PLEASANTON, Calif., Nov. 30, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The Cooper Companies, Inc. (NYSE:COO) announced today that consistent with the plan approved by its board of directors to pay annual dividends, the Company declared a semi-annual dividend of 3 cents per share, payable on January 4, 2008, to stockholders of record on December 14, 2007.
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The Cooper Companies, Inc. (www.coopercos.com) manufactures and markets specialty healthcare products through its CooperVision and CooperSurgical units. Corporate offices are 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.
CooperVision (www.coopervision.com) manufactures and markets contact lenses. Headquartered in Pleasanton, Calif., it manufactures in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, Norfolk, Va., Rochester, N.Y., Adelaide, Australia, Hamble and Hampshire, England and Madrid, Spain.
CooperSurgical (www.coopersurgical.com) manufactures and markets diagnostic products, surgical instruments and accessories to the women's healthcare market with headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Trumbull and Orange, Conn., and in Pasadena, Calif., Houston, Texas, Williston, Vt., Fort Atkinson, Wis., Montreal and Berlin.
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