Boston Scientific Announces Results for Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2006
PRNewswire-FirstCall
NATICK, Mass.
(NYSE:BSX)

NATICK, Mass., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2006.

Net sales for the third quarter of 2006 were $2.026 billion as compared to $1.511 billion for the third quarter of 2005, an increase of 34 percent. The increase was primarily attributable to the inclusion of $491 million of net sales from the Company's cardiac rhythm management (CRM) and cardiac surgery businesses.

Reported net income for the third quarter of 2006 was $76 million, or $0.05 per share, on approximately 1.5 billion weighted average shares outstanding. Reported results for the third quarter of 2006 included charges (after-tax) of $77 million, or approximately $0.05 per share, which consisted primarily of expenses resulting from purchase accounting and other charges related to the Guidant acquisition.

Reported net loss for the third quarter of 2005 was $269 million, or $0.33 per share, on approximately 820 million weighted average shares outstanding. Reported results for the third quarter of 2005 included charges (after-tax) of $616 million, or approximately $0.75 per share, which consisted primarily of a settlement agreement with Medinol Ltd.

Operating cash flow for the third quarter of 2006 approximated $480 million. Adjusted net income for the quarter, excluding net charges and amortization and stock compensation expense, was $291 million, or $0.20 per share. Adjusted net income for the third quarter of 2005, excluding net charges and amortization and stock compensation expense, was $379 million, or $0.46 per share.

Worldwide sales of TAXUS® paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent systems were $572 million for the third quarter of 2006 as compared to $601 million for the third quarter of 2005. U.S. sales of TAXUS coronary stent systems were $384 million for the third quarter of 2006 as compared to $404 million for the third quarter of 2005.

Worldwide CRM sales were $446 million, which included $315 million of worldwide implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) sales and $131 million of worldwide pacemaker sales. U.S. CRM sales were $296 million, which included $221 million of U.S. ICD sales and $75 million of U.S. pacemaker sales.

"Despite the challenges in Q3, we were able to achieve results near the high end of our previously announced preliminary sales and earnings ranges," said Jim Tobin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boston Scientific. "We look forward to providing an update on our business and our growth opportunities at our November 6 analyst meeting."

Boston Scientific officials will be discussing these and other issues with analysts on a conference call at 4:30 p.m. (ET) Wednesday, October 18, 2006. The Company will webcast the call to all interested parties through its website: http://www.bostonscientific.com/. Please see the website for details on how to access the webcast. The webcast will be available for one year on the Boston Scientific website.

Boston Scientific is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices whose products are used in a broad range of interventional medical specialties. For more information, please visit: http://www.bostonscientific.com/.

This press release contains forward-looking statements. The Company wishes to caution the reader of this press release that actual results may differ from those discussed in the forward-looking statements and may be adversely affected by, among other things, risks associated with new product development and introduction, clinical trials, regulatory approvals, competitive offerings, intellectual property, litigation, integration of acquired companies, the Company's overall business strategy, and other factors described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Non-GAAP Measures

The Company discloses non-GAAP measures that exclude certain charges. These supplemental measures exclude the impact of certain charges such as purchase accounting adjustments, costs associated with acquisitions and investment portfolio activity that are highly variable and difficult to predict. The Company's non-GAAP adjusted net income also excludes stock-based compensation expense that the Company started recording under FAS 123® in the first quarter of 2006. Management uses these supplemental measures to evaluate performance period over period, to analyze the underlying trends in the Company's business and to establish operational goals and forecasts that are used in allocating resources. Since management finds these measures to be useful, the Company believes that its investors benefit from seeing the Company's results through the eyes of management in addition to seeing its GAAP results.

The Company recognizes that these charges can have a material impact on the Company's cash flows and net income. Although the Company believes it is useful for investors to see its core performance free of certain charges, investors should understand that the excluded items are actual expenses that impact the cash available to the Company for other uses. To gain a complete picture of the Company's performance, management does (and investors should) rely upon the GAAP income statement. The non-GAAP numbers focus instead upon the core business of the Company, which is only a subset, albeit a critical one, of the Company's performance.

Readers are therefore reminded that non-GAAP numbers are merely a supplement to, and not a replacement for, GAAP financial measures. It should be noted as well that the Company's non-GAAP information may be different from the non-GAAP information provided by other companies.

