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Cooper Companies acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Cooper Companies bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
privately-held U.S.-based company providing scleral and hybrid contact lens products (CooperVision)
Word for word“On November 1, 2022, CooperVision completed the acquisition of a privately-held U.S.-based company that provides a broad portfolio of technologically advanced contact lens products, including scleral and hybrid lenses.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionOn November 1, 2022—
privately-held Denmark-based contact lens distributor focusing on orthokeratology and scleral contact lenses (CooperVision)
Word for word“On May 31, 2022, CooperVision completed the acquisition of a privately-held Denmark-based contact lens distributor focusing on orthokeratology and scleral contact lenses.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionOn May 31, 2022—
private cryopreservation services company (CooperSurgical)
Word for word“On April 6, 2022, CooperSurgical completed the acquisition of a private cryopreservation services company that specializes in cryogenic services.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionOn April 6, 2022—
Generate Life Sciences (Generate)
Word for word“On December 17, 2021, CooperSurgical completed the acquisition of 100 % of the equity interests in Generate Life Sciences (Generate), a privately held leading provider of donor egg and sperm for fertility treatments, fertility cryopreservation services and newborn stem cell storage (cord blood & cord tissue), and paid an aggregate purchase consideration of approximately $ 1.663 billion, reflecting working capital, and other adjustments.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionOn December 17, 2021an aggregate purchase consideration of approximately $ 1.663 billion
Cook Medical's Reproductive Health business (CooperSurgical)
Word for word“On April 6, 2022, CooperSurgical entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire Cook Medical's Reproductive Health business, a manufacturer of minimally invasive medical devices focused on the fertility, obstetrics and gynecology markets.” 10-K for 2023
agreed acquisitionOn April 6, 2022—
select assets of Cook Medical (CooperSurgical)
Word for word“On November 1, 2023, CooperSurgical closed the acquisition of select assets of Cook Medical for an aggregate consideration of $ 300.0 million, with $ 200.0 million paid at closing and $ 100.0 million to be paid in two $ 50.0 million annual installments.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionOn November 1, 2023an aggregate consideration of $ 300.0 million, with $ 200.0 million paid at closing and $ 100.0 million to be paid in two $ 50.0 million annual installments
obp Surgical
Word for word“On August 1, 2024, CooperSurgical completed the acquisition of obp Surgical, a U.S.-based medical device company with a suite of single-use cordless surgical retractors with integrated light source and evacuation channels.” 10-K for 2024
acquisitionAugust 1, 2024—
a fertility company that specializes in sperm separation devices
Word for word“On June 7, 2024, CooperSurgical acquired a fertility company that specializes in sperm separation devices.” 10-K for 2024
acquisitionJune 7, 2024—
select Cook Medical assets
Word for word“On November 1, 2023, CooperSurgical completed the acquisition of select Cook Medical assets focused primarily on the obstetrics, doppler monitoring, and gynecology surgery markets.” 10-K for 2024
acquisitionNovember 1, 2023—
a privately-held U.S.-based company that provides a broad portfolio of technologically advanced contact lens products, including scleral and hybrid lenses
Word for word“On November 1, 2022, CooperVision completed the acquisition of a privately-held U.S.-based company that provides a broad portfolio of technologically advanced contact lens products, including scleral and hybrid lenses.” 10-K for 2024
acquisitionNovember 1, 2022—
select Cook Medical assets focused primarily on the obstetrics, doppler monitoring, and gynecology surgery markets
Word for word“On November 1, 2023, CooperSurgical completed the acquisition of select Cook Medical assets focused primarily on the obstetrics, doppler monitoring, and gynecology surgery markets.” 10-K for 2025
acquisitionNovember 1, 2023—
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedGoodwill from acquisitions
2016-10-31$166 million
2017-10-31$123 million
2018-10-31$71.2 million

Deal filings since 2016

Read from Cooper Companies’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2025-12-05. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.