The notes will mature on June 15, 2027, unless redeemed, repurchased or converted earlier. The initial conversion rate, interest rate, and certain other terms of the notes will be determined by negotiations between CONMED and the initial purchasers. Prior to March 15, 2027, the notes will be convertible only upon satisfaction of certain conditions and during certain periods, and, thereafter, the notes will be convertible at any time until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date. Upon conversion, CONMED will pay cash up to the aggregate principal amount of the notes to be converted and pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of CONMED’s common stock or a combination of cash and shares of common stock, at its election, in respect of the remainder, if any, of its conversion obligation in excess of the aggregate principal amount of the notes being converted.
In connection with the pricing of the notes, CONMED expects to enter into privately negotiated convertible note hedge transactions with one or more of the initial purchasers and/or their respective affiliates (the “option counterparties”). The convertible note hedge transactions will cover, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments substantially similar to those applicable to the notes, the same number of shares of CONMED’s common stock that will initially underlie the notes, and are expected generally to reduce the potential dilution to CONMED’s common stock and/or offset any potential cash payments CONMED is required to make in excess of the principal amount upon conversion of the notes in the event that the market price of CONMED’s common stock is greater than the strike price of the convertible note hedge transactions. CONMED also expects to concurrently enter into warrant transactions with the option counterparties relating to the same number of shares of CONMED’s common stock, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments. The warrant transactions could separately have a dilutive effect if the market price of CONMED’s common stock exceeds the strike price of the warrant transactions.
CONMED has been advised by the option counterparties that, in connection with establishing their initial hedge position with respect to the convertible note hedge transactions and warrant transactions, the option counterparties and/or their respective affiliates expect to purchase shares of CONMED’s common stock in secondary market transactions and/or enter into various derivative transactions with respect to CONMED’s common stock concurrently with, or shortly after, the pricing of the notes, including with certain investors in the notes. This activity could increase (or reduce the size of any decrease in) the market price of CONMED’s common stock or the notes at that time.
CONMED has also been advised by the option counterparties that the option counterparties or their respective affiliates may modify their hedge positions by entering into or unwinding various derivative transactions with respect to CONMED’s common stock and/or purchasing or selling CONMED’s common stock or other of CONMED’s securities or instruments, including the notes, in secondary market transactions following the pricing of the notes and prior to the maturity of the notes.
The option counterparties may choose to engage in, or to discontinue engaging in, any of these transactions with or without notice at any time, and their decisions will be in their sole discretion. The effect, if any, of such activities of the option counterparties, including direction or magnitude, on the market price of CONMED’s common stock or the price of the notes will depend on a variety of factors, including market conditions, and cannot be ascertained at this time.
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