  CONTACT: Milan Kofol
           508-650-8569 (Office)
           617-834-8595 (Mobile)
           Investor Relations
           Boston Scientific Corporation

           Paul Donovan
           508-650-8541 (Office)
           508-667-5165 (Mobile)
           Media Relations
           Boston Scientific Corporation


  BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
  WORLDWIDE SALES
  REGIONAL SUMMARY
  (Unaudited)


                              Three Months Ended
                                 September 30,               Change
                                                    As Reported   Constant
  In millions                                        Currency     Currency
                               2006          2005       Basis        Basis
  DOMESTIC                  $  1,273     $    926         37%          37%


   Europe                        402          274         47%          41%
   Japan                         148          140          6%           9%
   Inter-Continental             203          171         19%          18%
  INTERNATIONAL                  753          585         29%          26%


  WORLDWIDE                 $  2,026     $  1,511         34%          33%


                               Nine Months Ended
                                 September 30,               Change
                                                    As Reported   Constant
  In millions                                        Currency     Currency
                               2006          2005       Basis        Basis
  DOMESTIC                  $  3,579     $  2,924         22%          22%


   Europe                      1,147          871         32%          33%
   Japan                         431          440         (2%)          5%
   Inter-Continental             599          508         18%          17%
  INTERNATIONAL                2,177        1,819         20%          21%


  WORLDWIDE                 $  5,756     $  4,743         21%          22%



  BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
  WORLDWIDE SALES
  DIVISIONAL SUMMARY
  (Unaudited)


                              Three Months Ended
                                 September 30,               Change
                                                    As Reported   Constant
  In millions                                        Currency     Currency
                               2006         2005       Basis         Basis
   Interventional Cardiology $   868     $    892         (3%)         (4%)
   Peripheral Interventions/
    Vascular Surgery             154          176        (13%)        (13%)
   Electrophysiology              32           32          0%           2%
   Neurovascular                  81           67         21%          19%
   Cardiac Surgery                45           NA          NA           NA
   Cardiac Rhythm Management     446           NA          NA           NA
  CARDIOVASCULAR               1,626        1,167         39%          37%

   Oncology                       60           52         15%          14%
   Endoscopy                     187          172          9%           9%
   Urology                        93           85          9%           9%
  ENDOSURGERY                    340          309         10%          10%

  NEUROMODULATION                 60           35         71%          68%

  WORLDWIDE                  $ 2,026     $  1,511         34%          33%




                               Nine Months Ended
                                 September 30,               Change
                                                    As Reported   Constant
  In millions                                        Currency     Currency
                               2006         2005       Basis         Basis
   Interventional Cardiology $ 2,781     $  2,891         (4%)         (3%)
   Peripheral Interventions/
    Vascular Surgery             506          537         (6%)         (5%)
   Electrophysiology              99           97          2%           4%
   Neurovascular                 243          206         18%          19%
   Cardiac Surgery                83           NA          NA           NA
   Cardiac Rhythm Management     882           NA          NA           NA
  CARDIOVASCULAR               4,594        3,731         23%          24%

   Oncology                      166          154          8%           9%
   Endoscopy                     556          519          7%           8%
   Urology                       273          238         15%          15%
  ENDOSURGERY                    995          911          9%          10%

  NEUROMODULATION                167          101         65%          65%

  WORLDWIDE                  $ 5,756     $  4,743         21%          22%




                        BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
                          GAAP RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
                                 (Unaudited)


                                                       Three Months Ended
                                                          September 30,
  In millions, except per share data                 2006              2005

  Net sales                                    $    2,026        $    1,511
  Cost of products sold                               630               343
  Gross profit                                      1,396             1,168

  Selling, general and administrative
   expenses                                           719               444
  Research and development expenses                   272               181
  Royalty expense                                      57                52
  Amortization expense                                153                47
  Litigation-related charges                                            780
                                                    1,201             1,504
  Operating income/(loss)                             195              (336)

  Other income/(expense):
        Interest expense                             (143)              (21)
        Other, net                                     (1)                5

  Income/(loss) before income taxes                    51              (352)
  Income tax benefit                                  (25)              (83)

  Net income/(loss)                            $       76        $     (269)


  Net income/(loss) per common share -
   assuming dilution                           $     0.05        $    (0.33)

  Weighted average shares outstanding -
   assuming dilution                              1,486.7             819.9



                       BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
     NON-GAAP NET INCOME AND NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE RECONCILIATION
                                (Unaudited)

The Company discloses non-GAAP measures that exclude certain charges. These supplemental measures exclude the impact of certain charges such as purchase accounting adjustments, costs associated with acquisitions and investment portfolio activity that are highly variable and difficult to predict. The Company's non-GAAP adjusted net income also excludes stock-based compensation expense that the Company started recording under FAS 123® in the first quarter of 2006. Management uses these supplemental measures to evaluate performance period over period, to analyze the underlying trends in the Company's business and to establish operational goals and forecasts that are used in allocating resources. Since management finds these measures to be useful, the Company believes that its investors benefit from seeing the Company's results through the eyes of management in addition to seeing its GAAP results.

