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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on July 27, 2012</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right">Registration
No. 333-_____</P>



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<P STYLE="font: bold 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">FORM S-8</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">UNDER</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; text-align: center">CONMED CORPORATION</P>

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Charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 41%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 29%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><B>New York<BR>
</B><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><B>16-0977505<BR>
</B><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(IRS Employer<BR>
Identification Number)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>525 French Road</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Utica, New York 13502-5994</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>CONMED Corporation Amended and Restated
Long-Term Incentive Plan<BR>
</B>(Full Title of the Plan)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-right: 2.4in; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 2.4in; text-align: center"><B>Daniel S. Jonas, Esq.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>CONMED Corporation</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Utica, New York 13502-5994</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(315) 797-8375</B></P>

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for Service)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0">Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large
accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer&rdquo; and &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act.</P>

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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 59%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Large accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&yacute;</FONT></TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 33%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Non-accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT> (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Smaller reporting company <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; text-align: center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 16%; border-top: windowtext 1.5pt double; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Amount<BR> to be<BR> Registered(1)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 16%; border-top: windowtext 1.5pt double; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Offering Price<BR>
Per Share<SUP>(2)</SUP></B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 16%; border-top: windowtext 1.5pt double; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Proposed Maximum<BR> Aggregate<BR> Offering Price</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 16%; border-top: windowtext 1.5pt double; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Amount of<BR> Registration<BR> Fee</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border: windowtext 1pt solid; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 12.6pt; text-indent: -12.6pt"><B>Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, issued <BR>
under CONMED Corporation Amended and<BR>
 Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan</B>&#9;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border: windowtext 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">1,000,000</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border: windowtext 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">$25.62</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border: windowtext 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">$25,615,000</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border: windowtext 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">$2,935.48</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(1)</TD><TD>This Registration Statement also relates to an indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock that may be issued
pursuant to anti-dilution and adjustment provisions of the CONMED Corporation Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(2)</TD><TD>Calculated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) based upon the average of the
high and low prices reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market on July 26, 2012, $25.62 per share.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in">PART
I<BR>
<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><U>EXPLANATORY NOTE</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">As permitted by
Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), this registration statement omits the
information specified in Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to
the participants in the plans covered by this registration statement as required by Rule 428(b). Such documents are not being filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses
or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in">PART
II<BR>
<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>

