UTICA, N.Y., March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CONMED Corporation (Nasdaq: CNMD) announced today that its Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the company's corporate offices, 525 French Road, Utica, NY 13502 on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at 3:30 P.M. (New York Time). Shareholders of record at the close of business on March 31, 2006 shall be entitled to vote at the 2006 Annual Meeting.

CONMED Profile

CONMED is a medical technology company with an emphasis on surgical devices and equipment for minimally invasive procedures and monitoring. The Company's products serve the clinical areas of arthroscopy, powered surgical instruments, electrosurgery, cardiac monitoring disposables, endosurgery and endoscopic technologies. They are used by surgeons and physicians in a variety of specialties including orthopedics, general surgery, gynecology, neurosurgery, and gastroenterology. Headquartered in Utica, New York, the Company's 3,100 employees distribute its products worldwide from eleven manufacturing locations.

SOURCE  CONMED Corporation
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    /CONTACT:  Robert Shallish, Chief Financial Officer of CONMED Corporation,
+1-315-624-3206; or Investors, Julie Huang or Lanie Marcus, or Media, Sean
Leous, all of Financial Dynamics for CONMED, +1-212-850-5600/
    /Web site:  http://www.conmed.com /
    (CNMD)

CO:  CONMED Corporation
ST:  New York
IN:  BIO HEA MTC
SU:  CCA

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