The Cooper Companies Set Annual Meeting and Stockholder Record Dates

The Cooper Companies Set Annual Meeting and Stockholder Record Dates

Dec 27, 2007
The Cooper Companies Set Annual Meeting and Stockholder Record Dates

PLEASANTON, Calif., Dec. 27, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The Cooper Companies, Inc. (NYSE:COO) today announced that it will hold its next annual meeting of stockholders on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. at the offices of Latham & Watkins in New York City. Stockholders of record as of the close of business on February 4, 2008 will be eligible to vote on matters presented in the Company's proxy statement, including electing its slate of directors. The Company plans to mail its proxy statement on or about February 11, 2008.

Corporate Information

The Cooper Companies, Inc. (www.coopercos.com) manufactures and markets specialty healthcare products through its CooperVision and CooperSurgical units. Corporate offices are in Pleasanton, Calif. A toll free interactive telephone system at 1-800-334-1986 provides stock quotes, recent press releases and financial data.

CooperVision (www.coopervision.com) manufactures and markets contact lenses. Headquartered in Pleasanton, Calif., it manufactures in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, Norfolk, Va., Rochester, N.Y., Adelaide, Australia, Hamble and Hampshire England and Madrid, Spain.

CooperSurgical (www.coopersurgical.com) manufactures and markets diagnostic products, surgical instruments and accessories to the women's healthcare market with headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Trumbull and Orange, Conn., and in Pasadena, Calif., Houston, Texas, Williston, Vt., Fort Atkinson, Wis., Montreal and Berlin.

The information on Cooper's Websites and its interactive telephone system are not part of this news release.

CONTACT: The Cooper Companies, Inc.
Albert G. White III
925-460-3600
ir@coopercompanies.com