Boston Scientific Announces Pricing of 3.0 Billion of Senior Notes

Boston Scientific Announces Pricing of 3.0 Billion of Senior Notes

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., March 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (the "Company") (NYSE: BSX) today announced that American Medical Systems Europe B.V., its wholly owned finance subsidiary, has priced a public offering of 1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 0.750% notes due 2025, 750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.375% notes due 2028, 750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.625% notes due 2031 and 500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.875% notes due 2034 (collectively, the "Notes"). The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company. The offering is being made pursuant to a registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The offering is expected to close on March 8, 2022, subject to customary closing conditions. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with short-term borrowings and cash on hand, to (i) fund the previously announced tender offer for up to $2.5 billion in aggregate principal amount of certain series of the Company's senior notes (the "Tender Offer"), (ii) fund the redemption of its 3.375% Senior Notes due 2022 ("2022 notes"), 4.125% Senior Notes due 2023 ("2023 notes") and 3.850% Senior Notes due 2025 ("2025 notes") to the extent such notes are not purchased in the Tender Offer and the Company elects to redeem such notes (the "Redemption") and (iii) pay accrued and unpaid interest, premiums, fees and expenses in connection with the Tender Offer and the Redemption. The Company intends to use any remaining proceeds for repayment of other indebtedness and general corporate purposes.

Nothing herein shall constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities, nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The offering is being made by means of a prospectus and related preliminary prospectus supplement only, copies of which or information concerning this offering may be obtained by contacting the joint book-running managers: Barclays Bank PLC, toll-free at 1-888-603-5847; BofA Securities Europe SA, toll-free at +1-800-294-1322 or Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG, toll-free at 1-800-831-9146.

This press release shall not constitute a notice of redemption for the 2022 notes, the 2023 notes or the 2025 notes.

About Boston Scientific

Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical solutions that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 40 years, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare.

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