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    <TD>Incorporation of Documents By Reference</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The following documents
filed by CONMED Corporation (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;), pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange
Act&rdquo;) (File No. 0-16093), are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2012; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
description of the Registrant&rsquo;s Common Stock which is contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on August
5, 1987 pursuant to the Exchange Act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">All documents filed
by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Any statement contained
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement
so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.5in">Item 2.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Description of Securities</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.5in">Item 3.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The validity of
the Common Stock registered hereby, shares of which are issuable by the Registrant pursuant to the CONMED Corporation Amended and
Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan, is being passed on by Daniel S. Jonas, Vice President-Legal Affairs and General Counsel of the
Registrant, who as an executive officer of the Registrant is a beneficiary under the CONMED Corporation Amended and Restated Long-Term
Incentive Plan.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.5in">Item 4.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Indemnification of Directors and Officers</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 722 of the
New York Business Corporation Law (the &ldquo;BCL&rdquo;) provides that a corporation may indemnify an officer or director, in
the case of third party actions, against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses and, in the case
of derivative actions, against amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, if the director or officer &ldquo;acted, in
good faith, for a purpose which he reasonably believed to be in . . . the best interests of the corporation&rdquo; and, in the
case of criminal actions, in addition, &ldquo;had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.&rdquo; Statutory
indemnification may not be provided in derivative actions in respect of a threatened action, or a pending action which is settled
or otherwise disposed of, or any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation,
unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action was brought, or, if no action was brought, any court of competent
jurisdiction, determines upon application that, in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such portion of the settlement and expenses as the court deems proper.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">As contemplated
by BCL Section 721, the Registrant&rsquo;s By-laws, as amended and restated on April 29, 2011, provide a broader basis for indemnification
in accordance with and as permitted by BCL Article 7.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 6.6 of the
By-Laws of the Registrant (referred to in the By-Laws as the &ldquo;Corporation&rdquo;) provides as follows:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&ldquo;Section
6.6. Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify each person made or threatened to be made a party to any action or proceeding,
whether civil or criminal, by reason of the fact that such person or such person&rsquo;s testator or intestate is or was a director
or officer of the Corporation, or serves or served at the request of the Corporation, any other corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise in any capacity, against judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid in
settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys&rsquo; fees, incurred in connection with such action or proceeding, or
any appeal therein, provided that no such indemnification shall be made if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to such
person establishes that his or her acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and
were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or that he or she personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage
to which he or she was not legally entitled, and provided further that no such indemnification shall be required with respect to
any settlement or other nonadjudicated disposition of any threatened or pending action or proceeding unless the Corporation has
given its prior consent to such settlement or other disposition.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Corporation
may advance or promptly reimburse upon request any person entitled to indemnification hereunder for all expenses, including attorneys&rsquo;
fees, reasonably incurred in defending any action or proceeding in advance of the final disposition thereof upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount if such person is ultimately found not to be entitled to indemnification
or, where indemnification is granted, to the extent the expenses so advanced or reimbursed exceed the amount to which such person
is entitled, provided, however, that such person shall cooperate in good faith with any request by the Corporation that common
counsel be utilized by the parties to an action or proceeding who are similarly situated unless to do so would be inappropriate
due to actual or potential differing interests between or among such parties.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Anything in
these by-laws to the contrary notwithstanding, no elimination of this by-law, and no amendment of this by-law adversely affecting
the right of any person to indemnification or advancement of expenses hereunder shall be effective until the 60th day following
notice to such person of such action, and no elimination of or amendment to this by-law shall deprive any person of his or her
rights hereunder arising out of alleged or actual occurrences, acts or failures to act prior to such 60th day.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Corporation
shall not, except by elimination or amendment of this by-law in a manner consistent with the preceding paragraph, take any corporate
action or enter into any agreement which prohibits, or otherwise limits the rights of any person to, indemnification in accordance
with the provisions of this by-law. The indemnification of any person provided by this by-law shall continue after such person
has ceased to be a director, officer or employee of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of such person&rsquo;s heirs,
executors, administrators and legal representatives.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Corporation
is authorized to enter into agreements with any of its directors, officers or employees extending rights to indemnification and
advancement of expenses to such person to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it currently exists, but the failure
to enter into any such agreement, shall not affect or limit the rights of such person pursuant to this by-law, it being expressly
recognized hereby that all directors, officers and employees of the Corporation, by serving as such after the adoption hereof,
are acting in reliance hereon and that the Corporation is estopped to contend otherwise.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">In case any
provision in this by-law shall be determined at any time to be unenforceable in any respect, the other provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the affected provision shall be given the fullest possible enforcement in the circumstances,
it being the intention of the Corporation to afford indemnification and advancement of expenses to its directors, officers and
employees, acting in such capacities or in the other capacities mentioned herein, to the fullest extent permitted by law.</P>

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of this by-law, the Corporation shall be deemed to have requested a person to serve an employee benefit plan where the performance
by such person of his or her duties to the Corporation also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, such person to
the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the plan, and excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit
plan pursuant to applicable law shall be considered indemnifiable expenses. For purposes of this by-law, the term &ldquo;Corporation&rdquo;
shall include any legal successor to the Corporation, including any corporation which acquires all or substantially all of the
assets of the Corporation in one or more transactions.&rdquo;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Exhibits</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 1in; padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify">Exhibit<BR>
<U>No.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; text-decoration: underline; text-align: justify">Description</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify">4.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify">Amended and Restated By-Laws -- incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify">4.2</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify">1999 Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CONMED Corporation -- incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify">4.3</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify">Composite Version of the CONMED Corporation Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify">5</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify">Opinion of Daniel S. Jonas, Vice President-Legal Affairs &amp; General Counsel of CONMED Corporation, with respect to the securities being registered hereunder.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify">23.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify">Consent of Daniel S. Jonas (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto).</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify">23.2</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify">24</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of the Registration Statement).</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Undertakings</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(a)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9;To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(2)&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9;That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof; and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(3)&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9;&#9;To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)&#9;&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9;The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
<I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(c)&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9;&#9;Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion
of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment
by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: justify"><B>SIGNATURES
OF CONMED CORPORATION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Utica, State of New York on this 27<SUP>th</SUP> day of July, 2012.</P>

