rating Agencies” means each of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch, or if any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch ceases to rate the Securities or fails to make a rating of the Securities publicly available, any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act that is selected by the Company as a replacement agency for Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, or each of them, as the case may be; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to maintain a rating by more than two Rating Agencies at any time.

“Rating Event” means the rating of the Securities shall be decreased by each of the Rating Agencies independently by one or more gradations during the Rating Period (as defined below). If the rating of the Securities by each of the Rating Agencies is Investment Grade, then “Rating Event” will mean the rating of the Securities shall be decreased by one or more gradations by each Rating Agency so that the rating of the Securities by each of the Rating Agencies falls below Investment Grade, on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 30-day period following public notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control (the “Rating Period”) (which 30-day period shall be extended by no more than 60 days from the date of the occurrence of the Change of Control if the rating of the Securities is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies and each other Rating Agency has either downgraded, or publicly announced that it is considering downgrading, the Securities). A Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Rating Event for purposes of the definition of “Change of Control Repurchase Event”) if each Rating Agency making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply does not announce

or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee under the Indenture in writing at the Company’s request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Rating Event).

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of McGraw-Hill Financial, Inc., and its successors.

“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any specified person as of any date, the Capital Stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.

24.                               Sinking Fund.  No sinking fund is provided for the Securities.

25.                               Denominations, Transfer, Exchange.  The Securities are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.  A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture.  No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906, 1107 or 1305 of the Indenture not involving any transfer.

26.                               Persons Deemed Owners.  The registered Holder of a Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

27.                               Unclaimed Money.  Subject to any applicable abandoned property laws, if money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent will pay the money back to the Company at its written request.  After that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as unsecured general creditors unless an “abandoned property” law designates another Person.

28.                               Amendment, Supplement, Waiver.  The Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of the Holders of any outstanding Securities, amend, waive or supplement the Indenture or the Securities for certain specified purposes, including, among other things, curing ambiguities, defects or inconsistencies, or making any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect.  Other amendments and modifications of the Indenture or the Securities may be made by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities affected, subject to certain exceptions requiring the consent of the Holders of each Security affected thereby.

29.                               Successor Corporation.  When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Securities and the Indenture and the transaction complies with the terms of Article 8 of the Indenture, the predecessor corporation, subject to certain exceptions, will be released from those obligations.

30.                               Defaults and Remedies.  Events of Default are set forth in the Indenture.  Subject to certain limitations in the Indenture, if an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or Section 501(6) of the Indenture) occurs and is continuing, then the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may, or the Trustee may, declare the principal of, plus accrued interest, if any, to be due and payable immediately.  If an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or Section 501(6) of the Indenture occurs and is continuing, the principal of and accrued interest on all of the Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.  Holders of the Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture.  The Trustee may require reasonable security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Securities.  Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.  The Company must furnish an annual compliance certificate to the Trustee.

31.                               No Recourse Against Others.  A director, officer, employee, or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any of its Affiliates shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.  Each Holder of the Securities by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability.  The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

32.                               Defeasance.  The Indenture contains provisions (which provisions apply to this Security) for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness of the Company in respect of this Security and (b) certain restrictive covenants and Defaults and Events of Default, in each case upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein.

33.                               Authentication.  This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication to this Security.

34.                               GOVERNING LAW.  THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

The Company will furnish to any Holder of Securities upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture.  Requests may be made to:

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
300 Boston Scientific Way
Marlborough, Massachusetts 01752
Telephone:  (508) 683-4000
Telecopy:  (508) 683-4350
Attention:  General Counsel

ASSIGNMENT FORM

If you the holder want to assign this Security, fill in the form below and have your signature guaranteed:

I or we assign and transfer this Security to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             (Insert assignee’s social security or tax ID number)                                                                                                                             (Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code) and irrevocably appoint                                                                                    agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company.  The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Exhibit 4.3

This Security is a Registered Security in permanent global form within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary.  This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture.  Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive registered form, this Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to the nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

Unless this Security is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Security issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

$500,000,000
3.375% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2022

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION promises to pay
to Cede & Co. or registered assigns the principal sum of
FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($500,000,000) on
May 15, 2022.

Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing November 15, 2015.

