<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-24-003093.txt : 20240227
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20240227161951
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-24-003093
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240226
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240227
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240227

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Butcher Arthur C
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001678249
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11083
		FILM NUMBER:		24687078

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
		STREET 2:		300 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC WAY
		CITY:			MARLBOROUGH
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01752

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000885725
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		IRS NUMBER:				042695240
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		300 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC WAY
		CITY:			MARLBOROUGH
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01752-1234
		BUSINESS PHONE:		508-683-4000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		300 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC WAY
		CITY:			MARLBOROUGH
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01752-1234
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            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The transactions reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a pre-established Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on November 22, 2023.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Balance reflects the most current data available with regard to share holdings in the Company's 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Grant to the reporting person of an option to purchase a specified number of shares of common stock vesting in four equal annual installments beginning on February 22, 2017, the first anniversary of the date of grant.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Grant to the reporting person of an option to purchase a specified number of shares of common stock vesting in four equal annual installments beginning on June 1, 2017, the first anniversary of the date of grant.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Susan Thompson, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2024-02-27</signatureDate>
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