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    <TD NOWRAP>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" NOWRAP STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">CONMED Corporation</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD NOWRAP>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" NOWRAP STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD NOWRAP>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" NOWRAP STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD NOWRAP>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-right: -5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" NOWRAP STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">/s/ Daniel S. Jonas</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 5%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 5%; padding-right: -5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">Name:</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 40%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">Daniel S. Jonas, Esq.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD NOWRAP>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-right: -5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">Title:</TD>
    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify">Vice President - Legal Affairs &amp; General Counsel</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL MEN BY
THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Daniel S. Jonas his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with
all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the indicated
capacities on this 27<SUP>th</SUP> day of July, 2012.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-decoration: underline; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom; text-indent: 1in">Title</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Eugene
        R. Corasanti</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Eugene R. Corasanti</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Joseph
        J. Corasanti</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Joseph J. Corasanti</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Robert
        D. Shallish, Jr.</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Robert D. Shallish, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">(Principal Financial Officer)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Luke A.
        Pomilio</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Vice President - Corporate Controller</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Luke A. Pomilio</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Bruce
        F. Daniels</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Bruce F. Daniels</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Jo Ann
        Golden</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Jo Ann Golden</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Stephen
        M. Mandia</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Stephen M. Mandia</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Stuart
        J. Schwartz</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Director</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Stuart J. Schwartz</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">/s/ Mark E. Tryniski</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">Director</TD></TR>
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    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; text-align: center">Mark E. Tryniski</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 37.2pt 0 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<U>No.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt; text-decoration: underline">Description</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt">4.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt">Amended and Restated By-Laws -- incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt">4.2</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt">1999 Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CONMED Corporation -- incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt">4.3</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt">Composite Version of the CONMED Corporation Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt">5</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt">Opinion of Daniel S. Jonas, Vice President-Legal Affairs &amp; General Counsel of CONMED Corporation, with respect to the securities being registered hereunder.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt">Consent of Daniel S. Jonas (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto).</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt">23.2</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 12pt">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of the Registration Statement).</TD></TR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on July 27, 2012
Registration
No. 333-_____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CONMED CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its
Charter)
New York
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
16-0977505
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
525 French Road
Utica, New York 13502-5994
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
CONMED Corporation Amended and Restated
Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Daniel S. Jonas, Esq.
CONMED Corporation
525 French Road
Utica, New York 13502-5994
(315) 797-8375
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent
for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act.
Large accelerated filer
ý
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount
to be
Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
(2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, issued
under CONMED Corporation Amended and
Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan
1,000,000
$25.62
$25,615,000
$2,935.48
(1)
This Registration Statement also relates to an indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock that may be issued
pursuant to anti-dilution and adjustment provisions of the CONMED Corporation Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan.
(2)
Calculated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) based upon the average of the
high and low prices reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market on July 26, 2012, $25.62 per share.
PART
I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
EXPLANATORY NOTE
As permitted by
Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement omits the
information specified in Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to
the participants in the plans covered by this registration statement as required by Rule 428(b). Such documents are not being filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses
or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act.
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PART
II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 1.
Incorporation of Documents By Reference
The following documents
filed by CONMED Corporation (the "Registrant"), pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act") (File No. 0-16093), are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)       The
annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011;
(b)       The
quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2012; and
(c)       The
description of the Registrant's Common Stock which is contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on August
5, 1987 pursuant to the Exchange Act.
All documents filed
by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement
so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 2.
Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 3.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
The validity of
the Common Stock registered hereby, shares of which are issuable by the Registrant pursuant to the CONMED Corporation Amended and
Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan, is being passed on by Daniel S. Jonas, Vice President-Legal Affairs and General Counsel of the
Registrant, who as an executive officer of the Registrant is a beneficiary under the CONMED Corporation Amended and Restated Long-Term
Incentive Plan.
Item 4.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 722 of the
New York Business Corporation Law (the "BCL") provides that a corporation may indemnify an officer or director, in
the case of third party actions, against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses and, in the case
of derivative actions, against amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, if the director or officer "acted, in
good faith, for a purpose which he reasonably believed to be in . . . the best interests of the corporation" and, in the
case of criminal actions, in addition, "had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful." Statutory
indemnification may not be provided in derivative actions in respect of a threatened action, or a pending action which is settled
or otherwise disposed of, or any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation,
unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action was brought, or, if no action was brought, any court of competent
