: CONMED Corporation Todd Garner Chief Financial Officer 315-624-3317 ToddGarner@conmed.com Dirk Kuyper to Step Down from CONMED Corporation Board of Directors Effective

Dirk Kuyper to Step Down from CONMED Corporation

Effective August 1, 2019

Utica, New York, June 18, 2019 - CONMED

Corporation (NASDAQ: CNMD) today announced that independent director, Dirk M. Kuyper, has submitted a notice of resignation,

which will take effect on August 1, 2019.

"Dirk has been a highly valued voice

in the board room for the past six years, and we are grateful for his service to CONMED," commented Mark Tryniski, Chair

of CONMED's Board of Directors, "Dirk has provided truly valuable insights and strategic direction to management throughout

his tenure on the Board, and, on behalf of the entire Board of Directors and our leadership team, I thank Dirk for his important

contributions to CONMED's success. We appreciate and respect his desire to devote more time and focus to his growing business

interests, and we wish him all the best in those pursuits."

tenure on CONMED's Board has been a tremendously positive experience," Mr. Kuyper said. "I have great confidence

in Curt Hartman's vision and strategy for CONMED, and I believe he has the right team in place to achieve his vision of sustainable

CONMED further announced that its Corporate

Governance and Nominating Committee has retained Trewstar Corporate Board Services, a search firm that works exclusively at the

Board level and specializes in the placement of candidates offering gender and ethnic diversity, to conduct a search to fill the

director position being vacated as a result of Mr. Kuyper's resignation.

About CONMED Corporation

CONMED is a medical technology company that

provides surgical devices and equipment for minimally invasive procedures. The Company's products are used by surgeons and

physicians in a variety of specialties, including orthopedics, general surgery, gynecology, neurosurgery, thoracic surgery and

gastroenterology. For more information, visit www.conmed.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may contain forward-looking

statements based on certain assumptions and contingencies that involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results,

performance, or trends to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements herein or in previous disclosures.

For example, in addition to general industry and economic conditions, factors that could cause actual results to differ materially

from those in the forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, the risk factors discussed in the Company's Annual

Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 and listed under the heading Forward-Looking Statements

in the Company's most recently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Any and all forward-looking statements are made pursuant

to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and relate to the Company's performance

on a going-forward basis. The Company believes that all forward-looking statements made by it have a reasonable basis, but there

can be no assurance that management's expectations, beliefs or projections as expressed in the forward-looking statements

will actually occur or prove to be correct.