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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-20-026825
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20200206
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200206

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CONMED CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000816956
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTROMEDICAL & ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS [3845]
		IRS NUMBER:				160977505
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-39218
		FILM NUMBER:		20583105

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		525 FRENCH ROAD
		CITY:			UTICA
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			13502
		BUSINESS PHONE:		315-624-3208

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		525 FRENCH ROAD
		CITY:			UTICA
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			13502
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g)&nbsp;OF THE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:20pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CONMED
CORPORATION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">16-0977505</FONT></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Utica, New York</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Address of
principal executive offices)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>13502</B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="center"><B>to be so registered</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Name of each exchange on which</B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Common Stock,</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">par value $0.01 per share</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">The New York Stock Exchange</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <center>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective
pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. &#9746;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If
this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. &#9744;</P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a
Regulation A offering, check the following box. &#9744;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities Act registration
statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates (if applicable):</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities to be registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Act: <B>None</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>This
registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> is being filed by CONMED Corporation, a New York corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;)
in connection with the Company&#146;s transfer of its listing of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;<U>Common Stock</U>&#148;), from the NASDAQ Global Select Market (the &#147;<U>NASDAQ</U>&#148;) to the New York Stock Exchange (the
&#147;<U>NYSE</U>&#148;). Upon the commencement of trading of the Common Stock on the NYSE, the Company will voluntarily withdraw the Common Stock from listing on the NASDAQ. </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Description of Registrant&#146;s Securities to be Registered. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Description of Common Stock </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
following is a description of the general terms, provisions and rights of Common Stock and related provisions of the Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation (the &#147;<U>Certificate of Incorporation</U>&#148;) and bylaws (the
&#147;<U>Bylaws</U>&#148;) and applicable New York law. This description is qualified in its entirety by, and should be read in conjunction with, the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and applicable New York law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Authorized Shares </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have the authority to issue an
aggregate of 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock. As of February&nbsp;5, 2020, there were 31,299,194 shares of our Common Stock issued and 28,490,183 shares of our Common Stock outstanding. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Dividend Rights </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to the preferences, limitations
and relative rights of holders of our preferred stock, the holders of Common Stock are entitled to share ratably in dividends if, when and as declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available therefor. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under New York law, a corporation may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions in cash or its bonds or its property on its outstanding shares,
except when the corporation is insolvent or would thereby be made insolvent, or when the declaration, payment or distribution would be contrary to any restriction contained in the certificate of incorporation. Our Certificate of Incorporation
contains no such restriction. In general, dividends may be declared or paid and other distributions may be made out of surplus only, so that the net assets of the corporation remaining after such declaration, payment or distribution shall at least
equal the amount of its stated capital. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Voting Rights </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to the preferences, limitations and relative rights of holders of our preferred stock, the holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each
share held of record on all matters at all meetings of shareholders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Liquidation Rights </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to the preferences, limitations and relative rights of holders of our preferred stock, the holders of Common Stock are entitled, in the event of our
liquidation, dissolution or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">winding-up,</FONT> to share ratably in the distribution of assets remaining after payment of debts and expenses. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Absence of Other Rights </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Common Stock has no sinking
fund or redemption provisions or preemptive, conversion or exchange rights. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Anti-Takeover Effects of Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws contain provisions that may delay, defer or discourage another party from acquiring control of us. We
expect that these provisions, some of which are summarized below, will discourage coercive takeover practices or inadequate takeover bids. These provisions are also designed to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to first negotiate
with the board of directors, which we believe may result in an improvement of the terms of any such acquisition in favor of our shareholders. However, they also give the board of directors the power to discourage acquisitions that some shareholders
may favor. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Bylaws provide that special meetings of shareholders may only be called by the board of directors, the chairman of the board of directors, if any, or the
president. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Advance Notice Requirements for Shareholder Proposals </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Bylaws require advance notice procedures for shareholder proposals to be brought before an annual meeting of the shareholders, including the nomination of
directors. Shareholders at an annual meeting may only consider the proposals specified in the notice of meeting or brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the board of directors, or by a shareholder of record on the record date for the
meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has delivered a timely written notice in proper form to our secretary, of the shareholder&#146;s intention to bring such business before the meeting. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York law provides generally that a majority vote of all the outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders is required to
approve amendments to a corporation&#146;s certificate of incorporation, unless a corporation&#146;s certificate of incorporation requires a greater percentage. New York law also provides generally that
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT> may be amended by a majority of the votes cast by the shares at the time entitled to vote in the election of any directors. Under New York law, when so provided in the certificate of incorporation or a
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-law</FONT> adopted by the shareholders, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws</FONT> may also be amended by the vote specified in the certificate of incorporation or
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-law,</FONT> but any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-law</FONT> adopted by the board may be amended or repealed by the shareholders entitled to vote thereon. Our Bylaws may be amended, altered, or repealed by a
majority vote of our board of directors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>New York Anti-Takeover Statute </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are subject to Section&nbsp;912 of the New York Business Combination Law. Accordingly, we may not engage in a business combination, such as a merger,
consolidation, recapitalization, asset sale or disposition of stock, with any &#147;interested shareholder&#148; for a period of five years from the date that the interested shareholder first became an interested shareholder unless: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the business combination, or the acquisition of stock that resulted in the interested shareholder first
becoming an interested shareholder, was approved by our board of directors prior to the interested shareholder becoming an interested shareholder; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the business combination is approved by the disinterested shareholders at a meeting of our shareholders called
no earlier than five years after the date that the interested shareholder first became an interested shareholder; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the business combination meets certain &#147;fair price&#148; valuation requirements. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">An &#147;interested shareholder&#148; is any person that is the beneficial owner of 20% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Company or is an
affiliate or associate of the Company that at any time during the prior five years was the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 20% or more of the then outstanding voting stock of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Indemnification of Officers and Directors </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Bylaws
provide that we indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law and authorize the Company to enter into agreements with any of our directors or officers to indemnify such person to the fullest extent permitted by law.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Transfer Agent and Registrar </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The transfer agent
and registrar for our Common Stock is Computershare Investor Services. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Exhibits. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with the &#147;Instructions as to Exhibits&#148; with respect to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A,</FONT> no exhibits are required to
be filed as part of this registration statement because no other securities of the Company are registered on The New York Stock Exchange and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;February 6, 2020</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Daniel S. Jonas</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Executive Vice President&#151;Legal Affairs, General Counsel&nbsp;&amp; Secretary</TD></TR>
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