CONMED Says Completed tender Offer for Outstanding Shares of Viking Systems

CONMED Corporation CNMD ("CONMED") today announced the successful completion of the tender offer by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Arrow Merger Corporation ("Merger Sub"), for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Viking Systems, Inc. VKNG VKNG ("Viking") at a price of $0.27 per share, net to the seller in cash (less any required withholding taxes and without interest). U.S. Bank National Association, the depositary for the tender offer, has advised CONMED that, as of 12:00 midnight, New York City time, on September 21, 2012, the expiration of the tender offer, approximately 64,358,946 shares were validly tendered and not withdrawn in the tender offer, representing approximately 83.59% of Viking's currently outstanding shares (including 934,194 shares delivered through Notices of Guaranteed Delivery, representing approximately 1.21% of the shares outstanding). CONMED has accepted for payment all shares validly