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Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.’s Form 8-K, filed May 6, 2024 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 13, 2026.
Meeting of May 2, 2024: 12 items on BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.’s Form 8-K, filed May 6, 2024: 9 elected · 3 approved.
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Material dissent: a director nominee under 80% of the votes cast, say-on-pay under 70%, any other item the board put forward under 80%, or a shareholder proposal with more than 50%, on the company’s own Form 8-K tally. How this is decided · This season’s results screens
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These tallies are BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed May 6, 2024 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.
| Ballot item | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Broker non-votes | Support (of votes cast) | Reported outcome | Voting standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elect Director: Charles J. Dockendorff | 1,193,455,762 | 57,257,108 | 574,335 | -- | 73,097,442 | 95% | Elected | — |
| Elect Director: Yoshiaki Fujimori | 1,226,016,317 | 24,758,547 | 512,341 | -- | 73,097,442 | 98% | Elected | — |
| Elect Director: Edward J. Ludwig | 1,228,038,502 | 22,049,671 | 1,199,032 | -- | 73,097,442 | 98% | Elected | — |
| Elect Director: Michael F. Mahoney | 1,168,784,464 | 79,922,587 | 2,580,154 | -- | 73,097,442 | 94% | Elected | — |
| Elect Director: Jessica L. Mega | 1,248,441,211 | 2,429,334 | 416,660 | -- | 73,097,442 | 99.8% | Elected | — |
| Elect Director: Susan E. Morano | 1,248,331,361 | 2,422,604 | 533,240 | -- | 73,097,442 | 99.8% | Elected | — |
| Elect Director: John E. Sununu | 1,188,261,455 | 61,820,612 | 1,205,138 | -- | 73,097,442 | 95% | Elected | — |
| Elect Director: David S. Wichmann | 1,240,048,139 | 10,664,300 | 574,766 | -- | 73,097,442 | 99.1% | Elected | — |
| Elect Director: Ellen M. Zane | 1,219,129,762 | 31,557,297 | 600,146 | -- | 73,097,442 | 97% | Elected | — |
| 2. Advisory vote on the compensation for the Company's "Named Executive Officers" as disclosed in the Company's proxy statement for the Annual Meeting | 1,157,104,389 | 90,951,897 | 3,230,919 | -- | 73,097,442 | 93% | Approved | — |
| 3. Amendment and restatement of the By-Laws to provide for advance notice and universal proxy rule updates | 1,244,015,109 | 6,550,431 | 721,665 | -- | 73,097,442 | 99.4% | Approved | — |
| 4. Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year | 1,218,350,090 | 105,618,504 | 416,053 | -- | -- | 92% | Approved | — |
Source: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on May 6, 2024 — read the filing on EDGAR.
Each item below shows how the 985 asset managers that disclosed a BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report.
Combines 7 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
95% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Proposal to elect nine Directors: Charles J. Dockendorff
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Charles J. Dockendorff”): 1,193,455,762 for, 57,257,108 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 6, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.
Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “(1) All nine director nominees were elected to the Company's Board for a one-year term, to hold office until the Company's 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified.”
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 159,476,982 | 17,682,308 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| Fidelity | 145,325,240 | 235,372 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 44,597,499 | 6,657 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MFS | 22,630,654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 18,061,212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 15,650,858 | 474 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 13,544,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JANUS INVESTMENT FUND | 12,766,387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 10,785,752 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 10,598,474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 7,721,579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 3,943,221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 3,871,955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 3,678,455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 3,400,947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 3,111,727 | 280,044 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| Hartford | 1,474 | 3,013,752 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| BNY Mellon | 2,862,905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASSACHUSETTS INVESTORS GROWTH STOCK FUND | 2,811,941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Transamerica | 1,670,495 | 1,133,620 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| Equitable | 2,254,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 2,219,993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 2,114,288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 2,066,982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Artisan | 1,965,901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 173 managers: 532,105,104 for, 23,096,272 against, 110,023 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RWC Asset Management LLP | 15,936,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| HOWLAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 2,091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MARCO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | 1,335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | 800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Warren Street Wealth Advisors, LLC | 402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Boltwood Capital Management | 302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Renaissance Investment Group LLC | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| King Wealth Management Group | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Decatur Capital Management, Inc. | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 9 managers: 15,941,506 for.
