CONMED CorporationRetirement Savings PlanIndex to Financial Statements Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm *All other schedules required by 29 CFR 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting andDisclosure under ERISA have been omitted because they are not applicable. REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM To the Participants and Administrator ofCONMED Corporation Retirement Savings Plan Opinion on the Financial StatementsWe have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of CONMED Corporation Retirement Savings Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year endedDecember31, 2025, and the related notes to the financial statements (collectively, the financial statements). In our opinion, thefinancial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2025 and Basis for OpinionThese financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Plan's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting OversightBoard (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with U.S. federal securities We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the auditto obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due toerror or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidenceregarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used Supplemental InformationThe supplemental information in the accompanying schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December31, 2025 has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s financial statements. The supplemental informationis presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but includes supplementalinformation required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the EmployeeRetirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental information is the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our auditprocedures included determining whether the supplemental information reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying /s/ Insero & Co. CPAs, LLPCertified Public Accountants We have served as the Plan’s auditor since 2004. Rochester, New YorkJune 16, 2026 Statements of Net Assets Available for BenefitsDecember 31, 2025 and 2024 CONMED CorporationRetirement Savings Plan Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for BenefitsYear Ended December 31, 2025 CONMED CorporationRetirement Savings Plan Notes to Financial StatementsDecember 31, 2025 and 2024 Note 1 -Establishment and Description of Plan Effective January 1992, CONMED Corporation (the "Company") established the CONMED Corporation Retirement Savings Plan(the "Plan"). The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering all employees of the Company and its subsidiaries who meet the servicerequirements set forth in the Plan document. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of Administration of the Plan The Company serves as Plan Administrator with full power, authority and responsibility to control and manage the operation andadministration of the Plan. Contributions A participant can contribute 1 to 50 percent of his or her annual compensation, as defined, up to the maximum annual limitations asprovided by the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”). Participants who have attained age 50 before the end of the Plan year are eligible tomake catch-up contributions. Participants may also contribute amounts representing distributions from other qualified plans. The Planincludes an auto-enrollment provision whereby all newly eligible employees, defined as having completed 90 days of employment, areautomatically enrolled in the Plan unless they affirmatively elect not to participate in the Plan. Automatically enrolled participantshave their deferral rate set at 3% of eligible compensation and their contribution invested in a designated balanced fund until changed as defined in the plan document, automatically increases annually in 1% increments until the employee’s pre-tax contribution electionreaches 7% of annual compensation, provided the employee has not elected to opt-out of the automatic in