Regular Record Dates: May 1 and November 1.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Dated:  May 12, 2015

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

Dated:  May 12, 2015

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

[REVERSE OF FORM OF SECURITY]

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

3.375% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2022

1.             Interest.  BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), which definition shall include any successor thereto in accordance with the Indenture (as defined below), promises to pay, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, interest on the principal amount set forth on the reverse side hereof at a rate of 3.375% per annum.  Interest on the Securities will accrue from and including the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from May 12, 2015 through but excluding the date on which interest is paid.  Interest shall be payable in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing November 15, 2015.  Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

2.             Method of Payment.  The Company will pay interest on the Securities to the Persons who are registered Holders of Securities at the close of business on the immediately preceding May 1 and November 1 of each year (each, a “Regular Record Date”).  Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments.  The Company will pay principal, the Redemption Price (pursuant to paragraph 5 herein), any Change of Control Payment and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.  At the Company’s option, interest may be paid by check mailed to the registered address of the Holder or by wire transfer to an account designated by the Holder of this Security; provided, however, that so long as the Securities are registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), or its nominee, all payments of principal, Redemption Price (pursuant to paragraph 5 herein) and interest in respect thereof will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds.

3.             Paying Agent and Security Registrar.  Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, will act as Paying Agent and Security Registrar.  The Company may change any Paying Agent or Security Registrar without notice.

4.             Indenture.  The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of May 29, 2013 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).  This Security is one of an issue of Securities of the Company issued under the Indenture.  The terms of the Securities include those stated herein and in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time (the “TIA”).  The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of the Securities are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.  The Securities constitute senior indebtedness of the Company and, as such, shall be general unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company ranking equally with all of the Company’s unsecured and unsubordinated obligations.  The Company may, subject to the terms of the Indenture and applicable law,

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issue additional Securities under the Indenture.  The Securities issued on May 12, 2015 and any additional Securities subsequently issued shall be treated as a single class for all purposes of the Indenture.  The Indenture limits the ability of the Company to incur certain liens and to merge or consolidate with another entity or transfer all or substantially all of its property and assets.

5.             Optional Redemption.  The Securities will be redeemable at any time prior to May 15, 2022, at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, on at least 15 days, but no more than 60 days prior written notice mailed to the registered holders of the Securities (with a copy to the Trustee) to be redeemed, on any date prior to maturity at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed or (ii) as determined by a Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 25 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities to, but not including, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of holders as of the close of business on a regular record date to receive interest due on the related interest payment date).

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated (on a day count basis) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by a Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means (1) Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and their respective successors; provided, however, that, if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary United States Government securities dealer in the United States (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (2) any other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

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“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and ask prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

If the Company redeems only some of the Securities, the Trustee shall determine by lot the Securities to be redeemed or, in the case of Securities held in global form, pursuant to applicable Depositary procedures.

6.             Special Mandatory Redemption.  In the event the acquisition of the American Medical Systems urology portfolio, which includes the Men’s Health and Prostate Health businesses (the “AMS Portfolio Acquisition”) has not been consummated on or prior to December 31, 2015, or such later date to which the outside date (the “Outside Date”) for the consummation of the AMS Portfolio Acquisition has been extended pursuant to the terms of the purchase agreement dated March 2, 2015 among the Company, Endo Health Solutions Inc. and American Medical Systems Holdings Inc. (as amended, the “Purchase Agreement”) or if, prior to such date, the Purchase Agreement is terminated for any reason, then the Company will be required to redeem all outstanding Securities on the special mandatory redemption date (as defined below) at a special mandatory redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon (if any) to, but not including, the special mandatory redemption date (subject to the right of holders as of the close of business on a regular record date to receive interest due on the related interest payment date). The “special mandatory redemption date” means the earlier to occur of (1) the 30th day (or if such day is not a business day, the first business day thereafter) following the Outside Date and (2) the 30th day (or if such day is not a business day, the first business day thereafter) following the termination of the Purchase Agreement for any reason.

The Company will cause notice of a special mandatory redemption to be mailed (or with respect to global notes, to the extent permitted or required by applicable procedures or regulations of the Depositary, sent electronically), with a copy to the Trustee, within ten business days after the occurrence of the event triggering redemption to each holder of notes at its registered address. If funds sufficient to pay the special mandatory redemption price of the Securities on the special mandatory redemption date (plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the special mandatory redemption date) are deposited with the Trustee on or before such special mandatory redemption date, the Securities will cease to bear interest on and after the special mandatory redemption date.

7.             Repurchase at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control Repurchase Event.  If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the Securities as described under paragraph 5 above or the Company has been required to redeem the Securities as described under paragraph 6 above, each Holder of the Securities will have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion (equal to $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Securities pursuant to the offer described below (a “Change of Control Offer”) at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Holder’s Securities that are repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date

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of repurchase (the “Change of Control Payment”), subject to the rights of Holders of Securities on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.

