Form 10-K Amendment No. 1
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 


 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2005

 

COMMISSION FILE NO. 1-8597

 


 

THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   94-2657368
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

6140 Stoneridge Mall Road, Suite 590

Pleasanton, California

  94588
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

925-460-3600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class


 

Name of each exchange on which registered


Common Stock, $.10 par value, and
associated rights
  New York Stock Exchange

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

 


 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes  x    No  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.    Yes  ¨    No  x

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months, and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  x

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2).    Yes  x    No  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

 

On December 31, 2005, there were 43,407,330 shares of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates with aggregate market value of $2.9 billion on April 30, 2005, the last day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter.

 

Number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock, as of December 31, 2005: 44,503,798

 

Documents Incorporated by Reference:

 

Document


 

Part of Form 10-K


Portions of the Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders scheduled to be held March 21, 2006

  Part III

 



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THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC.

 

FORM 10-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

For the Fiscal Year ended October 31, 2005

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This amendment to our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2005, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on January 17, 2006 (the Original Report), amends that filing to replace the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm contained in the Original Report with a revised Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm reflecting changes in the fifth and eighth paragraphs thereto which were inadvertently omitted from the report as originally filed. In addition, in light of the foregoing, Consent and Report on Schedule of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, included as Exhibit 23 to the Original Report, has been replaced by the Consent and Report on Schedule of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm included in this amendment. No other changes have been made in this amendment to the information contained in the Original Report.

 

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PART II

         

Item 8.

  

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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PART IV

         

Item 15.

  

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

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PART II

 

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The Board of Directors and Stockholders

The Cooper Companies, Inc.

 

We have audited management’s assessment, included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, that The Cooper Companies, Inc. did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of October 31, 2005, because of the effect of a material weakness identified in management’s assessment, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s assessment and an opinion on the effectiveness of The Cooper Companies, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

A material weakness is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies, that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected. The following material weakness in internal control over financial reporting has been identified and included in management’s assessment as of October 31, 2005: The Company did not have sufficient personnel with adequate knowledge regarding accounting for

 

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acquisitions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. In addition, the Company did not have policies and procedures regarding a periodic review of existing accrued liabilities related to business combinations. This material weakness resulted in the restatement of the Company’s previously issued financial statements for the quarters ended January 31, April 30 and July 31, 2005, to correct errors related to the purchase price allocation and resulting amortization of intangible assets acquired in the Ocular acquisition. In addition, similar errors were identified in the Company’s October 31, 2005 financial statements prior to the issuance of such financial statements. This deficiency results in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements would not be prevented or detected.

 

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the balance sheets as of October 31, 2005 and 2004, and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and comprehensive income of The Cooper Companies, Inc. and subsidiaries. This material weakness was considered in determining the nature, timing, and extent of audit tests applied in our audit of the 2005 consolidated financial statements, and this report does not affect our report dated January 17, 2006, which expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.

 

In our opinion, management’s assessment that The Cooper Companies, Inc. did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of October 31, 2005, is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Also, in our opinion, because of the effect of the material weakness described above on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria, The Company has not maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of October 31, 2005, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

 

The Company acquired Ocular Sciences, Inc. during 2005 and management excluded from its assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of October 31, 2005, certain divisions of Ocular Sciences, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting associated with assets of approximately 11% of consolidated assets, liabilities of approximately 4% of consolidated liabilities and revenues of 26% of consolidated revenues, included in the consolidated financial statements of The Cooper Companies, Inc. as of and for the year ended October 31, 2005. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting of The Cooper Companies, Inc. also excluded an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of these divisions of Ocular Sciences, Inc.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

LOGO

San Francisco, California

January 17, 2006

 

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PART IV

 

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

 

(a) Documents filed as part of this report:

 

3. Exhibits

 

23 - Consent and Report on Schedule of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on February 8, 2006.

 

THE COOPER COMPANIES, INC.

By: 

  /s/    STEVEN M. NEIL         
    Steven M. Neil
    Chief Financial Officer, Vice President
and Treasurer

 

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