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DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210601

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	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:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08597
		FILM NUMBER:		21985733

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6101 BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			SAN RAMON
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94583
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9254603600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6101 BOLLINGER CANYON ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			SAN RAMON
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94583

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	COOPER COMPANIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	COOPERVISION INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19870701
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Specialized Disclosure Report </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE COOPER
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>6101 Bollinger Canyon Road, Suite 500</B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A copy of The Cooper Companies, Inc.&#146;s Conflict Minerals Report is provided as Exhibit 1.02 hereto and is publicly available at:
<U></U><U>http://investor.coopercos.com/corporate-governance</U>. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Exhibit 1.01 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>C<SMALL>ONFLICT</SMALL> M<SMALL>INERALS</SMALL> <SMALL>REPORT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> T<SMALL>HE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OOPER</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMPANIES</SMALL>,
I<SMALL>NC</SMALL>. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><SMALL>IN</SMALL> <SMALL>ACCORD</SMALL> <SMALL>WITH</SMALL> R<SMALL>ULE</SMALL> 13 P -1 <SMALL>UNDER</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL>
S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> E<SMALL>XCHANGE</SMALL> A<SMALL>CT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> 1934 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Introduction </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Conflict Minerals Report (this &#147;Report&#148;) of The Cooper Companies, Inc. (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, &#147;Cooper&#148;,
&#147;we&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) for the year ended December 31, 2020 is presented to comply with Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13p-1</FONT> under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Rule&#148;). Numerous terms in this
Report are defined in the Rule and the form of the Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD and the reader is referred to those sources and to SEC Release <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;34-67716</FONT> issued by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on August 22, 2012 for such definitions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accord with the Rule and pursuant to Form SD, to determine
whether materials we sourced were &#147;DRC conflict free&#148;, we undertook due diligence measures on the source and chain of custody of the necessary conflict minerals in our products that either (1)&nbsp;we had reason to believe may have
originated (or where we could not determine whether they originated) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the &#147;DRC&#148;) or an adjoining country (collectively, the &#147;Covered Countries&#148;) or (2)&nbsp;that may not have come from
(or we could not determine whether they came from) recycled or scrap sources. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As permitted by the Rule and Form SD, and pursuant to the guidance
regarding compliance with the Rule provided by the staff of the Commission, this Report does not include an independent private sector audit of the Report. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Company and Product Overview</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Cooper Companies is a
global medical device company which operates through two business units (and their respective divisions), CooperVision, Inc. and CooperSurgical, Inc. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>CooperVision</I> - We compete in the worldwide contact lens market with our spherical, toric, multifocal, toric multifocal and myopia management contact
lenses offered in a variety of materials including using silicone hydrogel Aquaform<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP> technology, PC Technology<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&#153;</SUP> and ActivControl<SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP> technology. We believe that there will be lower contact lens wearer dropout rates as technology improves and enhances the wearing experience through a combination of improved designs and
materials and the growth of preferred modalities such as <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">single-use</FONT> and monthly wearing options. CooperVision also competes in the myopia management and specialty eye care markets with products such as <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">ortho-k</FONT> and scleral lenses. In November 2019, CooperVision received United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its MiSight<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP> 1 day lens,
which is the first and only <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">FDA-approved</FONT> product indicated to slow the progression of myopia in children with treatment initiated between the ages of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-12</FONT> and became
available in the United States during fiscal 2020. CooperVision is focused on greater worldwide market penetration using recently introduced products, and we continue to expand our presence in existing and emerging markets, including through
acquisitions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>CooperSurgical -</I> Our CooperSurgical business competes in the general health care market with a commitment to advancing the health of
women, babies and families through its diversified portfolio of products and services focusing on women&#146;s health and fertility. CooperSurgical has established its market presence and distribution system by developing products and acquiring
companies, products and services that complement its business model. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Design of Conflict Minerals Program </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We designed our conflict minerals program to be in conformity, in material respects, with the Organisation for Economic
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Co-operation</FONT> and Development (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas and related Supplements on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten and on Gold
(collectively, the &#147;OECD Guidance&#148;), recognized by the Commission as the only nationally or internationally-recognized due diligence framework (as required by Form SD), specifically as it relates to our position in the minerals supply
chain as a &#147;downstream&#148; purchaser. We have conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry (&#147;RCOI&#148;) that was designed to determine whether any of our covered products contain any conflict minerals that originated from the
Covered Countries or was from recycled or scrap sources. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our conflicts minerals program consists of the five general steps: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct Policy requires all of our employees to take a proactive stance in
complying with all laws and regulations applicable to us, and we are formalizing our internal policy that specifically addresses compliance with conflict mineral requirements. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">We have a supply chain system of controls and transparency designed to allow identification of the smelters and
refiners in our supply chain, in part, through the use of the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template issued by the Electronics Industry Citizenship Coalition (&#147;EICC&#148;)/Global <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">e-Sustainability</FONT> Initiative
