SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Ricupati Agostino

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC.
6101 BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD, SUITE 500

(Street)
SAN RAMON CA 94583

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
COOPER COMPANIES, INC. [ COO ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
checkbox checked Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
SVP & CAO
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/01/2024
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 04/01/2024 M 2,076 A $0 7,472(1)(2) D
Common Stock 04/01/2024 F 1,053 D $99.24 6,419 D
Common Stock 09/10/2024 S 1,601 D $108.0295 4,818 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Units (3) 04/01/2024 M 2,076 (4) (4) Common Stock 2,076 $0 2,076 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Includes 31 shares, 95 shares and 106 shares acquired pursuant to the Issuer's Employee Stock Purchase Plan on February 1, 2024, May 1, 2024 and August 1, 2024, respectively.
2. The Form 4/A filed by the Reporting Person on February 15, 2024 understated the amount of securities beneficially owned in Box 5 of Table I by 83 shares. The amount of securities beneficially owned has been adjusted in this Form 4 to correct the aforementioned error in prior filings.
3. Each restricted stock unit ("RSU") represents a contingent right to receive one share of Issuer common stock.
4. 50% of the RSUs vested on April 1, 2024 and the remaining 50% of the RSUs shall vest on April 1, 2025.
Remarks:
Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney
/s/ Agostino Ricupati 09/10/2024
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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EX-24

Power of Attorney

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Nicholas S. Khadder, Aloma Avery, Asad Sattar, and Michelle Cloutier, signing singly, as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of The Cooper Companies, Inc. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5, and any amendments thereto, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(2)
do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3)
take any other action whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever required, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

The Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holding of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

I hereby revoke any and all previously granted Powers of Attorney previously signed by me relating to the powers granted herein.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of 13 June 2024.

Signature: /s/ Agostino Ricupati

Print Name: Agostino Ricupati