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Click here to learn more... Business Pulse Survey: Are too many political decisions being made in California through ballot questions? Cooper, Ocular merger approved by stockholders Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal - November 16, 2004 * Print This Article Print this Article * Email this Article Email this Article * Reprints Reprints * RSS Feeds RSS Feeds * RSS Feeds Most Viewed * RSS Feeds Most Emailed Stockholders of The Cooper Cos. Inc., of Pleasanton, and Ocular Sciences Inc., of Concord, on Tuesday approved the merger of the two companies. Upon the completion of the merger, stockholders of Ocular (NASDAQ: OCLR) will receive 0.3879 of a share of Cooper (NYSE: COO) common stock and $22 in cash for each share of Ocular common stock that they own. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of Cooper's 2005 fiscal year, which began on Nov. 1. Completion of the merger remains subject to antitrust clearance by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. 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