Guidant Announces First Quarter Dividend

    Business Editors/Health Editors

    INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2005--Guidant Corporation (NYSE:GDT) today announced that the company's board of directors declared a first quarter dividend of $0.10 per share on outstanding common stock. The dividend is payable March 15, 2005, to shareholders of record on March 1, 2005.
    Guidant Corporation pioneers lifesaving technology, giving an opportunity for a better life today to millions of cardiac and vascular patients worldwide. The company, driven by a strong entrepreneurial culture of more than 12,000 employees, develops, manufactures and markets a broad array of products and services that enable less invasive care for some of life's most threatening medical conditions. For more information, visit www.guidant.com.

    NOTE TO MEDIA: For more information about Guidant, including its products and services, please visit the company's newsroom at www.guidant.com/newsroom.

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CONTACT: Guidant Corporation Steven Tragash, Corporate Communications, 317-971-2031 Andy Rieth, Investor Relations, 317-971-2061

KEYWORD: INDIANA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: MEDICAL DEVICES MEDICAL DIVIDEND SOURCE: Guidant Corporation

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