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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-074718
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170308

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COOPER COMPANIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000711404
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OPHTHALMIC GOODS [3851]
		IRS NUMBER:				942657368
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6140 STONERIDGE MALL RD
		STREET 2:		STE 590
		CITY:			PLEASANTON
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94588
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9254603600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6140 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 590
		CITY:			PLEASANTON
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94588

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	COOPERVISION INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19870701
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">March&nbsp;8, 2017 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">United States Securities and Exchange Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of
Corporation Finance </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, DC 20549 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">Attn:</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Brian Cascio </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Accounting Branch Chief </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">Re:</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Cooper Companies, Inc. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the Fiscal Year Ended October&nbsp;31, 2016 </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed December&nbsp;22, 2016 </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed December&nbsp;8, 2016 </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-08597</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Cascio, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This letter is the response of The Cooper Companies, Inc. (&#147;we&#148;, or the &#147;Company&#148;) to the comments contained in the Staff&#146;s letter to
Albert G. White, III, the Company&#146;s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer, dated 23&nbsp;February, 2017. For ease of reference, we have set forth the Staff&#146;s comments and our response for each item
below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I><U>Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed December&nbsp;8, 2016 </U></I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I><U>Exhibit 99.1 </U></I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>1. You disclose <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> gross margin and operating margin on pages 1 to 3. In future filings when you present a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> measure please include a reconciliation to the most directly
comparable financial measure presented in accordance with GAAP as required by Item 10(e)(B) of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K.</FONT> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Response </U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We note the Staff&#146;s comment and included
in our earnings release filed on March&nbsp;2, 2017, a reconciliation to the GAAP gross margin and GAAP operating margin presented in the notes to Reconciliation of Selected GAAP to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-GAAP</FONT> Results as shown
below in Items A and C. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Reconciliation of Selected GAAP Results to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-GAAP</FONT> Results </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B><B>(In millions, except per share amounts) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(Unaudited) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cost of sales</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">186.7</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(1.3</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;A&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">185.4</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">187.6</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(14.0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;A&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">173.6</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Operating expense excluding amortization</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">204.9</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(5.0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;B&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">199.9</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">188.4</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(11.7</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;B&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">176.7</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Amortization of intangibles</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">16.8</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(16.8</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;C</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">16.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(16.2</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;C&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3.3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(0.2</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;D&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1.4</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(0.5</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;D&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.9</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Provision for (benefit from) income taxes</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">4.3</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3.8</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;E&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">8.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(1.0</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">4.6</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;E&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3.6</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Diluted earnings per share attributable to Cooper stockholders</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1.53</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.40</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1.93</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1.05</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0.78</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1.83</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">A</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Our fiscal 2017 GAAP cost of sales includes $0.6&nbsp;million of facility start-up costs in CooperVision; and $0.7&nbsp;million of integration costs in CooperSurgical resulting in fiscal 2017 GAAP gross margin of 63% as
compared to fiscal 2017 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> gross margin of 63%. Our fiscal 2016 GAAP cost of sales included $11.3&nbsp;million of charges primarily for product and equipment rationalization arising from the acquisition
of Sauflon, $2.3 million of facility <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">start-up</FONT> costs in CooperVision; and $0.4&nbsp;million of integration costs in CooperSurgical resulting in fiscal 2016 GAAP gross margin of 58% as compared to fiscal 2016 <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> gross margin of 61%. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">B</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Our fiscal 2017 GAAP operating expense includes $5.0&nbsp;million in charges primarily related to acquisition and integration activities in CooperSurgical. Our fiscal 2016 GAAP operating expense includes $11.7 million
in charges primarily related to CooperVision&#146;s integration and restructuring activities related to the acquisition of Sauflon and acquisition and integration costs in CooperSurgical. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">C</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Amortization expense was $16.8&nbsp;million and $16.2&nbsp;million for the fiscal 2017 and 2016 periods, respectively. Items A, B and C resulted in fiscal 2017 GAAP operating margin of 18% as compared to fiscal 2017 <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> operating margin of 23%, and fiscal 2016 GAAP operating margin of 13% as compared to fiscal 2016 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> operating margin of 22%. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">D</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">These amounts represent the loss on foreign exchange forward contracts related to acquisitions. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">E</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">These amounts represent the increases in the provision for income taxes that arise from the impact of the above adjustments. </TD></TR></TABLE>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>2. We note that you present GAAP EPS and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> EPS on pages 1 to 3
of your earnings release. Please revise future earnings releases to indicate whether these amounts represent basic or diluted earnings per share. </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Response </U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We note the Staff&#146;s comment and indicated
in our earnings release filed on March&nbsp;2, 2017, where applicable, that amounts presented are diluted GAAP EPS and diluted <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> EPS. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We acknowledge that the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; Staff comments or changes to disclosure in
response to Staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and the Company may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal
securities laws of the United States. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Please contact me if you have any further comments or need additional information with respect to the filing. Our
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Albert G. White, III</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer</P></TD></TR>
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