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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 18, 2006
 

 
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:

¨
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ITEM 2.02.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.
 
On April 18, 2006, Boston Scientific Corporation (the "Company") issued a press release announcing financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2006.  A copy of the 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 No.     Description

99.1         Press Release issued by Boston Scientific Corporation dated April 18, 2006.
 
 
 
 
 


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 18, 2006  By:   /s/ Lawrence J. Knopf
 
Lawrence J. Knopf
  Vice President and Assistant General Counsel

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
 
 
 
Exhibit
Number     Description

99.1                  Press Release dated April 18, 2006