New
York
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0-16093
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16-0977505
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(Commission
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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incorporation
or organization)
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File
Number)
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Identification
No.)
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(c)
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Exhibits
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
of Exhibit
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Press
Release dated July 25, 2006, issued by CONMED
Corporation.
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CONMED
CORPORATION
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||
(Registrant)
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||
By:
Robert D. Shallish, Jr.
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||
Vice
President-Finance and
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||
Chief
Financial Officer
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Exhibit
|
|
Number
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Exhibit
Description
|
99.1
|
Press
Release, dated July 25, 2006, issued by CONMED
Corporation.
|
NEWS
RELEASE
|
|
CONTACT:
|
|
CONMED
Corporation
|
|
Robert
Shallish
|
|
Chief
Financial Officer
|
|
315-624-3206
|
|
|
|
Financial
Dynamics
|
|
Investors:
Julie Huang/Theresa Kelleher
|
|
212-850-5600
|
|
CONMED
News Release Continued
|
Page
2 of
10
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July
25, 2006
|
Three
Months Ended June 30,
|
||||||||||||||
Constant
|
||||||||||||||
Currency
|
||||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
Growth
|
Growth
|
|||||||||||
(in
millions)
|
||||||||||||||
Arthroscopy
|
$
|
54.8
|
$
|
58.8
|
7.3
|
%
|
6.1
|
%
|
||||||
Powered
Surgical Instruments
|
33.9
|
33.3
|
-1.8
|
%
|
-2.9
|
%
|
||||||||
Electrosurgery
|
22.6
|
24.2
|
7.1
|
%
|
7.1
|
%
|
||||||||
Endoscopic
Technologies
|
15.0
|
14.7
|
-2.0
|
%
|
-2.0
|
%
|
||||||||
Endosurgery
|
12.9
|
13.3
|
3.1
|
%
|
3.1
|
%
|
||||||||
Patient
Care
|
19.1
|
19.2
|
0.5
|
%
|
0.5
|
%
|
||||||||
$
|
158.3
|
$
|
163.5
|
3.3
|
%
|
2.6
|
%
|
|||||||
CONMED
News Release Continued
|
Page 3
of
10
|
July
25, 2006
|
Six
Months Ended June 30,
|
||||||||||||||
Constant
|
||||||||||||||
Currency
|
||||||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
Growth
|
Growth
|
|||||||||||
(in
millions)
|
||||||||||||||
Arthroscopy
|
$
|
108.8
|
$
|
113.5
|
4.3
|
%
|
4.4
|
%
|
||||||
Powered
Surgical Instruments
|
69.4
|
67.5
|
-2.7
|
%
|
-2.6
|
%
|
||||||||
Electrosurgery
|
43.5
|
47.5
|
9.2
|
%
|
9.2
|
%
|
||||||||
Endoscopic
Technologies
|
29.2
|
29.4
|
0.7
|
%
|
0.7
|
%
|
||||||||
Endosurgery
|
25.2
|
25.2
|
0.0
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
||||||||
Patient
Care
|
38.0
|
38.8
|
2.1
|
%
|
2.1
|
%
|
||||||||
$
|
314.1
|
$
|
321.9
|
2.5
|
%
|
2.6
|
%
|
|||||||
CONMED
News Release Continued
|
Page 4
of
10
|
July
25, 2006
|
CONMED
News Release Continued
|
Page 5
of
10
|
July
25, 2006
|
Three
months ended
|
Six
months ended
|
||||||||||||
|
June
30,
|
June
30,
|
|||||||||||
|
2005
|
2006
|
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||
Net
sales
|
$
|
158,276
|
$
|
163,473
|
$
|
314,135
|
$
|
321,939
|
|||||
Cost
of sales
|
74,325
|
82,939
|
147,371
|
161,676
|
|||||||||
Cost
