The Cooper Companies To Present at Two Investor Conferences In May 2005

LAKE FOREST, Calif., May 3, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Cooper Companies, Inc. (NYSE:COO), today announced that A. Thomas Bender, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at the Robert Baird 2005 Growth Stock Conference Thursday, May 12th at 11:25 a.m. (CT). The conference will be held at The Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago.

Additionally, on Tuesday, May 17th at 4:40 p.m. (PT), Steve Neil, Chief Financial Officer of The Cooper Companies, will be presenting at the Bank of America Securities Health Care Conference being held at The Four Seasons Hotel, Las Vegas.

A link to both conferences will be posted on the Company's Web site 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.

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