May 18, 2001
Guidant Announces Live Webcast of its Paris Course Investor Briefing

Indianapolis, Ind. - Guidant Corporation (NYSE and PCX: GDT), a global leader in cardiac and vascular therapy technology, today announced that it will host a live webcast of its briefing at the Paris Course on Revascularization. The briefing, which will focus on various vascular and cardiovascular topics, will take place on Thursday, May 24, at noon (Paris time). Eulogio Garcia, M.D. (Madrid, Spain), William Wijns, M.D. (Aalst, Belgium) and Wim J. van der Giessen, M.D. (Rotterdam, Netherlands) will join Ginger Graham, Guidant group chairman, and Guido Neels, president, Guidant Europe, for the briefing.

A live webcast of Guidant's briefing will be accessible through the Guidant website or at StreetFusion.com on May 24 at 6 a.m. (EST) - 12:00 p.m. local Paris time. The webcast will be archived on both websites for future on-demand replay.

System requirements for the webcast include Internet Explorer 5.0 (or higher) or Netscape Navigator 4.0 (or higher). Users also should have the most recent version of Windows Media Player, which can be downloaded for free. Users may experience varying levels of performance based on their connection speed, system capabilities and presence of a corporate firewall. To ensure a connection, users should go to the program five to 15 minutes before its start.

A global leader in the medical technology industry, Guidant Corporation provides innovative, minimally invasive and cost-effective products and services for the treatment of cardiovascular and vascular disease.