Combines 7 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99.1% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Proposal to elect nine Directors: David S. Wichmann
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: David S. Wichmann”): 1,240,048,139 for, 10,664,300 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 6, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.
Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “(1) All nine director nominees were elected to the Company's Board for a one-year term, to hold office until the Company's 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified.”
Support: 99.1% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 177,159,290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 145,560,612 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 44,597,499 | 6,657 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MFS | 22,630,654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 18,061,212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 15,650,858 | 474 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 13,544,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JANUS INVESTMENT FUND | 12,766,387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 10,785,752 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 10,598,474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 7,721,579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 3,943,221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 3,871,955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 3,678,455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 3,400,947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 3,391,771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Hartford | 3,015,226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BNY Mellon | 2,862,905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASSACHUSETTS INVESTORS GROWTH STOCK FUND | 2,811,941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Transamerica | 2,804,115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 2,254,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 2,219,993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 2,114,288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 2,066,982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Artisan | 1,965,901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 173 managers: 555,086,065 for, 115,311 against, 110,023 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RWC Asset Management LLP | 15,936,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| HOWLAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 2,091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MARCO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | 1,335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | 800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Warren Street Wealth Advisors, LLC | 402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Boltwood Capital Management | 302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Renaissance Investment Group LLC | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| King Wealth Management Group | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Decatur Capital Management, Inc. | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | Against |
Institutional-manager reports, all 9 managers: 15,941,490 for, 16 against.
Combines 7 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
98% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Proposal to elect nine Directors: Edward J. Ludwig
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Edward J. Ludwig”): 1,228,038,502 for, 22,049,671 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 6, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.
Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “(1) All nine director nominees were elected to the Company's Board for a one-year term, to hold office until the Company's 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 177,159,290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 145,560,612 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 44,585,691 | 18,465 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MFS | 22,630,654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 18,061,212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 15,650,074 | 1,258 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 13,544,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JANUS INVESTMENT FUND | 12,766,387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 10,785,752 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 10,598,474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 7,721,579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 3,943,221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 3,871,955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 3,678,455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 3,400,947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 3,391,771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Hartford | 3,015,226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BNY Mellon | 2,862,905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASSACHUSETTS INVESTORS GROWTH STOCK FUND | 2,811,941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Transamerica | 2,804,115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 2,254,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 2,219,993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 2,114,288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 2,066,982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Artisan | 1,965,901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 173 managers: 553,126,035 for, 2,075,304 against, 110,061 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RWC Asset Management LLP | 15,936,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| HOWLAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 2,091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MARCO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | 1,335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | 800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Warren Street Wealth Advisors, LLC | 402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Boltwood Capital Management | 302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Renaissance Investment Group LLC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| King Wealth Management Group | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Decatur Capital Management, Inc. | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 9 managers: 15,941,206 for, 300 unknown.
Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
97% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Proposal to elect nine Directors: Ellen M. Zane
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Ellen M. Zane”): 1,219,129,762 for, 31,557,297 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 6, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.
Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “(1) All nine director nominees were elected to the Company's Board for a one-year term, to hold office until the Company's 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified.”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 177,159,290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 145,560,612 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 44,585,691 | 18,465 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MFS | 22,630,654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 18,061,212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 15,650,074 | 1,258 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 13,544,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JANUS INVESTMENT FUND | 12,766,387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 10,785,752 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 10,598,474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 7,721,579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 3,943,221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 3,871,955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 3,678,455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 3,400,947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 3,391,771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Hartford | 3,015,226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BNY Mellon | 2,862,905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASSACHUSETTS INVESTORS GROWTH STOCK FUND | 2,811,941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Transamerica | 2,804,115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 2,254,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 2,219,993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 2,114,288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 2,066,982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Artisan | 1,965,901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 173 managers: 553,198,799 for, 1,983,980 against, 128,620 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RWC Asset Management LLP | 15,936,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| HOWLAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 2,091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MARCO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | 1,335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | 800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Warren Street Wealth Advisors, LLC | 402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Boltwood Capital Management | 302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Renaissance Investment Group LLC | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| King Wealth Management Group | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Decatur Capital Management, Inc. | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 9 managers: 15,941,506 for.
Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99.8% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Proposal to elect nine Directors: Jessica L. Mega
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Jessica L. Mega”): 1,248,441,211 for, 2,429,334 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 6, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.
Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “(1) All nine director nominees were elected to the Company's Board for a one-year term, to hold office until the Company's 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified.”
Support: 99.8% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 177,159,290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 145,560,612 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 44,604,156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MFS | 22,630,654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 18,061,212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 15,651,332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 13,544,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JANUS INVESTMENT FUND | 12,766,387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 10,785,752 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 10,598,474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 7,721,579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 3,943,221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 3,871,955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 3,678,455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 3,400,947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 3,391,771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Hartford | 3,015,226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BNY Mellon | 2,862,905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASSACHUSETTS INVESTORS GROWTH STOCK FUND | 2,811,941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Transamerica | 2,804,115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 2,254,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 2,219,993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 2,114,288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 2,066,982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Artisan | 1,965,901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 173 managers: 555,201,063 for, 323 against, 110,013 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RWC Asset Management LLP | 15,936,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| HOWLAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 2,091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MARCO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | 1,335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | 800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Warren Street Wealth Advisors, LLC | 402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Boltwood Capital Management | 302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Renaissance Investment Group LLC | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| King Wealth Management Group | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Decatur Capital Management, Inc. | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 9 managers: 15,941,506 for.
Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
95% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Proposal to elect nine Directors: John E. Sununu
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: John E. Sununu”): 1,188,261,455 for, 61,820,612 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 6, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.
Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “(1) All nine director nominees were elected to the Company's Board for a one-year term, to hold office until the Company's 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified.”
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 177,159,290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 145,560,612 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 44,585,691 | 18,465 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MFS | 22,630,654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 18,061,212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 15,649,658 | 1,674 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 13,544,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JANUS INVESTMENT FUND | 12,766,387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 10,785,752 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 10,598,474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 7,721,579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 3,943,221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 3,871,955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 3,678,455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 3,400,947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 3,391,771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Hartford | 3,015,226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BNY Mellon | 2,862,905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASSACHUSETTS INVESTORS GROWTH STOCK FUND | 2,811,941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Transamerica | 2,804,115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 2,254,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 2,219,993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 2,114,288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 2,056,008 | 10,974 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Artisan | 1,965,901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 173 managers: 552,846,569 for, 2,354,772 against, 110,058 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RWC Asset Management LLP | 0 | 15,936,000 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| HOWLAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 2,091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MARCO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | 1,335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | 800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Warren Street Wealth Advisors, LLC | 402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Boltwood Capital Management | 302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Renaissance Investment Group LLC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
| King Wealth Management Group | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Decatur Capital Management, Inc. | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 9 managers: 5,206 for, 15,936,000 against, 300 unknown.
Combines 7 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
94% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Proposal to elect nine Directors: Michael F. Mahoney
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Michael F. Mahoney”): 1,168,784,464 for, 79,922,587 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 6, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.
Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “(1) All nine director nominees were elected to the Company's Board for a one-year term, to hold office until the Company's 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified.”
