UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 3, 2012

 

 

CONMED CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

New York 0-16093 16-0977505
(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) File Number) Identification No.)

 

 

 

525 French Road

Utica, New York 13502

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

 

 

(315) 797-8375

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions (See General Instruction A.2 below):

 

oWritten communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On December 3, 2012, CONMED Corporation announced it will be paying a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share on January 7, 2013 to all shareholders of record as of December 17, 2012.

 

 

 

 

 
 

Signature

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

  CONMED CORPORATION
              (Registrant)
     
     
  By: /s/Robert D. Shallish, Jr.
    Robert D. Shallish, Jr.
    Vice President-Finance and
    Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: December 7, 2012