SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Gallagher John E (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O CONMED CORPORATION 11311 CONCEPT BOULEVARD (Street) LARGO FL 33773 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 07/15/2026	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CONMED Corp [ CNMD ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Executive Vice President & CFO	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	0	D(1)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. John Gallagher became an Officer of CONMED on July 15, 2026.

	/s/ Thomas Fistek for John Gallagher by Power of Attorney	07/17/2026
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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CONMED CORPORATION
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 AND RULE 144 FILINGS AND
LOCK-UP AGREEMENTS

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of the following attorneys of CONMED Corporation (the ?Company?):
Hollie Foust, EVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary; Thomas Fistek,
Chief Counsel, Assistant Corporate Secretary; Megan Zielonko, Director,
Counsel; Amber Straub, Director, Counsel; Lawrence Jordan III, Director,
Counsel; Kim Lockwood, Senior Director Financial Reporting; Julie Hall, Senior
Manager, Corporate Programs; Celeste Templeton, Manager Compensation; and Kira
Muren, Senior Paralegal, as the undersigned?s true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to: 1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned?s
capacity as an officer or director or both of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5
(and any amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder (the ?Exchange Act?), and any Form 144 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, as well as any Lock-Up Agreements; 2. do and perform any and
all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, 5, Form 144 Notice or
Lock-Up Agreements, complete and execute any amendments thereto, and timely
file such form, with all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and any securities exchange or similar
authority; 3. seek or obtain, as the undersigned?s representative and on the
undersigned?s behalf, information on transactions in the Company?s securities
from any third party, including but not limited to brokers, employee benefit
plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any
such person to release any such information to each of the undersigned?s
attorneys-in-fact appointed by this Limited Power of Attorney and approves and
ratifies any such release of information; and 4. take any other action in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by or for,
the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such information and
disclosure as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact?s
discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact, acting
individually, full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and
thing whatsoever required, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of
any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact?s substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of
Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request and on the behalf of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned?s responsibilities to comply with, or
any liability for the failure to comply with, any provision of Section 16 of
the Exchange Act. This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 and
144 and Lock-Up Agreements with respect to the undersigned?s holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each of the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
Limited Power of Attorney as of this 29th day of June, 2026. 	Signed and
acknowledged: acknowledged: 	John Gallagher 	Signature 	Signature 	John
Gallagher 	Printed Name ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STATE OF NEW JERSEY JERSEY COUNTY OF
BERGEN 	On June 29, 2026, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared John
Gallagher, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory
evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument
and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in his/her capacity, and
that by his/her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon
behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument. Allessandro My
Comm. Expires October 23, 2029 Notary Public New Jersey