Skip to main content
Boston Scientific8-K: Material contract

Boston Scientific launches $2B accelerated share repurchase program, signaling strong cash position.

What happened

The company entered a $2 billion accelerated share repurchase (ASR) agreement, indicating significant financial health and available capital. This focus on capital allocation and shareholder value suggests the company is in a strong budgetary position for strategic investments.

Source

SEC EDGARMay 18, 2026

Current report (Form 8-K)

Boston Scientific 8-K

Filing excerpt

On May 18, 2026, Boston Scientific Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company has entered into an accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association for $2 billion (the “Repurchase Price”) of its common stock, as part of its previously announced $5 billion share repurchase authorization.

sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885725/000088572526000042/bsx-20260518.htmRead the full source

Extracted by Autobound

From the Signal API record
Signal
8-K: Material contract

What this signalsFilings often name leadership changes, deals and spending plans.

Form
8-K
Fiscal year end
05/18
Filed
May 18, 2026

The full record

From the Signal API record

Numbers

Dollar figure
$2B (Accelerated share repurchase agreement price)

Details

CIK
885725
Accession number
0000885725-26-000042
Timeframe
Current quarter
Filing year
2026
Why it matters
Vendor relationship signal
Signal category
Strategic

Topics and mentions

Vendors

  • JPMorgan Chase Bank
  • National Association

Vendors named

  • JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

Extraction

Confidence
High
Relevance
75%
Sentiment
Positive
Detected
May 19, 2026
signal_type
sec-8k
signal_subtype
materialContract

Use this data

Get every 8-K signal for Boston Scientific and the companies you sell to, in the tools you already use.

  1. Ask Claude about it

    Connect Autobound to Claude, Claude Code or Cursor with MCP. Then ask: “What changed at Boston Scientific this week?”

  2. Send it to your own tools

    The Signal API returns 8-K signals for any list of companies as JSON, for your CRM, warehouse or app.

  3. Try it free

    Sign up and spend your free credits on the companies you sell to.

    Start Free1,000 free credits

The API returns more than this page shows

This page shows a preview. The full sec-8k record in the Signal API and MCP can also have these 8 fields. Some fields are empty for some signals.

Company

  • linkedin_urlValue in the API
  • industriesValue in the API
  • employee_count_lowValue in the API
  • employee_count_highValue in the API
  • revenueValue in the API
  • descriptionValue in the API

Signal

  • signal_nameValue in the API
  • associationValue in the API
Show the full JSONThe record on this page and the API request

GET /v1/signals/dcf88bcc-b4d1-4813-8ef7-0164cf2b0592 returns this record as JSON. POST /v1/companies/enrich returns every signal for bostonscientific.com.

{
  "signal_id": "dcf88bcc-b4d1-4813-8ef7-0164cf2b0592",
  "signal_type": "sec-8k",
  "signal_subtype": "materialContract",
  "detected_at": "2026-05-19T10:14:18.625+00:00",
  "company": {
    "name": "Boston Scientific",
    "domain": "bostonscientific.com"
  },
  "data": {
    "detail": "The company entered a $2 billion accelerated share repurchase (ASR) agreement, indicating significant financial health and available capital. This focus on capital allocation and shareholder value suggests the company is in a strong budgetary position for strategic investments.",
    "metrics": {
      "timeframe": "current_quarter",
      "dollar_context": "Accelerated share repurchase agreement price",
      "dollar_millions": 2000
    },
    "summary": "Boston Scientific launches $2B accelerated share repurchase program, signaling strong cash position.",
    "excerpts": "On May 18, 2026, Boston Scientific Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company has entered into an accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association for $2 billion (the “Repurchase Price”) of its common stock, as part of its previously announced $5 billion share repurchase authorization.",
    "relevance": 0.75,
    "sentiment": "positive",
    "confidence": "high",
    "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/885725/000088572526000042/bsx-20260518.htm",
    "filing_date": "2026-05-18",
    "filing_year": 2026,
    "fiscal_year_end": "05/18",
    "sales_relevance": "Vendor relationship signal",
    "signal_category": "strategic",
    "vendors_mentioned": [
      "JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association"
    ]
  }
}

Long text fields are shortened on this page.

Looking up one signal by its id is free. Enrich costs 2 credits per signal returned; a call with no results is free.