PLEASANTON, Calif.—At its annual meeting held here on March 16, the stockholders of The Cooper Companies (NYSE:COO) elected eight directors and ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the company's auditors for fiscal 2015. Stockholders also approved, on an advisory basis, the company's compensation practices for its executive officers.

Cooper's stockholders elected the following as members of the board of directors: A. Thomas Bender, chairman of the board; Allan E. Rubenstein, M.D., vice chairman of the board and lead director; Michael H. Kalkstein; Jody S. Lindell; Gary S. Petersmeyer; Steven Rosenberg; Robert S. Weiss, president and chief executive officer; and Stanley Zinberg, MD.