Support: 94% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 177,159,290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 145,560,612 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 44,597,499 | 6,657 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MFS | 22,630,654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 18,061,212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 15,650,737 | 595 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 13,544,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JANUS INVESTMENT FUND | 12,766,387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 10,785,752 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 10,598,474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 7,721,579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 3,943,221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 3,871,955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 3,678,455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 3,400,947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 3,391,771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Hartford | 3,015,226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BNY Mellon | 2,862,905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASSACHUSETTS INVESTORS GROWTH STOCK FUND | 2,811,941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Transamerica | 2,804,115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 2,254,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 2,219,993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 2,114,288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 2,066,982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Artisan | 1,965,901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 173 managers: 554,866,730 for, 334,661 against, 110,008 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RWC Asset Management LLP | 15,936,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| HOWLAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 2,091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MARCO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | 1,335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | 800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Warren Street Wealth Advisors, LLC | 402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Boltwood Capital Management | 302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Renaissance Investment Group LLC | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| King Wealth Management Group | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Decatur Capital Management, Inc. | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 9 managers: 15,941,506 for.
Combines 7 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99.8% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Proposal to elect nine Directors: Susan E. Morano
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Susan E. Morano”): 1,248,331,361 for, 2,422,604 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 6, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.
Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “(1) All nine director nominees were elected to the Company's Board for a one-year term, to hold office until the Company's 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified.”
Support: 99.8% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 177,159,290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 145,560,612 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 44,604,156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MFS | 22,630,654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 18,061,212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 15,651,332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 13,544,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JANUS INVESTMENT FUND | 12,766,387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 10,785,752 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 10,598,474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 7,721,579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 3,943,221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 3,871,955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 3,678,455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 3,400,947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 3,391,771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Hartford | 3,015,226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BNY Mellon | 2,862,905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASSACHUSETTS INVESTORS GROWTH STOCK FUND | 2,811,941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Transamerica | 2,804,115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 2,254,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 2,219,993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 2,114,288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 2,066,982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Artisan | 1,965,901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 173 managers: 555,201,055 for, 324 against, 110,021 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RWC Asset Management LLP | 0 | 15,936,000 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| HOWLAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 2,091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MARCO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | 1,335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | 800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Warren Street Wealth Advisors, LLC | 402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Boltwood Capital Management | 302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Renaissance Investment Group LLC | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| King Wealth Management Group | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Decatur Capital Management, Inc. | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 9 managers: 5,506 for, 15,936,000 against.
Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
98% Majority: yes · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: Proposal to elect nine Directors: Yoshiaki Fujimori
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Yoshiaki Fujimori”): 1,226,016,317 for, 24,758,547 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 6, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.
Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “(1) All nine director nominees were elected to the Company's Board for a one-year term, to hold office until the Company's 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 177,159,290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 145,560,612 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 44,597,499 | 6,657 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MFS | 22,630,654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 18,061,212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 15,650,858 | 474 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 13,544,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JANUS INVESTMENT FUND | 12,766,387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 10,785,752 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 10,598,474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 7,721,579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 3,943,221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 3,871,955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 3,678,455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 3,400,947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 3,391,771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Hartford | 3,015,226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BNY Mellon | 2,862,905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASSACHUSETTS INVESTORS GROWTH STOCK FUND | 2,811,941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Transamerica | 2,804,115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 2,254,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 2,219,993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 2,114,288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 2,066,982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Artisan | 1,965,901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 173 managers: 555,173,092 for, 28,288 against, 110,019 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RWC Asset Management LLP | 15,936,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| HOWLAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 2,091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MARCO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | 1,335 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | 800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Warren Street Wealth Advisors, LLC | 402 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Boltwood Capital Management | 302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Renaissance Investment Group LLC | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| King Wealth Management Group | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Decatur Capital Management, Inc. | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 9 managers: 15,941,506 for.
Combines 6 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
99.4% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To approve an amendment and restatement of our By-Laws to provide for advance notice and universal proxy rule updates.
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.’s own tally for this item (“3. Amendment and restatement of the By-Laws to provide for advance notice and universal proxy rule updates”): 1,244,015,109 for, 6,550,431 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 6, 2024 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “(3) The amendment and restatement of the By-Laws to provide for advance notice and universal proxy rule updates was approved.”