of sales, acquisition-transition -
|
|||||||||||||
Note
A
|
1,827
|
2,760
|
4,165
|
4,589
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
82,124
|
77,774
|
162,599
|
155,674
|
|||||||||
Selling
and administrative - Note B
|
53,559
|
58,123
|
106,091
|
116,497
|
|||||||||
Research
and development
|
6,375
|
7,498
|
12,224
|
15,323
|
|||||||||
Other
expense - Note C
|
2,576
|
1,584
|
4,476
|
2,154
|
|||||||||
|
62,510
|
67,205
|
122,791
|
133,974
|
|||||||||
Income
from operations
|
19,614
|
10,569
|
39,808
|
21,700
|
|||||||||
Loss
on early extinguishment of debt
|
-
|
678
|
-
|
678
|
|||||||||
Interest
expense
|
3,571
|
4,675
|
7,330
|
9,541
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Income
before income taxes
|
16,043
|
5,216
|
32,478
|
11,481
|
|||||||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
5,535
|
1,802
|
11,205
|
3,727
|
|||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
10,508
|
$
|
3,414
|
$
|
21,273
|
$
|
7,754
|
|||||
Per
share data:
|
|||||||||||||
Net
Income
|
|||||||||||||
Basic
|
$
|
.36
|
$
|
.12
|
$
|
.73
|
$
|
.28
|
|||||
Diluted
|
.35
|
.12
|
.71
|
.27
|
|||||||||
Weighted
average common shares
|
|||||||||||||
Basic
|
29,494
|
28,061
|
29,301
|
28,068
|
|||||||||
Diluted
|
30,060
|
28,266
|
29,830
|
28,312
|
CONMED
News Release Continued
|
Page 6
of
10
|
July
25, 2006
|
CONMED
News Release Continued
|
Page 7
of
10
|
July
25, 2006
|
|
December
31,
|
June
30,
|
|||||
|
2005
|
2006
|
|||||
Current
assets:
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
3,454
|
$
|
5,080
|
|||
Accounts
receivable, net
|
83,327
|
80,920
|
|||||
Inventories
|
152,428
|
153,661
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
12,887
|
12,341
|
|||||
Other
current assets
|
3,419
|
3,902
|
|||||
Total
current assets
|
255,515
|
255,904
|
|||||
Property,
plant and equipment, net
|
104,224
|
109,058
|
|||||
Goodwill
and other intangible assets, net
|
527,053
|
527,406
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
16,991
|
15,210
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
903,783
|
$
|
907,578
|
|||
LIABILITIES
AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|||||||
Current
liabilities:
|
|||||||
Current
portion of long-term debt
|
$
|
4,208
|
$
|
3,053
|
|||
Other
current liabilities
|
57,924
|
58,987
|
|||||
Total
current liabilities
|
62,132
|
62,040
|
|||||
Long-term
debt
|
302,643
|
296,902
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
62,554
|
65,597
|
|||||
Other
long-term liabilities
|
23,448
|
25,982
|
|||||
Total
liabilities
|
450,777
|
450,521
|
|||||
Shareholders'
equity:
|
|||||||
Capital
accounts
|
202,810
|
197,785
|
|||||
Retained
earnings
|
259,932
|
267,686
|
|||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
|
(9,736
|
)
|
(8,414
|
)
|
|||
Total
equity
|
453,006
|
457,057
|
|||||
|
|||||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders' equity
|
$
|
903,783
|
$
|
907,578
|
CONMED
News Release Continued
|
Page 8
of
10
|
July
25, 2006
|
Six
months ended
|
|||||||
June
30,
|
|||||||
2005
|
2006
|
||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
|||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
21,273
|
$
|
7,754
|
|||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income
|
|||||||
to
net cash provided by operating activities:
|
|||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
15,282
|
14,670
|
|||||
Share-based
payment expense
|
-
|
1,585
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
7,365
|
3,650
|
|||||
Sale
of accounts receivable