The Company recognizes that these charges can have a material impact on the Company's cash flows and net income. Although the Company believes it is useful for investors to see its core performance free of certain charges, investors should understand that the excluded items are actual expenses that impact the cash available to the Company for other uses. To gain a complete picture of the Company's performance, management does (and investors should) rely upon the GAAP income statement. The non-GAAP numbers focus instead upon the core business of the Company, which is only a subset, albeit a critical one, of the Company's performance.

Readers are therefore reminded that non-GAAP numbers are merely a supplement to, and not a replacement for, GAAP financial measures. It should be noted as well that the Company's non-GAAP information may be different from the non-GAAP information provided by other companies.

                                   Three Months Ended   Three Months Ended
                                   September 30, 2006   September 30, 2005
                                            Impact per            Impact per
  In millions, except                Net     diluted   Net (loss)  diluted
   per share data                   income    share      /income     share
  GAAP results                      $  76    $ 0.05     $ (269)   $ (0.33)
  Non-GAAP adjustments:
   Purchase accounting adjustments     59      0.04
   Merger-related and other costs      18      0.01         18       0.02 *
   Litigation-related charges                              598       0.73
   Amortization and stock
    compensation expense              138      0.10         32       0.04 *
  Adjusted results                  $ 291    $ 0.20     $  379    $  0.46 *
  * Calculated by assuming dilution
    from stock equivalents of 10.9
    million shares
                                    Three Months Ended
                                      September 30,
                                      2006     2005
  Purchase accounting adjustments:
   Step-up value of inventory
    sold(a)                         $  94
   Income tax benefit                 (35)
  Purchase accounting adjustments,
   net of tax                       $  59

  Merger-related and other costs:
   Integration costs(b)                $9
   Fair-value adjustment for the
    sharing of proceeds feature of
    the Abbott stock purchase(c)       13
   CRM technology offering charge(a)   31
   Business optimization charges(d)           $  28
                                       53        28
   Income tax benefit                 (35)      (10)
  Merger-related and other costs,
   net of tax                       $  18     $  18

  Litigation-related charges:
   Litigation-related charges                 $ 780
   Income tax benefit                          (182)
  Litigation-related charges,
    net of tax                                $ 598

  Amortization and stock
   compensation expense:
   Amortization expense             $ 153     $  37
   Stock compensation expense(e)       26         5
                                      179        42
   Income tax benefit                 (41)      (10)
  Amortization and stock
   compensation expense, net of tax $ 138     $  32

  (a) Recorded to cost of products sold
  (b) Recorded $7 million to selling, general and administrative expenses
      and $2 million to research and development expenses
  (c) Recorded to other, net
  (d) Recorded $11 million to selling, general and administrative
      expenses, $7 million to research and development expenses and $10
      million to amortization expense
  (e) Recorded $16 million in 2006 to selling, general and administrative
      expenses, $6 million to research and development expenses and $4
      million to cost of products sold;  recorded $5 million in 2005 to
      selling, general and administrative expenses



                        BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
                         GAAP RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
                                 (Unaudited)
                                                     Nine Months Ended
                                                        September 30,
  In millions, except per share data               2006              2005

  Net sales                                     $   5,756         $   4,743
  Cost of products sold                             1,681             1,044
  Gross profit                                      4,075             3,699

  Selling, general and administrative
   expenses                                         1,917             1,346
  Research and development expenses                   741               506
  Royalty expense                                     177               174
  Amortization expense                                356               114
  Purchased research and development                4,117               276
  Litigation-related charges                                            780
                                                    7,308             3,196
  Operating (loss)/income                          (3,233)              503

  Other income/(expense):
    Interest expense                                 (291)              (58)
    Other, net                                       (180)                8

  (Loss)/income before income taxes                (3,704)              453
  Income tax expense                                  150               159

  Net (loss)/income                             $  (3,854)        $     294

  Net (loss)/income per common share -
   assuming dilution                            $   (3.19)        $    0.35

  Weighted average shares outstanding -
   assuming dilution                              1,207.0             840.3



                        BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
      NON-GAAP NET INCOME AND NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE RECONCILIATION
                                 (Unaudited)

