ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD) reported net income of $6.3 million, in the first quarter, down nearly 27 percent from $8.6 million, in the year-ago period.
The Utica–based surgical-device maker’s reported net earnings included restructuring costs in both 2015 and 2014, along with charges for dealing with a patent dispute, activist shareholders, and New York state corporate-tax reform in 2014, the company said in its earnings release.
Excluding the impact of those items, ConMed’s adjusted net earnings of $11.8 million was down 13 percent and adjusted net earnings per share of 42 cents was off 14 percent from the year-prior period, ConMed said.
ConMed released its first-quarter financial report after the markets closed on Wednesday. Shares of the medical-device maker jumped $4.60, or 9.3 percent, to $53.95 in Thursday’s trading, as of 2:15 p.m., according to