---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000711404-24-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COO"
cik: "0000711404"
company_name: "COOPER COMPANIES, INC."
filed_at: "2024-02-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T00:30:15.270075+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CooperCompanies announces 4-for-1 stock split effective Feb. 16, 2024

## Summary
- Stock split ratio 4:1; effective 5:00 PM ET on Feb 16; trading starts split-adjusted Feb 20.
- Authorized shares increased from 120M to 480M; par value unchanged at $0.10 per share.
- New CUSIP number for post-split common stock is 216648501; symbol COO unchanged.
- Split aims to make stock ownership more accessible to employees and investors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000711404-24-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COO
- cik: 0000711404
- company_name: COOPER COMPANIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-02-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.03, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/711404/000071140424000010/0000711404-24-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/711404/000071140424000010/coo-20240216.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000711404-24-000010
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000711404-24-000010.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000711404-24-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  COOPER COMPANIES, INC.: Four-for-one stock split and proportionate increase in authorized shares from 120M to 480M, effected via certificate of amendment to the Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation (effective 2024-02-16).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2024-02-16
  source text: On February 15, 2024, The Cooper Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a certificate of amendment to the Company’s Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect a four-for-one split (the “Stock Split”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the “Common Stock”), without any change to its par value.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/711404/000071140424000010/0000711404-24-000010-index.htm

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