Form 8-K: Vessix Vascular


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 19, 2012

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its 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
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ITEM 8.01.     OTHER EVENTS.

Boston Scientific Corporation (the Company) previously announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Vessix Vascular, Inc., a developer of a catheter-based renal denervation system for the treatment of uncontrolled hypertension. The acquisition closed today.

A copy of the Company's press release announcing the signing of an agreement to acquire Vessix Vascular, Inc., is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. Information on or connected to our website or the website of any third-party hyperlinked from or referenced in the Company's press release included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is expressly not incorporated by reference into or intended to be filed as a part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.


ITEM 9.01. 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
 
 
(d) Exhibits
 
 
 
Exhibit  No.
Description
 
 
99.1
Press Release issued by Boston Scientific Corporation dated November 8, 2012.










SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities 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.


                    
Date: November 19, 2012
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Vance R. Brown
 
 
 
Vance R. Brown
 
 
 
Vice President and Chief Corporate Counsel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                







INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 

Exhibit  No.
Description
 
 
99.1
Press Release issued by Boston Scientific Corporation dated November 8, 2012.