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Boston Scientific 401(k) retirement plan: the investment options
Does your 401(k) vote the way you would? 500 Index Trust is the largest fund in the Boston Scientific plan that publishes its votes. Answer 3 of its ballots from this season, then see your result.
The question on the ballot
As filed
Boston Scientific 401(k) match and balances, from the filing
- Company money in
- about $6,600 per active participant
- $145m in plan year 2024
- Employees saved
- about $10,110 each
- $222m in plan year 2024
- Average balance
- $215,900
- 31,377 people with a balance
- In the plan
- $6.78bn
- at the end of plan year 2024
Company money is the match plus any other employer contributions, averaged over all 21,923 active participants, including anyone who did not contribute. The filing reports dollars, not the match formula; the plan’s summary plan description states the formula.
SourceThe plan’s annual report to the Department of Labor — Form 5500, Schedule H, plan year 2024 · filed by BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION as “BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION 401(K) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN” · EIN 042695240, plan number 001 · search the filings
These are the funds in the Boston Scientific retirement plan whose voting records we can trace, taken from the plan’s own annual filing. The figures show what each one did with shareholder proposals.
SourceThe fund menu is the list of investments in Boston Scientific’s own annual retirement-plan filing · open the filing
| Fund | Climate | Workers | Pay equity | Exec pay backed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 Index Trust listed as “500 Index Adm” | 3 of 67 | 6 of 22 | 0 of 7 | 88.9% |
| Fidelity Mid Cap Growth Index Fund listed as “Mid-Cap Growth Index Adm” | 0 of 5 | — | 0 of 1 | 94.4% |
| Fidelity Small Cap Growth Index Fund listed as “Small-Cap Growth Index Adm” | 0 of 1 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 2 | 92.2% |
| Fidelity Small Cap Value Index Fund listed as “Small-Cap Value Index Adm” | 0 of 1 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 1 | 93.3% |
| Real Estate Index Portfolio listed as “Real Estate Index Adm” | 0 of 1 | — | — | 95.6% |
| Mid Cap Index Trust listed as “Mid Cap Index Adm” | 3 of 10 | 0 of 1 | 1 of 2 | 94% |
| Small Cap Index Trust listed as “Small-Cap Index Adm” | 0 of 2 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 2 | 86.2% |
| Fidelity Mid Cap Value Index Fund listed as “Mid-Cap Value Index Adm” | 0 of 24 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 3 | 96.4% |
| Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund listed as “Emerging Mkts Stock Idx Adm” | — | — | — | 41.7% |
| Vanguard Target Retirement Income Fund listed as “Target Retirement Income Fund” · record folded from the funds it holds | 0 of 174 | 0 of 33 | 0 of 13 | 91.5% |
What this means for you
Most people are in whichever fund their plan made the default, and never look again. The figures above are the part nobody shows you when you pick: not the fee, not last year's return, but what the fund did with the shares your savings paid for.
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