LAKE FOREST, Calif., May 16, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- The Cooper Companies, Inc. (NYSE:COO) announced today that consistent with its plan to pay annual dividends, the Company declared a semi-annual dividend of 3 cents per share, payable on July 3, 2003 to stockholders of record on June 13, 2003.
Corporate Information
The Cooper Companies, Inc. manufactures and markets specialty healthcare products through its CooperVision and CooperSurgical units.
CooperVision 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., Norfolk, Va., Adelaide, Australia, Farnborough and Hamble, England, Madrid, Spain and Toronto. Its Web address is www.coopervision.com.
CooperSurgical supplies diagnostic products, surgical instruments and accessories to the gynecology market. With headquarters in Trumbull, Conn., it also manufactures in Bedminister N.J., Cranford, N.J., Fort Atkinson, Wis., Malmo, Sweden, Montreal and Berlin. Its Web address is www.coopersurgical.com.
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. Cooper's World Wide Web address is www.coopercos.com