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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):     April 21, 2008
 
 

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
 
DELAWARE
  
1-11083
  
04-2695240
(State or other
  
(Commission
  
(IRS employer
jurisdiction of
  
file number)
  
identification no.)
incorporation)
        
 
                                                                                                                                
One Boston Scientific Place, Natick, Massachusetts
  
01760-1537
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip code)
     
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:                   (508) 650-8000

 
 
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)
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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 2.02. 
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

On April 21, 2008, Boston Scientific Corporation issued a press release announcing financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008, as well as guidance for net sales and earnings per share for the second quarter of 2008.  A copy of the press release is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.




ITEM 9.01. 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

Exhibit
Number
 Description
   
   
99.1 
Press Release issued by Boston Scientific Corporation dated April 21, 2008.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and 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:      April 21, 2008
By:
/s/ Lawrence J. Knopf  
    Lawrence J. Knopf  
    Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel  
       

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS


 


Exhibit
Number
 Description
   
   
99.1
Press Release issued by Boston Scientific Corporation dated April 21, 2008.