NATICK, Mass., March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific
Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced the sale of Boston Scientific Santa
Rosa Corp., formerly known as TriVascular, Inc., to TV2 Holding Company, a
privately held company based in Santa Rosa, California. Boston Scientific
Santa Rosa Corp. holds equipment and intellectual property related to the
TriVascular endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) program. Terms of the sale
include $30 million in cash paid at closing to Boston Scientific and a
warrant allowing Boston Scientific to purchase a minority interest in TV2.
Boston Scientific acquired TriVascular, which was founded to develop
EVAR devices and procedures for treating abdominal aortic aneurysms, in
April 2005. Boston Scientific discontinued its EVAR program in 2006.
"The sale of this business is the latest example of Boston Scientific's
commitment to divesting non-strategic assets," said Jim Tobin, President
and Chief Executive Officer of Boston Scientific. "These divestitures --
together with our expense and head count reductions and business
restructuring -- are helping realign our cost structure and simplify our
operating model as we progress toward achieving our overall goals of
restoring profitable growth, increasing shareholder value and strengthening
Boston Scientific for the future."
About Boston Scientific
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.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Forward-looking statements may be identified by words like "anticipate,"
"expect," "project," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "intend" and similar
words. These forward- looking statements are based on our beliefs,
assumptions and estimates using information available to us at the time and
are not intended to be guarantees of future events or performance. These
forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements
regarding our divestiture of non-strategic assets, our restructuring
initiatives, our operational strategy, our financial performance and our
growth strategy. If our underlying assumptions turn out to be incorrect, or
if certain risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary
materially from the expectations and projections expressed or implied by
our forward-looking statements. These factors, in some cases, have affected
and in the future (together with other factors) could affect our ability to
implement our business strategy and may cause actual results to differ
materially from those contemplated by the statements expressed in this
press release. As a result, readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on any of our forward-looking statements.
Factors that may cause such differences include, among other things:
future economic, competitive, reimbursement and regulatory conditions; new
product introductions; demographic trends; intellectual property;
litigation; financial market conditions; disposition of non-strategic
assets, and future business decisions made by us and our competitors. All
of these factors are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many
of them are beyond our control. For a further list and description of these
and other important risks and uncertainties that may affect our future
operations, see Part I, Item 1A- Risk Factors in our most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
which we may update in Part II, Item 1A - Risk Factors in Quarterly Reports
on Form 10-Q we have filed or will file thereafter. We disclaim any
intention or obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements to reflect any change in our expectations or in events,
conditions, or circumstances on which those expectations may be based, or
that may affect the likelihood that actual results will differ from those
contained in the forward-looking statements. This cautionary statement is
applicable to all forward-looking statements contained in this document.
CONTACTS: Paul Donovan
508-650-8541 (office)
508-667-5165 (mobile)
Media Relations
Boston Scientific Corporation
Larry Neumann
508-650-8696 (office)
Investor Relations
Boston Scientific Corporation
SOURCE Boston Scientific Corporation
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Related links:
http://www.bostonscientific.com
CONTACT:
Media, Paul Donovan, +1-508-650-8541
(office), +1-508-667-5165 (mobile); Investors, Larry Neumann,
+1-508-650-8696 (office, both of Boston Scientific Corporation
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