Cooper Companies UP $1.00
LAKE FOREST, Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--Dec. 5, 2001--The Cooper Companies Inc. (NYSE:COO) announced today that consistent with its plan to pay annual dividends of 10 cents per share, the Company declared a semi-annual dividend of 5 cents per share, payable on January 4, 2002 to stockholders of record on December 14, 2001.
The Cooper Companies, Inc. and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market specialty healthcare products. Corporate offices are located in Lake Forest and Pleasanton, Calif. A toll free interactive telephone system at 1-800-334-1986 provides stock quotes, recent press releases and financial data. The Cooper Companies' World Wide Web address is www.coopercos.com.
CooperVision, Inc., markets a broad range of contact lenses for the vision care market. Headquartered in Lake Forest, Calif., it manufactures in Huntington Beach, Calif., Rochester, N.Y., Hamble, England and Toronto. Its Web address is www.coopervision.com. CooperSurgical, Inc., with operations in Shelton, Conn., Montreal and Berlin, markets diagnostic products, surgical instruments and accessories used primarily by gynecologists and obstetricians. Its Web address is www.coopersurgical.com.