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Yes Yes United States Securities and Exchange Commission Washington , D.C. 20549 Form 10 - K Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 For the fiscal year ended : December 31 , 2020 Commission file number : 001-39218 CONMED CORPORATION ( Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter ) Delaware 16-0977505 ( State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) 11311 Concept Boulevard Largo , Florida ( Address of principal executive offices ) Yes ( I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ) 33773 ( Zip Code ) ( 727 ) 392-6464 ( Registrant's telephone number , including area code ) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Name of each exchange on which registered NYSE Title of each class Common Stock , $ 0.01 par value Trading Symbol CNMD Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . No Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 ( d ) of the Act . No 凶 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . Yes > NO □ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( §232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . Yes > NO Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , a smaller reporting company , or an emerging growth company . See the definitions of " large accelerated filer " , " accelerated filer " , " smaller reporting company " , and " emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act . Large accelerated filer = Accelerated filer Non - accelerated filer Smaller reporting company Emerging growth company If an emerging growth company , indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13 ( a ) of the Exchange Act . with Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . < Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Act ) . No | As of June 30 , 2020 , the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter , the aggregate market value of the shares of voting common stock held by non - affiliates of the registrant was approximately $ 1.5 billion based upon the closing price of the Company's common stock on the NYSE Stock Market . The number of shares of the registrant's $ 0.01 par value common stock outstanding as of February 17 , 2021 was 28,942,757 . DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE : Portions of the Definitive Proxy Statement and any other informational filings for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this report .