The Cooper Companies, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2005 Earnings Conference Call

LAKE FOREST, Calif., Mar 2, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Cooper Companies, Inc (NYSE:COO), will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss first quarter results on Wednesday, March 9, 2005, at 5:00p.m. Eastern Time.

This call is being webcast by Thomson/CCBN and can be accessed at The Cooper Companies, Inc Web site at www.coopercos.com.

The webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call at www.fulldisclosure.com, Thomson/CCBN's individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.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.

SOURCE: The Cooper Companies, Inc.

The Cooper Companies, Inc.
Christie Callison, 949-597-4700, ext.3345
ir@coopercompanies.com