Support: 99.4% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.’s official tally and shown with their own fund figures; their managers are not in the figures or the table on this card: “Approve Article Amendments” (3 managers, Fund and manager reports combined; may count the same shares twice; no share total shown).
The 183 asset managers below reported 553,357,996 for, 2,358,218 against, 110,291 abstained.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 177,159,290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 145,560,612 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 44,604,156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MFS | 22,630,654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 18,061,212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 15,651,332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 13,544,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JANUS INVESTMENT FUND | 12,766,387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 10,785,752 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 10,598,474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 7,721,579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 3,943,221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 3,871,955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 3,678,455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 1,156,378 | 2,244,569 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| Jackson National | 3,391,771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Hartford | 3,015,226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BNY Mellon | 2,862,905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASSACHUSETTS INVESTORS GROWTH STOCK FUND | 2,811,941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Transamerica | 2,804,115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 2,254,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 2,219,993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 2,114,288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 2,066,982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Artisan | 1,965,901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 183 asset managers. See all 183 in the interactive database.
Combines 33 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
93% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers.
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.’s own tally for this item (“2. Advisory vote on the compensation for the Company's "Named Executive Officers" as disclosed in the Company's proxy statement for the Annual Meeting”): 1,157,104,389 for, 90,951,897 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 6, 2024 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “(2) The advisory vote on the compensation for the Company's "Named Executive Officers" as disclosed in the Company's proxy statement for the Annual Meeting was approved.”
Support: 93% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 177,159,290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 145,560,612 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 44,604,156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MFS | 22,630,654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 18,061,212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Artisan | 15,924,724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 15,651,332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 13,544,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JANUS INVESTMENT FUND | 12,766,387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 10,785,752 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 10,598,474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 7,721,579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 3,943,221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 3,871,955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 3,678,455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 3,400,947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 3,391,771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Hartford | 3,013,752 | 1,474 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BNY Mellon | 2,862,905 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASSACHUSETTS INVESTORS GROWTH STOCK FUND | 2,811,941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Transamerica | 2,804,115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 2,245,951 | 8,400 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 2,219,993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 2,114,288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 2,066,982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Fund voting reports, all 176 managers: 569,113,091 for, 151,441 against, 110,184 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidelity | 138,280,894 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 57,826,951 | 5,832 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | 53,556,607 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 38,252,596 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ | 37,433,172 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Wellington | 31,798,739 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 28,196,570 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 24,324,647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Janus Henderson | 17,887,388 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Union Investment Privatfonds GmbH | 0 | 16,777,273 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Capital Group | 16,152,013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 13,275,442 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridgewater | 12,832,590 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Northern Trust | 12,488,518 | 41,348 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Nuveen | 12,213,260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| UBS | 11,284,988 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Amundi | 0 | 10,383,801 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Goldman Sachs | 9,673,332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Winslow Capital Management, LLC | 8,931,212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 8,611,155 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Legal & General Investment Management Ltd | 0 | 8,426,134 | 0 | 0 | Against |
| Charles Schwab | 7,913,810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp | 7,891,367 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Lazard | 6,824,576 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Vanguard | 6,335,907 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Institutional-manager reports, all 836 managers: 762,146,294 for, 64,578,602 against, 2,073,267 abstained, 42,775 not voted, 177 unknown, 130 1 year. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.
Combines 8 wordings of this item as funds reported it.
92% Approved · of votes cast
Description as filed by funds: To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year.
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.’s own tally for this item (“4. Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year”): 1,218,350,090 for, 105,618,504 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 6, 2024 (Item 5.07).
Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “(4) The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year was ratified.”
Support: 92% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.