(&#147;GeSI&#148;) (the &#147;EICC Template&#148;), a supply chain survey designed to identify the smelters and refiners that process the necessary conflict minerals contained in our products, and through other inquiries made with suppliers that
supply products or materials to us that may contain conflict minerals. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">We have engaged with suppliers by learning more about, or confirming, their compliance with the Rule,
communicating our commitment to refrain from purchasing any products that are not conflict free, and exchanging other information with them (for example, through the EICC Template, other inquiries and resulting due diligence efforts).
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">We maintain records relating to our conflict minerals program in accordance with our record retention guidelines
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><U>Identify and assess risks in our supply chain</U>. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Subject matter experts in our global supply chain, procurement and research and development departments
collaborate to identify direct suppliers that supply products or materials to us that may contain conflict minerals. This includes updating previously collected information as we change suppliers or as our suppliers update the goods and products
they provide to us. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">We conduct a supply chain survey using the EICC Template, requesting direct suppliers to identify smelters and
refiners and country of origin of the conflict minerals in products or materials they supply to us. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">We follow up with direct suppliers that do not respond to the supply chain survey by a specified date requesting
responses, and follow up with direct suppliers that have returned incomplete responses to the supply chain survey requesting additional information. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">We compare smelters and refiners identified by the supply chain survey against the list of facilities that have
received a &#147;conflict free&#148; designation from the EICC/GeSI Conflict Free Smelter Program or other third-party audit program, which designations provide country of origin and due diligence information on the conflict minerals sourced by such
facilities. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><U>Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks</U>. We will continue to engage with our
suppliers that are, or are unable to determine whether they are, supplying us with products or materials that are not conflict free to encourage them to establish an alternative conflict free source of conflict minerals within a reasonable time
frame. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><U>Carry out independent third-party audit of supply chain due diligence at identified points in the supply
chain</U>. We do not have a direct relationship with any conflict mineral smelters or refiners, and we do not perform direct audits of those entities that provide our upstream suppliers with products or materials from Conflict Countries. We rely
upon and monitor the development of such global stakeholder initiatives intended to facilitate third party audits and certifications of smelters and refiners, such as the EICC/GeSI Conflict-Free Smelter Program. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><U>Report on supply chain due diligence</U>. This report is publicly available on our website at:
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>https://investor.coopercos.com/corporate-governance</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Because of our size, the breadth and complexity of our products, as a downstream purchaser of conflict minerals, we rely on our direct suppliers to provide
information on the origin of the conflict minerals contained in the products, components and materials supplied to us, including sources of conflict minerals that are supplied to them from their upstream suppliers. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Following our conflict minerals program described above, for calendar year 2020 we identified direct suppliers that supplied products or materials to us that
may contain conflict minerals and sent to each of them a supply chain survey or made other inquiries in order to help evaluate conflict mineral risk in our supply chain. We reviewed the responses against criteria developed to determine which
required further engagement with our suppliers. These criteria included untimely or incomplete responses as well as inconsistencies within the data reported in the EICC Template and responses that our direct suppliers received from their suppliers.
We have worked directly with our direct suppliers to request and obtain revised responses and additional information. In addition, through our supplier engagement process, as well as reviewing supplier changes required as part of our quality
management system and regulatory compliance processes, we continued to monitor our existing suppliers as to whether any changes in their manufacturing and supply chain would impact our assessment of risks to our supply chain. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Due Diligence Process and Results </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Following our RCOI, we
conducted a due diligence review of the source and chain of custody of the conflict minerals contained in our products. Our due diligence measures were designed to conform in all material respects with the framework in the OECD Guidance. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As part of this due diligence process, we reviewed the suppliers&#146; responses to the supply chain surveys
and other inquiries discussed above against criteria developed to determine which responses required further engagement with the suppliers, including following up on untimely or incomplete responses. We do not have direct relationships with conflict
mineral smelters or refiners and do not perform or direct audits of those entities within our supply chain. Therefore, when responses to the surveys included the names of facilities listed by the suppliers as smelters or refiners, we asked the
direct suppliers and the second-tier suppliers to confirm whether the facility was certified as conflict-free by one of the internationally recognized validation schemes for conflict minerals smelters and refiner. In some cases, we also confirmed
whether a smelter or refiner was conflict free. We undertook due diligence measures on the source and chain of custody of the necessary conflict minerals in our products that either (1)&nbsp;we had reason to believe may have originated (or where we
could not determine whether they originated) from any Covered Countries or (2)&nbsp;that may not have come from (or we could not determine whether they came from) recycled or scrap sources. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following is information regarding the few smelter or refiner facilities that were identified by our direct suppliers as possibly being a source of
conflict minerals that may be present in products or materials that our direct suppliers sell to us: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">We confirmed that these smelters or refiners have received a &#147;conflict free&#148; designation from the
EICC / GeSI Conflict-Free Smelter Program as of May&nbsp;26, 2021. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The large majority of the responses received either provided data at
a company or divisional level or did not specify the smelters or refiners used for materials supplied to us. Despite the efforts we have undertaken, we are therefore unable to determine whether the smelters or refiners reported by certain suppliers
processed conflict minerals in the materials supplied to us or to validate that any of these smelters or refiners are actually in our supply chain. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Steps to be Taken to Mitigate Risk </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We intend to take the
following steps to improve the due diligence conducted to further mitigate any risk that the necessary conflict minerals in our products could benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Enhance supplier communication and escalation process to improve due diligence data accuracy.
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