Cooper Companies Announces Location Change For Stockholders Meeting

Cooper Companies Announces Location Change For Stockholders MeetingLAKE FOREST, Calif., Feb. 9, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Cooper Companies, Inc. (NYSE:COO) said today that its 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held at the Omni Berkshire Place, 21 East 52nd Street, New York, NY instead of the Benjamin Hotel as previously announced.

The date and time remain the same: March 23, 2004 at 10 a.m.

Corporate Information

The Cooper Companies, Inc. manufactures and markets specialty healthcare products through its CooperSurgical and CooperVision units. Its corporate offices are in Lake Forest and Pleasanton, Calif. Its World Wide Web address is www.coopercos.com. A toll free interactive telephone system at 1-800-334-1986 provides stock quotes, recent press releases and financial data.

CooperSurgical manufactures and markets diagnostic products, surgical instruments and accessories to the women's healthcare market. With headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Trumbull, Conn., it also manufactures in Bedminster, N.J., Cranford, N.J., Fort Atkinson, Wis., Malmo, Sweden, Montreal and Berlin. Its World Wide Web address is www.coopersurgical.com.

CooperVision manufactures and markets a broad range of contact lenses. Headquartered in Lake Forest, Calif., it manufactures in Huntington Beach, Calif., Rochester, N.Y., Norfolk, Va., Adelaide, Australia, Hamble, England, Madrid, Spain and Toronto. Its Web address is www.coopervision.com.

CONTACT:
The Cooper Companies, Inc., Lake Forest
Norris Battin
ir@coopercompanies.com
888-822-2660