                                       Nine Months Ended  Nine Months Ended
                                      September 30, 2006  September 30, 2005
                                                 Impact             Impact
                                          Net     per                 per
                                        (loss)/ diluted      Net    diluted
  In millions, except per share data    income   share     income    share
  GAAP results                         $ (3,854) $(3.19)   $   294   $ 0.35
  Non-GAAP adjustments:
   Purchase accounting adjustments        4,483    3.71        267     0.32
   Merger-related and other costs           114    0.09 *       23     0.03
   AAA program cancellation charges         (31)  (0.03)*
   Investment portfolio activity             81    0.07 *
   Litigation-related charges                                  598     0.71
   Amortization and stock compensation
    expense                                 325    0.27 *       89     0.10
  Adjusted results                     $  1,118  $ 0.92 *  $ 1,271   $ 1.51
  * Calculated by assuming dilution
    from stock equivalents of 14.2
    million shares

                                       Nine Months Ended
                                          September 30,
                                           2006    2005
  Purchase accounting adjustments:
   Purchased research and development   $ 4,184   $ 276
   Step-up value of inventory sold(a)       279
                                          4,463     276
   Income tax expense/(benefit)              20      (9)
  Purchase accounting adjustments,
   net of tax                           $ 4,483   $ 267

  Merger-related and other costs:
   Integration costs(b)                     $42
   Fair-value adjustment for the
    sharing of proceeds feature of
    the Abbott stock purchase(c)            100
   Charitable donation(c)                     5
   CRM technology offering charge(a)         31
   Certain retirement benefits(d)                 $  17
   Business optimization charges(f)                  28
                                            178      45
   Income tax benefit                       (64)    (22)
  Merger-related and other costs, net
   of tax                               $   114   $  23

  AAA program cancellation charges:
   Purchased research and development   $   (67)
   Facility costs and severance(e)           31
   Amortization expense                      23
                                            (13)
   Income tax benefit                       (18)
  AAA program cancellation charges,
   net of tax                           $   (31)

  Investment portfolio activity:
   Investment portfolio activity(c)     $   105
   Income tax benefit                       (24)
  Investment portfolio activity,
   net of tax                           $    81

  Litigation-related charges:
   Litigation-related charges                     $ 780
   Income tax benefit                              (182)
  Litigation-related charges,
   net of tax                                     $ 598

  Amortization and stock compensation
   expense:
   Amortization expense                 $   333   $ 104
   Stock compensation expense(g)             89      13
                                            422     117
   Income tax benefit                       (97)    (28)
  Amortization and stock compensation
   expense, net of tax                  $   325   $  89

  (a) Recorded to cost of products sold
  (b) Recorded $39 million to selling, general and administrative expenses
      and $3 million to research and development expenses
  (c) Recorded to other, net
  (d) Recorded to selling, general and administrative expenses
  (e) Recorded to research and development expenses
  (f) Recorded $11 million to selling, general and administrative
      expenses, $7 million to research and development expenses and $10
      million to amortization expense
  (g) Recorded $59 million in 2006 to selling, general and administrative
      expenses, $18 million to research and development expenses and $12
      million to cost of products sold;  recorded $13 million in 2005 to
      selling, general and administrative expenses



                        BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
                    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                                 (Unaudited)

                                              September 30,     December 31,
  In millions                                      2006              2005

  Assets
  Current assets:
     Cash, cash equivalents and short-
      term investments                         $    1,541        $      848
     Trade accounts receivable, net                 1,460               932
     Inventories                                      759               418
     Other current assets                             989               433
           Total current assets                     4,749             2,631

  Property, plant and equipment, net                1,672             1,011
  Intangible assets, net                           23,743             3,735
  Investments                                         568               594
  Other assets                                        220               225
                                               $   30,952        $    8,196

  Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
  Current liabilities:
     Borrowings due within one year            $        5        $      156
     Accounts payable and accrued
      expenses                                      1,815             1,229
     Other current liabilities                        830                94
           Total current liabilities                2,650             1,479

  Long-term debt                                    8,893             1,864
  Other long-term liabilities                       4,393               571

  Stockholders' equity                             15,016             4,282
                                               $   30,952        $    8,196

SOURCE: Boston Scientific Corporation

CONTACT: Milan Kofol, +1-508-650-8569 (Office) or +1-617-834-8595
(Mobile), Investor Relations, or Paul Donovan, +1-508-650-8541 (Office) or
+1-508-667-5165 (Mobile), Media Relations, both of Boston Scientific
Corporation

Web site: http://www.bostonscientific.com/

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