Conmed (CNMD)

Risks

• Our financial performance is dependent on conditions in the healthcare industry and the broader economy.
• The COVID-19 global pandemic may pose significant risks to our business if the pandemic, and various responses to it, continue for an extended period of time.
• As a manufacturer of medical devices that interacts with physicians and health care providers domestically and internationally, we face risks under domestic and foreign regulations, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
• The highly competitive market for our products may create adverse pricing pressures.
• Cost reduction efforts in the healthcare industry could put pressures on our prices and margins.
• We may not be able to keep pace with technological change or to successfully develop new products with wide market acceptance, which could cause us to lose business to competitors.
• Our variable rate indebtedness subjects us to interest rate risk, which could cause our debt service obligations to increase significantly.
• Our interest rates may be impacted by the phase out of LIBOR.
• The convertible notes hedge and warrant transactions that we entered into in connection with the offering of the Convertible Notes may affect the value of the Convertible Notes and our common stock.
• We are subject to counterparty risk with respect to the convertible notes hedge transactions.
• The terms of any future preferred equity or debt financing may give holders of any preferred securities or debt securities rights that are senior to rights of our common shareholders or impose more stringent operating restrictions on our company.
• We could experience a failure of a key information technology system, process or site or a breach of information security, including a cybersecurity breach or failure of one or more key information technology systems, networks, processes, associated sites or service providers, and could potentially become liable for a breach of various data privacy regulations.
• We rely on a third party to obtain, process and distribute sports medicine allograft tissue. If such tissue cannot be obtained, is not accepted by the market or is not accepted under numerous government regulations, our results of operations could be negatively impacted.
• We distribute some products for third-party companies, and cannot ensure that our rights to distribute such third-party products will continue indefinitely.
• If we lose our patents or they are held to be invalid, or if our products or services infringe on third party patents, we could become subject to liability and our competitive position could be harmed.
• Damage to our physical properties as a result of windstorm, earthquake, fire or other natural or man-made disaster may cause a financial loss and a loss of customers.
• Our new products may fail to achieve expected levels of market acceptance.