Cooper Companies to Present at the 23rd Annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference

Cooper Companies to Present at the 23rd Annual JP Morgan Healthcare ConferenceLAKE FOREST, Calif., Jan. 6, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Cooper Companies, Inc. (NYSE:COO), today announced that A. Thomas Bender, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, will be presenting at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference on Monday, January 10 at 2:30 pm (PDT). The conference will be held at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. A link to the JP Morgan live webcast and recording of Cooper's presentation will available on the Company's website at www.coopercos.com.

Corporate Information

The Cooper Companies, Inc. manufactures and markets specialty healthcare products through its CooperVision and CooperSurgical units. Corporate offices are in Lake Forest and Pleasanton, Calif. The 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.

CooperVision manufactures and markets contact lenses and ophthalmic surgery products. Headquartered in Lake Forest, Calif., it manufactures in Albuquerque, N.M., Huntington Beach, Calif., Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, Norfolk, Va., Rochester, N.Y., Adelaide, Australia, Hamble and Hampshire England, Ligny-en-Barrios, France, Madrid, Spain and Toronto. Its Web address is www.coopervision.com.

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 Pasadena, Calif., North Normandy, Ill., Fort Atkinson, Wis., Malmo, Sweden, Montreal and Berlin. Its Web address is www.coopersurgical.com.

CONTACT:

Norris Battin
The Cooper Companies, Inc.
ir@coopercompanies.com