jurisdiction, determines upon application that, in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such portion of the settlement and expenses as the court deems proper.
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As contemplated
by BCL Section 721, the Registrant's By-laws, as amended and restated on April 29, 2011, provide a broader basis for indemnification
in accordance with and as permitted by BCL Article 7.
Section 6.6 of the
By-Laws of the Registrant (referred to in the By-Laws as the "Corporation") provides as follows:
"Section
6.6. Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify each person made or threatened to be made a party to any action or proceeding,
whether civil or criminal, by reason of the fact that such person or such person's testator or intestate is or was a director
or officer of the Corporation, or serves or served at the request of the Corporation, any other corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise in any capacity, against judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid in
settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in connection with such action or proceeding, or
any appeal therein, provided that no such indemnification shall be made if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to such
person establishes that his or her acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and
were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or that he or she personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage
to which he or she was not legally entitled, and provided further that no such indemnification shall be required with respect to
any settlement or other nonadjudicated disposition of any threatened or pending action or proceeding unless the Corporation has
given its prior consent to such settlement or other disposition.
The Corporation
may advance or promptly reimburse upon request any person entitled to indemnification hereunder for all expenses, including attorneys'
fees, reasonably incurred in defending any action or proceeding in advance of the final disposition thereof upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount if such person is ultimately found not to be entitled to indemnification
or, where indemnification is granted, to the extent the expenses so advanced or reimbursed exceed the amount to which such person
is entitled, provided, however, that such person shall cooperate in good faith with any request by the Corporation that common
counsel be utilized by the parties to an action or proceeding who are similarly situated unless to do so would be inappropriate
due to actual or potential differing interests between or among such parties.
Anything in
these by-laws to the contrary notwithstanding, no elimination of this by-law, and no amendment of this by-law adversely affecting
the right of any person to indemnification or advancement of expenses hereunder shall be effective until the 60th day following
notice to such person of such action, and no elimination of or amendment to this by-law shall deprive any person of his or her
rights hereunder arising out of alleged or actual occurrences, acts or failures to act prior to such 60th day.
The Corporation
shall not, except by elimination or amendment of this by-law in a manner consistent with the preceding paragraph, take any corporate
action or enter into any agreement which prohibits, or otherwise limits the rights of any person to, indemnification in accordance
with the provisions of this by-law. The indemnification of any person provided by this by-law shall continue after such person
has ceased to be a director, officer or employee of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of such person's heirs,
executors, administrators and legal representatives.
The Corporation
is authorized to enter into agreements with any of its directors, officers or employees extending rights to indemnification and
advancement of expenses to such person to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it currently exists, but the failure
to enter into any such agreement, shall not affect or limit the rights of such person pursuant to this by-law, it being expressly
recognized hereby that all directors, officers and employees of the Corporation, by serving as such after the adoption hereof,
are acting in reliance hereon and that the Corporation is estopped to contend otherwise.
In case any
provision in this by-law shall be determined at any time to be unenforceable in any respect, the other provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the affected provision shall be given the fullest possible enforcement in the circumstances,
it being the intention of the Corporation to afford indemnification and advancement of expenses to its directors, officers and
employees, acting in such capacities or in the other capacities mentioned herein, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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For purposes
of this by-law, the Corporation shall be deemed to have requested a person to serve an employee benefit plan where the performance
by such person of his or her duties to the Corporation also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, such person to
the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the plan, and excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit
plan pursuant to applicable law shall be considered indemnifiable expenses. For purposes of this by-law, the term "Corporation"
shall include any legal successor to the Corporation, including any corporation which acquires all or substantially all of the
assets of the Corporation in one or more transactions."
Item 5.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Exhibits
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated By-Laws -- incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.
4.2
1999 Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CONMED Corporation -- incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.
4.3
Composite Version of the CONMED Corporation Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan.
5
Opinion of Daniel S. Jonas, Vice President-Legal Affairs & General Counsel of CONMED Corporation, with respect to the securities being registered hereunder.
23.1
Consent of Daniel S. Jonas (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto).
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
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Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of the Registration Statement).
Item 7.
Undertakings
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)        	To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
(2)	       	That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof; and
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(3)	       		To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b)		       	The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)	       		Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion
of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment
by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
OF CONMED CORPORATION
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Utica, State of New York on this 27
th
day of July, 2012.
CONMED Corporation
By:
/s/ Daniel S. Jonas
Name:
Daniel S. Jonas, Esq.
Title:
Vice President - Legal Affairs & General Counsel
KNOW ALL MEN BY
THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Daniel S. Jonas his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with
all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the indicated
capacities on this 27
th
day of July, 2012.
Name
Title
/s/ Eugene
        R. Corasanti
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Eugene R. Corasanti
/s/ Joseph
        J. Corasanti
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Joseph J. Corasanti
/s/ Robert
        D. Shallish, Jr.
Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Robert D. Shallish, Jr.
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Luke A.
        Pomilio
Vice President - Corporate Controller
Luke A. Pomilio
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Bruce
        F. Daniels
Director
Bruce F. Daniels
/s/ Jo Ann
        Golden
Director
Jo Ann Golden
/s/ Stephen
        M. Mandia
Director
Stephen M. Mandia
/s/ Stuart
        J. Schwartz
Director
Stuart J. Schwartz
/s/ Mark E. Tryniski
Director
Mark E. Tryniski
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated By-Laws -- incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.
4.2
1999 Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of CONMED Corporation -- incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.
4.3
Composite Version of the CONMED Corporation Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan.
5
Opinion of Daniel S. Jonas, Vice President-Legal Affairs & General Counsel of CONMED Corporation, with respect to the securities being registered hereunder.
23.1
Consent of Daniel S. Jonas (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto).
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
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Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of the Registration Statement).
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