The Company will be required to send a notice to each Holder of the Securities by first class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, within 30 days following the date upon which any Change of Control Repurchase Event occurred, or at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control but after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control. The notice will govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer and will describe, among other things, the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and the purchase date. The purchase date will be at least 30 days but no more than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (a “Change of Control Payment Date”). If the notice is mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, the notice will state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control being consummated on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:

·                                          accept for payment all properly tendered Securities or portions of Securities not validly withdrawn;

·                                          deposit with the Paying Agent the required payment for all properly tendered Securities or portions of Securities not validly withdrawn; and

·                                          deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the repurchased Securities, accompanied by an officers’ certificate stating, among other things, the aggregate principal amount of repurchased Securities.

The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer with respect to the Securities upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for such an offer made by the Company and the third party purchases all Securities properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. In addition, the Company will not repurchase any Securities if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture.

The Corporation will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder, to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable, in connection with the repurchase of Securities as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Securities, the Corporation will comply with those securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Securities by virtue of any such conflict.

For purposes of the foregoing discussion, the following definitions apply:

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“Capital Stock” means the capital stock of every class whether now or hereafter authorized, regardless of whether such capital stock shall be limited to a fixed sum or percentage with respect to the rights of the holders thereof to participate in dividends and in the distribution of assets upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such corporation.

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

·                                          the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and the assets of the Company’s subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries;

·                                          the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which its Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or

·                                          the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be considered to be a Change of Control if (a) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company and (b)(x) immediately following that transaction, the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of the holding company are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (y) immediately following that transaction, no person is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company.

“Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event.

“Fitch” means Fitch, Inc. and its successors.

“Investment Grade” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moody’s), a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P) and a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Fitch); provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to maintain a rating by more than two Rating Agencies at any time and if only two Rating Agencies provide a rating with respect to the Securities, then “Investment Grade” with respect to the Securities shall mean the applicable rating described above of such two Rating Agencies with respect to the Securities.

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“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation, and its successors.

“Rating Agencies” means each of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch, or if any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch ceases to rate the Securities or fails to make a rating of the Securities publicly available, any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act that is selected by the Company as a replacement agency for Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, or each of them, as the case may be; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to maintain a rating by more than two Rating Agencies at any time.

“Rating Event” means the rating of the Securities shall be decreased by each of the Rating Agencies independently by one or more gradations during the Rating Period (as defined below). If the rating of the Securities by each of the Rating Agencies is Investment Grade, then “Rating Event” will mean the rating of the Securities shall be decreased by one or more gradations by each Rating Agency so that the rating of the Securities by each of the Rating Agencies falls below Investment Grade, on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 30-day period following public notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control (the “Rating Period”) (which 30-day period shall be extended by no more than 60 days from the date of the occurrence of the Change of Control if the rating of the Securities is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies and each other Rating Agency has either downgraded, or publicly announced that it is considering downgrading, the Securities). A Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Rating Event for purposes of the definition of “Change of Control Repurchase Event”) if each Rating Agency making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply does not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee under the Indenture in writing at the Company’s request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Rating Event).

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of McGraw-Hill Financial, Inc., and its successors.

“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any specified person as of any date, the Capital Stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.

8.                                      Sinking Fund.  No sinking fund is provided for the Securities.

9.                                      Denominations, Transfer, Exchange.  The Securities are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.  A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture.  No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of

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transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906, 1107 or 1305 of the Indenture not involving any transfer.

10.                               Persons Deemed Owners.  The registered Holder of a Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

11.                               Unclaimed Money.  Subject to any applicable abandoned property laws, if money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent will pay the money back to the Company at its written request.  After that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as unsecured general creditors unless an “abandoned property” law designates another Person.

12.                               Amendment, Supplement, Waiver.  The Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of the Holders of any outstanding Securities, amend, waive or supplement the Indenture or the Securities for certain specified purposes, including, among other things, curing ambiguities, defects or inconsistencies, or making any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect.  Other amendments and modifications of the Indenture or the Securities may be made by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities affected, subject to certain exceptions requiring the consent of the Holders of each Security affected thereby.

13.                               Successor Corporation.  When a successor corporation assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Securities and the Indenture and the transaction complies with the terms of Article 8 of the Indenture, the predecessor corporation, subject to certain exceptions, will be released from those obligations.