|
(3,000
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Other,
net
|
(11,025
|
)
|
(194
|
)
|
|||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
29,895
|
27,465
|
|||||
Cash
flow from investing activities:
|
|||||||
Purchases
of property, plant, and equipment, net
|
(8,098
|
)
|
(10,247
|
)
|
|||
Payments
related to business acquisitions net
of cash acquired
|
(364
|
)
|
(2,458
|
)
|
|||
Proceeds
from sale of equity investment
|
-
|
1,205
|
|||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(8,462
|
)
|
(11,500
|
)
|
|||
Cash
flow from financing activities:
|
|||||||
Payments
on debt
|
(28,979
|
)
|
(141,896
|
)
|
|||
Proceeds
of debt
|
8,000
|
135,000
|
|||||
Payments
related to issuance of debt
|
-
|
(1,260
|
)
|
||||
Net
proceeds from common stock issued under employee plans
|
13,020
|
1,238
|
|||||
Repurchase
of common stock
|
(7,759
|
)
|
(7,848
|
)
|
|||
Other,
net
|
(396
|
)
|
(572
|
)
|
|||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
(16,114
|
)
|
(15,338
|
)
|
|||
Effect
of exchange rate change
|
|||||||
on
cash and cash equivalents
|
(3,002
|
)
|
999
|
||||
Net
increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
2,317
|
1,626
|
|||||
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
4,189
|
3,454
|
|||||
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
|
$
|
6,506
|
$
|
5,080
|
CONMED
News Release Continued
|
Page 9
of
10
|
July
25, 2006
|
|
Three
months ended
|
||||||
|
June
30,
|
||||||
|
2005
|
2006
|
|||||
|
|||||||
Reported
net income
|
$
|
10,508
|
$
|
3,414
|
|||
Acquisition-transition
related costs included
|
|||||||
in
cost of sales
|
1,827
|
2,760
|
|||||
Write-off
of inventory in settlement of a patent dispute
|
-
|
595
|
|||||
Environmental
settlement costs
|
698
|
-
|
|||||
Termination
of product offering
|
429
|
27
|
|||||
Other
acquisition-related costs
|
1,449
|
962
|
|||||
Total
other expense
|
2,576
|
1,584
|
|||||
Loss
on early extinguishment of debt
|
-
|
678
|
|||||
Unusual
expense before income taxes
|
4,403
|
5,022
|
|||||
Provision
(benefit) for income taxes on unusual expense
|
(1,519
|
)
|
(1,808
|
)
|
|||
|
|||||||
Net
income before unusual items
|
$
|
13,392
|
$
|
6,628
|
|||
|
|||||||
Per
share data:
|
|||||||
Reported
net income
|
|||||||
Basic
|
$
|
0.36
|
$
|
0.12
|
|||
Diluted
|
0.35
|
0.12
|
|||||
Net
income before unusual items
|
|||||||
Basic
|
$
|
0.45
|
$
|
0.24
|
|||
Diluted
|
0.45
|
0.23
|
CONMED
News Release Continued
|
Page 10
of
10
|
July
25, 2006
|
|
Six
months ended
|
||||||
|
June
30,
|
||||||
|
2005
|
2006
|
|||||
|
|||||||
Reported
net income
|
$
|
21,273
|
$
|
7,754
|
|||
Acquisition-transition
related costs included
|
|||||||
in
cost of sales
|
4,165
|
4,589
|
|||||
Write-off
of inventory in settlement of a patent dispute
|
-
|
595
|
|||||
Environmental
settlement costs
|
698
|
-
|
|||||
Termination
of product offering
|
949
|
83
|
|||||
Other
acquisition-related costs
|
2,829
|
1,476
|
|||||
|
|||||||
Total
other expense
|
4,476
|
2,154
|
|||||
|
|||||||
Loss
on early extinguishment of debt
|
-
|
678
|
|||||
Unusual
expense before income taxes
|
8,641
|
7,421
|
|||||
Provision
(benefit) for income taxes on unusual expense
|
(2,981
|
)
|
(2,672
|
)
|
|||
Net
income before unusual items
|
$
|
26,933
|
$
|
12,503
|
|||
|
|||||||
Per
share data:
|
|||||||
Reported
net income
|
|||||||
Basic
|
$
|
0.73
|
$
|
0.28
|
|||
Diluted
|
0.71
|
0.27
|
|||||
Net
income before unusual items
|
|||||||
Basic
|
$
|
0.92
|
$
|
0.45
|
|||
Diluted
|
0.90
|
0.44
|