The Cooper Companies to Present At the Bear Stearn's 19th Annual Healthcare Conference

LAKE FOREST, Calif., Sept. 6, 2006, Sep 6, 2006 (PRIMEZONE via COMTEX News Network) -- The Cooper Companies, Inc. (NYSE:COO) today announced that Robert Weiss, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, will be presenting at the Bear Stearn's 19th Annual Healthcare Conference Monday, September 11th at 10:00am ET. The conference will be held at The Grand Hyatt in New York.

A link to the conference will be posted 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., Fort Atkinson, Wis., Malmo, Sweden, Montreal and Berlin. Its Web address is www.coopersurgical.com.

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SOURCE: Cooper Companies

The Cooper Companies, Inc.
Norris Battin
888-822-2660
Fax: (949) 768-3688
ir@coopercompanies.com