14.                               Defaults and Remedies.  Events of Default are set forth in the Indenture.  Subject to certain limitations in the Indenture, if an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or Section 501(6) of the Indenture) occurs and is continuing, then the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities may, or the Trustee may, declare the principal of, plus accrued interest, if any, to be due and payable immediately.  If an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or Section 501(6) of the Indenture occurs and is continuing, the principal of and accrued interest on all of the Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.  Holders of the Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture.  The Trustee may require reasonable security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Securities.  Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.  The Company must furnish an annual compliance certificate to the Trustee.

15.                               No Recourse Against Others.  A director, officer, employee, or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any of its Affiliates shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.  Each Holder of the

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Securities by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability.  The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

16.                               Defeasance.  The Indenture contains provisions (which provisions apply to this Security) for defeasance at any time of (a) the entire indebtedness of the Company in respect of this Security and (b) certain restrictive covenants and Defaults and Events of Default, in each case upon compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth therein.

17.                               Authentication.  This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication to this Security.

18.                               GOVERNING LAW.  THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

The Company will furnish to any Holder of Securities upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture.  Requests may be made to:

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

If you the holder want to assign this Security, fill in the form below and have your signature guaranteed:

I or we assign and transfer this Security to                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             (Insert assignee’s social security or tax ID number)                                                                                                                              (Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code) and irrevocably appoint                                                                                    agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company.  The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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Exhibit 4.4

This Security is a Registered Security in permanent global form within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary.  This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture.  Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive registered form, this Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to the nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

Unless this Security is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Security issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

$500,000,000
3.850% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2025

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION promises to pay
to Cede & Co. or registered assigns the principal sum of
FIVE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($500,000,000) on
May 15, 2025.

Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing November 15, 2015.

Regular Record Dates: May 1 and November 1.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

Dated:  May 12, 2015

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

Dated:  May 12, 2015

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

[REVERSE OF FORM OF SECURITY]

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

3.850% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2025

1.                                      Interest.  BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), which definition shall include any successor thereto in accordance with the Indenture (as defined below), promises to pay, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, interest on the principal amount set forth on the reverse side hereof at a rate of 3.850% per annum.  Interest on the Securities will accrue from and including the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from May 12, 2015 through but excluding the date on which interest is paid.  Interest shall be payable in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing November 15, 2015.  Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

2.                                      Method of Payment.  The Company will pay interest on the Securities to the Persons who are registered Holders of Securities at the close of business on the immediately preceding May 1 and November 1 of each year (each, a “Regular Record Date”).  Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments.  The Company will pay principal, the Redemption Price (pursuant to paragraph 5 herein), any Change of Control Payment and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.  At the Company’s option, interest may be paid by check mailed to the registered address of the Holder or by wire transfer to an account designated by the Holder of this Security; provided, however, that so long as the Securities are registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), or its nominee, all payments of principal, Redemption Price (pursuant to paragraph 5 herein) and interest in respect thereof will be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds.

3.                                      Paying Agent and Security Registrar.  Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, will act as Paying Agent and Security Registrar.  The Company may change any Paying Agent or Security Registrar without notice.

4.                                      Indenture.  The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of May 29, 2013 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).  This Security is one of an issue of Securities of the Company issued under the Indenture.  The terms of the Securities include those stated herein and in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time (the “TIA”).  The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of the Securities are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.  The Securities constitute senior indebtedness of the Company and, as such, shall be general unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company ranking equally with all of the Company’s unsecured and unsubordinated obligations.  The Company may, subject to the terms of the Indenture and applicable law,

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issue additional Securities under the Indenture.  The Securities issued on May 12, 2015 and any additional Securities subsequently issued shall be treated as a single class for all purposes of the Indenture.  The Indenture limits the ability of the Company to incur certain liens and to merge or consolidate with another entity or transfer all or substantially all of its property and assets.

5.                                      Optional Redemption.  The Securities will be redeemable at any time prior to May 15, 2025, at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, on at least 15 days, but no more than 60 days prior written notice mailed to the registered holders of the Securities (with a copy to the Trustee) to be redeemed, on any date prior to maturity at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed or (ii) as determined by a Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities to, but not including, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of holders as of the close of business on a regular record date to receive interest due on the related interest payment date).

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated (on a day count basis) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by a Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Securities.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means (1) Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and their respective successors; provided, however, that, if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary United States Government securities dealer in the United States (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer, and (2) any other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.

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“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and ask prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

If the Company redeems only some of the Securities, the Trustee shall determine by lot the Securities to be redeemed or, in the case of Securities held in global form, pursuant to applicable Depositary procedures.

6.                                      Repurchase at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control Repurchase Event.  If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its option to redeem the Securities as described under paragraph 5 above, each Holder of the Securities will have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion (equal to $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Securities pursuant to the offer described below (a “Change of Control Offer”) at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of such Holder’s Securities that are repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of repurchase (the “Change of Control Payment”), subject to the rights of Holders of Securities on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.

