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):  December 30, 2014

 

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

DELAWARE

 

1-11083

 

04-2695240

(State or other

 

(Commission

 

(IRS employer

jurisdiction of

 

file number)

 

identification no.)

incorporation)

 

 

 

 

 

300 Boston Scientific Way, Marlborough, Massachusetts

 

01752-1234

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

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 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(b)  On December 30, 2014, Pete M. Nicholas, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Boston Scientific Corporation (the “Company”), in order to facilitate an orderly transition of his responsibilities, notified the Board of Directors of the Company that he expects to retire from the Board of Directors in 2017 and not stand for re-election at the annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders in 2017.

 

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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.

 

 

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

Date:  January 6, 2015

By:

/s/ Vance R. Brown

 

Vance R. Brown

 

Vice President and Chief Corporate Counsel

 

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