The 186 asset managers below reported 553,192,732 for, 3,641,624 against, 110,004 abstained, 300 unknown.
| Asset manager | For | Against | Abstain | Withheld | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 177,159,290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Fidelity | 145,560,612 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BlackRock | 44,604,156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MFS | 22,630,654 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Capital Group | 18,061,212 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| State Street | 15,650,916 | 416 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JPMorgan | 13,544,351 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| JANUS INVESTMENT FUND | 12,766,387 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| TIAA | 10,785,752 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Invesco | 10,598,474 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Charles Schwab | 7,721,579 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Columbia Threadneedle | 3,943,221 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| T. Rowe Price | 3,871,955 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Dimensional | 3,678,455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Prudential/PGIM | 3,400,947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Jackson National | 3,391,771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Hartford | 3,013,752 | 1,474 | 0 | 0 | For |
| BNY Mellon | 320,389 | 2,542,516 | 0 | 0 | Mixed |
| MASSACHUSETTS INVESTORS GROWTH STOCK FUND | 2,811,941 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Transamerica | 2,804,115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Equitable | 2,245,951 | 8,400 | 0 | 0 | For |
| MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO | 2,219,993 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Voya | 2,114,288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Bridge Builder Trust | 2,066,982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
| Artisan | 1,965,901 | 0 | 0 | 0 | For |
Showing the 25 largest of 186 asset managers. See all 186 in the interactive database.
Not shown here: this season’s fund filings also report 1 item from the meeting of May 1, 2025, which belongs to the 2024-2025 season. A meeting outside this season’s July 1 to June 30 window is not counted in this page’s items or in its totals of asset managers and fund votes.
Ranked separately for each type of Form N-PX report. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two tables can list the same shares and are never added together. Each is ranked by the shares voted on the item that the most managers of that type reported, shown as a share of the 1,470,179,843 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanguard | 12.05% |
| 2 | Fidelity | 9.90% |
| 3 | BlackRock | 3.03% |
| 4 | MFS | 1.54% |
| 5 | Capital Group | 1.23% |
| 6 | Artisan | 1.08% |
| 7 | State Street | 1.06% |
| 8 | JPMorgan | 0.92% |
| 9 | JANUS INVESTMENT FUND | 0.87% |
| 10 | TIAA | 0.73% |
| # | Asset manager | % of shares outstanding |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fidelity | 9.41% |
| 2 | BlackRock | 3.93% |
| 3 | MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | 3.64% |
| 4 | State Street | 2.60% |
| 5 | PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ | 2.55% |
| 6 | Wellington | 2.16% |
| 7 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 1.92% |
| 8 | JPMorgan | 1.65% |
| 9 | Janus Henderson | 1.22% |
| 10 | Union Investment Privatfonds GmbH | 1.14% |
As disclosed to the SEC in Form 13F (quarter-end holdings of 30 large managers), Schedules 13D and 13G (beneficial ownership above 5%) and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A). Each row names its form.
| Holder | % outstanding | Disclosure |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | 9.87% | 13F |
| Vanguard Group | 9.40% | 13F |
| FMR (Fidelity) | 6.77% | 13F |
| State Street | 4.27% | 13F |
| Wellington Management | 2.26% | 13F |
| Geode Capital | 1.94% | 13F |
| JPMorgan Chase | 1.93% | 13F |
| Morgan Stanley | 1.41% | 13F |
| Franklin Templeton | 1.07% | 13F |
| Goldman Sachs | 1.06% | 13F |
Percentages above are of 1,470,179,843 shares outstanding, as reported by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP. on its Form 10-Q dated April 29, 2024 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2023-2024 meeting, not today’s. Each holding is as of its own filing, which may be dated before or after the meeting.
Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered funds disclose how they voted every proxy and institutional managers disclose their votes on executive pay (say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and golden parachutes), and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.’s 10-Q dated April 29, 2024. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 13, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.
At BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.'s shareholder meeting held May 2, 2024, in the 2023-2024 proxy season, 985 asset managers reported how they voted on 12 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 13,736 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers. — BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.'s filing reports the proposal as approved, with 93% support of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side). Source: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2024.
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