The Company will be required to send a notice to each Holder of the Securities by first class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, within 30 days following the date upon which any Change of Control Repurchase Event occurred, or at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control but after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control. The notice will govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer and will describe, among other things, the transaction that constitutes or may constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event and the purchase date. The purchase date will be at least 30 days but no more than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (a “Change of Control Payment Date”). If the notice is mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, the notice will state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control being consummated on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:

·                                          accept for payment all properly tendered Securities or portions of Securities not validly withdrawn;

·                                          deposit with the Paying Agent the required payment for all properly tendered Securities or portions of Securities not validly withdrawn; and

·                                          deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the repurchased Securities, accompanied by an officers’ certificate stating, among other things, the aggregate principal amount of repurchased Securities.

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The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer with respect to the Securities upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for such an offer made by the Company and the third party purchases all Securities properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer. In addition, the Company will not repurchase any Securities if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control Payment Date an Event of Default under the Indenture.

The Corporation will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder, to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable, in connection with the repurchase of Securities as a result of a Change of Control Repurchase Event. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Securities, the Corporation will comply with those securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control Offer provisions of the Securities by virtue of any such conflict.

For purposes of the foregoing discussion, the following definitions apply:

“Capital Stock” means the capital stock of every class whether now or hereafter authorized, regardless of whether such capital stock shall be limited to a fixed sum or percentage with respect to the rights of the holders thereof to participate in dividends and in the distribution of assets upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such corporation.

“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

·                                          the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or more series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and the assets of the Company’s subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries;

·                                          the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s then outstanding Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into which its Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or

·                                          the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be considered to be a Change of Control if (a) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a

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holding company and (b)(x) immediately following that transaction, the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of the holding company are substantially the same as the holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to that transaction or (y) immediately following that transaction, no person is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such holding company.

“Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event.

“Fitch” means Fitch, Inc. and its successors.

“Investment Grade” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Moody’s), a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P) and a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of Fitch); provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to maintain a rating by more than two Rating Agencies at any time and if only two Rating Agencies provide a rating with respect to the Securities, then “Investment Grade” with respect to the Securities shall mean the applicable rating described above of such two Rating Agencies with respect to the Securities.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation, and its successors.

“Rating Agencies” means each of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch, or if any of Moody’s, S&P or Fitch ceases to rate the Securities or fails to make a rating of the Securities publicly available, any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) under the Exchange Act that is selected by the Company as a replacement agency for Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, or each of them, as the case may be; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to maintain a rating by more than two Rating Agencies at any time.

“Rating Event” means the rating of the Securities shall be decreased by each of the Rating Agencies independently by one or more gradations during the Rating Period (as defined below). If the rating of the Securities by each of the Rating Agencies is Investment Grade, then “Rating Event” will mean the rating of the Securities shall be decreased by one or more gradations by each Rating Agency so that the rating of the Securities by each of the Rating Agencies falls below Investment Grade, on any date from the date of the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 30-day period following public notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control (the “Rating Period”) (which 30-day period shall be extended by no more than 60 days from the date of the occurrence of the Change of Control if the rating of the Securities is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies and each other Rating Agency has either downgraded, or publicly announced that it is considering downgrading, the Securities). A Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating will not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Rating Event for purposes of the definition of “Change of Control Repurchase Event”) if each Rating Agency making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply does not announce

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or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee under the Indenture in writing at the Company’s request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Rating Event).

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of McGraw-Hill Financial, Inc., and its successors.

“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any specified person as of any date, the Capital Stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person.

7.                                      Sinking Fund.  No sinking fund is provided for the Securities.

8.                                      Denominations, Transfer, Exchange.  The Securities are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.  A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture.  No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906, 1107 or 1305 of the Indenture not involving any transfer.

9.                                      Persons Deemed Owners.  The registered Holder of a Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

10.                               Unclaimed Money.  Subject to any applicable abandoned property laws, if money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent will pay the money back to the Company at its written request.  After that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as unsecured general creditors unless an “abandoned property” law designates another Person.

11.                               Amendment, Supplement, Waiver.  The Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of the Holders of any outstanding Securities, amend, waive or supplement the Indenture or the Securities for certain specified purposes, including, among other things, curing ambiguities, defects or inconsistencies, or making any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect.  Other amendments and modifications of the Indenture or the Securities may be made by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities affected, subject to certain exceptions requiring the consent of the Holders of each Security affected thereby.