Financings In Brief

Cooper Companies: Firm's proposed $1.2 bil. acquisition of Ocular Sciences garners required shareholder approval Nov. 16. However, closure of the transaction, originally expected by November, continues to be delayed as the Federal Trade Commission reviews additional information it requested in September to supplement the two companies' initial Aug. 6 submission of merger-related information (1"The Gray Sheet" Sept. 13, 2004, p. 24). Cooper now predicts the transaction will close during the first half of its fiscal 2005, which began Nov. 1...